YOICKS !
\jˈɔ͡ɪks], \jˈɔɪks], \j_ˈɔɪ_k_s]\
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A cry of encouragement to foxhounds while drawing ; (?) a corr. of Fr. oyez ! oyez ! i.e. listen to the dogs. Dame Juliana Berners mentions, in her Book of Hunting (fifteenth century), the cry, " Oyez, oyez a Bemounde," the name of a hound. See Tally ho!
By Henry Percy Smith
