† cryaladj.
Obsolete.
In criell heron, criel-heronshaw, an old name of the Egret or Lesser White Heron.
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criell heron1565
1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Albardeola..a cryell herne.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aigrette..a criell Heron.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 93 All the Heronshaws, (namely, the black, white, criel-Heronshaw, and the mire-dromble).
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cryal, the heron [citing Ainsworth]. Hence in mod. Dicts.]
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