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Webster 1913 Edition
Wail
Wail
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. Icel.
val
choice, velja
to choose, akin to Goth. waljan
, G. wählen
.] To choose; to select.
[Obs.]
“Wailed wine and meats.” Henryson.
Wail
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wailed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wailing
.] [OE.
wailen
, weilen
, probably fr. Icel. væla
; cf. Icel. væ
, vei
, woe, and E. wayment
, also OE. wai
, wei
, woe. Cf. Woe
.] To lament; to bewail; to grieve over;
as, to
. wail
one’s deathShak.
Wail
,Verb.
I.
To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
Therefore I will
wail
and howl. Micah i. 8.
Wail
,Noun.
Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
“The wail of the forest.” Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wail
WAIL
,Verb.
T.
Or if no more her absent lord she wails--
WAIL
,Verb.
I.
Therefore I will wail and howl. Micah 1.
WAIL
,Noun.