v. i.
Then suddenly was heard along the main,
To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train. Pope [ 1913 Webster ]
The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he bleats. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]
The bleat of fleecy sheep. Chapman's Homer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who bleats; a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]
In cold, stiff soils the bleaters oft complain
Of gouty ails. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Crying as a sheep does. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from the seaside. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The cry of, or as of, a sheep. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]