wheeze

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I remember that about the same time a friend started in to "heeze up my hope," like the "sportsman with his cutty gun," in the old song.

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

Thae bonie bairntime, Heav'n has lent, Still higher may they heeze ye In bliss, till fate some day is sent For ever to release ye Frae care that day.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Of the great popularity of "Marmion," Scott himself said at the time that it gave him "such a heeze that he had almost lost his footing."

From Marmion by Morley, Henry

Thae bonnie bairntime, Heav’n has lent, Still higher may they heeze ye In bliss, till fate some day is sent, For ever to release ye Frae care that day.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert