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

  Trill \Trill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Trilling}.] [It. trillare; probably of imitative origin.]
     To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a
     trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.
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           The sober-suited songstress trills her lay. --Thomson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trilling \Tril"ling\, n. [Cf. G. drilling.]
     1. One of tree children born at the same birth. --Wright.
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     2. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal, consisting of three
        individuals.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Trilling
       n : United States literary critic (1905-1975) [syn: {Lionel
           Trilling}]

















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