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A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
An adult male horse; a stallion.
Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species E. przewalskii or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.
Sports. A vaulting horse.
Slang. Heroin.
Horsepower. Often used in the plural.
Mounted soldiers; cavalry: a squadron of horse.
Geology.
A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.
A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.

v. horsed, hors·ing, hors·es
v. tr.
To provide with a horse.
To haul or hoist energetically: “Things had changed little since the days of the pyramids, with building materials being horsed into place by muscle power” (Henry Allen).

v. intr.
To be in heat. Used of a mare.

adj.
Of or relating to a horse: a horse blanket.
Mounted on horses: horse guards.
Drawn or operated by a horse.
Larger or cruder than others that are similar: horse pills.

Phrasal Verb:
horse around Informal
To indulge in horseplay or frivolous activity: Stop horsing around and get to work.

Idioms:
a horse of another/a different color
Another matter entirely; something else.
beat/flog a dead horse
To continue to pursue a cause that has no hope of success.
To dwell tiresomely on a matter that has already been decided.
be/get on (one's) high horse
To be or become disdainful, superior, or conceited.
hold (one's) horses
To restrain oneself.
the horse's mouth
A source of information regarded as original or unimpeachable.


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[Middle English, from Old English hors.]

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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
[Buy it]


horse

P horse: log in for this definition of horse and other entries in Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, available only to Dictionary.com Premium members.


Source: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.


horse

\Horse\, n. (Student Slang) (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin. (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

Footrope \Foot"rope`\, n. (Aut.) (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse. (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

\Horse\ (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. Walrus.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.

Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait, speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have been derived from the same original species. It is supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is not certainly known. The feral horses of America are domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin. Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however, approach the domestic horse in several characteristics. Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The fossil species of other genera of the family Equid[ae] are also often called horses, in general sense.

2. The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse



3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.

The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. --Bacon.

4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.

5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.

7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.

8. (Naut.) (a) See Footrope, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.

Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay, horse ant, etc.

Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc.

Horse aloes, caballine aloes.

Horse ant (Zo["o]l.), a large ant (Formica rufa); -- called also horse emmet.

Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery.

Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant (Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and yellowish flowers.

Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean (Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.

Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses.

Horse bot. (Zo["o]l.) See Botfly, and Bots.

Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.]

Horse breaker or trainer, one employed in subduing or training horses for use.

Horse car. (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.

Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Cassia Javanica), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine.

Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.

Horse conch (Zo["o]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.

Horse courser. (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing. --Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.

Horse crab (Zo["o]l.), the Limulus; -- called also horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.

Horse crevall['e] (Zo["o]l.), the cavally.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

\Horse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Horsing.] [AS. horsion.] 1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. ``Being better horsed, outrode me.'' --Shak.

2. To sit astride of; to bestride. --Shak.

3. To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.

4. To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. --S. Butler.

5. To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

\Horse\, v. i. To get on horseback. [Obs.] --Shelton.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

n 1: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times [syn: Equus caballus] 2: a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs 3: troops trained to fight on horseback: "500 horse led the attack" [syn: cavalry, horse cavalry] 4: a framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: sawhorse, sawbuck, buck] 5: a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) [syn: knight] 6: a morphine derivative [syn: heroin, diacetyl morphine, {H}, junk, scag, shit, smack] v : provide with a horse or horses


Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University


horse

always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except
Isa. 28:28. The war-horse is described Job 39:19-25. For a long period after
their settlement in Canaan the Israelites made no use of horses, according to
the prohibition, Deut. 17:16. David was the first to form a force of cavalry (2
Sam. 8:4). But Solomon, from his connection with Egypt, greatly multiplied
their number (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26, 29). After this, horses were freely used in
Israel (1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7; 9:21, 33; 11:16). The furniture of the horse
consisted simply of a bridle (Isa. 30:28) and a curb (Ps. 32:9).


Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary


horse

HORSE: in Acronym Finder


Source: Acronym Finder, © 1988-2001 Mountain Data Systems


horse

horse: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary


Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB

ADVERTISEMENT

A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
An adult male horse; a stallion.
Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species E. przewalskii or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.
Sports. A vaulting horse.
Slang. Heroin.
Horsepower. Often used in the plural.
Mounted soldiers; cavalry: a squadron of horse.
Geology.
A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.
A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.

v. horsed, hors·ing, hors·es
v. tr.
To provide with a horse.
To haul or hoist energetically: “Things had changed little since the days of the pyramids, with building materials being horsed into place by muscle power” (Henry Allen).

v. intr.
To be in heat. Used of a mare.

adj.
Of or relating to a horse: a horse blanket.
Mounted on horses: horse guards.
Drawn or operated by a horse.
Larger or cruder than others that are similar: horse pills.

Phrasal Verb:
horse around Informal
To indulge in horseplay or frivolous activity: Stop horsing around and get to work.

Idioms:
a horse of another/a different color
Another matter entirely; something else.
beat/flog a dead horse
To continue to pursue a cause that has no hope of success.
To dwell tiresomely on a matter that has already been decided.
be/get on (one's) high horse
To be or become disdainful, superior, or conceited.
hold (one's) horses
To restrain oneself.
the horse's mouth
A source of information regarded as original or unimpeachable.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Middle English, from Old English hors.]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
[Buy it]


horse

P horse: log in for this definition of horse and other entries in Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, available only to Dictionary.com Premium members.


Source: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.


horse

\Horse\, n. (Student Slang) (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin. (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

Footrope \Foot"rope`\, n. (Aut.) (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse. (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

\Horse\ (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. Walrus.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.

Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait, speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have been derived from the same original species. It is supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is not certainly known. The feral horses of America are domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin. Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however, approach the domestic horse in several characteristics. Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The fossil species of other genera of the family Equid[ae] are also often called horses, in general sense.

2. The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse



3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.

The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. --Bacon.

4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.

5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.

7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.

8. (Naut.) (a) See Footrope, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.

Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay, horse ant, etc.

Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc.

Horse aloes, caballine aloes.

Horse ant (Zo["o]l.), a large ant (Formica rufa); -- called also horse emmet.

Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery.

Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant (Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and yellowish flowers.

Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean (Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.

Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses.

Horse bot. (Zo["o]l.) See Botfly, and Bots.

Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.]

Horse breaker or trainer, one employed in subduing or training horses for use.

Horse car. (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.

Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Cassia Javanica), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine.

Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.

Horse conch (Zo["o]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.

Horse courser. (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing. --Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.

Horse crab (Zo["o]l.), the Limulus; -- called also horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.

Horse crevall['e] (Zo["o]l.), the cavally.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

\Horse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Horsing.] [AS. horsion.] 1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. ``Being better horsed, outrode me.'' --Shak.

2. To sit astride of; to bestride. --Shak.

3. To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.

4. To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. --S. Butler.

5. To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

\Horse\, v. i. To get on horseback. [Obs.] --Shelton.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

n 1: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times [syn: Equus caballus] 2: a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs 3: troops trained to fight on horseback: "500 horse led the attack" [syn: cavalry, horse cavalry] 4: a framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: sawhorse, sawbuck, buck] 5: a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) [syn: knight] 6: a morphine derivative [syn: heroin, diacetyl morphine, {H}, junk, scag, shit, smack] v : provide with a horse or horses


Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University


horse

always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except
Isa. 28:28. The war-horse is described Job 39:19-25. For a long period after
their settlement in Canaan the Israelites made no use of horses, according to
the prohibition, Deut. 17:16. David was the first to form a force of cavalry (2
Sam. 8:4). But Solomon, from his connection with Egypt, greatly multiplied
their number (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26, 29). After this, horses were freely used in
Israel (1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7; 9:21, 33; 11:16). The furniture of the horse
consisted simply of a bridle (Isa. 30:28) and a curb (Ps. 32:9).


Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary


horse

HORSE: in Acronym Finder


Source: Acronym Finder, © 1988-2001 Mountain Data Systems


horse

horse: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary


Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB

ADVERTISEMENT

A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
An adult male horse; a stallion.
Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species E. przewalskii or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.
Sports. A vaulting horse.
Slang. Heroin.
Horsepower. Often used in the plural.
Mounted soldiers; cavalry: a squadron of horse.
Geology.
A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.
A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.

v. horsed, hors·ing, hors·es
v. tr.
To provide with a horse.
To haul or hoist energetically: “Things had changed little since the days of the pyramids, with building materials being horsed into place by muscle power” (Henry Allen).

v. intr.
To be in heat. Used of a mare.

adj.
Of or relating to a horse: a horse blanket.
Mounted on horses: horse guards.
Drawn or operated by a horse.
Larger or cruder than others that are similar: horse pills.

Phrasal Verb:
horse around Informal
To indulge in horseplay or frivolous activity: Stop horsing around and get to work.

Idioms:
a horse of another/a different color
Another matter entirely; something else.
beat/flog a dead horse
To continue to pursue a cause that has no hope of success.
To dwell tiresomely on a matter that has already been decided.
be/get on (one's) high horse
To be or become disdainful, superior, or conceited.
hold (one's) horses
To restrain oneself.
the horse's mouth
A source of information regarded as original or unimpeachable.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Middle English, from Old English hors.]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
[Buy it]


horse

P horse: log in for this definition of horse and other entries in Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, available only to Dictionary.com Premium members.


Source: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.


horse

\Horse\, n. (Student Slang) (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin. (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

Footrope \Foot"rope`\, n. (Aut.) (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse. (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

\Horse\ (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. Walrus.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.

Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait, speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have been derived from the same original species. It is supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is not certainly known. The feral horses of America are domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin. Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however, approach the domestic horse in several characteristics. Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The fossil species of other genera of the family Equid[ae] are also often called horses, in general sense.

2. The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse



3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.

The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. --Bacon.

4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.

5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.

7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.

8. (Naut.) (a) See Footrope, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.

Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay, horse ant, etc.

Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc.

Horse aloes, caballine aloes.

Horse ant (Zo["o]l.), a large ant (Formica rufa); -- called also horse emmet.

Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery.

Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant (Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and yellowish flowers.

Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean (Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.

Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses.

Horse bot. (Zo["o]l.) See Botfly, and Bots.

Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.]

Horse breaker or trainer, one employed in subduing or training horses for use.

Horse car. (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.

Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Cassia Javanica), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine.

Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.

Horse conch (Zo["o]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.

Horse courser. (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing. --Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.

Horse crab (Zo["o]l.), the Limulus; -- called also horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.

Horse crevall['e] (Zo["o]l.), the cavally.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

\Horse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Horsing.] [AS. horsion.] 1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. ``Being better horsed, outrode me.'' --Shak.

2. To sit astride of; to bestride. --Shak.

3. To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.

4. To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. --S. Butler.

5. To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

\Horse\, v. i. To get on horseback. [Obs.] --Shelton.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

n 1: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times [syn: Equus caballus] 2: a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs 3: troops trained to fight on horseback: "500 horse led the attack" [syn: cavalry, horse cavalry] 4: a framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: sawhorse, sawbuck, buck] 5: a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) [syn: knight] 6: a morphine derivative [syn: heroin, diacetyl morphine, {H}, junk, scag, shit, smack] v : provide with a horse or horses


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horse

always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except
Isa. 28:28. The war-horse is described Job 39:19-25. For a long period after
their settlement in Canaan the Israelites made no use of horses, according to
the prohibition, Deut. 17:16. David was the first to form a force of cavalry (2
Sam. 8:4). But Solomon, from his connection with Egypt, greatly multiplied
their number (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26, 29). After this, horses were freely used in
Israel (1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7; 9:21, 33; 11:16). The furniture of the horse
consisted simply of a bridle (Isa. 30:28) and a curb (Ps. 32:9).


Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary


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A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.
An adult male horse; a stallion.
Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species E. przewalskii or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.
A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.
Sports. A vaulting horse.
Slang. Heroin.
Horsepower. Often used in the plural.
Mounted soldiers; cavalry: a squadron of horse.
Geology.
A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.
A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.

v. horsed, hors·ing, hors·es
v. tr.
To provide with a horse.
To haul or hoist energetically: “Things had changed little since the days of the pyramids, with building materials being horsed into place by muscle power” (Henry Allen).

v. intr.
To be in heat. Used of a mare.

adj.
Of or relating to a horse: a horse blanket.
Mounted on horses: horse guards.
Drawn or operated by a horse.
Larger or cruder than others that are similar: horse pills.

Phrasal Verb:
horse around Informal
To indulge in horseplay or frivolous activity: Stop horsing around and get to work.

Idioms:
a horse of another/a different color
Another matter entirely; something else.
beat/flog a dead horse
To continue to pursue a cause that has no hope of success.
To dwell tiresomely on a matter that has already been decided.
be/get on (one's) high horse
To be or become disdainful, superior, or conceited.
hold (one's) horses
To restrain oneself.
the horse's mouth
A source of information regarded as original or unimpeachable.


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horse

\Horse\, n. (Student Slang) (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin. (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.


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horse

Footrope \Foot"rope`\, n. (Aut.) (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse. (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.


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horse

\Horse\ (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. Walrus.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.

Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait, speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have been derived from the same original species. It is supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is not certainly known. The feral horses of America are domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin. Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however, approach the domestic horse in several characteristics. Several species of fossil (Equus) are known from the later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The fossil species of other genera of the family Equid[ae] are also often called horses, in general sense.

2. The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.


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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.

The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. --Bacon.

4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.

5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.

7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.

8. (Naut.) (a) See Footrope, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.

Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay, horse ant, etc.

Black horse, Blood horse, etc. See under Black, etc.

Horse aloes, caballine aloes.

Horse ant (Zo["o]l.), a large ant (Formica rufa); -- called also horse emmet.

Horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery.

Horse balm (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant (Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and yellowish flowers.

Horse bean (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean (Faba vulgaris), grown for feeding horses.

Horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses.

Horse bot. (Zo["o]l.) See Botfly, and Bots.

Horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.]

Horse breaker or trainer, one employed in subduing or training horses for use.

Horse car. (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under Car. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.

Horse cassia (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Cassia Javanica), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine.

Horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.

Horse conch (Zo["o]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.

Horse courser. (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing. --Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.

Horse crab (Zo["o]l.), the Limulus; -- called also horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.

Horse crevall['e] (Zo["o]l.), the cavally.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

\Horse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Horsing.] [AS. horsion.] 1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. ``Being better horsed, outrode me.'' --Shak.

2. To sit astride of; to bestride. --Shak.

3. To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.

4. To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. --S. Butler.

5. To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.


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horse

\Horse\, v. i. To get on horseback. [Obs.] --Shelton.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


horse

n 1: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times [syn: Equus caballus] 2: a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs 3: troops trained to fight on horseback: "500 horse led the attack" [syn: cavalry, horse cavalry] 4: a framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: sawhorse, sawbuck, buck] 5: a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) [syn: knight] 6: a morphine derivative [syn: heroin, diacetyl morphine, {H}, junk, scag, shit, smack] v : provide with a horse or horses


Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University


horse

always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except
Isa. 28:28. The war-horse is described Job 39:19-25. For a long period after
their settlement in Canaan the Israelites made no use of horses, according to
the prohibition, Deut. 17:16. David was the first to form a force of cavalry (2
Sam. 8:4). But Solomon, from his connection with Egypt, greatly multiplied
their number (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26, 29). After this, horses were freely used in
Israel (1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7; 9:21, 33; 11:16). The furniture of the horse
consisted simply of a bridle (Isa. 30:28) and a curb (Ps. 32:9).


Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary


horse

HORSE: in Acronym Finder


Source: Acronym Finder, © 1988-2001 Mountain Data Systems


horse

horse: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary


Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB

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