| 单词 | neither to hait nor to ree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasneither to hait nor to ree intransitive. To turn to the right. Usually in neither to hait nor to ree (chiefly of a person): to disobey commands; to be obstinate, unreasonable, or unmanageable.Quot. 1790 implies an interpretation of basic sense as ‘to go backwards’. ΚΠ 1684 G. Meriton Praise Yorks. Ale 415 Thou'l neither height nor ree. 1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 29 Lang time he had cast an eye At winsom Maistres Property, But she wou'd neither hyte nor rhee. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) at Heit He will neither heit nor ree; he will neither go forward nor backward. Heit and Ree are two words used in driving a cart. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Ree, to turn. Hie or hite is left turn, when spoken to a horse; ree is right turn. 1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 159/2 An obstinate person or beast will ‘nowder heik nor ree’. < as lemmas |
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