Crossword-Solution: HORSE
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| Horse | n. | 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 chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes. |
| Horse | n. | The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male. |
| Horse | n. | Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot. |
| Horse | n. | A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc. |
| Horse | n. | A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment. |
| Horse | n. | Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby. |
| Horse | n. | A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance. |
| Horse | n. | See Footrope, a. |
| Horse | a. | A breastband for a leadsman. |
| Horse | a. | An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. |
| Horse | a. | A jackstay. |
| Horse | v. t. | To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. |
| Horse | v. t. | To sit astride of; to bestride. |
| Horse | v. t. | To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male. |
| Horse | v. t. | To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer. |
| Horse | v. t. | To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment. |
| Horse | v. i. | To get on horseback. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| HORSE | anagram | HEROS, HOERS, HOSER, SHERO, SHOER, SHORE, SOREH |
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Sentences with HORSE (5)
She op’nd, but to shut Excel’d her power; the Gates wide op’n stood, That with extended wings a Bannerd Host Under spread Ensigns marching might pass through With Horse and Chariots rankt in loose array; So wide they stood, and like a Furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoak and ruddy flame.
The Horse and Groom A GROOM used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but at the same time stole his oats and sold them for his own profit.
The staid, sober, thinking and industrious ones of our number would employ themselves in making corn-brooms, mats, horse-collars, and baskets; and another class of us would spend the time in hunting opossums, hares, and coons.
The main street was a deeply rutted road, now frozen hard, which ran from the squat red railway station and the grain “elevator” at the north end of the town to the lumber yard and the horse pond at the south end.
Lingering and musing here, he heard the steps of a horse at the foot of the hill, and soon there appeared in view an auburn pony with a girl on its back, ascending by the path leading past the cattle-shed.
Quotes with HORSE (3)
Haven't you ever heard of the saying, "If you want to shoot the general, first shoot the horse!"?' --Lin If you wanna shoot the general, then you should just SHOOT THE GENERAL!' --Ed
Please, Percy... change your clothes. You smell like you've been run over by an electric horse.
True story This morning I jumped on my horse And went for a ride, And some wild outlaws chased me And shot me in the side. So I crawled into a wildcats cave To find a place to hide But some pirates found me sleeping there And soon they had me tied To a pole and built a fire Under me---I almost cried Till a mermaid came and cut me loose And begged to be my bride So I said id come back Wednesday But I must admit I lied. Then I ran into a jungle swamp But I forgot my guide And I…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 459 times in crossword archives (1950–2025).