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bridoon, bradoon (brɪˈduːn, brəˈduːn) [a. F. bridon in same sense, deriv. of bride a bridle.] 1. ‘The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider’. Stocqueler.1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., A horse never goes so well nor sure with a brido...
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Double bridle
One bit is the bradoon (or bridoon), is a modified snaffle bit that is smaller in diameter and has smaller bit rings than a traditional snaffle, and it A bradoon that is too wide may get caught on top of the port of the curb bit and push the bridoon's joint upward into the upper palate, while one that
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bitting
▪ I. bitting, vbl. n.1 (ˈbɪtɪŋ) [f. bit v. + -ing1.] The putting of the bit in a horse's mouth.1611 Cotgr., Embouchement..the bitting, or bridling of a horse. 1833 Regul. Instr. Cavalry i. 83 On first bitting, the bridoon is to be used. Comb. bitting-rigging (Saddlery), a bridle, surcingle, back-str...
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List of English Latinates of Germanic origin
(also burgeois)
bourgeoise
bourgeoisie
boutonniere
brach
brachet
bracket
braggart
braise
brandish
brawn
braze
brazier
bream
breccia
bric-a-brac
brick
bridoon
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bridling
▪ I. bridling, vbl. n. (ˈbraɪdlɪŋ) [f. bridle v.] 1. The applying of a bridle; curbing, restraining, controlling. † bridling cast: a stirrup glass.c 1450 Chaucer's Dreme 272 The bridling hire hors. 1513 More Rich. III (1641) 220 The brideling and punishing of such as there had misgoverned themselves...
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Weymouth
Weymouth (ˈweɪməθ) 1. [The title of the first Lord Weymouth, by whom the tree was extensively planted after its introduction into England in 1705] Weymouth Pine, the American white pine, Pinus Strobus.[1731 P. Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Pinus, Pinus Americana,..Lord Weymouth's Pine.] 1766 Complete Farm...
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half-moon
half-moon, n. 1. The moon, when only half its disk appears illuminated; more loosely, a crescent.1530 Palsgr. 230/1 Halfe moone, croissant de la lune. 1583 Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 33 With targat, an haulf⁓moone Lykning. 1631 Widdowes Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) 13 The Moone..when she is horned, or halfe...
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bit
▪ I. bit, n.1 (bɪt) Forms: 1–4 bite, 3–5 bytt, 4 byte, 4–6 byt, bitte, 6 bytte, 7–9 bitt, 6– bit. [Com. Teut.: OE. bite str. masc., ‘bite, biting,’ OFris. bit, bite, biti, OS. biti, (MDu. bete, Du. beet), OHG., MHG. biȥ ‘piece bitten off,’ mod.G. bisz ‘biting,’ ON. bit ‘bite, biting’ (Sw. bett, Da. ...
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egg
▪ I. egg, n. (ɛg) Forms: α. 1 ǽᵹ, (ǽiᵹ), 2 aiᵹ, 3–5 ey(e, 4–6 ay(e, 5 ȝey; pl. 1 ǽᵹ(e)ru, 4 eyer, 3–5 ay-, ei-, eyren(e, 5 eyron, -oun. β. 4–7 eg, egge, (5 eeg, ege, hegge), 6– egg. [Com. Teut.: OE. ǽᵹ, pl. ǽᵹru (whence the αforms) = OS. ei (MDu., Du. ei), OHG. ei, pl. eigir (MHG. ei, mod.G. ei, pl....
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full
▪ I. † full, n.1 Obs. [OE. ful = OS. ful, ON. full, str. neut.; perh. originally the neuter of the adj.] A cup, goblet; a bumper.Beowulf 616 Þa freolic wif ful ᵹe-sealde ærest Eastdena eþel-wearde. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 88 Drince ðonne þreo ful fulle..nistiᵹ. c 1205 Lay. 14325 Oder uul me þider far...
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