Definition of horse

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Horse (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

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Patio :: Patio (n.) A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation..
Feather :: Feather (n.) A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse..
Thoroughbred :: Thoroughbred (n.) A thoroughbred animal, especially a horse..
Footfight :: Footfight (n.) A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback.
Clotheshorse :: Clotheshorse (n.) A frame to hang clothes on.
Stubbed :: Stub (n.) A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron..
Sumpter :: Sumpter (n.) The driver of a pack horse.
Roan :: Roan (n.) A roan horse.
Cavalcade :: Cavalcade (n.) A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade..
Coffin :: Coffin (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone..
Fall :: Fall (n.) The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship..
Horseshoe :: Horseshoe (n.) The Limulus of horsehoe crab.
Lunge :: Lunge (v. t.) To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter..
Hippophagist :: Hippophagist (n.) One who eats horseflesh.
Mew :: Mew (n.) A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks..
Loper :: Loper (n.) One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes..
Blaze :: Blaze (n.) A white spot on the forehead of a horse.
Gallopade :: Gallopade (n.) I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop..
Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc..
Homology :: Homology (n.) Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure..
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