Horse vs. Giraffe

Horsenoun

Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.

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A hoofed mammal, of the genus Equus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

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(zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass.

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Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).

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The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse.

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(slang) A large person.

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(historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

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Equipment with legs.

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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 .

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A frame with legs, used to support something.

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(nautical) Type of equipment.

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A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.

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A breastband for a leadsman.

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An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.

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A jackstay.

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(mining) 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.

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(slang) The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.

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(US) 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 H-O-R-S-E).

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A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.

Horsenoun

horseplay; tomfoolery

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Heroin drug.

Horseverb

(intransitive) To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)

Horseverb

(transitive) To provide with a horse.

Horseverb

(obsolete) To get on horseback.

Horseverb

To sit astride of; to bestride.

Horseverb

(of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).

Horseverb

To take or carry on the back.

Horseverb

To place on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.

Horsenoun

A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (Equus caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.

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The male of the genus Equus, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

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Mounted soldiery; cavalry; - used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; - distinguished from foot.

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A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.

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A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

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Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.

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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.

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See Footrope, a.

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A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; - called also trot, pony, Dobbin.

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heroin.

Horsenoun

horsepower.

Horseverb

To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.

Horseverb

To sit astride of; to bestride.

Horseverb

To mate with (a mare); - said of the male.

Horseverb

To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer.

Horseverb

To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.

Horseverb

To get on horseback.

Horsenoun

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

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a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs

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troops trained to fight on horseback;

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a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

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a chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

Horseverb

provide with a horse or horses

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a large plant-eating domesticated mammal with solid hoofs and a flowing mane and tail, used for riding, racing, and to carry and pull loads.

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an adult male horse; a stallion or gelding.

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a wild mammal of the horse family.

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cavalry

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a frame or structure on which something is mounted or supported, especially a sawhorse.

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a horizontal bar, rail, or rope in the rigging of a sailing ship.

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short for vaulting horse

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a unit of horsepower

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heroin.

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an obstruction in a vein.

Horseverb

provide (a person or vehicle) with a horse or horses

Horse

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated one-toed hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus.

Giraffenoun

A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns, so-called; strictly speaking the horn-like projections are ossicones.

Giraffenoun

A giraffe unicycle.

Giraffenoun

(Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.

Giraffenoun

An African ruminant (Giraffa camelopardalis formerly Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family (Giraffidae) by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of quadriped animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs. There are three types, having different patterns of spots on the pelt and different territories: the Reticulated Giraffe, the Masai Giraffe, and the Uganda Giraffe. Intermediate crosses are also observed.

Giraffenoun

tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa

Giraffenoun

a large African mammal with a very long neck and forelegs, having a coat patterned with brown patches separated by lighter lines. It is the tallest living animal.

Giraffe

The giraffe (Giraffa) is an African artiodactyl mammal, the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. It is traditionally considered to be one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies.