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▪ I. screel, n. dial., Sc., and Barbados.|skriːl|
[f. next.]
The cry of a bird, a child, etc.; the piercing note of a whistle.
1876C. C. Robinson Gloss. Mid-Yorks. 117/2 Screel (skri·h'l), v. n. and sb., to cry, in a shrieking manner; gen. 1922Glasgow Herald 8 Aug. 6 With nothing to mar your peace so serene Save the screel of the curlew or sunset's red sheen. 1953G. Lamming In Castle of my Skin v. 91 At the same hour every morning the whistle screel shot up like an alarm through the rumbling of cart wheels.
▪ II. screel, v. dial., Sc., N. Ir., and Barbados.|skriːl|
Also skreel.
[Prob. imitative or ad. ME. skrille scream: see skirl v.1]
intr. To screech, to scream, to utter a high-pitched or a discordant cry. Occas. used transf. of inanimate things. So ˈscreeling vbl. n.
1875W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 106 Skreel, e[ast], to scream. 1889M. Peacock Taales fra Linkisheere 103 What wi' yammerin' bairns, an' what wi' screälin' wimmin. 1934Punch 14 Nov. 543 Though kelpies walk both bold and free And icy winds skreel off the sea. 1953C. Day Lewis Italian Visit vi. 61 Again again again, the frogs are screeling Down by the lilypond. 1953G. Lamming In Castle of my Skin vi. 113 Mother..lashed me thoroughly. Bob heard the screeling, and came to our house listening. 1965Dundee Courier 10 Apr. 8 Herring gulls skreeled. |