Ride

rīd, v.i. to be borne, as on horseback or in a carriage: to practise riding: to manage a horse: to float, as a ship at anchor: to move easily: to domineer: to overlap.— v.t. to do or perform by riding, as a race: to be carried through: to gallop through: to rest on so as to be carried: to control, esp. harshly:— pa.t. rōde; pa.p. rid′den. — n. act of riding: an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle: the course pa ed over in riding, a place for riding: a district inspected by an excise-officer: ( print. ) a fault caused by the overlapping of leads, .— adjs. Rī′dable , Rī′deable , capable of being ridden: pa able on horseback.— n. Rī′der , one who rides on a horse: one who manages a horse: one who breaks a horse: a commercial traveller: an addition to a document after its completion, on a separate piece of paper: an additional clause: a mounted robber: a knight: a small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance to measure the weight: a Dutch gold coin.— adjs. Rī′dered , having stakes laid acro the bars; Rī′derle , without a rider; Rī′ding , used to ride or travel: suitable for riding on, as a horse.— n. a road for riding on: a district visited by an excise-officer.— n.pl. Rī′ding-bitts , the bitts to which a ship's cable is secured when riding at anchor.— ns. Rī′ding-boot , a high boot worn in riding; Rī′ding-clerk , a mercantile traveller; Rī′ding-commit′tee , a committee of ministers sent by the General A embly to carry out an ordination or induction, where the local presbytery refused to act, under the Moderate domination in Scotland in the 18th century; Rī′ding-glove , a gauntlet; Rī′ding-hab′it , the long upper habit, garment, or skirt worn by ladies when riding; Rī′ding-hood , a hood formerly worn by women when riding.— n.pl. Rī′ding-in′terests ( Scots law ), interests depending on other interests.— ns. Rī′ding-light , a light hung out in the rigging at night when a ve el is riding at anchor; Rī′ding-mas′ter , one who teaches riding; Rī′ding-rhyme , the iambic pentameter, heroic verse—from its use in Chaucer's Tales of the Canterbury pilgrims; Rī′ding-robe , a riding-habit; Rī′ding-rod , a light cane for equestrians; Rī′ding-sail , a triangular sail; Rī′ding-school , a place where riding is taught, esp. a military school; Rī′ding-skirt , a skirt fastened round a woman's waist in riding; Ri′ding-spear , a javelin; Rī′ding-suit , a suit adapted for riding; Rī′ding-whip , a switch with short lash, used by riders; Bush′-rī′der , in Australia, a cro -country rider.— Ride a hobby , to pursue to exce a favourite theory; Ride and tie , to ride and go on foot alternately; Ride down , to overthrow, treat with severity; Ride easy , when a ship does not pitch—opp. to Ride hard , when she pitches violently; Ride in the marrow-bone coach ( slang ), to go on foot; Ride out , to keep afloat throughout a storm; Ride over , to domineer; Ride rough-shod , to pursue a course regardle of the consequences to others; Ride shank's mare ( slang ), to walk; Ride the high horse , to have grand airs; Ride the marches (see March ); Ride the Spanish mare , to be put astride a boom as a punishment; Ride the wild mare ( Shak. ), to play at see-saw; Ride to hounds , to take part in a fox-hunt, esp. to ride close behind the hounds; Riding the fair , the ceremony of proclaiming a fair. [A.S. rid an ; Dut. rijden , Ger. reiten .]