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Horse \Horse\, n. (Student Slang)
   (a) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; -- called also trot, pony, Dobbin.
   (b) Horseplay; tomfoolery.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Trot \Trot\, v. t. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.

To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Trot \Trot\, n. [F. See Trot, v. i.]

1. The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time. ``The limbs move diagonally in pairs in the trot.'' --Stillman (The Horse in Motion).

2. Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying.

3. One who trots; a child; a woman.

An old trot with ne'er a tooth. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Trot \Trot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trotting.]

[OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott?n to tread. See Tread.]

1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.

He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night. --Franklin.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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