vefTel is termed a bad 



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(rive him both the fpurs firm, and as quick as you can. 

 TJiefe aids and corrections, however, mull be given with 

 the greatefl caution and exactnefs ; for were you to give 

 him the fpurs when he is in the air, he would fall over, 

 whereas if you watch the time fo as not to 1'pur him but 

 when he is coming down, and his fore-feet near the ground, 

 it is then impoflible he mould fall backward, for then his 

 balance is deltroyed, and he is upon all his legs again, and 

 cannot rife without lirit touching the ground, and taking 

 his fpring from thence ; if, therefore, you give him the fpurs 

 before he is in a fituation to rife again, you will punifh him, 

 and drive him forward at the fame time. 



This defence is flili more dangerous in horfes who are of 

 a fiery temper, and weak in their haunches at the fame time. 

 Thefe are continually apt to rife ; and whatever precautions 

 the rider may take, he is in continual danger of their 

 coming over ; the way to correct them is this ; tie your 

 horfe between the pillars very fhort, put on a good cavefon 

 of cord, and do not fiiffer him to be mounted. Prick him 

 upon the buttock with a fpur, or fharp piece of iron, in 

 order to make him flrike out behind ; encourage him when 

 he kicks, and continue to make him kick, encouraging him 

 from time to time, wl.-en he obeys ; do this for a quarter of 

 an hour every day. When you perceive that he begins to 

 kick the moment after you fo prick him, without waiting 



fill he feels it, get upon him, hold your reins long, prick extending itfelf lengthways on a plain; ferving "to" 

 him, and let a man ftand by and prick him at the lame time ; camp, or give an advantage to a port. 



The word, in its original French, fignifies a curtain or 

 cover, formed from the Latin ridellum. Borel derives it 



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(he is faid to ride hard, and the 

 loader. 



A (hip rides acrofs, when me rides with her main-yards 

 and lore-yards hoiited up to the hounds, and both yards and 

 arms topped alike. 



She is faid to ride a-pech, when one end of the yard is 

 peeked up, and the other hangs down : this is alfo faid of a 

 fhip, when, m weighing, me is brought direaiy over her 

 anchor. 



She is faid to ride athwart, when her pofition lies acrofs 

 the direction of the wind and tide, when the former is fo 

 trong as to prevent her from falling into the current of the 

 alter : and to ride betwixt -wind and tide, when the wind 

 hath equal force over her one way, and the tide another, fo 

 that me is in a manner balanced between them, and rides 

 without the kail drain on her cables. If the wind have 

 more power over her than the tide, fhe is faid to 

 wind-road. 



ride 



She is faid to ride hawfeful, when, in ftrefs of weather, 

 (lie hills fo deep, that the water runs in at her haufes. 



She is faid to ride portoife, when her yards are ftruck 

 down upon the deck, or when they are down a-port-laft. 



To Ride landlocked, at fea. See 'Laud- locked. 



To Ride by the Stoppers. See Stoppers. 



£AU, in Fortification, a fmall elevation of earth, 



cover a 



ncourage him when he kicks, and continue to prick him, 

 i make him do it, till he will kick readily only at the offer 

 you make of pricking him ; he ought to be brought to this 

 point in five or fix days. After this, take him out of the 

 pillars, mount him, and trot him in the longe, and make 

 him kick by pricking him behind ; after that, let him walk 

 two or three (teps, then make him kick again, and fo work 

 him by degrees. Put him to the gallop, and if he offers to 

 rife, prick him behind, and make aim kick ; nothing excels 

 this method, to break a horfe of this terrible and dangerous 

 vice. 



Thofe horfes who are fubjeft to kick, either when they 

 go forward, or (land Hill, mull be kept much together, or 

 held in clofely, to make them go backward, and you will 

 cure them of this vice. 



from rider e. 



A rideau is alfo convenient for thofe who would befiege a 

 place at a near diitance, and to fecure the workmen in their 

 approaches to the foot of a fortrefs. 



Rideau is fometimes alfo ufed for a trench, the earth 

 of which is thrown up on its fide, to ferve as a parapet for 

 covering the men. 



Rideau, in Geography, a river in the eaftern diftrict of 

 Canada, which runs into the Utwas, or Ottawa. N. lat 

 45° 15'. W. long. 76 . 



RIDER, a town of Arabia, in the province of Ha- 

 dramaut. 



RlDER, in Artillery Carriages, a piece of wood, fomewhat 



He who would fuccecd in correcting the vices of horfes higher than it is broad, and of a length equal to that of the 

 fhould never depart from this maxim ; always to obferve a body of the axle-tree, upon which the fide-pieces reit in a 

 juit medium between too indulgent lenity and extreme four-wheel 

 feverity ; work your horfe according to his ltrength and 

 capacity ; give your leflons in proportion to his memory ; 

 and difpenfe your punifhments and rewards fuitably to his 

 courage and difpofition. See Berenger's Hill, and Art of 

 Horfemanfhip, vol. ii. ch. 1, 2, 3. See alfo Aids, Airs, 

 Appui, Ballotades, Caprioles, Corrections, Crou- 



PADES, CuRVKTv, EnTIER, Epaule en Dedans, GALLOP, 



Hand, Mezair, Passade, Passage, Pesade, Pillars, 

 Pirouette, Ramingue, Restive, Step ami Leap, Stop, 

 Terre-a-terre, Trot, Union-, Volte. 



Ride, among fheep farmers, a term applied to rams, 

 which, when they are put to I lie ewes, are faid to be at ride. 

 See Ram. 



Ridk, ill the Sea Language, a term varioufly applied. 

 Thus, a fhip is faid to ride, when In r anchors hold her 

 faft, fo that (he drives not away by the force of the wind 

 or tide. 



A fhip is faid to ride well or eafy, when (he does not la- 

 bour heavily, or feel a great {train, when anchored in an 

 open road or bay. On the contrary, when file pitches vio- 

 lently into the lea, fo as to llrain her cables, mans, or hull, 



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wneei carriage ; fuch as the ammunition-waggon, 

 block-carriage, and fling-waggons. 



Rider is alfo ufed for after-claufes, added to bills, whilft 

 they are depending in parliament. 



Rider-Ac//. See Roll. 



Riders, Out. See Oxrc-Ridert. 



Riders, in Ship Building, interior ribs, to ffrengtheu 

 and bind the parts of a (hip together, being fayed upon the 

 inlide llufl', and bolted through all. They are moltly ufed 

 in (hips of war, and are varioufly iituatcd, as the jloor- 

 ridert, which are Fayed athwart the keelfon, and fhould be 

 placed over the full futtocks. The next arc the firjl futteck- 

 riders, which fay alongiide the floor-ruler;, and give fearph 

 above them : thefe are connected by crofs-chocks athwart 

 their heels, that fearph to each fide with hook and butt. Tin- 

 next :uv/tcond/ultoch-riders, which fay alongiide of thefirlt 

 futtoek-nders, down to the floor-ridns, and run up under 

 the orlop beams. The third futtoci- riders fay alongiide the 

 fecond fnUock-riders, fearph or meet the heads oi thefirlt 

 futtock-riders, and run up to the gun-deck beams. The 

 whole are bolted together fore and aft. Breadth and top- 

 ridei", which were above the former, feem now to be difcon- 



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