What does horsing mean?
Horsing means present participle and gerund of horse.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of horse.
And though we cannot enumerate the “horsings,” and other little tender attentions that his juvenile indiscretions obtained him, we give him full credit for having received a modicum of castigation.
He grew up mortal fond of trading, and with a mortal hatred to learning; he, however, was flogged through Osterald's abridgement of the New Testament once or twice, and got one or two horsings over a Chapter of Genesis […]
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Horsing means present participle and gerund of horse.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And though we cannot enumerate the “horsings,” and other little tender attentions that his juvenile indiscretions obtained him, we give him full credit for having received a modicum of castigation.
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