单词 | yoi |
释义 | yoiint.n. Fox-hunting. Now rare. A cry used to urge on or encourage hounds. Also occasionally as n. Cf. yoick int., yoicks int. and n., yoax 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 1826 Sporting Mag. New Ser. 17 270 The word was given ‘Yoi—hark on, hark’. 1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports 221/2 ‘Yooi, over he goes!’ holloas the Squire. 1869 G. J. Whyte-Melville Songs & Verses 90 Yoi! wind him! and rouse him! By Jove, he's away. 1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox 151 With a ‘Yooi, Yooi, Yooi,’ Bill Ridden cheered them. 1936 D. W. E. Brock A B C of Fox-hunting v. 72 The noises which he makes are of little importance, and vary considerably with almost every huntsman. Approximately they are something like this: ‘Tr-high push 'im up! Yoi tr-high!’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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