Definition of Howls

1. Noun. (plural of howl) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Howls

1. howl [v] - See also: howl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Howls

howks
howl
howl out
howled
howler
howler monkey
howler monkeys
howlers
howlet
howlets
howling
howling(a)
howlingly
howlings
howlite
howls (current term)
howness
howp
howped
howping
howps
howre
howres
hows
howsit
howso
howsoever
howsomdever
howsomedever
howsomever

Literary usage of Howls

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. University of California Publications in Education by University of California (1868-1952) (1920)
"If a dog howls at night, some misfortune is at hand The howling of a dog is the sign of death The howling of a dog three times is a sign of death ï IS =-s ..."

2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Dead Wife — What Happens at the Death of a Chief—How the Squaws Mourn—A Chorus of howls from the " Blessed Sex " — Self-Mutilation — Inflicting Horrible ..."

3. My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton (1905)
"We Hear Wolf howls and Prepare for Attack. The Enemy Repulsed with Heavy Losses. A "Big Talk" and Peace. "It Costs too much Blood to Fight Trappers. ..."

4. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... man Saw the ghostly leaguers marching round howls of rage and shrieks of anguish I Louder yelled, and nearer crept; Round and round the jungle-serpent ..."

5. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... whose allotted task is to hale «¡: the water with a limpet-shell, v," the wintry blast howls over the ..."

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