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▪ I. squalling, vbl. n.|ˈskwɔːlɪŋ|
[f. squall v.1]
The action of the verb; loud discordant screaming.
1677Miége Fr. Dict. ii, Squeaking, or squalling. 1712Steele Spect. No. 509 ⁋2 With the Din of Squalings, Oaths and Cries of Beggars. 1740Richardson Pamela xxvi. (1824) I. 40, I intended no harm to her..if you'd have left your squallings. 1788Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 93 That disagreeable noise, the squalling of young children. 1911Blackw. Mag. Feb. 271/1 The squalling of a thousand cats.
▪ II. ˈsqualling, ppl. a.
[f. squall v.1]
That squalls or screams.
Chiefly said of children, with contemptuous force.
1712Steele Spect. No. 479 ⁋2 The Noise of those damned Nurses and squawling Brats. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 563 Squeaking voice. The voice shrill and squalling. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxii, I am glad I saved the squalling child's life. 1852Thackeray Esmond III. v. 140 Send that squalling little brat about his business. |