gowl

British  

/ ɡaʊl /

noun

1. dialect the substance often found in the corner of the eyes after sleep

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Example Sentences

At this the heart within me gave way, and I roared out in my helpless pain a perfect "gowl" of anger and grief.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

O, then the eagle swink'd for life, And brainyell'd up a mortal strife; But flew she north, or flew she south, She met wi' the gowl o' the lion's mouth.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Ere he had reached the corner, a gowl of anger and grief struck his ear, and he wheeled eagerly.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

O. N. ou, au is regularly ou, ow in Sco.: blowt, douff, dowff, gowk, gowl, loup, louse, nowt, rout, rowste, soum.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

"Gie a cheer, boys!" he cried; and as the muzzle of Mons Meg swept down the file, a strange wavering cry arose, that was half a gowl of anger and half a broken-backed cheer.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)