Search for: Horses
2581 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SADDLE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A seat to be placed on a horse’s back for the rider to sit on. Saddles are variously made, as the common saddle and the hunting saddle, and for females the side-saddle.
2582 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SADDLE-BACKED.1 (Noah Webster)
SADDLE-BACKED, a. Having a low back and an elevated neck and head, as a horse.
2583 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SAGITTARY.1 (Noah Webster)
SAGITTARY, n. [supra.] A centaur, an animal half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver.
2584 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SAME.5 (Noah Webster)
… , the horse of one country is the same animal as the horse of another country. The same plants and fruits are produced in the same latitudes. We see in men in all …
2585 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SANGUISUGE.2 (Noah Webster)
The blood-sucker; a leech, or horse leech.
2586 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SCAB.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The itch or mange in horses; a disease of sheep.
2587 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SCARCE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Being few in number and scattered; rare; uncommon. Good horses are scarce.
2588 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SCORSE.5 (Noah Webster)
SCORSE, v.i. To deal for the purchase of a horse. Obs.
2589 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SCRAPER.3 (Noah Webster)
2. An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, and used for scraping earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals, etc.
2590 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SCRATCHES.1 (Noah Webster)
SCRATCHES, n. plu. Cracked ulcers on a horse’s foot, just above the hoof.
2591 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SEA-HORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
SEA-HORSE, n. [sea and horse.]
2592 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SEA-HORSE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The hippopotamus, or river horse.
2593 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SELLANDER.1 (Noah Webster)
SELLANDER, n. A dry scab in a horses hough or pastern.
2594 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SERPENTINE.5 (Noah Webster)
Serpentine tongue, in the manege. A horse is said to have a serpentine tongue, when he is constantly moving it, and sometimes passing it over the bit.
2595 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SET.14 (Noah Webster)
7. To put or fix, as a price. We set a price on a house, farm or horse.
2596 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SETACEOUS.4 (Noah Webster)
Setaceous worm, a name given to a water worm that resembles a horse hair, vulgarly supposed to be an animated hair. But this is a mistake.
2597 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SHACKLE.1 (Noah Webster)
… to horses. The word shack then is probably from a root which signifies to break, to reject, or to waste, or it may be allied to shag and shake.]
2598 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SHANK.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The whole joint from the knee to the ankle. In a horse, th epart of the fore leg between the knee and footlock.
2599 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SHAPE.13 (Noah Webster)
1. Form or figure as constituted by lines and angles; as the shape of a horse or a tree; the shape of the head, hand or foot.
2600 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SHEAR.2 (Noah Webster)
… , a horse shears the ground in feeding much closer than an ox.