See Also: whistling(1)(dictionary)
whistling(2)(dictionary)
whistling deformity(medicine)
whistling rale(medicine)
whistling swan(encyclopedia)
Whistling - Horse Racing(gambling)
Whistling Arrow - Archery(gambling)
whistling face syndrome(medicine)

whistling(2) (iou)



whistling verbal noun. OE.
[from WHISTLE verb + -ING1.]
The action of WHISTLE verb; an instance of this.
Comb.: whistling-shop arch. slang a room in a prison where spirits were secretly sold without a licence (a whistle being given to escape detection).