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   Hargeisa
         n 1: a city in northwestern Somalia

English Dictionary: horseshit by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hirschsprung
n
  1. Danish pediatrician (1830-1916) [syn: Hirschsprung, Harold Hirschsprung]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hirschsprung's disease
n
  1. congenital condition in which the colon does not have the normal network of nerves; there is little urge to defecate so the feces accumulate and cause megacolon
    Synonym(s): Hirschsprung's disease, congenital megacolon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Horace Greeley
n
  1. United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872)
    Synonym(s): Greeley, Horace Greeley
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse cart
n
  1. heavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work [syn: horse cart, horse-cart]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse cassia
n
  1. East Indian tree having long pods containing a black cathartic pulp used as a horse medicine
    Synonym(s): horse cassia, Cassia roxburghii, Cassia marginata
  2. tropical American semi-evergreen tree having erect racemes of pink or rose-colored flowers; used as an ornamental
    Synonym(s): pink shower, pink shower tree, horse cassia, Cassia grandis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse cavalry
n
  1. troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack"
    Synonym(s): cavalry, horse cavalry, horse
  2. an army unit mounted on horseback
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse chestnut
n
  1. tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
    Synonym(s): horse chestnut, buckeye, Aesculus hippocastanum
  2. the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut
    Synonym(s): buckeye, horse chestnut, conker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse gentian
n
  1. coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
    Synonym(s): feverroot, horse gentian, tinker's root, wild coffee, Triostium perfoliatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse grain
n
  1. twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
    Synonym(s): horse gram, horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse gram
n
  1. twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
    Synonym(s): horse gram, horse grain, poor man's pulse, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Dolichos biflorus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse sense
n
  1. sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
    Synonym(s): common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse's foot
n
  1. the hoof of a horse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse-cart
n
  1. heavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work [syn: horse cart, horse-cart]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horse-chestnut family
n
  1. trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule
    Synonym(s): Hippocastanaceae, family Hippocastanaceae, horse-chestnut family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horsecar
n
  1. an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horsecloth
n
  1. a cloth for the trapping of a horse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horseshit
n
  1. obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
    Synonym(s): bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horseshoe
n
  1. game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes
  2. U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
    Synonym(s): horseshoe, shoe
v
  1. equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horseshoe arch
n
  1. a round arch that widens before rounding off [syn: {Moorish arch}, horseshoe arch]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horseshoe bat
n
  1. any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
  2. a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horseshoe crab
n
  1. large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
    Synonym(s): horseshoe crab, king crab, Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Horseshoe Falls
n
  1. a part of Niagara Falls in Ontario [syn: Canadian Falls, Horseshoe Falls]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horseshoe vetch
n
  1. European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe- shaped joints
    Synonym(s): horseshoe vetch, Hippocrepis comosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horseshoe whipsnake
n
  1. slender fast-moving Eurasian snake [syn: {horseshoe whipsnake}, Coluber hippocrepis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horseshoer
n
  1. a person who shoes horses
    Synonym(s): farrier, horseshoer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horseshoes
n
  1. a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it
    Synonym(s): quoits, horseshoes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horseshow
n
  1. a competitive exhibition of horses
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horsey set
n
  1. a set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing
    Synonym(s): horsy set, horsey set
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horsy set
n
  1. a set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing
    Synonym(s): horsy set, horsey set
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
huaraches
n
  1. a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps
    Synonym(s): huarache, huaraches
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harsh \Harsh\ (h[aum]rsh), a. [Compar. {Harsher} (-[etil]r);
      superl. {Harshest}.] [OE. harsk; akin to G. harsch, Dan.
      harsk rancid, Sw. h[84]rsk; from the same source as E. hard.
      See {Hard}, a.]
      1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.:
            (a) disagreeable to the touch. [bd]Harsh sand.[b8]
                  --Boyle.
            (b) disagreeable to the taste. [bd]Berries harsh and
                  crude.[b8] --Milton.
            (c) disagreeable to the ear. [bd]Harsh din.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere;
            crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
  
                     Clarence is so harsh, so blunt.         --Shak.
  
                     Though harsh the precept, yet the charmed. --Dryden.
  
      3. (Painting, Drawing, etc.) Having violent contrasts of
            color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hearsecloth \Hearse"cloth`\ (?; 115), n.
      A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. --Bp.
      Sanderson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hercogamous \Her*cog"a*mous\, a. [Gr. [?] a fence + [?]
      marriage.] (Bot.)
      Not capable of self-fertilization; -- said of hermaphrodite
      flowers in which some structural obstacle forbids autogamy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heresy \Her"e*sy\, n.; pl. {Heresies}. [OE. heresie, eresie, OF.
      heresie, iresie, F. h[82]r[82]sie, L. haeresis, Gr. [?] a
      taking, a taking for one's self, choosing, a choice, a sect,
      a heresy, fr. [?] to take, choose.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heresiographer \Her`e*si*og"ra*pher\, n. [See {Heresiography}.]
      One who writes on heresies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heresiography \Her`e*si*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] heresy +
      -graphy: cf. F. h[82]r[82]siographie.]
      A treatise on heresy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heroic \He*ro"ic\, a. [F. h[82]ro[8b]que, L. hero[8b]cus, Gr.
      [?].]
      1. Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of
            heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the
            heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
  
      2. Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as,
            heroic action; heroic enterprises.
  
      3. (Sculpture & Painting) Larger than life size, but smaller
            than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human
            figure.
  
      {Heroic Age}, the age when the heroes, or those called the
            children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.
  
      {Heroic poetry}, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero;
            epic poetry.
  
      {Heroic} {treatment [or] remedies} (Med.), treatment or
            remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate
            case.
  
      {Heroic verse} (Pros.), the verse of heroic or epic poetry,
            being in English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten
            syllables; in French the iambic of twelve syllables; and
            in classic poetry the hexameter.
  
      Syn: Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold;
               gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous;
               illustrious.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hircic \Hir"cic\, a. [Cf. F. hircique. See {Hircin}.] (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied
      by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton
      suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell
      of that substance. The substance has also been called
      {hircin}. --Watts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoarse \Hoarse\, a. [Compar. {Hoarser}, superl. {Hoarsest}.]
      [OE. hors, also hos, has, AS. h[be]s; akin to D. heesch, G.
      heiser, Icel. h[be]ss, Dan. h[91]s, Sw. hes. Cf. Prov. E.
      heazy.]
      1. Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when
            affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound;
            as, the hoarse raven.
  
                     The hoarse resounding shore.               --Dryden.
  
      2. Harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Car \Car\, n. [OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a
      Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf.
      {Chariot}.]
      1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but
            two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
  
      2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.]
  
      Note: In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway
               carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a
               goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car
               introduced into England from America are called cars;
               as, tram car. Pullman car. See {Train}.
  
      3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor,
            dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic].
  
                     The gilded car of day.                        --Milton.
  
                     The towering car, the sable steeds.   --Tennyson.
  
      4. (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great
            Bear, or the Dipper.
  
                     The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. --Dryden.
  
      5. The cage of a lift or elevator.
  
      6. The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to
            contain passengers, ballast, etc.
  
      7. A floating perforated box for living fish. [U. S.]
  
      {Car coupling}, or {Car coupler}, a shackle or other device
            for connecting the cars in a railway train. [U. S.]
  
      {Dummy car} (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power
            or locomotive.
  
      {Freight car} (Railrood), a car for the transportation of
            merchandise or other goods. [U. S.]
  
      {Hand car} (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by
            railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.]
  
      {Horse car}, or {Street car}, an omnibus car, draw by horses
            or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [U. S.]
  
      {Palace car}, {Drawing-room car}, {Sleeping car}, {Parlor
      car}, etc. (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished
            for the comfort of travelers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
            termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
            from foot.
  
                     The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
                     thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
            clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  
      5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
            were made to ride for punishment.
  
      6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
            horse; a hobby.
  
      7. (Mining) 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.
  
      8. (Naut.)
            (a) See {Footrope}, a.
            (b) A breastband for a leadsman.
            (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
            (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
  
      Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
               signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
               like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
               horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,
               often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
               horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
               horse ant, etc.
  
      {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.
  
      {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.
  
      {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --
            called also {horse emmet}.
  
      {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the
            cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
            cavalry; flying artillery.
  
      {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
            ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and
            yellowish flowers.
  
      {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
            ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.
  
      {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
            boat propelled by horses.
  
      {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.
  
      {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
            as hunters. [Eng.]
  
      {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or
            training horses for use.
  
      {Horse car}.
            (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.
            (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
  
      {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
            Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
            catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
            medicine.
  
      {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.
  
      {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of
            the genus Triton. See {Triton}.
  
      {Horse courser}.
            (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
                  --Johnson.
            (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also
            {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.
  
      {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
            termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
            from foot.
  
                     The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
                     thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
            clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  
      5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
            were made to ride for punishment.
  
      6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
            horse; a hobby.
  
      7. (Mining) 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.
  
      8. (Naut.)
            (a) See {Footrope}, a.
            (b) A breastband for a leadsman.
            (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
            (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
  
      Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
               signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
               like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
               horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,
               often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
               horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
               horse ant, etc.
  
      {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.
  
      {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.
  
      {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --
            called also {horse emmet}.
  
      {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the
            cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
            cavalry; flying artillery.
  
      {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
            ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and
            yellowish flowers.
  
      {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
            ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.
  
      {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
            boat propelled by horses.
  
      {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.
  
      {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
            as hunters. [Eng.]
  
      {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or
            training horses for use.
  
      {Horse car}.
            (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.
            (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
  
      {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
            Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
            catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
            medicine.
  
      {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.
  
      {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of
            the genus Triton. See {Triton}.
  
      {Horse courser}.
            (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
                  --Johnson.
            (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also
            {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.
  
      {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
            termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
            from foot.
  
                     The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
                     thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
            clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  
      5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
            were made to ride for punishment.
  
      6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
            horse; a hobby.
  
      7. (Mining) 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.
  
      8. (Naut.)
            (a) See {Footrope}, a.
            (b) A breastband for a leadsman.
            (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
            (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
  
      Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
               signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
               like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
               horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,
               often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
               horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
               horse ant, etc.
  
      {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.
  
      {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.
  
      {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --
            called also {horse emmet}.
  
      {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the
            cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
            cavalry; flying artillery.
  
      {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
            ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and
            yellowish flowers.
  
      {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
            ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.
  
      {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
            boat propelled by horses.
  
      {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.
  
      {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
            as hunters. [Eng.]
  
      {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or
            training horses for use.
  
      {Horse car}.
            (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.
            (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
  
      {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
            Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
            catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
            medicine.
  
      {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.
  
      {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of
            the genus Triton. See {Triton}.
  
      {Horse courser}.
            (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
                  --Johnson.
            (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also
            {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.
  
      {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
            termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
            from foot.
  
                     The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
                     thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
            clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  
      5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
            were made to ride for punishment.
  
      6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
            horse; a hobby.
  
      7. (Mining) 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.
  
      8. (Naut.)
            (a) See {Footrope}, a.
            (b) A breastband for a leadsman.
            (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
            (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
  
      Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
               signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
               like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
               horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,
               often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
               horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
               horse ant, etc.
  
      {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.
  
      {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.
  
      {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --
            called also {horse emmet}.
  
      {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the
            cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
            cavalry; flying artillery.
  
      {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
            ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and
            yellowish flowers.
  
      {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
            ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.
  
      {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
            boat propelled by horses.
  
      {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.
  
      {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
            as hunters. [Eng.]
  
      {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or
            training horses for use.
  
      {Horse car}.
            (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.
            (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
  
      {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
            Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
            catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
            medicine.
  
      {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.
  
      {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of
            the genus Triton. See {Triton}.
  
      {Horse courser}.
            (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
                  --Johnson.
            (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also
            {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.
  
      {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
            termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
            from foot.
  
                     The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
                     thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
            clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  
      5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
            were made to ride for punishment.
  
      6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
            horse; a hobby.
  
      7. (Mining) 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.
  
      8. (Naut.)
            (a) See {Footrope}, a.
            (b) A breastband for a leadsman.
            (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
            (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
  
      Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
               signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
               like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
               horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,
               often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
               horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
               horse ant, etc.
  
      {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.
  
      {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.
  
      {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --
            called also {horse emmet}.
  
      {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the
            cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
            cavalry; flying artillery.
  
      {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
            ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and
            yellowish flowers.
  
      {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
            ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.
  
      {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
            boat propelled by horses.
  
      {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.
  
      {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
            as hunters. [Eng.]
  
      {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or
            training horses for use.
  
      {Horse car}.
            (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.
            (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
  
      {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
            Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
            catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
            medicine.
  
      {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.
  
      {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of
            the genus Triton. See {Triton}.
  
      {Horse courser}.
            (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
                  --Johnson.
            (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also
            {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.
  
      {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
            termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
            from foot.
  
                     The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
                     thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
            clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  
      5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
            were made to ride for punishment.
  
      6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
            horse; a hobby.
  
      7. (Mining) 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.
  
      8. (Naut.)
            (a) See {Footrope}, a.
            (b) A breastband for a leadsman.
            (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
            (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
  
      Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
               signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
               like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
               horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,
               often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
               horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
               horse ant, etc.
  
      {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.
  
      {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.
  
      {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --
            called also {horse emmet}.
  
      {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the
            cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
            cavalry; flying artillery.
  
      {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
            ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and
            yellowish flowers.
  
      {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
            ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.
  
      {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
            boat propelled by horses.
  
      {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.
  
      {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
            as hunters. [Eng.]
  
      {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or
            training horses for use.
  
      {Horse car}.
            (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.
            (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
  
      {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
            Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
            catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
            medicine.
  
      {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.
  
      {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of
            the genus Triton. See {Triton}.
  
      {Horse courser}.
            (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
                  --Johnson.
            (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also
            {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.
  
      {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
      ({Caranx chrysos}), most abundant southward, where it is
      valued as a food fish; -- called also {hardtail}, {horse
      crevall[82]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow
      mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other
      species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes
      called jurel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cavally \Ca*val"ly\, n. [Cf. Pg. cavalla a kind of fish; Sp.
      caballa; prob. fr. Pg. cavallo horse, Sp. caballa.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast ({Caranx hippos}): --
      called also {horse crevall[82]}.
  
      Note: [See Illust. under {Carangoid}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
            termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
            from foot.
  
                     The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
                     thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
            clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  
      5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
            were made to ride for punishment.
  
      6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
            horse; a hobby.
  
      7. (Mining) 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.
  
      8. (Naut.)
            (a) See {Footrope}, a.
            (b) A breastband for a leadsman.
            (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
            (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
  
      Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
               signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
               like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
               horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,
               often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
               horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
               horse ant, etc.
  
      {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.
  
      {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.
  
      {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --
            called also {horse emmet}.
  
      {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the
            cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
            cavalry; flying artillery.
  
      {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
            ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and
            yellowish flowers.
  
      {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
            ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.
  
      {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
            boat propelled by horses.
  
      {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.
  
      {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
            as hunters. [Eng.]
  
      {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or
            training horses for use.
  
      {Horse car}.
            (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.
            (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
  
      {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
            Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
            catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
            medicine.
  
      {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.
  
      {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of
            the genus Triton. See {Triton}.
  
      {Horse courser}.
            (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
                  --Johnson.
            (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also
            {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.
  
      {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
      ({Caranx chrysos}), most abundant southward, where it is
      valued as a food fish; -- called also {hardtail}, {horse
      crevall[82]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow
      mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other
      species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes
      called jurel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cavally \Ca*val"ly\, n. [Cf. Pg. cavalla a kind of fish; Sp.
      caballa; prob. fr. Pg. cavallo horse, Sp. caballa.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast ({Caranx hippos}): --
      called also {horse crevall[82]}.
  
      Note: [See Illust. under {Carangoid}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
            termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
            from foot.
  
                     The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
                     thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
            clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  
      5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
            were made to ride for punishment.
  
      6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
            horse; a hobby.
  
      7. (Mining) 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.
  
      8. (Naut.)
            (a) See {Footrope}, a.
            (b) A breastband for a leadsman.
            (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
            (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
  
      Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
               signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
               like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
               horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,
               often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
               horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
               horse ant, etc.
  
      {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.
  
      {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.
  
      {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --
            called also {horse emmet}.
  
      {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the
            cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
            cavalry; flying artillery.
  
      {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
            ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and
            yellowish flowers.
  
      {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
            ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.
  
      {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
            boat propelled by horses.
  
      {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.
  
      {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
            as hunters. [Eng.]
  
      {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or
            training horses for use.
  
      {Horse car}.
            (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.
            (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
  
      {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
            Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
            catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
            medicine.
  
      {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.
  
      {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of
            the genus Triton. See {Triton}.
  
      {Horse courser}.
            (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
                  --Johnson.
            (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also
            {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.
  
      {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fever \Fe"ver\, n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L.
      febris: cf. F. fi[8a]vre. Cf. {Febrile}.]
      1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased
            heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement
            of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of
            appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most
            prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid
            fever; yellow fever.
  
      Note: Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals;
               intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at
               intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit
               nor intermit.
  
      2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of
            strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this
            quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
  
                     An envious fever Of pale and bloodless emulation.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. --Shak.
  
      {Brain fever}, {Continued fever}, etc. See under {Brain},
            {Continued}, etc.
  
      {Fever and ague}, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms
            which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin.
  
      {Fever blister} (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found
            about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes.
  
      {Fever bush} (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See
            {Spicewood}.
  
      {Fever powder}. Same as {Jame's powder}.
  
      {Fever root} (Bot.), an American herb of the genus
            {Triosteum} ({T. perfoliatum}); -- called also {feverwort}
            amd {horse gentian}.
  
      {Fever sore}, a carious ulcer or necrosis. --Miner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gentian \Gen"tian\, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
      fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
      properties.] (Bot.)
      Any one of a genus ({Gentiana}) of herbaceous plants with
      opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
      usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
      Illust. of {Capsule}.
  
      Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
               Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
               their beauty, as the Alpine ({Gentiana verna},
               {Bavarica}, and {excisa}), and the American fringed
               gentians ({G. crinita} and {G. detonsa}). Several are
               used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
               {Gentiana lutea}, the officinal gentian of the
               pharmacop[oe]ias.
  
      {Horse gentian}, fever root.
  
      {Yellow gentian} (Bot.), the officinal gentian ({Gentiana
            lutea}). See {Bitterwort}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant.
  
      {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root.
  
      {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron.
  
      {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
            calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
            of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the
                  Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
                  Mediterranean.
            (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}).
            (c) The scad.
            (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
                  as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
                  jurel, the bluefish, etc.
  
      {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
            mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
  
      {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
            modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
            America.
  
      {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
            {Solanum Carolinense}.
  
      {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}.
  
      {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
            America ({Trianthema monogymnum}).
  
      {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
            or trotting.
  
      {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses.
  
      {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
            horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
            called a {tramway}.
  
      {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
            wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
  
      {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman.
  
      {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}).
  
      {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
           
  
      {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
            United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are
            sweet, and good for fodder.
  
      {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect
            ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting
            them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly},
            {horse louse}, and {forest fly}.
  
      {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H.
            comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; --
            called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of
            its pods.
  
      {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
  
      {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef.
  
      {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of
            a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
            ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
            critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
  
      {To take horse}.
            (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
            (b) To be covered, as a mare.
            (c) See definition 7 (above).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fever \Fe"ver\, n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L.
      febris: cf. F. fi[8a]vre. Cf. {Febrile}.]
      1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased
            heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement
            of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of
            appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most
            prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid
            fever; yellow fever.
  
      Note: Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals;
               intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at
               intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit
               nor intermit.
  
      2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of
            strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this
            quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
  
                     An envious fever Of pale and bloodless emulation.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. --Shak.
  
      {Brain fever}, {Continued fever}, etc. See under {Brain},
            {Continued}, etc.
  
      {Fever and ague}, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms
            which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin.
  
      {Fever blister} (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found
            about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes.
  
      {Fever bush} (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See
            {Spicewood}.
  
      {Fever powder}. Same as {Jame's powder}.
  
      {Fever root} (Bot.), an American herb of the genus
            {Triosteum} ({T. perfoliatum}); -- called also {feverwort}
            amd {horse gentian}.
  
      {Fever sore}, a carious ulcer or necrosis. --Miner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gentian \Gen"tian\, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
      fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
      properties.] (Bot.)
      Any one of a genus ({Gentiana}) of herbaceous plants with
      opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
      usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
      Illust. of {Capsule}.
  
      Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
               Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
               their beauty, as the Alpine ({Gentiana verna},
               {Bavarica}, and {excisa}), and the American fringed
               gentians ({G. crinita} and {G. detonsa}). Several are
               used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
               {Gentiana lutea}, the officinal gentian of the
               pharmacop[oe]ias.
  
      {Horse gentian}, fever root.
  
      {Yellow gentian} (Bot.), the officinal gentian ({Gentiana
            lutea}). See {Bitterwort}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant.
  
      {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root.
  
      {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron.
  
      {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
            calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
            of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the
                  Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
                  Mediterranean.
            (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}).
            (c) The scad.
            (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
                  as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
                  jurel, the bluefish, etc.
  
      {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
            mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
  
      {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
            modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
            America.
  
      {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
            {Solanum Carolinense}.
  
      {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}.
  
      {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
            America ({Trianthema monogymnum}).
  
      {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
            or trotting.
  
      {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses.
  
      {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
            horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
            called a {tramway}.
  
      {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
            wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
  
      {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman.
  
      {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}).
  
      {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
           
  
      {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
            United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are
            sweet, and good for fodder.
  
      {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect
            ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting
            them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly},
            {horse louse}, and {forest fly}.
  
      {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H.
            comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; --
            called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of
            its pods.
  
      {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
  
      {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef.
  
      {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of
            a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
            ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
            critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
  
      {To take horse}.
            (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
            (b) To be covered, as a mare.
            (c) See definition 7 (above).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horse Guards \Horse" Guards`\ (Mil.)
      A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called
      the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for
      the sovereign.
  
      {The Horse Guards}, a name given to the former headquarters
            of the commander in chief of the British army, at
            Whitehall in London.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant.
  
      {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root.
  
      {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron.
  
      {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
            calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
            of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the
                  Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
                  Mediterranean.
            (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}).
            (c) The scad.
            (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
                  as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
                  jurel, the bluefish, etc.
  
      {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
            mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
  
      {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
            modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
            America.
  
      {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
            {Solanum Carolinense}.
  
      {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}.
  
      {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
            America ({Trianthema monogymnum}).
  
      {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
            or trotting.
  
      {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses.
  
      {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
            horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
            called a {tramway}.
  
      {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
            wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
  
      {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman.
  
      {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}).
  
      {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
           
  
      {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
            United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are
            sweet, and good for fodder.
  
      {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect
            ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting
            them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly},
            {horse louse}, and {forest fly}.
  
      {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H.
            comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; --
            called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of
            its pods.
  
      {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
  
      {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef.
  
      {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of
            a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
            ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
            critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
  
      {To take horse}.
            (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
            (b) To be covered, as a mare.
            (c) See definition 7 (above).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cast \Cast\ (k[adot]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cast}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Casting}.] [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh.
      akin to L. {gerere} to bear, carry. E. jest.]
      1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to
            impel.
  
                     Uzziah prepared . . . slings to cast stones. --2
                                                                              Chron. xxvi.
                                                                              14.
  
                     Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. --Acts.
                                                                              xii. 8.
  
                     We must be cast upon a certain island. --Acts.
                                                                              xxvii. 26.
  
      2. To direct or turn, as the eyes.
  
                     How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! --Shak.
  
      3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
  
      4. To throw down, as in wrestling. --Shak.
  
      5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
  
                     Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee.
                                                                              --Luke xix.
                                                                              48.
  
      6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
  
                     His filth within being cast.               --Shak.
  
                     Neither shall your vine cast her fruit. --Mal. iii.
                                                                              11
  
                     The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the
                     viper, etc.                                       --Bacon.
  
      7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
  
                     Thy she-goats have not cast their young. --Gen. xxi.
                                                                              38.
  
      8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.]
  
                     This . . . casts a sulphureous smell. --Woodward.
  
      9. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to
            cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
  
      10. To impose; to bestow; to rest.
  
                     The government I cast upon my brother. --Shak.
  
                     Cast thy burden upon the Lord.         --Ps. iv. 22.
  
      11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.]
  
                     The state can not with safety cast him.
  
      12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a
            horoscope. [bd]Let it be cast and paid.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     You cast the event of war, my noble lord. --Shak.
  
      13. To contrive; to plan. [Archaic]
  
                     The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for
                     [an orange-house].                           --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict;
            as, to be cast in damages.
  
                     She was cast to be hanged.               --Jeffrey.
  
                     Were the case referred to any competent judge, they
                     would inevitably be cast.                  --Dr. H. More.
  
      15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to
            make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
  
                     How much interest casts the balance in cases
                     dubious!                                          --South.
  
      16. To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal
            or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as,
            to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
  
      17. (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype.
  
      18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play
            among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
  
                     Our parts in the other world will be new cast.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      {To cast anchor} (Naut.) See under {Anchor}.
  
      {To cast a horoscope}, to calculate it.
  
      {To cast a} {horse, sheep}, or other animal, to throw with
            the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its
            rising again.
  
      {To cast a shoe}, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a
            horse or ox.
  
      {To cast aside}, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to
            reject as useless or inconvenient.
  
      {To cast away}.
            (a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. [bd]Cast away a
                  life[b8] --Addison.
            (b) To reject; to let perish. [bd]Cast away his
                  people.[b8] --Rom. xi. 1. [bd]Cast one away.[b8]
                  --Shak.
            (c) To wreck. [bd]Cast away and sunk.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To cast by}, to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw
            away.
  
      {To cast down}, to throw down; to destroy; to deject or
            depress, as the mind. [bd]Why art thou cast down. O my
            soul?[b8] --Ps. xiii. 5.
  
      {To cast forth}, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed
            place; to emit; to send out.
  
      {To cast in one's lot with}, to share the fortunes of.
  
      {To cast in one's teeth}, to upbraid or abuse one for; to
            twin.
  
      {To cast lots}. See under {Lot}.
  
      {To cast off}.
            (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to
                  free one's self from.
            (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set
                  loose, or free, as dogs. --Crabb.
            (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope.
  
      {To cast off copy}, (Print.), to estimate how much printed
            matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the
            page must be in order that the copy may make a given
            number of pages.
  
      {To cast one's self} {on [or] upon} to yield or submit one's
            self unreservedly to, as to the mercy of another.
  
      {To cast out}, to throw out; to eject, as from a house; to
            cast forth; to expel; to utter.
  
      {To cast the lead} (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to
            the bottom.
  
      {To cast the water} (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of
            disease. [Obs.].
  
      {To cast up}.
            (a) To throw up; to raise.
            (b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost.
            (c) To vomit.
            (d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant.
  
      {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root.
  
      {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron.
  
      {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
            calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
            of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the
                  Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
                  Mediterranean.
            (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}).
            (c) The scad.
            (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
                  as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
                  jurel, the bluefish, etc.
  
      {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
            mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
  
      {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
            modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
            America.
  
      {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
            {Solanum Carolinense}.
  
      {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}.
  
      {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
            America ({Trianthema monogymnum}).
  
      {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
            or trotting.
  
      {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses.
  
      {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
            horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
            called a {tramway}.
  
      {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
            wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
  
      {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman.
  
      {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}).
  
      {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
           
  
      {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
            United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are
            sweet, and good for fodder.
  
      {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect
            ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting
            them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly},
            {horse louse}, and {forest fly}.
  
      {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H.
            comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; --
            called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of
            its pods.
  
      {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
  
      {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef.
  
      {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of
            a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
            ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
            critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
  
      {To take horse}.
            (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
            (b) To be covered, as a mare.
            (c) See definition 7 (above).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sponge \Sponge\, n. [OF. esponge, F. [82]ponge, L. spongia, Gr.
      [?], [?]. Cf. {Fungus}, {Spunk}.] [Formerly written also
      {spunge}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Spongi[91], or
            Porifera. See Illust. and Note under {Spongi[91]}.
  
      2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
            Spongi[91] (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially
            the varieties of the genus {Spongia}. The most valuable
            sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,
            and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
  
      3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and
            indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
  
      4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
            (a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and
                  after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the
                  agency of the yeast or leaven.
            (b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
            (c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
  
      5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a
            discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with
            sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped
            nap, and having a handle, or staff.
  
      6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
            to the heel.
  
      {Bath sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse
            commercial sponges, especially {Spongia equina}.
  
      {Cup sponge}, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.
           
  
      {Glass sponge}. See {Glass-sponge}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Glove sponge}, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
            officinalis}, variety {tubulufera}), having very fine
            fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.
  
      {Grass sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse
            commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
            as {Spongia graminea}, and {S. equina}, variety
            {cerebriformis}, of Florida and the West Indies.
  
      {Horse sponge}, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
            {Spongia equina}.
  
      {Platinum sponge}. (Chem.) See under {Platinum}.
  
      {Pyrotechnical sponge}, a substance made of mushrooms or
            fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
            put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
            dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
            brought from Germany.
  
      {Sheep's-wool sponge}, a fine and durable commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}) found in Florida
            and the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger
            and smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.
  
      {Sponge cake}, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
            spongy.
  
      {Sponge lead}, [or] {Spongy lead} (Chem.), metallic lead
            brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
            compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
            batteries and otherwise.
  
      {Sponge tree} (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
            Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
            used in perfumery.
  
      {Toilet sponge}, a very fine and superior variety of
            Mediterranean sponge ({Spongia officinalis}, variety
            {Mediterranea}); -- called also {turkish sponge}.
  
      {To set a sponge} (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
            to be used in leavening a larger quantity.
  
      {To throw up the sponge}, to give up a contest; to
            acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
            the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
            throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat. [Cant
            or Slang] [bd]He was too brave a man to throw up the
            sponge to fate.[b8] --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant.
  
      {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root.
  
      {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron.
  
      {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
            calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
            of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the
                  Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
                  Mediterranean.
            (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}).
            (c) The scad.
            (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
                  as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
                  jurel, the bluefish, etc.
  
      {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
            mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
  
      {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
            modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
            America.
  
      {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
            {Solanum Carolinense}.
  
      {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}.
  
      {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
            America ({Trianthema monogymnum}).
  
      {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
            or trotting.
  
      {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses.
  
      {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
            horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
            called a {tramway}.
  
      {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
            wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
  
      {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman.
  
      {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}).
  
      {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
           
  
      {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
            United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are
            sweet, and good for fodder.
  
      {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect
            ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting
            them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly},
            {horse louse}, and {forest fly}.
  
      {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H.
            comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; --
            called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of
            its pods.
  
      {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
  
      {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef.
  
      {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of
            a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
            ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
            critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
  
      {To take horse}.
            (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
            (b) To be covered, as a mare.
            (c) See definition 7 (above).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant.
  
      {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root.
  
      {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron.
  
      {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
            calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
            of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the
                  Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
                  Mediterranean.
            (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}).
            (c) The scad.
            (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
                  as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
                  jurel, the bluefish, etc.
  
      {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
            mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
  
      {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
            modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
            America.
  
      {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
            {Solanum Carolinense}.
  
      {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}.
  
      {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
            America ({Trianthema monogymnum}).
  
      {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
            or trotting.
  
      {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses.
  
      {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
            horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
            called a {tramway}.
  
      {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
            wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
  
      {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman.
  
      {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}).
  
      {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
           
  
      {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
            United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are
            sweet, and good for fodder.
  
      {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect
            ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting
            them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly},
            {horse louse}, and {forest fly}.
  
      {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H.
            comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; --
            called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of
            its pods.
  
      {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
  
      {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef.
  
      {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of
            a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
            ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
            critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
  
      {To take horse}.
            (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
            (b) To be covered, as a mare.
            (c) See definition 7 (above).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant.
  
      {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root.
  
      {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron.
  
      {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for
            calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
            of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the
                  Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the
                  Mediterranean.
            (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}).
            (c) The scad.
            (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,
                  as the California hake, the black candlefish, the
                  jurel, the bluefish, etc.
  
      {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
            mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]
  
      {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola
            modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and
            America.
  
      {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the
            {Solanum Carolinense}.
  
      {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}.
  
      {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
            America ({Trianthema monogymnum}).
  
      {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
            or trotting.
  
      {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses.
  
      {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
            horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,
            called a {tramway}.
  
      {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded
            wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.
  
      {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]
  
      {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman.
  
      {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge
            ({Spongia equina}).
  
      {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]
           
  
      {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the
            United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are
            sweet, and good for fodder.
  
      {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect
            ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting
            them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly},
            {horse louse}, and {forest fly}.
  
      {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H.
            comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; --
            called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of
            its pods.
  
      {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.]
  
      {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef.
  
      {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of
            a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
            ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
            critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.
  
      {To take horse}.
            (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.
            (b) To be covered, as a mare.
            (c) See definition 7 (above).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horse-chestnut \Horse`-chest"nut\, n. (Bot.)
            (a) The large nutlike seed of a species of {[92]sculus}
                  ({[92]. Hippocastanum}), formerly ground, and fed to
                  horses, whence the name.
            (b) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople
                  in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now
                  common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The
                  native American species are called {buckeyes}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
            termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
            from foot.
  
                     The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
                     thousand horse and foot.                     --Bacon.
  
      4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
            clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
  
      5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
            were made to ride for punishment.
  
      6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
            horse; a hobby.
  
      7. (Mining) 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.
  
      8. (Naut.)
            (a) See {Footrope}, a.
            (b) A breastband for a leadsman.
            (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
            (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten.
  
      Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
               signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
               like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
               horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence,
               often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
               horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
               horse ant, etc.
  
      {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc.
  
      {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes.
  
      {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); --
            called also {horse emmet}.
  
      {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the
            cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
            cavalry; flying artillery.
  
      {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant
            ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and
            yellowish flowers.
  
      {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean
            ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses.
  
      {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
            boat propelled by horses.
  
      {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}.
  
      {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
            as hunters. [Eng.]
  
      {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or
            training horses for use.
  
      {Horse car}.
            (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}.
            (b) A car fitted for transporting horses.
  
      {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia
            Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black,
            catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse
            medicine.
  
      {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse.
  
      {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of
            the genus Triton. See {Triton}.
  
      {Horse courser}.
            (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
                  --Johnson.
            (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also
            {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}.
  
      {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horse-jockey \Horse"-jock`ey\, n.
      1. A professional rider and trainer of race horses.
  
      2. A trainer and dealer in horses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horseknop \Horse"knop`\, n. (Bot.)
      Knapweed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chant \Chant\, v. i.
      1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. [bd]Chant to the
            sound of the viol.[b8] --Amos vi. 5.
  
      2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
  
      {To chant ([or] chaunt)} {horses}, to sing their praise; to
            overpraise; to cheat in selling. See {Chaunter}.
            --Thackeray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horseshoe \Horse"shoe`\, n.
      1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in
            form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
  
      2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab.
  
      {Horsehoe head} (Med.), an old name for the condition of the
            skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the
            coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe.
            --Dunglison.
  
      {Horsehoe magnet}, an artificial magnet in the form of a
            horsehoe.
  
      {Horsehoe nail}. See {Horsenail}.
  
      {Horsehoe nose} (Zo[94]l.), a bat of the genus {Rhinolophus},
            having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Limulus \[d8]Lim"u*lus\ (l[icr]m"[usl]*l[ucr]s), n.; pl.
      {Limuli} (-l[imac]). [L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a
      few species from the East Indies, and one ({Limulus
      polyphemus}) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called
      also {Molucca crab}, {king crab}, {horseshoe crab}, and
      {horsefoot}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horseshoeing \Horse"shoe`ing\, n.
      The act or employment of shoeing horses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horseshoer \Horse"sho`er\, n.
      One who shoes horses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Huaracho \[d8]Hua*ra"cho\, n.; pl. {Huarachos}. [Amer. Sp.,
      also guaracha, guarache, huarache, prob. of Mexican origin.]
      A kind of sandal worn by Indians and the lower classes
      generally; -- usually used in pl. [Southern U. S. & Mex.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harwich Center, MA (CDP, FIPS 29055)
      Location: 41.69181 N, 70.07282 W
      Population (1990): 1668 (983 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Horse Cave, KY (city, FIPS 38008)
      Location: 37.17243 N, 85.91133 W
      Population (1990): 2284 (1021 housing units)
      Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 42749

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Horse Creek, CA
      Zip code(s): 96045

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Horse Shoe, NC
      Zip code(s): 28742

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Horse Shoe Run, WV
      Zip code(s): 26769

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Horseshoe Bay, TX (CDP, FIPS 34862)
      Location: 30.53711 N, 98.35480 W
      Population (1990): 1546 (2253 housing units)
      Area: 60.6 sq km (land), 8.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Horseshoe Beach, FL (town, FIPS 32650)
      Location: 29.44018 N, 83.28808 W
      Population (1990): 252 (306 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 32648

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Horseshoe Bend, AR (city, FIPS 33370)
      Location: 36.22331 N, 91.74095 W
      Population (1990): 2239 (1330 housing units)
      Area: 37.8 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72512
   Horseshoe Bend, ID (city, FIPS 38620)
      Location: 43.91302 N, 116.19460 W
      Population (1990): 643 (254 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 83629

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Horseshoe Lake, AR (town, FIPS 33375)
      Location: 34.91334 N, 90.30703 W
      Population (1990): 298 (278 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Horse-gate
      a gate in the wall of Jerusalem, at the west end of the bridge,
      leading from Zion to the temple (Neh. 3:28; Jer. 31:40).
     
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