A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the Forest, and the Riverside. Containing Explanations of Every Term Applicable to Racing, Shooting, Hunting, Fishing, Hawking, Archery, Etc. ... With Essays Upon All National Amusements |
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... covered at Barton , at five guineas . His winnings are esti- mated at 3,675 guineas . ALIMENT . See FOOD . ALL ABROAD . When a horse is pushed beyond his strength , and the fore legs spread out , the animal is said to be " all abroad ...
... covered at Barton , at five guineas . His winnings are esti- mated at 3,675 guineas . ALIMENT . See FOOD . ALL ABROAD . When a horse is pushed beyond his strength , and the fore legs spread out , the animal is said to be " all abroad ...
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... covered , so as to prevent the rain from injuring it ; whereas the arbalist or cross - bow is of a most inconvenient form to be sheltered from the weather . Here the English obtained a complete victory . The battle of Poictiers , in ...
... covered , so as to prevent the rain from injuring it ; whereas the arbalist or cross - bow is of a most inconvenient form to be sheltered from the weather . Here the English obtained a complete victory . The battle of Poictiers , in ...
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... covered with cloth , put on his chaul , and pressing him be- tween the jaw bones , will prevent him from bringing his head down close to his breast . ARM , with the lips . When a " 6 ASSART . An offence against the forest laws ARC 23 ARM.
... covered with cloth , put on his chaul , and pressing him be- tween the jaw bones , will prevent him from bringing his head down close to his breast . ARM , with the lips . When a " 6 ASSART . An offence against the forest laws ARC 23 ARM.
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... covered , he will not move . He walks , trots , and gallops in the same manner as the horse , but all his motions are slower.- Whatever pace he is going at , if pushed , he instantly stops . The cry of the horse is called neighing ...
... covered , he will not move . He walks , trots , and gallops in the same manner as the horse , but all his motions are slower.- Whatever pace he is going at , if pushed , he instantly stops . The cry of the horse is called neighing ...
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... covered with hair , probably | fifteen minutes with him on the road owing to the hardness and dryness for a wager , and that he would back of his skin ; and it is perhaps for him to do it in less ; at the same the same reason that he is ...
... covered with hair , probably | fifteen minutes with him on the road owing to the hardness and dryness for a wager , and that he would back of his skin ; and it is perhaps for him to do it in less ; at the same the same reason that he is ...
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