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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Icel.

titlingr

a tit sparrow. See

a small bird.]

(Zool.)

(a)

The hedge sparrow; – called also

titlene

. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs.

The

titling

, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird.

Holland.

(b)

The meadow pipit.

Stockfish; – formerly so called in customhouses.

ppr.

Calling; denominating; entitling.