† histv.1
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To incite or urge on with the exclamation ‘hist’. Cf. hist int. 2. rare.
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the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > urge on or incite
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (transitive)] > hiss > incite with
hist1604
1604 T. Middleton Father Hubburds Tales sig. F3 Least they should be out, or faint, or cold, Their Innocent Clyents, hist them on with Gold.
2. transitive. To say ‘hist’ to; to summon with the exclamation ‘hist’. Cf. hist int. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > make inaudible [verb (transitive)] > silence > summon in silence
hist1645
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > by other sound
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (transitive)] > hiss > summon with
hist1645
1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 39 The Cherub Contemplation, And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will daign a Song.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. lvii. 31 Which he to me with earnest countenance show'd Histing me nearer.
1778 R. Lowth Isaiah vii. 18 Jehovah shall hist the fly..And the bee..And they shall come.
3. intransitive. poetic. To be silent.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [verb (intransitive)]
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1867 J. Conington tr. Virgil Æneid (ed. 2) i. 237 Then should some man of worth appear Whose stainless virtue all revere, They hush, they hist [1866 (ed. 1) list; L. silent arrectisque auribus astant]; his clear voice rules Their rebel wills, their anger cools.
1895 F. Thompson Sister Songs ii. 27 How often do I bid my visions hist, Deaf to them, pleading all their piteous fills.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
histv.2
/hʌɪst/, U.S. /haɪst/ 1. transitive. regional (chiefly U.S.). To raise (something) up; to hoist. Also: to hijack, to steal. Cf. hoist v., heist n.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > hoist
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to set upa1300
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to work upc1610
hist1707
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > hijack
hijack1923
hist1930
skyjack1961
1707 [implied in: 1707 in Coll. N.-Y. Hist. Soc. 1892 (1893) 328 30 gallons of molasses saved out of a hogshead that broke in the slings in histing over in the sloop. (at histing n. 1)].
?1778 G. Olmsted Jrnl. (Libr. of Congress MS 0340B) (1978) 80 They histed Contonentol Cullors.
1804 C. Floyd Jrnl. 24 July in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1995) IX. 390 Histed ouer Collars in the morning for the Reseptions of Indians.
1867 ‘M. Twain’ Celebrated Jumping Frog 18 Dan'l give a heave, and hysted up his shoulders.
1872 ‘Agrikler’ Rhymes 17 Hev a fresh cask ready histed.
1930 Amer. Mercury Dec. 456/1 Hist, to hold up; to hyjack. ‘We hist the mutt's plant for fifty cases of skee.’
1938 D. Runyon Furthermore xiv. 290 This is one of the very first cases of histing a truckload of legal beer that comes off in this country.
1963 Negro Digest Aug. 83 The boy hist his hand up to his mouth one time, to wipe 'way some blood.
1999 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune 1 Sept. a5/4 They had it histed up with a rope an' a pully.
2. transitive. U.S. regional. To provide the key for singing (a hymn). rare.
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society > faith > worship > church music > [verb (transitive)] > sing or chant > lead singing
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to take up1577
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > precent
set?c1450
to take up1577
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line1853
hist1857
1857 Harper's Mag. Sept. 572/1 As they have no choir in the congregation, any one who considers himself qualified has authority to hist the hymns.
1948 T. D. Clark Southern Country Editor ii. v. 91 Professor Shires..had drifted in from Texas with a tuning fork and was a master at ‘histing’ tunes in a country church.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
histint.n.
/(h)st/, /hɪst/, U.S. /(h)st/, /hɪst/ 1. Used to enjoin silence, attract attention, or call on a person to listen. Also (after use in sense 2) in hist-a-boy. Now somewhat archaic.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [interjection] > listen
hist1599
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [interjection]
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peacec1390
whista1425
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ciunas1987
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > call for attention [interjection]
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lookOE
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1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 203 Hist Romeo hist, o for a falkners voyce, To lure this Tassel gentle back againe.
1607 T. Tomkis Lingua iii. iii. sig. E4v Hist, hist, Mendaicio I prethee obserue Heuresis, it seemes he cannot finde his Maister.
1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune v. i. 58 Didst thou hear nothing? hist, heark.
1734 H. Fielding Intrig. Chambermaid i. iii. 8 Hist! hist! get you both about your Business.
1772 R. Warner tr. Plautus Discov. ii. ii, in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies III. 124 Hist! silence! be of good heart.
1845 J. H. Ingraham Montezuma, Serf I. iv. 23 Hist, boy. Thou art mad. Thy language will be taken up by passing boats.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 203 ‘Hist,’ said the old man, ‘there he is.’
1907 Lancet-Clinic 3 Aug. 132/2 But hist-a-boy! Not a whisper as to the nature and amount of these ingredients.
1918 M. Gibbs Snugglepot & Cuddlepie 32 ‘Hist!’ whispered Mr Frog. They listened.
1996 Independent (Nexis) 7 July 46 If you don't know about Niceday, hist! and I shall tell you.
2. Used to urge on a dog or other animal; also in hist-a-boy. Also as n.: a command of this type. Now rare.
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the mind > will > motivation > [interjection] > exclamations to incite or urge on
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hist-a-boy1842
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1842 R. W. Emerson Conservative in Dial Oct. 195 He must cry ‘Hist-a-boy’, and urge the game on.
1898 W. S. Walker When Mopoke Calls (ed. 2) 153 To give the quick warning ‘hist’ to the dogs.., who after a bound or two in the air to sight the quarry, go off like the wind.
1907 C. Weekes About Women 13 Here they come, boy: Hist, boy!—mum, boy!
1911 W. T. Grenfell Down North on Labrador xi. 168 I threw myself onto the sledge with a ‘hist’ to the dogs to go just where they jolly well liked.
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int.n.1599- throw up a tab
- throw up in the wind
- throw up into the wind
- throw up on the wind
- throw up one's accounts
- throw up one's arms
- throw up one's brief
- throw up one's cap
- throw up one's cards
- throw up one's guts
- throw up one's hands
- throw up one's hat
- throw up one's toenails, boots, etc
- throw up the game
- throw up the one's hand
- throw up the sponge
- throw wheel
- throw, put, one's weight behind
- throw-away-the-key
- throw-bait
- throw-crank
- throw-crook
- throw-disc
- throw-forward
- throw-in