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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Horse \Horse\, n. (Student Slang) a A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also {trot}, {pony}, {Dobbin}. b Horseplay; tomfoolery. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Horse \Horse\, v. i. To get on horseback. [Obs.] --Shelton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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).
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