Bible Dictionaries
Wail

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.

(2):

(v. t.) To choose; to select.

(3):

(n.) Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.

(4):

(v. t.) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wail.html. 1828.