gowl

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaʊl/ Rhymes: -aʊl === Etymology 1 === From Old English gaulen, goulen. Compare yawl (intransitive verb). ==== Verb ==== gowl (third-person singular simple present gowls, present participle gowling, simple past and past participle gowled) (obsolete, Scotland) To weep angrily; to howl. (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?) ==== See also ==== girn === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Irish?”) ==== Noun ==== gowl (plural gowls) (Ireland, slang) vulva. (Ireland, slang) an annoying person; an idiot; a dishonest person. === Anagrams === glow, w.l.o.g., wlog == Cornish == === Etymology === 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 === gowl f (plural gowlow) fork Synonym: forgh crotch pike === Mutation ===