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单词 scry
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scryn.1

Forms: Middle English–1500s scry(e, Middle English–1500s skry(e, 1500s scrie, skrie.
Etymology: Aphetic form of ascry n. or escry n.: compare scry v.4 In many places it is impossible to tell whether we should read ascry(e in one word, or a scrye in two: see quotations below.
Obsolete.
1. Crying out, shout, exclamation, clamour.Quot.a1450 was misunderstood by Skinner (Etymologicon, 1671), who interpreted ‘scrye of foules’ to mean a flock of wild fowl. The error was repeated by Blount 1674, and appears in many dictionaries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour
reamOE
ropeOE
brack?c1200
utas1202
hootinga1225
berec1225
noise?c1225
ludea1275
cryc1275
gredingc1275
boastc1300
utasa1325
huec1330
outcrya1382
exclamation1382
ascry1393
spraya1400
clamourc1405
shoutingc1405
scry1419
rumourc1425
motion?a1439
bemec1440
harrowc1440
shout1487
songa1500
brunt1523
ditec1540
uproar1544
clamouring1548
outrage1548
hubbub1555
racket1565
succlamation1566
rear1567
outcrying1569
bellowing1579
brawl1581
hue and cry1584
exclaiming1585
exclaim1587
sanctus1594
hubbaboo1596
oyez1597
conclamation1627
sputter1673
rout1684
dirduma1693
hallalloo1737
yelloching1773
pillaloo1785
whillaloo1790
vocitation1819
blue murder1828
blaring1837
shilloo1842
shillooing1845
pillalooing1847
shriek1929
yammering1937
1419 Ordin. War. xii, in Black Bk. Admir. (Rolls) I. 462 For unlawefull scryes..that none escrie the whiche is called mount.
1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 16 With the which the ladis, and all the wemen, mayd a sorowfull skrye.
a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 5 The blastes of hornys and the scrye of foulis.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 675 The scry sone rais, the bauld Loran was dede.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. xi. 33 Thayr was also engravyt all at rycht The syluer ganer, flyghterand wyth lowd skry.
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 41v Towardes that parte where the skrye was heard.
1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 54 Euerie one to help other to arme and diligentlie to resort to the place of seruice, at scrie or larum vpon paine.
1616 Barbour's Actes & Life Bruce (Hart) 387 The noyse soone raise, and als the skry [1487 St. John's Cambr., 1489 Adv. cry].
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 137 Wi' skirl, and skry, and rallion-shout, Stood thick and far the rabble-rout.
2. An attack; a reconnoitre.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > [noun]
fiend-reseOE
frumresec1275
assault1297
sault1297
inracea1300
sailing13..
venuea1330
checkc1330
braid1340
affrayc1380
outrunningc1384
resinga1387
wara1387
riota1393
assailc1400
assayc1400
onset1423
rake?a1425
pursuitc1425
assemblinga1450
brunta1450
oncominga1450
assembly1487
envaya1500
oncomea1500
shovea1500
front1523
scry1523
attemptate1524
assaulting1548
push1565
brash1573
attempt1584
affront?1587
pulse1587
affret1590
saliaunce1590
invasion1591
assailment1592
insultation1596
aggressa1611
onslaught1613
source1616
confronta1626
impulsion1631
tentative1632
essaya1641
infall1645
attack1655
stroke1698
insult1710
coup de main1759
onfall1837
hurrah1841
beat-up of quarters1870
offensive1887
strafe1915
grand slam1916
hop-over1918
run1941
strike1942
society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > reconnaissance
scouringc1471
scry1523
discovery?1574
reconnaissance1779
reconnoitre1781
reconnoissance1802
outwatch1852
exploitation1871
recco1917
recon1918
photoreconnaissance1920
recce1941
photo-recce1946
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xviii. 24 Euery nyght the Englisshe oste made good and sure watche, for they doubted makyng of skryes.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 249 To make a skrye in the Scottes hoste.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 813/1 On a daie the Frenchmen made a skrie toward the English campe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

scryn.2

Brit. /skrʌɪ/, U.S. /skraɪ/
Forms: Also 1600s scrie, 1800s scree.
Etymology: Apparently related to screen n.1 19.
Obsolete exc. dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
A kind of sieve.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > [noun] > sieve
sievec725
riddereOE
hair-sievea1100
riddlelOE
sift1499
try?a1500
searcer1540
range-sieve1542
ranging sieve1548
cribble1565
cribe1570
screen1573
sifter1611
scryc1615
clensieve1623
cernicle1657
incernicle1657
ranch-sievea1665
duster1667
drum1702
fry1707
harp1788
lawn-sieve1804
trial1825
separator1830
lawn1853
shaker1906
chinois1937
microscreen1959
c1615 J. Boys Wks. (1629) 347 Winnowed corne is..made cleane by the fanne and scrie, for the masters owne vse: so though our enemie sift vs, his scrying is but our trying.
c1615 J. Boys Wks. (1629) 428 He must be like the scry, keeping the good seed but casting away the dust and vnprofitable darnell.
1892 Auction. Catal. Kent Farm Sale Manure scry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scryn.3

Brit. /skrʌɪ/, U.S. /skraɪ/
Etymology: < scry v.2
Something ‘scried’ in a crystal.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > [noun] > picture seen by
crystal-vision1829
scry1898
1898 A. Lang Making Relig. v. 95 The ‘scries’ which came right were sometimes those of which the ‘agent’, or person scried for, was consciously thinking.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scryv.1

Etymology: Aphetic form of descry v.2
Obsolete.
transitive. To describe.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)]
sayOE
devisec1300
readc1300
to make (a) showing ofc1330
counterfeitc1369
expressc1386
scrievec1390
descrya1400
scrya1400
drawa1413
representc1425
describec1450
report1460
qualify?1465
exhibit1534
perscribe1538
to set out1545
deline1566
delineate1566
decipher1567
denotate1599
lineate16..
denote1612
givea1616
inform?1615
to shape out1633
speaka1637
display1726
to hit off1737
a1400 Sir Degrev. 1859 I knewe never mane so wys, That couth telle the servise, Ne scrye the metys of prys Was servyd in that sale.
c1440 Bone Flor. 333 That men myght mewse on many a yere, Or he hyt scryed wyth stevyn.
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 26 I neede no scribe to scrie my care, in restlesse rigour spread.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

scryv.2

Brit. /skrʌɪ/, U.S. /skraɪ/
Forms: Also 1500s skrie.
Etymology: Aphetic form of descry v.1
1. transitive. To descry, see, perceive. Obsolete exc. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > succeed in seeing or catch sight of
underyetec1000
aspya1250
kenc1275
ofyetec1275
choosea1300
akenc1300
descrivec1300
ofkenc1300
readc1300
espyc1320
descryc1330
spyc1380
discernc1405
discover1553
scan1558
scry1558
decern1559
describe1574
to make out1575
escry1581
interview1587
display1590
to set sight of (in)c1595
sight1602
discreevec1650
glance1656
to catch a glimpse of1679
steal1731
oversee1735
glimpse1779
twig1796
to clap eyes on1838
spot1848
sky1900
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iii. sig. G.iiij Whom Phebus token trees & starres of heauen, hath taught to skrie.
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiiijv Landmarkes..from the sea, well hable to be skried.
c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 57 Our Generall..was the first that scryed a sayle.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. ⁋43 147 The most that any close Inspection can scry out of, it is that a Party was found that would oppose the Exclusion Bill.
1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 41 Forth frae the bit they scry'd it furst, Agean the demon springs.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 149 ‘I scried it lang afore I com at it’.
absolute.1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. B.4v As I kend him farre, as eyes could scry.
2. intransitive. To see images in pieces of crystal, water, etc. which reveal the future or secrets of the past or present; to act as a crystal-gazer.Revived in the 19th cent. as a technical term: cf. scryer n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > practise crystal-gazing [verb (intransitive)]
scry1528
crystal-gaze1895
1528 W. Stapleton Confess. (P.R.O.) His said boye did scrye unto him, which said spirytt I had after myself. And for a tryall..he caused his servaunt to goo hyde a certeyn money in the gardeyn, and I shewed for the same and oone Jakeson scryed unto me, but we could not accomplisshe our purpose.
1894 A. Lang Cock Lane 223 Thus the conditions under which the scryer can scry, are, as yet unascertained.
1897 A. Lang Bk. Dreams & Ghosts iii. 61 In using the ball she..succeeded in seeing..persons..familiar to people for whom she ‘scried’, but totally strange to herself.

Derivatives

ˈscrying n. crystal-gazing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > crystal-gazing > [noun]
scrying1587
crystallomancy1613
crystal-vision1829
crystal seeing1845
crystal-gazing1883
1587 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) ii. 4 I thereupon appointed with my self to bring the Childe to the place, and to offer him, and present him to the service of Seeing and Skrying from God.
1894 A. Lang Cock Lane 212 The practice of ‘scrying’, ‘peeping’, or ‘crystal-gazing’ has been revived in recent years.
1902 F. Podmore Mod. Spiritualism II. iv. vi. 297 The substances commonly used for scrying—crystal, glass, water,..etc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scryv.3

Forms: Also 1800s scree.
Etymology: < scry n.2
Obsolete exc. dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
transitive. To sift (corn, etc.). In quot. figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > try or test [verb (transitive)]
fandc893
costeneOE
afondOE
provea1200
fraista1300
assay1330
sayc1330
try1362
approvec1380
examinea1382
winnowa1382
tempt1382
tastea1400
assailc1405
essay1484
scryc1615
sensea1688
test1748
trial1981
dogfood1997
c1615 J. Boys Wks. (1629) 428 He must scry the Sermons of the Prophets and try the spirits, examining all things, and then holding that which is good.

Derivatives

ˈscrying n.
ΚΠ
c1615 J. Boys Wks. (1629) 347 Winnowed corne is..made cleane by the fanne and scrie, for the masters owne vse: so though our enemie sift vs, his scrying is but our trying.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

scryv.4

Brit. /skrʌɪ/, U.S. /skraɪ/, Scottish English /skraɪ/
Forms: Also 1700s skry.
Etymology: Aphetic form of ascry v., escry v., < Old French escrier to cry out.
Scottish and northern.
transitive. To proclaim (a sale, etc.).
ΚΠ
1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. (at cited word) To skry a Fair, i.e. to proclaim it.
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xi. 81 If Samie Pikeshule had a roup to ‘scry’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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