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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of horse.

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Examples

  • Page 10 in anger, and took me behind the ice-house, and whipped me severely in the following manner: First, he caused me to be what they call horsed up, by being raised upon the shoulders of another slave, and the slave to confine my hands around his breast; in this situation they gave me about forty or fifty lashes; they whipped me until I had hardly any feeling in me.

    Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time 1855

  • My master then rose up in anger, and took me behind the ice-house, and whipped me severely, in the following manner: First, he caused me to be what they call horsed up, by being raised upon the shoulders of another slave, and the slave to confine my hands around his breast; in this situation they gave me about forty of fifty lashes; they whipped me until I hardly had any feeling in me.

    Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. Written by Himself 1825

  • Here an officer and party were posted to supervise the movements of the wounded, who, according to the nature of their wounds, either as walking wounded or in horsed ambulances, were directed to the A.D.S. at Annequin, where Major C. P.

    War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps John George 1918

  • This she explained by the assertion that Dr Martineau had "horsed" Borrow when he was punished for running away from school at Norwich.

    The Life of George Borrow Jenkins, Herbert 1912

  • The story of Borrow's being "horsed" on Dr Martineau's back is apocryphal.

    The Life of George Borrow Jenkins, Herbert 1912

  • He went on to say that the fugitives had been pursued and captured and brought back to bondage; and upon Borrow's admitting that he had been the instigator of the adventure, he was sentenced to be flogged, and that it was on the back of this very Martineau that he had been "horsed" to undergo the punishment!

    Hawthorne and His Circle Julian Hawthorne 1890

  • Mal horsed the truck into park and walked back to the body.

    Rowdy Jo Deurbrouck 2011

  • That bunch of jackass MPs over in Iraq a few years ago who horsed around with their prisoners went WAY over the line.

    S.e.A.L's UNDER ATTACK ! ! ! 2009

  • That bunch of jackass MPs over in Iraq a few years ago who horsed around with their prisoners went WAY over the line.

    S.e.A.L's UNDER ATTACK ! ! ! 2009

  • In interviews with NBC and The New York Times, he said he showered and horsed around with boys but never sexually abused them.

    Dottie Sandusky Issues Statement Supporting Husband, Jerry, Over Child Abuse Allegations 2011

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