[f. SQUEAL v.] The action of the verb, in various senses.
c. 1325. Metr. Hom., 167. For quen the childe es born, sal I Do it of daw sa priuely, That na wiht sal the squeling here.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 4112. For with þe sweling of þe swyne we sall þaim all voide.
1596. Shaks., Merch. V., II. v. 30. The vile squealing of the wry-neckt Fife.
c. 1680. in Verney Mem. (1907), II. 321. There was fine squeeking and squeeling for a minute or two.
1791. Huddesford, Salmagundi, 123. Upon a trestle Pig was laid And a sad squealing sure It made.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. II. ii. The cries, the squealings of children, of infirm persons, and other assistants.
1878. Black, Green Past., xvi. They heard the squealing of a young cock outside.
