Shrilling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shrill \Shrill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shrilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Shrilling}.] [OE. schrillen, akin to G. schrillen; cf. AS.
     scralletan to resound loudly, Icel. skr["o]lta to jolt, Sw.
     skr[aum]lla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr?la. Cf. {Skirl}.]
     To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp,
     shrill tone; to become shrill.


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           Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark.
                                                    --Spenser.
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           No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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           His voice shrilled with passion.         --L. Wallace.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shrilling
       adj : continuous and piercing; "clashing swords and shrilling
             trumpets" [syn: {shrilling(a)}]
       n : a continuing shrill noise; "the clash of swords and the
           shrilling of trumpets"--P. J. Searles