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Definition:

A shrill cry or sound. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

^{Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)}
^{sound file: by Robinhood76, https://freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/83113/}
^{license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/}

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Uses:

Playing a reel and tapping out the tune, and big deep strings of the guitar beating like a heart, and the harmonica's sharp chords and the skirl and squeal of the fiddle.

John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath, p.363 (1939)

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There was a massive shout from the floor below, an outbreak of skirling pipes, and the solemn scene dissolved into a heaving surge of riotous yelling.

Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)

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the two spells skirled discordantly, like strings on a poorly tuned violin.

D. B. Jackson. The Thieftaker, p.302 (2012)