Crossword clues for scry
scry
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scry \Scry\, v. t.
To descry. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Scry \Scry\, n. [From Scry, v.] A flock of wild fowl.
Scry \Scry\, n. [OE. ascrie, fr. ascrien to cry out, fr. OF.
escrier, F. s'['e]crier. See Ex-, and Cry.]
A cry or shout. [Obs.]
--Ld. Berners.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to see images in a crystal, water, etc., which reveal the past or forebode the future," 1520s, a shortening of descry (v.1). Related: Scried; scrying; scryer.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. 1 To predict the future using crystal balls. 2 (context obsolete English) To descry; to see. Etymology 2
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A cry or shout. 2 A flock of wildfowl.
WordNet
v. divine by gazing into crystals
[also: scried]
Usage examples of "scry".
Let us go unto the Autocrat, and he shall listen to your tale and scry why you truly are here.
Kvult, his Songmaster, Lord Brill, and the constant scrying of the Norweians, there have been more than a few incidences of discord.
Sabra later returned to her room with a fresh handful of reconsecrated soil and added it to the scrying water.
He says that Sir Deveron has scried out the hiding place of one of the fire-raising thieves, Scarth Saltbeck.
I turned to see Soli, tall and somber in his tight black robe, pushing his way through the sea of people, He was leading a beautiful, eyeless scryer by the arm.
Jill had scried them last a few days ago, making an unthreatened way south.
Along with his commander, a sorcerer, and two of his peers, Batu was studying the enemy in a magic scrying basin.
As Batu and the others watched, a subdued and distant thunder rolled out of the scrying basin.
Through the scrying basin, Batu heard the screams of dying men and the terrified shrieks of wounded horses.
Tinnis Catclaw questioned the Brother casually about how talented persons made use of the so-called wind to scry and bespeak one another.
Errtu had been grimly satisfied when Kessell had come back into the Cryshal-Tirith and confirmed, through the use of scrying mirrors, that the other two towers had fallen to pieces.
The ancient sages of the Times Before had certainly been able to ensorcel the smoke-gray record crystals to hold images and information and goodness knew what else, and to feed them back through the great black scrying table.
As the months went by she mastered scrying, as well as the simple teleportation Haramis used to clear the table or fetch a book from the library, although she made Mikayla fetch books in person so that she would learn where each book belonged and would be able to reshelve them properly.
I learned of this only two days ago, as I scried him on the parapet of the Salka island fortress and followed his windtrace.
Would Kilian even know they were missing when he scried the two bags of sigils?