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A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.

To gallop, as on horseback.

A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter.

Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Dunglison.

t favors in a critical and thankless spirit. Lowell. -- To take horse. (a) To set out on horseback. Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above).

A rider on horseback; one skilled in the management of horses; a mounted man.

A woman who rides on horseback.

e same height from the ground, whether the personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; -- called also isokephaleia.

emony tending to distinguish the President from the people, as in going to the capital on horseback and with no escort, the abolition of court etiquette and the weekly levee, refusal to recognize titles of honor, etc.

To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt. [Written also just.] For the whole army to joust and tourney. Holland.

In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.

A Spanish diversion on horseback.

To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop." Dryden.

Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry.

One who rides out on horseback. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.

To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback. Take a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem. Ezek. iv. 1.

To spur onward; to ride on horseback. Milton. A gentle knight was pricking on the plain. Spenser.

The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.

A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it. His moldy money ! half a dozen riders. J. Fletcher.