Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An obsolete spelling of high.
- An obsolete spelling of hie.
- See hi.
- n. In mathematics, a prefix used as an abbreviation of hyperbolic: as, hysin x for sinh x, etc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. obsolete High.
Examples
“What will change? hy is it that Democrats will not let GS stand on their own under already established Reg. rules and if the fail, they fail.”
“W hy is it that we Jews, who can be so damn funny, can also be so not funny?”
“Kleingeld: Nee, ek ken nie vir Hector Petersen nie, ek weet nie wie hy is nie, ek kan nie sê of iemand op hom geskiet het nie.”
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
“Any vacancy occurring in said board may be filled for the unexpired term hy con - current ballot of the city council, as hereinbefore pro - vided.”
Internet Archive: Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
“Any vacancy occurring in said board from any cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term hy said town at any legal meeting called for the purpose.”
Internet Archive: Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
“Hitherto I have not been able to discover the cause of those properties of gravity from phenomena, and I feign no hypotheses; for whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is to be called a hy - pothesis, and hypotheses, whether metaphysical or physical, whether of occult qualities or mechanical, have no place in experimental philosophy ....”
“Mrs. Phipps had the art to persuade him that she had the disposal of what was then called a hyæna -- that is, an heiress -- an immense Jamaica heiress, in whom she was willing to give or sell her interest to Charles”
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford
“Already, it is known that a process known as hy ...”
“[(have called hy) 29.1 (sterics, and could not answer.)]”
“He hesitated for a moment as though he were highly reluctant to admit a personal matter even to a friend as close as Jim Kirk, the only human whom he could call his t'hy'la.”
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Two-letter words banned in (American)...
Seventy two-letter words that are not in The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th edition (compared to 101 that are in OSPD4, as listed by robotjohnny.) Most are found as headwords in larger d...
ac, af, bb, bs, ce, co, cs, da, di, ds, du, dy and 58 more...
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mollusque Haste, speed (obsolete). Dec 8, 2007