† wailmentn.
Obsolete.
Wailing, lamentation.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > wailing
reameOE
woningc950
reminga1200
wailinga1400
bewailing1485
howling1490
yammer?a1513
wailc1540
wailment1593
bewailment1607
ejulationa1620
alleleu1689
yammering1705
ululation?1799
waly-walying1821
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 12 b If thou hadst neuer seene the light, thy walking in darknes would haue brought thee no waylement.
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne (1881) 47 That Asias waylments so take breath at last.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 224 O day of wailment to all that are yet unborn!
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