Shrill \Shrill\, a. [Compar. Shriller; superl. Shrillest.]

[OE. shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See Shrill,v. i.]

Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.

Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused. --Shak.

Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. --Byron.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shrill \Shrill\, n. A shrill sound. [Obs.]

--Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shrill \Shrill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrilling.]

[OE. schrillen, akin to G. schrillen; cf. AS. scralletan to resound loudly, Icel. skr["o]lta to jolt, Sw. skr["a]lla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr?la. Cf. Skirl.]

To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.

Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark. --Spenser.

No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. --Goldsmith.

His voice shrilled with passion. --L. Wallace.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shrill \Shrill\, v. t. To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.

How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)