Definition of "miaul" []

• The cry of a cat. (noun)
• To give the cry of a cat. (verb)

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• "So Mother Sub-Prioress will spit out a curse upon the viands; or Sister Mary Rebecca will miaul over them like an old cat that sees a tom in every shadow, though all toms have long since fled at her approach."
• ""` Well, 'says he, ` I heard her miaul, and when I awoke I think I seed two eyes looking at me.'"