Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CRY, n. [plur. Cries.]

1. In a general sense, a loud sound uttered by the mouth of an animal; applicable to the voice of man or beast, and articulate or inarticulate.
2. A loud or vehement sound, uttered in weeping, or lamentation; it may be a shriek or scream. And there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt. – Ex. xi.
3. Clamor; outcry; as, War, war, is the public cry. And there arose a great cry. Acts xxiii.
4. Exclamation of triumph, of wonder, or of other passion.
5. Proclamation; public notice. At midnight there was a cry made. – Matth. xxv.
6. The notices of hawkers of wares to be sold in the street are called cries; as, the cries of London.
7. Acclamation; expression of popular favor. The cry went once for thee. – Shak.
8. A loud voice in distress, prayer or request; importunate call. He forgetteth not the cry of the humble. – Ps. ix. There was a great cry in Egypt. – Ex. xii.
9. Public reports or complaints; noise; fame. Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great … I will go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it. – Gen. xviii.
10. Bitter complaints of oppression and injustice. He looked for righteousness, and behold a cry. – Is. v.
11. The sound or voice of irrational animals; expression of joy, fright, alarm, or want; as, the cries of fowls, the yell or yelping of dogs, &c.
12. A pack of dogs. – Shak.