'Hackneying' definitions:
Definition of 'Hackneying'
From: GCIDE
- Hackney \Hack"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed (-n[i^]d); 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. [1913 Webster]
- Had I so lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To carry in a hackney coach. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]