Dooly vs Hooly - What's the difference?
dooly | hooly |
(archaic) A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.
* {{quote-book, year=1882, author=F. Marion Crawford, title=Mr. Isaacs, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He said I should not be able to ride much farther, as the pass beyond Sultanpoor was utterly impracticable for horses; coolies, however, awaited me with a dooly , one of those low litters slung on a bamboo, in which you may travel swiftly and without effort, but to the destruction of the digestive organs. }}
* {{quote-book, year=, author=W.H.G. Kingston, title=Our Soldiers, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He also, in conjunction with Private John Ryan, rushed into the street under a heavy fire, and took Captain Arnold, 1st Madras Fusiliers, out of a dooly , and brought him into the house, that officer being again hit while they were so doing. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1840, author=T.W.E. Holdsworth, title=Campaign of the Indus, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I thought at first I was as good as done for; however, on regaining a little strength, I looked around, and seeing none of our men in the place, and thinking it more than probable, from what I knew of their character, that the very men whom I had been endeavouring to save might take it into their heads to give me the "coup de grace " now I was left alone, I made a desperate effort, got on my legs, and managed to hobble out, when I soon found some of our men, who supported me until a dooly could be brought, into which I was placed, and was soon on my way to the doctor. }}
(archaic) Holy.
* 1380 , (translator), Matthew: I'', ''Bible'', 1810, ''The New Testament ,
* 14th c , '', 1987, ''The Riverside Chaucer ,
(archaic, or, Scotland) Wholly; all the way.
* Henry VII, The Will of King Henry VII'', 1775, ''The Will of King Henry VII ,
* 1834 , Noctes Ambrosionæ No. LXIX'', ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine , Volume 36,
* 1840', , '''''Hooly and Fairly'', ''Fugitive Verses'', 1851, ''The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie , 2nd Edition,
In archaic terms the difference between dooly and hooly
is that dooly is a kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin while hooly is holy.As a noun dooly
is a kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.As an adjective hooly is
holy.As an adverb hooly is
wholly; all the way.dooly
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Etymology 1
From (etyl).Adjective
(hoolier)page 4,
- But while he thougte these thingis: Lo the aungel of the Lord apperid in slep to him and seide Joseph the sone of David nyle thou drede to take Marie thy wyf, for that thing that is born in hir is of the hooly Goost.
page 322,
- Ful ofte tyme I rede that no man truste in his owene perfeccioun, but he be stronger than Sampson, and hoolier than David, and wiser than Salomon.
Etymology 2
Adverb
(head)page 6,
- bee by our Executours hooly and perfitely fini?shed in every behalve, after the maner and fourme before rehersed, and futingly to that that is begoune and doon of theim.
page 832,
- This couldna hae lasted abune some ten minutes or less, when he began to wax weakish, and to stay rather langer at a time aneath than seemed consistent wi' prudence; sae I walked hooly doon to the bank, and cried on him to come oot, unless he was set on felo-de-se .
page 819,
- O, gin my wife wad drink hooly and fairly!