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• Hoy

  [hoi] /hɔɪ/ noun, Nautical. 1. a heavy barge used in harbors. 2. a vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually slooprigged, used for fishing and coastal trading. [hoi] /hɔɪ/ interjection 1. (used as an exclamation to attract attention.) noun 2. a shout or hail. /hɔɪ/ noun (nautical) 1. a freight barge 2. a coastal […]

• Hoya

  [hoi-uh] /ˈhɔɪ ə/ noun 1. any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers. /ˈhɔɪə/ noun 1. any plant of the asclepiadaceous genus Hoya, of E Asia and Australia, esp the waxplant popular as a house plant

• Hoyden

  [hoid-n] /ˈhɔɪd n/ noun 1. a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy. adjective 2. boisterous; rude. /ˈhɔɪdən/ noun 1. a wild boisterous girl; tomboy n. 1590s, of unknown origin; perhaps from Dutch heiden “rustic, uncivilized man,” from Middle Dutch heiden “heathen” (see heathen). Originally in English “rude, boorish fellow;” sense of “ill-bred, boisterous female” […]

• Hoydenish

  [hoid-n] /ˈhɔɪd n/ noun 1. a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy. adjective 2. boisterous; rude. /ˈhɔɪdən/ noun 1. a wild boisterous girl; tomboy n. 1590s, of unknown origin; perhaps from Dutch heiden “rustic, uncivilized man,” from Middle Dutch heiden “heathen” (see heathen). Originally in English “rude, boorish fellow;” sense of “ill-bred, boisterous female” […]

• Hoylake

  /ˈhɔɪˌleɪk/ noun 1. a town and resort in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside, on the Irish Sea. Pop: 25 524 (2001)

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