subs. (old).—1. See quots.
1648–9. CRASHAW, Poems, ‘On the Death of Mr. Herrys.’
| Ere HEBE’S hand had overlaid | |
| His smooth checks with a downy shade. |
1778. BAILEY, English Dictionary, s.v. The first Hair appearing about the genital parts; also the Parts themselves; but more specifically the Time of Youth at which it first appears.
2. (common).—A waiting maid at an inn; a barmaid.
1603. SYLVESTER, trans. DU BARTAS, The Magnificence, p. 65 (1608).
| Heer, many a HEBE fair, here more than one | |
| Quick-serving Chiron neatly waits upon | |
| The Beds and Boords. |
1815. SCOTT, Guy Mannering, ch. xlix. Shortly after the same HEBE brought up a plate of beef-collops.
1886. Athenæum, 9 Jan., 63/2. It is not with the Colonel’s HEBES, however, that the manœuvres of the military quintet are carried on.
1891. The Sportsman, 25 March. Not even the kindly morning welcome of La Rærdon, most pleasant and courteous of deft-handed HEBES, could blot out the fact.
