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Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidæ, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.

The Limulus or horseshoe crab.

A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs. Horsehair worm (Zoöl.), the hair worm or gordius.

The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).

The hide of a horse.

Knapweed.

A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw. Pope.

Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck.

A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.

The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.

A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata).

A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.

Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.

A pond for watering horses.

A rake drawn by a horse.

A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.

The act or employment of shoeing horses.

One who shoes horses.

A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum.

A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.