† high-day, int. Obs.
Erroneous form of hey-day, arising from confusion with prec.
| 1610 Shakes. Temp. ii. ii. 190 Freedome, high-day, high-day [mod. ed. hey-day] freedome. 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar Wks. 1730 I. 80 High-day! who have we got here? 1708 Motteux Rabelais v. xiv, High-day! Prithee,..would'st thou have a man tell thee more than he knows? |