bawl

bawl is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.
  2. 2.To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift.
  3. 3.A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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