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An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i. Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities in that

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An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i. Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities in that of a slow trot. Stillman (The Horse in Motion.)

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• CALLOW
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  A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
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  The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
• ANTERIORITY
  The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.
• RATHER
  Prior; earlier; former. Now no man dwelleth at the rather town. Sir J. Mandeville.
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• MOVER
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  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
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• FOOTPLATE
  See
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• HORSEFLESH
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• HORSEPLAY
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  A genus of herbs mostly annual weeds; pigweed.
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  To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.
• HYPERCRITICALLY
  In a hypercritical manner.
• UNEMPIRICALLY
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