Horse"flesh` (?), n.
1.
The flesh of horses.
The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day.
Bacon.
2.
Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh.
[Colloq.]
Horseflesh ore Min., a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on fresh facture.
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