Horse, n. (Student Slang) (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin. (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.
Horse"less, a. Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.; as, a horseless carriage or truck.
Host, n. (Biol.) Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.
Host plant. (Agric.) A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are used for nurse crops.
{Hot bulb, Hot pot}. (Internal-combustion Engines) See Semi-diesel, below.
Hotch"kiss gun (?) [After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-85), American inventor.] A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket. It is made in France.
Hot"-short`, a. [Cf. Cold-short.] (Metal.) Brittle when heated, esp. beyond a red heat; as, hot-short iron.
||Hous*to"ni*a (?), n. [NL. So named after Dr. William Houston, an English surgeon and botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous salveform blue or white flower. There are about twenty species, natives of North America. Also, a plant of this genus.
Hsien (?), n. [Chin.] An administrative subdivision of a fu, or department, or of an independent chow; also, the seat of government of such a district.
||Hua*ra"cho (?), n.; pl. Huarachos (#). [Amer. Sp., also guaracha, guarache, huarache, prob. of Mexican origin.] A kind of sandal worn by Indians and the lower classes generally; -- usually used in pl. [Southern U. S. & Mex.]
Hump (?), v. t. 1. To form into a hump; to make hump-shaped; to hunch; -- often with up.
The cattle were very uncomfortable, standing humped up in the bushes.
T. Roosvelt.
2. To put or carry on the (humped) back; to shoulder; hence, to carry, in general. [Slang, Australia]
Having collected a sufficient quantity, we humped it out of the bush.