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单词 malt-horse
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malt-horsen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: malt n.1, horse n.
Etymology: < malt n.1 + horse n.
Obsolete.
A heavy kind of horse used by maltsters; occasionally used as a term of abuse.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > draught-horse > that pulls wagon > used in specific professions
coal horse1384
beer-horse1560
malt-horse1561
malt mare1594
higgler1707
stead-horse1708
pit pony1876
tip-horse1912
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. E.iii To carie a mans head so like a malthorse for feare of ruffling his hear.
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C3v Why he has no more iudgement then a malt horse . View more context for this quotation
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 82 A stiffe resty spirit, of kin (as seemes) to a malt-horse of Ware, that wil not out of his way.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 32 Mome, Malthorse, Capon, Coxcombe, Idiot. View more context for this quotation
c1616 S. Ward Coal from Altar (1627) 57 Such as hold onely a certaine stint of daily duties as malt-horses their pace, or mill-horses their round.
1690 Royal Flight 21 These are Spurs would make a Malt-horse fly like Pegasus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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