crys

English

Etymology 1

Noun

crys (plural cryses)

1. Archaic form of kris.

Etymology 2

Verb

crys

1. Obsolete form of cries.
   • 1703, Hell Upon Earth, page 4:

     Some are acute for the Lob; which is, going into a Shop to have a Guinea or Pistole chang'd, and the Change being given, the bringer of the Gold telling it over, Palms Two or Three Shillings, then returning the Money, says there wants so much, which the Shop-keeper telling over again, and finding short, very innocently crys 'tis true, and makes up the Summ.