scry

Verb

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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

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