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English Dictionary: caterwauling by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caterwaul \Cat"er*waul\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caterwauled}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Caterwauling}.] [Cat + waul, wawl, to cry as a
      cat.]
      To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive
      noise. --Coleridge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caterwauling \Cat"er*waul`ing\, n.
      The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the
      cry of cats. --Shak.
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