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Webster 1913 Edition

Trill

Trill

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
trillen
to roll, turn round; of Scand. origin; cf. Sw.
trilla
to roll, Dan.
trilde
, Icel.
þyrla
to whirl, and E.
thrill
. Cf.
Thrill
.]
To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.
Sir W. Scott.
And now and then an ample tear
trilled
down
Her delicate cheek.
Shakespeare
Whispered sounds
Of waters,
trilling
from the riven stone.
Glover.

Trill

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
trillen
; cf. Sw.
trilla
to roll.]
To turn round; to twirl.
[Obs.]
Gascoigne.
Bid him descend and
trill
another pin.
Chaucer.

Trill

,
Verb.
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.
The sober-suited songstress
trills
her lay.
Thomson.

Trill

,
Verb.
I.
To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
To judge of
trilling
notes and tripping feet.
Dryden.

Trill

,
Noun.
[It.
trillo
, fr.
trillare
. See
Trill
to shake.]
1.
A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth – tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip – against another part;
as, the
r
is a
trill
in most languages
.
2.
The action of the organs in producing such sounds;
as, to give a
trill
to the tongue
. d
3.
(Mus.)
A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale;
as, to give a
trill
on the high C
. See
Shake
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trill

TRILL

,
Noun.
A quaver; a shake of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument. [See Shake.]

TRILL

,
Verb.
T.
To utter with a quavering or tremulousness of voice; to shake.
The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.

TRILL

,
Verb.
I.
To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.
And now and then an ample tear trill'd down
Her delicate cheek.
1.
To shake or quaver; to play in tremulous vibrations of sound.
To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.

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