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A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. [Poetic.] Pope.

To overwhelm; to spread over. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen. Ex. xiv. 28.

An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. Bailey.

Of the color of cream; light yellow. "Cream-colored horses." Hazlitt.

A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc. Creature comforts, those which minister to the comfort of the body.

An injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer.

The upper curve of a horse's neck. Throwing the base thong from his bending crest. Shak.

Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.

To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.

A horse that has the habit of cribbing.

A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.

The coronet of a horse.

The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. Sir W. Scott.

A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.

in the Vocabulary. -- Crown scab (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof. -- Crown sheet, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler. -- Crown shell. (Zoöl.) See Acorn-shell. -- Crown side. See Crown office. -- Crown tax (Eccl. His…

See Croup, the rump of a horse.

The buttocks or rump of a horse.

the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.

of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse. He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws. Drayton. By these men, religion,that should be The curb, is made the spur of tyranny. Denham.

ers which take a sinnuous course). Curled hair (Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes. McElrath.