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so, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door. How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother! Thackeray.

d. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also droitzschka, and droschke.]

sed in distemper, and for paper staining. etc. Weale. -- Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or Equisetum (E. hyemale) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; -- called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See Equisetum. -- Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, f…

The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus).

Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.

A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.

Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily. [Archaic] And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone. Chaucer. The champion stout eftsoons dismounted. Spenser.

The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.

The neck of horse. R. Browning.

, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

Not gelded; -- said of a horse.

An epizoötic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.

A large stable or lodge for horses. Johnson.

Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.

The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism.

A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse. The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. Sir J. Barrow.

efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire. Did their exercises on horseback with noble equipage. Evelyn. First strip off all her equipage of Pride. Pope.

equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments. Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight. Longfellow.

Belonging to the Equisetaceæ, or Horsetail family.