Yawl, v. i. [OE. ”aulen, ”oulen, gaulen, goulen, Icel. gaula to low, bellow. Cf. Gowl.] To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell. Tennyson.
There howling Scyllas yawling round about. Fairfax.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.