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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1571-1605
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Hich, Hych, Hitch, v.2 [e.m.E. hy(t)che, late ME. hy(t)chyn (Prompt. Parv.). Cf. Ho(t)ch v.] To walk lamely; to move jerkily. — 1513 Doug. iv. xi. 114.
The tother, with that, Hychit on furth with slaw pays lyke a trat 1571 Satirical Poems xxix. 15.
Quhat mervell than thochte chaist Forett … Hichit on the hure so oppinly a1605 Montg. Flyt. 415 (T).
From the heavinis to the hellis, sum hobbillis, sum hichis [H. hitches]
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