Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as horse-pile.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.
Etymologies
- water + horse (Wiktionary)
Examples
“So, the waterhorse being a kindly sort, takes himself to the bank of the loch near the house of a man with the reputation of a builder.”
“I thought of the amber eyes of the waterhorse, and wondered which others were true.”
“I had felt the emotions of the crowd turn against me as the woman spoke; all I needed now was for this man to tell the court about the waterhorse.”
“And so the waterhorse kept his word, and returned the man to the bank near his home.”
“Wi 'my own eyes I saw this woman call up a waterhorse from the waters of the Evil Loch, to do her bidding!”
“The waterhorse of Loch Garve, like so many of his kind, had stolen a young girl who came to the loch to draw water, and carried her away to live in the depths of the loch and be his wife.”
“Of course, it also yields such awkward situations as a character who was entertaining, but going nowhere, so I had to duplicate him and then kill off his first manifestation with a conveniently-timed carnivorous waterhorse.”
“Most pointless adventure: Duplicated a character and had to kill off one version with a carnivorous waterhorse.”
“The amoral shape-shifting waterhorse Whiskey was another favorite to read about, and the vibrant Miles Vorkosigan has the type of personality that leaps off the pages.”
“They then loaded the fish (at this stage, called waterhorse) on barras and transported it over rocky shorelines and hills, sometimes even over steep cliff faces, to a flake or a beach for drying.”
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