ho hon i

[A native word.] In the Pacific islands a large cocoa-nut shell used to hold water. hoicks, interj. [YOICKS.] hôi dẹn, *hoy-den, *hoy-dồn, s . & a . [O. Dut. heyden; heiden a heathen, a gentile, from heyde = heath; Welsh hoeden .] [HEATH, HEATHEN.] IMG:content-1208.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A romp; a rude, bold girl. You mean to make a hoiden or a hare Of me." Ben Jonson: Tale of a Tub , ii. 1. B. As adj .: Rude, rough, bold, inelegant. "They throw their persons with a hoyden air Acro the room. Young: Love of Fame, v. 477. hôi dẹn, v. i. [HOIDEN, 8.] To romp or play about roughly or indecently. "They had been hoidening with the young apprentices."- Swift .