Howl (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwilon to exult, bo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.]
1.
To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
Drayton.
Methought a legion of foul fiends
Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.
Shak.
2.
To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand.
Is. xiii. 6.
3.
To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
Wild howled the wind.
Sir W. Scott.
Howling monkey. Zool. See Howler, 2. -- Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. Deut. xxxii. 10.
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Howl, v. t.
To utter with outcry.
"Go . . .
howl it out in deserts."
Philips.
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Howl, n.
1.
The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
2.
A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
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