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▪ I. hist, int.|hɪst|
[A natural exclamation (also more exactly written 'st!) enjoining silence (which seems to be suggested by the abrupt stoppage of the sibilant by the mute). Cf. ist, st, whisht.]
1. A sibilant exclamation used to enjoin silence, or call on people to listen.
1617Minsheu Ductor, Hist, nota silentij. 1681Otway Soldier's Fort. v. i, Didst thou hear nothing? Hist, hark! 1767–74Thornton tr. Plautus' Discov. (R.), Hist! silence! be of good heart. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 203 ‘Hist’, said the old man, ‘there he is’.
2. A similar sound made to urge on a dog or other animal. hist-a-boy, an exclamation used to incite or urge on. U.S.
1841Emerson Addr., Conservative Wks. (Bohn) II. 276 He must cry ‘Hist-a-boy’ and urge the game on. 1860― Cond. Life, Illusions ibid. 443 To..cry Hist-a-boy! to every good dog. [Cf. Sc. hist-a-cat!, 'st-a-cat!, used in hounding a dog after a cat.]
▪ II. hist, v.1 Now poetic.|hɪst|
[f. hist int.]
I.
†1. trans. To summon with the exclamation ‘hist!’; to summon in silence or without noise. Obs.
1632Milton Penseroso 55 The cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song. 1647H. More Song of Soul i. ii. lvii, Which he to me with earnest countenance show'd Histing me nearer. 1778R. Lowth Transl. Isa. v. 26 He will hist every one of them from the ends of the earth. Ibid. vii. 18 Jehovah shall hist the fly..And the bee..And they shall come.
2. intr. To be silent.
1867J. Conington Virg. æneid i. 237 (ed. 2) Then should some man of worth appear Whose stainless virtue all revere, They hush, they hist [ed. 1 list]; his clear voice rules Their rebel wills, their anger cools.
II.
3. trans. To incite or urge on with the exclamation ‘hist’; hence, generallly, to incite.
1604Middleton Father Hubbard's Tales Wks. 1886 VIII. 106 Lest they should be out, or faint, or cold, Their innocent clients hist them on with gold.
▪ III. hist, v.2 Chiefly U.S.|haɪst|
Also h'ist, hyst.
[dial. form of hoist v.; cf. heist.]
1. To provide the key for singing (a hymn, etc.). rare.
1857Harper's Mag. Sept. 572/1 As they have no choir in the congregation, any one who considers himself qualified has authority to hist the hymns.
2. To raise aloft; = hoist v. 1; also, to steal, hijack. Cf. heist v., hoist v. 6.
1867‘Mark Twain’ Celebr. Jumping Frog 18 Dan'l give a heave, and hysted up his shoulders. 1872‘Agrikler’ Rhymes 17 Hev a fresh cask ready histed. 1919H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. iii. 91 They still cling, in their common speech, to such forms as h'ist for hoist. 1930Amer. Mercury Dec. 456/1 Hist, to hold up; to hyjack. ‘We hist the mutt's plant for fifty cases of skee.’ 1936M. Mitchell Gone with Wind xxxiv. 569 You'd better hist up your skirts a little. 1938D. Runyon Furthermore xiv. 290 This is one of the very first cases of histing a truckload of legal beer that comes off in this country. 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling viii. 70, I h'isted him over old Caesar's rump and away we goed.
Hence ˈhisting vbl. n.
1935J. T. Farrell Judgment Day x. 213 There's been too many histing jobs pulled off lately in this neighborhood, and the sergeant has been hopping on my tail about them. |