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Webster 1913 Edition

Titling

Tit′ling

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Noun.
[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.
The
titling
, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird.
Holland.
(b)
The meadow pipit.
2.
Stockfish; – formerly so called in customhouses.

Webster 1828 Edition

Titling

TI'TLING

,
ppr.
Calling; denominating; entitling.

Definition 2024

titling

titling

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Verb

titling

  1. present participle of title

Etymology 2

Icelandic word for a tit sparrow. See tit ‎(“a small bird”).

Noun

titling ‎(plural titlings)

  1. The hedge sparrow, dunnock, titlene, Prunella modularis
    • Holland
      The titling, […] being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird.
  2. The meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis
  3. (obsolete, in customhouses) stockfish

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