howled
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled; p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil[=o]n to exult, h?wo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.]
1.To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. [1913 Webster]
And dogs in corners set them down to howl.— Drayton.[1913 Webster]
Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. [1913 Webster]
Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand.— Is. xiii. 6.[1913 Webster]
3.To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. [1913 Webster]
Wild howled the wind.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]
Howling monkey. (Zool.) See Howler, 2.
Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10. [1913 Webster]