Commanders are distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before
them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas
three, two, or one.
Shrubby horsetail. (Bot.) See Joint-fir.
Horse"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis),
which is a common weed.
Horse"whip` (?), n. A whip for horses.
Horse"whip`, v. t. To flog or chastise with a horsewhip.
Horse"wom`an (?), n.; pl. Horsewomen (&?;). A woman who rides on
horseback.
Horse"wood` (?), n. (Bot.) A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia)
with showy, crimson blossoms.
Horse"worm` (?), n. The larva of a botfly.
Hors"i*ness (?), n. 1. The condition or quality of being a horse; that
which pertains to a horse. Tennyson.