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Word Meanings - HORSEBACK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The back of a horse. 2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half- stratified condition. Agassiz. On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. The long journey was to be performed

Additional info about word: HORSEBACK

1. The back of a horse. 2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half- stratified condition. Agassiz. On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott.

Related words: (words related to HORSEBACK)

  • MOUNTABLE
    Such as can be mounted.
  • MOUNTING
    1. The act of one that mounts. 2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond.
  • RIDGELING
    A half-castrated male animal. (more info) castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. rigel, rig,
  • HORSE-LEECHERY
    The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
  • JOURNEYWORK
    Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.
  • MOUNTAINOUS
    1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss. 2. Inhabiting mountains. Bacon. 3. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. Prior.
  • MOUNTAINOUSNESS
    The state or quality of being mountainous.
  • RID
    imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. Thackeray.
  • RIDDEN
    p. p. of Ride.
  • 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.
  • HORSEKNOP
    Knapweed.
  • HORSERAKE
    A rake drawn by a horse.
  • RIDICULER
    One who ridicules.
  • GRAVEL
    A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom. Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder. (more info) strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor.
  • CONDITIONALITY
    The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
  • 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
  • HORSEPLAY
    Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.
  • EXTENDLESSNESS
    Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.
  • RIDDER
    One who, or that which, rids.
  • RIDERLESS
    Having no rider; as, a riderless horse. H. Kingsley.
  • CHLORIDIZE
    See CHLORIDATE
  • PIPERIDINE
    An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.
  • DEMOUNT
    To dismount.
  • AUROCHLORIDE
    The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate.
  • VIRIDITY
    1. Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage. 2. Freshness; soundness. Evelyn.
  • ANTHERIDIUM
    The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a.
  • 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.
  • ARIDITY
    1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris.
  • OPHIURIDA
    See OPHIURIOIDEA
  • PERIDROME
    The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple.
  • CUBBRIDGE-HEAD
    A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.

 

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