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cry(1) (iou) and Vitreoretinal (medicine)


cry(1) (iou)



cry noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French cri: Proto-Romance formed as the verb.]
A loud inarticulate sound made by a person to express grief, pain, or Other strong emotion. Also, the making of such a sound. ME.
J. Gower With such weping and with such cry Forth..he goth. M. Arnold We shall not meet [our doom]..With women's tears and weak complaining cries. Tennyson In one blind cry of passion and of pain. D. du Maurier She saw the Christmas tree..and gave a cry of pleasure.
A loud excited utterance of words; a shout. Formerly also, shouting, calling out. ME.
Pope With the hunter's cry the grove resounds.
b. Clamour, tumultuous noise. ME-E16.
A loud importunate call; an appeal (for mercy, help, etc.). ME.
Bible (AV): Proverbs 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his eares at the cry of the poore. M. Bragg The miners' cry for the Eight-Hour Day had grown into a practicable demand.
A summons (orig. formal). Now only Scot. ME.
a. gen. A loud public announcement; a proclamation, an edict. Long obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
Ld Berners Kyng yuoryn made a crye thorow all the cyte that euery man sholde be armed.
b. In pl. The proclamation of Marriage-banns: cf. CRY verb 4e. Long obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
c. A public complaint or outcry against a wrong. obsolete exc. in HUE AND CRY. ME.
d. A proclamation of goods or business in the streets; a street vendor's special call. M17.
a. Public report or rumour. ME.
Shakespeare Othello Faith, the cry goes that you marry her.
b. The public voice as expressing approval or condemnation. Hence, an opinion generally expressed. E17.
Steele Then the Cry would be, Images were put up for the..ignorant People to worship. E. Longford There is a General cry throughout France against the occupation.
The loud natural utterance of an animal, bird, etc., esp. the distinctive call of one. ME.
N. Tinbergen The clear,..resounding cries of the Herring Gulls.
b. spec. The yelping of hounds giving chase. LME.
a. A company or troop of people, esp. soldiers. In later use contempt. and infl. by sense 8b. ME-M17.
Shakespeare Hamlet Would not this..get me a fellowship in a cry of players, sir?
b. A pack of hounds. L16.
A word or phrase shouted to encourage or rally people, esp. soldiers in battle; a watchword. M16.
battle-cry, rallying-cry, war cry, etc.
W. Morris Ho, friends, and ye that follow, cry my cry!
b. spec. A political or electioneering slogan or rallying-cry. L18.
D. Brewster The Tory election cry..was 'the Church in danger'.
A fit of weeping. colloq. E19.
The creaking noise made by tin when bent. L19.
Phrases: a far cry (chiefly fig.) a very long distance (from, to). a good cry colloq. a prolonged or violent fit of weeping that relieves the feelings. cry from the heart a cri de c?ur. great cry and little wool, much cry and little wool (the proverbial result of shearing pigs) a lot of fuss with little effect, a lot of fuss about nothing. in full cry in hot pursuit. out of all cry, out of cry excessively. within cry of within calling distance of.

Vitreoretinal (medicine)


vitreoretinal


Pertaining to the retina and the vitreous body.