Search for: Horses
2481 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PACER.1 (Noah Webster)
PACER, n. One that paces; a horse that paces.
2482 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PACHYDERMATOUS.1 (Noah Webster)
… , and horse. The horse constitutes a separate order, Solipeda.
2483 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PACKHORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
PACKHORSE, n. A horse employed in carrying packs or goods and baggage.
2484 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PAD.3 (Noah Webster)
2. An easy paced horse.
2485 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PAIR.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Two things of a kind, similar in form, applied to the same purpose, and suited to each other or used together; as a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes; a pair of oxen or horses.
2486 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PALFREY.1 (Noah Webster)
PALFREY, n. [Low L. paraveredi, [plu of veredus,] horses of a large size, used for carrying the baggage of an army.]
2487 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PALFREY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A horse used by noblemen and others for state, distinguished from a war horse.
2488 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PALFREY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A small horse fit for ladies.
2489 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PANNADE.1 (Noah Webster)
PANNADE, n. The curvet of a horse. [See Panic .]
2490 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PANNIER.1 (Noah Webster)
PANNIER, n. pan’yer. [L. panis, bread.] A wicker basket; primarily, a bread-basket, but used for carrying fruit or other things on a horse.
2491 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PANTON.1 (Noah Webster)
PANTON, PANTON-SHOE, n. [L. pando, to open.] A horse shoe contrived to recover a narrow and hoof-bound heel.
2492 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PARE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To cut off, as the superficial substance or extremities of a thing; to shave off with a sharp instrument; as, to pare an apple or an orange; to pare the nails; to pare a horse’s hoof; to pare land in agriculture.
2493 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PASS.48 (Noah Webster)
Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge.
2494 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PASSADE.2 (Noah Webster)
PASSADE, n. In the menage, a turn or course of a horse backwards or forwards on the same spot of ground.
2495 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PASTERN.1 (Noah Webster)
PASTERN, n. The part of a horse’s leg between the joint next the foot and the coronet of the hoof.
2496 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PASTERN-JOINT.1 (Noah Webster)
PASTERN-JOINT, n. The joint in a horse’s leg next the foot.
2497 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PATE.4 (Noah Webster)
3. In fortification, a kind of platform resembling what is called a horse shoe.
2498 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PAVE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To lay or cover with stone or brick so as to make a level or convenient surface for horses, carriages or foot passengers; to floor with brick or stone; as, to pave a street; to pave a side-walk; to pave a court or stable.
2499 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PAW.4 (Noah Webster)
PAW, v.i. To draw the fore foot along the ground; to scrape with the fore foot; as a fiery horse, pawing with his hoof.
2500 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PESADE.1 (Noah Webster)
PESADE, n. The motion of a horse when he raises his fore quarters, keeping his hind feet on the ground without advancing.