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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TINKLING

ppr. Making a small quick sharp noise.

 

TINKLING

n.A small quick sharp sound. Making a tinkling with their feet. Isaiah 3:16.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TINKLING

TINKLING Tin "kling, n.

 

1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Gray.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris ) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.