Alternative form of stalking horse

A sunken place in a road, caused by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot.

plural of horse thief

Someone who steals horses.

Either of a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of one forming a mousing for the other.

The furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulfur and arsenic from the pyrites.

(dated) To have some favourite occupation or subject of talk.

(UK, slang) A special constable.

A small boathook.

A hook for suspending pots and kettles over a fire.