horse-headn.

Forms: see horse n. and head n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., head n.¹

Etymology: < horse n. + head n.¹Compare Middle High German roshoubet (German Rosshaupt), Old Icelandic hrosshǫfuð. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-head.

a. The head of a horse.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > head

horse-head?a1400

?a1400 Arthur 394 Hyt was so oryble & so greet, More þan any Horse heed.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 337 The haire which is curried from the horsehead or buttock.

b. A head like that of a horse.

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1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Giij What idiote knoweth not, except he had a horse head, y^t here the sense is altered?

1897 ‘M. Twain’ More Tramps Abroad lxvii The long horse-heads and very sharp chins of the negroes of the picture-books.

c. The representation of a horse's head.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > parts of creatures > horse's head

horse-head1610

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiii. 126 He beareth Gules a Horsehead, Couped Argent.

2. Horse Racing. The length of a horse's head. Cf. head n.¹ 1b(b).

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > distance between two horses

horse-head1623

nose1851

neck1865

short head1883

1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine ii. i. sig. D4 A Diuell of this size, Should they run for a wager to be spitefull, Gets not a Hors-head of her.

3. The stony inner cast of the fossil Trigonia.

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the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] > particular parts of

ostracite1601

horse-head1708

nucleus1734

orthoceras1734

orthoceratite1734

alveolus1747

volutite1802

strombite1811

helicite1828

turbinite1828

phragmocone1843

pro-ostracum1864

orthoceratoid1885

nema1901

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Trigoniadae > genus Trigonia > member of > inner cast of fossil

horse-head1708

1708 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 26 78 The Horse-head. This is only the Kernel or Stone included in the Wry-neb.

1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 272 Casts of the interior are called ‘horse-heads’ by the Portland quarry-men.

4. Zoology. A name of: any of various fishes whose heads more or less resemble that of a horse, as the moon-fish, Selene vomer, and the Hippocampidae.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Carangidae (scads) > member of genus Selene or Vomer (moon-fish)

moonfish1646

hogback1832

sunfish1877

lookdown1882

horse-fish1883

horse-head1884

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [noun]

jolthead1533

jolting pate1579

copintank1585

jobbernowl1598

loggerhead1598

grout-heada1627

jolterhead1699

potato head1705

numbskull1718

jolter-pate1822

bullet-head1875

horse-head1905

1884 Bull. U.S. National Museum No. 27. 438 Selene argentea..Horsehead.

1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. xvii. 276 Selene vomer, the horse-head-fish, or look-down, is similarly but even more distorted.

1966 A. H. Leim & W. B. Scott Fishes Atlantic Coast of Canada 251 Atlantic lookdown... Selene vomer (Linnaeus) 1758. Other common names: horsehead, moonfish.

†5. Mining. A kind of ventilator (see quots.).

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > ventilation passages or openings

througher1645

thirling1686

air-pit1709

horse-head1747

sollar1778

airway1800

wind-hole1802

bearing door1813

air course1814

downcast shaft1814

upcast shaft (or pit)1816

buze1823

air road1832

raggling1839

thirl1847

brattice1849

intake1849

run1849

trapdoor1849

skailing1850

return1851

wind-road1860

breakthrough1875

wind-way1875

breast1882

cross-heading1883

skail-door1883

U.C.1883

undercast1883

vent1886

furnace-drift1892

the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > at surface of mine

horse-head1747

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Kiij Horsehead, a large kind of Trunk standing on the Top of the Rest..it is made broad and wide in the Top, and open on one side, and conveniently made to catch the Wind.

1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 193 Thus the horse-head..drives the wheel..to the right or left.

1802 J. Mawe Mineral. of Derbyshire Gloss. Horsehead, a large opening made of wood, to turn and put on to a fang or trunk, to convey wind from day-light.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	horse-head
释义	horse-headn. Forms: see horse n. and head n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: horse n., head n.¹ Etymology: < horse n. + head n.¹Compare Middle High German roshoubet (German Rosshaupt), Old Icelandic hrosshǫfuð. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-head. 1. a. The head of a horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > head horse-head?a1400 ?a1400 Arthur 394 Hyt was so oryble & so greet, More þan any Horse heed. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 337 The haire which is curried from the horsehead or buttock. b. A head like that of a horse. ΚΠ 1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Giij What idiote knoweth not, except he had a horse head, y^t here the sense is altered? 1897 ‘M. Twain’ More Tramps Abroad lxvii The long horse-heads and very sharp chins of the negroes of the picture-books. c. The representation of a horse's head. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > parts of creatures > horse's head horse-head1610 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiii. 126 He beareth Gules a Horsehead, Couped Argent. 2. Horse Racing. The length of a horse's head. Cf. head n.¹ 1b(b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > distance between two horses horse-head1623 nose1851 neck1865 short head1883 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine ii. i. sig. D4 A Diuell of this size, Should they run for a wager to be spitefull, Gets not a Hors-head of her. 3. The stony inner cast of the fossil Trigonia. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] > particular parts of ostracite1601 horse-head1708 nucleus1734 orthoceras1734 orthoceratite1734 alveolus1747 volutite1802 strombite1811 helicite1828 turbinite1828 phragmocone1843 pro-ostracum1864 orthoceratoid1885 nema1901 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Trigoniadae > genus Trigonia > member of > inner cast of fossil horse-head1708 1708 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 26 78 The Horse-head. This is only the Kernel or Stone included in the Wry-neb. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 272 Casts of the interior are called ‘horse-heads’ by the Portland quarry-men. 4. Zoology. A name of: any of various fishes whose heads more or less resemble that of a horse, as the moon-fish, Selene vomer, and the Hippocampidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Carangidae (scads) > member of genus Selene or Vomer (moon-fish) moonfish1646 hogback1832 sunfish1877 lookdown1882 horse-fish1883 horse-head1884 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [noun] jolthead1533 jolting pate1579 copintank1585 jobbernowl1598 loggerhead1598 grout-heada1627 jolterhead1699 potato head1705 numbskull1718 jolter-pate1822 bullet-head1875 horse-head1905 1884 Bull. U.S. National Museum No. 27. 438 Selene argentea..Horsehead. 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. xvii. 276 Selene vomer, the horse-head-fish, or look-down, is similarly but even more distorted. 1966 A. H. Leim & W. B. Scott Fishes Atlantic Coast of Canada 251 Atlantic lookdown... Selene vomer (Linnaeus) 1758. Other common names: horsehead, moonfish. †5. Mining. A kind of ventilator (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > ventilation passages or openings througher1645 thirling1686 air-pit1709 horse-head1747 sollar1778 airway1800 wind-hole1802 bearing door1813 air course1814 downcast shaft1814 upcast shaft (or pit)1816 buze1823 air road1832 raggling1839 thirl1847 brattice1849 intake1849 run1849 trapdoor1849 skailing1850 return1851 wind-road1860 breakthrough1875 wind-way1875 breast1882 cross-heading1883 skail-door1883 U.C.1883 undercast1883 vent1886 furnace-drift1892 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > at surface of mine horse-head1747 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Kiij Horsehead, a large kind of Trunk standing on the Top of the Rest..it is made broad and wide in the Top, and open on one side, and conveniently made to catch the Wind. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 193 Thus the horse-head..drives the wheel..to the right or left. 1802 J. Mawe Mineral. of Derbyshire Gloss. Horsehead, a large opening made of wood, to turn and put on to a fang or trunk, to convey wind from day-light. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1400
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