An exclamation addressed to hounds. See Mr. C. R. Gaston’s paper in ‘Dialect Notes,’ ii. 347–8.
1774. Stu boy, Stu boy, seize ’em, Jowler, seize ’em.—Mass. Spy, Dec. 29. (Possibly a misprint.)
1850.
| All corners and all gables; | |
| Like dogs let loose upon a bear, | |
| Ten emulous styles staboyed with care, | |
| The whole among them seemed to tear. | |
Lowell, ‘The Unhappy Lot of Mr. Knott.’ (Italics in the original.) |
a. 1854. ‘Let slip the dogs of war,’ and I, for one, will hallow ‘stu! boy!’ till the heavens turn green, and the stars burn an indigo blue.—Dow, Jun., ‘Patent Sermons,’ iv. 83.
