单词 | histing |
释义 | histingn. 1. Chiefly U.S. The action of hist v.2 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > hijacking hijacking1923 histing1935 skyjacking1961 seajacking1985 1707 in Coll. N.-Y. Hist. Soc. 1892 (1893) 328 30 gallons of molasses saved out of a hogshead that broke in the slings in histing over in the sloop. 1867 Ladies' Cabinet 31 146/1 The histing of the ensign at the main. 1918 Typogr. Jrnl. Aug. 177/1 No ‘histing’ of the flowing bowl will be tolerated. 1935 J. 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. 2. U.S. In the game of marbles: the action of (illegally) raising one's hand from the ground when shooting. Also in plural. ΚΠ 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. viii. 49 Echo..called back, in amazement, the words of our game..‘fat!—histings!—comins about!—hit black alley!’ 1896 D. C. Beard Amer. Boy's Bk. Sport i. 6 Histing is holding the hand some distance above the ground. Histing is not allowable in the Bull Ring or in Meg-on-a-String. 1957 Statesville (N. Carolina) Record & Landmark 16 Mar. 4/2 It takes just a little bit of luck and skill—but no ‘histing’ or ‘hunching’, of course—to quit the field of play with a pocketful of wonderfully heavy, clinking mibs. 2003 G. Swain Chig & Second Spread (2005) iv. 40 If he was cheating..Ed was going way beyond the usual fudging and histing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1707 |
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