TRILL (3)

Trill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trilling.] [[It. trillare; probably of imitative origin.]] To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note. The sober-suited songstress trills her lay. Thomson.