A call used by huntsmen to direct the attention of the dogs or of other hunters to a hare which has been discovered or started, or to encourage…
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [interjection] > specific shout > in hunting or hawking (11) soho1307 A call used by huntsmen to direct the attention of the dogs or of other hunters to a hare which has been discovered or started, or to encourage… see-hoa1500 In coursing: used as a call to announce the first sighting of the hare. Also as n.: an utterance of this. Cf. soho, int. n.11. stowc1520 A call addressed to a hawk by a falconer to make it come to his fist. hoicks1607 A call used in hunting to incite the hounds. Also transferred. loo1608 A cry to incite a dog to the chase; = halloo, v. Also loo in! Also quasi-n. whoo-whoop1611 The shout of huntsmen at the death of the game; hence allusively in to be whoo-whoop with, to be ‘all up with’. Hence whoo-whoop v. (in quot. trans… harka1616 intransitive. Used in hunting, etc., as a call of attention and incitement, esp. in collocation with an adverb directing what action is to be… stoo1673 An exclamation used to urge on hounds. Cf. staboy, int. illow1688 = hillo, int. a. hark away1737 hark away, hark forward, hark in, hark off: to proceed or go away, forward, in, draw off. yoicks1774 Chiefly Fox-hunting. A call or cry used to urge on hounds. Sometimes also used more generally as an exclamation indicating excitement or… |
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