Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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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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