Titlene

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

  Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See {Tit}
     a small bird.]
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also {titlene}. Its nest
            often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing
            its own eggs.


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                  The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth
                  the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another
                  bird.                             --Holland.
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        (b) The meadow pipit.
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     2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.
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