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  5  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]: 
 
  Trot  \Trot\,  v.  t. 
  To  cause  to  move  as  a  horse  or  other  animal,  in  the  pace 
  called  a  trot;  to  cause  to  run  without  galloping  or 
  cantering. 
 
  {To  trot  out},  to  lead  or  bring  out  as  a  horse,  to  show  his 
  paces;  hence  to  bring  forward,  as  for  exhibition. 
  [Slang.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trot  \Trot\,  n.  [F.  See  {Trot},  v.  i.] 
  1.  The  pace  of  a  horse  or  other  quadruped,  more  rapid  than  a 
  walk,  but  of  various  degrees  of  swiftness,  in  which  one 
  fore  foot  and  the  hind  foot  of  the  opposite  side  are 
  lifted  at  the  same  time.  ``The  limbs  move  diagonally  in 
  pairs  in  the  trot.''  --Stillman  (The  Horse  in  Motion). 
 
  2.  Fig.:  A  jogging  pace,  as  of  a  person  hurrying. 
 
  3.  One  who  trots;  a  child;  a  woman. 
 
  An  old  trot  with  ne'er  a  tooth.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trot  \Trot\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Trotted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Trotting}.]  [OE.  trotten,  OF  troter,  F.  trotter;  probably 
  of  Teutonic  origin,  and  akin  to  E.  tread;  cf  OHG.  trott?n  to 
  tread.  See  {Tread}.] 
  1.  To  proceed  by  a  certain  gait  peculiar  to  quadrupeds;  to 
  ride  or  drive  at  a  trot.  See  {Trot},  n. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  To  run;  to  jog;  to  hurry. 
 
  He  that  rises  late  must  trot  all  day  and  will 
  scarcely  overtake  his  business  at  night.  --Franklin. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trot 
  n  1:  a  slow  pace  of  running  [syn:  {jog},  {lope}] 
  2:  a  literal  translation  used  in  studying  a  foreign  language 
  (often  used  illicitly)  [syn:  {pony},  {crib}] 
  3:  a  gait  faster  than  a  walk;  diagonally  opposite  legs  strike 
  the  ground  together 
  v  1:  run  at  a  moderately  swift  pace  [syn:  {jog},  {clip}] 
  2:  ride  at  a  trot 
  3:  cause  to  trot;  "She  trotted  the  horse  home"




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