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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hors, v. Also: horse. P.t. and p.p. hors(s)yt, -it, -eit, -ett, hoirssit; horsyd, -ed; horst. [ME. hors (p.t. horsed), OE. horsian.]

1. tr. To put on horseback; to assist (one) to mount a horse. 1375 Barb. iv. 285.
The kyng … wes laid at erd … Bot his men horsit him weill rath ?1438 Alex. i. 2720.
On Tholomeris steid hes he Horssit his lord Ib. 3097.
He askit, quhen he horssit was, Ane speir c1475 Wall. v. 287.
Wallace doune can lycht … , Or he was horst, ridaris about him kest Ib. vi. 594.
The Sotheron … Horssit thair king and off the feild couth ride 1535 Stewart 10406.
His men … horsit him vpone ane cursour new 1533 Boece ix. xii. 317 b.
Aidane … was horssit and salfit be flicht a1578 Pitsc. I. 272/12.
They … horssed the King and brocht him fourtht of the feild on ane dune haiknay a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1804) 37.
Quhen shoe was come to the land, they horsett hir imediatlie 16.. Hist. Kennedy 151.
That he mycht the more sauflie eschew, the said … horsit him on his awin horse

b. refl. and intr. To mount on horseback. ?1438 Alex. i. 1125.
He horssit him, quhethir thay wald or nocht a1578 Pitsc. I. 55/24.
The earle of Huntlie … hoirssit him self and fled away a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1804) 250.
He suddainlye horsit himselff … , and came furth of the village saifly 1600 Acts IV. 207/1.
This deponar horssit and accompanyit his maiestie to Perth c1679 Kirkton Hist. (1817) 381.
Upon this all within horsed and chased Carstaires and his party

2. refl. To provide oneself with a horse. 1456 Hay I. 113/32.
Ane gude knycht … suld sett all his study till arm him … and hors him Ib. 145/25.
Sum men, as men of were, … mon hors thame with thair wagis

3. a. To convey as on horseback. b. To carry (a person) on one's back.c. To horse (another's) heels, to get the better of him: see Hele n.¹ 2. a1508 Kynd Kittok 14.
Scho had hap to be horsit to hir herbry a1568 Scott v. 58.
Madynis … hes their mynȝonis on the streit To hors thame quhair the gait is ruch 1633 Dalyell Darker Superst. 179.
He horsed her backward from quhair scho lay, to the Kirk of Hoy