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wauls

wauls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of waul.

Meaning of waul

Verb

waul (third-person singular simple present wauls, present participle wauling, simple past and past participle wauled)

  1. To wail, to cry plaintively.
    • Thou know’st, the first time that we smell the air, / We waul, and cry.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about wauls

What is wauls the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wauls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of waul.

Words near wauls in the dictionary

  1. waulkmill
  2. waulkmiller
  3. waulkmillers
  4. waulkmills
  5. waulks
  6. wauls
  7. Waunarlwydd
  8. Wauneka
  9. Waunekas
  10. Waunfawr
  11. Waungron

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