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Swill. Arbuthnot.

In England, the Heracleum Sphondylium.

A rude, clownish youth. [Obs.] Milton.

State of being a hoiden.

Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.

To hoist. [Obs.] They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.

by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope. Hoisting him into his father's throne. South. Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist.

A mechanical lift. See Elevator.

An opening for the hoist, or

To leap; to caper; to romp noisily. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt. Hoity-toity! What have I to do with dreams Congreve.

Same as Hockday.

Scorn; derision; abusive talk. [Obs.] -- Ho"ker*ly, adv. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of or pert. to the arctic regions collectively; specif. (Zoögeography),

Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.

A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece. Mitford.

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond.

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.