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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To cry as a cat; mew.

Wiktionary

  1. n. dated The cry of a cat.
  2. v. intransitive, dated To give the cry of a cat.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To cry as a cat; to mew; to caterwaul.
  2. n. The crying of a cat.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)

Examples

  • “So Mother Sub-Prioress will spit out a curse upon the viands; or Sister Mary Rebecca will miaul over them like an old cat that sees a tom in every shadow, though all toms have long since fled at her approach.”

    The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century

  • “` Well, 'says he, ` I heard her miaul, and when I awoke I think I seed two eyes looking at me.”

    Poor Jack

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  1. mew
  1. caterwaul

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  1. cry

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  1. meawl

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