Verb (used with object) : Hie yourself down to this once-in-a-lifetime sale!. From Dictionary.com.
He informed her of their reason for hying to Fowey as he held her stirrup for her. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of His Own]
He felt Jisbella's hands hying to break his fall as he crashed down in a mass of loose brick and mortar. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars My Destination]
Before Percy could ask what, he added, "And the weather's turned, so I think I'll do better to look in at Lester Hall before hying up to town.". From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Expectations]
While you whiled the night away in sated slumber, I obtained a special license that will allow us to marry immediately without hying off to Gretna Green. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
"Cry-hying, you young swab?" roared the man, as if he were speaking through a storm. From Wordnik.com. [The Powder Monkey] Reference
The Boss bent, covering the hurt arm with one hand and hying the other with a caress on the boy's forehead. From Wordnik.com. [Freckles] Reference
Words ending in ie change the ie into y on adding ing; as vie, vying; tie, tying; lie, lying; hie, hying; die, dying. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Speller; Containing Exercises for Oral Spelling; also, Sentences for Silent Spelling by Writing from Dictation. In Which the Representative Words and the Anomalous Words of the English Language are so Classified as to Indicate Their Pronunciation, and to be Fixed in the Memory by Association.] Reference
Two other hying machines were heard of about this date, one by Professor Giampietre, of Pavia, cigar-shaped, driven by screws, and rigged with masts and sails. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation] Reference
To my mind, this latter is the pristine form of the tale, and points to a Buddhist origin -- mercy to all hying creatures being one of the leading doctrines of pure Buddhism. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
Even more recent, the NBA Shang-hying the Seattle Sonics to Oklahoma City is one of the most disgraceful events in major American sporting history, but it happened without so much as anyone batting an eye or giving a hard look at what sports franchises truly mean to cities. From Wordnik.com. [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference
"Skip straight," he said, hying it out. From Wordnik.com. [Juxtaposition]
I'm hying to save you money. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Stars My Destination]
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