int. and v. rare. [See TANTIVY.] a. int. = TANTIVY D. b. vb. = TANTIVY v. 1.

1

1669.  Dryden, Tyrannic Love, IV. i. In the bright moonshine while winds whistle loud, Tivy, tivy, tivy, we mount and we fly.

2

1719.  [see TANTIVY D].

3

1842.  Tait’s Mag., IX. 528. Thence tivy’d they all, with speed of a sledge, And buried them deep in the hazel hedge.

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