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Horseshoe
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- 1 A barangay of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- 1 The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.
"And what has been thus affirmed of other leading commodities; the blacksmith, for example, no longer making, but buying his horseshoes, nails, nuts, and bolts;"
- 2 U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof wordnet
- 3 The U shape of a horseshoe.
"If there are no missing teeth and tooth alignment is good, two opposing well-defined horseshoes are seen. If, however, your denitition is mal-aligned or is missing anterior teeth, this pattern too should be reflected in the bite mark."
- 4 game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes wordnet
- 5 A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles. slang
"The lateral head of your triceps forms the outside of the horseshoe, the long head forms the inside, the medial head lies beneath the long head, and the tendon occupies the flat space in the middle."
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- 6 The symbol ⊃.
- 7 An open-faced sandwich originating from Springfield, Illinois, consisting of thick-sliced toasted bread, often Texas toast, a hamburger patty, French fries, and a cheese sauce.
- 8 A U-shaped life buoy.
- 1 To apply horseshoes to (a horse). transitive
- 2 equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English horsscho, horssho, horscho, hors schoo, equivalent to horse + shoe.
From Middle English horsscho, horssho, horscho, hors schoo, equivalent to horse + shoe.
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