huing, vbl. n.
(ˈhjuːɪŋ)
[f. hue v.2 + -ing1.]
Shouting, hooting; spec. the rousing of a deer from its lair, or driving it with shouts towards the huntsman or a net. Also the directing of fishermen. See huer.
| a 1250 Owl & Night. 1264 Huan ich min huing to heom sende. 1530 Palsgr. 231/1 Hewyng of a dere, hvee. 1575 Laneham Let. (1871) 13 The galloping of horsez, the blasting of hornz, the halloing and hewing of the huntsmen. 1616 Sir R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 151 Of his 20li for this seazons hewing he is paid vijli ster. |