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381 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CADE.1 (Noah Webster)
CADE, a. Tame; bred by hand; domesticated; as a cade lamb.
382 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CADE.2 (Noah Webster)
CADE, v.t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to tame.
383 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CICURATE.1 (Noah Webster)
CICURATE, v.t. To tame; to reclaim from wildness.
384 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CICURATION.1 (Noah Webster)
CICURATION, n. The act of taming wild animals.
385 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DOMESTIC.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Living near the habitations of man; tame; not wild; as domestic animals.
386 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DOMESTICATE.4 (Noah Webster)
3. To accustom to live near the habitations of man; to tame; as, to domesticate wild animals.
387 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DOMESTICATION.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The act of taming or reclaiming wild animals.
388 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DOMIFY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To tame. [Not in use and improper.]
389 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRESS.6 (Noah Webster)
5. To curry, rub and comb; as, to dress a horse; or to break or tame and prepare for service, as used by Dryden; but this is unusual.
390 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DUCK.3 (Noah Webster)
1. A water fowl, so called from its plunging. There are many species or varieties of the duck, some wild, others tame.
391 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENTAME.1 (Noah Webster)
ENTAME, v.t. [from tame.] To tame; to subdue.
392 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ERECT.6 (Noah Webster)
Let no vain fear thy generous ardor tame;
393 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ESTRAY.2 (Noah Webster)
ESTRAY, n. A tame beast, as a horse, ox or sheep, which is found wandering or without an owner; a beast supposed to have strayed from the power or inclosure of its owner. It is usually written stray.
394 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GENTLE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Tame; peaceable; not wild, turbulent or refractory; as a gentle horse or beast.
395 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GYVE.2 (Noah Webster)
Gyves and the mill had tamed thee.
396 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOUSEPIGEON.1 (Noah Webster)
HOUSEPIGEON, n. A tame pigeon.
397 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IBEX.1 (Noah Webster)
IBEX, n. [L.] The wild goat of the genus Capra, which is said to be the stock of the tame goat. It has large knotty horns reclining on its back, is of a yellowish color, and its beard is black. It inhabits the Alps.
398 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IBEX.2 (Noah Webster)
The Aegagras, or wild goat of the mountains of Persia, appears to be the stock of the tame goat. The IBex is a distinct species.
399 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDOMPTABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
INDOMPTABLE, a. [L. domo, to tame.] Not to be subdued. [Unusual.]
400 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IRRECLAIMABLE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. That cannot be tamed.