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horse

  [hawrs] noun, plural hors⋅es, (especially collectively) horse, verb, horsed, hors⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
2. a fully mature male animal of this type; stallion.
3. any of several odd-toed ungulates belonging to the family Equidae, including the horse, zebra, donkey, and ass, having a thick, flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck and bearing the weight on only one functioning digit, the third, which is widened into a round or spade-shaped hoof.
4. something on which a person rides, sits, or exercises, as if astride the back of such an animal: rocking horse.
5. Also called trestle. a frame, block, etc., with legs, on which something is mounted or supported.
6. Gymnastics.
a. vaulting horse.
b. pommel horse.
7. Carpentry. carriage (def. 7).
8. soldiers serving on horseback; cavalry: a thousand horse.
9. Slang. a man; fellow.
10. Often, horses. Informal. horsepower.
11. horses, Slang. the power or capacity to accomplish something, as by having enough money, personnel, or expertise: Our small company doesn't have the horses to compete against a giant corporation.
12. Chess Informal. a knight.
13. Slang. a crib, translation, or other illicit aid to a student's recitation; trot; pony.
14. Mining. a mass of rock enclosed within a lode or vein.
15. Nautical. traveler (def. 6b).
16. Shipbuilding. a mold of a curved frame, esp. one used when the complexity of the curves requires laying out at full size.
17. Slang. heroin.
–verb (used with object)
18. to provide with a horse or horses.
19. to set on horseback.
20. to set or carry on a person's back or on one's own back.
21. Carpentry. to cut notches for steps into (a carriage beam).
22. to move with great physical effort or force: It took three men to horse the trunk up the stairs.
23. Slang.
a. to make (a person) the target of boisterous jokes.
b. to perform boisterously, as a part or a scene in a play.
24. Nautical.
a. to caulk (a vessel) with a hammer.
b. to work or haze (a sailor) cruelly or unfairly.
25. Archaic. to place (someone) on a person's back, in order to be flogged.
–verb (used without object)
26. to mount or go on a horse.
27. (of a mare) to be in heat.
28. Vulgar. to have coitus.
–adjective
29. of, for, or pertaining to a horse or horses: the horse family; a horse blanket.
30. drawn or powered by a horse or horses.
31. mounted or serving on horses: horse troops.
32. unusually large.
—Verb phrase
33. horse around, Slang. to fool around; indulge in horseplay.
—Idioms
34. back the wrong horse, to be mistaken in judgment, esp. in backing a losing candidate.
35. beat or flog a dead horse, to attempt to revive a discussion, topic, or idea that has waned, been exhausted, or proved fruitless.
36. from the horse's mouth, Informal. on good authority; from the original or a trustworthy source: I have it straight from the horse's mouth that the boss is retiring.
37. hold one's horses, Informal. to check one's impulsiveness; be patient or calm: Hold your horses! I'm almost ready.
38. horse of another color, something entirely different. Also, horse of a different color.
39. look a gift horse in the mouth, to be critical of a gift.
40. To horse! Mount your horse! Ride!
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME, OE hors; c. ON hross, D ros, G Ross (MHG ros, OHG hros); (v.) ME horsen to provide with horses, OE horsian, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
horseless, adjective
horselike, adjective
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Slang Dictionary
horse

  1. n.
    heroin. (Drugs. Because it begins with H.) : Horse is still very popular in the big cities.
  2. n.
    horse dung. : I got a job shoveling horse out of the stables.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

horse 
O.E. hors, from P.Gmc. *khursa- (cf. O.N. hross, O.Fris. hors, M.Du. ors, Du. ros, O.H.G. hros, Ger. Roß "horse"), of unknown origin, connected by some with PIE base *kurs-, source of L. currere "to run" (see current). Replaced O.E. eoh, from PIE *ekwo- "horse" (cf. Gk. hippos, L. equus, O.Ir. ech, Goth. aihwa-, Skt. açva-, all meaning "horse"). In many other languages, as in O.E., this root has been lost in favor of synonyms, probably via superstitious taboo on uttering the name of an animal so important in I.E. religion. Used since at least 1391 of various devices or appliances which suggest a horse (e.g. sawhorse). Slang for heroin is first attested 1950. Horseplay is from 1589. The belief that finding a horseshoe by chance is lucky is attested from late 14c. Horse latitudes first attested 1777, the name of unknown origin, despite much speculation. Dead horse as a figure for "something that has ceased to be useful" is attested from 1638. High horse originally (c.1380) was "war horse, charger;" fig. sense in mount (one's) high horse "affect airs of superiority" is from 1782. The horse's mouth as a source of reliable information is from 1928, perhaps from the fact that a horse's age can be determined accurately by looking at its teeth. To swap horses while crossing the river (a bad idea) is first attested 1864 in writings of Abraham Lincoln. Horse sense is 1870, Amer.Eng. colloquial, probably from the same association of "strong, large, coarse" found in horseradish.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: horse
Pronunciation: 'ho(&)rs
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural hors·es also horse
: a largesolid-hoofed herbivorous mammal of the genus Equus (E. caballus) domesticated since a prehistoric period
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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