To use much; to use or convey by a hackney.
a horse kept for hire
On his way home he fell in with Mr. Dacre and the two Baronets, returning on their hackneys from a hard fought field. "The Young Duke", Benjamin Disraeli
On his way home he fell in with Mr. Dacre and the two Baronets, returning on their hackneys from a hard fought field.
In bot., the coat immediately enveloping the sporules of the lower tribes of acotyledons. ...