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[syn: Trilling, Lionel Trilling]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Trilling
n 1: United States literary critic (1905-1975) [syn: Trilling,
Lionel Trilling]