Cork Slang, Like A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Introduction · Acknowledgements
HISE

Construct: Verb
Definition: To lift up, to hoist.
Use: The jockey was hised up on the horse.
The jockey was given a leg-up in the horse.
Derivation: Probably a corruption of 'hoist'.
And note "... they caught the job as if 'twas a sack of meal and hised it into position". (Murphy)


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