† whiplingn.
Obsolete. rare.
? A ‘piping’ noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > whistle
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whistling1513
whiplinga1529
whist1579
whewing?1590
siffling1603
sifflement1607
whistlea1648
whutea1663
whiff1712
whoop1840
whiffle1972
a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 347 There is a whyspring and a whipling, He shulde be hyder brought.
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