Part 2637

<h1>Cruth</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cruth</hw> <tt>(kr?th)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>crwth</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See 4th <er>Crowd</er>.</def>

<h1>Crux</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crux</hw> <tt>(kr?ks)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Cruxes</plw> <tt>(-<?/z)</tt>, L. <plw>Cruces</plw> <tt>(kr<?/"s<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., cross, torture, trouble.]</ety> <def>Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.</def>

<i>Dr. Sheridan.</i>

<blockquote>The perpetual <b>crux</b> of New Testament chronologists. <i>Strauss.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cruzado</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cru*za"do</hw> <tt>(kr?-z?"d?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coin. See <er>Crusado</er>.</def>

<h1>Crwth</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crwth</hw> <tt>(kr??th)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W.]</ety> <fld>(Mus)</fld> <def>See 4th <er>Crowd</er>.</def>

<h1>Cry</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cry</hw> <tt>(kr?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cried</er> <tt>(kr?d)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>crier</ets>, cf. L. <ets>quiritare</ets> to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. <ets>queri</ets> to complain; cf. Skr. <ets>cvas</ets> to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. <er>Quarrel</er> a brawl, <er>Querulous</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.</def>

<blockquote>And about the ninth hour, Jesus <b>cried</b> with a loud voice. <i> Matt. xxvii. 46.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Clapping their hands, and <b>crying</b> with loud voice. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Hear the voice of my supplications when I <b>cry</b> unto thee. <i> Ps. xxviii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The voice of him that <b>crieth</b> in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. <i>Is. xl. 3.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Some <b>cried</b> after him to return. <i>Bunyan.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.</def>

<blockquote>Ye shall <b>cry</b> for sorrow of heart. <i>Is. lxv. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to <b>cry</b> like a woman. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.</def>

<blockquote>The young ravens which <b>cry</b>. <i>Ps. cxlvii. 9.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do <b>cry</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>To cry on</col> &or; <col>upon</col></mcol>, <cd>to call upon the name of; to beseech."No longer <i>on</i> Saint Denis will we <i>cry</i>." <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>To cry out</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To complain loudly; to lament.</cd> -- <col>To cry out against</col>, <cd>to complain loudly of; to censure; to blame.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To cry out on</col> &or; <col>upon</col></mcol>, <cd>to denounce; to censure. "<i>Cries out upon</i> abuses." <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>To cry to</col>, <cd>to call on in prayer; to implore.</cd> -- <col>To cry you mercy</col>, <cd>to beg your pardon. "I <i>cry you mercy</i>, madam; was it you?" <i>Shak</i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cry</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Cry</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.</def>

<blockquote>All, all, <b>cry</b> shame against ye, yet I 'll speak. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The man . . . ran on,<b>crying</b>, Life! life! Eternal life! <i>Bunyan.</i></blockquote>