Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wail

n. & v. --n. 1 a prolonged plaintive inarticulate loud high-pitched cry of pain, grief, etc. 2 a sound like or suggestive of this. --v. 1 intr. utter a wail. 2 intr. lament or complain persistently or bitterly. 3 intr. (of the wind etc.) make a sound like a person wailing. 4 tr. poet. or rhet. bewail; wail over. Phrases and idioms Wailing Wall a high wall in Jerusalem said to stand on the site of Herod's temple, where Jews traditionally pray and lament on Fridays. Derivatives wailer n. wailful adj. poet. wailingly adv. Etymology: ME f. ON, rel. to WOE WAIN n. archaic 1 a wagon. 2 (prec. by the) = CHARLES'S WAIN. Etymology: OE w{aelig}g(e)n, w{aelig}n, f. Gmc, rel. to WAY, WEIGH(1)