singing

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  1. The act, process, or result of uttering sounds that are musical in quality or in succession; chanting; cantillation. Sche seyd that ther wer non dysgysyngs, ner harpyng, ner lutyng, ner syngyn [g], ner non lowde dysports. Paston Letters, III. 314. The time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Cant. ii. 12.
  2. The act of telling, narrating, or describing anything in verse.
  3. A sensation as of a prolonged ringing sound in the ears or head; tinnitus aurium. I have a singing in my head like that of a cartwheel; my brains are upon a rotation. Harington, Oceana (ed. 1771), p. 152. (Jodrell.) Singings in the ear, gurglings in the throat: … all these were ominous sleep-warnings. Anthropological Jour., XIX. 119.
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  • Then the march, the tramp, tramp, tramp, and the singing was again taken up. —  The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
  • Not only his guitar playing markedly more focused, but his singing is the best any of us have heard in about a decade.
  • Keep this up until the mindless masses think the singing is the "angels of truth". —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • And their singing is a signal for a fresh outburst of praise by the angels, the elders, and the living creatures. —  Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation
  • Clare folded a garment Nothin'--but you're movin' to Jersey City.--Ha Well, most of my singing is across the River now, so it's more convenient Mm!" —  Apron-Strings
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  1. from Middle English syngyng; verbal noun of sing, v.
 

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