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Definition of Hinnying
1. hinny [v] - See also: hinny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hinnying
Literary usage of Hinnying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"... the elk kept up a continual hinnying or squealing, being the commencement of
the season hen they arc in heat. In the midst of the night, the canoe ruck ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"Along the sides, a number of horses, not seen, save when some one passes along
with a torch, but heard munching their corn, hinnying, neighing, ..."
3. Jerusalem: The Topography, Economics and History from the Earliest Times to by George Adam Smith (1908)
"... From Dan a sound has been heard, The hinnying of his horses, With the noise
of the neigh of his stallions The earth is ..."
4. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Soon she hath caught that barded Roman steed, Which cometh, soft hinnying, to
her lily hands ; As joying vail, to her, his lofty crest, And sue her gracious ..."
5. Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts by Frederick Victor Dickins (1906)
"... refers to the unwonted hinnying of the steeds as a proof of their almost human
feeling of regret for their master. The envoy (omitting the difficult mk) ..."
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