wawl
Britishverb
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Waul, Wawl, wawl, v.t. to cry as a cat.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
I know thee well enough; thy name is Gloster: Thou must be patient; we came crying hither: Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl and cry.
From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)
Where serpents' tongues the penmen are to write, Where cats do wawl by day, dogs by night.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
Thou know’st the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry:—I will preach to thee; mark me.
From Notes and Queries, Number 15, February 9, 1850 by Various
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