Horse vs. Pig

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.

Horsenoun

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.

Horsenoun

(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.

Horsenoun

(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).

Horsenoun

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.

Horsenoun

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

Horsenoun

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

Horsenoun

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.

Horsenoun

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.

Pignoun

Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa.

Pignoun

(specifically) A young swine, a piglet contrasted with a hog, an adult swine.

Pignoun

(uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.

Pignoun

Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

Pignoun

A lecherous or sexist man.

Pignoun

A dirty or slovenly person.

Pignoun

A police officer.

Pignoun

(informal) A difficult problem.

Pignoun

A block of cast metal.

Pignoun

The mold in which a block of metal is cast.

Pignoun

(engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.

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(derogatory) A person who is obese to the extent of resembling a pig (the animal).

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The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.

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(uncountable) A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.

Pignoun

(Scottish) earthenware, or an earthenware shard

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An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer

Pigverb

(of swine) to give birth.

Pigverb

(intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).

Pigverb

(intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

Pigverb

To clean (a pipeline) using a pig the device.

Pignoun

A piggin.

Pignoun

The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.

Pignoun

Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.

Pignoun

An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.

Pignoun

One who is hoggish; a greedy person.

Pigverb

To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.

Pigverb

To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

Pignoun

domestic swine

Pignoun

a coarse obnoxious person

Pignoun

a person regarded as greedy and pig-like

Pignoun

uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Pignoun

mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast

Pignoun

a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace

Pigverb

live like a pig, in squalor

Pigverb

eat greedily;

Pigverb

give birth;

Pignoun

an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat.

Pignoun

a wild animal of the pig family; a hog.

Pignoun

a young pig; a piglet.

Pignoun

the flesh of a pig as food.

Pignoun

a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person

Pignoun

a police officer

Pignoun

an oblong mass of iron or lead from a smelting furnace.

Pignoun

a device which fits snugly inside an oil or gas pipeline and is sent through it to clean or test the inside, or to act as a barrier.

Pigverb

gorge oneself with food

Pigverb

crowd together with other people in disorderly or dirty conditions

Pigverb

(of a sow) give birth to piglets; farrow.

Pigverb

operate a pig within an oil or gas pipeline

Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae. Pigs include domestic pigs and their ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), along with other species.