Bantam work
() Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Bearing rein
() A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up |
Bloody hand
() A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the forest against venison. |
Bloody hand
() A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom. |
Bow hand
() The hand that holds the bow, i. e., the left hand. |
Bow hand
() The hand that draws the bow, i. e., the right hand. |
First-hand
(a.) Obtained directly from the first or original source |
Four-in-hand
(a.) Consisting of four horses controlled by one person |
Four-in-hand
(n.) A team of four horses driven by one person |
Free-hand
(a.) Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments |
Grotto-work
(n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Groundwork
(n.) That which forms the foundation or support of anything |
Hand
(n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals |
Hand
(n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand |
Hand
(n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. |
Hand
(n.) An index or pointer on a dial |
Hand
(n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches |
Hand
(n.) Side |
Hand
(n.) Power of performance |
Hand
(n.) Actual performance |
Hand
(n.) An agent |
Hand
(n.) Handwriting |
Hand
(n.) Personal possession |
Hand
(n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another |
Hand
(n.) Rate |
Hand
(n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once |
Hand
(n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer. |
Hand
(n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. |
Hand
(n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. |
Hand staves
(pl. ) of Hand |
Hand
(v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand |
Hand
(v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand |
Hand
(v. t.) To manage |
Hand
(v. t.) To seize |
Hand
(v. t.) To pledge by the hand |
Hand
(v. t.) To furl |
Hand
(v. i.) To cooperate. |
Hand flus
(pl. ) of Handful |
Hand-hole
(n.) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc. |
Hand-tight
(a.) As tight as can be made by the hand. |
Hand-winged
(a.) Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones |
Hand-work
(n.) See Handiwork. |
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. |
work flow
workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
| horse racing | the sport of racing horses |
prestidigitation
sleight of hand | manual dexterity in the execution of tricks |
| work | activity directed toward making or doing something, she checked several points needing further work |
workload
work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
busywork
make-work | active work of little value, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork |
welfare work
social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
occupation
business
job
line of work
line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money, he's not in my line of business |
employment
work | the occupation for which you are paid, he is looking for employment, a lot of people are out of work |
| electrical work | the craft of an electrician |
| sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
| tool-and-die work | the craft of making special tools and dies |
wrestle
wrestling grapple
grappling
hand-to-hand struggle | the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat, they had a fierce wrestle, we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully |
police work
police investigation | the investigation of criminal activities |
detection detecting
detective work
sleuthing | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator, detection is hard on the feet |
| field work | an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters |
time and motion study
time-and-motion study
time-motion study
motion study
time study
work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
spying
undercover work | the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes |
| assertiveness training | a method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly |
autogenic therapy
autogenic training
autogenics | training patients in self-induced relaxation |
| mission missionary work | the organized work of a religious missionary |
scut work
shitwork | trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores, the hospital hired him to do scut work |
jacking off
jerking off
hand job
wank | slang for masturbation |
| work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
| athletic training | the course of practice and exercise and diet undertaken by an athlete |
training
preparation
grooming | activity leading to skilled behavior |
| military training | training soldiers in military procedures |
| basic training | the initial period of training for new military personnel, involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline |
| toilet training | training a young child to use the toilet |
| horse breeding | breeding horses |
horse trade
horse trading | the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining) |
| groundwork | preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation, we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago |
| work-in | occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory |
hand
helping hand | physical assistance, give me a hand with the chores |
| social work | any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children |
| work to rule | a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace |
strike
work stoppage | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions, the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled |
| work animal | an animal trained for and used for heavy labor |
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 |
mare
female horse | female equine animal |
saddle horse
riding horse
mount | a lightweight horse kept for riding only |