Horoscopy
Ho‐ros″co‐py (?), n. 1. The art or practice of casting horoscopes, or observing the disposition of the stars, with a view to prediction events.2. Aspect of the stars at the time...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Horrendous
Hor‐ren″dous (?), a. [L. horrendus.] Fearful; frightful. I. Watts.
Horrent
Hor″rent (?), a. [L. horrens, p. pr. of horrere to bristle. See Horror.] Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling.Rough and horrent with f...
Horrible
Hor″ri‐ble (?), a. [OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible, orrible, F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See Horror.] Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dread...
Horribleness
Hor″ri‐ble‐ness, n. The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness.The horribleness of the mischief. Sir P. Sidney.
Horribly
Hor″ri‐bly, adv. In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly.
Horrid
Hor″rid (?), a. [L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure.] 1. Rough; rugged; bristling.Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. Dryden.2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; h...
Horridly
Hor″rid‐ly, adv. In a horrid manner. Shak.
Horridness
Hor″rid‐ness, n. The quality of being horrid.
Horrific
Hor‐rif″ic (?), a. [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.] Causing horror; frightful.Let... nothing ghastly or ...
Horrification
Hor′ri‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. That which causes horror. Miss Edgeworth.
Horrify
Hor″ri‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Horrified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Horrifying (?).] [L. horrificare. See Horrific.] To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, t...
Horripilation
Hor‐rip′i‐la″tion (?), n. [L. horripilatio, fr. horripilare to bristle; horrere to bristle + pilus the hair: cf. F. horripilation.] (Med.) A real or fancied bristling of the hai...
Horrisonant
Hor‐ris″o‐nant (?), a. Horrisonous.
Horrisonous
Hor‐ris″o‐nous (?), a. [L. horrisonus; horrere to be horrible + sonus a sound.] Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. Bailey.
Horror
Hor″ror (?), n. [Formerly written horrour.] [L. horror, fr. horrere to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h�sh to bristle.] ...
Horror-sticken
Hor″ror–stick′en (?), a. Struck with horror; horrified.Blank and horror-stricken faces. C. Kingsley.
Horror-struck
Hor″ror–struck′ (?), a. Horror-stricken; horrified. M. Arnold.
Hors d'œuvre
‖Hors′ d'œuvre″ (?); pl. Hors d'œuveres (#). 1. Something unusual or extraordinary.2. A dish served as a relish, usually at the beginning of a meal.
Hors de combat
‖Hors′ de com′bat″ (?). Out of the combat; disabled from fighting.
Horse
Horse (hôrs), 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. (Zoöl.) A hoofed quadruped ...
Horse (2)
Horse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Horsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Horsing.] [AS. horsion.] 1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. “Being better horse...
Horse (3)
Horse, v. i. To get on horseback. Shelton.
Horse (4)
Horse, n.(Student Slang) (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; — called also trot, pony, Dobbin. (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
Horse Guards
Horse″ Guards′ (?). (Mil.) A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign.The Horse Guar...
Horse power
Horse″ pow′er (?). 1. The power which a horse exerts.2. (Mach.) A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of ani...
Horse-chestnut
Horse′–chest″nut (?), n.(Bot.) (a) The large nutlike seed of a species of Æsculus (Æ. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed to horses, whence the name. (b) The tree itself, w...