Part 903

Horse"shoe` (?), n. 1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.

2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe.

3. (Zoˆl.) The Limulus or horsehoe crab.

Horsehoe head (Med.), an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. Dunglison. -- Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe. -- Horsehoe nail. See Horsenail. -- Horsehoe nose (Zoˆl.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.

Horse"shoe`ing (?), n. The act or employment of shoeing horses.

Horse"sho`er (?), n. One who shoes horses.

Horse"tail` (?), n. 1. (Bot.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum.

2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank.

Commanders are distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.

Shrubby horsetail. (Bot.) See Joint-fir.

Horse"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed.

Horse"whip` (?), n. A whip for horses.

Horse"whip`, v. t. To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.

Horse"wom`an (?), n.; pl. Horsewomen (&?;). A woman who rides on horseback.

Horse"wood` (?), n. (Bot.) A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms.

Horse"worm` (?), n. The larva of a botfly.

Hors"i*ness (?), n. 1. The condition or quality of being a horse; that which pertains to a horse. Tennyson.

2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses.

Hors"ly (?), a. Horselike. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hors"y (?), a. Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions. [Colloq.]

Hor*ta"tion (?), n. [L. hortatio, fr. hortari to incite, exhort, fr. hori to urge.] The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation. [R.]

Hor"ta*tive (?), a. [L. hortativus.] Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. Bullokar.

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Hor"ta*tive (?), n. An exhortation. [Obs.]

Hor"ta*to*ry (?), a. [L. hortatorius.] Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland.

Hor*ten"sial (?), a. [L. hortensius, hortensis, fr. hortus garden; akin to E. yard an inclosure.] Fit for a garden. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Hor"ti*cul`tor (?), n. [NL., fr. L. hortus garden + cultor a cultivator, colere to cultivate.] One who cultivates a garden.

Hor`ti*cul"tur*al (?), a. [Cf. F. horticultural.] Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.