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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Yell

Yĕll, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. YELLED; p. pr. & vb. n. YELLING.] [A-S. gillan, gellan, O. H. Ger. gellan, N. H. Ger. gellen, D. gillen, Sw. gälla, allied to A-S. & O. Sax. galan, Icel. gala, to sing. Cf. YAWL.] To cry out with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. “Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells.” Spenser.

Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled. Milton.

Yĕll, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.

Yĕll, n.

noun

n. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry. Their hideous yells Rend the dark welkin. Philips.