单词 | see-ho |
释义 | see-hoint.n. Now rare. In coursing: used as a call to announce the first sighting of the hare. Also as n.: an utterance of this. Cf. soho int. and n.1 1. ΘΚΠ 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 soho1307 see-hoa1500 stowc1520 hoicks1607 loo1608 whoo-whoop1611 harka1616 stoo1673 illow1688 hark away1737 yoicks1774 a1500 Mourning of Hare (Cambr.) in C. H. Hartshorne Anc. Metrical Tales (1829) 166 The furste man that me may see Anon he cryes, ‘se howe, se howe [a1475 Brogyntyn so howe, so hoowe]’. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sohoe, Seehoo, said aloud at the starting a hare. 1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Subj. for Painters 61 He to his comrades cry'd ‘See, ho!’ Then jump'd (unsportsman like) upon his hare. 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 128 ‘Seeho!’ called out the squire, as if he'd found a hare sitting. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xiii. 86 At this moment there came a ‘See, ho!’ from Charles; in the next a noble hare had burst from a tangled mass of brambles at his feet. 1903 H. A. Bryden Hare-hunting & Harriers iii. 53 The finder will cry out, ‘See ho!’ or, better still, hold up his hat. 1954 J. I. Lloyd Beagling xi. 101 The correct cry for a hare is ‘See-ho!’ but this is seldom heard nowadays. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.a1500 |
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