The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . native of Jamaica. horse-race (horsras), n. A race by horses; amatch of horses in running. Horse-races are desports of great men, and good Inthemselves, though many gentlemen by such means gal-lop quite out of their fortunes. Burton, quoted in Strutts .Sports and Pastimes, p. 108. horse-racer (li6rsr!lser),«. 1. One who keepshorses for t he pur-pose of racing. The first Lord Go-dolphin was a horse-racer as well as gam-bler. Atheneeum, Sept. 22,11888, p. 381. 2. O
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . native of Jamaica. horse-race (horsras), n. A race by horses; amatch of horses in running. Horse-races are desports of great men, and good Inthemselves, though many gentlemen by such means gal-lop quite out of their fortunes. Burton, quoted in Strutts .Sports and Pastimes, p. 108. horse-racer (li6rsr!lser),«. 1. One who keepshorses for t he pur-pose of racing. The first Lord Go-dolphin was a horse-racer as well as gam-bler. Atheneeum, Sept. 22,11888, p. 381. 2. One who ridesin races; a . (), practice orsport of runninghorses. horse-rack(h6rs-rak), H. A rackat which horsesare hitched andbaited. Hes a-standin outyander by the horse-rack. J. C. Harris, Harpers|Mag., horse-radish ;,.li,f, ir„cl,leor,o ^rmcrada). (Uors raU ISn), n. i. rhizome, willi two Icnvcs: A cultivated Cru- ^^e inflorescence, witli flowers anu fruit; .J, 1 . ^. tcnf (roiii ttie stem; ii, flower; d, frutt. ClferOUS plant, opened lo sliow Uic 2893 horse-radish Cochlearia Armomcia, originally a native of mid-dle Europe and western Asia, and also its root,which has a pungent taste, and is used in agrated state as a condiment. In medicine it isused as a stimulant and diuretic, and externallyas a rubefacient. See (.oihUiiria^. horseradish-tree (h6rsradish-tre),n. A tree, .,„.,,.. ,, ... MoriiKja pterygosperma, common m many parts hOrseshoe-anvil (liors slio-anvu;of India, and cultivated there, as well as in vari- of anvil whicli corresponds in shape and sizeous other tropical countries, for the sake of the to tlie lioof of a horse, and has shanks whichfruit, wliich is eaten as a vegetable or pickled, pei-mit the adjustment of the hoof in the socket-It haapinnate leaves and long, S-valved, pod-like capsules, hole tor convenience in working,from which ben-oQ is obtained. The fresh root has a pun-
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