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7161 Etymology dictionary, p. horse-shit (n.).1
horse-shit (n.)
7162 Etymology dictionary, p. horse-shit (n.).2
also horse-shit, by 1935, from horse (n.) + shit (n.).
7163 Etymology dictionary, p. horseshoe (n.).2
also horse-shoe, late 14c. (early 13c. as a proper name), from horse (n.) + shoe (n.). Horseshoes as another name for the game of quoits is attested by 1822.
7164 Etymology dictionary, p. horseshoe (n.).3
… . The horse-shoe crab of the east coast of the U.S. so called by 1809, for its shape; earlier simply horse-shoe (1775); also horse-hoof (1690s), horse-foot (1630s), which …
7165 Etymology dictionary, p. horse-whip (n.).1
horse-whip (n.)
7166 Etymology dictionary, p. horse-whip (n.).2
also horsewhip, 1690s, from horse (n.) + whip (n.). As a verb, "to flog with a horse-whip," from 1768. Related: Horse-whipped; horse-whipping .
7167 Etymology dictionary, p. hoss (n.).2
1809, representing dialectal variant pronunciation of horse (n.). Jamieson ("Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language," 1808) notes hoss for horse as a peculiarity of the inhabitants of Moray. Also compare bass/barse, bust/burst, etc.
7168 Etymology dictionary, p. hostler (n.).2
… to horses at an inn," also, occasionally, "innkeeper," from Anglo-French hostiler, Old French ostelier, hostelier "innkeeper; steward in a monastery" (12c., Modern …
7169 Etymology dictionary, p. housing (n.2).2
… a horse," from Old French houce "mantle, horse-blanket" (Modern French housse ), from Medieval Latin hultia "protective covering," from a Germanic source, from Proto …
7170 Etymology dictionary, p. Houyhnhnm.2
… of horses endowed with reason and virtue, who rule over the brutish human Yahoos in "Gulliver's Travels," 1727, coined by Swift perhaps to suggest whinnying …
7171 Etymology dictionary, p. hue (n.2).2
… to horses). Hue and cry is late 13c. as an Anglo-French legal term meaning "outcry calling for pursuit of a felon" (the Medieval Latin version is huesium et clamor …
7172 Etymology dictionary, p. hurdle (n.).3
… (originally horse race) with hurdles as obstacles is attested by 1836. Figurative sense of "obstacle" is 1924.
7173 Etymology dictionary, p. hysteron-proteron (n.).2
… -the-horse figure of speech, in which what should come last is put first. From hysteron, neuter of hysteros "latter, second, after" (from PIE *ud-tero-, from root *ud- "up …
7174 Etymology dictionary, p. inequitable (adj.).2
… on horses, unfit for riding over" (1620s), from Latin inequabilis, from equus "a horse" (see equine ).
7175 Etymology dictionary, p. inside (n.).4
The figurative inside track "advantage" (1854) however is a metaphor from horse racing (1830); inside lanes are shorter than the outer ones on a curved track. Adverbial use in American English inside of (in reference to time) is from 1839.
7176 Etymology dictionary, p. iron (n.).7
Iron horse "railroad locomotive" is from an 1839 poem. Iron maiden, instrument of torture, is from 1837 (probably translating German eiserne jungfrau ). The unidentified …
7177 Etymology dictionary, p. jade (n.2).2
… -out horse," late 14c., apparently originally "cart horse," a word of uncertain origin. Barnhart and Century Dictionary suggests a variant of yaid, yald "whore," literally …
7178 Etymology dictionary, p. jamb (n.).2
… "leg, (horse's) hock," which is from Greek kampē "a bending," (on notion of the bending of the joint), from verbal stem *kamp- (source also of also Lithuanian kampas "corner …
7179 Etymology dictionary, p. jaunt (v.).2
… (a horse) by riding back and forth on it, ride hard," 1560s, of unknown origin, "the word being confused with other words of similar or related meanings" [Century Dictionary …
7180 Etymology dictionary, p. jennet (n.).2
… Spanish horse," mid-15c., genet, from Old French genet, ginet, from Spanish jinete "a light horseman," which is probably from Arabic Zenata, name of a Barbary tribe …