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Horse

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 wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnut

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Bay 76% connected

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

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Buck 76% connected

Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

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Chestnut 76% connected

The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.

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Hack 76% connected

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

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Jade 76% connected

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamenta…

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Mare 76% connected

The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.

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Mesohippus 76% connected

An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.

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Mount 76% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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Nag 76% connected

A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.

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Pacer 76% connected

One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that paces.

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Plug 76% connected

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

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Pony 76% connected

A small horse.

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Poster 76% connected

A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.

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Protohippus 76% connected

A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small.

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Roan 76% connected

Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.

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Sorrel 76% connected

Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.

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Stalking-horse 76% connected

A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.

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Stepper 76% connected

One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.

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Trestle 76% connected

A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or hors…

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Cater 76% connected

A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

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Chessman 76% connected

A piece used in the game of chess.

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Equine 76% connected

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.

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Exerciser 76% connected

One who exercises.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Framework 76% connected

The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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Ply 76% connected

To bend.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Soldiery 76% connected

A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Manner of action 1

Remount 76% connected

To mount again.

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Component part 5

Encolure 70% connected

The neck of horse.

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Horseback 70% connected

The back of a horse.

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Horseflesh 70% connected

The flesh of horses.

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Poll 70% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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Withers 70% connected

The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.

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Member part 2

Foal 70% connected

The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidae); a colt; a filly.

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Trooper 70% connected

A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.

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Synonym 5

Buck 92% connected

Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

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Cavalry 92% connected

That part of military force which serves on horseback.

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Knight 92% connected

A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

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Sawbuck 92% connected

A sawhorse.

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Sawhorse 92% connected

A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.

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