Search for: Horses
2381 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JAW.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The bones of the mouth in which the teeth are fixed. They resemble a horse shoe. In most animals, the under jaw only is movable.
2382 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JENNET.1 (Noah Webster)
JENNET, n. A small Spanish horse, properly genet.
2383 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JOCKEY.1 (Noah Webster)
JOCKEY, n. [said to be from Jackey, a diminutive of Jack, John; primarily, a boy that rides horses.]
2384 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JOCKEY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A man that rides horses in a race.
2385 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JOCKEY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A dealer in horses; one who makes it his business to buy and sell horses for gain. Hence,
2386 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JOCKEYSHIP.1 (Noah Webster)
JOCKEYSHIP, n. The art or practice of riding horses.
2387 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JOLT.2 (Noah Webster)
JOLT, v.t. To shake with sudden jerks, as in a carriage on rough ground, or on a high trotting horse; as the horse or carriage jolts the rider.
2388 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JUMP.2 (Noah Webster)
… a horse; a goat jumps from rock to rock.
2389 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. JUMP.8 (Noah Webster)
The noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. Nahum 3:2 .
2390 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. KEEP.13 (Noah Webster)
7. To tend; to feed; to pasture; as, to keep a flock of sheep or a herd of cattle in a yard or in a field. He keeps his horses on oats or on hay.
2391 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. KELPY.1 (Noah Webster)
KELPY, n. An imaginary spirit of the waters, in the form of a horse. [Local and vulgar.]
2392 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. KICK.1 (Noah Webster)
KICK, v.t. To strike with the foot; as, a horse kicks a servant; a man kicks a dog.
2393 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. KICK.2 (Noah Webster)
KICK, v.i. To practice striking with the foot or feet; as a horse accustomed to kick.
2394 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LACKEY.5 (Noah Webster)
Oft have I servants seen on horses ride, the free and noble lackey by their side.
2395 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LADE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To load; to put on or in, as a burden or freight. We lade a ship with cotton. We lade a horse or other beast with corn.
2396 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAMPAS.1 (Noah Webster)
LAMPAS, n. A lump of flesh of the size of a nut, in the roof of a horse’s mouth, and rising above the teeth.
2397 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LARGE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Big; of great size; bulky; as a large body; a large horse or ox; a large mountain; a large tree; a large ship.
2398 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LATHER.6 (Noah Webster)
2. Foam or froth from profuse sweat, as of a horse.
2399 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEAP.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To spring or rise from the ground with both feet, as man, or with all the feet, as other animals; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.
2400 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEAP.4 (Noah Webster)
2. To spring or move suddenly; as, to leap from a horse.