hue and cry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hue and cry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hue and cry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hue and cry n loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd" Synonym(s): clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.