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White horse

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1.A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper jaw and extending in streaks into the junk above it. It resembles blubber, but contains no oil. Also, the part of the head in which it occurs.
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Noun1.White horsewhite horse - a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
whitecap
moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)


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I'm the Poet of White Horse Vale, sir, With liberal notions under my cap.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
Long before the time during which we will know him, he was a doctor and drove a jaded white horse from house to house through the streets of Winesburg.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
To the unaided eye there is nothing but a black figure on a white horse, tracing slow zigzags against the slope of a distant hill - so slowly they seem almost to creep.
A Son of the Gods by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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