Hiver, subs. (Western American).—A travelling bawd.
Hivite, subs. (school).—A student of St. Bees’ (Cumberland).
1865. John Bull, 11 Nov. To be a Hivite has long been considered a little worse than a ‘literate’.… Of the value of some St. Bees testimonials we may form an estimate, etc., etc.
Hoaky. By the hoaky, intj. (nautical).—A popular form of adjuration. [[320]]
Hoax, subs. (old: now recognised).—A jest; a practical joke; a Take-in. Originally (Grose) University cant. [Probably from Hocus (q.v.).]
1796. Grose, Vulg. Tongue (3rd Ed.), s.v.
1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v. Hoaxing. Bantering, ridiculing. Hoaxing a quiz; joking an odd fellow.—University wit.
1815. Scott, Guy Mannering, ch. iii. Whose humble efforts at jocularity were chiefly confined to what were then called bites and bams, since denominated hoaxes and quizzes.
1835–7. Richardson, Dict. Eng. Lang., s.v. Hoax. Malone considers the modern slang hoax as derived from hocus, and Archdeacon Nares agrees with him.
Verb. To play a practical joke; to ‘take-in’; to bite (q.v.). See subs. sense. For synonyms, see Gammon.