‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The sloth bear (Melursus labiatus) of India. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Hath widowed and unchilded many a one,
Which to this hour bewail the injury. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To express grief; to lament. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who bewails or laments. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wailing over; lamenting. --
n. The act of bewailing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. Icel. val choice, velja to choose, akin to Goth. waljan, G. wählen. ] To choose; to select. [ Obs. ] “Wailed wine and meats.” Henryson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep. [ 1913 Webster ]
Therefore I will wail and howl. Micah i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. “The wail of the forest.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who wails or laments. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A woman who wails. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Sorrowful; mournful. “ Like wailful widows.” Spenser. “Wailful sonnets.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a wailing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]