Horse

[hɔːs] or [hɔrs]

Definition

(noun.) solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times.

(noun.) a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs.

(verb.) provide with a horse or horses.

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Definition

(n.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.

(n.) The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

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

(n.) A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.

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

(n.) Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.

(n.) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance.

(n.) See Footrope, a.

(a.) A breastband for a leadsman.

(a.) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.

(a.) A jackstay.

(v. t.) To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.

(v. t.) To sit astride of; to bestride.

(v. t.) To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.

(v. t.) To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer.

(v. t.) To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.

(v. i.) To get on horseback.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Steed, CHARGER, MARE, FILLY, COLT, PONY, SHELTIE (or SHELTY), PALFREY, NAG, BARB, COB, PAD, ROADSTER, TIT, PUNCH.[2]. Cavalry, horsemen.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Steed, charger, courser, {[Rozinante]?}, nag, barb

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Definition

n. a well-known quadruped: (collectively) cavalry: that by which something is supported as 'clothes-horse ' &c.: a wooden frame on which soldiers were formerly made to ride as a punishment—also Timber-mare: a boy's crib a translation.—v.t. to mount on a horse: to provide with a horse: to sit astride: to carry on the back: to urge at work tyrannically: to construe by means of a crib.—v.i. to get on horseback: to charge for work before it is done.—ns. Horse′-artill′ery field artillery with comparatively light guns and the gunners mounted; Horse′back the back of a horse; Horse′-bean a large bean given to horses; Horse′-block a block or stage by which to mount or dismount from a horse; Horse′-boat a boat for carrying horses or one towed by a horse; Horse′-box a railway car for transporting horses in or a stall on shipboard; Horse′-boy a stable-boy; Horse′-break′er Horse′-tam′er one whose business is to break or tame horses or to teach them to draw or carry (Pretty horse-breaker a woman with little virtue to lose); Horse′-car a car drawn by horses; Horse′-chest′nut a large variety of chestnut prob. so called from its coarseness contrasted with the edible chestnut: the tree that produces it (see Chestnut); Horse′-cloth a cloth for covering a horse; Horse′-coup′er (Scot.) a horse-dealer; Horse′-deal′er one who deals in horses; Horse′-doc′tor a veterinary surgeon; Horse′-drench a dose of physic for a horse.—adj. Horse′-faced having a long face.—ns. Horse′-flesh the flesh of a horse: horses collectively: a Bahama mahogany.—adj. of reddish-bronze colour.—ns. Horse′-fly a large fly that stings horses; Horse′-foot the colt's foot; Horse′-god′mother a fat clumsy woman.—n.pl. Horse′-guards horse-soldiers employed as guards: the 3d heavy cavalry regiment of the British army forming part of the household troops: the War Office or public office in Whitehall London appropriated to the departments of the commander-in-chief of the British army.—ns. Horse′-hair the hair of horses: haircloth; Horse′-hoe a hoe drawn by horses; Horse′-knack′er one who buys worn-out horses for slaughtering; Horse′-lat′itudes a part of the North Atlantic Ocean noted for long calms so called from the frequent necessity of throwing part of a cargo of horses overboard from want of water when becalmed; Horse′-laugh a harsh boisterous laugh; Horse′-leech a large species of leech so named from its fastening on horses when wading in the water: a bloodsucker (Prov. xxx. 15); Horse′-litt′er a litter or bed borne between two horses; Horse′-mack′erel one of various fishes—the scad (q.v.) &c.; Horse′man a rider on horseback: a mounted soldier; Horse′manship the art of riding and of training and managing horses; Horse′-ma′rine a person quite out of his element: an imaginary being for whom wild flights of imagination had best be reserved ('Tell it to the horse-marines'); Horse-mill a mill turned by horses; Horse′-mill′iner one who provides the trappings for horses; Horse′-mint a common European wild-mint: the American Monarda punctataSweet horse-mint the common dittany; Horse′-nail a nail for fastening a horse-shoe to the hoof; Horse′-pis′tol a large pistol carried in a holster; Horse′-play rough boisterous play; Horse′-pond a pond for watering horses at; Horse′-pow′er the power a horse can exert or its equivalent=that required to raise 33 000 lb. avoirdupois one foot per minute: a standard for estimating the power of steam-engines; Horse′-race a race by horses; Horse′-rac′ing the practice of racing or running horses in matches; Horse′-rad′ish a plant with a pungent root used in medicine and as a condiment; Horse′-rake a rake drawn by horses; Horse′-rid′ing a circus; Horse′-sense plain robust sense; Horse′-shoe a shoe for horses consisting of a curved piece of iron.—adj. shaped like a horse-shoe.—ns. Horse′-sol′dier a cavalry soldier; Horse′-tail a genus of leafless plants with hollow rush-like stems so called from their likeness to a horse's tail; Horse′-train′er one who trains horses for racing &c.; Horse′-way a road by which a horse may pass; Horse′-whip a whip for driving horses.—v.t. to strike with a horse-whip: to lash.—ns. Horse′woman a woman who rides on horseback; Hors′iness; Hors′ing birching a schoolboy mounted on another's back.—adj. Hors′y of or pertaining to horses: devoted to horse racing or breeding.—A dark horse (see Dark); Flog a dead horse to try to work up excitement about a threadbare subject; Get on Mount the high horse to assume consequential airs; Put the cart before the horse (see Cart); Ride the wooden horse (see above); Take horse to mount on horseback.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

If you dream of seeing or riding a white horse, the indications are favorable for prosperity and pleasurable commingling with congenial friends and fair women. If the white horse is soiled and lean, your confidence will be betrayed by a jealous friend or a woman. If the horse is black, you will be successful in your fortune, but you will practice deception, and will be guilty of assignations. To a woman, this dream denotes that her husband is unfaithful. To dream of dark horses, signifies prosperous conditions, but a large amount of discontent. Fleeting pleasures usually follow this dream. To see yourself riding a fine bay horse, denotes a rise in fortune and gratification of passion. For a woman, it foretells a yielding to importunate advances. She will enjoy material things. To ride or see passing horses, denotes ease and comfort. To ride a runaway horse, your interests will be injured by the folly of a friend or employer. To see a horse running away with others, denotes that you will hear of the illness of friends. To see fine stallions, is a sign of success and high living, and undue passion will master you. To see brood mares, denotes congeniality and absence of jealousy between the married and sweethearts. To ride a horse to ford a stream, you will soon experience some good fortune and will enjoy rich pleasures. If the stream is unsettled or murky, anticipated joys will be somewhat disappointing. To swim on a horse's back through a clear and beautiful stream of water, your conception of passionate bliss will be swiftly realized. To a business man, this dream portends great gain. To see a wounded horse, foretells the trouble of friends. To dream of a dead horse, signifies disappointments of various kinds. To dream of riding a horse that bucks, denotes that your desires will be difficult of consummation. To dream that he throws you, you will have a strong rival, and your business will suffer slightly through competition. To dream that a horse kicks you, you will be repulsed by one you love. Your fortune will be embarrassed by ill health. To dream of catching a horse to bridle and saddle, or harness it, you will see a great improvement in business of all kinds, and people of all callings will prosper. If you fail to catch it, fortune will play you false. To see spotted horses, foretells that various enterprises will bring you profit. To dream of having a horse shod, your success is assured. For a woman, this dream omens a good and faithful husband. To dream that you shoe a horse, denotes that you will endeavor to and perhaps make doubtful property your own. To dream of race horses, denotes that you will be surfeited with fast living, but to the farmer this dream denotes prosperity. To dream that you ride a horse in a race, you will be prosperous and enjoy life. To dream of killing a horse, you will injure your friends through selfishness. To mount a horse bareback, you will gain wealth and ease by hard struggles. To ride bareback in company with men, you will have honest people to aid you, and your success will be merited. If in company with women, your desires will be loose, and your prosperity will not be so abundant as might be if women did not fill your heart. To curry a horse, your business interests will not be neglected for frivolous pleasures. To dream of trimming a horse's mane, or tail, denotes that you will be a good financier or farmer. Literary people will be painstaking in their work and others will look after their interest with solicitude. To dream of horses, you will amass wealth and enjoy life to its fullest extent. To see horses pulling vehicles, denotes wealth with some incumbrance, and love will find obstacles. If you are riding up a hill and the horse falls but you gain the top, you will win fortune, though you will have to struggle against enemies and jealousy. If both the horse and you get to the top, your rise will be phenomenal, but substantial. For a young girl to dream that she rides a black horse, denotes that she should be dealt with by wise authority. Some wishes will be gratified at an unexpected time. Black in horses, signifies postponements in anticipations. To see a horse with a tender foot, denotes that some unexpected unpleasantness will insinuate itself into your otherwise propitious state. If you attempt to fit a broken shoe which is too small for the horse's foot, you will be charged with making fraudulent deals with unsuspecting parties. To ride a horse down hill, your affairs will undoubtedly disappoint you. For a young woman to dream that a friend rides behind her on a horse, denotes that she will be foremost in the favors of many prominent and successful men. If she was frightened, she is likely to stir up jealous sensations. If after she alights from the horse it turns into a pig, she will carelessly pass by honorable offers of marriage, preferring freedom until her chances of a desirable marriage are lost. If afterward she sees the pig sliding gracefully along the telegraph wire, she will by intriguing advance her position, For a young woman to dream that she is riding a white horse up and down hill, often looking back and seeing some one on a black horse, pursuing her, denotes she will have a mixed season of success and sorow,{sic} but through it all a relentless enemy is working to overshadow her with gloom and disappointment. To see a horse in human flesh, descending on a hammock through the air, and as it nears your house is metamorphosed into a man, and he approaches your door and throws something at you which seems to be rubber but turns into great bees, denotes miscarriage of hopes and useless endeavors to regain lost valuables. To see animals in human flesh, signifies great advancement to the dreamer, and new friends will be made by modest wearing of well-earned honors. If the human flesh appears diseased or freckled, the miscarriage of well-laid plans is denoted.

To dream of a horse-trader, signifies great profit from perilous ventures. To dream that you are trading horses, and the trader cheats you, you will lose in trade or love. If you get a better horse than the one you traded, you will better yourself in fortune.

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