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1. horslī adj.

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Possessing the qualities proper to a horse, like a living horse, horse-like. …

2. hors-shọ̄ n.

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(a) A horseshoe; also, a horseshoe given as a token payment; hors-sho nail; (b) in surnames and place names. …

3. hors-lẹ̄che n.

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(a) A horse doctor; (b) a bloodsucker, leech. …

4. hors-họ̄ve n.

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(a) Colts-foot (Tussilago farfara); (b) ?the yellow water lily (Nuphar luteum); -- also called water coltes-fot [cp. coltes-fot]; (c) ?purslane (Portulaca oleracea). …

5. hors-man n.

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(a) A soldier who fights on horseback, a mounted warrior; hors-men sheteres, mounted archers; (b) one who travels on horseback, a rider; (c) a representation or figure of a man on horseback; (d) a……

6. hors-hēr n.

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(a) The hair of horses; (b) a horse hair; esp. one from the tail or mane; (c) horse hair used for making cord, rope, haircloth, etc. …

7. hors-shọ̄ing ger.

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Providing with horseshoes, horseshoeing. …

8. hors-cōmb n.

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(a) A comb for currying horses; (b) an iron scraper or other implement; ?also, an ornament [quot.: 1457]. …

9. hors-bak n.

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In phrases: (a) at hors-bak, on hors-bak, upon hors-bak, upon the back of a horse; on horseback, mounted; on hors-bak and (or) on fot, mounted or afoot; werre on hors-bak, cavalry warfare; (b) to……

10. hors-tail n.

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(a) The tail of a horse; drauen at (behind) hors-tail, to drag (sb.) at a horse's tail as a punishment; (b) the penis of a horse; (c) a plant of the genus Equisetum, horsetail. …

11. horsen adj.

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Equine. …

12. hobi-hors n.

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The hobbyhorse, a stock figure in Morris dances, created by means of an exaggeratedly equine costume. …

13. pō̆rt-hors n.

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(a) A portable breviary, portiforium; (b) the name given in Norwich to a certain royal charter, probably because of its use to assert the city's privileges outside the city; (c) as surname. …

14. hors-cod n.

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The seed pods of some flowering plant, probably a plant in the iris family. …

15. rushe-wāle n.

Additional spellings: rushewale
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Walrus hide. …

16. hors-elne n.

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Elecampane, horseheal (Inula helenium). …

17. cros n.

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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen……

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