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2021 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLUNDER.4 (Noah Webster)
3. To stumble, as a horse; a common use of the word.
2022 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BOAR.1 (Noah Webster)
BOAR, v.i. The manege, a horse is said to boar, when he shoots out his nose, raising it as high as his ears, and tosses his nose in the wind.
2023 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BODY-CLOTHES.2 (Noah Webster)
Clothing or covering for the body, as for a horse.
2024 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BOG-SPAVIN.1 (Noah Webster)
BOG-SPAVIN, n. [bog and spavin.] In horses, an encysted tumor on the inside of the hough, containing a gelatinous matter.
2025 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BONE-SPAVIN.1 (Noah Webster)
BONE-SPAVIN, n. [bone and spavin.] A bony excrescence, or hard swelling, on the inside of the hock of a horse’s leg; usually cured by blistering and firing, or caustic blisters.
2026 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BORE.9 (Noah Webster)
3. With horsemen, a horse bores, when he carries his nose to the ground.
2027 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BOTS.2 (Noah Webster)
… of horses. They are the larvas of a species of OEstrus or gad-fly, which deposits its eggs on the tips of the hairs, generally of the fore-legs and mane, whence they …
2028 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BOTTOM.16 (Noah Webster)
13. In the language of jockeys, stamina, native strength; as a horse of good bottom.
2029 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BOULET.2 (Noah Webster)
In the manege, a horse is so called, when the fetlock or pastern joint bends forward, and out of its natural position.
2030 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BOW.22 (Noah Webster)
6. Bows of a saddle, are the two pieces of wood laid archwise to receive the upper part of a horse’s back, to give the saddle its due form, and to keep it tight.
2031 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BRAG.2 (Noah Webster)
To boast; to display one’s actions, merits or advantages ostentatiously; to tell boastful stories; followed by of; as, to brag of a good horse, or of a feat.
2032 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BRAKE.11 (Noah Webster)
4. A machine for confining refractory horses, while the smith is shoeing them.
2033 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BRANCARD.1 (Noah Webster)
BRANCARD, n. A horse litter. [Not in use.]
2034 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BREAK.12 (Noah Webster)
9. To tame; to train to obedience; to make tractable; as, to break a horse.
2035 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BREASTPLATE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A strap that runs across a horse’s breast.
2036 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BREED.20 (Noah Webster)
1. A cast; a kind; a race of men or other animals, which have an alliance by nativity, or some distinctive qualities in common; as a breed of men in a particular country; a breed of horses or sheep. Applied to men, it is not elegant. We use race.
2037 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BREEDER.6 (Noah Webster)
3. One who raises a breed; one who takes care to raise a particular breed, or breeds, as of horses or cattle.
2038 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BRIDLE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The instrument with which a horse is governed and restrained by a rider; consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages, according to its particular form and uses.
2039 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BRIDLE.6 (Noah Webster)
BRIDLE, v.t. To put on a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.
2040 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BRIGADE.1 (Noah Webster)
… of horse is a body of eight or ten squadrons; of infantry, four, five, or six battalions, or regiments.