Search for: Horses
2141 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DEMI-VOLT.1 (Noah Webster)
DEMI-VOLT, n. One of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.
2142 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DEPASTURE.3 (Noah Webster)
If a man takes in a horse, or other cattle, to graze and depasture in his grounds, which the law calls agistment-
2143 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DESCRIBE.4 (Noah Webster)
… Trojan horse. The historian describes the battle of Pharsalia. The moralist describes the effects of corrupt manners. The geographer describes countries …
2144 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DETINUE.1 (Noah Webster)
… a horse, cow, sheep, plate, cloth, etc., to recover the thing itself or damages for the detainer.
2145 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISMOUNT.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from a beast; as, the officer ordered his troops to dismount.
2146 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISMOUNT.5 (Noah Webster)
1. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
2147 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISMOUNTED.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Thrown from a horse, or from an elevation; unhorsed, or removed from horses by order; as dismounted troops. Applied to horses, it signifies unfit for service.
2148 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISMOUNTING.1 (Noah Webster)
DISMOUNTING, ppr. Throwing from a horse; unhorsing; removing from an elevation; throwing or removing from carriages.
2149 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISTANCE.6 (Noah Webster)
4. A space marked on the course where horses run.
2150 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISTANCE.7 (Noah Webster)
This horse ran the whole field out of distance.
2151 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DOCK.3 (Noah Webster)
1. To cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
2152 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DOCK.9 (Noah Webster)
2. A case of leather to cover a horses dock.
2153 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRAFT.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A drawing; as, this horse is good for draft. In this sense, draught is perhaps most common.
2154 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRAFT-HORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
DRAFT-HORSE, n. A horse employed in drawing, particularly in drawing heavy loads or in plowing.
2155 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRAUGHT.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The act of drawing; as a horse or ox fit for draught.
2156 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRAUGHT-HORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
DRAUGHT-HORSE, n. A horse used in drawing a plow, cart or other carriage, as distinguished from a saddle horse.
2157 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRAW.2 (Noah Webster)
… , the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.
2158 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRAW.87 (Noah Webster)
1. To pull; to exert strength in drawing. We say, a horse or an ox draws well.
2159 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRAY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A low cart or carriage on wheels, drawn by a horse.
2160 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRAY-HORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
DRAY-HORSE, n. A horse used for drawing a dray.