Crossword clues for hue and cry
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hue \Hue\, n. [OE. hue, huer, to hoot, shout, prob. fr. OF. hu an exclamation.] A shouting or vociferation.
Hue and cry (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were
anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged
to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was
taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on
the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons
to aid in retaking him.
--Burrill.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical English) The public pursuit of a criminal, accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase. 2 (context by extension English) A loud and persistent public clamour, especially one associated with protest or the making of some demand.
WordNet
n. loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd" [syn: clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring]
Wikipedia
Hue and Cry is a pop duo formed in 1983 in Coatbridge, Scotland, by brothers Pat Kane (vocals) and Greg Kane (music/production). The duo are best known for 1987 single " Labour of Love".
Hue and Cry (1947) is a British film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Alastair Sim, Harry Fowler and Joan Dowling.
It is generally considered to be the first of the " Ealing comedies", although it is better characterised as a thriller for children. Shot almost entirely on location, it is now a notable historic document due to its vivid portrait of a London still showing the damage of World War II. London forms the backdrop of a crime- gangster plot which revolves around a working-class children's street culture and children's secret clubs.
Hue and Cry is an album by Bobby Previte's Weather Clear, Track Fast released on the Enja label in 1994.
Usage examples of "hue and cry".
In spite of the uphill slope and the substantial weight he was carrying, the monk easily outstripped the thirty-six Shaolin monks who were in hue and cry behind him, and before long he had rounded a bend in the mountain and was out of sight.
Then a hue and cry would go up, ravens would fly, and as often as not the Night's Watch would hunt them down and hang them before they could get back with their plunder and stolen women.
My frantic running ceased before I had covered a block, for at my left I began to hear something like the hue and cry of organised pursuit.
But the man made no such overt act as Tropile's terrible theft of bread, and Citizen Germyn postponed the raising of the hue and cry.
In a moment he was up and off like the wind, the gentleman following after and raising the hue and cry lustily as he went.
Oh, there was a fine hue and cry after you and Starnberg at first.
You wouldn't leave top-secret documents in the copying machine and cause a hue and cry all round the building the way you did three times last year.
By the time she reached the shadow of the royal sept on the far side of the yard, Arya was cold with sweat, but no one had raised the hue and cry.