wail (1), waile, wayl, wayle, weil, weyl

t. & i. [Icel. væla, vála, vola =to wail; orig.=to cry woe; from væ, vei =woe! (interj.); cf. Ital. gua jolare, guaire to wail, cry woe; from guai =woe!; Goth. wai woe!; cf. also WAYMENT.] A. Trans.: To lament over, to bewail, to mourn. Mason: Elfrida. "She wails the absence of her lord." IMG:content-0609.jpg:[blocks in formation] schot a partition, a wainscot.] *1. A fine kind of oak timber, not liable to warp or cast, and working freely under the tool. "A wedge of wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree." -Urquhart : Tracts , p. 153. 2. A wooden lining or casing of the walls of because the paneling was originally made of the apartments, usually made in panels, and so called oak timber known as wainscot. "The mouse Behind the mouldering wainscot shriek'd." Tennyson: Mariana . IMG:content-0610.jpg:[blocks in formation] "Around the woods She sighs her song, which with her wail resound." Thomson. wail-er, subst . [Eng. wail (1), v.-er.] One who wails or laments violently. wail-fül, *waile-full, a. [Eng. wail, s.;.full.] Sorrowful, mournful, sad. "You must lay lime, to tangle her desires, By wailful sonnets." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen, iii. 2. wail-ing, pr. par., a., & s. [WAIL (1), v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) B. As subst.: The act of expre ing grief, sorrow, or lamentation audibly; violent or loud lament a tion. "I bade my harp's wild wailings flow." Scott: Glenfinlas. wail-ing-ly, adv . [English wailing ; -ly .] In a wailing manner; with wailing and lamentation. *wail-ment, s. [Eng. wail (1), v.; -ment .] Wailing, lamentation. "O day of wailment to all that are yet unborn." Hacket : Life of Williams , ii. 224. *wail-ment, v . i . [WAILMENT, 8.] To lament, to wail. "Therefore well may I wailment." Tylney: Locrine, ii. 2. IMG:content-0611.jpg:[blocks in formation]