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▪ I. yelling, vbl. n.|ˈjɛlɪŋ|
[f. yell v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb yell; esp. the uttering of a sharp loud cry of rage, agony, etc.
a1250Owl & Night. 1643 An mid ȝulinge [Jesus MS. yollinge] & mid igrede. c1290St. Brandan 493 in S. Eng. Leg. 233 Ȝeot heo i-heorden heore ȝeollinge [Harl. MS. ȝullinge]. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 971 Such a ȝomerly ȝarm of ȝellyng þer rysed. 1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 112 Hou abhominable is the feynid preiere othir hidous yellinge of siche prelatis. a1450Mirk's Festial 240 Þes fendes madyn a ȝellyng and a cryyng, þat any myght be agast forto here hit. 1556Lauder Tractate of Kyngis 92 With gretyng, raryng, and with ȝellyng. 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades v. v. 936/1 Often times the Singers striue among themselues for the excellencie of voyces, whereby it commeth to passe that the whole Churche ringeth with an hoarse kinde of yellinge. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xiii. 124 When after goes the cry with yellings lowd and deepe That all the forrest rings. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. lxix. (1663) 281 The dreadful yelling of six thousand Elephants. 1666Spurstowe Spir. Chym. 151 Cries..that are like the yellings of the damned. 1740Richardson Pamela I. xxvi. 78 The cursed Yellings of you both made me not myself. 1816Scott Antiq. xxvii, The yelling and screaming of the children. 1818― Br. Lamm. ix, The impatient yelling of the hounds. 1871R. Ellis tr. Catullus xlii. 18 Swell your voices in higher harsher yellings.
▪ II. ˈyelling, ppl. a.
[f. yell v. + -ing2.]
That yells; that utters a loud strident cry or noise.
c1000Widsið 128 (Gr.) Ful oft of þam heape hwinende fleaᵹ ᵹiellende ᵹar on grome þeode. c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 52 Hy ᵹyllende garas sændan. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. ii. 31 A piteous yelling voyce. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 795 These yelling Monsters that with ceasless cry Surround me. 1727–46Thomson Summer 1681 The lonely tower..whose mournful chambers hold..the yelling ghost. 1823Scott Quentin D. vi, The disordered and yelling group. 1879Daily News 1 Mar. leading art., To force their horses through the ring of yelling savages. 1899Somerville & Ross Irish R.M. 179 The tall old house quivered, and the yelling wind drove against it.
b. Characterized by or filled with yells.
a1000Cædmon's Exod. 489 He maneᵹum ᵹ esceod ᵹyllende gryre. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Eph. v. 12 Not with vncomly yellyng noyses, as madde drounken men are vsed to dooe. 1595Locrine i. Prol. 4 A Mightie Lion, ruler of the woods,..With yelling clamors shaking all the earth. 1697Dryden æneis iii. 887 His brother Cyclops hear the yelling Roar. 1825Scott Talism. v, A loud yelling laugh. 1906‘Marjorie Bowen’ Viper of Milan xxxiv, The garden was one wild, yelling confusion.
▪ III. yelling
variant of yiling Obs. |