| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun hackney.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (hackney) | 1. A carriage for hire.[Wordnet]. 2. A compact breed of harness horse.[Wordnet]. 3. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.[Websters]. 4. A horse or pony kept for hire.[Websters]. 5. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.[Websters]. 6. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb hackney.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (hackney) | 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.[Websters]. 2. To carry in a hackney coach.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: hackneying, hackneyed, hackneys, hackneyer, hackneyers, hackneyingly and hackneyedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HACKNEYS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1469. (references) |
Specialty Definition: hackney
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] A pad; a nag; a pony.. | 2: [Noun] A horse kept for hire; a horse much used.. | 3: [Noun] A coach or other carriage kept for hire, and often exposed in the streets of cities. The word is sometimes contracted to hack.. | 4: [Noun] Any thing much used or used in common; a hireling; a prostitute.. | 5: [Adjective] Let out for hire; devoted to common use; as a hackney-coach.. | 6: [Adjective] Prostitute; vicious for hire.. | 7: [Adjective] Much used; common; trite; as a hackney author or remark.. | 8: [Verb] To use much; to practice in one thing; to make trite.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Geography | 1: Hackney is geographically located in Guyana. Its features include an estate(s) (a large commercialized agricultural landholding with associated buildings and other facilities). Its geographic coordinates are 7.55 degrees North latitude and 58.7 degrees West longitude. (references) | 2: Hackney is geographically located in South Africa. Its features include a farm (a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture), and a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 24.466667 degrees South latitude and 30.016667 degrees East longitude. (references) | 3: Hackney is geographically located in United Kingdom. Its features include a seat of a first-order administrative division (seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA)). Its geographic coordinates are 51.55 degrees North latitude and 0.05 degrees West longitude. (references) |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (not comparable) Offered for hire. (references) | 2: [Adjective] Available for public hire. From the London borough where many horses were kept for public hire. (references) | 3: [Noun] (archaic) An ordinary horse. (references) | 4: [Noun] A breed of English horse. (references) | 5: [Noun] A carriage for hire or a cab. (references) | 6: [Noun] A horse used to ride or drive. (references) | 7: [Proper noun] A London borough where once upon a time many horses were pastured. (references) | 8: [Proper noun] An English surname. (references) | 9: [Proper noun] One of several breeds of compact English horses. From the London borough where many such animals were kept. (references) | 10: [Verb] To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use. (references) | 11: [Verb] To use as a hackney. (references) |
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Common Expressions: hackney
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Baron Amherst of Hackney | Baron Amherst of Hackney is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; it was created in 1892. The second holder of the barony was a peeress suo jure. (references) | ||
| Duane D. Hackney | --Kipran Kip Wise 10:19, 29 October 2005 (UTC) Airman Second Class Duane D. Hackney, a United States Air Force Pararescueman, was awarded the Air Force Cross medal. On 6 February 1967, two HH-3 helicopters, Jolly Green 05 and Jolly Green 36, launched from the 37th ARRS at Da Nang AB, RVN. They were attempting the recovery of a downed O-1F pilot, Nail 65, northwest of Dong Hoi, North Vietnam. After Airman Hackney made one unsuccessful trip to the ground in search of the pilot, both Jollys returned to base due to foul weather. Later in the day, the helicopters launched again and located the survivor. Airman Hackney was lowered to the ground, and after securing the survivor into the Stokes litter, both were lifted out. No sooner did they reach Jolly 05's door when ground fire erupted. As they raced to exit the area, the helicopter was hit with a 37mm anti-aircraft round and caught fire. With complete disregard for his own welfare, Airman Hackney removed his parachute and placed it on the survivor. He lunged to grab another one from storage as the helicopter, a growing, blazing fireball, arched across the sky. In an instant, it exploded, just as Airman Hackney slipped his arms through the harness. He was blown out of Jolly 05 by the explosion. Dangling from the harness, he was able to manage to pull the ripcord, and the chute opened just as he hit the trees. Jolly 36 immediately made a run in to locate any survivors. When it arrived it found only burning wreckage...and Duane Hackney waving his arms for pickup. He was the only survivor. Airman Hackney went on to receive more than 70 individual awards becoming one of most decorated enlisted men in the Air Force. In 1991 he retired as a Chief Master Sergeant and passed away of a heart attack in September 1993. He was 46 years old. (references) | ||
| Hackney (horse) | The Hackney Horse is a recognized breed that was developed in Great Britain. A studbook has been maintained for this breed since 1833 by the Hackney Horse Society, which has its headquarters in Norwich. The breed takes its name from the Hackney area of London, England (the uncapitalized term, "hackney" is a more general designation for horses used for ordinary driving or riding). The Hackney Horse derives from two earlier breeds that have now disappeared, the Norfolk Roadster and the Yorkshire Roadster. Like those two breeds, the breeding of the Hackney has been directed toward producing horses that are ideal for drawing carriages. They are known for their great stamina, trotting at high speed for extended periods of time. (references) | ||
| Hackney Brothers Body Company | The Hackney Brothers Body Company was founded in 1852 in Nash County, North Carolina as a coach and wagon maker and in later years manufactured ambulances, refrigerated trucks and school buses. Today, the company is based in Washington, NC (sold to Hackney & Sons) and then in 1997 sold to TTI and merged with Kidiron. Hackney now focuses on specialized truck bodies (aluminum beverage truck bodies, trailers and emergency vehicles). (references) | ||
| Hackney carriage | A carriage for hire. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Hackney carriage | In the United Kingdom, a hackney carriage is a taxicab licensed by the Public Carriage Office in the London Metropolitan Area or by the local authority in other parts of England and Wales and the Scottish Executive in Scotland. Beginning in the 17th century, they were originally horse-drawn carriages, later modernized as hansom cabs (1834), that operated as vehicles for hire. Electric Hackney Carriages were introduced before the motorised vehicle [1901]. Today a hackney carriage is a taxicab that is allowed to ply the streets looking for passengers to pick up, as opposed to private hire vehicles sometimes called minicabs, which may only pick up passengers who have previously booked or who visit the taxi operator's office. (references) | ||
| Hackney Central | Hackney Central is the central district of the London Borough of Hackney in East London. It comprises the area roughly surrounding, and extending north from Mare Street. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of Charing Cross. (references) | ||
| Hackney Central railway station | Hackney Central railway station is a railway station on the North London Line in an area of the London Borough of Hackney known as Hackney Central. (references) | ||
| Hackney coach | A carriage for hire. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Hackney Downs | Hackney Downs is an open space and a broader area in Lower Clapton, Hackney. It borders on Stoke Newington to the west and Shacklewell to the south. Although it is strictly speaking in Clapton, 'Hackney Downs' is often referred to as an area of Hackney in its own right. So considered as an area in its own right, it could be said to be approximately bounded by Amhurst Road to the south, Kenninghall Road to the north, Cricketfield Road to the east and the railway to the west, thus occupying most of the western half of Lower Clapton and some of the shrinking district of Shacklewell. The streets north and south of the park are dominated by social housing—these areas were largely rebuilt during the 1930s and 1960s. (references) | ||
| Hackney Downs railway station | Hackney Downs railway station is in the London Borough of Hackney in east London. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by one, on the West Anglia route, and it is in Travelcard Zone 2. (references) | ||
| Hackney Marshes | Hackney Marshes is an area of grassland on the bank of the River Lee in the London Borough of Hackney. It was originally marshland, but was reclaimed using rubble left over from air raids during the Second World War. (references) | ||
| Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency) | Hackney North and Stoke Newington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. (references) | ||
| Hackney parks and open spaces | In the north of the Borough there are the two reservoirs (West and East) at Stoke Newington. (references) | ||
| Hackney pony | The ponies may not be above 14 hh, and usually range between 12.2 and 14 hh. It should have true pony characteristics, and should not be a scaled down version of the Hackney Horse. They usually have even more exaggerated action the Hackney Horse, knees rising as high as possible and hocks coming right under the body. The action should be fluid, spectacular, and energetic, with the pony carrying the tail and head high, with an arched neck. (references) | ||
| Hackney Wick | Hackney Wick is an area in the London Borough of Hackney in North East London. It is an inner-city development situated 5 miles (8 km) north east of Charing Cross. It is not especially close to Hackney Central, the historic centre of Hackney Borough (something that often confuses outsiders). (references) | ||
| Hackney Wick railway station | Hackney Wick railway station is on the boundary between the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the London Borough of Hackney in East London. It is on the North London Line, and the station and all trains serving it is operated by Silverlink. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. (references) | ||
| Joe Hackney | Joe Hackney is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-fourth House district, including constituents in Chatham, Orange, and Moore counties. A farmer and attorney from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Hackney is currently (2005-2006 session) serving in his thirteenth term in the state House, where he holds the position of Majority Leader. (references) | ||
| Metropolitan Borough of Hackney | The Metropolitan Borough of Hackney was a metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1899 to 1965. Its area became part of the London Borough of Hackney. (references) | ||
| Post hackney | A hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Sheldon Hackney | Sheldon Francis Hackney (born 1933) is a U.S. educator. He is the Boies Professor of United States History and chairman of the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He previously served as the provost of Princeton University from 1972 to 1975, the president of Tulane University from 1975 to 1980, and the president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1993. He was also the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1993 to 1997, appointed by President Clinton. He was also the son-in-law of Virginia and Clifford Durr. (references) | ||
| South Hackney | South Hackney is a district in the London Borough of Hackney situated 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of Charing Cross. (references) | ||
| Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers | The Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Fellowship of Hackney Carriage Drivers was recognised by the Corporation of London in 1990, and became a Livery Company in 2004. The process started with an instruction from Oliver Cromwell to the City's Court of Aldermen in 1654 on regulating the drivers. The Company is made up solely from men and women of the licensed taxi trade. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: hackney
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hackney Horses | Literature | 1: "The knights are well horsed and the common people and others on litell hukeneys hackneys and geldynges." - Froissart. 2: Not thoroughbred, but nearly so. They make the best roadsters, hunters and carriage horses; their action is showy, and their pace good. A first-class roadster will trot a mile in 2 minutes. Some American trotters will even exceed this record. The best hackneys are produced from thoroughbred sires mated with halfbred mares. (French, haguenée; the Romance word haque =the Latin equus; Spanish, hacanéa.) 3: In ordinary parlance, a hackney, hackney-horse, or hack, means a horse "hacked out" for hire. These horses are sometimes vicious private horses sold for "hacks" or worn-out coach-horses, and cheap animals with broken wind, broken knees, or some other defect. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Hackney writer | Slang in 1811 | HACKNEY WRITER. One who writes for attorneys or booksellers. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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