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Word Meanings - SURCINGLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist. (more info) 1. A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.

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  • HORSE-LEECHERY
    The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
  • ROUNDWORM
    A nematoid worm.
  • 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.
  • ROUNDISH
    Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.
  • HORSEKNOP
    Knapweed.
  • HORSERAKE
    A rake drawn by a horse.
  • ROUNDABOUTNESS
    The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
  • ROUNDFISH
    Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
  • ROUND-UP
    The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.
  • 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
  • FASTENER
    One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.
  • CASSOCKED
    Clothed with a cassock.
  • HORSEPLAY
    Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.
  • WAISTER
    A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war. R. H. Dana, Jr.
  • WAISTCOATEER
    One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet. Do you think you are here, sir, Amongst your waistcoateers, your base wenches Beau. & Fl.
  • ROUNDSMAN
    A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.
  • SADDLECLOTH
    A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • ANYTHINGARIAN
    One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.
  • HORSE-JOCKEY
    1. A professional rider and trainer of race horses. 2. A trainer and dealer in horses.
  • SHIRT WAIST
    A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a blouse.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • 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.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • PLAYGROUND
    A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • REAR-HORSE
    A mantis.
  • UNSADDLE
    1. To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse. 2. To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.
  • SAWHORSE
    A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.

 

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