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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Mount :: Mount (v. t.) To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride..
Neigh :: Neigh (n.) The cry of a horse; a whinny.
Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
Vessignon :: Vessignon (n.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
Kick :: Kick (v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog..
Ewe-necked :: Ewe-necked (a.) Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out..
Wire-heel :: Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.
Glome :: Glome (n.) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.
Run :: Run (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body..
Trappures :: Trappures (n. pl.) Trappings for a horse.
Ringer :: Ringer (n.) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it..
Mussel :: Mussel (n.) Any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Mytilus, and related genera, of the family Mytidae. The common mussel (Mytilus edulis; see Illust. under Byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel (Modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively used as food in Europe..
Horse :: Horse (v. t.) To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male..
Genet :: Genet (n.) A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet..
Countermark :: Countermark (n.) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age..
High-stepper :: High-stepper (n.) A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing..
Portray :: Portray (v. t.) To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback..
#NAME? :: -men (pl. ) of Light-horsema.
Medium :: Medium (a.) Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
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