wawl
Britishverb
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Witwal, wit′wawl, n. the popinjay, or green woodpecker, the greater spotted woodpecker.
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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.
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Thou know’st the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry:—I will preach to thee; mark me.
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Where serpents' tongues the penmen are to write, Where cats do wawl by day, dogs by night.
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