English word crying comes from English landlubber, English cry
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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landlubber | English (eng) | (nautical, pejorative) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman. |
cry | English (eng) | (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.. (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep.. (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.. (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.. (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify [...] |
crying | English (eng) | That demands action or attention.. That deserves rebuke or censure. Action of the verb cry. |