What is "horse"

Footrope \Foot"rope`\, n. (Aut.)

1. The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.

2. That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.

Old English hors, from Proto-Germanic *hursa- (cognates: Old Norse hross, Old Frisian hors, Middle Dutch ors, Dutch ros, Old High German hros, German Roß "horse"), of unknown origin, connected by some with PIE root *kurs-, source of Latin currere "to run" (see current (adj.)).\n

\nThe usual Indo-European word is represented by Old English eoh, from PIE *ekwo- "horse" (see equine). In many other languages, as in English, this root has been lost in favor of synonyms, probably via superstitious taboo on uttering the name of an animal so important in Indo-European religion.\n

\nUsed since at least late 14c. of various devices or appliances which suggest a horse (as in sawhorse). To ride a horse that was foaled of an acorn (1670s) was through early 19c. a way to say "be hanged from the gallows." Slang for heroin is first attested 1950. Horse latitudes first attested 1777, the name of unknown origin, despite much speculation. Dead horse as a figure for "something that has ceased to be useful" is attested from 1630s.\n\nHORSEGODMOTHER, a large masculine wench; one whom it is difficult to rank among the purest and gentlest portion of the community.

[John Trotter Brockett, "A Glossary of North Country Words," 1829]

[Heywood, 1546]

Old English horsian "to provide with a horse or horses," from horse (n.). Related: Horsed; horsing. Sense of "to play excessive jokes on" is by 1893, mostly in formation horse around (1928), perhaps from horseplay.\n\n[A] favorite pastime for many men is to "horse" or guy a friend who has shown himself susceptible to ridicule or fun making. "Horsing" is extremely wholesome mental discipline for over sensitive or super-conceited young men. "Horsing" always implies a joke at another's expense. As to how it came into use there is no satisfactory theory to offer.

["Yale Literary Magazine," December 1893]

Etymology 1 n. 1 (lb en heading) ''Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus. 2 # A hoofed mammal, of the genus Equus, often used throughout history for ride and draft work. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".) 2 (context transitive English) To provide with a horse. 3 (context obsolete English) To get on horseback. 4 To sit astride of; to bestride. 5 (context of a male horse English) To copulate with (a mare). 6 To take or carry on the back. 7 To place on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment. Etymology 2

n. (context uncountable slang dated English) heroin.

1. n. solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times [syn: Equus caballus]

2. a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs

3. troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack" [syn: cavalry, horse cavalry]

4. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: sawhorse, sawbuck, buck]

5. a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) [syn: knight]

v. provide with a horse or horses

H.O.R.S.E. is a form of poker commonly played at the high-stakes tables of casinos. It consists of rounds of play cycling among:

• Texas Hold 'em,
• Omaha hi-low split-eight or better,
• Razz,
• Seven card Stud, and
• Seven card stud hi-low split-Eight or better.

The Horse (馬 午) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. There is a long tradition of the horse in Chinese mythology. Certain characteristics of the Horse nature are supposed to be typical of or to be associated with either a year of the Horse and its events, or in regard to the personality of someone born in such a year. Horse aspects can also enter by other chronomantic factors or measures, such as hourly.

A horse is a hoofed mammal of the species Equus ferus caballus.

Horse or Horses may also refer to:

is a 1941 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kajiro Yamamoto and starring Hideko Takamine, whom Yamamoto had directed in his film Composition Class (Tsuzurikata Kyōshitsu) three years before. Uma was actually completed by assistant director Akira Kurosawa. It follows the story of Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, who raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles to prevent the sale.

Horse is a 1965 underground film directed by Andy Warhol, written by Ronald Tavel, and starring Edie Sedgwick, Gregory Battcock, Tosh Carillo, Ondine, Norman Glick, Daniel Cassidy Jr., and Larry Latrae (Latreille). Warhol himself makes a cameo appearance in the film.

A photo from Horse published in Parker Tyler's book Underground Film ( Grove Press, 1969; reprint DaCapo Press, 1995) shows all the male performers dressed only in jockstraps.

Horse (born Sheena Mary McDonald, 22 November 1958 in Newport on Tay, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish female singer-songwriter. She has a wide following in the UK and worldwide and has toured with Tina Turner and secured several record chart hits in Europe. She is noted mainly for her rich, sonorous voice, and The Scotsman referred to her as "one of Scotland's all-time great vocalists, also possessed of a keen songwriting intelligence".

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of her debut album The Same Sky, Horse and her band played the entire album on a concert tour of the United Kingdom in October and November 2010.

In 2011, Horse performed a duet with Heather Peace, on a song they wrote together: Beechwood avenue.

Horse toured in March 2011, playing an unplugged acoustic set with the full band. These concerts featured "exclusive previews of several new songs from the upcoming ninth album, as well as Horse standards and rare B sides".

She is also slated to appear in the soundtrack of the forthcoming UK independent film, About Her.

Horse appeared on the 2012 charity single 'It Does Get Better' created by The L Project. The single benefitted LGBT charities, and was written in response to the suicide of LGBT teenagers.

Horse and her band had a UK wide tour in 2012 and visited Australia (Perth, Sydney, Melbourne) to great reviews.

She performed a one-off show at the Barrowland, Glasgow 2 March 2013 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of God's Home Movie and the release of her ninth studio album HOME.

She will be touring later this year in the UK, Germany and Australia.

Horse is the geological technical term used for any block of rock completely separated from the surrounding rock either by mineral veins or fault planes. In mining the term refers to a block of country rock entirely encased within a mineral lode. In structural geology the term was first used to describe the thrust-bounded imbricates found within a thrust duplex. In later literature it has become a general term for any block entirely bounded by faults, whether the overall deformation type is contractional, extensional or strike-slip in nature.