'Trilling' definitions:
Definition of 'Trilling'
(from WordNet)
noun
United States literary critic (1905-1975) [syn: Trilling, Lionel Trilling]
Definition of 'Trilling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The sober-suited songstress trills her lay. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Trilling'
From: GCIDE
- Trilling \Tril"ling\, n. [Cf. G. drilling.]
- 1. One of tree children born at the same birth. --Wright. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals. [1913 Webster]