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managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.

hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse.

Art of horsemanship, or of training horses

A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.

any one of several species of small parasitic mites, which burrow in the skin of cattle. horses, dogs, and other animals, causing the mange. The mange insect of the horse (Psoroptes, or Dermatodectes, equi), and that of cattle (Symbiotes, or Dermatophagys, bovis) are the most important species. See Acarina.…

A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.

A piece of copper of the shape of a horseshoe, used as money by certain tribes of the west coast of Africa. Simmonds.

The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.

A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud. Mackerel sky and mare's-tails Make tall ships carry low sails. Old Rhyme.

Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. [Obs.]

A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor. Fairholt.

A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.

A Spanish diversion on horseback.

ng a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being.

al of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth. "Matching of patterns and colors." Swift.

ing the whole; taking all things into view. Waller, with Sir William Balfour, exceeded in horse, but were, upon the whole matter, equal in foot. Clarendon.

One of the larvæ of botflies of horses; a bot.

To supply with food. [Obs.] Tusser. His shield well lined, his horses meated well. Chapman.

A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc. [Southwestern U. S.]

Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.