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cayuse U.S. local.|kaɪˈjuːs|
Also † kiyuse, † skyuse.
[Said to be from the language of the Chinook Indians of Oregon.]
‘A common Indian pony’ (Scribner's Mag. II. 510). Also, any horse (N. Amer. colloq.).
1841T. J. Farnham Trav. Gt. West. Prairies 157 Skyuse horses never make such disagreeable mistakes. 1857Oregon Weekly Times Jan. (Th.), All manner of wrought and cast work,..down to Shoeing a ‘Cultus’ Cayuse Horse. 1867Territorial Enterprise (Virginia, Nev.) 31 Jan. 2/4 Jane..was mounted behind her lover and away, nor bated they the noble cayuse till many a league was passed. 1869A. K. McClure Rocky Mts. 302 Twice our kiyuse broke nearly out of the harness... The kiyuse is never perfectly tamed. 1873J. H. Beadle Undevel. West xxxv. 750, I mounted a cayuse and rode seven miles over the hills. 1882Blackw. Mag. Dec. 768, I stopped to let the old cayuse rest. 1885Century Mag. Nov. 33 As firm a seat..as any cowboy that ever put leg over a cayuse. 1948Chicago Tribune 27 May ii. 2/6 Life atop a cayuse in the professional arenas..is no easier than one astride a bronco on the college rodeo field. 1962Field, Horse & Rodeo (Calgary) Nov. 30/1 Well, chances are Mr. Dude, you've been getting a silent horse laugh yourself from your own trusty cayuse. |