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▪ I. ˈskirling, n. local.
Also scar-, scur-, skerling.
[Of obscure origin.]
A young salmon; a samlet, sparling.
1776Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 2) III. 266 [Samlets] are also common in the Wye, where they are known by the name of Skirlings, or Lasprings. 1801W. Coxe Tour Monmouth. i. 2 The only fish not common in the English rivers, are the skerling and the sewin. 1844Zoologist II. 527 note, Scarling or scurling,..smolt, &c. all denote the same fish. 1891Fishing Gaz. 14 Feb. 88/3 The Severn Board of Conservators have successfully prosecuted those found with these skirling in their possession.
▪ II. ˈskirling, vbl. n.
[f. skirl v.1]
Shrill crying, shrieking, etc.
1820Scott Monast. xxx, She could find voice enough to tell the women and children without, to ‘leave their skirling, and look after the cows’. 1855[Robinson] Whitby Gloss. s.v. Skerl, The skirling of the sea-gulls is said to be the forerunner of a gale. 1893Stevenson Catriona v. 53 It heartens me..like the skirling of the Highland pipes.
▪ III. ˈskirling, ppl. a.
[f. skirl v.1]
Crying or sounding shrilly, screaming, etc.
1785Burns Scotch Drink xii, When skirlin weanies see the light. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xvi, Haud your tongue, ye skirling limmer! 1819― Leg. Montrose iii, Their damnable skirlin' pipes. 1894Field 1 Dec. 828/1 The skirling cry of the snipe. |
