Search for: Horses
2401 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEAPER.1 (Noah Webster)
LEAPER, n. One that leaps. A horse is called a good leaper.
2402 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEECH.4 (Noah Webster)
2. A blood-sucker; an animal of the genus Hirudo, a species of aquatic worm, which is used in the medical art for topical bleeding. One large species of this animal is called horse-leech.
2403 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEND.8 (Noah Webster)
… a horse or gig. [This sense is used by Paley, and probably may be common in England. But in the United States, I believe, the word is never thus used, except in reference …
2404 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LESS.3 (Noah Webster)
LESS, a. Smaller; not so large or great; as a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value. We are all destined to suffer affliction in a greater or less degree.
2405 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LICTOR.1 (Noah Webster)
… the horse by six. It was also the duty of lictors to apprehend and punish criminals.
2406 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIGHT.49 (Noah Webster)
… a horse.
2407 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIGHT.54 (Noah Webster)
6. Not heavily armed, or armed with light weapons; as light troops; a troop of light horse.
2408 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIGHT.85 (Noah Webster)
3. To descend, as from a horse or carriage; with down, off, or from.
2409 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIGHT-HORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
LIGHT-HORSE, n. Light armed cavalry.
2410 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIKELY.4 (Noah Webster)
… likely horse. In America, the word is usually applied to the endowments of the mind, or to pleasing accomplishments. With us, a likely man, is a man of good character …
2411 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIMMER.5 (Noah Webster)
4. A thill-horse. [Local.]
2412 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LINK.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Any thing doubled and closed like a link; as a link of horse hair.
2413 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LITTER.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A vehicle formed with shafts supporting a bed between them, in which a person may be borne by men or by a horse. If by the latter, it is called a horse-litter. A similar vehicle in India is called a palanquin.
2414 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LITTER.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Straw, hay or other soft substance, used as a bed for horses and for other purposes.
2415 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIVE.13 (Noah Webster)
8. To feed; to subsist; to be nourished and supported in life; as, horses live on grass or grain; fowls live on seeds or insects; some kinds of fish live on others; carnivorous animals live on flesh.
2416 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIVERY.5 (Noah Webster)
4. The state of being kept at a certain rate; as, to keep horses at livery.
2417 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIVERY-STABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
LIVERY-STABLE, n. A stable where horses are kept for hire.
2418 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIVESTOCK.1 (Noah Webster)
LIVESTOCK, n. [live and stock.] Horses, cattle and smaller domestic animals; a term applied in America to such animals as may be exported alive for foreign market.
2419 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LOAD.11 (Noah Webster)
… a horse; to load a cart or wagon. To load a gun, is to charge, or to put in a sufficient quantity of powder, or powder and ball or shot.
2420 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LOFTILY.7 (Noah Webster)
4. In an elevated attitude. A horse carries his head loftily.