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Skilling vs Skirling - What's the difference?

skilling | skirling |

As verbs the difference between skilling and skirling

is that skilling is present participle of lang=en while skirling is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between skilling and skirling

is that skilling is a Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler) while skirling is a small trout or salmon.

skilling

English

Etymology 1

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Verb

(head)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler).
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    Etymology 3

    Compare sheeling.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bay of a barn.
  • * 1844 , James Atkinson, An Account of the State of Agriculture and Grazing in New South Wales
    • The barn may be built with lean-to's or skillings all round
  • A small addition to a cottage.

    • Anagrams

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    skirling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) A small trout or salmon.
  • (Northern England, and, Scotland) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • * Mrs J. H. Ewing
    • When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened.

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