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A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or w…

A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign. The Horse Guards, a name given to the former headquarters of the commander in chief of the British army, at Whitehall in London.

The power which a horse exerts.

arge nutlike seed of a species of Æsculus (Æ. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name.

A dose of physic for a horse. Shak.

A professional rider and trainer of race horses.

leech (Hæmopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.

The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.

A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses. Milton.

a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine. Gray. Horse-radish tree. (Bot.) See Moringa.

The back of a horse.

The moonfish (Selene setipinnis).

The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon.

Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidæ, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.

The Limulus or horseshoe crab.

A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs. Horsehair worm (Zoöl.), the hair worm or gordius.

The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).

The hide of a horse.

Knapweed.

A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw. Pope.