horse
suomi-englanti sanakirjahorse englannista suomeksi
hevonen
pukki
hankkia hevonen, varustaa hevosella
ratsuväki
hevonen, heppa informal, childish, kopukka derogatory, luuska derogatory, polle informal, hepo informal, humma poetic, karva-Opel slang, koni derogatory, kaakki derogatory, ravuri race horse, ratsu riding horse, ruuna gelding, ori male, tamma female
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horse englanniksi
Any of several animals related to ''ferus caballus''.
A hoofed mammal, of the genus ''Equus'', often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
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(RQ:Besant Ivory Gate), foaming and raging. (..) He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
(quote-book)
Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.
Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.
A large and sturdy person.
A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
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(non-gloss definition)
In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.
(non-gloss definition)
A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.
A breastband for a leadsman.
An iron bar for a traveller to slide upon.
A jackstay.
1887, (w), ''A Book for the Hammock''
- The old “horse” has made way for the “foot-rope", though we still retain the term “Flemish horse" for the short foot-rope at the top-sail yard-arms
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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.
The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
1962, ''Fear (1962 film)|Cape Fear'', 00:15:20
- Check that shirt. I got a couple of jolts of horse stashed under the collar
An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see (pedialite)).
The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.
A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
1989, (w) and (w), ''(w)'' (script)
- "Genghis Khan! Abe Lincoln! That’s funny until someone gets hurt."''''But Genghis Khan and Lincoln keep horsing around.
1943, (w) and (w), ''(w)''
- I told him that if I passed out before we got to a hospital I wanted him to see to it that no quack horsed around with my leg.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-2)
To get on horseback.
1888, (w), s:Cupid's Arrows|"Cupid's Arrows":
- ''He horsed himself well.''
To sit astride of; to bestride.
1608, (w), ''Tragedy of Cymbeline|The Tragedy of Cymbeline'', II. i. 203:
- Stalls, bulks, windows / Are smothered up, leads filled, and ridges horsed / With variable complexions, all agreeing / In earnestness to see him.
To take or carry on the back.
c. 1667, (w), ''Characters''
- keepers, horsing the deer
To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; (i) to flog.
1751, (w), ''The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle'', I.20:
- Notwithstanding the intercession of his governor, who begged earnestly that his punishment might be mitigated, our unfortunate hero was publickly horsed, ''in terrorem'' of all whom it might concern.
To urge at work tyrannically.
To charge for work before it is finished.
Heroin (gloss).
''Alright, mate, got any horse?''
(alt form)
a mare
to run around, chiefly drunkenly
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