2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses.

Hors"ly (?), a. Horselike. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hors"y (?), a. Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse

racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions.

[Colloq.]

Hor*ta"tion (?), n. [L. hortatio, fr. hortari to incite, exhort, fr.

hori to urge.] The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice;

exhortation. [R.]

Hor"ta*tive (?), a. [L. hortativus.] Giving exhortation; advisory;

exhortative. Bullokar.

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