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horseshoe
(mass) | horseshoe
- podkova |
horseshoe
(encz) | horseshoe,podkova Pavel Machek |
Horseshoe
(gcide) | Horseshoe \Horse"shoe`\, n.
1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in
form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
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2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe, such as a U-shaped bend
in a river.
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3. (Zool.) The Limulus or horsehoe crab.
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4. pl. A game in which horseshoes or horseshoe-shaped objects
(usually made of metal) are thrown at either of two stakes
fixed in the ground at a distance of 30 to 40 feet apart.
The player stands at or near one stake and throws several
the horseshoes at the other stake. Points are scored when
the player throws the horseshoe so that it surrounds the
stake; fewer points are scored if the horseshoe is close
to but not surrounding the stake. The players take turns
and the first player to achieve the target score wins; as,
"almost" only counts with hand grenades or in horseshoes.
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Horsehoe head (Med.), an old name for the condition of the
skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the
coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe.
--Dunglison.
Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in the form of a
horsehoe.
Horsehoe nail. See Horsenail.
Horsehoe nose (Zool.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus,
having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.
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horseshoe
(wn) | horseshoe
n 1: game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in
playing horseshoes
2: U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof [syn:
horseshoe, shoe]
v 1: equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes |
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horseshoe arch
(encz) | horseshoe arch, n: |
horseshoe bat
(encz) | horseshoe bat, n: |
horseshoe crab
(encz) | horseshoe crab, |
horseshoe vetch
(encz) | horseshoe vetch, n: |
horseshoe whipsnake
(encz) | horseshoe whipsnake, n: |
horseshoer
(encz) | horseshoer,podkovář n: Zdeněk Brož |
horseshoes
(encz) | horseshoes, n: |
orange horseshoe bat
(encz) | orange horseshoe bat, n: |
Horseshoe
(gcide) | Horseshoe \Horse"shoe`\, n.
1. A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in
form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
[1913 Webster]
2. Anything shaped like a horsehoe, such as a U-shaped bend
in a river.
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3. (Zool.) The Limulus or horsehoe crab.
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4. pl. A game in which horseshoes or horseshoe-shaped objects
(usually made of metal) are thrown at either of two stakes
fixed in the ground at a distance of 30 to 40 feet apart.
The player stands at or near one stake and throws several
the horseshoes at the other stake. Points are scored when
the player throws the horseshoe so that it surrounds the
stake; fewer points are scored if the horseshoe is close
to but not surrounding the stake. The players take turns
and the first player to achieve the target score wins; as,
"almost" only counts with hand grenades or in horseshoes.
[PJC]
Horsehoe head (Med.), an old name for the condition of the
skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the
coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe.
--Dunglison.
Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in the form of a
horsehoe.
Horsehoe nail. See Horsenail.
Horsehoe nose (Zool.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus,
having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.
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horseshoe crab
(gcide) | Limulus \Lim"u*lus\ (l[i^]m"[-u]*l[u^]s), n.; pl. Limuli
(-l[imac]). [L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance.] (Zool.)
The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a
few species from the East Indies, and one ({Limulus
polyphemus}) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called
also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and
horsefoot.
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Horseshoeing
(gcide) | Horseshoeing \Horse"shoe`ing\, n.
The act or employment of shoeing horses.
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Horseshoer
(gcide) | Horseshoer \Horse"sho`er\, n.
One who shoes horses.
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asian horseshoe crab
(wn) | Asian horseshoe crab
n 1: horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia |
horseshoe arch
(wn) | horseshoe arch
n 1: a round arch that widens before rounding off [syn: {Moorish
arch}, horseshoe arch] |
horseshoe bat
(wn) | horseshoe bat
n 1: any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of
northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a
horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose
2: a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped
leaf on the nose |
horseshoe crab
(wn) | horseshoe crab
n 1: large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North
America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a
horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related
to the wood louse [syn: horseshoe crab, king crab,
Limulus polyphemus, Xiphosurus polyphemus] |
horseshoe falls
(wn) | Horseshoe Falls
n 1: a part of Niagara Falls in Ontario [syn: Canadian Falls,
Horseshoe Falls] |
horseshoe vetch
(wn) | horseshoe vetch
n 1: European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers
followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-
shaped joints [syn: horseshoe vetch, {Hippocrepis
comosa}] |
horseshoe whipsnake
(wn) | horseshoe whipsnake
n 1: slender fast-moving Eurasian snake [syn: {horseshoe
whipsnake}, Coluber hippocrepis] |
horseshoer
(wn) | horseshoer
n 1: a person who shoes horses [syn: farrier, horseshoer] |
horseshoes
(wn) | horseshoes
n 1: a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown
at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it [syn:
quoits, horseshoes] |
orange horseshoe bat
(wn) | orange horseshoe bat
n 1: a common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or
yellow fur [syn: orange bat, orange horseshoe bat,
Rhinonicteris aurantius] |
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