Bestride
41Colossuses — Colossus Co*los sus, n.; pl. L. {Colossi}, E. {Colossuses}. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.… …
42Equitant — Eq ui*tant, a. [L. equitans, antis, p. pr. of equitare to ride, fr. eques horseman, fr. equus horse.] 1. Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Overlapping each other; said of leaves whose bases are… …
43Horse — (h[^o]rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Horsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Horsing}.] [AS. horsion.] 1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. Being better horsed, outrode me. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To sit astride of; to… …
44Horsed — Horse Horse (h[^o]rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Horsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Horsing}.] [AS. horsion.] 1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. Being better horsed, outrode me. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To sit astride… …
45Horsing — Horse Horse (h[^o]rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Horsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Horsing}.] [AS. horsion.] 1. To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse. Being better horsed, outrode me. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To sit astride… …
46Mount — Mount, v. t. 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon. [1913 Webster] Shall we mount again the rural throne? Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To place one s self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that… …
47Stride — Stride, v. t. 1. To pass over at a step; to step over. A debtor that not dares to stride a limit. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To straddle; to bestride. [1913 Webster] I mean to stride your steed. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
48To mount a play — Mount Mount, v. t. 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon. [1913 Webster] Shall we mount again the rural throne? Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To place one s self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything… …
49To mount guard — Mount Mount, v. t. 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit and deliver a sermon. [1913 Webster] Shall we mount again the rural throne? Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To place one s self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything… …
50be- — prefix Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bi , be ; akin to Old English bī by, near more at by 1. on ; around ; over < bedaub > < besmear > 2. to a great or greater degree …
