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.
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.
skrölta to jolt, Sw.
skrälla 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.
Shrill , n. A shrill sound. [Obs.]
Spenser.
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.
Hear it pronounced