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To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.

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  1. v. i. To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
  2. n. The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh.
  3. a. Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.
  4. n. the characteristic sounds made by a horse
  5. v. make a characteristic sound, of a horse
  6. To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh. The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. "The stately horse . . . stooped with a low whinny." Tennyson. Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze. A fine, large, whinny, . . . unimproved common. Sterne.
  7. n:50/v:50 n the characteristic sounds made by a horse v make a characteristic sound, of a horse