n.
v. i.
To-morrow, when ye riden by the way. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Men once walked where ships at anchor ride. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Strong as the exletree
On which heaven rides. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
On whose foolish honesty
My practices ride easy! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
To ride easy (Naut.),
To ride hard (Naut.),
To ride out.
To ride to hounds,
“Will you ride over or drive?” said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
[ They ] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air
In whirlwind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tue only men that safe can ride
Mine errands on the Scottish side. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
To ride a hobby,
To ride and tie,
To ride down.
To ride out (Naut.),
n. [ F. ] A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
obs. imp. pl. & p. p. of Ride. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ridens, p. pr. of ridere to laugh. ] Laughing. [ R. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a rider. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
This [ question ] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer. A. S. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]
His moldy money ! half a dozen riders. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rider's bone (Med.),
a. Having no rider;
v. i. to be executed by electrocution in the