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[Eng. horrib(le); -ly.] 1. So as to cause horror; dreadfully; hideously; fearfully. " Horribly beautiful! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits." Byron: Childe Harold, iv. 72. 2. To a horrible or dreadful degree; exce ively; exceedingly. "The ladies here are horribly ugly." -Goldsmith: Citizen of the World, 3. hor'-rid, a. [Lat. horrid us =rough, bristly, from horreo to bristle.] IMG:content-1291.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1292.png:[blocks in formation] hör-ri-fy, v . t. [Lat. horrifico , from horror = horror, and facio =to make, to cause.] To cause horror or dread to; to strike with horror, fear, or dread. hör-rip-Il-ā-tion, s . [Lat. horripilo to have rough or shaggy hair; horreo = to bristle, to be afraid, and pilus =hair.] A sensation of a creeping or motion of the hair of the head, caused by disease, terror, or fright. *hor-ris-o-nous, a . [Lat. horrisonus , from horreo to be afraid, and son us a sound.] Sounding horridly or dreadfully; uttering horrid or dreadful sounds. hor'-rõr, s. [Lat., from horreo =to bristle up, to (2) A scheme or plan of the twelve houses or twelve signs of the zodiac, in which is marked the disposition of the heavens at a particular moment, and by which astrologers pretended to be able be afraid; Fr. horreur .] to foretell the fortunes of persons according to the position of the stars at their birth. "Draw figures, schemes, and horoscopes ." Butler: Hudibras , pt. ii., c. iii. 2. Optics : A species of planisphere invented by Jean Paduanus. [PLANISPHERE.] hor-o-scōp-er, hō-ros-cop-Ist, s. [Eng. horoscop (e); -er, -ist.] One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer. "Astrologers, horoscopers, and other such are pleased to honor themselves with the title of mathematicians." Shaftesbury: Advice to an Author. hor-o-scop-ic, hör-o-scop-ic-al, a. [Eng. horoscop(e); -ic, -ical.] Pertaining or relating to horoscopy. ho-ros-cop-ỹ, s. [Eng. horoscop (e); -y.] 1. The art or science of predicting the future ac- cording to the disposition of the stars and planets. "Magic, horoscopy , astrology." Butler: Hudibras , pt. ii., c. iii. 2. The aspect of the heavens at the time of a child's birth. *hor-ren-do us, a . [Lat. horrendus , from horreo =to bristle, to be afraid.] Fearful, frightful, horrid. hor'-rent, a . [Lat. horrens, pr. par. of horreo = to bristle.] Bristling; standing erect as bristles. "With bright emblazonry, and horrent arms." Milton: P. L., ii. 513. hor'-ri-ble, *or-ri-ble, a . [Fr., from Lat. hor ribiis, from horreo to bristle up, to be afraid.] Causing or tending to cause horror, fear, or disgust; dreadful, terrible, shocking, hideous, fearful. For the difference between horrible and fearful , see FEARFUL. 1. A shaking or trembling, as of the surface of water. 2. A shaking, shuddering, or shivering, as in a cold fit preceding a fever or ague. "There is induced in them a trepidation of horrour ." Bacon : Nat . Hist ., § 793. 3. A feeling of dread or terror, mingled with detestation or abhorrence; the feeling inspired by something horrible, frightful, or shocking. "Can any thing be imagined more full of horrour and amazement?"- Stilling fleet , vol. i., ser. 11. 4. That which excites horror or dread; anything horrible, dreadful, or frightful; gloom; hideous IMG:content-1293.png:[blocks in formation] hors de combat (pron. hor de căn-ba), phrase . [Fr.] Disabled, and so rendered unable to continue a combat; rendered usele . horse, *hors ( pl . *hors, horse, hor-sěş), s. [A. S. hors ; cogn. with Icel. hro , hors; Dut. ros; O. H. Ger. hros; M. H. Ger. ros, ors ; Ger. ro ; O. Fris. hors .] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally : (1) In the same sense as II. 8. "His hand unerring steers the steady horse." Pope: Homer's Iliad , xxiii. 396. horse (2) The male of No. 1, as distinguished from the female or mare. (3) A body of troops serving on horseback; cavalry. (In this sense only the plural is horse .) "The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five you sand horse and foot."- Bacon : War with Spain. 2. Figuratively : (1) A wooden bar or frame with legs used for supporting something, as a clothes-horse for clothes; a saw-horse for a board or timber while being sawed; a frame to hold a saddle. A shaving-horse is a beam supported by legs, and having a jaw which is closed by the pre ure of the feet against the treadle below, and so caused to hold a shingle, ax-handle, spoke, or other article while being shaved by a drawing-knife. (2) A vaulting-block in a gymnasium. (3) A wooden frame on which soldiers were made to ride by way of punishment; a timber-mare. (4) Work charged for before it is executed. (Slang.) [DEAD-HORSE.] IMG:content-1294.png:[blocks in formation] 6. Nautical : (1) A foot-rope attached by stirrups beneath a yard for the seamen to stand on in reefing; a footrope. (2) A breast-rope in the chains to secure the leadsman. (3) An iron bar acro a boat for a staysail-sheet or boom-sheet to travel on. (4) A rope reaching from the knight-head to the upper part of the bowsprit cap, for the safety of the men walking out upon the bowsprit in rough weather. 7. Print.: A slanting-board at the end of the bank or table to hold a supply of paper for a pre . 8. Zool., .: Equus cab all us . The native country of the horse seems to have been Central Asia. It became early domesticated in Egypt. In the sculptured battle scenes representing the conquests of Thothmes II. and III. over Asiatic foos, horses, some ridden by men, others drawing chariots, figure both in the Egyptian and the hostile army. It is mentioned throughout the Bible. The people of The aly were excellent equestrians, and probably first among the Greeks who broke them in for service in war; whence probably arose the fable that The aly was originally inhabited by centaurs. "Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen," 1014 B. C. (1 Kingsiv . 26.) The Greeks and Romans had some covering to secure their horses' hoofs from injury. In the ninth century horses were only shod in time of frost. Shoeing was introduced into England by William I., 1066. It is believed that the original breed of horses is extinct, and that the half-wild herds existing in many places have descended from animals once in captivity. Thus when the horse was first introduced by the Spaniards in A. D. 1537 at Buenos Ayres, it is believed that there were no wild horses in America. But individuals escaping ran wild, and by 1580 their descendants had spread over the continent as far as the Straits of Magellan. Their favorite abode is on the Pampas, where they now exist in untold numbers. In Paraguay the larva of a fly kills them. In 1764 they were introduced into the Falkland Islands by the French with a similar result. But there was found in La Plata a now extinct species of horse [EQUIDE], and more Equide have been found in the New than in the Old World. The horse may have descended from a striped ancestor, stripes still sometimes remaining, especially in duns and mouse-duns. His present colors are brown, gray, or black, sometimes with roundish pale spots. His age is ascertained by examining first which teeth are developed, and then to what extent they have been worn away by use. They are best tamed by kindne . Like other domestic animals the horse has run into various breeds. The most celebrated is the Arab horse. The racehorse, the hunter, the carriage horse, ., all vary considerably in char IMG:content-1295.png:[blocks in formation] 2213 any one believes. ( Eng.) 2. To take horse : (1) Ordinary Language : (a) To mount a horse for the purpose of riding; to travel on horseback. "And there ta'en horse to tell the camp what deeds are done in Rome." Macaulay: Virginia. To be covered or served, as mare. (2) Mining : Said of a vein which divides into branches for a distance. Obvious compounds: Horse -doctor, horse - fair , horse-keeper, horse - soldier , horse - stealer , horse - steal ing , horse- thief , . Horse is frequently used in composition to denote coarsene or largene ; as, horse -chestnut, horse -radish, .