Chapter Horrible to Horse power of H by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Horsefoot
(Horse"foot`) n.; pl. Horsefeet

1. (Bot.) The coltsfoot.

2. (Zoöl.) The Limulus or horseshoe crab.

Horse Guards
(Horse" Guards`) (Mil.) 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.

Horsehair
(Horse"hair`) n. 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.

Horsehead
(Horse"head`) n. (Zoöl.) The silver moonfish

Horsehide
(Horse"hide`) n.

1. The hide of a horse.

2. Leather made of the hide of a horse.

Horse-jockey
(Horse"-jock`ey) n.

1. A professional rider and trainer of race horses.

2. A trainer and dealer in horses.

Horseknop
(Horse"knop`) n. (Bot.) Knapweed.

Horselaugh
(Horse"laugh`) n. A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw. Pope.

Horse-leech
(Horse"-leech`) n.

1. (Zoöl.) A large blood-sucking leech of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.

2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

Horse-leechery
(Horse"-leech`er*y) n. The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.

Horse-litter
(Horse"-lit`ter) n. A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses. Milton.

Horseman
(Horse"man) n.; pl. Horsemen

1. A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.

2. (Mil.) A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. (b) A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus).