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ite foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.

An iron-gray color; also, a horse of this color.

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

Same as Itch insect, above. Also, other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the horse and ox. -- Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action of sugar upon the skin. -- Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring among washerwomen.

A sawhorse or sawbuck.

One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n. Christie . . . the laird's chief jackman. Sir W. Scott.

A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag. Chaucer. Tired as a jade in overloaden cart. Sir P. Sidney.

Vicious; ill-tempered; resembling a jade; -- applied to a horse.

A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock.

ort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game. Flies the javelin swifter to its mark, Launched by the vigor of a Roman arm Addison.

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.

A small Spanish horse; a genet.

To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk. [Written also jibb.] [Eng.]

A horse that jibs. [Eng.]

A professional rider of horses in races. Addison.

To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.

Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.

udden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers.

A command to a horse, probably meaning "stand still." [Obs.] Chaucer.

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.