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1981 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BALLOTADE.1 (Noah Webster)
BALLOTADE, BALOTADE, n. In the menage, a leap of pillars, or upon a strait line, so that when his fore feet are in the air, he shrews nothing but the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out. In a capriole, the horse yerks out his hind legs.
1982 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BAR.12 (Noah Webster)
… a horse’s mouth between the grinders and tusks, so that the part of the mouth which lies under and at the side of the bars, retains the name of the gum. The upper …
1983 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BAR.25 (Noah Webster)
… a horse, or other parts, to stop malignant humors. This is done by opening the skin above a vein, disengaging it and tying it both above and below, and striking …
1984 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BARB.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Anciently, armor for horses; formerly, barbe or barde.
1985 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BARB.6 (Noah Webster)
5. A horse from Barbary, of which it seems to be a contraction.
1986 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BARBARY.1 (Noah Webster)
BARBARY, n. A barbary horse; a barb.
1987 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BARBEL.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A knot of superfluous flesh, growing in the channels of a horse’s mouth; written also barble, or barb.
1988 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BARD.4 (Noah Webster)
BARD, n. The trappings of a horse.
1989 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BARN.1 (Noah Webster)
… their horses and cattle; so that among them, a barn is both a cornhouse or grange, and a stable. [See also Bairn .]
1990 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BARNACLE.4 (Noah Webster)
3. In the plural, an instrument consisting of two branches jointed at one end with a hinge, to put upon a horse’s nose, to confine him, for shoeing, bleeding, or dressing.
1991 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BAY.1 (Noah Webster)
… of horses. The shades of this color are called light bay, dark bay, dappled bay, gilded bay, chestnut bay. In popular language, in England, all bay horses are called …
1992 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BAYARD.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A bay horse.
1993 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEAM.6 (Noah Webster)
5. The pole of a carriage, which runs between the horses.
1994 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEAN.1 (Noah Webster)
… , the horse bean, the mazagan, the kidney bean, the cranberry bean, the lima bean, the frost bean, etc. The stalk is erect or climbing, and the fruit generally roundish …
1995 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEAN-GOOSE.1 (Noah Webster)
BEAN-GOOSE, n. A species of Anas; a migratory bird, which arrives in England in autumn, and retires to the north in summer. It is so named, from the likeness of the nail of the bill to a horse-bean.
1996 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEARD.6 (Noah Webster)
5. The beard or chuck of a horse, is that part which bears the curb of a bridle, underneath the lower mandible and above the chin.
1997 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEAT.27 (Noah Webster)
In the manerge, a horse beats the dust, when at each motion he does not take in ground enough with his fore legs; and at curvets, when he does them too precipitately, or too low. He beats upon a walk, when he walks too short.
1998 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEG.1 (Noah Webster)
… , or horse, denominated timariots.
1999 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEGLERBEG.1 (Noah Webster)
… a horse tail, to distinguish him from a bashaw, who has two, and a beg, who has one. His province is called beglerbeglik.
2000 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEHEMOTH.2 (Noah Webster)
… river horse. The latter opinion is most probably. [See Hippopotamus .] The original word in Arabic signifies a brute of beast in general, especially a quadruped …