Definition of horse

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Horse (n.) See Footrope, a..

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Rat-tail :: Rat-tail (n.) An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
Lunette :: Lunette (n.) A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
Interfere :: Interfere (v. i.) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes..
Cut :: Cut (v. i.) To interfere, as a horse..
Curry :: Curry (v. t.) To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe..
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 :: Horse (a.) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
Noseband :: Noseband (n.) That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.
Dziggetai :: Dziggetai (n.) The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus)..
Horse-litter :: Horse-litter (n.) A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses..
Glandered :: Glandered (a.) Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse..
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..
Tunny :: Tunny (n.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse..
Horsefoot :: Horsefoot (n.) The Limulus or horseshoe crab.
Staggard :: Stag-evil (n.) A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse.
Mount :: Mount (n.) To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding..
Parvolin :: Parvolin (n.) A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel..
Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle..
Humdrum :: Humdrum (n.) A low cart with three wheels, drawn by one horse..
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