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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[Gf. W.

hoetian

to dally, dandle.]

To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.

[Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

Compare Welsh hoetian to dally, dandle.

hoit

(archaic) to play the fool; to behave thoughtlessly and frivolously.
(obsolete) To leap; to caper; to romp noisily.
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hoit ‎(third-person singular simple present hoits, present participle hoiting, simple past and past participle hoit)

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