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A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.

The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.

A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.

A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.

to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.

shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts.

To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [Obs.] When first they stripped the Malean promontory. Chapman. Before he reached it he was out of breath, And then the other stripped him. Beau. & Fl.

A female demon or fiend. See Succubus. Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of the kind that succubæ some call. Mir. for Mag.

A female supplicant. Rowe.

To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring. The female . . . is said to superfetate. Grew.

A female supporter. [R.] You are my gracious patroness and supportress. Massinger.

oresight. One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected. Female Quixote.

secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog. "A great herd of swine." Mark v. 11. Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare); -- so called because eaten by swine. -- Swine oat (Bot.), a…

. -- Sword dance. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. -- Sword fight, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. -- Sword grass. (Bot.) See Gladen. -- Swor…

A female tailor.

A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach. Jer. Taylor.

A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges. On tap. (a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap. (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap. -- Plug tap (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering e…

A female tapster. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The male falcon.

A male hawk. See Tercel. [Obs.]