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Literature | Horse, in the British Army: Elliott's Light Horse. The 15th Hussars of the British Army; so called from Colonel Elliott. They are now called the "King's Hussars." Paget's Irregular Horse. The 4th Hussars; so called from their loose drill, after their return from India in 1839. Now called "The Queen's Hussars." The Black Horse. The 7th Dragoon Guards, or Princess Royal's Dragoon Guards; called "black" from its facings. The Blue Horse. the 4th Dragoon Guards; called "blue" from their facings. The Green Horse or "The Green Dragoon Guards." The 5th Dragoon Guards; called "green" from their facings. "The Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards." The Royal Horse Guards (called, in 1690, Oxford Blues from their blue facings) are the three heavy cavalry regiments of the Household Brigade, first raised in 1661. The White Horse. The old 8th Foot; now called "The King's" (Liverpool Regiment); called the "White Horse" from one of the badges - a white horse within the garter. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Screenplays | You will be mine, like my dog, or my horse, or my falcon, except that I shall love you more--and trust you less. (The Ten Commandments; writing credit: Charles Chaplin) Strong like a horse, don't you think so? (Let's Dance; writing credit: George Burns) I'm half horse, half alligator. (Bad Day at Black Rock; writing credit: Howard Breslin; Don McGuire) Happy! Ward, you tell me the meaning of happy. But first you better make sure your kids are good and safe, that they haven't fallen of a horse, been hit by a car, or drown in that swimming pool you're so proud of! (Ordinary People; writing credit: Judith Guest; Alvin Sargent) You know, in Ireland a man with a horse, a cart and a book he knows how to read is the catch of the county. (Restoration; writing credit: Rupert Walters) | |
Lyrics | Each one on his horse, (In Old Mexico; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Adopted Horse, gentled. Credit: Merv Coleman. |  | [Veterinary Medicine: Ventral view of horse, dissected, skin pulled back to expose viscera]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Veterinary service - Military : Operating on a horse, Lux, France. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Group watching Tilghman mount horse, British (?) singing around punch bowl, Tilghman on horseback yelling news to crowd by harbor with ships. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Horse, "tariff," in traces kicking apart "Iver's buggy" with man trying to stay in the seat. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Solita Solano on horse, leading suffrage parade, Beacon St., Boston. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Horse, drawn to show muscle structure and anatomy. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Indian, holding gun, on horse, at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Riding a bucking horse, rodeo, Miles City, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mormon farmer shoeing a horse, Santa Clara, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Daniel Boone | All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. |
Heinrich Heine | Uhland's poetry is like the famous war horse, Bayard; it possesses all possible virtues and only one fault: it is dead. |
Miguel de Cervantes | I thought it working for a dead horse, because I am paid beforehand. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color. |
Ovid | The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged. |
Shakespeare | O, he is as tedious as is a tired horse, or a railing wife; worse than a smoky house. |
Virgil | Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts. |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | When we overtook him he was climbing a gate, and was gazing earnestly into the field, where a horse, a cow, and a kid were browsing amicably together. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The priest put spurs to his horse, and fled in great fear. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The word Houyhnhnm, in their tongue, signifies a horse, and in its etymology, the perfection of nature. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It plays house, as well as horse, having an instinct for it. |
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Health | When mosquitoes bite or "feed" on the horse, the virus is injected into its blood system. (references) | |
If you eat raw or undercooked meats, particularly pork, bear, wild feline (such as a cougar), fox, dog, wolf, horse, seal, or walrus, you are at risk for trichinosis. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone. A hunter from Kew caught a distant view Of a peacefully meditative gnu, And he said: "I'll pursue, and my hands imbrue In its blood at a closer interview." But that beast did ensue and the hunter it threw O'er the top of a palm that adjacent grew; And he said as he flew: "It is well I withdrew Ere, losing my temper, I wickedly slew That really meritorious gnu." Jarn Leffer |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 3 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Flagellum equo et camus asino et virga dorso inprudentium |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A scourge to an hors, and a bernacle to an asse; and a yerde in the reg of vnprudent men. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Usa ka pudlos alang sa kabayo, usa ka busal alang sa asno, Ug ang usa ka bunal alang sa likod sa mga buang. |
| Chinese | 鞭 子 是 為 " 馬 ． 轡 是 為 ' 驢 ． 刑 杖 是 為 " 愚 昧 人 的 背 。 |
| Croatian | Biè konju, uzda magarcu, a šiba leðima bezumnika. |
| Danish | Svøbe for Hest, Bidsel for Æsel og Ris for Tåbers Ryg. |
| Dutch | Een zweep is voor het paard, een toom voor den ezel, en een roede voor den rug der zotten. |
| Finnish | Hevoselle ruoska, aasille suitset, tyhmille vitsa selkään! |
| French | Le fouet est pour le cheval, le mors pour l`âne, Et la verge pour le dos des insensés. |
| German | Dem Roß eine Geißel und dem Esel einen Zaum und dem Narren eine Rute auf den Rücken! |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Fwèt pou chwal, baboukèt pou bourik, baton pou do moun ki san konprann. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Keledai harus dikenakan kekang, kuda harus dicambuk, demikian juga orang bodoh harus dipukul. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Cemeti adalah bagi kuda, dan kekang adalah bagi keledai, tetapi rotan bagi belakang orang jahil. |
| Italian | La frusta per il cavallo, la cavezza per l'asino e il bastone per la schiena degli stolti. |
| Maori | ¶ He whiu mo te hoiho, he paraire mo te kaihe, a he rakau mo te tuara o nga wairangi. |
| Norwegian | Svepe for hesten, tømme for asenet, og kjepp for dårers rygg! |
| Portuguese | O açoite é para o cavalo, o freio para o jumento, e a vara para as costas dos tolos. |
| Rumanian | Biciul este pentru cal, frkul pentru mqgar, wi nuiaua pentru spinarea nebunilor. - |
| Spanish | El látigo es para el caballo, y el freno para el asno, y la vara para la espalda de los necios. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters ",-e-h-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: heros, hoers, horse, shoer, shore. | |
-2 letters: eros, hero, hers, hoer, hoes, hose, ores, resh, rhos, roes, rose, shoe, sore. | |
-3 letters: ers, her, hes, hoe, oes, ohs, ore, ors, ose, res, rho, roe, ser, she. | |
-4 letters: eh, er, es, he, ho, oe, oh, or, os, re, sh, so. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 6F 72 73 65 2C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101111 01110010 01110011 01100101 00101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H o r s e , |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 006F 0072 0073 0065 002C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)428184857114 |
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