hack´ney
(-ny), n.; pl. Hackneys (-niz). [OE. hakeney, hakenay; cf. F. haquenee a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haguenee, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh. akin to E. hack to cut, and nag, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag.]
1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer.
2. A horse or pony kept for hire.
3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer.
2. A horse or pony kept for hire.
3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
hack´ney
a. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as hackney coaches; hackney authors. ´Hackney tongue.´ Roscommon.
hack´ney
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed (-nid); p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.]
1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. “Had I so lavish of my presence been,
So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men.” Shak.
2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.
1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. “Had I so lavish of my presence been,
So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men.” Shak.
2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.
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