1857. Snowden, Mag. Assistant (3rd Ed.), p. 445, s.v.
Hipped (or Hippish), adj. (common).—Bored; melancholical; out of sorts. [From hypochondria.]
1710. Gay, Wine in Wks. (1811) p. 348. By cares depress’d, in pensive hippish mood.
1712. Spectator, No. 284. I cannot forbear writing to you, to tell you I have been to the last degree hipped since I saw you.
1837. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, ‘Babes in the Wood.’ The wicked old Uncle, they say, In spite of his riot and revel, Was hippish and qualmish all day, And dreamt all night long of the devil.
1864. Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, bk. III., ch. x. ‘You are a little hipped, dear fellow,’ said Eugene; ‘you have been too sedentary. Come and enjoy the pleasures of the chase.’
Hippen, subs. (Scots’: colloquial).—A baby’s napkin (i.e., hipping cloth). Also (theatrical), the green curtain.
Hiren, subs. (old).—1. A prostitute. [A corruption of ‘Irene,’ the heroine in Poole’s play: see quot. 1584.] For synonyms, see Barrack-hack and Tart.
1584. Poole, The Turkish Mahomet and Hyren the Fair Greek. Note. In Italian called a courtezan; in Spaine a margarite; in English … a punk.
1598. Shakspeare, 2 Henry IV., ii., 4. Have we not Hiren here?