| 释义 |
woy, int.
Also woyh.
[Exclamatory.]
A call to a horse to stop. (Cf. way, wo, whoa int.)
1797T. Morton Cure for Heart-ache i. i, Frank (with⁓out) Woyh! whoh! Smiler! 1809R. Kerr Agric. Berw. 503 Formerly, in speaking to their horses, carters..in calling to stop used the incommunicable sound of prroo, now wo, or woy. 1828Carr Craven Gloss., Who, Woy, a word used to stop horses in a team. |