Search for: Horses
2541 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RACKING-PACE.1 (Noah Webster)
RACKING-PACE, n. The racking-pace of a horse is an amble, but with a quicker and shorter tread.
2542 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RADISH.2 (Noah Webster)
A plant of the genus Raphanus, the root of which is eaten raw. Horse-radish is of the genus Cochlearia. Water-radish is of the genus Sisymbrium.
2543 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RAISE.39 (Noah Webster)
28. To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred or propagated; as, to raise wheat, barley, hops, etc.; to raise horses, oxen or sheep.
2544 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RANE.2 (Noah Webster)
… the horse, the cow, the goat and the sheep, as he furnishes food, clothing and the means of conveyance. This animal will draw a sled on the snow more than a hundred …
2545 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RATE.10 (Noah Webster)
Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come lup soon enough.
2546 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RATION.2 (Noah Webster)
… of horses. Officers have several rations according to their rank or number of attendants. Seamen in the navy also have rations of certain articles.
2547 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RAT-TAIL.1 (Noah Webster)
RAT-TAIL, n. In farriery, an excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
2548 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECLAIM.10 (Noah Webster)
The headstrong horses hurried Octavius along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them. [Unusual.]
2549 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFUSAL.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; pre-emption. We say, a man has the refusal of a farm or a horse, or the refusal of an employment.
2550 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REGIMENT.2 (Noah Webster)
1. In military affairs, a body of men, either horse, foot or artillery, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel and major, and consisting of a number of companies, usually from eight to ten.
2551 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REIN.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider of a horse restrains and governs him.
2552 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RELAY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A supply of horses placed on the road to be in readiness to relieve others, that a traveler may proceed without delay.
2553 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RELIEF.7 (Noah Webster)
… of horses, arms, money and the like, the amount of which was originally arbitrary, but afterwards fixed at a certain rate by law. It is not payable, unless the heir …
2554 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REMOUNT.1 (Noah Webster)
REMOUNT, v.t. To mount again; as, to remount a horse.
2555 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REMOVE.23 (Noah Webster)
9. The act of putting a horse’s shoes on different feet.
2556 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RESTIF.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Unwilling to go, or only running back; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; as a restif steed. It seems originally to have been used of horses that would not be driven forward. It is sometimes written restive.
2557 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RESTIF.6 (Noah Webster)
RESTIF, n. A stubborn horse.
2558 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RESTRAIN.2 (Noah Webster)
… a horse by a bridle; we restrain cattle from wandering by fences; we restrain water by dams and dikes; we restrain men from crimes and trespasses by laws; we restrain …
2559 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RETRACT.8 (Noah Webster)
RETRACT, n. Among horsemen, the prick of a horse’s foot in nailing a shoe.
2560 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RETURN.14 (Noah Webster)
1. To bring, carry or send back; as, to return a borrowed book; to return a hired horse.