titlene

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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird. --Holland. [1913 Webster] (b) The meadow pipit. [1913 Webster]

2.Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses. [1913 Webster]

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