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  • noun Plural form of horse.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horse.

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Examples

  • The flanks of the horses are often sore from them, and I have seen men come in from chasing bullocks with their horses’ hind legs and quarters covered with blood.

    Chapter XIII. Trading-A British Sailor 1909

  • The second posta on the road to Buenos Ayres stands on its banks; a little above there is a ford for horses, where the water does not reach to the horses’ belly; but from that point, in its course to the sea, it is quite impassable, and hence makes a most useful barrier against the Indians.

    Chapter VI 1909

  • For prairie service, horses which have been raised exclusively upon grass, and never been fed on grain, or "_range horses_," as they are called in the West, are decidedly the best, and will perform more hard labor than those that have been stabled and groomed.

    The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Randolph Barnes Marcy 1849

  • So saying, the Colonel leaped to the ground, directing his servant to cover the horses and then get out his valise; while the host, thus defeated, assumed the best grace he could to say that he would see what could be done “for the _horses_.”

    A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • Thus it was always an eight - hour drive behind mountain horses from the alfalfa meadows (where I kept many Jersey cows) to the straggly village beside the big dry creek, where I caught the little narrow-gauge train.

    Chapter 8 2010

  • No, the test for athleticism in horses is different.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • AIGUY: No, the test for athleticism in horses is different.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • No, the test for athleticism in horses is different.

    Bunny and a Book 2008

  • Thus, it was always an eight-hour drive behind mountain horses from the alfalfa meadows (where I kept many Jersey cows) to the straggly village beside the big dry creek, where I caught the lime narrow - gauge train.

    Chapter 8 1915

  • The goring of the horses is the more brutal part of the affair.

    The Spanish Nations and Their Increasing Interest To Us 1917

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