WAIL, verb transitive To lament; to moan; to bewail. Or if no more her absent lord she wails-- WAIL, verb intransitive To weep; to express sorrow audibly. Therefore I will wail and howl. Micah 1:8. WAIL, noun Loud weeping; violent lamentation.
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