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401 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LENIENT.3 (Noah Webster)
Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand, yet tames not this.
402 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MAN.5 (Noah Webster)
3. To tame a hawk. [Little used.]
403 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.
404 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MANSUETE.1 (Noah Webster)
MANSUETE, a. [L. mansuetus.] Tame; gentle; not wild or ferocious. [Little used.]
405 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MANSUETUDE.1 (Noah Webster)
MANSUETUDE, n. [L. mansuetudo.] Tameness; mildness; gentleness.
406 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MONSTER-TAMING.1 (Noah Webster)
MONSTER-TAMING, a. Taming monsters.
407 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.
408 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.
409 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 …
410 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.
411 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.
412 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECLAIMABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
RECLAIMABLE, a. That may be reclaimed, reformed or tamed.
413 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECLAIMED.1 (Noah Webster)
RECLAIMED, pp. Recalled from a vicious life; reformed; tamed; domesticated; recovered.
414 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECREATE.4 (Noah Webster)
St. John is said to have recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge.
415 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RUNT.3 (Noah Webster)
Of tame pigeons, are croppers, carriers and runts.
416 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SCRATCH.11 (Noah Webster)
- Dull tame things that will neither bite nor scratch.
417 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUBDUE.7 (Noah Webster)
3. To tame; to break by conquering a refractory temper or evil passions; to render submissive; as, to subdue a stubborn child.
418 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUBDUED.1 (Noah Webster)
SUBDUED, pp. Conquered and reduced to subjection; oppressed; crushed; tamed; softened.
419 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SWAN.1 (Noah Webster)
SWAN, n. A large aquatic fowl of the genus Anas, of two varieties, the wild and the tame. The plumage is of a pure white color, and its long arching neck gives it a noble appearance.
420 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAMABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
TAMABLE, a. [from tame.] That may be tamed; capable of being reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness; that may be subdued.