gowl
Britishnoun
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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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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 S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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 George Douglas Brown
"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 S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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 George Tobias Flom
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