horse
/hษษนs/IPA: /HH AO1 R S/
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Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
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Equipment with legs.
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Type of equipment.
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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.
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The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
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An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
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(among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
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(among students) horseplay; tomfoolery
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To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
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To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
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To get on horseback.
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To sit astride of; to bestride.
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(of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
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To take or carry on the back.
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To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; (hence) to flog.
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To urge at work tyrannically.
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To charge for work before it is finished.
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