·noun Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
II. Wail ·vt To Choose; to Select.
III. Wail ·vi To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to Weep.
IV. Wail ·vt To Lament; to Bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
·noun A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language