Titling
Pronunciation : Tit"ling
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See Tit a small bird.]
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.) (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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913