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caterwauling


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Caterwaul  \Cat"er*waul\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Caterwauled};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Caterwauling}.]  [Cat  +  waul,  wawl,  to  cry  as  a 
  cat.] 
  To  cry  as  cats  in  rutting  time;  to  make  a  harsh,  offensive 
  noise.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Caterwauling  \Cat"er*waul`ing\,  n. 
  The  cry  of  cats;  a  harsh,  disagreeable  noise  or  cry  like  the 
  cry  of  cats.  --Shak. 




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