1733. North, Examen, i., 3, 137 (1740). The author with his Hiccius-doxius delivery.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Hicksius Doxius, Drunk. [[307]]
Hic Jacet, subs. phr. (common).—A tombstone; also a memorial inscription. [From the opening words.]
1598. Shakspeare, All’s Well, etc., iii., 6. The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true … performer. I would have that drum … or hic jacet.
1858–59. Tennyson, Idylls of the King (‘Vivien’). Among the cold hic jacets of the dead.
Hick, subs. (Old Cant).—I. A man; specifically a countryman; a booby. Also (American thieves’) Hickjop and Hicksam. For synonyms, see Joskin.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Hick, any Person of whom any Prey can be made, or Booty taken from; also a silly Country Fellow.
1720. Smith, Lives of Highwaymen and Pyrates, ii., 39. Among whom was a country farmer … which was not missed at all by the Country Hick.
1725. New Cant. Dict. Song 3. ‘The Thief-catcher’s Prophesy.’ The Eighth is a Bulk, that can bulk any Hick.
1754. Scoundrel’s Dict. The fourteenth, a gamester, if he sees the Hick sweet He presently drops down a cog in the street.