Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tinkling \Tin"kling\, n.
   1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.

            Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. --Gray.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) A grackle ({Quiscalus crassirostris}) native of
      Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and
      rids them of insects.