Word Meanings - CROUP - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. Sir W. Scott. (more info) German
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The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. Sir W. Scott. (more info) German or Icel. origin; cf. Icel. kryppa hump; akin to Icel. kroppr.
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- LIGHT
licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly - HORSE-LEECHERY
The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses. - HORSEMAN
A mounted soldier; a cavalryman. A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus). (more info) 1. - PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - CROUPOUS
Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrance like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis. Croupous pneumonia, pneumonia attended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air - HORSEKNOP
Knapweed. - HORSERAKE
A rake drawn by a horse. - PLACENTARY
Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification. - PLACE-KICK
To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n. - LIGHTSOME
1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness - HORSEFLESH
1. The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon. 2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. Horseflesh ore , a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on - LIGHTNESS
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; - LIGHT-ARMED
Armed with light weapons or accouterments. - GERMANIZATION
The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold. - HORSEPLAY
Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden. - LIGHTERAGE
1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter. - LIGHT-O'-LOVE
1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl. - SADDLECLOTH
A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing. - LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson. - BEFORETIME
Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5. - SLIGHTNESS
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard. - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - SIDESADDLE
A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower , a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia. - DRUMMOND LIGHT
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called - ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. - ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. - HEREHENCE
From hence. - WHENCEFORTH
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser. - REAR-HORSE
A mantis. - DELIGHTLESS
Void of delight. Thomson. - UNSADDLE
1. To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse. 2. To throw from the saddle; to unhorse. - REPLACEMENT
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.