Word Meanings - CURSORIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Adapted to running or walking, and not to prehension; as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves. Of or pertaining to the Cursores.

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• HORSE-LEECHERY
  The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
• WALK-MILL
  A fulling mill. Halliwell.
• CURSORIAL
  Adapted to running or walking, and not to prehension; as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves. Of or pertaining to the Cursores.
• HORSEMAN
  A mounted soldier; a cavalryman. A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus). (more info) 1.
• HORSEKNOP
  Knapweed.
• ADAPTABLE
  Capable of being adapted.
• HORSERAKE
  A rake drawn by a horse.
• HORSEFLESH
  1. The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon. 2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. Horseflesh ore , a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on
• HORSEPLAY
  Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.
• ILLUSTROUS
  Without luster.
• ILLUSTRIOUS
  1. Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid. Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious. Beau. & Fl. 2. Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished. Illustrious earls, renowened
• HORSE-JOCKEY
  1. A professional rider and trainer of race horses. 2. A trainer and dealer in horses.
• HORSEMINT
  A coarse American plant of the Mint family . In England, the wild mint .
• HORSEWORM
  The larva of a botfly.
• WALK
  akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full, Icel. valka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; 1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps;
• HORSESHOE
  The Limulus of horsehoe crab. Horsehoe head , an old name for the condition of the skull in children, in which the sutures are too open, the coronal suture presenting the form of a horsehoe. Dunglison. -- Horsehoe magnet, an artificial magnet in
• ADAPTNESS
  Adaptedness.
• RUNNINGLY
  In a running manner.
• HORSEWOOD
  A West Indian tree with showy, crimson blossoms.
• HORSEWHIP
  A whip for horses.
• RIGHT-RUNNING
  Straight; direct.
• SHOPWALKER
  One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.
• REAR-HORSE
  A mantis.
• APPREHENSION
  1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. 3. The act of grasping with the
• SIDEWALK
  A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.
• SAWHORSE
  A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.
• SLEEPWALKER
  One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
• PREAPPREHENSION
  An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. Sir T. Browne.
• SEA HORSE
  1. A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus. The walrus. Any fish of the genus Hippocampus. Note: In a passage
• TRACKWALKER
  A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.