Horse Power :: Horse power () The power which a horse exerts.

Horse Power :: 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; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second

Horse Power :: Horse power () A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor..

Horse-chestnut :: 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 :: 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 :: Horse-drench (n.) A dose of physic for a horse.

Horse-drench :: Horse-drench (n.) The appliance by which the dose is administred.

Horse-jockey :: Horse-jockey (n.) A professional rider and trainer of race horses.

Horse-jockey :: Horse-jockey (n.) A trainer and dealer in horses.

Horse-leech :: 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 :: Horse-leech (n.) A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

Horse-leechery :: Horse-leechery (n.) The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses..

Horse-litter :: Horse-litter (n.) A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses..

Horse-radish :: 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..

Horseback :: Horseback (n.) The back of a horse.

Horseback :: Horseback (n.) An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition..

Horsed :: Horsed (imp. & p. p.) of Hors.

Horsefeet :: Horsefeet (pl. ) of Horsefoo.

Horsefish :: Horsefish (n.) The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).

Horsefish :: Horsefish (n.) The sauger.

Horseflesh :: Horseflesh (n.) The flesh of horses.

Horseflesh :: Horseflesh (n.) Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh..

Horseflies :: Horseflies (pl. ) of Horsefl.

Horsefly :: Horsefly (n.) Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood..

Horsefly :: Horsefly (n.) The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).

Horsefoot :: Horsefoot (n.) The coltsfoot.

Horsefoot :: Horsefoot (n.) The Limulus or horseshoe crab.

Horsehair :: Horsehair (n.) A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs..

Horsehead :: Horsehead (n.) The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).

Horsehide :: Horsehide (n.) The hide of a horse.

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