Definition of horse

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Horse (n.) The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male..

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Amble :: Amble (n.) A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side..
Steek :: Steedless (a.) Having no steed; without a horse.
Trotter :: Trotter (n.) One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches..
Retract :: Retract (n.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Mare''s-tail :: Mare's-tail (n.) A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud..
Stale :: Stale (v. t.) A stalking-horse.
Power :: Power (n.) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses..
Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A small, light one-horse sleigh..
Horsewhip :: Horsewhip (v. t.) To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.
Thoroughbred :: Thoroughbred (a.) Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like..
Fling :: Fling (v. i.) To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling..
Run :: Run (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body..
Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out..
Dismount :: Dismount (v. t.) To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary..
Groomer :: Groomer (n.) One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses..
Checkrein :: Checkrein (n.) A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.
Bearing Rein :: Bearing rein () A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.
Roan :: Roan (n.) The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
Equisetum :: Equisetum (n.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails..
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