2. Noun. The act of determining the age a young bird by measuring the degree of ossification of its skull. ¹
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Definition of Skulling
1. skull [v] - See also: skull
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skulling
Literary usage of Skulling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1859)
"... so I got a good substitute, Henry Troth (who purchased this punt of him), to
be taken in his stead. Here Troth appears in the act of "skulling ..."
2. Handbook of Field Methods for Monitoring Landbirds edited by C. John Ralph (1999)
"Biologists are strongly urged to become proficient at skulling and to skull ...
This hold facilitates skulling because the skin can more readily be moved ..."
3. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting. by Peter Hawker (1830)
"One skulling-crotch shipped; the other stowed away, in the case, on deck.
These should be made fast with a piece of string; or, being of copper, ..."
4. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker (1844)
"[ This proved invaluable in the hard winters /] One skulling- crotch shipped;
... Starboard " trap-hatch," unshipped, for skulling or setting. ..."
5. Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Agricultural Discoveries (1806)
"... but three or four large oars lor •skulling, which are all that would be
necessary, would not take up any room or occasion any burden that signified. ..."
6. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1893)
"The first part of the blow is made as hot as possible, and then the metal is
cooled so that it can only just be cast without skulling, in order to obtain a ..."
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