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A person appointed to decide in aas, a judge in a horse race.

To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.

os), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevallé, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel.

To have in one's service; to have and maintain, as an assistant, a servant, a mistress, a horse, etc. I keep but three men and a boy. Shak.

An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. Jamieson.

Producing horn; as, the keratogenous membrane within the horny hoof of the horse.

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog. He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his judges. Macaulay. To kick the beam, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting in weight. Milton. -- To kick t…

f work or energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour; --approx. = 1.34 horse-power hour.

Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.

To bite or nibble. [Obs.] Horses will knabble at walls, and rats gnaw iron. Sir T. Browne.

One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat. [Eng.]

In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.

In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.

up, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn out, as with labor; to give out. "The horses were beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe service." De Quincey. -- To knock off, to cease, as from work; to desist. -- To knock under, to yield; to submit; to acknowledge one's self conquered; -- an expr…

A wild horse (Equus, or Asinus, onager) inhabiting the plants of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur, and onager. [Written also kulan.]

One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant. [Obs. or Local]

Inflammation of the laminæ or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder. Youatt.

lling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.

f war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. A braver soldier never couched lance. Shak.

bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.