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walling

English

Verb

walling

  1. present participle of wall

Noun

walling (countable and uncountable, plural wallings)

  1. A group of walls.
    • 2014, Carl Schuchhardt, Schliemann's Excavations (page 252)
      “All three,” says Dr. Schliemann, “were unusually large, and appeared to have been forced into the small space of only 5 feet 6 inches, left for them between the inner wallings […]
  2. Material used for walls.
  3. A method of torture in which a person's neck is encircled by a collar, which is then used to slam the person against a wall.

Anagrams

  • Wignall

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wailing

English

Etymology

wail +? -ing

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?we?l??/
  • Homophone: whaling
  • Rhymes: -e?l??

Noun

wailing (plural wailings)

  1. A loud drawn out scream or howl.
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5:
      'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.

Verb

wailing

  1. present participle of wail
    Craig ran off wailing because his friend pulled a prank on him.

References

  • wailing at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • wailing in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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