n. [ OE. fetlak, fitlock, cf. Icel. fet pace, step, fit webbed foot of water birds, akin to E. foot. √ 77. See Foot. ] The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their wounded steeds
Fret fetlock deep in gore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With the flat side downward; not edgewise. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a military barracks).
adj.
n. See Gantlet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (Atelodus keitloa). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Lasting all night. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To outlook conquest, and to win renown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Applause
Which owes to man's short outlook all its charms. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
That “whereas” gives me an outloose. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An excursion. [ Obs. ] Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Arch.) One of the short pieces of timber on which the planks forming the floor of a scaffold are laid, -- one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole left in the wall temporarily for the purpose. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prov. E. whickflaw, for quickflaw, i. e., a flaw or sore at the quick; cf. Icel. kvika the quick under the nail or under a horse's hoof. See Quick, a., and Flaw. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Whitlow grass (Bot.),
n. (Bot.) Same as