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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cry \Cry\ (kr?), n.; pl. {Cries} (kr?z). [F. cri, fr. crier to
     cry. See {Cry}, v. i. ]
     1. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound
        produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of
        hounds; the cry of wolves. --Milton.
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     2. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
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              Again that cry was found to have been as
              unreasonable as ever.                 --Macaulay.
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     3. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with
        tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
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              There shall be a great cry throughout all the land.
                                                    --Ex. xi. 6.
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              An infant crying in the night,
              An infant crying for the light;
              And with no language but a cry.       --Tennyson.
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     4. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular
        acclamation or favor. --Swift.
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              The cry went once on thee.            --Shak.
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     5. Importunate supplication.
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              O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls. --Shak.
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     6. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by
        hawkers of their wares.
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              The street cries of London.           --Mayhew.
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     7. Common report; fame.
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              The cry goes that you shall marry her. --Shak.
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     8. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and
        repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
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              All now depends upon a good cry.      --Beaconsfield.
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     9. A pack of hounds. --Milton.
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              A cry more tunable
              Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn. --Shak.
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     10. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
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               Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry
               of players?                          --Shak.
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     11. The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent
         back and forth.
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     {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.
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