Category:Titling

Tit"ling, n. Etym: [icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See tit a small Bird.]

1. (zoöl.) (a) the hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen By the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs. The titling,. . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and Bringeth up the chick of another bird. Holland.

(b) the meadow pipit.

2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.