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r articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously. Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. Thomson. Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make him moan. Shak.

Full of moaning; expressing sorrow. -- Moan"ful*ly, adv.

To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with. Implores their pity, and his pain bemoans. Dryden.

One who bemoans.

Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants. -- n.

Loss of power to distinguish heat or cold by touch.

To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Funereal; moaning. Soothed sadly by the dirgeful wind. Coleridge.

participle. With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.

Loss. [Obs.] Shak. And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. Spenser. Expense magazine (Mil.), a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. H. L. Scott.

Made of fir; abounding in firs. In firry woodlands making moan. Tennyson.

To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan. For we . . . do groan, being burdened. 2 Cor. v. 4. He heard the groaning of the oak. Sir W. Scott.

largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura, and Ground dove (above). -- Ground pine. (Bot.) (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga (A. Chamæpitys), formerly included in the genus Teucrium or germander, and nam…

To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail. One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden.

The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping Matt. ii. 18.

r will she her dear Lar forget, Victorious by his benefit. Lovelace. The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton. Looking backward in vain toward their Lares and lands. Longfellow.

Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters. The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton.

A moan. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail. As if he mourned his rival's ill success. Addison. And looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return. Emerson.

A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough. [Obs.] Chaucer.