"horse" Definition

Definitions for the word "horse" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
See Footrope, a.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. a.
A breastband for a leadsman.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. a.
An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. a.
A jackstay.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. t.
To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. t.
To sit astride of; to bestride.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v. t.
To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. v. t.
To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. v. t.
To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. v. i.
To get on horseback.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. n.
1 a large four-legged mammal with flowing mane and tail, used for riding and to carry and pull loads. B adult male horse; stallion or gelding. C (collect.; as sing.) Cavalry. 2 vaulting-block. 3 supporting frame (clothes-horse). v. (-sing) (foll. By around) fool about. from the horse''s mouth colloq. (of information etc.) From the original or an authoritative source. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
19. slang
contraction of Horsemonger-Lane Gaol, also a slang term for a five-pound note.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
20. slang
to flog. From the old wooden horse or flogging-stool.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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