The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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