• (n.) A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely. • (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
Skirl'ing noun A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott. « When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened.» Mrs. J. H. Ewing.