Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as horse-pile.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Canada, dialect A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.

Etymologies

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water +‎ horse

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Examples

  • I thought of the amber eyes of the waterhorse, and wondered which others were true.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Wi 'my own eyes I saw this woman call up a waterhorse from the waters of the Evil Loch, to do her bidding!

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • And so the waterhorse kept his word, and returned the man to the bank near his home.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • So, the waterhorse being a kindly sort, takes himself to the bank of the loch near the house of a man with the reputation of a builder.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • The waterhorse of Loch Garve, like so many of his kind, had stolen a young girl who came to the loch to draw water, and carried her away to live in the depths of the loch and be his wife.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • I had felt the emotions of the crowd turn against me as the woman spoke; all I needed now was for this man to tell the court about the waterhorse.

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  • Most pointless adventure: Duplicated a character and had to kill off one version with a carnivorous waterhorse.

    NaNoWriMo is over! 2009

  • Most pointless adventure: Duplicated a character and had to kill off one version with a carnivorous waterhorse.

    NaNoWriMo is over! 2009

  • Of course, it also yields such awkward situations as a character who was entertaining, but going nowhere, so I had to duplicate him and then kill off his first manifestation with a conveniently-timed carnivorous waterhorse.

    NaNoWriMo is over! 2009

  • Of course, it also yields such awkward situations as a character who was entertaining, but going nowhere, so I had to duplicate him and then kill off his first manifestation with a conveniently-timed carnivorous waterhorse.

    NaNoWriMo 2009 2009

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  • This I would never have guessed.

    September 6, 2014