Definition of horse

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Horse (n.) A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment..

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Wagon :: Wagon (n.) A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise..
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..
Rancho :: Rancho (n.) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls..
Sagittary :: Sagittary (n.) A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver..
Sumption :: Sumpter (a.) Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule..
Cockhorse :: Cockhorse (a.) Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
Zain :: Zain (n.) A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots..
Horsefly :: Horsefly (n.) Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood..
Bully :: Bully (a.) Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse..
Rear :: Rear (v. i.) To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect..
Houyhnhnm :: Houyhnhnm (n.) One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men..
Armature :: Armature (n.) A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force..
Calk :: Calk (n.) A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin..
Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc..
Pliohippus :: Pliohippus (n.) An extinct genus of horses from the Pliocene deposits. Each foot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the common horse..
Barde :: Barde (n.) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.].
Team :: Team (v. i.) To engage in the occupation of driving a team of horses, cattle, or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.; to be a teamster..
Longe :: Longe (n.) The training ground for a horse.
Hippobosca :: Hippobosca (n.) A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.
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