Search for: Horses

2561 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RIDE.2 (Noah Webster)

1. To be carried on horseback, or on any beast, or in any vehicle. We ride on a horse, on a camel, in a coach, chariot, wagon, etc.

2563 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RIDE.16 (Noah Webster)

1. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse.

2565 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RIDER.2 (Noah Webster)

1. One who is borne on a horse or other beast, or in a vehicle.

2566 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RIDER.3 (Noah Webster)

2. One who breaks or manages a horse.

2567 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RIDGE.9 (Noah Webster)

7. Ridges of a horse’s mouth, are wrinkles or risings of flesh in the roof of the mouth.

2568 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RING-BONE.1 (Noah Webster)

RING-BONE, n. A callus growing in the hollow circle of the little pastern of a horse, just above the coronet.

2569 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RIVER-HORSE.1 (Noah Webster)

RIVER-HORSE, n. The hippopotamus, an animal inhabiting rivers.

2570 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROAN.1 (Noah Webster)

ROAN, a. A roan horse is one that is of a bay, sorrel or dark color, with spots of gray or white thickly interspersed.

2571 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROLL.32 (Noah Webster)

12. To wallow; to tumble; as, a horse rolls.

2572 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROUGH-SHOD.1 (Noah Webster)

ROUGH-SHOD, a. ruf’-shod. Shod with shoes armed with points; as a rough-shod horse. [This word is not generally used in America. In New England, instead of rough-shod, calked is used.]

2573 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROUT.9 (Noah Webster)

The king’s horse - routed and defeated the whole army.

2574 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROWEL.3 (Noah Webster)

2. Among farriers, a roll of hair or silk, used as an issue on horses, answering to a seton in surgery.

2575 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ROWEL.4 (Noah Webster)

3. A little flat ring or wheel of plate or iron on horses’ bits.

2576 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RUB.9 (Noah Webster)

To rub down, to clean by rubbing; to comb or curry, as a horse.

2577 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RUBICAN.2 (Noah Webster)

Rubican color of a horse, is a bay, sorrel or black, with a light gray or white upon the flanks, but the gray or white not predominant there.

2578 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RUN.11 (Noah Webster)

8. To contend in a race; as, men or horses run for a prize.

2579 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RUNNING.3 (Noah Webster)

2. a. Kept for the race; as a running horse.

2580 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SACCADE.1 (Noah Webster)

SACCADE, n. A sudden violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull; a correction used when the horse bears heavy on the hand. It should be used discretely.