chirrup

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Chirrup after chirrup mingled with the songs of the birds, and at last the bustling little figure of the lady lately seen at the Rectory window appeared at the door.

From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville

Besides, said Chirrup, mother said    We must not go beyond, But only hop and fly about    The trees that skirt the pond.

From Home Lyrics by Battersby, H. S. (Hannah S.)

Chirrup, chir′up, v.i. to chirp: to make a sound with the mouth to urge on a horse: to cheer up.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

So the pink-white eggs are laid there, Safe from harm, till baby-birds Chirrup forth to take their places, 'Mongst the self-sustaining herds.

From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Miller, Mrs. E. P.

In heart-ambush hidden Chirrup of a bird; Tremble heart and forest Like a frightened fawn, Gleam the distant tree-tops, Hither comes the dawn!

From A Woman's Love Letters by Hensley, Sophia Margaret