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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



63 words match “SLED”

SLED n. 3 definitions
A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.
SLEDDING n. 2 definitions
The act of transporting or riding on a sled.
SLEDGE n. 6 definitions
y turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.
ABOUT-SLEDGE n.
The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.
AISLED a.
Furnished with an aisle or aisles.
BOBSLED; BOBSLEIGH n.
A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.] The long wagon body set on bobsleds. W. D. Howells.
ENISLED p.
ed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island. [R.] "In the sea of life enisled." M. Arnold.
GRISLED a.
See Grizzled.
MEASLED a.
Infected or spotted with measles, as pork. -- Mea"sled*ness, n.
MISLED p.
of Mislead.
BUNK n.
A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.]
BYARD n.
A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.
COAST v.
To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice. [Local, U. S.]
COASTING n.
Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice. [Local, U. S.]
CORF n.
A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.
COUNSEL n.
; instruction. I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. Shak. It was ill counsel had misled the girl. Tennyson.
CROTCH CHAIN n.
A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, etc.
DAN n.
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
DECEIVABLE a.
Subject to deceit; capable of being misled. Blind, and thereby deceivable. Milton.
DECEIVABLENESS n.
Liability to be deceived or misled; as, the deceivableness of a child.
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