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2001 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BELIE.4 (Noah Webster)
With dust, with horse’s hoofs, that beat the ground,
2002 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BELL.4 (Noah Webster)
2. A hollow body of metal, perforated, and containing a solid ball, to give sounds when shaken; used on animals, as on horses or hawks.
2003 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BELL.6 (Noah Webster)
To bear the bell, is to be the first or leader, in allusion to the bell-wether of a flock, or the leading horse of a team or drove, that wears bells on his collar.
2004 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BELLY-BAND.1 (Noah Webster)
BELLY-BAND, n. A band that encompasses the belly of a horse, and fastens the saddle; a girth.
2005 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BELLY-FRETTING.1 (Noah Webster)
BELLY-FRETTING, n. The chafing of a horse’s belly, with a fore girt.
2006 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BELLY-FRETTING.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A violent pain in a horse’s belly, caused by worms.
2007 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BESTRIDE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To stride over; to stand or sit with any thing between the legs, or with the legs extended across; as, to bestride the world, like a colossus; to bestride a horse.
2008 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BET.1 (Noah Webster)
… own horse, or on the horse of another man.
2009 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BIDET.1 (Noah Webster)
BIDET, n. A small horse, formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
2010 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BIGGEL.1 (Noah Webster)
BIGGEL, n. A quadruped of the East Indies, somewhat like a rane or rein-deer, but its head resembles that of a horse. It has two horns, cloven feet and a mane like an ass.
2011 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BIGHT.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The inward bent of a horse’s chambrel, and the bend of the fore knees.
2012 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BISHOP.12 (Noah Webster)
1. Among horse-dealers, to use arts to make an old horse look like a young one, or to give a good appearance to a bad horse.
2013 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BIT.1 (Noah Webster)
… a horse, and its appendages, to which the reins are fastened. It includes the bit mouth, the branches, the curb, the sevel holes, the tranchefil and cross chains …
2014 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BIT.2 (Noah Webster)
BIT, v.t. To put a bridle upon a horse; to put the bit in the mouth.
2015 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BITMOUTH.1 (Noah Webster)
BITMOUTH, n. [bit and mouth.] The bit, or that part of a bridle which is put in a horse’s mouth.
2016 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLAZE.4 (Noah Webster)
3. A white spot on the forehead or face of a horse, descending nearly to the nose.
2017 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLEYME.1 (Noah Webster)
BLEYME, n. An inflammation in the foot of a horse, between the sole and the bone.
2018 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLIND.21 (Noah Webster)
2. A screen; a cover; as a blind for a window, or for a horse.
2019 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLOOD-SPAVIN.1 (Noah Webster)
BLOOD-SPAVIN, n. [blood and spavin.] A dilatation of the vein that runs along the inside of the hock of a horse, forming a soft swelling.
2020 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLOSSOM.3 (Noah Webster)
2. This word is used to denote the color of a horse, that has his hair white, but intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; otherwise, peach-colored.