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The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.

Eaters of horseflesh.

One who eats horseflesh.

Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.

The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.

One who loves horses. Holmes.

short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.

Anatomy of the horse.

Obtained from the urine of horses; as, hippuric acid. Hippuric acid, a white crystalline substance, containing nitrogen, present in the urine of herbivorous animals, and in small quantity in human urine. By the action of acids, it is decomposed into benzoic acid and glycocoll.

o let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time. They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. 1 Sam. ii. 5.

To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. [Eng.] Halliwell.

To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." Dickens

One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies.

A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler. [Obs.] Brande & C.

h. See Dogfish. Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. -- Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.

To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.

ay; as, he was held up as an example. (d) To rein in; to check; to halt; as, hold up your horses. -- To hold water. (a) Literally, to retain water without leaking; hence (Fig.), to be whole, sound, consistent, without gaps or holes; -- commonly used in a negative sense; as, his statements will not hold water. [Collog.…

A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle.

ure between the leg and arm of a man; or that between the arm of a man, the fore leg of a horse, the wing of a bird, and the fin of a fish, all these organs being modifications of one type of structure.

A covering for a horse's head.