单词 | hoy |
释义 | hoyn.1 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.). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.) ΚΠ 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 1. transitive. To urge on or incite with cries of ‘hoy!’; to drive or convoy with shouts. ΘΚΠ 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!’ ΘΚΠ 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 Originally and chiefly English regional (north-eastern). transitive. To throw, heave. ΚΠ 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 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.) ΘΚΠ 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!’ ΘΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.11495v.1c1536v.21825int.n.21393 |
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