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White Horse Close, or "Whitehorse Close", is an enclosed courtyard off the Canongate at the foot of the Royal Mile at the eastern end of the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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White Horse Close

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White Horse Close, or "Whitehorse Close", is an enclosed courtyard off the Canongate at the foot of the Royal Mile at the eastern end of the Old Town...

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Uffington White Horse

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The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure, 110 m (360 ft) long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk. The figure is situated...

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White horse

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A white horse is born predominantly white and stays white throughout its life. A white horse has mostly pink skin under its hair coat, and may have brown...

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List of closes on the Royal Mile

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Close (cranked connection to Calton Road) Brown's Close (dead end) Forsyth's Close (sealed/ private dead end) Galloway's Entry (dead end) White Horse...

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Cherhill White Horse

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third oldest of several such white horses in Great Britain, with only the Uffington White Horse and the Westbury White Horse being older. The figure is...

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Westbury White Horse

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Westbury White Horse or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of Westbury in Wiltshire...

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Gray horse

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as the horse ages as white hairs become intermingled with hairs of other colors. Graying can occur at different rates—very quickly on one horse and very...

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Horse markings

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horses are usually distinctive white areas on an otherwise dark base coat color. Most horses have some markings, and they help to identify the horse as...

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Vale of White Horse

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The Vale of White Horse is a local government district of Oxfordshire in England. It was historically part of Berkshire. The area is commonly referred...

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Grassmarket

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place being used for two open air markets: the "Grass-market" and the "Horse-market". Of the West Bow at the north-east corner, considerably altered...

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Devizes White Horse

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another white horse hill figure, which was also known as Devizes White Horse, or sometimes The Snobs Horse, which was very close to the present horse as it...

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White Horse Temple

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White Horse Temple (Chinese: 白馬寺) is a Buddhist temple in Luoyang, Henan that, according to tradition, is the first Buddhist temple in China, having been...

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Horse

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subspecies of Equus ferus. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, close to Eohippus, into the large...

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1923 FA Cup final

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finals. The match is often referred to as the "White Horse Final" and is commemorated by the White Horse Bridge at the new Wembley Stadium. Bolton Wanderers...

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Advocates Close

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Advocates Close is a narrow and steep alley in Edinburgh of medieval origin, redeveloped in the early 21st century. With a multiplicity of steps it is...

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Horse symbolism

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Horse symbolism is the study of the representation of the horse in mythology, religion, folklore, art, literature and psychoanalysis as a symbol, in its...

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Sabino horse

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of white spotting in horses. In general, Sabino patterning is visually recognized by roaning or irregular edges of white markings, belly spots, white extending...

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Dominant white

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Dominant white (W) is a group of genetically related coat color alleles on the KIT gene of the horse, best known for producing an all-white coat, but also...

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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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human in appearance. In John's revelation the first horseman rides a white horse, carries a bow, and is given a crown as a figure of conquest, perhaps...

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The Ballad of the White Horse

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The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911. Written...

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White Horse Stone

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The White Horse Stone is a name given to two separate sarsen megaliths east of Blue Bell Hill, near the hamlet of Sandling and the village of Aylesford...

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American Quarter Horse

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The American Quarter Horse, or Quarter Horse, is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name is derived from its ability...

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Battle of White Horse Hill

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The Battle of White Horse Hill (Korean: 백마고지 전투, Chinese: 白马山战斗; pinyin: Bái Mǎ Shān Zhàn Dòu)took place during the Korean War. White Horse Hill (Hill 395)...

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Clydesdale horse

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The Clydesdale is a Scottish breed of draught horse. It takes its name from Clydesdale, a region of Scotland centred on the River Clyde. The origins of...

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