intransitive. Originally: †(of a mare) to allow herself to be mounted by (a stallion); to accept (an act of copulation) (obsolete). Later: (of a…
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释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [verb (intransitive)] > be served by horse or conceive (3) to stand to ——1610 intransitive. Originally: †(of a mare) to allow herself to be mounted by (a stallion); to accept (an act of copulation) (obsolete). Later: (of a… stint1823 passive. Of a mare: To be served (by a horse): see quot. 1856. Const. to. Also of a ewe: To conceive. to take (the) horse1870 spec. The adult male of the horse kind, as distinguished from a mare or colt: a stallion or gelding. to take (the) horse: (of the mare) to conceive. |
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