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 Howl v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.]
 1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
    And dogs in corners set them down to howl.   --Drayton.
 Methought a legion of foul fiends
 Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.   --Shak.
 2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
    Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand.   --Is. xiii. 6.
 3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
    Wild howled the wind.   --Sir W. Scott.
 Howling monkey. Zool. See Howler, 2.
 Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10.