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n a half- stratified condition. Agassiz. On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott.

The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.

ffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.

" To jostle by riding against one." Johnson.

An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front. Fairholt.

To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.

e that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen. Locke.

The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept. Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields. Lowell.

The act of deriding.

The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. Shak. Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion…

Act or recreation of riding in or driving a motor car or automobile.

up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding.

one of the daughters of Nereus, who were attendants upon Neptune, and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes with the human form entire, and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than. Shak.

To surpass in striding.

al state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. Chaucer. While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear. Waller.

de, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively. Bp. Hall. Pluming and priding himself in all his services. South.

e act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races. The race is not to the swift. Eccl. ix. 11. I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race. P…

A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.

Suitable for riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road.