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The ham was skirling and frizzling in the pan.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

That was the wild and ominous air that was skirling up on the hillside; and Mackenzie's face, as he heard it, grew wroth.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various

A' this time Mrs. Gourlay was skirling in her pains and praying to God she micht dee.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

At the head of the room off the bar a piper was skirling with great energy, while in the centre of the room a strapping young fellow was keeping time to the music.

From The Hunted Outlaw or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy by Anonymous