hizz

verb

hizz

verb
1

Obsolete To hiss.

  • To have a thousand with red burning spits / Come hizzing in upon 'em!c. 1605–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 6:
  • The Wheels and Horses Hoofs hizzd as they past them ore.1656, Abraham Cowley, The Ecstasy:

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