Obs. [see AIM sb. 3 b, c.] An encourager, applauder; one whose help is confined to words alone. Also, one who ‘gives aim.’
1622. F. Markham, Bk. Hon., V. ix. 196. Like Ayme-cryers, they stand and direct him a neerer way to his owne marke.
1638. G. Markham, Eng. Arcadia (N.). Thou smiling aim-crier at princes’ fall. Ibid. Her own creatures, like aim-criers, beheld her mischance with nothing but lip-pity.
