† hoine, hoyne, v. Obs. or dial.
[a. OF. hoigner, hogner (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.) to whine: cf. Palsgr. ‘Je hoigne, I whyne as a chylde dothe, or a dogge’.]
intr. To whine; to grunt; to murmur, to mutter; = hone v.2
| c 1440 York Myst. xxx. 309 Yone lordyngis to lose þe Full longe haue thei hoyned [printed heyned; rime enioyned]. a 1529 Skelton Agst. Venom. Tongues 4 Hoyning like hogges, that groynis and wrotes. 1847–78 Halliwell, Hoine,..to whine. Linc. |
Hence † hoinish a., grunting.
| 1633 T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 14 Worldlings are swine..insatiable in devouring, hoinish and grunting. |