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Hornit, Hornyt, a. [ME. horned, hornd (a 1300), f. Horn n.]
1. Of animals, having horns or long ears. a1500 Henr. Fab. 892.
The da, the ra, the hornit hart, the hynd c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 74.
The myttane … Wend he had bene the hornit howle 1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 105.
Hornyt hebowd, quhilk we clepe the nycht owle Ib. viii. ii. 23.
Hornyt [L. corniger] ryver, ryngand as lord and kyng Our all the fludis 1575 Edinb. Test. III. 453.
Ane quhite hornit kow & ane hummill kow
b. With qualifying adj., as blak, gra hornit. 1479 Bk. Carnegie 20.
A sesing ox, gra hornyt and quhit chekit 1563 Prot. Bk. J. Drummond 30.
Ane [ox] quhite garit, ane grene hornit, ane blak hornit 1595 Misc. Spald. C. II. 129.
Ane gray hornit ox, stowin be yow
2. Displaying or wearing something like horns.(1) 1513 Doug. iii. Prol. 2.
Hornyt lady, pail Cynthia Ib. xiii. Prol. 69.
I se … hornyt Lncyne castand bot dym lycht c1552 Lynd. Mon. 153.
Synthea, the hornit nychtis quene a1568 Scott xiv. 3.
Hornit Dyane with hir paly glemis(2) a1447 Bower II. 376.
The unlait woman … Gangis … in the curt, hornit like a gait 1558-66 Knox I. 157.
The horned bischopis and thare complices 1569 Sat. P. vi. 33.
How potent was that hornit byke of hell Into this land, … It is weill knawin
3. Fitted with horn or horns. 1507 Treas. Acc. IV. 15.
Pointis hornyt with gold Ib.
Tua targetis for bonetis hornyt with gold 1607 Dundee B. Laws 411.
[The glover] sall mak of the same [leather] … ane dosan of poyntis sufficiently hornit 1625 Brechin Test. IV. 198.
Ane dusson grein hornit sponis
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