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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. A present participle of hie.

Wiktionary

  1. v. present participle of hie.
  2. n. haste

Examples

  • “Calling out and hying toward him, she looked more agitated than Spock had ever seen her.”

    Simon & Schuster: Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire

  • “They had accomplished their purpose greatly to their satisfaction, and were hying home after sunset, when they were encountered by a country fellow — a sort of Harry Jekyl in his way — who, being equipped with a glass or two of whisky, saw not the nobility of blood through her disguise, and accosted the daughter of”

    Saint Ronan's Well

  • “He informed her of their reason for hying to Fowey as he held her stirrup for her.”

    A Lady of His Own

  • “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.”

    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.”

    Tender Rebel

  • “But what did Uncle Tom mean by that-hying to scare Dad about me?”

    Podkayne Of Mars

  • “He felt Jisbella's hands hying to break his fall as he crashed down in a mass of loose brick and mortar.”

    The Stars My Destination

  • “The Boss bent, covering the hurt arm with one hand and hying the other with a caress on the boy's forehead.”

    Freckles

  • “There was a whirl of arms, legs, wheels, and tails, a heavy fall, -- and the dog ran off on three legs, ki-hying to the skies, and the young doctor lay still in the road.”

    Geoffrey Strong

  • “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.”

    The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation

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