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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Howled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Howling}.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG.
hiulen, hiuweln OHG. hiuwil[=o]n to exult, h?wo owl, Dan.
hyle to howl.]
1. To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs
and wolves often do
And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
--Drayton.
Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me
about and howled in my ears. --Shak.
2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and
mournfully; to lament; to wail.
Howl ye for the day of the Lord is at hand. --Is.
xiii. 6.
3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
Wild howled the wind. --Sir W.
Scott.
{Howling monkey}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Howler}, 2.
{Howling wilderness}, a wild, desolate place inhabited only
by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii 10.
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