WAIL

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To choose; to select. [Obs.] "Wailed wine and meats." Henryson.

2.
v.

To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death. Shak.

3.
v.

To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep. Therefore I will wail and howl. Micah i. 8.

4.
n.

Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. "The wail of the forest." Longfellow.

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