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401 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GYVE.2 (Noah Webster)
Gyves and the mill had tamed thee.
402 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HOUSEPIGEON.1 (Noah Webster)
HOUSEPIGEON, n. A tame pigeon.
403 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.
404 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.
405 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDOMPTABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
INDOMPTABLE, a. [L. domo, to tame.] Not to be subdued. [Unusual.]
406 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. IRRECLAIMABLE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. That cannot be tamed.
407 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LENIENT.3 (Noah Webster)
Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand, yet tames not this.
408 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MAN.5 (Noah Webster)
3. To tame a hawk. [Little used.]
409 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MANAGE.6 (Noah Webster)
3. To govern; to control; to make tame or tractable; as, the buffalo is too refractory to be managed.
410 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MANSUETE.1 (Noah Webster)
MANSUETE, a. [L. mansuetus.] Tame; gentle; not wild or ferocious. [Little used.]
411 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MANSUETUDE.1 (Noah Webster)
MANSUETUDE, n. [L. mansuetudo.] Tameness; mildness; gentleness.
412 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MONSTER-TAMING.1 (Noah Webster)
MONSTER-TAMING, a. Taming monsters.
413 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ONCE.12 (Noah Webster)
ONCE, n. ons. A quadruped of the genus Felis, less than the panther, of a whitish gray color. It is found in Africa and Asia, is easily tamed and is employed like a dog in hunting.
414 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. OTOMO.1 (Noah Webster)
OTOMO, n. A fowl of the Lagopus kind, about the size of a tame pigeon, a native of Germany, and highly esteemed for food.
415 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. PENGUIN.2 (Noah Webster)
… are tame and may be driven like a flock of sheep. In water they swim with rapidity, being assisted by their wings. These fowls are found only in the southern latitudes …
416 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECLAIM.6 (Noah Webster)
Much labor is requir’d in trees, to tame their wild disorder, and in ranks reclaim.
417 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECLAIM.11 (Noah Webster)
6. To reduce from a wild to a tame or domestic state; to tame; to make gentle; as, to reclaim a hawk, an eagle or a wild beast.
418 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECLAIMABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
RECLAIMABLE, a. That may be reclaimed, reformed or tamed.
419 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECLAIMED.1 (Noah Webster)
RECLAIMED, pp. Recalled from a vicious life; reformed; tamed; domesticated; recovered.
420 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECREATE.4 (Noah Webster)
St. John is said to have recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge.