tivyint.v.
/ˈtɪvi/ rare.
A. int.
= tantivy int.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [interjection] > sound of horn
tivy1670
tantivy1697
1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 30 In the bright Moon-shine while winds whistle loud, Tivy, tivy, tivy, we mount and we fly.
1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 189 Tantivee, tivee, tivee, tivee, High and Low, Hark, hark how the Merry, merry Horn does blow.
B. v.
= tantivy v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride rapidly
runeOE
drivec1300
scurry1580
tantivy1681
to ride triumph1761
jockey1767
tivy1842
spank1843
rocket1862
to let out1889
1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 528 Thence tivy'd they all, with speed of a sledge, And buried them deep in the hazel hedge.
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