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Definition of Heeze
1. to hoist [v HEEZED, HEEZING, HEEZES] - See also: hoist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heeze
Literary usage of Heeze
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"The sport especially consists in an attempt to heeze or throw the whole mass over
on the ground : Upn. Clydes. ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Still higher may they heeze Ye In bliss, A Dream, c. Because God meant mankind
should set That higher value on it. [vA27] Ask why God made t Depending on ..."
3. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1897)
"heeze, to hoist: 'higher may they heeze ye,' i. 71. 20; 'heeze thee np a
constellation,' ii. 117. 6. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"heeze, to hoist : " higher may they heeze ye," 19 ; " heeze thee up a constellation,"
139. Hem-shin'd, crooked-shinned, 244. ..."
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