Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of birds: same as
Cursorius .
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Examples
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The worst flooding in 30 years that battered west Africa from July hyas caused more than 210 deaths and affected more than 785,000 people,
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She said, afterwards, that she was as tall as I, and "_hyas closhe_" (so good)!
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton
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A "ship's _klootchman_" (wife or woman), he said it was, and a "_hyas_ [big] ship" must have gone down.
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton
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"You _hyas_ damfool Injun!" said his host politely.
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This was on Friday and a fair wind was blowing, but our crew, who loved dearly to rest and eat in these big hospitable houses, all said that Monday would be hyas klosh for the starting-day.
Travels in Alaska John Muir 1876
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Joseph merely announced that he was clean-souled; also _de-late hyas_ -- that is, above reproach.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska Charles Warren Stoddard 1876
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Perhaps the most irascible of them all in the Columbia District, was their chief, Dr. McLaughlin; but such was his goodness and justice that even the savages recognized it, and he was hyas tyee, or great chief, in all respects to them.
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A fortune hyas been made by going contrary to BAC equity recommendations.
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A fortune hyas been made by going contrary to BAC equity recommendations.
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A fortune hyas been made by going contrary to BAC equity recommendations.
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