WAIL
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Wail (?), v. t. [Cf. Icel. val choice, velja to choose, akin to Goth. waljan, G. w&ä;hlen.] To choose; to select. [Obs.] “Wailed wine and meats.” Henryson.
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Wail, v. 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 death. Shak.
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Wail, v. i. To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
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Therefore I will wail and howl.
Micah i. 8.
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Wail, n. Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. “The wail of the forest.” Longfellow.
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