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burdensome that is imposed. After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a rider. Macaulay. This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer. A. S. Hardy.

Having no rider; as, a riderless horse. H. Kingsley.

One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.

A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff. [Obs.]

The outer layer of bark.

One who rides over a post road to carry the mails. Bancroft.

One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master.

A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces.

exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider. [A French usage] Abbott.

To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.

icle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained. Rider and horse, friend, foe, in one red burial blent. Byron.

the ready spaniel bounds. Pope. And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider. Byron.

nd rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein. Campbell.

To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang U. S.]

ommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider. [Written also chaplet.]

se covers a mare; -- said of the male. To cover ground or distance, to pass over; as, the rider covered the ground in an hour. -- To cover one's short contracts (Stock Exchange), to buy stock when the market rises, as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself. -- Covering party (Mil.), a detachment…

A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.