Hying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hie \Hie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hying}.]
     [OE. hien, hihen, highen, AS. higian to hasten, strive; cf.
     L. ciere to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. ? to go, E.
     cite.]
     To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal
     pronoun. [Rare, except in poetry] "My husband hies him home."


     --Shak.
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           The youth, returning to his mistress, hies. --Dryden.
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