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单词 a-cock-hye
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a-cock-hyeadv.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.1, cock v.1, English hye , high adv.
Etymology: Apparently < a prep.1 + cock v.1 + hye, variant of high adv.; with the first element compare later acock adv. Compare earlier a-cock-bill adv. N.E.D. (1891) misinterpreted a cockhye as indefinite article plus noun, and proposed the (tentative) definition ‘some kind of arrow’ (comparing cock feather n.).
Obsolete.
Probably: high up, straight up high.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adverb] > to a great or considerable height
highOE
heaven-high?1518
loftily1548
tower-wise1581
a-cock-hye1598
tally1611
eminently1620
spirally1806
sky-high1818
toweringly1822
1598 G. Chapman Blinde Begger of Alexandria sig. E2 I saw Cupid shooting a cockhye into your face, and gazing after his arrow it fell into mine eye.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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