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view-halloo|vjuːhəˈluː|
Also 9 -holloo. β. -hollo(w. γ. -holla. δ. -hallo(a, -holloa, -hilloh, -hullow.
[f. view n. + halloo, hollow, holla, halloa, and hilloa.
The earliest form recorded is view-hollow (see β), and early examples of view-halloo have the stress on the penultimate as in the first quot. The various forms are freq. written or printed as two words without hyphen.]
The shout given by a huntsman on seeing a fox break cover. Also fig.
α1792S. Rogers Pleas. Mem. ii. 298 He scour'd the county in his elbow-chair; And, with view-halloo, rous'd the dreaming hound. 1798Sporting Mag. XI. 3 At the very moment of ‘Who! Whoop!’ a view halloo was given by a third. 1858Trollope Dr. Thorne I. i. 21 He..had a fine voice for a view halloo. 1859Art of Taming Horses, etc. xii. 202 When a huntsman carries the pack forward..to a view halloo. 1873Black Pr. Thule xxv, Lavender in the distance heard a long view-halloo.
β1761G. Colman Jealous Wife ii. iii, What is become of the Lady all this while?.. You told me she was not here, and..I was just drawing off another Way, if I had not heard the View-Hollow. 1806P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 4 A dragoon..gave a view hollow. 1833in R. E. Warburton Hunt Songs (1883) ii. 8 Once more a view hollo from old Oulton Lowe! 1846R. Bell Canning vii. 198 Lord Melville..was no sooner condemned, than..Sir Thomas Mostyn is said to have given a view hollo!
γ1816T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall viii, Their landing was hailed with a view-holla from the delighted Squire. 1858Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. I. lxv. 250 The dogs that answered to the view-holla that chased them to their end. 1861Ibid. III. clxii. 179 It is therefore ‘Hark Forward’ again, and the View Holla is not far off.
δ1840J. T. J. Hewlett P. Priggins v, Mr. Scrape gave a loud view hilloh! and galloped after me. 1853Lytton My Novel i. ii, The Squire..bellowed out with all the force of lungs accustomed to give a View-hallo! 1886Stevenson Dr. Jekyll 6, I gave a view halloa, took to my heels, collared my gentleman. |