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harnessed, ppl. a.|ˈhɑːnɪst|
[f. harness v.]
†1. Furnished, equipped; mounted with silver or other metal. Obs.
1426E.E. Wills (1882) 76 A swerd harnesed, a wodeknyf harnesed. 1478Churchw. Acc. Croscombe (Somerset Rec. Soc.) 20 A harneyste gyrdell. 1538Bury Wills (Camden) 136 One harnest gyrdyll callyd a dymysent blacke sylke.
†2. Armed, in armour. Obs.
c1460Launfal 377 Ten well yharneysyth men. 1530Palsgr. 231/1 Hernyst man, homme darmes. 1595Shakes. John v. ii. 132 This harness'd Maske, and vnaduised Reuell. 1658Bromhall Treat. Specters ii. 163 The ægyptians, until that time, had never seen an harnessed Souldier. 1679Crowne Ambit. Statesm. i. 5 Nature..Doe's alwaies leave some tender place unguarded, About unmatchable vast harnest animals.
3. Yoked, in harness.
1483Cath. Angl. 176/2 Harnessed, faleratus. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iii. i. 221 The houre before the Heauenly Harneis'd Teeme Begins his Golden Progresse in the East. 1725Pope Odyss. xv. 56 Join the harnessed coursers to the car. 1887Bowen Virg. æneid iii. 113 Hence are the harnessed lions that trail their sovereign's throne.
4. harnessed antelope, a West African antelope, Tragelaphus scriptus, whose markings present the appearance of a set of small harness. Also called bushbuck.
c1789Encycl. Brit. IV. 149/1 The scipta or harnessed antelope..has straight horns nine inches long, pointing backwards. 1893Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 250 The typical harnessed antelopes are small and elegant animals. 1899H. A. Bryden Great & Small Game of Africa 453 (heading) The bushbucks. Genus Tragelaphus. The harnessed antelopes, or bushbucks,..may be arranged as follows:— A... 1. The Bongo (T. euryceros). 2. The Nyala (T. angasi)... 3. West African Bushbuck (T. gratus). 4. Situtunga (T. Spekei)... 5. Lesser Bushbuck (T. scriptus). The last is represented by several local races. 1960Times (Nigeria Suppl.) 29 Sept. p. xxi/4 The bushbuck, also called harnessed antelope from the pattern of white stripes on its coat, remains widespread. |