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† ˈhalf-horse1 Obs. A centaur. Hence † half-horsy a., of the nature of a centaur.
1588Spenser Gnat 41 Th' halfe-horsy people, Centaures hight. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. iv. 270 The brave Halfe-horse Phylerian Scout. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. ii. (1626) 38 It pleas'd the Halfe-horse to be so imploy'd. |