hoy
oxford
views updated Jun 11 2018hoy1 cry to excite attention (naut. in hailing or calling aloft). XIV. cf.
AHOY.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
hoy
oxford
views updated May 17 2018hoy2 small sailing-vessel. XV. — MDu.
hoei, var. of
hoede,
heude (mod.
heu), of unkn. orig.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
