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HORSEWHIP n. 2 definitions
A whip for horses.
HORSEWOMAN n.
A woman who rides on horseback.
HORSEWOOD n.
A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms.
HORSEWORM n.
The larva of a botfly.
HORSINESS n. 2 definitions
The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse. Tennyson.
HORSLY a.
Horselike. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HORSY a.
Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions. [Colloq.]
HORTATION n.
The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation. [R.]
HORTATIVE a. 2 definitions
Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. Bullokar.
HORTATORY a.
Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland.
HORTENSIAL a.
Fit for a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.
HORTICULTOR n.
One who cultivates a garden.
HORTICULTURAL a.
Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.
HORTICULTURE n.
The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.
HORTICULTURIST n.
One who practices horticulture.
HORTULAN a.
Belonging to a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.
HORTUS SICCUS n.
A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium.
HORTYARD n.
An orchard. [Obs.]
HOSANNA n.
A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. "Hosanna to the Highest." Milton. Hosanna to the Son of David. Matt. xxi. 9.
HOSE n. 3 definitions
eches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. Dan. iii. 21. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. Shak.
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