Complain

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.

II. Complain ·vt To Lament; to Bewail.

III. Complain ·vi To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. ·etc.; to Lament; to Murmur; to find fault;

— commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

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    The creaking of masts, or timbers, when over-pressed, without any apparent external defect. One man ...

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