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(Tyneside) A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.
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A student prank in the early 1800s that involved students wearing red coats, blackening their faces, and riding about campus with torches at night on horses stolen from the faculty.
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(nautical) A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
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(uncountable) A type of rubber used in tyre restoration.
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(figuratively) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
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Alternative form of cold-back [(of a horse) Refusing to bear weight on its back; bucking and shying when anything is put on the back.]
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A path made by, or used by, cows.
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(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
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(possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
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A strong working animal used to draw a load like a cart, a plough etc., as opposed to a mount.
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A type of step stool with concealed spring-loaded castors allowing the step to be easily moved.
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To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
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A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
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(dated) A unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot
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(by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged.
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(nonce word) Pedestrian; on foot.
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(obsolete) Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse.
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Alternative form of goose-stepper [One marching or walking with a goose-step.]
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(transitive) To use as a hackney.
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(obsolete outside placenames) A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.
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A pond for watering horses.
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A work built in the manner of a hurdle.
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(colloquial, dated) A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously.
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(archaic) A streetcar drawn by a single horse.
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(colloquial) A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage.
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(transitive) To drive (an animal) to covert.
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(UK) A riding arena (enclosed, but usually unroofed area, in contradistinction to a riding hall).
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(medicine) an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
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Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
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(Carried) on the back or the shoulders.
adj
Alternative form of piggy back
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The practice of carrying something piggyback.
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(US, dialects, possibly dated) piggyback
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A swing on a porch, often made of wood and having space for two people to sit and rock back and forth. A porch swing is often connected to the roof of the porch with chains and hooks in the ceiling.
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Alternative form of ride fence [To ride alongside the fence that borders a ranch, to identify and fix any breaches.]
v
2007, Rilla Askew, Harpsong
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A building designed for indoor horse riding.
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(rare) A castle or other fortification.
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(India, archaic) Alternative form of rowtee (“kind of tent”) [(India, archaic) A small tent with a pyramidal roof, and no projection of fly, or eaves.]
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Alternative spelling of scuttlebutt [(nautical, countable) A butt with a scuttle — that is, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship.]
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(equestrianism) in dressage, a winding walk across on the arena
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A children's playground item consisting of a large spring beneath a central beam or flange on which the rider sits and rocks.
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(obsolete) One who steers; a steersman.
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Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
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A person who walks on stilts.
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To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
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(US military, slang, derogatory) A member of the United States Navy.
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A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
adj
(of livestock) Acclimated to being on a trail.
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(historical) One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; a riding.
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(obsolete) A wooden-wheeled cart used for gardening.
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(by extension) The driver of a carriage.
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