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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Heis, Heys, interj. [Cf. Heisau.] A sailors' cry. —1513 Doug. iii. ii. 120.
The noys vpsprang of mony marynar … Thar feris exorting, with mony heys [v.r. heis] and how 1513 Ib. viii. 111.
Towart the left, with mony heys [v.r. heis] and haill, Socht all our flot
