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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.

One who howls.

An owl; an owlet. [Written also houlet.] R. Browning.

To howl at. [Obs.] The wolf behowls the moon. Shak.

A thole pin.

One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.

A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.

passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill. Thomson.

- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl.

he is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches. Addison. I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat. Tennyson.

To howl. [Obs.] Wyclif.

An owl. See Howlet.

and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.

The cheek; the jaw. [Written also jole, choule, chowle, and geoule.] Cheek by jowl, with the cheeks close together; side by side; in close proximity. "I will go with three cheek by jole." Shak. " Sits cheek by jowl." Dryden.

The black howler of Central America (Mycetes villosus).

A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers. See Howler, 2, and Illust.

A howling monkey, or howler.

Howling; wailing.

To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals. Sir T. Herbert.

A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing. He may fright others with his ululation. Wither.