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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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wailing
adj : vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such
expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners";
"the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her
desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: {lamenting},
{wailful}]
n : loud cries made while weeping [syn: {bawling}]
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