Chapter 749

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 .

&hand; 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, horse hoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong , loud , coarse , etc.; as, horse laugh, horse nettle or horse -nettle, horse play, horse ant, etc.

Black horse , Blood horse , etc. See under Black , etc. -- Horse aloes , caballine aloes. -- Horse ant (Zo\'94l.) , 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\'94l.) 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\'94l.) , 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\'94l.) , the Limulus; -- called also horsefoot , horsehoe crab , and king crab . -- Horse crevall\'82 (Zo\'94l.) , the cavally. <-- a type of fish --> -- Horse emmet (Zo\'94l.) , the horse ant. -- Horse finch (Zo\'94l.) , 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\'94l.) (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\'94l.) , 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\'94l.) , a large, coarse, commercial sponge ( Spongia equina ). -- Horse stinger (Zo\'94l.) , 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\'94l.) , 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).

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Horse (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Horsed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Horsing .] [AS. horsion .] 1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. "Being better horsed , outrode me."

Shak.

2. To sit astride of; to bestride.

Shak.

3. To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.

4. To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer .

S. Butler.

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

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Horse , v. i. To get on horseback. [Obs.]

Shelton.

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Horse"back` (?) , n. 1. The back of a horse.

2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition.

Agassiz.

On horseback , on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle.

The long journey was to be performed on horseback . Prescott.

Horse-chestnut <Xpage=707>

Horse`-chest"nut (?) , n. (Bot.) (a) The large nutlike seed of a species of \'92sculus ( \'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 .

Horse-drench <Xpage=707>

Horse"-drench` (?) , n. 1. A dose of physic for a horse.

Shak.

2. The appliance by which the dose is administred.

Horsefish <Xpage=707>

Horse"fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The moonfish ( Selene setipinnis ). (b) The sauger.

Horseflesh <Xpage=707>

Horse"flesh` (?) , n. 1. The flesh of horses.

The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon.

2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh . [Colloq.]

Horseflesh ore (Min.) , a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on fresh facture.

Horsefly <Xpage=707>

Horse"fly` (?) , n. ; pl. Horseflies (<?/) . 1. (Zo\'94l.) Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanid\'91 , that stings horses, and sucks their blood.

&hand; Of these flies there are numerous species, both in Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. Called also breeze fly . See Illust . under Diptera , and Breeze fly .

2. (Zo\'94l.) The horse tick or forest fly ( Hippobosca ).

Horsefoot <Xpage=707>

Horse"foot` (?) , n. ; pl. Horsefeet (#) . 1. (Bot.) The coltsfoot.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The Limulus or horseshoe crab.

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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.

Horsehair <Xpage=707>

Horse"hair` (?) , n. A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs.

Horsehair worm (Zo\'94l.) , the hair worm or gordius.

Horsehead <Xpage=707>

Horse"head` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The silver moonfish ( Selene vomer ).

Horsehide <Xpage=707>

Horse"hide` (?) , n. 1. The hide of a horse.

2. Leather made of the hide of a horse.

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Horse"-jock`ey (?) , n. 1. A professional rider and trainer of race horses.

2. A trainer and dealer in horses.

Horseknop <Xpage=707>

Horse"knop` (?) , n. (Bot.) Knapweed.

Horselaugh <Xpage=707>

Horse"laugh` (?) , n. A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw.

Pope.

Horse-leech <Xpage=707>

Horse"-leech` (?) , n. 1. (Zo\'94l.) A large blood-sucking leech ( H\'91mopsis vorax ), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.

2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

Horse-leechery <Xpage=707>

Horse"-leech`er*y (?) , n. The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.

Horse-litter <Xpage=707>

Horse"-lit`ter (?) , n. A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.

Milton.

Horseman <Xpage=707>

Horse"man (?) , n. ; pl. Horsemen (<?/) . 1. A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.

2. (Mil.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda , living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. (b) A West Indian fish of the genus Eques , as the light-horseman ( E. lanceolatus ).

Horsemanship <Xpage=707>

Horse"man*ship , n. The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.

Horsemint <Xpage=707>

Horse"mint` (?) , n. (Bot.) (a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family ( Monarda punctata ). (b) In England, the wild mint ( Mentha sylvestris ).

Horsenail <Xpage=707>

Horse"nail` (?) , n. A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.

Horseplay <Xpage=707>

Horse"play` (?) , n. Rude, boisterous play.

Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.

Horsepond <Xpage=707>

Horse"pond` (?) , n. A pond for watering horses.

Horse power <Xpage=707>

Horse" pow`er (?) . 1. The power which a horse exerts.

2. (Mach.) A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second, etc.

&hand; The power of a draught horse, of average strength, working eight hours per day, is about four fifths of a standard horse power .

Brake horse power , the net effective power of a prime mover, as a steam engine, water wheel, etc., in horse powers, as shown by a friction brake. See Friction brake , under Friction . -- Indicated horse power , the power exerted in the cylinder of an engine, stated in horse powers, estimated from the diameter and speed of the piston, and the mean effective pressure upon it as shown by an indicator. See Indicator . -- Nominal horse power (Steam Engine) , a term still sometimes used in England to express certain proportions of cylinder, but having no value as a standard of measurement.

3. A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor.

Horse-radish <Xpage=707>

Horse"-rad`ish (?) , n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Nasturtium ( N. Armoracia ), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine.

Gray.

Horse-radish tree . (Bot.) See Moringa .

Horserake <Xpage=707>

Horse"rake` (?) , n. A rake drawn by a horse.

Horseshoe <Xpage=707>

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\'94l.) 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\'94l.) , a bat of the genus Rhinolophus , having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.

Horseshoer <Xpage=707>

Horse"sho`er (?) , n. One who shoes horses.

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Horse"shoe`ing (?) , n. The act or employment of shoeing horses.

Horsetail <Xpage=707>

Horse"tail` (?) , n. 1. (Bot.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum , and is allied to the ferns. See Illust . of Equisetum .

2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank.

&hand; Commanders are distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.

Shrubby horsetail . (Bot.) See Joint-fir .

Horseweed <Xpage=707>

Horse"weed` (?) , n. (Bot.) A composite plant ( Erigeron Canadensis ), which is a common weed.

Horsewhip <Xpage=707>

Horse"whip` (?) , n. A whip for horses.

Horsewhip <Xpage=707>

Horse"whip` , v. t. To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.

Horsewoman <Xpage=707>

Horse"wom`an (?) , n. ; pl. Horsewomen (<?/) . A woman who rides on horseback.

Horsewood <Xpage=707>

Horse"wood` (?) , n. (Bot.) A West Indian tree ( Calliandra latifolia ) with showy, crimson blossoms.

Horseworm <Xpage=707>

Horse"worm` (?) , n. The larva of a botfly.

Horsiness <Xpage=707>

Hors"i*ness (?) , n. 1. The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse.

Tennyson.

2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses.

Horsly <Xpage=707>

Hors"ly (?) , a. Horselike. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Horsy <Xpage=707>

Hors"y (?) , a. Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions. [Colloq.]

Hortation <Xpage=707>

Hor*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. hortatio , fr. hortari to incite, exhort, fr. hori to urge.] The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation. [R.]

Hortative <Xpage=707>

Hor"ta*tive (?) , a. [L. hortativus .] Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative.

Bullokar.

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Hortative <Xpage=708>

Hor"ta*tive (?) , n. An exhortation. [Obs.]

Hortatory <Xpage=708>

Hor"ta*to*ry (?) , a. [L. hortatorius .] Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech .

Holland.

Hortensial <Xpage=708>

Hor*ten"sial (?) , a. [L. hortensius , hortensis , fr. hortus garden; akin to E. yard an inclosure.] Fit for a garden. [Obs.]

Evelyn.

Horticultor <Xpage=708>

Hor"ti*cul`tor (?) , n. [NL., fr. L. hortus garden + cultor a cultivator, colere to cultivate.] One who cultivates a garden.

Horticultural <Xpage=708>

Hor`ti*cul"tur*al (?) , a. [Cf. F. horticultural .] Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.

Horticulture <Xpage=708>

Hor"ti*cul`ture (?) , n. [L. hortus garden + cultura culture: cf. F. horticulture . See Yard an inclosure, and Culture .] The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.

Horticulturist <Xpage=708>

Hor`ti*cul"tur*ist (?) , n. One who practices horticulture.

Hortulan <Xpage=708>

Hor"tu*lan (?) , a. [L. hortulanus ; hortus garden.] Belonging to a garden. [Obs.]

Evelyn.

Hortus siccus <Xpage=708>

Hor"tus sic"cus (?) . [L., a dry garden.] A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.

Hortyard <Xpage=708>

Hort"yard (?) , n. An orchard. [Obs.]

Hosanna <Xpage=708>

Ho*san"na (?) , n. ; pl. Hosannas (#) . [Gr. <?/, fr. Heb. h\'d3sh\'c6'\'beh nn\'be save now, save, we pray, h\'d3sh\'c6a' to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of y\'besha' ) + n\'be , a particle.] A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. " Hosanna to the Highest."

Milton.

Hosanna to the Son of David. Matt. xxi. 9.

Hose <Xpage=708>

Hose (?) , n. ; pl. Hose , formerly Hosen (#) . [AS. hose ; akin to D. hoos , G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa , Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.] 1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee.

These men were bound in their coats, their hosen , and their hats, and their other garments. Dan. iii. 21.

His youthful hose , well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. Shak.

2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.