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▪ I. wehee, int. and n. Obs. exc. dial.|wiːˈhiː|
Forms: α. 4, 6 wehe (4 wey), 4 wehee, 6–7 weehee, 7 wehie, weahae; 9 Sc. wehaw. β. 4 whi (? wihi), 6 wyhie, wigh-hie, 6–7 wihy, 7 wihee (whhi-hhee), 7–9 dial. wighee.
[Echoic.]
A. int. A conventional representation of the sound uttered by horses.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. viii. 75 (MS. T.) As wilde bestis wiþ wehe worþ vp togedere. c1386Chaucer Reeve's T. 146 Whan the hors was laus, he gynneth gon Toward the fen, ther wilde Mares renne Forth with wehee [v.r. wehe]. c1520Skelton Magnyf. 477 And Annot wolde be nyce, and laughes, ‘tehe, wehe’. 1567Triall of Treasure E iij, We, he, he, he, he, ware the horse heles I saye. 1594Lyly Mother Bombie iv. ii. 194 Hee neither would cry wyhie, nor wag the taile. 1603Dekker Patient Grissill 567 So they can crie wighee and hollow, kicking iade. 1606Chapman Gentl. Usher i. i. 30 One cannot crie ‘wehie’, but straight shee [your Barbarie mare] cries ‘tihi’. 1654[see tee-hee int.]. c1690Roxb. Ballads (1890) VII. 56 The Tapster bid them welcome then, and wea-hae did cry.
b. Used to a horse.
1821Mactaggart Gallov. Encycl. 472 Wehaw! a cry which displeases horses. 1847Halliwell, Wighee, an exclamation to horses.
B. n. An utterance of this sound; a whinny or neigh.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iv. 21 Ȝit wol he make moni a whi [v.rr. many (a) wehe, wey] er he come þere. c1589Whip for Ape 26 in Lyly's Wks. (1902) III. 418 Such hahaes, teehees, weehees, wild colts play. 1592Def. Conny-Catching in Greene's Wks. (Grosart) XI. 59 The olde Churle comming an hower before Supper time,..for an amorous wehe or two, as olde Jades wynnie when they cannot wagge the tayle. 1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. ii. i, There's ne're a Gentleman i' the countrey has the like humors for the Hobby-horse as I haue? I haue the Methode for the threeding of the needle,..and the wigh-hie, and the daggers in the Nose,..all the Humors incident to the qualitie. 1618Fletcher Women pleas'd iv. i, His [the hobby-horse's] lewd wihies. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes To Rdr., Rosinante looks for your Tih-hee, and you shall have his Whhi-hhee. 1673Char. Coffee-House 6 To..make an Oration to Caligula's Horse, whence you can only expect a weehee or Jadish spurn.
▪ II. † wehee, v. Obs.
Forms: 6–7 wighy, 7 wighie, wihy, wyhee, weyhey.
[f. prec.]
intr. To neigh or whinny, as a horse does.
1599Marston Ant. & Mel. iii. (1602) F 2, Tis an old horse can neither wighy, nor wagge his taile. 1606― Parasit. iv. G 1 b, Al that can wyhee or wag the taile, are vpon grievous paines of their backe summond to be assistant in that Session of loue. 1615[Hoby] Curry-Combe for Coxe-Combe iv. 156 'Tis an ill Horse that can neyther wey-hey, nor wagge his taile. 1618Breton Courtier & Countryman (Grosart) 8/2 The young Colts wighie at their parting with their Fillies. 1668Davenant Rivals iii. 36 Tho' lightly on the hobby-horse and dancers, He learns to Wighy, and the rest to prance—Sirs. 1847Halliwell, Wehee, Wihie. |