单词 | tally-ho |
释义 | tally-hov. 1. transitive. To salute or make known the presence of (a fox) by the cry of ‘tally-ho’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > call or signal [verb (transitive)] > shout at warea1529 tally-ho1812 soho1834 yoicks1840 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 230 A fox was tallyho'd breaking covert, and the dogs laid on him. 1825 Sporting Mag. 15 363 The servant..tallyho'd the fox. 2. intransitive. To cry or utter ‘tally-ho’ or a similar call. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)] > of huntsmen routa1425 hollo1613 soho1824 tally-ho1826 yoicka1828 yoax1828 yoicks1840 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 504 A troop o'..tallyhooin' ‘wild and wayward humourists’. 1829 T. Hood Epping Hunt lxxiv And milkmen tally-ho'd! 1904 H. Sutcliffe in Westm. Gaz. 1 Dec. 2/3 Oh, up to the saddle, the horn tally-ho-ing, Up to the tops of the hills o' Craven! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). tally-hoint.n. 1. The view-halloo raised by huntsmen on catching sight of the fox. a. as int. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > cry [interjection] > cry soho1307 sa-ha1606 whoo-whoop1611 harka1616 hark away1737 yoax1762 tally-ho1773 yoicks1774 yoick1781 gone away1795 hyke1823 to-ho1825 yoi1826 heu-gase1827 Cf. 1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris ii. 33 Young Squire Racket, and Sir Toby Tallyhoe [a roistering character].] b. as n. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1787 Generous Attachm. I. 115 One of his tallios would have sent them screaming out of their senses. 1808 W. Scott Strutt's Queenhoo Hall I. Concl. iv Gregory..followed, encouraging the hounds with a loud tayout. 1846 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs (new ed.) 67 Beasts of the chase that are not worth a Tally-ho! 1860 All Year Round 1 Sept. 485 How the glad tally-hos, triumphant who-whoops,..come from the very hearts of the farmers. 1955 Times 9 Aug. 9/2 Even the eminent scholar and social worker Liang Shu-ming has been cast out... Throughout China the tally-ho of the party hacks is echoing. c. attributive. ΚΠ 1825 H. Wilson Mem. (ed. 2) III. 96 A drunken man, in a dashing light green coat, a red waistcoat, and large tally oh! pin in his shirt. 1857 H. H. Breen Blemishes Mod. Eng. Lit. 138 Perhaps the most characteristic style of all is the tally-ho, or Nimrodian style. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 544 A pack of bloodhounds led by Hornblower of Trinity brandishing a dogwhip in tallyho cap, and an old pair of grey trousers, follows from far. 2. a. Originally, the proper name given to a fast day-coach between London and Birmingham, started in 1823; subsequently appropriated by other fast coaches on this and other roads, and treated somewhat as a common noun. Also tally-ho coach. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach posting carriage1556 wagon1615 post-coach1636 stagecoach1658 flying coach1669 stage1671 wagon-coach1675 stage-wagon1681 post-car1694 post-wagon1694 post calash1703 fly1708 post-carriage1720 post-stage1738 diligence1742 flying machine1764 machine1769 mail coach1785 dilly1786 mail stage1792 high-flyer1799 post-equipage1813 post vehicle1815 tally-ho coach1831 mail packeta1837 flying carriage1849 stager1852 mail-hack1909 1831 T. Attwood 9 Oct. in Life (1885) xii. 184 I prefer your coming by the Safety Tally ho, because it puts up at the most convenient inn. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 76 Tally-ho coach..don't wait for nobody. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 77 His father..had resolved that Tom should travel down by the Tally-ho, which..passed through Rugby itself. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. Introd. 1 The mail still announced itself by the merry notes of the horn; the hedge-cutter..might still know the exact hour by the..apparition of the pea-green Tally-ho or the yellow Independent. 1903 C. G. Harper Stage-coach & Mail II. ix., x., xiii. [much historical information]. b. U.S. A large four-in-hand coach or drag. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach > with specific horses tandem-drag1825 tally-ho1882 1882 W. D. Howells in Longman's Mag. 1 55 There was a tally-ho coach which had been driven out from Boston. 1885 W. P. Breed Aboard & Abroad 127 Who could..not take a tour of eight or ten hours in tallyho or wagonette? 1895 Nebraska State Jrnl. 18 June 4/2 A talleyho ride was taken by a large party of young people Friday afternoon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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