Horse-nightcap, subs. (old).—See Horse's-Collar.
Horse-pox, subs. (old).—A superlative
of Pox (q.v.). Used in
adjuration. E.g., A horse-pox
on you! Ay, with a horse-pox,
etc.
Horse-Protestant, subs. (tailors').—A
churchman.
Horse-sense, subs. (American).—Sound
and practical judgment.
1893. Lippincot, Mar., p. 260. A round bullet head, not very full of brains, perhaps, yet reputed to be fairly stocked with what is termed horse sense.
Horses-and-Mares. To play
AT HORSES-AND-MARES, verb.
phr. (schoolboys').—To copulate.
For synonyms, see Greens and
Ride.
Horse's-head, subs. (cobblers').—The
boot-sole, heel, and what is
left of the front after the back and
part of the front have been used
to fox (q.v.) other boots withal.
Horse-shoe, subs. (venery).—The
female pudendum. [In German,
Sie hat ein Hufeisen verloren (of
women) = she has been seduced,
i.e., she has lost a horse-shoe.]
Horse's-meal, subs. (old).—Meat
without drink.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Horse-sovereign, subs. (common).—A
twenty-shilling piece with
Pistrucci's effigies of St. George
and the Dragon.
1871. London Figaro, 26 Jan. A number of those coins, sometimes known as horse sovereigns, are to be issued.
Hortus, subs. (venery).—See quot.
[Cf., Garden.] For synonyms,
see Monosyllable.
1728 Bailey, Eng. Dict., s.v. Hortus [by some writers] the privy parts of a woman.
Hose. In my other hose, subs.
phr. (old). A qualification of
refusal or disbelief; IN A HORN
(q.v.); OVER THE LEFT (q.v.).
1598. Florio. A Worlde of Wordes, s.v. Zoccoli Zoccoli, tushtush, awaie, in faith sir no, yea in my other hose.
Hoss. See Horse.
HOSS-FLY (or OLD HOSS-FLY), subs.
(American).—A familiar address;
cf., Horse, subs. sense 3.
Host. To reckon without
one's host, verb. phr. (old: now
recognised).—To blunder.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew. s.v. Host. To reckon without one's host, or count your Chickens before they are Hatched.
Mine Host, subs. phr. (colloquial).—A taverner.
Hosteler, subs. (old).—See quot.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Hosteler, i.e., oat stealer
Hot, subs. (Winchester College).—1.
A mellay at football.
2. (Ibid).—A crowd.
1878. Adams, Wykehamica, p. 367. It would be replaced and a fresh hot formed.
Adj. (colloquial).—1. Of persons: sexually excitable; lecherous; ON HEAT (q.v.); RANDY (q.v.). Of things (as books): obscene; BLUE (q.v.); HIGH-KILTED (q.v.); Hot member (q.v.) = a male or female debauchee; or (as in sense 2), a man or woman contemptuous of decorum.
