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gowl

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old English gaulen, goulen. Compare yawl (intransitive verb).

Verb

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gowl (third-person singular simple present gowls, present participle gowling, simple past and past participle gowled)

  1. (obsolete, Scotland) To weep angrily; to howl.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)

See also

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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gowl (plural gowls)

  1. (Ireland, slang) Vulva.
  2. (Ireland, slang) An annoying person; an idiot; a dishonest person.

Anagrams

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Cornish

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gowl

Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *gaβl, from Proto-Celtic *gablā. Cognate with Breton gaol, English gabel, German Gabel, Irish gabhal, Scottish Gaelic gobhal, and Welsh gafl.

Noun

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gowl f (plural gowlow)

  1. fork
    Synonym: forgh
  2. crotch
  3. pike

Mutation

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Mutation of gowl
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
gowel wowel unchanged kowel hwowel wowel