Definition of horse

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Horse (n.) Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot..

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Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe..
Mare :: Mare (n.) The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.
Canuck :: Canuck (n.) A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada..
Breeching :: Breeching (n.) That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle..
Chaperon :: Chaperon (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
Founder :: Founder (v. t.) To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him..
Clotheshorse :: Clotheshorse (n.) A frame to hang clothes on.
Trap :: Trap (v. t.) To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle..
Whim :: Whim (n.) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey..
Rip :: Rip (n.) A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse..
Runaway :: Runaway (a.) Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse..
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses..
Astraddle :: Astraddle (adv.) In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse..
Lather :: Lather (n.) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse..
Ball :: Ball (v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls..
Knight :: Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head..
Picador :: Picador (n.) A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him..
Time :: Time (v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen..
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc..
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