\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.

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

\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.

\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.