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A two-horse chariot.

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened. Shak. The foamy bridle with the bit of gold. Chaucer.

A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc. The blacksmith may forge what he pleases. Howell.

A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath.

bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.

A white spot on the forehead of a horse.

Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained. Rider and horse, friend, foe, in one red burial blent. Byron.

An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone. [Obs.]

t light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.

One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker.

A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs sight or discernment. Nor bigots who but one way see, through blinkers of authority. M. Green.

plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc. Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning. Wither. All her labor was but as a block Left in the quarry. Tennyson.

The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color. In blossom, having the blossoms open; in bloom.

To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse. Sir W. Scott.

Out of breath; tired; exhausted. "Their horses much blown." Sir W. Scott.

The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred.

tributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack.

To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.