Webster's Dictionary 1828

1648

HORSERACE

HORSERACE, noun A race by horses; a match of horses in running.

1649

HORSERACING

HORSERACING, noun The practice or act of running horses.

1650

HORSERADISH

HORSERADISH, noun A plant of the genus Cochlearia, a species of scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste.

1651

HORSESHOE

HORSESHOE, noun A shoe for horses, consisting of a plate of iron of a circular form.

1652

HORSESHOE-HEAD

HORSESHOE-HEAD, noun A disease of infants, in which the sutures of the skull are too open; opposed to headmold-shot.

1653

HORSESHOE-VETCH

HORSESHOE-VETCH, noun A plant of the genus Hippocrepis.

1654

HORSESTEALER

HORSESTEALERHORSETAIL, noun A plant of the genus Equisetum. The shrubby horsetail is of the genus Ephedra.

1655

HORSETHIEF

HORSETHIEF, noun A stealer of horses.

1656

HORSETONGUE

HORSETONGUE, noun A plant of the genus Ruscus.

1657

HORSEVETCH

HORSEVETCHHORSEWAY, noun A way or road in which horses may travel.

1658

HORSEWAY

HORSEWAY, n. A way or road in which horses may travel.

1659

HORSEWHIP

HORSEWHIP, noun A whip for driving or striking horses.

1660

HORSEWORM

HORSEWORM, noun A worm that infests horses; a bott.

1661

HORTATION

HORTA'TION, noun [Latin hortatio, from hortor, to exhort.]The act of exhorting, or giving advice; exhortation; advice intended to encourage. [But exhortation is generally used.]

1662

HORTATIVE

HOR'TATIVE, adjective Giving exhortation, advisory.HOR'TATIVE, noun Exhortation; a precept given to incite or encourage.

1663

HORTATORY

HOR'TATORY, adjective Encouraging; inciting; giving advice; as a hortatory speech.

1664

HORTENSIAL

HORTEN'SIAL, adjective [Latin hortensis.] Fit for a garden. [Not used.]

1665

HORTICULTOR

HOR'TICULTOR, noun [Latin hortus, a garden, and cultor, a tiller.]One who cultivates a garden.

1666

HORTICULTURAL

HORTICUL'TURAL, adjective Pertaining to the culture of gardens.

1667

HORTICULTURE

HOR'TICULTURE, noun [Latin hortus, garden, and cultura, culture, from colo, to till.] The cultivation of a garden; or the art of cultivating gardens.

1668

HORTICULTURIST

HORTICUL'TURIST, noun One who is skilled in the art of cultivating gardens.

1669

HORTULAN

HOR'TULAN, adjective [Latin hortulanus.] Belonging to a garden; as a hortulan calendar.

1670

HORTUSSICCUS

HORTUSSICCUS, noun [Latin] Literally, a dry garden; an appellation given to a collection of specimens of plants, carefully dried and preserved.

1671

HORTYARD

HORT'YARD, noun An orchard, which see.

1672

HOSANNA

HOSAN'NA, noun s as z. [Heb. save, I beseech you.]An exclamation of praise to God, or an invocation of blessings. In the Hebrew ceremonies, it was a prayer rehearsed on the seve...

1673

HOSE

HOSE, nounplural hosen or hose; pronoun hoze, ho'zn.1. Breeches or trowsers.2. Stockings; coverings for the legs. This word, in mercantile use, is synonymous with stockings, tho...

1674

HOSEWHIP

HOSEWHIP, verb transitive To lash; to strike with a horsewhip.