عَوِيلٌ
1.
A wailing; i. e. a raising of the voice with weeping; as also
عَوْلٌ and
عَوْلَةٌ: (S, O, K:) or a weeping and crying out: (Msb:) and sometimes it signifies a cry, or voice, from the chest, without weeping: (O, TA:) and sometimes
عَوْلَةٌ signifies the burning sensation of grief and of love, without a raising of the voice and without weeping. (TA.) [See also عَوَّالٌ.]
2.
Also Weak:
3.
and hence it is used as a name for One of the ropes of a ship or boat. (TA.)