An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock.
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Hoar.
A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc.
The line which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.
Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.
The state or quality of being horizontal.
In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.
A chain of small cells in certain alg/, by which the plant is propagated.
of, pertaining to, or affected by, hormones.
A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance from the producing cells; thus, pituitary hormones produced in the brain may have effects on cells in distant parts of the body..
To furnish with horns; to give the shape of a horn to.
Quite mad; -- raving crazy.
A fish. See Hornfish.
A tree of the genus Carpinus (Carpinus Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is Carpinus Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech.
Any bird of the family Bucerotid/, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals.
The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species.
Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende.
One who, or that which, blows a horn.
The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer.
A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as Lucanus capreolus, and Lucanus dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees.
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn.
The condition of being horned.
The European sand eel.
A genus of Devonian fossil plants considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants; it is similar to genus Rhynia but smaller.
One who works or deal in horn or horns.
A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (Vespa maculata) is larger and has similar habits.
The garfish or sea needle.
Having hoofs; hoofed.
To horn; to cuckold.
Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent.
Somewhat like horn; hard.
A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit.
Having no horn.
A yearling; a bird of the year.
See Horned Owl.
The garfish.
An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn. A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing.
See Horned pout, under Horned.
A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.
A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
Any one of family (Urocerid/) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larv/ bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.
An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
An aquatic plant (Ceratophyllum), with finely divided leaves.
A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
Having horns or hornlike projections.
Having the hands horny and callous from labor.
Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. Hybopsis biguttatus.
An account of the hours.
A servant who called out the hours.
A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.
Relating to a horologe, or to horology.
A maker of clocks, watches, or dials.
Of or pertaining to horologiography.
An account of instruments that show the hour.
One versed in horology.
The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc.
An instrument for measuring time.
Belonging to horometry.
The art, practice, or method of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions.
The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged.
Of or pertaining to the horopter.
The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment. The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune.
One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events.
Fearful; frightful.
Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling.
Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.
The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness.
In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly.
Rough; rugged; bristling.
In a horrid manner.
The quality of being horrid.
Causing horror; frightful.
That which causes horror.
To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.
A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
Horrisonous.
Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.
Struck with horror; horrified.
Horror-stricken; horrified.
To get on horseback.
The latitudes from 30/ to 35 / north or south of the equator. They are subtropical latitudes having atmospheric high-pressure belts that encircle the Earth, where winds are light and weather is usually clear, hot and dry. According to legend, ships traveling to the New World often stagnated in this region and had to throw dead horses overboard to conserve water for the crew, or eat them to survive, hence the name horse latitudes. A horse latitude is created because warm, wet air near the equator rises, cools, and drops its moisture in heavy rains (creating tropical rainforest areas near the equator). By the time the air reaches the high altitudes, it is cold and dry and can not rise further, so it spreads out and moves toward the poles and near the 30/ north and 30/ south, it begins to sink toward the earth's surface., preventing moisture from reaching the area from elsewhere. The regions mark the normal locations of the global subtropical high pressure systems such as the Bermuda High, moving a few degrees north or south of their position as the sun moves in the sky with the seasons. Many of the worlds deserts are found at these latitudes.
a competitive exhibition of horses.
A dose of physic for a horse.
A professional rider and trainer of race horses.
A large blood-sucking leech (H/mopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.
The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.
A plant of the genus Nasturtium (Nasturtium Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine.
to negotiate with much give and take.
negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining.
a trail for horses.
The back of a horse.
The seed of the broad-bean plant.
a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses.
a very prickly woody vine (Smilax rotundifolia) of eastern U. S. growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
A heavycart drawn by a horse, used for farm work.
The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Aesculus Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. The seed is not considered edible by humans.
a cloth for the trapping of a horse.
The moonfish (Selene setipinnis). The sauger.
The flesh of horses.
Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.
The coltsfoot.
A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a black shiny fabric made of such hairs, used commonly in the 1800's as a covering for stuffed furniture such as chairs and couches.
The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).
The hide of a horse.
Knapweed.
A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw.
Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck. It was used primarily in the term /horseless carriage/, to refer to automobiles. By the 1930's when automobiles had become more common than horses for transportation, the term had lost its currency.
A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.
The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.
The flesh of horses used as food.
A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata). In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).
A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.
Rude, boisterous play.
A pond for watering horses.
A rake drawn by a horse.
A ludicrously false statement.
A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
The act or employment of shoeing horses.
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