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All now depends upon a good cry.

Beaconsfield.

9. A pack of hounds.
Milton.

A cry more tunable

Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn.

Shak.

10. A pack or company of persons; -- in
contempt.

Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a
cry of players?

Shak.

11. The crackling noise made by block tin
when it is bent back and forth.

A far cry, a long distance; -- in
allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the
territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or
summons.

Cry"al (kr?"al), n. [Cf. W.
creyr, cryr, crychydd. Cf. Cruer a
hawk.] The heron [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Cry"er (-?r), n. [F. faucon
gruyer a falcon trained to fly at the crane, fr.
crye crane, fr. L. crus crane. Cf. Cryal.]
The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.

Cry"ing, a. Calling for
notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a
crying evil.


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