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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Bawl

Bawl, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. BAWLED; p. pr. & vb. n. BAWLING.] [Icel. baula, to low, bellow, a cow; Sw. böla, A-S. bellan, Ger. bellen, to bark; L. Lat. baulare, to bark; Lat. balare, to bleat.]

  1. To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation.
  2. To cry loud, as a child from pain or vexation.

Bawl, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To proclaim by outcry, as a common crier. Swift.

Bawl, n.

noun

n. A loud, prolonged cry; as, the child set up a loud bawl.