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Shirl :: Shirl (a.) Shrill.

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.

Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.

Crow :: Crow (v. i.) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.

Shrilling :: Shrilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shril.

Cherup :: Cherup (v. t.) To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup..

Shrill :: 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..

Stridor :: Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.

Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak..

Skirling :: Skirling (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.

Piping :: Piping (v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound..

Lituus :: Lituus (n.) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

Shrill :: Shrill (v. t.) To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.

Screechy :: Screechy (a.) Like a screech; shrill and harsh.

Scream :: Scream (n.) A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech..

Acute :: Acute (a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent..

Whew :: Whew (v. i.) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover..

Shrillness :: Shrillness (n.) The quality or state of being shrill.

Flat :: Flat (superl.) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound..

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