Search for: Horses
2501 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PHAETON.3 (Noah Webster)
2. An open carriage like a chaise, on four wheels, and drawn by two horses.
2502 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PIEBALD.1 (Noah Webster)
PIEBALD, a. Of various colors; diversified in color; as a piebald horse.
2503 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PILLAR.11 (Noah Webster)
7. In the manege, the center of the volta, ring or manege ground, around which a horse turns. There are also pillars on the circumference or side, placed at certain distances by two and two.
2504 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PILLION.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The pad of a saddle that rests on the horse’s back.
2505 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLATE.6 (Noah Webster)
5. The prize given for the best horse in a race.
2506 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PLOW.2 (Noah Webster)
1. In agriculture, an instrument for turning up, breaking and preparing the ground for receiving the seed. It is drawn by oxen or horses and saves the labor of digging; it is therefore the most useful instrument in agriculture.
2507 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POLACRE.1 (Noah Webster)
POLACRE, n. A vessel with three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, so that they have neither tops, caps nor cross-trees, nor horses to their upper yards.
2508 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POLL-EVIL.1 (Noah Webster)
POLL-EVIL, n. [poll and evil.] A swelling or impostem on a horse’s head, or on the nape of the neck between the ears.
2509 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PONTLEVIS.1 (Noah Webster)
PONTLEVIS, n. In horsemanship, a disorderly resisting of a horse by rearing repeatedly on his hind legs, so as to be in danger of coming over.
2510 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PONY.1 (Noah Webster)
PONY, n. A small horse.
2511 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POOR.15 (Noah Webster)
10. Lean; emaciated; as a poor horse. The ox is poor.
2512 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POSE.1 (Noah Webster)
POSE, n. s as z. [See the Verb.] In heraldry, a lion, horse or other beast standing still, with all his feet on the ground.
2513 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POST.9 (Noah Webster)
… of horses stationed at particular places, or of stationing men for carrying dispatches, or from the fixed stages where they were to be supplied with refreshment …
2514 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POST.15 (Noah Webster)
Hence, to travel post, is to travel expeditiously by the use of fresh horses taken at certain stations.
2515 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POST.21 (Noah Webster)
2. To advertise on a post or in a public place; as, to post a stray horse.
2516 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POST-HORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
POST-HORSE, n. A horse stationed for the use of couriers.
2517 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POSTILLION.1 (Noah Webster)
POSTILLION, n. postil’yon. One that rides and guides the first pair of horses in a coach or other carriage; also, one that rides one of the horses, when one pair only is used, either in a coach or post-chaise.
2518 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. POST-TOWN.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A town in which post-horses are kept.
2519 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRANCE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.
2520 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PRANCING.2 (Noah Webster)
PR`ANCING, n. A springing or bounding, as of a high spirited horse. Judges 5:22 .