Noah Webster
Moan
MOAN, verb transitive To lament; to deplore; to bewail with an audible voice.
Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan
My dear Columbo dead and gone.
MOAN, verb intransitive To grieve; to make lamentations.
Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans.
MOAN, noun Lamentation; audible expression of sorrow; grief expressed in words or cried.
Sullen moans,
Hollow groans.