woyint.
A call to a horse to stop. (Cf. way n.1 and int.1, whoa int. and n.)
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1797 T. Morton Cure for Heart-ache i. i. 5 Frank (without). Woyh! Whoh! Smiler.
1809 R. Kerr Agric. Surv. Berwick 503 Formerly, in speaking to their horses, carters..in calling to stop used the incommunicable sound of prroo, now wo, or woy.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Who, Woy, a word used to stop horses in a team.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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