Horse
(n.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus |
Horse
(n.) The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male |
Horse
(n.) Mounted soldiery |
Horse
(n.) A frame with legs, used to support something |
Horse
(n.) A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment. |
Horse
(n.) Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse |
Horse
(n.) 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 |
Horse
(n.) See Footrope, a. |
Horse
(a.) A breastband for a leadsman. |
Horse
(a.) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. |
Horse
(a.) A jackstay. |
Horse
(v. t.) To provide with a horse, or with horses |
Horse
(v. t.) To sit astride of |
Horse
(v. t.) To cover, as a mare |
Horse
(v. t.) To take or carry on the back |
Horse
(v. t.) To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged |
Horse
(v. i.) To get on horseback. |
Horse-chestnut
(n.) The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. |
Horse-chestnut
(n.) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes. |
Horse-drench
(n.) A dose of physic for a horse. |
Horse-drench
(n.) The appliance by which the dose is administred. |
Horse Guards
() A body of cavalry so called |
Horse-jockey
(n.) A professional rider and trainer of race horses. |
Horse-jockey
(n.) A trainer and dealer in horses. |
Horse-leech
(n.) A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses. |
Horse-leech
(n.) A farrier |
Horse-leechery
(n.) The business of a farrier |
Horse-litter
(n.) A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses. |
Horse power
() The power which a horse exerts. |
Horse power
() A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute |
Horse power
() A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery |
Horse-radish
(n.) A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine. |
One-horse
(a.) Drawn by one horse |
One-horse
(a.) Second-rate |
Rear-horse
(n.) A mantis. |
Rocking-horse
(n.) The figure of a horse, mounted upon rockers, for children to ride. |
Sea horse
() A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus. |
Sea horse
() The walrus. |
Sea horse
() Any fish of the genus Hippocampus. |
Stalking-horse
(n.) A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill. |
Stalking-horse
(n.) Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project |
Stone-horse
(n.) Stallion. |
Stud
(n.) A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept |
Stud
(n.) A stem |
Stud
(n.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed. |
Stud
(n.) A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament |
Stud
(n.) An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable. |
Stud
(n.) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal. |
Stud
(n.) A stud bolt. |
Stud
(n.) An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable. |
| horse racing | the sport of racing horses |
stud
stud poker | poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up, bets are placed after each card is dealt |
| horse breeding | breeding horses |
horse trade
horse trading | the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining) |
seahorse
sea horse | small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails, swim in upright position |
capercaillie
capercailzie
horse of the wood
Tetrao urogallus | large black Old World grouse |
walrus
seahorse sea horse | either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber |
| horse's foot | the hoof of a horse |
horse botfly
Gasterophilus intestinalis | parasitic chiefly on horses |
horsefly
cleg
clegg
horse fly | large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals |
horse tick
horsefly Hippobosca equina | winged fly parasitic on horses |
horse
Equus caballus | solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times |
eohippus
dawn horse | earliest horse, extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal |
| male horse | the male of species Equus caballus |
stud
studhorse | adult male horse kept for breeding |
mare
female horse | female equine animal |
broodmare
stud mare | a female horse used for breeding |
saddle horse
riding horse
mount | a lightweight horse kept for riding only |
| cavalry horse | horse trained for battle |
| quarter horse | a small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginia |
Tennessee walker
Tennessee walking horse
Walking horse
Plantation walking horse | a horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk |
| American saddle horse | a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky |
| wild horse | undomesticated or feral domestic horse |
Przewalski's horse
Przevalski's horse
Equus caballus przewalskii
Equus caballus przevalskii | wild horse of central Asia that resembles an ass, now endangered |
plow horse
plough horse | a horse used to pull a plow |
racehorse
race horse
bangtail | a horse bred for racing |
two-year-old horse
two year old | a racehorse that is two years old |
three-year-old horse
three year old | a racehorse that is three years old |
| dark horse | a racehorse about which little is known |
| stalking-horse | a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game |
| harness horse | horse used for pulling vehicles |
draft horse
draught horse
dray horse | horse adapted for drawing heavy loads |
carthorse
cart horse
drayhorse | draft horse kept for pulling carts |
farm horse
dobbin | a quiet plodding workhorse |
shire
shire horse | British breed of large heavy draft horse |
pole horse
poler | a draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle |
wheel horse
wheeler | a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle |
post horse
post-horse
poster | a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers |
| coach horse | strong draft horse for drawing coaches |
trotting horse
trotter | a horse trained to trot, especially a horse trained for harness racing |
| pole horse | the horse having a starting position next to the inside rail in a harness race |
hippopotamus
hippo
river horse
Hippopotamus amphibius | massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa |
moonfish Atlantic moonfish
horsefish
horsehead
horse-head
dollarfish Selene setapinnis | any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies |
horse mackerel jack mackerel
Spanish mackerel saurel Trachurus symmetricus | a California food fish |
| horse mackerel saurel Trachurus trachurus | large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe |
bluefin
bluefin tuna
horse mackerel Thunnus thynnus | largest tuna, to pounds, of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics |
hobby
hobbyhorse
rocking horse | a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers, the child straddles it and pretends to ride |
| horse gymnastic horse | a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs |
horse cart
horseart | heavy cart, drawn by a horse, used for farm work |
| horse-drawn vehicle | a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses |