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2641 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPUR.4 (Noah Webster)
Hence, to set spurs to a horse, is to prick him and put him upon a run.
2642 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPUR.16 (Noah Webster)
1. To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; as, to spur a horse.
2643 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPURWAY.1 (Noah Webster)
SPURWAY, n. [spur and way.] A horse path; a narrow way; a bridle road; a way for a single beast. [Not used in the United States.]
2644 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STABLE.8 (Noah Webster)
… for horses or cattle.] A house or shed for beasts to lodge and feed in. In large towns, a stable is usually a building for horses only, or horses and cows, and often …
2645 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STABLE.9 (Noah Webster)
STABLE, v.t. To put or keep in a stable. Our farmers generally stable not only horses, but oxen and cows in winter, and sometimes young cattle.
2646 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STABLING.4 (Noah Webster)
2. A house, shed or room for keeping horses and cattle.
2647 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STAGE.10 (Noah Webster)
7. A place of rest on a journey, or where a relay of horses is taken. When we arrive at the next stage, we will take some refreshment. Hence,
2648 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STAG-EVIL.1 (Noah Webster)
STAG-EVIL, n. A disease in horses.
2649 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STAGGERS.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A disease of horses and cattle, attended with reeling or giddiness; also, a disease of sheep, which inclines them to turn about suddenly.
2650 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STALE.15 (Noah Webster)
STALE, v.i. [G.] To make water; to discharge urine; as horses and cattle.
2651 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STALE.16 (Noah Webster)
STALE, n. Urine; used of horses and cattle.
2652 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STALK.12 (Noah Webster)
3. To walk behind a stalking horse or behind a cover.
2653 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STALK.13 (Noah Webster)
The king crept under the shoulder of his led horse, and said, I must stalk.
2654 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STALKING-HORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
STALKING-HORSE, n. A horse, real or factitious, behind which a fowler conceals himself from the sight of the game which he is aiming to kill; hence, a mask; a pretense.
2655 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STALKING-HORSE.2 (Noah Webster)
Hypocrisy is the devils stalking-horse, under an affectation of simplicity and religion.
2656 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STALL.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Primarily, a stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the apartment for one horse or ox. The stable contains eight or ten stalls.
2657 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STALL.5 (Noah Webster)
… . Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots. In 2 Chronicles 9:25, stall means stable. Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and …
2658 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STALL.14 (Noah Webster)
3. To set; to fix; to plunge into mire so as not to be able to proceed; as, to stall horses or a carriage. [This phrase I have heard in Virginia. In New England, set is used in a like sense.]
2659 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STALLION.1 (Noah Webster)
STALLION, n. [G.] A stone horse; a seed horse; or any male horse not castrated, whether kept for mares or not. According to the Welsh, the word signifies a stock horse, a horse intended for raising stock.
2660 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STAND.128 (Noah Webster)
The horse made a stand, when he charged them and routed them.