wail : Idioms & Phrases


wailing wall

  • noun a wall in Jerusalem; sacred to Jews as a place of prayer and lamentation; its stones are believed to have formed part of the Temple of Solomon
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widow-wail

Wid"ow-wail` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe.
Webster 1913