'Titling' definitions:
Definition of 'Titling'
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- Title \Ti"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Titled; p. pr. & vb. n. Titling.] [Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See Title, n.] To call by a title; to name; to entitle. [1913 Webster]
- Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor to be titled on his coin, "The Restorer of Britain." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Titling'
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- Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See Tit a small bird.]
- 1. (Zool.) (a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs. [1913 Webster]
- The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird. --Holland. [1913 Webster] (b) The meadow pipit. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'titling'
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- Ling-bird \Ling"-bird`\ (l[i^]ng"b[~e]rd`), n. (Zool.) The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling. [1913 Webster]