or horness, subs. (old).—1.  A constable or watchman; a sheriff.

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  1819.  J. H. VAUX, Memoirs, s.v. HORNEY, a Constable.

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  1821.  D. HAGGART, Life, 51. The woman missing it immediately, she sent for the HORNIES.

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  1859.  G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v. HORNESS.

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  2.  (Scots’).—The devil; generally AULD HORNIE (q.v.).

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  1785.  BURNS, Address to the Deil.

        O thou! whatever title suits thee,
AULD HORNIE, Satan, Nick, or Clootie.

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