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any of several large, strong mammal, of Equus caballus species, having a long, flowing tail, the domesticated ones of which are used for transportation, work, sport, etc.; a horse.
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in firearms, a small lever pressed back by the finger to activate the firing mechanism; a trigger.
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a piece usu. shaped like a horse's head in chess, which is moved one square, whether occupied or unoccupied, in any vertical or horizontal direction, and then one square farther diagonally; a knight.
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a metal or wooden horse for taking an idol of a deity on in procession.
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a small cock, fitted in the central rod, moving with the help of a spring, that stops the closing of an umbrella.
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a green hopping insect; a gross-hopper.
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a wooden horse with a curved base the convex side of which is placed on the ground and used by children to play by moving to and fro.
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(fig.) position; rank; standing; prestige.
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ಕುದುರೆಯ ಕೊಂಬು kudureya kombu a thing that is impractical to get, improbable to see, etc.; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಮೂತಿ ಹುಳು kudureya mūti huḷu a long snouted, stinking insect that is bred in things decompose and rot; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಸುಂಕ kudureya sunka a tax levied (earlier) on horses one possessed; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಸೇಸೆ kudureya sēse = ಕುದುರೆಯ ಸುಂಕ; ಕುದುರೆಯೋದು kudureyōdu a reading without cogitating or pondering about the subject; ಕುದುರೆ(ಯನ್ನು) ಕಂಡರೆ ಕಾಲುನೋವು kudure(yannu) kaṇḍare kālu nōvu (prov.) availability of a facility makes one dependent helplessly on it; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಬಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ದುಡ್ಡು ಕಟ್ಟು kudureya bālakke duḍḍu kaṭṭu (fig .) to bet (every thing one has) on a racehorse; to spend too much on horse-race; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಮೇಲಿರು kudureya mēliru (coll.) to be under the influence of alcoholic drinks; to be intoxicated; ಕುದುರೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಬರು kudureya mēle baru to come to a place with an intention to return very fast; to show haste to go back; ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕುದುರೆ ಚೇಷ್ಟೆ doḍḍa kudure cēṣṭe the way of life of fashionable society; a display of false one's prestige; ಕುದುರೆ ಕಾಣದೆ ಹುರುಳಿ ಬೇಯಿಸುವುದೇಕೆ? kudure kāṇade huruḷi bēyisuvedēke? (prov.) count not your chickens before they are hatched; ಕುದುರೆಯನ್ನು ನೀರಿನ ತನಕ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗಬಹುದು, ನೀರು ಕುಡಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ kudureyannu nīrina tanaka tegedukoṇḍu hōgabahudu, nīru kuḍisuvudakkāguvudilla (prov.) you can encourage someone to do something but cannot actually force him or her to do so; you can take a horse to the water, but cannot ake it drink; ಬರುಬರುತ್ತಾ ರಾಯರ ಕುದುರೆ ಕತ್ತೆಯಾಯಿತು barubaruttā rāyara kudure katteyāyitu (prov.) (usu.said of an intelligent student) to become dull gradually; ಸಾವಿರ ಕುದುರೆ ಸರದಾರ, ಮನೆ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಕಾಸ್ತಾರ sāvira kudure saradāra, mane heṇḍati kāstāra (prov.) no man is a hero to his own valet.