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hautboy, hoboy|ˈhəʊbɔɪ|
Forms: 6 hautboi, halboie, hawboy, (howbowe), 6–7 hoeboy, 6–9 hautbois, hoboy, 7– hautboy, (6–7 ho-, how-, haut-, haugh(t)-, hoa-, hout-, 7 hault-, heaut-, -boie, -bois, -boy(e, hoybuck, hobo). See also oboe n.
[a. F. hautbois (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm., haultbois Cotgr. in sense 1), f. haut high + bois wood. In sense 1, from 17th c. frequent in naturalized spelling hoboy; the italianized spelling of the French, oboe n., is now usual.]
1. A wooden double-reed wind instrument of high pitch, having a compass of about 2½ octaves, forming a treble to the bassoon. (Now usually oboe n.)
1575Laneham Let. (1871) 7 This Pageaunt waz clozd vp with a delectable harmony of Hautboiz, Shalmz, Cornets, and such oother looud muzik. 1579–80North Plutarch (1612) 451 The sound of flutes and hoboyes. Ibid. 553 Howboies. Ibid. 921 Howboyes. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. ii. 351 The Case of a Treble Hoeboy. 1600Hakluyt Voy. III. 156 Winding the Cornets, Haughtboyes. 1604Dekker King's Entertainm. Wks. 1873 I. 321 This song went foorth at the sound of Haultboyes. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iv. vi. (1611) 200 He beareth Azure three Howboies betweene as manie crosse Crosselets. 1611Cotgr., Haultbois, a Hobois or Hoboy. 1695Blackmore Pr. Arth. iv. 67 The lively Hoboy, and the sweet-mouth'd Flute. 1710Steele Tatler No. 157 ⁋5 The Hautboy is the most perfect of the Flute-species. 1815Elphinstone Acc. Caubul (1842) I. 281 Drums, trumpets, hautboys, and flutes are exempted from this proscription, as being manly and warlike.
†b. Humorously applied to a clyster-pipe. Obs.
a1616Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Malta ii. iv, Wilt thou give me another glister..where's thy hoboy?
c. A reed-stop on an organ: = oboe n. 2.
c1700Specif. Organ St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 595 Echo..25. Trumpet. 26. Hautboy. 1829Specif. Organ St. James's, Bermondsey Ibid. 599 Hautboy.
d. transf. One who plays a hautboy.
1633Massinger Guardian iv. ii, Wire-string and catgut men, and strong-breathed heautbois. 1686Lond. Gaz. No. 2142/1, 12 English Trumpets with Silk Banners, and Six Hoe-Boys, all in Red Coats, playing by turns. 1724Ramsay The Cordial, When the hoboys are gawn by. 1773F. Burney Early Diary (1889) I. 199 A very fine concert..for Mr. Fischar's (the celebrated Hautbois) benefit.
e. attrib. and Comb.
1789Burney Hist. Mus. IV. 257 His admirable Hautbois concerto in F. 1793Burns Let. to Thomson June, Frazer, the hautboy-player in Edinburgh. 1871J. Hiles Dict. Mus. T., Hautboy-clarion, a 2 ft. reed stop in an organ, also called octave-clarion. 1874Chappell Hist. Mus. 342 The box..exceedingly shallow, so as only to take in hautboy reeds.
†2. Forestry. Lofty trees, as distinguished from shrubs or underwood. Obs.
1674N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. (1677) 15 Vert is of divers kinds..Some called Hautboys, serving for food and browse of and for the Game, and for the defence of them; as Oaks, Beeches, etc. Some Hautboys for Browse, Shelter, and Defence only; as Ashes, Poplars, etc. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Haut-bois, Oaks, Beaches, Ashes, Poplars, etc.
3. A species of strawberry (Fragaria elatior), of taller growth than the common strawberry, and having fruit of a musky flavour. Also hautboy strawberry. (In this sense also spelt hautbois.)
1731–3Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Fragaria, The Scarlet Strawberry should be planted a Foot square Plant from Plant, and the Hautboy sixteen or eighteen Inches Distance each Way. c1759Roxb. Ball. (1890) VII. 58 Here's fine savoys, and ripe hautboys. 1866Treas. Bot. s.v. Fragaria, The Hautbois have plicated, rugose leaves, and the fruit has a musky flavour, which many persons greatly prefer. 1883G. Allen in Longm. Mag. July 313 The hautboy, a taller plant, with fewer and larger blossoms and a richer flavour. |