Hie

HIE, int. and v.1 Sc. Nhb. Shr. Glo. Sus. Hmp. I.W. Som. Also written hi War.2; high Lth. Bwk.; hy Cai.1; hye Nhb.1 [h)ai.] 1. int. A call to dogs to encourage them to seek game; also with on or away. Cum.4 Hie! theh, git away by, Sharp ─ Sharp, hie! theh, git away by below, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 22. Sus., Hmp. Holloway. I.W.1 w.Som.1 Hie on, Dash. 2. A command to horses to turn to the left, or towards the driver. Sc. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863) (s.v. Horses). Cai.1 Lth. ‘High! gee, wo!’ each ploughman cries, Ballantine Poems (1856) 295. s.Sc., n.Cy. Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) 1. 160. Nhb.1 3. Comb. (1) Hie-here, a command to horses to come towards the driver; (2) Hie-lag, go away; (3) Hie-up, a call to cows; (4) Hie-wo, a command to horses, (a) to turn abruptly to the left; (b) to go to the right. (1) n.Sc. N. & Q. (1856) 2nd S. i. 395. m.Sc. Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1849) I. 160. (2) Glo. Northall Wd. Bk. (1896) (s.v. Call-words). (3) Shr.1 Common (s.v. Call-words). (4, a) Cai.1, Rxb. (Jam.) (b) Bwk. Monthly Mag. (1814) I. 31. 4. v. To encourage a dog to hunt.

w.Som.1 I zeed'n, my own zul, hiein o' the dog up in the hedge.

HIE, v.2 and sb. Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Chs. Der. Not. Nhp. Shr. Suf. Hmp. Som. Also written heigh ne.Lan.1; high n.Yks. Shr.2 Suf.; hy Sc. Cum. w.Yks.1; hye Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 Shr.2; and in forms eigh Lan.; hay Fif.; hey Nhp.2 [h)ai.] 1. v. To hasten; freq. with reflex. pron. Sc. They were hying home after sunset, Scott St. Ronan (1824) xxv. Fif. Go hay thee hence to hell! Melvill Autobiog. (1610) Introd. 66, ed. 1842. Dmb. We'll catch the beacon as we round Lochrye, And then, wi' surer airt, mair swiftly hie, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 52. Ayr. I winna bide, but hie awa' To her that I lo'e best of a', Laing Poems (1894) 88. Gall. He hied him home to his wife and weans, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) ix. Nhb. When songsters homeward are hieing, Charnley Fisher's Garl. (1836) 7. Lakel.2 Cum. Now hytha, an thu'll get back o' gud teyme (E.W.P.). Wm. Hie thi ways hiam (B.K.). n.Yks.2 Thoo mun hie thee. w.Yks.1 Go hie thee. Lan. Lady bird, lady bird, eigh thy way home, Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 70. ne.Lan.1 Chs.1 Hie the, Sarah, hie the, and bring me a sope o' beer, aw'm welly kilt wi droot; Chs.2 Chs.3, Der.1 Der.2, nw.Der.1 Not. Holloway. Nhp.2 Hey an wi 'e. Shr.1 Now then, 'ie away an' fatch me yore throck to pŭt on; Shr.2 Suf. High to the holl, hinder come a dow (H.H.). Hmp. Hie off, Holloway. w.Som.1 Obs. 2. Comb. (1) Hie-thee-really, (2) Hie-tie-leather, quickly, at a great pace; (3) Hie-your-ways, hasten. (1) e.Yks. If thoo's cum'd iv a quahter ov a noor, thoo's cum'd hietha-rally, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 91; e.Yks.1 MS. add. (T.H.) (2) n.Yks. (S.K.C.) (3) Nhb. Just hie yor ways, an' tell wor Jack 'at he's wantit (R.O.H.). 3. sb. Haste. Yks. Make as much hie as you can, Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.)

Chs.1 Chs.3

HIE, v.3 Sh.I. In phr. hie tongue, hold thy tongue. Hie tongue, lass, an' be na a fule... he's nae mair Johnny

Smith den I am, Stewart Tales (1892) 154.

HIE, int. and v. War. Wor. 1. int. In phr. hie on then! a call to dogs to go after game, &c. War.3, Wor. (E.S.) 2. v. To encourage a dog to hunt. Gen. with on. War.3 Wor. They were hieing the dogs on, Evesham Jrn. (Jan.

12, 1901).

HIE, v. s.Lan.1 In phr. hie thee Jimmy home again, a sarcastic song, sung to a disappointed bridegroom at a ‘jow-fair’(q.v.); a familiar term for a wedding-peal on

church bells.

Source : Admiral W H Smyth - The Sailor's Wordbook