gowl
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"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
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
Gourlay resumed his way, his being a dumb gowl of rage.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
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
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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