WAIL (2)

wail (2)|wailing. Wail, or Wailing, n. lamentation, audible sorrow

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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.