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Definition of Tantivy
1. adv. Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy.
2. n. A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush.
3. v. i. To go away in haste.
Definition of Tantivy
1. Adverb. (obsolete) At full tilt ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A rapid gallop ¹
3. Noun. (informal) The sound of a hunting horn in imitation of a galloping horse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tantivy
1. a hunting cry [n -TIVIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tantivy
Literary usage of Tantivy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Jacobite Relics of Scotland: Being the Songs, Airs, and Legends, of the by James Hogg (1819)
"Tory, Tory, tantivy Tory, " Who among men can drive faster than we ? " With what
we've begun we resolve to go on, " Our scheme, so well laid, ..."
2. Hunting Songs by Rowland Eyles Egerton-Warburton (1877)
"The tantivy Trot. i. HERE'S to the old ones, of four-in-hand fame, ... of the
tantivy Trot. ..."
3. Historical and Biographical Essays by John Forster (1858)
"Jacobites came in with proffered oaths of allegiance; the " landed interest "
rubbed its hands with anticipation of discountenance to trade; tantivy parsons ..."
4. Historical and Biographical Essays by John Forster (1858)
"Jacobites came in with proffered oaths of allegiance; the " landed interest "
rubbed its hands with anticipation of discountenance to trade; tantivy parsons ..."
5. Hunting Songs and Miscellaneous Verses by Rowland Eyles Egerton-Warburton (1860)
"THE tantivy TROT. HERE'S to the old ones, of four-in-hand fame, ... of the tantivy
Trot. II. Here's to the team, Sir, ..."
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