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单词 hoy
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hoyn.1

Brit. /hɔɪ/, U.S. /hɔɪ/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s hoie, hoye, 1600s hoigh, huy.
Etymology: apparently < Middle Dutch hoei, plural hoeyen (Verwijs and Verdam), variant of hoede, heude, huede, modern Dutch †heude, heu, whence also obsolete French heu (Jal). Ulterior origin unknown.
a. ‘A small vessel, usually rigged as a sloop, and employed in carrying passengers and goods, particularly in short distances on the sea-coast’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > types of
hulkc1420
wherry1443
hoy1495
wherry-boat1538
boyart1545
hurk1598
bilander1656
galliot-hoy1665
transport-hoy1705
flat-boat1801
shoy-hoy1840
hack boat1863
blood boat1873
blood boat1889
ro-ro1978
1495 R. Crowmer in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 474 An hoy of Dorderyght.
1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 95 An hoy of Andwarpe.
1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 5 §9 English Hoys and Plats may cross the Seas as far as Caen.
1607 B. Jonson Volpone iv. i. sig. I2 Your hoigh Carries but three men in her, and a boy.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 228 Holland and Zeland..hath..twenty thousand saile of Ships and Hoies.
1661 S. Pepys Diary 16 June (1970) II. 123 To hire a Marget Hoy.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. lii. 429 Crears..Huys, Catches, Capers, and other Vessels.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 227 Hoys and Lighters are vessels with one mast, and sometimes a bowsprit; abaft the mast is a gaff-mainsail, before it a fore~sail, and a jib upon the bowsprit.
1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 170 A coach as long and as crowded as the Margate Hoy.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) In the naval service there are gun-hoy, powder-hoy, provision-hoy, anchor-hoy, all rigged sloop-fashion.
b. jocularly. A heavy or clumsy person. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > lout, oaf, booby > [noun]
lubber1362
looby1377
howfing?a1513
slouch?1518
bowberta1522
knuckylbonyarda1529
lob1533
lout1548
patch1549
hoballa1556
lilburnea1556
lobcocka1556
chub1558
hick1565
lourd1579
peasant1581
clown1583
lubbard1586
lumberer1593
lump1597
blooterc1600
boobyc1600
lob-coat1604
hoy1607
bacon-brainsa1635
alcatote1638
oaf1638
kelf1665
brute1670
dowf1722
gawky1724
chuckle1731
chuckle-head1731
John Trott1753
stega1823
lummoxa1825
gawk1837
country jakea1854
guffin1862
galoot1866
stot1877
lobster1896
mutt1900
palooka1920
schlub1950
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. C I heare trampling: 'tis my Flemish Hoy.
c. Combinations. (See also hoyman n.)
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1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good v. iv. 271 A whole Hoy-full are Landed.
a1618 W. Raleigh Observ. in Remains (1661) 167 They [the Dutch] have..Ships called Boyers, Hoybarks, Hoyes, and others.
1723 B. Mandeville Ess. Charity in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 321 Low conversation in Hoy-boats and Stage-coaches.
1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 48 A Hoy Load of..Flags was sent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hoyv.1

Etymology: < hoy int.
1. transitive. To urge on or incite with cries of ‘hoy!’; to drive or convoy with shouts.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > incite or pursue with shout
hallowc1369
hoyc1536
whoop1582
hue1590
hollo away?1602
vociferate1794
to bellow off1837
c1536 D. Lindsay Compl. Bagsche 144 I gat none vther recompence Bot hoyit, & houndit of the toun.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 55 Hoy out (sir carter) the hog fro the wheele.
c1600 D. Moysie Mem. Affairs Scotl. (1830) 37 He wes oppinlie onbeset be..rascalis of the toun, and howeid out of the toun by flinging of stones at him.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Devotional Poems in Poems (1910) vi. 70 The hevy saulis ar had to hevin; The light, alace, ar hoyde to hell.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 161 They hoy't out Will, wi' sair advice.
2. intransitive. To call ‘hoy!’
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)] > call > to attract attention > specific
ho1377
to squeak beef1699
hallo1781
oy1816
cooee1827
hoy1836
yoohoo1948
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 34 Quite hoarse with hoi-ing and imprecating.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

hoyv.2

Brit. /hɔɪ/, U.S. /hɔɪ/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: hoise v.
Etymology: Shortened < hoise v. (perhaps arising by reanalysis of third person forms).
Originally and chiefly English regional (north-eastern).
transitive. To throw, heave.
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1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Hoy, to heave or throw, as a stone.
1875 App. 2nd Rep. Master & Servant Act, 1867 (Labour Laws Comm.) 28/2 He said ‘if we can catch you or any of the men at work coming along here at night, we will hoy you over the bridge.’
1969 S. Dobson Larn Yersel Geordie 26 By, he wez a bad 'un, aalways gannin' roond the clubs'—e'd even been hoyed oot the Dolce Vita and he wez barred from Bower's Restaurant.
1995 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 3 Sept. Someone hoyed a stubby at the louvres in the front of the house and broke one.
2011 Viz Oct. 26/1 Wuz'll need summat heavy fo' t' hoy through the windee, mind.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hoyint.n.2

Brit. /hɔɪ/, U.S. /hɔɪ/
Forms: Also 1500s hoyghe, 1600s– hoi, 1700s– hoay.
Etymology: A natural exclamation.
A. int. A cry used to call attention; also to incite or drive beasts, esp. hogs.
In nautical language (also written hoay) used in hailing or calling aloft. (Cf. ahoy int. and v.)
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [interjection] > specific shout
heya1225
hoy1393
harrowa1500
hollo1589
wahahowec1604
halloo1671
hulloo?1706
holloa1769
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ix. 123 And holpen to erie þis half acre with ‘hoy! troly! lolly’ [A. vii. 109 Hey! trolly-lolly! B. vi. 118 how! trolli-lolli!].
1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 176 Wordes..derived from the nature of thynges. As..when one would seme galant, to crie hoigh, whereby also is declared courage.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 121 Hoy, hurson, to hell.
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Hoi, a word vsed in driuing hogges.
1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie ii. ii. 164 Away nasty C. E. transformed by Circe! Hoy! backe to her Styes, yea thine.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Holloa If the master intends to give any order to the people in the main-top, he..calls, Main-top, hoay! To which they answer, Holloa!
1810 Sporting Mag. 35 213 He hallooed, hoy, stop!
1862 B. J. Totten Naval Text-bk. (rev. ed.) 340 Hoay, an exclamation, to call attention, as ‘Ship-hoay!’
B. n.2
1. A call of ‘hoy!’
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > call > call or calling to attract attention
hailingc1275
heyc1400
hoc1405
sohoa1572
holla1593
hoy1652
halloo1707
hail1811
hillo1823
yo-hoing1840
halloa1898
yoo-hoo1924
yoohooing1954
1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew iv. ii. sig. L1v Here's a Wedding with a witnesse, and a Holy-day with a hoigh.
1850 W. Jamie Stray Effusions (ed. 2) 76 The fisher's ‘Hoy’ was heard afar.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. viii. 69 I see your young man..chopping at the flies on the window-sill..and I give him a Hoy!
2. Australian. A gambling game, resembling lotto, in which playing-cards are used. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > bingo or lotto > [noun]
lotto1778
keno1814
house1900
housey-housey1916
bingo1936
hoy1965
1965 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 2 Mar. 15 A hoy evening which the Royal Society of St. George planned to hold at St. George House.
1969 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 25 Feb. 6/10 Juliet Jones couldn't object to a few games of hoy.
1969 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 24 Aug. 3/3 Police said that bingo, or hoy, which was played in the same way, was illegal in Queensland.
1971 Telegraph (Brisbane) 3 Nov. 4/2 I have been advised that the radio competition is above board, but have had no ruling on the game hoy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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