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1 definition found 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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