Category:Singing

Sing"ing, a. & n.

Defn: from sing, v. Singing bird. (zoöl.) (a) popularly, any bird That sings; a song bird. (b) specifically, any one of the oscines. -- singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of Tunes. -- singing falcon or hawk. (zoöl.) See chanting falcon, under Chanting. -- singing fish (zoöl.), a california toadfish (porichthys Porosissimus). -- singing flame (acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, Burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the Tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also Chemical harmonicon. -- singing master, a man who teaches vocal music. -- singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in Singing.