单词 | wehee |
释义 | † weheev. Obsolete. intransitive. To neigh or whinny, as a horse does. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [verb (intransitive)] > neigh neighOE neicherc1550 wehee1602 nickerc1617 nichera1700 whicker1753 snicker1824 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. F2 Tis an old horse can neither wighy, nor wagge his taile. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iv. G 1 b Al that can wyhee or wag the taile, are vpon grievous paines of their backe summond to be assistant in that Session of loue. 1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe iv. 156 'Tis an ill Horse that can neyther wey-hey, nor wagge his taile. 1618 N. Breton Court & Country (Grosart) 8/2 The young Colts wighie at their parting with their Fillies. a1630 Faithful Friends (1975) iii. ii. 61 I cutt it [sc. a tail] from a dead horse, that can now Neither wighee nor wagtaile. 1668 W. Davenant Rivals iii. 36 Tho' lightly on the hobby-horse and dancers, He learns to Wighy, and the rest to prance—Sirs. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Wehee, Wihie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). weheeint.n. Obsolete exc. dialect. A. int. a. A conventional representation of the sound uttered by horses. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [interjection] > particular sound made by wehee1362 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. viii. 75 (MS. T.) As wilde bestis wiþ wehe worþ vp togedere. c1386 G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale 146 Whan the hors was laus, he gynneth gon Toward the fen, ther wilde Mares renne Forth with wehee [v.r. wehe]. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Biiv And annot wolde be nyce and laughes tehe wehe. 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Eiii We, he, he, he, he, ware the horse heles I saye. 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie iv. ii. sig. G2v Hee neither would cry wyhie nor wag the taile. 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. Cv So they can crie wighee and hollow kicking iade. 1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. A2v One cannot crie wehie, but straight shee [sc. your Barbarie mare] cries tihi. c1690 Roxburghe Ballads (1890) VII. 56 The Tapster bid them welcome then, and wea-hae did cry. b. Used to a horse. ΚΠ 1821 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 472 Wehaw! a cry which displeases horses. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Wighee, an exclamation to horses. B. n. An utterance of this sound; a whinny or neigh. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > sound made by horse > [noun] > neigh or whinny wehee1362 neigha1522 nichera1791 nickera1791 whicker1882 whickering1899 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iv. 21 Ȝit wol he make moni a whi [v.rr. many (a) wehe, wey] er he come þere. ?1589 Whip for an Ape sig. A2 Such hahaes, teehees, weehees, wild colts play. 1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. B4 The olde Churle comming an hower before Supper time,..after an amorous wehe or two, as oulde Iades will wynnie when they cannot wagge the tayle. 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. i. sig. Ev There's ne're a Gentleman i' the countrie has the like humors for the Hobby-horse as I haue; I haue the Methode for the threeding of the needle,..and the wigh-hie, and the daggers in the nose,..all the humors incident to the qualitie. a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeee3v/1 His [sc. the hobby-horse's] lewd wihies. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot To Rdr. Rosinante looks for your Tih-hee, and you shall have his Whi-hee. 1673 Char. Coffee-house 6 To..make an Oration to Caligula's Horse, whence you can only expect a weehee or Jadish spurn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1602int.n.1362 |
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