cryn.
/krʌɪ/, U.S. /kraɪ/ 1.
a. The loud and chiefly inarticulate utterance of emotion; esp. of grief, pain, or terror.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun]
reminga1200
cry1297
pillaloo1785
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 139 The cry of þe folk þat me slow, þe oþere broȝte in drede.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 5983 Nas neuere no man..þat i-horde þane cri [c1275 Calig. þesne weop] hou hii gradde to þan halwes. þat his heorte ne mihte beo sori for þane deol-fulle cri.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 478 By þat cry men knaw þan Whether it [the infant] be man or weman.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 115 With such weping and with such cry Forth..he goth.
c1440 Ipomydon 1951 The lady herde hym make suche crye.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C4v With hollow houling, and lamenting cry.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. i. 39 Tis some mischance, the cry is very direfull. View more context for this quotation
1813 W. Scott Rokeby iii. xxx. 148 Their wail and their cry.
b. (with a and plural). A shout or exclamation of pain, grief, terror, etc.; a scream, shriek, wail.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4393 Sco [sc. Potiphar's wife] gaue a cri þat all moght here.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) iv. 13 Scho turned agayne with a hidous crie.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxvii. 231 He herde the cryes & wepynges that she made.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 222 He raised the house with loud and coward cries . View more context for this quotation
1771 E. Griffith tr. ‘P. Viaud’ Shipwreck 25 A Dutchman..who had been..the loudest in his plaints and cries.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxxi. 207 He dropped into his chair again, and..uttered a cry never to be forgotten.
c1850 Arabian Nights 636 Those mournful cries, which women usually utter on the death of their husbands.
c. An exclamation expressive of any emotion.
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1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vii. 85 The insensate mob Uttered a cry of triumph.
1891 F. Barrett Sin Olga Zassoulich III. xlvii. 193 He drew her to him with a cry of joy.
d. in Pathology. (See quot. 1882.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > fit or stroke > epilepsy > premonitory symptom
aura1783
sensation1822
vapours1822
cry1843
narcolepsy1880
1843 T. Watson Lect. Physic I. 630 The cry [in epilepsy]..is sometimes a husky groan, but generally a piercing and terrifying scream.
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Epileptic cry, a peculiar discordant cry or yell occasionally uttered just before the respiration is arrested in an epileptic fit. Hydrocephalic cry, a sharp, plaintive cry uttered by a child suffering from hydrocephalus.
2. † a. Shouting, calling in a voice loud and uttered with effort. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > crying or shouting
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hallalloo1737
yo-yoing1836
vociferance1838
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5382 Þe Sarazynz after him prikede..With noyse & eke with crye.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16304 Foluand him wit cri.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 102 Crye, clamor, vociferacio.
b. A shout, a loud and excited utterance.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun]
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yip1911
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun]
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bawl1792
holler1825
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > crying or shouting > instance of
cryc1380
reer?a1400
vociferationa1525
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 294 Þis crie is warnynge of aungels.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 63 Altogether with one crie called him on euery side Traytor.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lviii. 228 Yet could they..neither with their cries, nor menaces, stop them all.
1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 314 Canoes filled with natives..uttering loud cries, and appearing much excited.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 771 The Ayes raised so loud a cry that it was believed that they were the majority.
c. The loud and excited utterance of words; the words as shouted.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > words cried
cryc1384
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxv. 6 Sothely at myd niȝt a cry was maad, Loo! the spouse cummeth.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxviijv The people..cried: liue king Henry, liue King Henry. After whiche crie passed, the noble men..did to hym homage.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. v. 2 The Cry is still, they come. View more context for this quotation
1783 Gentleman's Mag. 53 ii. 822 A cry of Hear him! Hear him!
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. vi. 264 There has been a cry every where: To the Bastille.
1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 169 Hearing the loud cry of ‘a man overboard’.
d. The united shouting with which seamen, etc. accompany their combined exertions.
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 102 Crye of schypmen, that ys clepyd haue howe (P. halowe).
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Hola-ho A cry which answers to yoe-hoe.
1850 W. B. Clarke Wreck of Favorite 21 By the signal and well known cry—without which, apparently, no British tar..can haul a rope..they united their strength.
3. An importunate call, a prayer, entreaty; an appeal for mercy, justice, etc.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > invocation or appeal
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appealingness1876
rogative1882
cri de cœur1897
a1300 E.E. Psalter ci. 2 Laverd, here þe bede of me, And mi krie mote come to þe.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxi. 13 Who stoppeth his ere at the cri of the pore.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4715 Bi for þe king þai com wit cri, And said, ‘lauerd, þou ha merci’.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxi. 138 The vnresistable cryes of suppliants calling vpon you for mercye.
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxvi. 181 It is my constant cry to my own Husbandmen to take heed of Plough-balking.
1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 4 Succeeding Monarchs heard the Subjects Cries.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 147 The cry of the whole people was for a free Parliament.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > summons or summoning > a summons
stevena900
crya1300
summonsc1300
warninga1400
citationa1640
provoke1842
a1300 Havelok 270 And forto hauen alle at his cri, At his wille, at his merci.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 279 Knyghtes, lordes of tounes, and alle com to his crie.
c1330 Amis & Amil. 207 Than hadde the douke..A douhti knight, at crie.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 179/4 Thenne assemblyd alle the cyte of Luques at the crye of the fader.
a. An announcement made in public in a loud voice; a proclamation. Obsolete in general sense.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech
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sermonc1385
exhortationc1450
oration?1504
prepositiona1513
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speechification1809
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1292 Britton i. xxiii. §13 Qi qe face encountre la crye, qe il eyt la prisoun par un an et un jour.]
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 906 Þan commaundede þey, and made a cry..On satyrday shulde men noun ryngge.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2249 Wich a cri has he cried..þurth hest of þemperour.
a1400–50 Alexander 981 He makes a crie þat alle þe curte..Suld put þaim in to presens.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxxij/1 Ony man that hangith not out a lanterne..acordyng to the mayrs crye.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) liii. 181 Kyng yuoryn made a crye thorow all the cyte that euery man sholde be armed.
1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) iv. 139 A grave..personage read..the ‘crye’, which..announced the appointed meeting of the great Council of the realm.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > official announcements, permission, or records > [noun] > banns or proclamation of
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banec1440
bannsc1440
sibred1440
spurrings1787
c1315 Shoreham 71 Me schal maky the cryes At cherche oppe holy dayȝes thre.
c. The proclamation of wares to be sold in the streets; the words in which wares are cried, as London cries.
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society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > offering for sale > crying of wares
street cry1630
cry1642
outcry1884
1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell iii. 46 Let his Chamber be street ward to take in the common cry and Language, and [to] see how the Town is serv'd.
1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. iv. 128 A book of fencing, the cries of London, and the procession at the coronation of William and Mary were designed by him.
1834 H. Martineau Farrers of Budge-Row i. 3 The six o'clock cries are not all over.
1857 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 252 Some old Street cry, no doubt.
d. hue and cry: see hue and cry n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour
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vocitation1819
blue murder1828
blaring1837
shilloo1842
shillooing1845
pillalooing1847
shriek1929
yammering1937
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 27034 Þane cry hii of horde of þan Romleode.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 244 Þer was contek & crie.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 245 Men said þe wrath & cri com þorgh þe lord Tiptofte.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 103 Crye, or grete noyse a-mong the peple, tumultus.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5915 Myche clamour & crye was kyde in þe ost.
7.
a. Rumour, public report.
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society > communication > information > rumour > [noun]
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wordOE
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commoninga1513
roarc1520
murmura1522
hearsay?1533
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scandal1596
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discourse1677
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circulation1775
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labrish1942
lie and story1950
scam1964
he-say-she-say1972
factoid1973
ripple1977
goss1985
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 340 A crye and noyes went through the Citie, how the king and the Maior were lyke to be slayne.
1608 Yorkshire Trag. sig. Dv Knig. Murdered his children? 4 Gen. So the Cry comes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 122 Faith the cry goes, you shall marry her. View more context for this quotation
1668 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Temple in Wks. (1731) II. 122 For ought I can judge by the Cry of the Court, he wants it [money] more than I do.
1864 E. Capern Devon Provincialism All the Cry, the report, something generally talked of.
b. The public voice loudly uttered in approval, denunciation, etc.; the vox populi.
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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun] > generally accepted or expressed opinion
voicea1393
vox populic1547
common ground1570
suffrage1576
orthodox1619
cry1628
general compact1750
consensus1861
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. li. sig. I6 One that followes meerely the common crye, and makes it louder by one.
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 85 Vice will always have the Cry of her side.
1692 J. Locke Toleration iii. ix He that troubles not his Head at all about Religion, what other can so well suit him as the National: with which the Cry and Preferments go.
1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints 116 The cry, in his day, ran wholly in favour of antiquity.
a1842 T. Arnold Hist. Later Rom. Commonw. (1846) I. iv. 120 The popular cry was loud against him.
8. A form of words in which popular opinion on any matter finds general utterance; an opinion very generally expressed.
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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun] > generally accepted or expressed opinion > form of words which expresses
cry1688
1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 68 The common Cry is, that it is time enough to learn their Books when they come to be seven or eight years old.
1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 50. 323 Then the Cry would be, Images were put up for the common and ignorant People to worship.
1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 9 The general cry that our commerce was in distress.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 387 A cry was..raised that the penny post was a Popish contrivance.
9.
a. Something shouted to encourage and rally a party; a watchword; a war cry, a battle-cry; a rallying cry. literal and figurative.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > battle-cry or slogan
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slogan1513
cry1548
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tecbir1708
war-whoop1739
war cry1748
scalp yell1792
banner-cry1810
battle-cry1815
battle-word1815
hurrah1841
rebel yell1862
on-cry1899
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > rallying cry or watchword
senyea1510
cry1548
society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > watchword or rallying cry
wake-word1510
byworda1513
cry1548
mackerel cry1716
watchword1738
view halloo1761
rallying cry1793
rallying word1793
war cry1836
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxviijv The lord Talbot made a crye, as though he would assaile the gate.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 81 The Cry of Talbot serues me for a Sword. View more context for this quotation
1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §368 Truth is the cry of all, but the game of a few.
1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 398/2 Their names are no longer ‘a cry’ and a test.
1883 Manch. Examiner 23 Nov. 5/1 A revived Islamism was one of the cries by which Arabi sought to inspire his countrymen.
b. esp. A political or electioneering watchword; a legislative proposal or scheme designed as a rallying cry for the members of a party in a contest.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > [noun] > a political slogan or expression
cry1799
mot d'ordre1855
1799 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 264 It would be well if gentlemen, before they joined in a cry against any establishment, had well considered for what purpose that cry is raised.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. ii. ii. 185 ‘It is a very good cry though, if there be no other’ said Tadpole.
1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xix. 218 The Tory election cry..was ‘the Church in danger’.
1884 W. E. Gladstone in Standard 29 Feb. 2/7 Redistribution is their favourite cry.
10. A fit of weeping: a good cry, an energetic fit of weeping that relieves the feelings (colloquial).
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > fit(s) of weeping
shower1449
lachrymals1753
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cry1852
blub1894
1852 J. B. Owen in Visct. Ingestre Meliora i. 138 She was not sure but a good cry would do herself good, too.
1890 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Christmas No. 162 Mrs. Macdonald had her cry out.
11. The vocal utterance of animals; esp. the particular call of any animal.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun]
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songOE
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languagec1350
notea1400
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gabblea1616
clamour1719
call note1802
vocalization1829
dialect1921
c1300 K. Alis. 5410 Sory foules..Cry hy hadden als a pecok.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 213 The Bats..sqweake and call one the other, in most offensiue cryes.
1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 90 His Cry is like the Cry of some Ravens that I have..heard.
1771 E. Griffith tr. ‘P. Viaud’ Shipwreck 151 The different species of animals were to be distinguished by their cries.
1841 G. P. R. James Brigand iii The distant cry of a wolf.
1887 C. C. Abbott Waste-land Wanderings vi. 170 The sora has a cry that is peculiar in its marked resemblance to the rattle of our green frog.
12.
a. The yelping of hounds in the chase.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > sound made by
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mouth1590
tongue1787
1535 R. Layton Let. in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 71 To kepe the dere within the woode, therby to have the better cry with his howndes.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. xiii. 303 Sweeter Music than the finest Cry of Dogs in England. View more context for this quotation
18.. J. G. Whittier King Volmer & Elsie iv With cry of hounds and blare of hunter's horn.
b. Hence various phrases: e.g. to give cry, to open upon the cry; full cry, full pursuit; also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [phrase] > in pursuit
in pursuit1558
full cry1590
the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > pursue > pursue with characteristic sounds
to give cry1891
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B3v Will you..run vpon a Christen body, with full cry and open mouth?
1649 T. Fuller Just Mans Funeral 13 Hear the whole kennel of Atheists come in with a full crie.
1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 16 Being in full Cry and main Chase, comfort and cheer them with Horn and Voice.
1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 53 He gives out this cue to his admirers, who are sure to open upon the cry 'till they are hoarse again.
1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 32 All offering their merchandise at full cry.
1891 Rev. of Reviews July 25 The journalists gave cry after the Prince, like a pack of hounds when they strike the trail of a fox.
13. transferred.† b. contemptuously. A ‘pack’ (of people).
a. A pack of hounds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > pack of hounds
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(the) houndsc1710
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > pack of
mutec1350
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lady pack1828
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 123 My hounds are bred out of the Spartane kinde..A cry more tunable Was neuer..cheerd with horne. View more context for this quotation
1601 R. Yarington Two Lamentable Trag. sig. F The little flocked hound..surer of his sent, Then any one in all the crie besides.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Meute, a kennell, or crie, of hounds.
1698 G. Dampier in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 51 A Gentleman's Cry of Dogs.
1890 Daily News 3 Nov. 5/3 With four packs of staghounds, sixteen of foxhounds..besides not a few of those small ‘cries’ of beagles, which afford such excellent sport in their way.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > pack
packa1393
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cry1604
canaille1688
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 265 Get me a fellowship in a cry of players. View more context for this quotation
a1658 J. Cleveland London Lady in Wks. (1687) 236 A small Cry of Tenants.
14. The creaking, crackling noise emitted by some metals, esp. tin, when bent. See also quot. 1873.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > harshness and shrillness > creak
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1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West ii. 57 The coach drags heavily, the wheels often causing a disagreeable ‘cry’ in the sand and soda.
1882 Nature 16 Feb. 374/2 The cry of tin is..due to crystalline structure.
15. Combined with an adv., as cry-out, the act of crying out, exclamation, outcry.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun]
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1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park (1889) viii. 76 There was a general cry out at this. ‘Yes,’ he continued, ‘there is no necessity for my going, and I mean to stay at home.’
1816 J. Austen Emma I. viii. 127 A general cry-out upon her extreme good luck. View more context for this quotation
1852 J. Nutt in Visct. Ingestre Meliora 199 The constant cry~out was that the filth came from their neighbours.
Phrases
P1. great (also much) cry and little wool and variants: the proverbial outcome of shearing hogs; hence, much noise or fuss with small results, much ado about nothing. Also more cry than wool.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss
to-doc1330
adoc1380
great (also much) cry and little woolc1460
feery-fary1535
fray1568
stirc1595
do1598
coil1599
hurl1603
ruffle1609
clutterment1611
buzz1628
bustle1637
paddle1642
racket1644
clutter1652
tracas1656
tracasserie1656
circumference1667
flutter1667
hurly-burly1678
fuss1701
fissle1719
fraise1725
hurry-scurry1753
fix-fax1768
fal-lal1775
widdle1789
touse1792
fuffle1801
going-on1817
hurry and scurry1823
sputter1823
tew1825
Bob's-a-dying1829
fidge1832
tamasha1842
mulling1845
mussing1846
fettling1847
fooster1847
trade1854
scrimmage1855
carry-on1861
fuss-and-feathers1866
on-carry1870
make-a-do1880
miration1883
razzle-dazzle1885
song and dance1885
to get a rustle on1891
tea-party1903
stirabout1905
whoop-de-do1910
chichi1928
production1941
go-go1966
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > overestimation or overrating > storm in a teacup
great (also much) cry and little woolc1460
a storm in a teacup1854
tempest in a tea-pot1854
tea-pot tempest1896
teacup storm1951
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) x. 132 His hyghnes shall haue þeroff, but as hadd þe man þat sherid is hogge, muche crye and litil woll.
1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 10 As one said at the shearing of hogs, great cry & litle wool, much adoe & smal help.
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. x. 119 Parturient montes, etc...Great cry and little wooll.
1644 W. Prynne Falsities & Forgeries 2 Here is a great cry indeed, but little wool.
1684 T. Goddard Plato's Demon 301 When there is a great cry, there is not always the more wooll.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 165 Humph, quoth the Dee'l when he clip'd the Sow, A great cry, and little Woo.
a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 170 For Matter of Title he thought there was more Squeak than Wool.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 372 At first, there was much cry but little wool.
a1893 Mod. Sc. Muckle cry an' little woo', As the deil said whan he shore the soo.
1952 V. W. Brooks Confident Years xviii. 197 Her diary was much more cry than wool and Mary MacLane was a startling figure only because the times were so colourless and mild.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] > excessively or immoderately
att hofelæsc1175
with unskillc1220
above (also beyond) the moonc1300
out of score1303
beyond (also above, over, without) measurea1375
out of (all) measurea1375
beyond measure1526
above (also beyond) the nock1530
out of (also without) all cry1565
out of all hoa1592
over the top1935
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase]
to iwissea1000
mid iwissea1000
in wisc1000
to wis(se)c1000
without(en (any) weenc1175
sans fail1297
thereof no strife1297
but werea1300
forouten werea1300
out of werea1300
without werea1300
without deceit1303
for certainc1320
it is to wittingc1320
withouten carec1320
without nayc1330
without noc1330
without (but out of) dread1340
no doubtc1380
without distancec1390
no fresea1400
out of doubta1400
without doubta1400
for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400
withouten stance14..
hazel woods shakea1413
of, on, in warrantisec1440
sure enough?1440
without question?1440
wythout diswerec1440
without any dispayrec1470
for (also of) a surety?a1475
in (also for) surenessa1475
of certainc1485
without any (also all) naya1500
out of question?1526
past question?1526
for sure1534
what else1540
beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542
to be a bidden by1549
out of (also without) all cry1565
with a witness1579
upon my word1591
no question1594
out of all suspicion1600
for a certain1608
without scruple1612
to be sure1615
that's pos1710
in course1722
beyond (all) question1817
(and) no mistake1818
no two ways about it (also that)1818
of course1823
bien entendu1844
yessiree1846
you bet you1857
make no mistake1876
acourse1883
sans doute1890
how are you?1918
you bet your bippy1968
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iii. f. 77 As if the vyctory had bene theyr own out of al cry.
1569 G. Turberville Poems In their countrey downe is rife, and feathers out of cry.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxvii. 163 The proofes were so notable as the matter ought to be out of all crie.
1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. E3v The griefe whereof vext him out of all crie.
1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 80 He brides it and simpers it out a crie, No forsooth God dild you.
1594 Taming of a Shrew C iv b For Ile so cram me downe the tarts..out of all crie.
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria iii. ii, in Terence in Eng. 54 Misere hanc amat, Hee loues her out a crie.
1598 G. Chapman Blinde Begger of Alexandria sig. B2 Oh mayster tis..without al crie.
1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 125 You commend them out of all cry.
1875 J. R. Lowell Spenser in Wks. (1890) IV. 347 He sometimes ‘hunted the letter’, as it was called, out of all cry.
P3. within cry of: within calling distance. a far cry: a long way, a very long distance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > [phrase] > that may be reached > within hail or call
within calla1586
within cry of1632
within hail1697
the world > space > distance > [noun] > a long distance
world1619
a far cry1819
long shot1867
light year1929
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) ix. 396 Villages and Houses..each one was within cry of another.
1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iv, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 72 One of the Campbells replied, ‘It is a far cry to Lochow’; a proverbial expression of the tribe, meaning that their ancient hereditary domains lay beyond the reach of an invading enemy.
1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 75/1 In those days, it was a ‘far cry’ from Orkney to Holyrood; nevertheless the ‘cry’ at length penetrated the royal ear.
1885 Athenæum 18 Apr. 498/3 It is a far cry from the ascidian to bookbinding and blue china, yet it is a cry that can be achieved by Mr. Lang.
P4. to follow in the cry: to be in the following crowd of undistinguished or unimportant people.
ΚΠ
1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 27 July 72/1 Timmis is not always a mere follower in the cry.
1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 31 Aug. 172/2 In the ‘provinces’ we can hardly muster a coterie; we are content to follow in the cry, to be merged to be an insignificant part of the great world.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
cryv.
/krʌɪ/, U.S. /kraɪ//kraɪd/. Forms: Middle English crie-n, (Middle English creie-n), Middle English–1600s crie, crye, Middle English– cry, (Middle English crei, crij, cri, criȝe, criy). past tense Middle English cryde, Middle English criede, cryede, Middle English–1600s cride, cryed, Middle English– cried, (Middle English crijd, crid, creid, 1600s cri'd, 1600s–1700s cry'd). 1. transitive. To entreat, beg, beseech, implore, in a loud and emoved or excited voice.† a. with the thing begged as direct object. Obsolete. (Now cry for.) Hence to cry quarter n., truce n.: see these words.† b. with the person addressed as indirect (dative) object, and the thing begged as direct object; esp. in to cry him mercy, and analogous phrases. Obsolete. (The earliest known English use.)† c. with on, to him, in place of the dative. Obsolete.† d. with const. him (to him) of (grace). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > cry or beg loudly for
grede1340
cry1393
claimc1400
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 338 Alle..þat with good will Confessen hem and crien mercy.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. viii. 109 A bedreden womman To crye a largesse by-fore oure lorde.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1131 His blod..fines noght wrake to crij [Vesp. cri, Trin. Cambr. crye, Fairf. cry].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20745 Þan crijd [Gött. creid] he merci atte last.
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K2 Or Monarches hands that lets not bounty fall, Where want cries some; but where excesse begs all.
1668 S. Pepys Diary 18 Dec. (1976) IX. 394 He became as calm as a lamb and owned..and cried excuse.
ΚΠ
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 37 Crieð ȝeorne merci & for ȝeouenesse.
a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 205 Ich..creie þe leafdi merci.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 381 He..cryde hym mylce & ore.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 90 Þe knyght..cryed iesu mercy.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 81/1 Whan they repente..and crye their god mercy.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 249 Syr, I crye you mercy for goddes sake doo not to me so grete an outrage.
1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal i. 3 No, cry you mercy: this is my book.
ΚΠ
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiv. 13 Þe kynge cride to abraam mercy.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2789 Ȝerne on þaim he crid merci.
a1425 (c1300) Assumption of Virgin (BL Add.) (1901) l. 739 The folke hem bad mercy to crie To iesu cryst.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vii. 521 This Alençon..Cried mercy to his conqueror.
ΚΠ
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. i. 77 Þenne knelede I on my kneos and criȝed hire of grace.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 1 And cryede to hure of grace.]
2. To call in supplication or reverential invocation (on, upon, unto, to a person).
a. intransitive. Obsolete or archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > to, of, or upon someone
clepec825
cryc1290
to pray (one) of a boon1393
to call on ——a1400
to seek on (also upon)a1400
to call upon ——c1405
sue1405
supplicate1417
peala1425
labour1442
to make suit1447–8
supply1489
suit1526
appeal1540
apply1554
incalla1572
invocate1582
beg1600
palaver1859
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 15/479 On god huy criden and wepen sore.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 94 Þei maken us dreden and crie on Crist.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 6789 Crie to me þei shal And I forsoþe wol here her cal.
c1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 62 Why crye ȝe so on me?
1550 R. Crowley Way to Wealth sig. Aviv Crienge and callinge vpon them in thy nede.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 93 How he cride to mee for helpe. View more context for this quotation
a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 176 She is cried upon In all the prayers my heart puts up alone.
b. with object sentence containing the utterance, or clause expressing its purport. (Now merged in sense 3.)
ΚΠ
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 495 Criinde pitosliche, that he ssolde..abbe reuthe of Cristendom.
c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 898 Alle crieden..Haue mercy Lord vp on vs.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4737 Criand..‘Ha reuth on vs, þou blisced man’.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcv Criyng on his men to do valiauntly.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B6 Shee..with ruefull countenaunce, Cride Mercy mercy Sir vouchsafe to show.
1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xxix. 155 The Foot..was deserted by the Horse..and cryed to them to stand, and make good their ground.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 136 He..Thus mourning, to his Mother Goddess cry'd. Mother Cyrene [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 27 Turning a..deaf ear to the solicitations of admiring companions when they cry, ‘Do let I come wi'ye, Bill’.
c. figurative (intransitive) Of things. Cf. 7 and to cry out at Phrasal verbs 1.
ΚΠ
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1130 His blod on erth sced lijs, Efter wrak to me it crijs.
1552 R. Ascham in Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 12 Mischief..so moche as did crye to God for a generall plage.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. i. 20 But tell him, My Vses cry to me. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 53 Maiden-blood thus rigorously effus'd, Will cry for Vengeance, at the Gates of Heauen. View more context for this quotation
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 258. ⁋3 Sir, these Things cry loud for Reformation.
1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. ix. 344 Injuries and insults..which cried aloud for vengeance.
3. † b. in connection with sale by candle (candle n. Phrases 4). Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To utter the voice loudly and with exclamatory effort, whether under the influence of emotion, as indignation, fear, pain, surprise, or merely in order to be heard afar, or above any noise that would prevent the ordinary speaking voice from being heard or distinguished; to call aloud (to a person), shout, vociferate.It differs from bawl, scream, screech, shriek, in that these describe particular tones used in crying.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)]
remeeOE
ropeOE
gredec1000
epec1175
yeiec1175
ascry1352
to cry out1382
to lift (up) a cry, one's voice1382
cryc1384
outcryc1390
yawlc1400
openc1425
bursta1450
yelp?c1450
escry1483
assurd1523
to break forth1526
gaure1530
to call out?1532
exclaim1570
reclaim1611
voice1627
blathe1640
to set up one's pipes1671
bawze1677
sing1813
Great-Scott1902
yip1907
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)]
chirmOE
talec1275
rounda1325
cryc1384
shoutc1385
hallowc1420
roupa1425
glaster1513
hollo1542
yawl1542
to set up (also out) one's throat1548
vociferate1548
bawl1570
gape1579
hollo out?1602
holloa1666
to cry up1684
holler1699
halloo1709
belvea1794
parliament1893
foghorn1918
rort1931
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xix. 28 Thei..cryeden, seiynge, Greet [a1425 L.V. adds is the] Dian of Ephesians.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22607 He sal..Bath cri and brai for dute and drede.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4401 And quan i crid ful sone i-fledd [Trin. Cambr. he fledde].
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxiii. 151 Grete noyse of waters þat a man may noȝt here anoþer, crie he neuer so hie.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 225 Why cridestow, who hath thee doon offence.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour-Landry (1868) 9 Men synging and crienge, iaping, and plaieng.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E4 The damned ghosts in torments fry, And with sharp shrilling shriekes doe bootlesse cry.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xxxiv. 14 The satyr shall cry to his fellow. View more context for this quotation
c1684 Frost of 1683–4 (Percy Soc.) 19 The watermen do loudly cry and bawl.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xii. 291 If onybody stops ye cry on me.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Merman in Poems 25 Call to each other, and whoop and cry All night, merrily.
ΚΠ
1660 S. Pepys Diary 6 Nov. (1970) I. 284 We met all..for the sale of two ships by an inch of candle..I observed how..they all do cry; and we have much to do to tell who did cry last.
c. quasi-transitive with complemental accusative.
ΚΠ
1674 Abp. Leighton in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers. (1885) III. xxxiii. 55 The germans cri'd their throats dry with calling for a generall Councill.
4. transitive. To utter or pronounce in a loud exclamatory voice, to call out. The object may be
a. a description or term for the utterance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (transitive)]
to bolk out1382
cryc1384
belchc1500
out-braya1561
to cry out1597
belvea1794
re-ejaculate1826
sing1833
ejaculate1853
explete1902
Great-Scott1902
yip1927
society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > signal [verb (transitive)] > shout (watchword, etc.)
cryc1384
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (transitive)] > rallying cry or watchword
cryc1384
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xix. 32 Othere men cryeden othir thing; sothli the chirche was confusid.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16388 Þis word ai mar and mar to cri all þai be-gan.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxvii. 230 When he sawe his tyme, he cryed his worde and token.
a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1807) 16 What cryes the town? What cryes the University?
b. the word or words uttered.
ΚΠ
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xix. 34 O vois of alle men was maad, criynge..Greet Dian of Ephisians.
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor v. v. 194 I came to her in red..and I cried mum, and hee cried budget.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 50 For she had a tongue..Would cry to a Sailor goe hang. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 With his last Voice, Eurydice, he cry'd . View more context for this quotation
1709 M. Prior Despairing Shepherd And yet I pardon you, she cry'd.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. xii. 218 Lest grave Men and Politicians..may cry Pish at it. View more context for this quotation
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 564 Ten thousand voices cried, ‘The King! The King!’
c. a clause stating their effect.
ΚΠ
1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xviii. 49 He cries that [this Cavity] is so small, that it will hardly admit a little Pea.
1680 T. Otway Orphan i. 1 He..cries, He's old, and willingly would be at rest.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vii. 240 This they cry'd, was a poor dependance.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 89 Some crying there was an army in the land.
d. spec. To shout (a war cry, watchword, or the like).
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [verb (transitive)] > shout watchword
cry1487
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 497 Than his ensenȝe he can hye cry.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 78 Loud on hicht he cryit hes his seinȝe.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. 103v Thei issued out of the castle criyng sainct George, Talbot.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 188 They presently shake and vibrate their Swords vpon their Shields, crying aloud Nayroe.
5. absolute.1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxii. 51 Let but the Herald cry, and ile appeare againe. View more context for this quotation
a. To announce publicly so as to be heard by all concerned; to give oral public notice of, to proclaim; to appoint or ordain by proclamation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > make known
shirec897
i-kenc1000
cryc1300
declarec1340
out-tella1382
commona1387
ascryc1400
commune1423
ventilate?1530
forespeak1546
outcry1567
oyez1599
vent1832
c1300 Beket 2477 Forte the dai were icome, That was icrid into al that lond that he scholde beo up ynome.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5497 He lete cry a parlement.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) Pref. 2 He will ger crie it openly in þe middell of a toune.
c1465 Eng. Chron. (Camden) 6 He leet crie and ordeyne general justis at Londoun, in Smythfeld.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) liii. 179 The kynge caused to be cryed..that none sholde by so hardy to speke.
1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III i. 14 Those who cry him so deepe an homicide.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 514 They bid cry With Trumpets regal sound the great result. View more context for this quotation
1883 Cent. Mag. 26 446/1 I was induced to outbid..bids that were cried by the auctioneer, but that had never been made at all.
b.
(a) To announce (a sale, things for sale); to sell by outcry; to offer for sale by auction or by hawking in the streets.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > expose or offer for sale > cry wares
cry1393
bawl1709
utter1806
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 226 Kokes and here knaues crieden hote pyes, hote!
1483 Cath. Angl. 82 To Cry in þe merketh, preconizare.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 336 Diogenes when he was to be sold for a slaue..mocked the Sergeant that cried him to sale.
1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour iii. i. sig. F3 I will crie broome or cats meate in Palermo.
1677 Act 29 Chas. II c. 7 Noe person..shall publickly cry, shew forth, or expose to sale, any wares, merchandizes, fruit, herbs, goods, or chattells.
1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 265 He went to the Camp, when he heard the Sale was cry'd, to bid for the Empire.
1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. 1 A peasant crying pots of pinks and roses.
(b) Proverb. to cry stinking fish.
ΚΠ
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iv. i. 510 Does ever any man cry stinking fish to be sold?
1825 L. L. Cameron Crooked Paths in Houlston Tracts I. xxv. 5 ‘Sir,’ answered the woman, looking wise, ‘nobody cries stinking fish.’
1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. iv, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 197/1 This was not true; but what is the use of crying bad fish?
c. To give public oral notice of (things lost or found).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > make known > of things lost or found
cry1596
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. P2v His Master..is readie to..get his Nouice cride in euerie market Towne in Essex.
1629 Vse of Law 84 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light [The strayes] to be seized..and to bee cryed in three Markets adjoyning.
1799 S. Freeman Town Officer (ed. 4) 58 Persons who take up any stray beast, shall cause him to be posted and cried.
a1845 R. H. Barham Knight & Lady in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 282 We've sent out the Crier, and had him well cried.
1885 Sir J. F. Stephen in Law Times' Rep. 53 782/2 The prisoner found a purse and money, and..heard soon afterwards that it was cried in the street.
d. To proclaim the marriage banns of; to ‘ask’ in church.‘Still in Scotland and New England.’ ( N.E.D.)
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > official announcements, permission, or records > official announcements [verb (transitive)] > proclaim (banns) > proclaim (people or their names)
proclaim1530
publish1651
to call (a couple or person) home1653
cry1775
shout1895
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. i Or perhaps be cried three times in a country church.
1867 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. (new ed.) Introd. p. lxiii An, all I know is they was cried In meetin' come nex' Sunday.
1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 123 Loving couples landing on the Saturday got ‘cried’ on the Sunday, and were married, firm and fast, on the Monday.
e. To read or recite aloud in the streets.
ΚΠ
1710 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 572 The justices have ordered the constables to take up all those that cry such libells.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 503 Broadsides of prose and verse written in his praise were cried in every street.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > call
ascrya1375
cryc1420
hail1563
to call out1565
oncrya1600
sing1813
evocate1834
shout1914
yoohoo1948
loud-hail1964
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > by shouting
cryc1420
oncrya1600
shout1914
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 10 The medes clensed tyme is now to make, And beestes..from hem to crie.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. li There he..cryed vnto harneis alle that myghte bere armes.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > demand or call out for (some action)
challenge1577
to cry for ——1581
claima1616
crya1616
scream1906
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 276 The affaires cry hast, And speede must answer.
a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggg/1 This cries money for reward: good store too.
1815 R. Southey Inscriptions xv, in Minor Poems II. 125 The innocent blood cried vengeance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > widely or publicly
concelebrate1573
cry1623
to cry up1627
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 27 Now this Maske Was cry'de incompareable. View more context for this quotation
a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Qqq2 v/1 When all men cry him.
1628 J. Earle Vulgar-spirited Man in Micro-cosmogr. (Arb.) 70 That cries Chaucer for his Money aboue all our English Poets.
9.
a. intransitive. To utter inarticulate exclamations, esp. of grief, lamentation, or suffering, such as are usually accompanied with tears; to weep and wail.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (intransitive)] > wail
remeeOE
yarmc1000
weinec1275
cry1297
gowlc1300
grotec1300
wailc1330
woulc1340
howlc1405
yammer1481
rane1513
plaintc1540
rheumatize1623
ululate1623
ullagone1828
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 13 Heo cryede and wep with sorwe ynow.
c1300 Seyn Julian 179 Þe Justice bigan to wepe and crie.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 475 Bot ligge and sprawel and cry and wepe.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) iv. 13 Scho began to crie, as a thing þat had mykill sorowe.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xvi. 261 He be-gan to make grete sorow, and cried high and cleer that thei with-ynne vpon the walles myght wele it here.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i.iii. sig. C5 She gan..to..cry, and curse, and raile, and rend her heare.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iii. 62 If you heare a child crie in the night you must call to the nurse and bid her stil it. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xxvi. 15 When the wounded crie, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee. View more context for this quotation
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam liii. 77 An infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light: And with no language but a cry.
1884 J. Parker Apostolic Life III. 124 You will never persuade the world that Jeremiah did anything but cry.
b. transitive with into, out of, etc.
ΚΠ
1746 Fool (1748) I. 196 We must..not let..[them] whine and cry us into a tame Submission.
10.
a. This passes in later use into: To weep, shed tears; used even where no sound is uttered.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)]
greetc725
weepc900
tearc950
plore1373
beweepc1374
to put one's finger in one's eye1447
waterc1450
lachryme1490
cryc1532
lerma1533
tricklec1540
to water one's plants1542
to show tears1553
shower1597
issuea1616
lachrymate1623
sheda1632
pipe1671
to take a pipe1671
to pipe one's eye (also eyes)?1789
twine1805
to let fall1816
whinnya1825
blub1866
slobber1875
blart1896
skrike1904
water-cart1914
c1532 G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 939 To crye or wepe, braire.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. i. 21 'Mercie on mee, I haue a great dispositions to cry . View more context for this quotation
a1631 J. Donne Indifferent 6 in Poems (1633) Her who still weeps with spungy eyes, And her who is dry cork, and never cries.
1662 S. Pepys Diary 14 Oct. (1970) III. 223 And she so cruel an Hypocrite that she can cry when she pleases.
1742 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 28 June (1932) (modernized text) II. 504 Julius Cæsar..even cried when he saw the statue of Alexander the Great.
1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 116 What! have you not left off crying yet? I shall give you something to cry for before you go home.
1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxvii. 108 Poor Pauline, who cried copiously.
b. quasi-transitive. to cry tears, cry oneself blind (also sick, to sleep), etc. Also to cry one's eyes out at eye n.1 Phrases 2f, to cry one's heart out at heart n., int., and adv. Phrases 6c(b).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep [verb (intransitive)] > copiously
to weep one's fill or bellyfula1290
to weep out one's eyes heartc1290
forweepa1375
to weep full a streeta1413
to cry (also weep, etc.) one's eyes outa1450
bawl1605
cry1705
to cry (also sob, weep, etc.) one's heart out1732
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iv. 44 And cry my selfe awake? View more context for this quotation
1705 C. Cibber Careless Husband i. i. 2 I could cry my Eyes out.
1705 C. Cibber Careless Husband i. i. 6 I should cry my self sick in some dark Closet.
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 524/1 A sickly infant, which a stern stepmother bids cry itself to sleep.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies (1886) iv. 157 He..sat down..and cried salt tears from sheer disappointment.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Grandmother x, in Enoch Arden, etc. 119 I cried myself well-nigh blind.
1888 M. Oliphant Joyce I. 169 When she had cried her heart out.
11.
a. intransitive. Of an animal: To give forth a loud call or vocal sound; to utter its characteristic call.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)]
singOE
cry1398
clamourc1400
call1486
baya1525
jabberc1817
jabble1830
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxiii. 131 Amonge byrdes and foules..the male cryeth and not the female.
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 576/44 Cuculo, to crye as a Cokow.
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 607/3 Recano, to crye as a tygre.
1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iv. f. 51 Frogges crying..forewarne vs of a tempest.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 90 There I cowch when Owles doe crie . View more context for this quotation
1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 200 Hark, hark! the sea-birds cry!
1839 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan iv The camels began to cry.
b. Said of the yelping of hounds in the chase.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound
openc1425
cry1486
yearn1523
chant1573
babble1575
to lead chawle1589
to spend the mouth1590
spend1602
to give tongue1737
to throw (its) tongue1742
speak1826
tongue1832
to give mouth1854
1486 Bk. St. Albans E viij a Whi theys houndes all Bayen and cryen.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 107 How cheerefully on the false traile they cry. O this is counter you false Danish dogges. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 120 Sowter will cry vpon't for all this, though it bee as ranke as a Fox. View more context for this quotation
c. quasi-transitive.
ΚΠ
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 69 Like importunate Guinea-fowls crying one note day and night.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] > creak
chirkc1386
chark1393
fratchc1440
geig1513
jarg1513
graislea1522
cry?1523
screak1565
creak1582
crake1656
complain1722
to cry out1781
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. viv If it singe, or cry, or make any noyse vndre thy fete than it is to weyt to sowe.
1781 [see to cry out 1 at Phrasal verbs 1]. Phrases
In many phraseological expressions, as to cry aim n., cock n.1 and int., craven adj. and n., creak n., cupboard n., fie int., to cry halves at half n. Phrases 2h, harrow int., havoc n., mew int., quarter n., quit adj., quits adj. and n., quittance n., shame n., truce n., vengeance n., adv., and adj., etc., for which see these words. to cry encouragement: to shout encouraging words. cry fish: see 5b cry mercy: see 1a, 1b to cry smack: to give out the sound of a smack. Cf. also sense to cry on —— at Phrasal verbs 2.
ΚΠ
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1632) 124 He heares not the sweet Busse cry smacke.
1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 324 Where so many voices cry encouragement, it is well that one should speak warning.
Phrasal verbs
PV1. With adverbs. to cry back to cry down to cry off to cry out † 3. To be in child-birth. Cf. shout v. Obsolete.† 4. To sell out by auction. Obsolete. to cry up † 2. intransitive. To raise one's voice, shout. Obsolete.
1. transitive. To call back. Scottish.
ΚΠ
1864 W. Chambers in Athenæum No. 1923. 301/2 Rin and cry back the laird.
2. intransitive. Hunting. To return as on a trail; to hark back; figurative to revert to an ancestral type.
ΚΠ
1849 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard (1855) 74 A cross between the Cochin-China, and some other large eastern fowl, which, at present, has nearly or quite ‘cried back’.
1. transitive. To proclaim (a thing) as unlawful, to forbid, suppress, or condemn by public proclamation; to decry; publicly to disclaim responsibility for.
ΚΠ
1457 Sc. Acts Jas. II (1597) §65 That the fute-bal and golfe be vtterly cryed downe, and not to be vsed.
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 82 Her Husband first cried her down at the Croβ, and then turned her out of his Doors. View more context for this quotation
1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 563 The lord mayor sent his officers to cry downe the faire.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (1774) I. 278 The king may..decry, or cry down, any coin of the kingdom, and make it no longer current.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. i. 40 Bad money was cried down, with penalties.
2. To condemn, depreciate, or disparage loudly, vehemently, or publicly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)]
littleeOE
low1340
dispraisec1386
minish1402
deroge1427
detractc1449
descryc1450
detrayc1475
dismerit1484
decline1509
vilipend1509
disprize?1518
disable1528
derogatea1530
elevate1541
disparagea1556
detrect1563
debase1565
demerit1576
vilify1586
disgrace1589
detracta1592
besparage1592
enervate1593
obtrect1595
extenuate1601
disvalue1605
disparagon1610
undervalue1611
avile1615
debaucha1616
to cry down1616
debate1622
decry1641
atomize1645
underrate1646
naucify1653
dedignify1654
stuprate1655
de-ample1657
dismagn1657
slur1660
voguec1661
depreciate1666
to run down1671
baffle1674
lacken1674
sneer1706
diminish1712
substract1728
down1780
belittle1789
carbonify1792
to speak scorn of1861
to give one a back-cap1903
minoritize1947
mauvais langue1952
rubbish1953
down-talk1959
marginalize1970
marginate1970
trash1975
neg1987
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) i. v, in Wks. I. 17 He condemn'd, and cry'd it downe, for the most pyed, and ridiculous that euer he saw.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxi. 135 These cry up Drakes fortune herein to cry down his valour.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. xvi. 122 A Book which the clergy would be certain to cry down . View more context for this quotation
1888 H. R. Haggard Mr. Meeson's Will i Did Meeson's subsidize a newspaper to puff their undertakings, the opposition subsidized two to cry them down.
3. To put down, overcome, silence, by louder or more vehement crying.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking
to stop a person's mouthc1175
stilla1225
to keep ina1420
stifle1496
to knit up1530
to muzzle (up) the mouth1531
choke1533
muzzle?1542
to tie a person's tongue1544
tongue-tiea1555
silence1592
untongue1598
to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605
to bite in1608
gaga1616
to swear downa1616
to laugh down1616
stifle1621
to cry down1623
unworda1627
clamour1646
splint1648
to take down1656
snap1677
stick1708
shut1809
to shut up1814
to cough down1823
to scrape down1855
to howl down1872
extinguish1878
hold1901
shout1924
to pipe down1926
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 137 Ile to the King, And from a mouth of Honor, quite cry downe This Ipswich fellowes insolence. View more context for this quotation
a1628 J. Preston Saints Daily Exercise (1629) 103 Our sinnes cry lowder then our prayers, they cry downe our prayers.
intransitive. To exclaim that a negotiation is broken off, on the part of the exclaimer; to announce one's withdrawal from a negotiation, treaty, engagement, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)]
accord?a1160
to make (a) finec1325
covenantc1330
compound1419
packc1450
patisec1475
conclude1477
compone1478
bargain1483
article1526
make1530
compact1535
to dispense with1569
temporize1579
to make termsa1599
to strike (a person) luck1599
to be compromised1600
compacka1618
stipulatea1648
to come to terms1657
sort1685
paction1725
to cry off1775
pact1904
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise
starta1450
fang1522
recidivate1528
to draw back1572
flinch1578
to shrink collar1579
retract1616
to shrink out of the collar1636
renege1651
to fly off1667
to slip (the) collarc1677
to declare off1749
to cry off1775
to back out1807
to fight off1833
crawfish1848
welsh1871
to pull out1884
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iii. i I should never be the man to bid you cry off.
1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. ix. 166 Would she be the first to cry off from such a bargain?
1890 G. M. Fenn Double Knot I. Prol. iv. 62 He soon cried off on finding that his challenge was taken up.
1. To utter loud and (usually) impassioned exclamation; to exclaim. intransitive and transitive. Of things: To emit a creaking sound.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)]
remeeOE
ropeOE
gredec1000
epec1175
yeiec1175
ascry1352
to cry out1382
to lift (up) a cry, one's voice1382
cryc1384
outcryc1390
yawlc1400
openc1425
bursta1450
yelp?c1450
escry1483
assurd1523
to break forth1526
gaure1530
to call out?1532
exclaim1570
reclaim1611
voice1627
blathe1640
to set up one's pipes1671
bawze1677
sing1813
Great-Scott1902
yip1907
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (transitive)]
to bolk out1382
cryc1384
belchc1500
out-braya1561
to cry out1597
belvea1794
re-ejaculate1826
sing1833
ejaculate1853
explete1902
Great-Scott1902
yip1927
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] > creak
chirkc1386
chark1393
fratchc1440
geig1513
jarg1513
graislea1522
cry?1523
screak1565
creak1582
crake1656
complain1722
to cry out1781
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ecclus. I. 18 Thanne crieden out the sonus of Aron.
1483 Cath. Angl. 82 To Cry owte, exclamare.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xii. B Crie out, and be glad, thou that dwellest in Sion.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 108 Art thou a man? thy forme Cryes out thou art. View more context for this quotation
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xix. 67 Threatening, if they cryed out never so little, to kill them all.
1781 Lieut. Archer Let. 30 June in Naval Chron. (1804) 11 291 Our poor ship grinding, and crying out at every stroke.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I ccvii. 106 They will not cry out before they're hurt.
1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden III. iii. 72 He just cried out a good-night..and set off.
2. Const. against, at, on, upon (persons or things objected to); for (something wanted); †to cry out of, to complain loudly or vehemently of (a matter).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest against [verb (transitive)]
biremec1200
to cry against ——1382
to cry outc1385
reclaimc1449
reclaim1566
to exclaim at, on, upon1583
to exclaim against1594
to cry on ——1609
disentreat1611
tax1614
deprecatea1643
to make a noise about1668
protest1887
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain about [verb (transitive)]
plainc1400
muse1402
plaintc1425
grudgec1450
complain1509
murmell1546
to cry out of1548
repine1577
complain1584
remonstrate1625
churl1627
bemurmur1837
holler1936
c1385 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 157 All cristene men schal crie out on þes deuelis blasphemyes.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xiiijv All pore people will rayle and crie out upon us.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. xxixv Which commaundement so vexed..that they cryed out of God.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 249 Criyng out of the dammages and great hurtes that they had susteyned.
1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 24 His crueltie was so lowdely cryed out on.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. iii. 26 They say he cride out on Sack.
1630 W. Bedell Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. clii. 421 He is the..most cried out upon.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 160 A seuere Scholler..cries out against their filthinesse.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xv. 48 Crying out for help.
a1680 T. Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 217 Sometimes they cry out of the malice, plots, envy, and rage of men.
1711 tr. S. Werenfels Disc. Meteors Stile in tr. S. Werenfels Disc. Logomachys 194 You cry out Thief upon a Man.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 195 They wou'd cry out of the Cruelty of being confin'd.
1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 13 Oct. 56 The world..may cry out at a bankrupt who appears at a ball.
1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. (1877) I. 92 Every living movement of human thought..cries out against it.
1874 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxii, in Monthly Packet Sept. 240 The state of the Church cried out for a general council.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > be confined [verb (intransitive)] > give birth
kenc1000
childc1175
beara1382
labour1454
to cry out1623
parturiate1649
pup1708
to fall in two1788
accouche1819
to have one's bed1848
pip1973
to put to bed1973
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. i. 67 What, is she crying out ? View more context for this quotation
1668 S. Pepys Diary 12 July (1976) IX. 260 Betty Michell..cries out..and she brings forth a girl.
1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 417 He has ordered all the English nobility and gentry to be present at her crying out.
1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 479 Couriers were dispatch'd..to desire them to come to Her Majesty's Crying-out.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xlvii. 294 Aunt Nell..was at the Crying-out.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > sell by public sale [verb (transitive)] > sell by auction
roup1513
to sell at a pike1594
to put, etc., under the spear1600
knocka1626
outcry1676
to cry out1701
cant1720
to knock down1765
auctioneer1785
auction1884
1701 London Gaz. No. 3748/4 Mr. John Boulte..Pawn~broker..gave his Employment, and cried out his Goods.
5. Colloquial phrase for crying out loud, an exclamation expressing astonishment or impatience. Originally U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > expression of irritation [interjection]
when1592
pshaw1607
que voulez-vous1841
psht1868
what the Hanover1902
gah1917
give me strength1923
for crying out loud1924
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > exclamation of wonder [interjection] > mingled with impatience
for crying out loud1924
1924 H. C. Witwer Love & Learn vi. 148 ‘For crying out loud’ butts in Hazel impatiently.
1933 M. Allingham Sweet Danger v. 69 Well for crying out loud!.. That's a nasty scrape.
1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon II. 156 For crying out loud, why did you do it?
1. transitive. To proclaim (a thing) to be excellent; to endeavour to exalt in public estimation by proclamation or by loud praise; to extol.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > widely or publicly
concelebrate1573
cry1623
to cry up1627
1627 M. Drayton Miseries Queene Margarite in Battaile Agincourt 67 When she vp is cride; Of all Angellique excellence the Prime.
1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 144 When your credit is cryed up to the highest.
1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος iv. 88 You cry up Miracles as you cry down the Word.
?1673 W. Temple Ess. Advancement Trade Irel. 6 Crying up the pieces of Eight.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 125. ¶5 We often hear a poor insipid Paper or Pamphlet cryed up.
1792 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 390 They who cry up the French revolution, cry down the party which you and I..belong to.
1875 A. Helps Social Pressure v. 73 Isn't it good to hear Milverton cry up the virtue of athletic sports?
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)]
chirmOE
talec1275
rounda1325
cryc1384
shoutc1385
hallowc1420
roupa1425
glaster1513
hollo1542
yawl1542
to set up (also out) one's throat1548
vociferate1548
bawl1570
gape1579
hollo out?1602
holloa1666
to cry up1684
holler1699
halloo1709
belvea1794
parliament1893
foghorn1918
rort1931
1684 T. Goddard Plato's Demon 259 Worthy Patriots, who cry up so much for Liberty and Property.
PV2. With prepositions. (For the constructions in which both words have their ordinary senses, see above.) to cry against —— to cry for —— to cry of —— to cry on —— to cry upon ——
To raise one's voice against; to utter protests or reproofs against; also figurative of things.
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the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest against [verb (transitive)]
biremec1200
to cry against ——1382
to cry outc1385
reclaimc1449
reclaim1566
to exclaim at, on, upon1583
to exclaim against1594
to cry on ——1609
disentreat1611
tax1614
deprecatea1643
to make a noise about1668
protest1887
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xv. 9 Lest he crye aȝens thee to the Lord.
1611 Bible (King James) Jonah i. 2 Goe to Nineueh..and cry against it. View more context for this quotation
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §2. 190 Reason it self, doth crie against it.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxviii. 133 I find not yet one lonely thought That cries against my wish for thee. View more context for this quotation
To beg or call for loudly and imploringly, or with tears; figurative to be in pressing need of, to demand in the name of justice (see above 2c).
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > demand or call out for (some action)
challenge1577
to cry for ——1581
claima1616
crya1616
scream1906
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9610 All þat sco wald for cri or call.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 159 If ye shew a child an apple, he will crye for it.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 137 Some swearing, some crying for a Surgean. View more context for this quotation
1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 96 The toilworn wretch who cries for ease.
† To hail from, belong to. Obsolete.
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the world > people > nations > native people > be native [verb]
comeOE
to cry of ——c1330
to come out of ——1857
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 7001 On ich side he seye come kniȝtes, Burieys, and seriaunce redi to fiȝtes Wiþ alle þat crie of þat cuntre.
see senses 2, 3. Also (obsolete), to call upon in the way of appeal, to appeal to; to exclaim against; to choose by acclamation; to invoke or bring by outcry (fame, honour, hate, etc.) on or upon. Cf. to cry shame on, upon, †of at shame n. Phrases 9b.
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the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke
halsec825
askOE
witnec1200
halsenc1290
calla1325
incalla1340
to speak to ——1362
interpel1382
inclepec1384
turnc1384
becallc1400
ethec1400
peala1425
movec1450
provoke1477
adjure1483
invoke1490
conjurea1500
sue1521
invocatea1530
obtest1548
obtestate1553
to throw oneself on (or upon)1592
obsecrate1598
charm1599
to cry on ——1609
behight1615
imprecate1643
impray1855
the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest against [verb (transitive)]
biremec1200
to cry against ——1382
to cry outc1385
reclaimc1449
reclaim1566
to exclaim at, on, upon1583
to exclaim against1594
to cry on ——1609
disentreat1611
tax1614
deprecatea1643
to make a noise about1668
protest1887
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. v. 35 His mangled Myrmidons..come to him. Crying on Hector, Aiax hath lost a friend. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 55 That very enuy..Cride fame and honor on him. View more context for this quotation
see to cry on —— at Phrasal verbs 2.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6139 Þan gan þe folk apon him cri, And said, ‘do ȝou forth in hey’.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 396/1 He cryed vpon them to doe penaunce.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6504 Then criet he full cantly þe knightes vpon.
1564 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Moral Philos. (new ed.) iii. i. f. 73 Al their religions were wicked & abhominable. And therefore some of them cried vpon them.
1568 R. Grafton Chron. II. 154 This yere fell a great controversie..about the chosyng of the Maior..the Commons..cryed upon Thomas fitz Thomas.
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a. to cry it out: to cry for a period of time in order to relieve some distress; (esp. of a child) to weep until soothed or exhausted.
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1679 T. Gilbert Θρηνωδη 18 [He] weeps, and bids Good night, and looks about For some dark corner, where to cry it out.
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 120 She cou'd only burst out in a greater passion of Tears; and then 'twas all like to be well enough; no Woman ever dies of a Distemper of the Mind, when she can once come to cry it out.
1822 N. Amer. Rev. July 267 She then ‘springs to her side with the ardor of a sister’, and ‘kindly drawing her arm in her own, leads the way to a retired room,’ where they can cry it out.
1836 Relig. Mag. Feb. 88 It is seldom well to let the child ‘cry it out’, as the saying is.
1912 M. Johnston Cease Firing x. 113 ‘Well, you don't often cry,’ said Unity, crying herself. ‘Cry it out, my dear, cry it out.’
1920 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 31 Jan. 13/4 If..the baby is a healthy child, let him cry it out until feeding time.
1951 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Apr. 725/2 Some claim that any child will yield if left to cry it out for two or three consecutive days.
2013 Tampa Bay (Florida) Times (Nexis) 1 Nov. 1 He [sc. God] sometimes lets you cry it out until you learn your lesson.
b.
cry-it-out adj. and n. originally North American (a) adj.designating a method of sleep training in which the child is left to fall asleep on its own and caregivers do not respond immediately to its cries; (b) n.this method of sleep training; abbreviated as CIO n. at C n. Additions.
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1925 Boston Sunday Globe 8 Nov. (Feature section) 16/4 Did you have any difficulty in training your baby to sleep through the night? I shall want to keep mine on a strict schedule, but I fear that its father will think me cruel should I be obliged to resort to the ‘cry-it-out’ method.
1991 W. Sears Keys to calming Fussy Baby iv. 19 The cry-it-out approach also supposes that there are no medical reasons for the baby waking up at night.
2005 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 17 Feb. 2 Some well-known infant sleep techniques to consider include: Dr Richard Ferber's ‘small steps’ and Dr Burton White's ‘cry it out’.
2013 Parenting 79/3 Her daughter slept through the night thanks to the cry-it-out method.
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