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  • horse-kind
    [DJE idem "on the analogy of mankind . . .breadkind, etc."1 n., Obs? animals of the equine sort (horses, mules,
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  • horse hole
    [cf. Brit. dial. Irel. idem, a place for watering horses EDD] n. part of a dry pond which remains moist:
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  • horse grass
    [OED horse often denoting a large, strong, or coarse kind (of plant)] n. a variety of pasture grass, Panicum maximum.
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  • horse-flesh (mahogany)
    [OED idem 1851→] n. a tree, Lysiloma sabicu, with hard, reddish wood: 1788 An uncommon sort is called here, from
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  • horse-eye jack
    [W Car.; from its protruding eyes] n. a variety of jack fish, Caranx sp. (Gen.)
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  • horse conch
    n. a variety of conch (Strombus sp.). (Exuma)
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  • horse bush
    n. a tree, Peltophorum adnatum: 1910 (Northrop 157). (Black) 2. a weedy herb, Heliotropiunz parviflorzon: 1920 (Britton 363). = SORE
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  • horse-back
    [OED, to mount (a borse) obs. →1607, but connection obscure] v. to gulp down: 1471 The drinker now gulps (or
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  • horse ass
    [cf. US slang horse's ass a foolish person DAS, but cf. "He doesn't know lemon from a horse's ass" DARE]
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  • horny horse
     n. a kind of sea horse (sp?). (Exuma)
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