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2301 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HIPPOPHAGOUS.1 (Noah Webster)
HIPPOPHAGOUS, a. Feeding on horses, as the Tartars.
2302 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HIPPOPHAGY.1 (Noah Webster)
HIPPOPHAGY, n. [Gr. a horse, and to eat.] The act or practice of feeding on horses.
2303 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HIPPOPOTAMY.1 (Noah Webster)
… . a horse, and a river.] The river-horse, an animal that inhabits the Nile and other rivers in Africa. This animal resembles a hog rather than a horse, and was named …
2304 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HIRE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To procure from another person and for temporary use, at a certain price, or for a stipulated or reasonable equivalent; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire a horse for a day; to hire money at legal interest.
2305 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HIT.37 (Noah Webster)
3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses. [Not used in the U. States.]
2306 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HITCH.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To fasten by hitching; as, to hitch a horse by a bridle, or to hitch him to a post.
2307 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOBBY.3 (Noah Webster)
1. A strong active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; a nag; a pacing horse; a garran.
2308 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOBBY.4 (Noah Webster)
2. A stick, or figure of a horse, on which boys ride.
2309 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOBBYHORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
HOBBYHORSE, n. [tautological.] A hobby; a wooden horse on which boys ride.
2310 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOBNAIL.1 (Noah Webster)
HOBNAIL, n. A nail with a thick strong head, for shoeing horses.
2311 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOBNOB.2 (Noah Webster)
… let horses and coaches, and obliged every customer to take in his turn that horse which stood next the stable door.
2312 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOLD.2 (Noah Webster)
… a horse by means of a bridle. An anchor holds a ship in her station.
2313 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOOF.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The horny substance that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, sheep, goats, deer, etc.
2314 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOOF-BOUND.1 (Noah Webster)
HOOF-BOUND, a. A horse is said to be hoof-bound when he has a pain in the fore-feet, occasioned by the dryness and contraction of the horn of the quarters, which straightens the quarters of the heels, and often makes him lame.
2315 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOOFED.2 (Noah Webster)
Of all the hoofed quadrupeds, the horse is the most beautiful.
2316 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOPPLE.1 (Noah Webster)
HOPPLE, v.t. To tie the feet near together to prevent leaping; as, to hopple an unruly horse.
2317 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
HORSE, n. hors.
2318 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HORSE.2 (Noah Webster)
… . The horse is a beautiful animal, and of great use for draught or conveyance on his back. Horse, in English, is of common gender, and may comprehend the male and …
2319 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HORSE.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Cavalry; a body of troops serving on horseback. In this sense, it has no plural termination. We say, a thousand horse, a regiment of horse.
2320 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HORSE.8 (Noah Webster)
To take horse to set out to ride on horseback.