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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