[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

horse \horse\ h^ors, n. as. hors; akin to os. hros, d. 
   ohg. ros, g. ross, icel. hross; and perh. to l. currere to
   run, e. course, current cf. walrus.
   1. zool. 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.
      1913 webster

   note: many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait,
         speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have
         been derived from the same original species. it is
         supposed to have been a native of the plains of central
         asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is
         not certainly known. the feral horses of america are
         domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably
         true that most of those of asia have a similar origin.
         some of the true wild asiatic horses do, however,
         approach the domestic horse in several characteristics.
         several species of fossil equus are known from the
         later tertiary formations of europe and america. the
         fossil species of other genera of the family
         equidae are also often called horses, in general
         sense.
         1913 webster

   2. the male of the genus equus, in distinction from the
      female or male; usually, a castrated male.
      1913 webster

   3. mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural
      termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished
      from foot.
      1913 webster

            the armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five
            thousand horse and foot.              --bacon.
      1913 webster

   4. a frame with legs, used to support something; as, a
      clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.
      1913 webster

   5. a frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers
      were made to ride for punishment.
      1913 webster

   6. anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a
      horse; a hobby.
      1913 webster

   7. 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.
      1913 webster

   8. naut.
      a see footrope, a.
      b a breastband for a leadsman.
      c an iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.
      d a jackstay. --w. c. russell. --totten.
          1913 webster

   9. student slang
      a a translation or other illegitimate aid in study or
          examination; -- called also trot, pony, dobbin.
      b horseplay; tomfoolery.
          webster 1913 suppl.

   10. heroin. slang
       pjc

   11. horsepower. colloq. contraction
       pjc

   note: horse is much used adjectively and in composition to
         signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses,
         like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or
         horse?dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often
         in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as,
         horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay,
         horse ant, etc.
         1913 webster

   black horse, blood horse, etc. see under black, etc.

   horse aloes, caballine aloes.

   horse ant zool., a large ant formica rufa; -- called
      also horse emmet.

   horse artillery, that portion of the artillery in which the
      cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the
      cavalry; flying artillery.

   horse balm bot., a strong-scented labiate plant
      collinsonia canadensis, having large leaves and
      yellowish flowers.

   horse bean bot., a variety of the english or windsor bean
      faba vulgaris, grown for feeding horses.

   horse boat, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a
      boat propelled by horses.

   horse bot. zool. see botfly, and bots.

   horse box, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses,
      as hunters. eng.

   horse breaker or horse trainer, one employed in subduing
      or training horses for use.

   horse car.
       a a railroad car drawn by horses. see under car.
       b a car fitted for transporting horses.

   horse cassia bot., a leguminous plant cassia
      javanica, bearing long pods, which contain a black,
      catharic pulp, much used in the east indies as a horse
      medicine.

   horse cloth, a cloth to cover a horse.

   horse conch zool., a large, spiral, marine shell of the
      genus triton. see triton.

   horse courser.
       a one that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing.
           --johnson.
       b a dealer in horses. obs. --wiseman.

   horse crab zool., the limulus; -- called also
      horsefoot, horsehoe crab, and king crab.

   horse crevall'e zool., the cavally.

   horse emmet zool., the horse ant.

   horse finch zool., the chaffinch. prov. eng.

   horse gentian bot., fever root.

   horse iron naut., a large calking iron.

   horse latitudes, a space in the north atlantic famous for
      calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds
      of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --ham. nav.
      encyc.

   horse mackrel. zool.
       a the common tunny orcynus thunnus, found on the
           atlantic coast of europe and america, and in the
           mediterranean.
       b the bluefish pomatomus saltatrix.
       c the scad.
       d the name is locally applied to various other fishes,
           as the california hake, the black candlefish, the
           jurel, the bluefish, etc.

   horse marine naut., an awkward, lubbery person; one of a
      mythical body of marine cavalry. slang

   horse mussel zool., a large, marine mussel modiola
      modiolus, found on the northern shores of europe and
      america.

   horse nettle bot., a coarse, prickly, american herb, the
      solanum carolinense.

   horse parsley. bot. see alexanders.

   horse purslain bot., a coarse fleshy weed of tropical
      america trianthema monogymnum.

   horse race, a race by horses; a match of horses in running
      or trotting.

   horse racing, the practice of racing with horses.

   horse railroad, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by
      horses; -- in england, and sometimes in the united states,
      called a tramway.

   horse run civil engin., a device for drawing loaded
      wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.

   horse sense, strong common sense. colloq. u.s.

   horse soldier, a cavalryman.

   horse sponge zool., a large, coarse, commercial sponge
      spongia equina.

   horse stinger zool., a large dragon fly. prov. eng.

   horse sugar bot., a shrub of the southern part of the
      united states symplocos tinctoria, whose leaves are
      sweet, and good for fodder.

   horse tick zool., a winged, dipterous insect hippobosca
      equina, which troubles horses by biting them, and
      sucking their blood; -- called also horsefly, horse
      louse, and forest fly.

   horse vetch bot., a plant of the genus hippocrepis
      hippocrepis comosa, cultivated for the beauty of its
      flowers; -- called also horsehoe vetch, from the
      peculiar shape of its pods.

   iron horse, a locomotive. colloq.

   salt horse, the sailor's name for salt beef.

   to look a gift horse in the mouth, to examine the mouth of
      a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to
      ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a
      critical and thankless spirit. --lowell.

   to take horse.
       a to set out on horseback. --macaulay.
       b to be covered, as a mare.
       c see definition 7 above.
           1913 webster
see also:
walrus equus equus caballus equidae foot footrope 
trot pony dobbin heroin horsepower 
black horse blood horse black horse aloes horse ant 
formica rufa horse emmet horse artillery horse balm collinsonia canadensis 
horse bean faba vulgaris horse boat horse bot botfly 
bots horse box horse breaker horse trainer horse car 
car horse cassia cassia javanica horse cloth horse conch 
triton horse courser horse crab horsefoot horsehoe crab 
king crab horse crevall'e horse emmet horse finch horse gentian 
horse iron horse latitudes horse mackrel orcynus thunnus pomatomus saltatrix 
horse marine horse mussel modiola modiolus horse nettle solanum carolinense 
horse parsley alexanders horse purslain trianthema monogymnum horse race 
horse racing horse railroad tramway horse run horse sense 
horse soldier horse sponge spongia equina horse stinger horse sugar 
symplocos tinctoria horse tick hippobosca equina horsefly horse louse 
forest fly horse vetch hippocrepis hippocrepis comosa horsehoe vetch 
iron horse salt horse to look a gift horse in the mouth to take horse 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sucker \suck"er\ su^k"~er, n.
   1. one who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by
      which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere
      to other bodies.
      1913 webster

   2. a suckling; a sucking animal. --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   3. the embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a
      pump basket. --boyle.
      1913 webster

   4. a pipe through which anything is drawn.
      1913 webster

   5. a small piece of leather, usually round, having a string
      attached to the center, which, when saturated with water
      and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth
      surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure,
      with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be
      thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a
      plaything.
      1913 webster

   6. bot. a shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of
      a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment
      from the body of the plant.
      1913 webster

   7. zool.
      a any one of numerous species of north american
          fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family
          catostomidae; so called because the lips are
          protrusile. the flesh is coarse, and they are of
          little value as food. the most common species of the
          eastern united states are the northern sucker
          catostomus commersoni, the white sucker
          catostomus teres, the hog sucker catostomus
          nigricans, and the chub, or sweet sucker erimyzon
          sucetta. some of the large western species are
          called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and
          suckerel.
      b the remora.
      c the lumpfish.
      d the hagfish, or myxine.
      e a california food fish menticirrus undulatus
          closely allied to the kingfish
      a; -- called also bagre.
          1913 webster

   8. a parasite; a sponger. see def. 6, above.
      1913 webster

            they who constantly converse with men far above
            their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if
            thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker,
            no branch.                            --fuller.
      1913 webster

   9. a hard drinker; a soaker. slang
      1913 webster

   10. a greenhorn; someone easily cheated, gulled, or deceived.
       slang, u.s.
       1913 webster

   11. a nickname applied to a native of illinois. u. s.
       1913 webster

   12. a person strongly attracted to something; -- usually used
       with for; as, he's a sucker for tall blondes.
       pjc

   11. any thing or person; -- usually implying annoyance or
       dislike; as, i went to change the blade and cut my finger
       on the sucker. slang
       pjc

   carp sucker, cherry sucker, etc. see under carp,
      cherry, etc.

   sucker fish. see sucking fish, under sucking.

   sucker rod, a pump rod. see under pump.

   sucker tube zool., one of the external ambulacral tubes
      of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and
      used for locomotion. called also sucker foot. see
      spatangoid.
      1913 webster
see also:
catostomidae catostomus commersoni catostomus teres catostomus nigricans erimyzon sucetta buffalo fish 
red horse black horse suckerel menticirrus undulatus bagre 
carp sucker cherry sucker carp cherry sucker fish 
sucking fish sucking sucker rod pump sucker tube 
sucker foot spatangoid 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

black \black\ bla^k, a. oe. blak, as. blaec; akin to
   icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, sw. blaumck ink, dan. blaek,
   ohg. blach, lg.  d. blaken to burn with a black smoke. not
   akin to as. bl=ac, e. bleak pallid. root98.
   1. destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
      color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
      color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
      color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
      1913 webster

            o night, with hue so black           --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. in a less literal sense: enveloped or shrouded in
      darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
      heavens black with clouds.
      1913 webster

            i spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. fig.: dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
      destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
      cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "this day's black
      fate." "black villainy." "arise, black vengeance." "black
      day." "black despair." --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
      foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
      1913 webster

   note: black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
         as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
         black-visaged.
         1913 webster

   black act, the english statute 9 george i, which makes it a
      felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
      hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
      disguised. subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
      malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
      called black acts.

   black angel zool., a fish of the west indies and florida
      holacanthus tricolor, with the head and tail yellow,
      and the middle of the body black.

   black antimony chem., the black sulphide of antimony,
      sb2s3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.

   black bear zool., the common american bear ursus
      americanus.

   black beast. see b^ete noire.

   black beetle zool., the common large cockroach blatta
      orientalis.

   black bonnet zool., the black-headed bunting embriza
      schoeniclus of europe.

   black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
      produced by a species of caterpillar.

   black cat zool., the fisher, a quadruped of north america
      allied to the sable, but larger. see fisher.

   black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
      distinction from dairy cattle. eng.

   black cherry. see under cherry.

   black cockatoo zool., the palm cockatoo. see cockatoo.
      

   black copper. same as melaconite.

   black currant. bot. see currant.

   black diamond. min. see carbonado.

   black draught med., a cathartic medicine, composed of
      senna and magnesia.

   black drop med., vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
      consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
      

   black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --woodward.

   black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
      skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.

   black flea zool., a flea beetle haltica nemorum
      injurious to turnips.

   black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
      obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
      niter. --brande  c.

   black forest a translation of g. schwarzwald, a forest in
      baden and w"urtemburg, in germany; a part of the ancient
      hercynian forest.

   black game, or black grouse. zool. see blackcock,
      grouse, and heath grouse.

   black grass bot., a grasslike rush of the species juncus
      gerardi, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.

   black gum bot., an american tree, the tupelo or
      pepperidge. see tupelo.

   black hamburg grape bot., a sweet and juicy variety of
      dark purple or "black" grape.

   black horse zool., a fish of the mississippi valley
      cycleptus elongatus, of the sucker family; the
      missouri sucker.

   black lemur zool., the lemurniger of madagascar; the
      acoumbo of the natives.

   black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
      thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
      of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
      for the protection of tradesmen or employers. see
      blacklist, v. t.

   black manganese chem., the black oxide of manganese,
      mno2.

   black maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
      to or from jail.

   black martin zool., the chimney swift. see swift.

   black moss bot., the common so-called long moss of the
      southern united states. see tillandsia.

   black oak. see under oak.

   black ocher. see wad.

   black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
      or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
      printers' ink. it is obtained by burning common coal tar.
      

   black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --knight.

   black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
      shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.

   black rat zool., one of the species of rats mus
      rattus, commonly infesting houses.

   black rent. see blackmail, n., 3.

   black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
      matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.

   black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
      rest, and makes trouble.

   black silver. min. see under silver.

   black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
      reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
      dogs.

   black tea. see under tea.

   black tin mining, tin ore cassiterite, when dressed,
      stamped and washed, ready for smelting. it is in the form
      of a black powder, like fine sand. --knight.

   black walnut. see under walnut.

   black warrior zool., an american hawk buteo harlani.
      1913 webster

   syn: dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
        cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
        1913 webster
see also:
white black act black angel holacanthus tricolor black antimony sb2s3 
black bear ursus americanus black beast b^ete noire black beetle 
blatta orientalis black bonnet embriza schoeniclus black canker black cat 
fisher black cattle black cherry cherry black cockatoo 
cockatoo black copper melaconite black currant currant 
black diamond carbonado black draught black drop black earth 
black flag black flea haltica nemorum black flux black forest 
black game black grouse blackcock grouse heath grouse 
black grass juncus gerardi black gum tupelo black hamburg grape 
black horse cycleptus elongatus black lemur lemurniger acoumbo 
black list blacklist black manganese mno2 black maria 
black martin swift black moss tillandsia black oak 
oak black ocher wad black pigment black plate 
black quarter black rat mus rattus black rent blackmail 
black rust black sheep black silver silver black and tan 
black tea tea black tin black walnut walnut 
black warrior buteo harlani 

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