Obs. rare. [prob. echoic] intr. Of the eagle: To scream.
1677. Wittie, Gout Raptures, lviii. (1681), 103.
The Goat did blare, squeak did the Hare, | |
And there the Eagle frilled. |
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, II. 310/2. The Eagle Frilleth, or Scriketh.
Hence Frill sb., the cry of an eagle.
1847. in Halliwell.