<B>horseflesh, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>horses for riding, driving, or racing. <DD><B> 2. </B>meat from horses. </DL>
<A NAME="horsefly">
<B>horsefly, </B>noun, pl. <B>-flies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of large flies with two wings, the females of which bite animals, especially horses; gadfly. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of certain other flies which are troublesome to horses. </DL>
<A NAME="horsefoot">
<B>horsefoot, </B>noun, pl. <B>-foots.</B> <B>=horseshoe crab.</B></DL>
<A NAME="horsegentian">
<B>horse gentian,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of perennial herbs of the honeysuckle family, especially the feverroot. </DL>
<B>horsehair, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>hair, or a hair, from the mane or tail of a horse. <BR> <I>Ex. Much of our furniture was once stuffed with horsehair.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a stiff fabric made of this hair; haircloth. <DD><B> 3. </B>a similar fabric made of rayon or other synthetic. <DD><I>adj. </I> made of or stuffed with horsehair. <BR> <I>Ex. a horsehair cushion.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="horsehairsnake">
<B>horsehair snake</B> or <B>worm,</B> <B>=hairworm.</B></DL>
<A NAME="horseheal">
<B>horseheal, </B>noun. <B>=elecampane.</B></DL>
<A NAME="horsehide">
<B>horsehide, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the hide of a horse. <DD><B> 2. </B>leather made from the hide of a horse. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) a baseball. </DL>
<A NAME="horsejockey">
<B>horsejockey, </B>noun, pl. <B>-eys.</B> <B>=jockey.</B></DL>
<A NAME="horselatitudes">
<B>horse latitudes,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> either of two regions where the winds are usually calm or very light. They extend around the earth at about 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south of the equator. The name is also used for regions of very light rainfall, about 25 degrees north and 30 degrees south of the equator. </DL>
<A NAME="horselaugh">
<B>horselaugh, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a loud, boisterous laugh. </DL>
<A NAME="horseleech">
<B>horseleech, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large European leech, supposed to attack the mouths and noses of horses as they drink. </DL>
<A NAME="horseless">
<B>horseless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without a horse. <DD><B> 2. </B>not requiring a horse; self-propelled. <BR> <I>Ex. Automobiles used to be called horseless carriages.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="horsemackerel">
<B>horse mackerel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=tuna</B> (1) (def. 1). <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of certain other fishes, such as the carangoid and bluefish. </DL>
<A NAME="horseman">
<B>horseman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who rides on horseback; a rider. <BR> <I>Ex. The horseman dismounted and asked for lodgings.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who is skilled in riding or managing horses. <BR> <I>Ex. That horseman won first prize in the jumping contest.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who takes care of horses. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) a cavalryman. </DL>
<A NAME="horsemaneoats">
<B>horsemane oats, =side oats.</B></DL>
<A NAME="horsemanship">
<B>horsemanship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art of riding on horseback; skill in riding or managing horses. <BR> <I>Ex. She is proud of her horsemanship.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="horsemarine">
<B>horse marine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a humorous reference to a member of an imaginary corps of marines mounted on horseback. <DD><B> 2. </B>a marine or sailor performing shore duty on horseback, or a cavalryman performing duty on a ship. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a person out of his natural surroundings. </DL>
<A NAME="horsemeat">
<B>horsemeat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the flesh of a horse, especially as an article of food; horseflesh. </DL>
<A NAME="horsemint">
<B>horsemint, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of mints that includes the Oswego tea and the wild bergamot; monarda. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) any one of various other aromatic plants of the mint family, especially varieties bearing white or yellow flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="horsenettle">
<B>horse nettle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a prickly North American weed of the nightshade family, bearing white flowers and yellow berries. </DL>
<A NAME="horseopera">
<B>horse opera,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a motion picture about horses and cowboys; western. <BR> <I>Ex. This editorial approach is reducing U.S. television to a bland gruel of horse opera, soap opera and Walt Disney (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="horseparlor">
<B>horse parlor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a bookmaker's establishment for making bets on horse races. </DL>
<A NAME="horsepistol">
<B>horse pistol,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of large pistol that used to be carried by horsemen. </DL>
<A NAME="horseplay">
<B>horseplay, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> rough, boisterous fun. <BR> <I>Ex. The girls of our community, which was mainly agricultural, were accustomed to all kinds of horseplay and usually gave as good as they got (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="horseplayer">
<B>horseplayer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who bets on horse races. </DL>
<A NAME="horseplaying">
<B>horseplaying, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or practice of betting on horse races. </DL>
<A NAME="horsepower">
<B>horsepower, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a unit for measuring the power of an engine or motor. One horsepower is the power to lift 550 pounds one foot in one second. It is equivalent to 746 watts. (Abbr:) h.p. <DD><B> 2. </B>the power of a horse or horses as employed in driving a machine, as an early threshing machine. </DL>
<A NAME="horsepowerhour">
<B>horsepower-hour, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a unit representing the work performed or energy consumed in working at the rate of one horsepower for one hour. </DL>
<B>horse race,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a race between horses on a race track. A harness race is a type of horse race. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any contest, especially a particularly close or strenuous one. </DL>
<A NAME="horseracing">
<B>horse racing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the sport of racing between horses. </DL>
<A NAME="horseradish">
<B>horseradish, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tall plant with white flowers and broad, rough leaves, grown for its white, hot-tasting root. Horseradish belongs to the mustard family. <DD><B> 2. </B>its root, which is ground up and used as a relish with meat, fish, salads, and other food. <DD><B> 3. </B>a relish made of this root. </DL>
<B>horse sense,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) plain, practical good sense; common sense; shrewdness. <BR> <I>Ex. Besides an evaluation of the engineers' estimates, we're going to rely more on what our horse sense tells us (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="horseshoe">
<B>horseshoe, </B>noun, verb, <B>-shoed,</B> <B>-shoeing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a metal plate shaped like a U, nailed to a horse's hoof to protect it. <DD><B> 2. </B>a horseshoe regarded as a good luck omen. <BR> <I>Ex. Happy art thou, as if every day thou hadst picked up a horseshoe (Longfellow).</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>a thing shaped like a horseshoe. <BR> <I>Ex. The river making a kind of a double horseshoe (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a piece of iron shaped like a U, weighing no more than 2 1/2 pounds, used in the game of horseshoes. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=horseshoe crab.</B> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put a horseshoe or horseshoes on. <BR><I>expr. <B>horseshoes,</B> </I>a game in which players try to throw horseshoes or similar objects around or nearest a stake 40 feet away. <BR> <I>Ex. The men are in the park playing horseshoes.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="horseshoearch">
<B>horseshoe arch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an arch that is greater than a semicircle, narrower at the springing line than above. </DL>
<A NAME="horseshoecrab">
<B>horseshoe crab,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a crablike sea animal related to the spiders and scorpions, with a shell shaped like a horseshoe and a long, spiny tail; king crab; horsefoot; horse crab. </DL>
<A NAME="horseshoemagnet">
<B>horseshoe magnet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a magnet in the shape of a horseshoe. </DL>
<A NAME="horseshoer">
<B>horseshoer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes horseshoes, or puts horseshoes on horses. (SYN) blacksmith. </DL>
<B>horse sponge,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several large, coarse sponges, some of important commercial value, found in the warm waters off Florida and the West Indies, such as the sheepswool, or the honeycomb, found in the Mediterranean Sea; grass sponge; yellow sponge; velvet sponge. </DL>
<A NAME="horsestinger">
<B>horse stinger,</B> <B>=dragonfly.</B></DL>
<A NAME="horsetail">
<B>horsetail, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the tail of a horse. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various plants with hollow, jointed stems, and scalelike leaves at each joint; equisetum; scouring rush. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=mare's-tail </B>(def. 2). <DD><B> 4. </B>a horse's tail formerly used as a Turkish military standard or to show the rank of a pasha, the higher ranks being distinguished by additional horsetails. <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=ponytail.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="horsetailtree">
<B>horsetail tree,</B> <B>=casuarina.</B></DL>
<A NAME="horsetrade">
<B>horse trade,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a selling or buying of horses. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Informal.) a political bargain; a shrewd compromise. <BR> <I>Ex. There's a lingering resentment, too, over what the British call America's attempted horse trade with the Germans (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="horsetrade">
<B>horse-trade, </B>intransitive verb, transitive verb, <B>-traded,</B> <B>-trading.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) to trade or barter shrewdly. <BR> <I>Ex. The delegates ... should now be able to get down to the real horse-trading--including the swapping and balancing of concessions on manufactures and products (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="horsetrader">
<B>horse trader,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who sells or buys horses. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who trades or barters shrewdly. </DL>
<A NAME="horseway">
<B>horseway, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a way or passage for horses. </DL>
<A NAME="horseweed">
<B>horseweed, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a North American composite plant that is a troublesome weed; Canada fleabane. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of several other weeds, such as the wild lettuce. </DL>
