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The term "mewl" is used with remarkable versatility, often invoking a sense of plaintive, tender sound while also carrying rich dialectal and metaphorical overtones. In some works, it is employed as a poetic metaphor to denote a subtle, evocative musical expression, as seen when a character refers to "A Mewl of Music" ([1]). In other instances, particularly within regional narratives, it captures the soft, whimpering cry often associated with grief or reluctance ([2], [3]), and it is even noted among common synonyms for a kitten's cry ([4]). Moreover, its usage can evoke a broader ambiance, lending an auditory texture to landscapes and situations—such as the feeble sound that marks the vast solitude of a desert ([5]). Altogether, these varied applications demonstrate how "mewl" enriches the narrative with both literal and symbolic layers of meaning.
  1. And Phil gave what he called "A Mewl of Music."
    — from Hildegarde's Harvest by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
  2. But just here their play was interrupted by a voice at the fence, saying, "Who got dat mewl?"
    — from The Four Corners by Amy Ella Blanchard
  3. hoot : crying , weeping , wail, lamentation , mewl, plaint whimpering.
    — from Putnam's Word Book A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of an Exact and Varied Vocabulary by Louis A. (Louis Andrew) Flemming
  4. [horse]; bray [donkey, mule, hinny, ass]; mew, mewl [kitten]; meow [cat]; purr [cat]; caterwaul, pule [cats]; baa[obs3], bleat [lamb]; low, moo
    — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
  5. Left to the solitude in which Bonaparte has left the world, I scarcely hear the feeble generations which pass and mewl on the edge of the desert."
    — from The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 4 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 4 by Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de

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