† cryal Obs.
Also cry-, criell.
In criell heron, an old name of the Egret or Lesser White Heron.
| 1565–73 Cooper Thesaurus, Albardeola..a cryell herne. 1611 Cotgr., Aigrette..a criell Heron. [1755 Johnson, Cryal, the heron [citing Ainsworth]. Hence in mod. Dicts.] |