scry
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Verb (1)scried
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Scry transitive verb
To descry. obsolete Edmund Spenser
Scry noun
Origin: From Scry, verb
A flock of wild fowl.
Scry noun
Origin: OE. ascrie, fr. ascrien to cry out, fr. OF. escrier, F. s'écrier. See Ex-, and Cry.
A cry or shout. obsolete Berners, John Bourchier, Ld.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54