gowl
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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)
Gourlay resumed his way, his being a dumb gowl of rage.
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
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
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