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wailing |
2 definitions found 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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