Search for: Horses
2661 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STANDARD-BEARER.1 (Noah Webster)
STANDARD-BEARER, n. [standard and bear.] An officer of an army, company or troop, that bears a standard; an ensign of infantry or a cornet of horse.
2662 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. START.12 (Noah Webster)
6. To set out; to commence a race, as from a barrier or goal. The horses started at the word, go.
2663 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STATELINESS.3 (Noah Webster)
For stateliness and majesty, what is comparable to a horse?
2664 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STEED.1 (Noah Webster)
STEED, n. A horse, or a hose for state or war. [This word is not much used in common discourse. It is used in poetry and descriptive prose, and is elegant.]
2665 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STIFLE.11 (Noah Webster)
1. The joint of a horse next to the buttock, and corresponding to the knee in man; called also the stifle joint.
2666 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STIFLE.12 (Noah Webster)
2. A disease in the knee-pan of a horse or other animal.
2667 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STIPULATE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To bargain. A has stipulated to deliver me his horse for fifty guineas.
2668 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STIRRUP.1 (Noah Webster)
… a horse, and to enable them to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve them by supporting a part of the weight of the body.
2669 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STONE.9 (Noah Webster)
7. In Great Britain, the weight of fourteen pounds. [8, 12, 14, or 16.] [Not used in the United States, except in reference to the riders of horses in races.]
2670 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STONE-HORSE.1 (Noah Webster)
STONE-HORSE, n. [stone and horse.] A house built of stone.
2671 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STOT.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A horse. [Not in use.]
2672 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STRADDLE.2 (Noah Webster)
STRADDLE, v.t. To place one leg on one side and the other on the other of any thing; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.
2673 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STRAIN.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To cause to draw with force, or with excess of exertion; to injure by pressing with too much effort. He strained this horses or his oxen by overloading them.
2674 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STRANGLES.1 (Noah Webster)
STRANGLES, n. Swellings in a horses throat.
2675 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STRAY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; as, a sheep strays from the flock; a horse strays from an inclosure.
2676 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STRINGHALT.1 (Noah Webster)
STRINGHALT, n. [string and halt.] A sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive motion of the muscles that extend or bend the hough. [This word in some of the United States, is corrupted into springhalt.]
2677 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STUBBORN.10 (Noah Webster)
7. Refractory; obstinately resisting command, the goad or the whip; as a stubborn ass or horse.
2678 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STUD.6 (Noah Webster)
3. A collection of breeding horses and mares; or the place where they are kept.
2679 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STUD.7 (Noah Webster)
In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor and fire.
2680 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. STUD.11 (Noah Webster)
Their horses shall be trappd, their harness studded all with gold and pearl.