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2781 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WINCE.4 (Noah Webster)
2. To kick or flounce when uneasy, or impatient of a rider; as, a horse winces.
2782 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WIND.22 (Noah Webster)
To carry the wind, in the manege, is when a horse tosses his nose as high as his ears.
2783 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WIND-GAGE.1 (Noah Webster)
WIND-GAGE, n. [wind and gage.] A soft tumor on the fetlock joints of a horse.
2784 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WIRE-HEEL.1 (Noah Webster)
WIRE-HEEL, n. [wire and heel.] A defect and disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.
2785 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WITHER-BAND.1 (Noah Webster)
WITHER-BAND, n. [withers and band.] A piece of iron laid under a saddle near a horses withers, to strengthen the bow.
2786 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WITHERS.1 (Noah Webster)
WITHERS, n. [This seems to signify a joining, from the root of with.] The juncture of the shoulder bones of a horse, at the bottom of the neck.
2787 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WITHER-WRUNG.1 (Noah Webster)
WITHER-WRUNG, a. Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
2788 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WOODEN.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Made of wood; consisting of wood; as a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden horse.
2789 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WORM.2 (Noah Webster)
… of horses, and many others; certain wingless insects, as the glow-worm; the intestinal worms, or such as breed in the cavities and organs of living animals, as …
2790 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. YACHT.1 (Noah Webster)
… by horses.] A vessel of state used to convey princes, embassadors and other great personages from one place to another. The royal yachts are rigged as ketches …
2791 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. YEAR.6 (Noah Webster)
In popular language, year is often used for years. The horse is ten year old.
2792 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. YELLOWS.1 (Noah Webster)
YELLOWS, n. A disease of horses, cattle and sheep, in which the eyes are tinged with a yellow color, proceeding often from obstructions in the gall-ducts. It is relieved by purges.
2793 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. YERK.1 (Noah Webster)
YERK, v.t. To throw or thrust with a sudden smart spring; as, horses yerk their heels.
2794 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. dissipation.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… , their horse racing, their gambling, their dissipation, D their lustful practices, their untamable passions, are fast fillin the world with violence” (DA 633 …
2795 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. wagon, gospel.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… “a horse-drawn wagon decorated to attract attention and moved into a city to be used as a platform from which to present the message.” These gospel wagons were …
2796 Angel Over Her Tent, p. 38.1 (D. A. Delafield)
“Get old Charlie [the Whites’ horse],” James White replied, “and the carriage, and take Loughborough out on a six-week preaching circuit in southwestern New York and Pennsylvania.”
2797 Angel Over Her Tent, p. 49.2 (D. A. Delafield)
… a horse and buggy. In the winter they used a sleigh. Sometimes they bounced along in stagecoaches, which traveled between many of the villages and towns. But …
2798 Angel Over Her Tent, p. 79.1 (D. A. Delafield)
… their horse and carriage rather than take the recently completed Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway (now the Grand Trunk Western Railroad).
2799 Angel Over Her Tent, p. 79.2 (D. A. Delafield)
… the horse plodded north to Charlotte along the crude country roads, James slipped into a thoughtful, almost sad, mood. “The future seems cloudy and uncertain …
2800 Angel Over Her Tent, p. 88.2 (D. A. Delafield)
… his horse in the shade of a tree beside the road, he waited for the rider to approach.