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381 Counsels on Secular Worldview, p. 47.4 (Ellen G. White Estate)

“So God made every kind of animal. He made the wild animals, the tame animals, and all the small crawling things. And God saw that this was good.” Genesis 1:25 ERV

382 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. AGGRESSOR.2 (Noah Webster)

The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to the tameness of the sufferer.

383 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ANSER.2 (Noah Webster)

1. In zoology, the name of the goose, whether tame or wild. The domestic goose is the gray-lag or wild goose, domesticated.

384 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASS.2 (Noah Webster)

… . The tame or domestic ass is patient to stupidity, and carries a heavy burden. He is slow, but very sure footed, and for this reason very useful on rough steep hills …

385 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BABYROUSSA.1 (Noah Webster)

… sometimes tamed, and their flesh is well tasted. When pursued hard, they rush into the sea, swim or dive and pass from isle to isle. In the forest, they rest their …

386 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BREAK.12 (Noah Webster)

9. To tame; to train to obedience; to make tractable; as, to break a horse.

387 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CADE.1 (Noah Webster)

CADE, a. Tame; bred by hand; domesticated; as a cade lamb.

388 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.

389 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CICURATE.1 (Noah Webster)

CICURATE, v.t. To tame; to reclaim from wildness.

390 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CICURATION.1 (Noah Webster)

CICURATION, n. The act of taming wild animals.

391 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DOMESTIC.4 (Noah Webster)

3. Living near the habitations of man; tame; not wild; as domestic animals.

392 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.

393 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DOMESTICATION.3 (Noah Webster)

2. The act of taming or reclaiming wild animals.

394 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DOMIFY.3 (Noah Webster)

2. To tame. [Not in use and improper.]

395 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.

396 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.

397 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENTAME.1 (Noah Webster)

ENTAME, v.t. [from tame.] To tame; to subdue.

398 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ERECT.6 (Noah Webster)

Let no vain fear thy generous ardor tame;

399 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.

400 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GENTLE.3 (Noah Webster)

2. Tame; peaceable; not wild, turbulent or refractory; as a gentle horse or beast.