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   Howl (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwilōn to exult, hwo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.]
   1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
   
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   And dogs in corners set them down to howl. Drayton.
   
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   Methought a legion of foul fiends
   
   Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. Shak.
   
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   2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
   
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   Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. Is. xiii. 6.
   
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   3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
   
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   Wild howled the wind. Sir W. Scott.
   
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   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.
   
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   2. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
   
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