Shriek, vb. to scream: Lucr. 307. Tp. V, 233. Wiv. I, 1, 309. Mids. I, 2, 78. Wint. V, 1, 65. Rom. V, 3, 190. Caes. II, 2, 24. Per. III Prol. 51. Used of the cry of the owl: Ven. 531. Phoen. 5. R2 III, 3, 183. H6C V, 6, 44. Caes. I, 3, 28. Mcb. II, 2, 3. With “out:” R3 I, 4, 54 (Qq squeaked). Transitively: “--ing undistinguished woe,” Compl. 20.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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