(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.
(n.) The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.
(n.) Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.
(n.) A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
(n.) A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
(n.) Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.
(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.
(n.) See Footrope, a.
(a.) A breastband for a leadsman.
(a.) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
(a.) A jackstay.
(v. t.) To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.
(v. t.) To sit astride of; to bestride.
(v. t.) To cover, as a mare; -- said of the male.
(v. t.) To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer.
(v. t.) To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
(v. i.) To get on horseback.
Example Sentences:
(1) Such was the mystique surrounding Rumsfeld's standing that an aide sought to clarify that he didn't stand all the time, like a horse.
(2) Hyperimmunization with the tick encephalitis and Western horse encephalomyelitis viruses reproduced in the brain of albino mice, intensified the protein synthesis in the splenic tissue during the productive phase of the immunogenesis (the 7th day).
(3) Electron self-exchange has been measured by an NMR technique for horse-heart myoglobin.
(4) By adjustment to the swaying movements of the horse, the child feels how to retain straightening alignment, symmetry and balance.
(5) Biosyntheses of TXA2 and PGI2 were carried out using arachidonic acid as a substrate and horse platelet and aorta microsomes as sources of TXA2 and PGI2 synthetases respectively.
(6) The Sports Network broadcasts live NHL, Nascar, golf and horse racing – having also recently purchased the rights for Formula One – and will show 154 of the 196 games that NBC will cover.
(7) Just before Christmas the independent Kerslake report severely criticised Birmingham city council for its dysfunctional politics and, in particular, its handling of the so-called Trojan Horse affair, in which school governors were said to have set out to bring about an Islamic agenda into the curriculum contents and the day-to-day running of some schools.
(8) The subjects were divided into 4 ages groups, each comprising 8 horses (4 of each sex).
(9) The assay was developed using serum antibodies collected from horses convalescing from strangles.
(10) One middle carpal joint of each horse was injected 3 times with 100 mg of 6-alpha-methylprednisolone acetate, at 14-day intervals.
(11) Horses in heavy training may require more energy than they can consume on a conventional diet.
(12) These melanocytic tumors in young horses are distinct from melanomas in aged horses in their location, epithelial involvement, and age of horses affected.
(13) This finding supports the view that their sphincteroid action would be less efficient and that an additional closing mechanism of vascular origin may be required at the ileocaecal papilla of the horse.
(14) Report on the results of serological studies on the species Leptospira interrogans in cattle (19,607), swine (6,348), dogs (182) and horses (88) from the Netherlands during the period from 1969 to 1974.
(15) When rabbit and horse sera were used instead of human serum for cultivation, in both groups the share of positive cultures increased and more large forms of B. hominis cells were observed.
(16) Bacteriologic culturing of fecal samples from 28 clinically normal horses yielded only 2 salmonella isolations, S manhattan in each case.
(17) The wide variation in potency explains the variation found in absolute bioavailability, and the increase in release rate when the pellets are crushed explains the differences seen in peak plasma times, since the pellets will be chewed to varying degrees by the horse.
(18) Five horses raced successfully and lowered the lifetime race records, 1 horse was sound and trained successfully, but died of colic, and 1 horse was not lame in early training.
(19) It’s exhilarating – until you see someone throw a firework at a police horse.
(20) Western immunoblot reactivity showed that the antisera collected from these infected horses at 4 to 5 weeks PI recognized some or all of the six major E. risticii component antigens (70, 55, 51, 44, 33, and 28 kilodaltons), all of which were apparent surface components.
Spur
Definition:
(n.) A sparrow.
(n.) A tern.
(n.) An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood.
(n.) That which goads to action; an incitement.
(n.) Something that projects; a snag.
(n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
(n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
(n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
(n.) A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber.
(n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
(n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.
(n.) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
(n.) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
(n.) Ergotized rye or other grain.
(n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
(n.) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
(n.) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
(v. t.) To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
(v. t.) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive.
(v. t.) To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
(v. i.) To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit.
Example Sentences:
(1) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(2) Recognition of this deficiency in our knowledge spurred a belated explosion of research that began with an exploration of the fine structure of the mesothelium.
(3) A 57-year-old man was envenomated via two spur wounds to the right hand from each hind leg of a male platypus.
(4) But it should also be noted that this Spurs team might be the best Spurs team ever, and they've had lots of good teams (including four previous championship teams).
(5) Traction spurs with segmental hypermobility were found more commonly at the L4-5 level in patients whose spines were not fused, particularly women.
(6) She would often say to me, “Don’t go under the house.” And just as her order to not look at the sexy films had spurred me on to do so, I would indeed look under the house.
(7) The uveal protrusion was replaced and a deep corneoscleral block was removed in front of the scleral spur in three cases, and electrocoagulation of the anterior edges of the trabeculectomy fistula was done in other three cases.
(8) Minutes later, Bolton demanded a penalty when Gary Cahill collapsed in the Spurs box after a tackle by Pienaar.
(9) Boris Johnson , the London mayor, got into hot water last week when he praised the value of greed as a spur to progress and controversially suggested some people struggle to get on in life because of their low IQs.
(10) A similar rally in 2007 is widely credited with spurring on Malaysia's opposition movement, which won a landslide victory in the 2008 elections.
(11) As the political pendulum has swung over the decades, these competing archetypes have spurred endless innovations from inflation-linked bonds to free TV licences.
(12) He explains: "Spurs spend a lot of money but only sign players who are 20 or 22 because they're thinking of future sales.
(13) "It was a great debut for Christian," said the Spurs manager.
(14) The council took CPO proceedings after the firm would not agree a price to sell up to Spurs; a judgment is expected next month.
(15) 1.44am BST Heat 19-30 Spurs, 11:00 remaining in 2nd quarter Splitter assists Ginobili who hits a jumper, this Spurs run continues.
(16) The pope, whose foray into diplomacy helped spur negotiations between the US and Cuba , is expected to address the topic in a speech before the UN in New York in September.
(17) Rapid population growth, exacerbating a chronic lack of jobs and economic opportunity, is another powerful spur.
(18) A belated acknowledgement of the damage inflicted by decades of stagnated earnings and inequality have meant pay levels have rightly climbed to prominence, in part spurred by Vermont senator Bernie Sanders who put fair pay at the heart of his campaign attempts to secure the Democratic nomination for president.
(19) Iran Saudi Arabia China Which Chinese Super League club signed former Spurs midfielder Paulinho in 2015?
(20) But Spurs built up a final head of steam and after Gomes punched clear Trippier’s initial cross, a second fell to Son at the near post and he back-heeled the ball past Gomes.