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Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]

der of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses.

Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n.

A horse. [Sp. Amer.]

A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.

Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.

A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.

A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.

lant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.

Made of, or having the apperance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [Colloq. U. S.]

To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.

ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet.

at, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal. Canal lock. See Lock.

An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush.

That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.

To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada. [Colloq.]

An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative. Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen.

A horse; a nag. [Obs.] Chaucer. Holland.