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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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Solidungula :: Solidungula (n. pl.) A tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species, constituting the family Equidae..

Unhorse :: Unhorse (v. t.) To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage..

Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted..

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well..

Armature :: Armature (n.) A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force..

Fractious :: Fractious (a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse..

Equestrianism :: Equestrianism (n.) The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism..

Centaur :: Centaur (n.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse..

Mount :: Mount (v. t.) To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses.

Rider :: Rider (n.) A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

Stringiness :: Stringhalt (n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock..

Trap :: Trap (v. t.) To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

Bareback :: Bareback (adv.) On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback..

Counter :: Counter (adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male..

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..

Parvolin :: Parvolin (n.) A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel..

Knight :: Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus..

Surely :: Sure-footed (a.) Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse..