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<cs><col>Brake horse power</col>, <cd>the net effective power of a prime mover, as a steam engine, water wheel, etc., in horse powers, as shown by a friction brake. See <cref>Friction brake</cref>, under <er>Friction</er>.</cd> -- <col>Indicated horse power</col>, <cd>the power exerted in the cylinder of an engine, stated in horse powers, estimated from the diameter and speed of the piston, and the mean effective pressure upon it as shown by an indicator. See <er>Indicator</er>.</cd> -- <col>Nominal horse power</col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>a term still sometimes used in England to express certain proportions of cylinder, but having no value as a standard of measurement.</cd></cs>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery; a horse motor.</def>

<h1>Horse-radish</h1> <Xpage=707>

<hw>Horse"-rad`ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Nasturtium</spn> (<spn>N. Armoracia</spn>), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<cs><col>Horse-radish tree</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Moringa</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Horserake</h1> <Xpage=707>

<hw>Horse"rake`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A rake drawn by a horse.</def>

<h1>Horseshoe</h1> <Xpage=707>

<hw>Horse"shoe`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter <sansserif>U</sansserif>, nailed to a horse's hoof.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything shaped like a horsehoe crab.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Limulus of horsehoe crab.</def>

<cs><col>Horsehoe head</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>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. <i>Dunglison</i>.</cd> -- <col>Horsehoe magnet</col>, <cd>an artificial magnet in the form of a horsehoe.</cd> -- <col>Horsehoe nail</col>. <cd>See <er>Horsenail</er>.</cd> -- <col>Horsehoe nose</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a bat of the genus <spn>Rhinolophus</spn>, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.</cd></cs>

<h1>Horseshoer</h1> <Xpage=707>

<hw>Horse"sho`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who shoes horses.</def>

<h1>Horseshoeing</h1> <Xpage=707>

<hw>Horse"shoe`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or employment of shoeing horses.</def>

<h1>Horsetail</h1> <Xpage=707>

<hw>Horse"tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus <spn>Equisetum</spn>, and is allied to the ferns. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Equisetum</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A Turkish standard, denoting rank.</def>

<note>&hand; Commanders are distinguished by the number of <i>horsetails</i> carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one.</note>

<cs><col>Shrubby horsetail</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Joint-fir</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Horseweed</h1> <Xpage=707>

<hw>Horse"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A composite plant (<spn>Erigeron Canadensis</spn>), which is a common weed.</def>

<h1>Horsewhip</h1> <Xpage=707>

<hw>Horse"whip`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A whip for horses.</def>

<h1>Horsewhip</h1> <Xpage=707>

<hw>Horse"whip`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.</def>