Lexicographical Neighbors of Siffling
Literary usage of Siffling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhode Island Historical Society Collections by Rhode Island Historical Society (1867)
"... expecting the signal from Joe, which was to be observed by 3 claps on the
breach of his gun, and an Equal number of siffling thro' his fingers, ..."
2. The American Medical Intelligencer by Robley Dunglison (1840)
"... râles under the middle of the right clavicle, and obscure respirations could
be heard below the left clavicle. On the 15th the siffling, ..."
3. Baltimore Medical and Surgical Journal and Review edited by Eli Geddings (1833)
"... immediately ceased, and the air played easily with a siffling sound through
the wound.'' 3. A small pebble having fallen into the glottis of a child, ..."
4. Interferometer Experiments in Acoustics and Gravitation by Carl Barus (1921)
"... ss' is placed nearer cc' or removed from it, rr again blown harder or more
softly; for the nearer 55' is to cc' the higher the mean pitch of siffling. ..."
5. The Invasion of Canada in 1775: Including the Journal of Captain Simeon by Simeon Thayer (1867)
"... expecting the signal from Joe, which was to be observed by 3 claps on the
breach of his gun, and an Equal number of siffling thro' his fingers, ..."
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