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Pronunciation : Howl
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwilon to exult, h owl, Dan. hyle to howl.]
Definition : 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?l.) See Howler, 2. -- Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. Deut. xxxii. 10.

i. [imp. & p. p. Howled; p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Howl
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To utter with outcry. "Go . . . howl it out in deserts." Philips.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Howl
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.

2. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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