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English Dictionary: shrill	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shrill adj having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety" Synonym(s): shrill, sharp being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism" Synonym(s): strident, shrill of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise" v utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrill \Shrill\, v. t. To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound. How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrill \Shrill\, a. [Compar. {Shriller}; superl. {Shrillest}.] [OE. shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See {Shrill},v. i.] Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound. Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused. --Shak. Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shrill \Shrill\, n. A shrill sound. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]lta to jolt, Sw. skr[84]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. Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark. --Spenser. No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. --Goldsmith. His voice shrilled with passion. --L. Wallace.