GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Yell (yĕl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling.] [OE. yellen, ȝellen, AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. gälla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., & OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala.  Cf. 1st Gale, and Nightingale.] To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.
   
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   They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. Chaucer.
   
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   Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. Spenser.
   
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   Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round
   
   Environed thee; some howled, some yelled. Milton.
   
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   Yell (?), v. t. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.  Shak.
   
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   Yell, n. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.
   
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   Their hideous yells
   
   Rend the dark welkin. J. Philips.
   
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