·noun A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.
II. Tinkling ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Tinkle.
III. Tinkling ·noun A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.
(Isa. 3:18), anklets of silver or gold, etc., such as are still used by women in Syria and the East....
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