Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Title \Ti"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Titled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Titling}.] [Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See {Title}, n.]
   To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

         Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor
         to be titled on his coin, ``The Restorer of Britain.''
                                                  --Milton.

Titling \Tit"ling\, n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See {Tit}
   a small bird.]
   1. (Zo["o]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.