skirling
[ skur-ling ]
nounScot. and North England.
the act of shrieking.
Origin of skirling
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How to use skirling in a sentence
He did not imagine he would hear these skirling pipers again.
She played absent-mindedly, her fingers skipping and skirling on the notes.
The Black Opal | Katharine Susannah PrichardHe heard the bagpipes of the Highlanders skirling behind as he reached the opening in the forest.
French and English | Evelyn Everett-GreenBut whaur Tam hung there was naething but the craig, and the sea below, and the solans skirling and flying.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonAnd there would be a fiddler diddling his elbock in the chimney-side; and this thing had nae music but the skirling of the solans.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
There was more skirling of bells, another nerve-trying wait, and at last the clerk of the hotel answered.
The Grafters | Francis Lynde
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