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wail

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wail  \Wail\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  Icel.  val  choice,  velja  to  choose  akin 
  to  Goth.  waljan  G.  w["a]hlen.] 
  To  choose  to  select.  [Obs.]  ``Wailed  wine  and  meats.'' 
  --Henryson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wail  \Wail\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Wailed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Wailing}.]  [OE.  wailen,  weilen  probably  fr  Icel.  v[ae]la; 
  cf  Icel.  v[ae],  vei,  woe,  and  E.  wayment,  also  OE  wai,  wei, 
  woe.  Cf  {Woe}.] 
  To  lament;  to  bewail;  to  grieve  over  as  to  wail  one's 
  death.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wail  \Wail\,  v.  i. 
  To  express  sorrow  audibly;  to  make  mournful  outcry;  to  weep. 
 
  Therefore  I  will  wail  and  howl.  --Micah  i.  8. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wail  \Wail\,  n. 
  Loud  weeping;  violent  lamentation;  wailing.  ``The  wail  of  the 
  forest.''  --Longfellow. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wail 
  n  :  a  cry  of  sorrow  and  grief;  "their  pitiful  laments  could  be 
  heard  throughout  the  ward"  [syn:  {lament},  {lamentation}, 
  {plaint}] 
  v  1:  emit  long  loud  cries;  "wail  in  self-pity",  "howl  with 
  sorrow"  [syn:  {howl},  {ululate},  {roar},  {yawl}] 
  2:  cry  weakly  or  softly;  "she  wailed  with  pain"  [syn:  {whimper}, 
  {mewl},  {pule}]




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