ride 
overlap or ride over each other, and the evil eflect will be 
nliM-i TriMr mi both surfaces of the cloth. 
A. Barlow, Weaving, p. 414. 
9. To servo as a means of travel; be in con- 
dition to support si rider or traveler: as, that 
horse ritli-x \vi-ll under the saddle. 
Honest man, will the water ride? 
Jock o' the Side (Child's Ballads, VI. 86). 
10. In snrg., said of the ends of a fractured 
bone when they overlap each other. 
When a fracture is oblique there will probably be some 
shortening of the limb from the drawing np of the lower 
portion of the lirnl), or ruling, as it is called, of one end 
over the other. llryant, Surgery (3d Amer. ed.), p. 817. 
11. To climb up or rise, as an ill-fitting coat 
tends to do at the shoulders and the back of 
the neck Riding committee. See committee. Rid- 
ing interests, in Scots lau>, interests saddled or depen- 
dent upon other interests : thus, when any of the claimants 
in an action of multiplepoiuding, or in a process of ranking 
and sale, have creditors, these creditors may claim to be 
ranked on the fund set aside for their debtor ; and such 
claims are called riding interest*. The devil rides on 
a fiddlestick. See devil. To ride and tie, to ride and 
go on foot alternately : said of two persons. See the first 
quotation. 
Mr. Adams discharged the bill, and they were both set- 
ting out, having agreed to ride and tie : & method of trav- 
elling much used by persons who have but one horse be- 
tween them, and is thus performed. The two travellers set 
out together, one on horseback, the other on foot. How 
as it generally happens that he on horseback outgoes him 
on foot, the custom is that when he arrives at the distance 
agreed on, he is to dismount, tie his horse to some gate, 
tree, post, or other thing, and then proceed on foot, when 
the other comes up to the horse, unties him, mounts, and 
gallops on; till, having passed by his fellow-traveller, he 
likewise arrives at the place of tying. 
Fielding, Joseph Andrews, ii. 2. (Dames.) 
Both of them [Garrick and Johnson] used to talk pleas- 
antly of this their first journey to London. Garrick, evi- 
dently meaning to embellish a little, said one day In my 
hearing, " We rode and tied." 
Bosicell, Johnson, I. v. (1737), note. 
To ride a portlastt (naut.), to lie at anchor with the lower 
yards lowered to the rail : an old use. To ride at anchor 
(naut.). See anchor. 
After this Thomas Duke of Clarence, the King's second 
Son, and the Earl of Kent, with competent Forces, entred 
the Haven of Sluice, where they burnt four Ships riding at 
Anchor. Baker, Chronicles, p. 162. 
To ride at the ring. See ringi. To ride bodkin. See 
bodkini. To ride easy (naut.), said of a ship when she 
does not pitch, or strain her cables. To ride hard, said 
of a ship when she pitches violently, so as to strain her 
cables and masts. To ride in the marrow-bone coach, 
to go on foot. [Slang.] TO ride out*, to go upon a mill 
tary expedition ; enter military service. 
From the tyme that he first bigan 
To riden out, he lovede chyvalrie. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 45. 
To ride Over, to domineer over as if trampling upon ; over- 
ride or overpower triumphantly, insolently, or roughly. 
Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads. 
Pe. Ixvi. 12. 
Let thy dauntless mind 
Still ride in triumph over all mischance. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iiL 3. 18. 
To ride roughshod, to pursue a violent, stubborn, or 
selfish course, regardless of consequences or of the pain 
or distress that may be caused to others. 
Henry [VIII.], in his later proceedings, rode roughshod 
over the constitution of the Church. 
Nineteenth Centura, XXVI. 894. 
The Chamber had again been riding roughshod over His 
Majesty's schemes of army reform. 
Lowe, Bismarck, I. 288. 
To ride rusty. See rmtn^.to ride to hounds, to take 
part in a fox-hunt ; specifically, to ride close behind the 
hounds in fox-hunting. 
He not only went straight as a die, but rode to hounds 
instead of over them. Lawrence, Guy Livingstone, iii. 
To ride upon a cowlstafft. See coidstaf. =Syn. 1 and 
2. The effort has been made, in both England and America, 
to confine ride to progression on horseback, and to use 
drive for progression in a vehicle, but it has not been alto- 
gether successful, being checked by the counter-tendency 
to use drive only where the person in question holds the 
reins or where the kind of motion is emphasized. 
We have seen that Shakespeare, and Milton, and the 
translators of the Bible, use drive in connection with char- 
iot when they wish to express the urging it along ; but, 
when they wish to say that a man is borne up and onward 
in a chariot, they use ride. 
R. O. White, Words and Their Uses, p. .193. 
The practice of standard authors is exhibited in a lib- 
eral list of citations, and proves the imputed Americanism 
to ride (instead of to drive) in a carriage to be "Queen's 
English," although there remains a nice distinction not 
a national one established by good usage, between rid- 
intj in a carriage and driving in a carriage. 
Amer. Jour. PhOol., IX. 498. 
II. trimn. 1. To sit on and drive; be car- 
ried along on and by: used specifically of a 
horse. 
Neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. 
Amos ii. 15. 
He tlash'd across me mad, 
And maddening what he rode. 
Tennyson, Holy Grail. 
5171 
Not Infrequently the boys will ride a log down the cur- 
rent as fearlessly, and with as little danger of upsetting 
into the water, as an old and well-practiced river-driver. 
St. Nicholas, XVII. 584. 
2. To be carried or travel on, through, or over. 
Others . . . ride the air 
In whirlwind. Milton, 1'. L., it 540. 
The rising waves . . . 
Thunder and flash upon the stcdfast shores, 
Till he that rides the whirlwind checks the rein. 
Cooper, Retirement, 1. 535. 
This boat-shaped roof, which is extremely graceful and 
is repeated in another apartment, would suggest that the 
imagination of Jacques Coeur was fond of riding the waves. 
H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 85. 
3. To do, make, or execute by riding: as, to 
ride a race; to ride an errand. 
Right here seith the frensch booke that, whan the 
kynge Arthur was departed fro Bredigan, he and the 
kynge Ban of Benoyk, and the kynge boors of Cannes, 
his brother, that thei rode so her iournes till the! com to 
Tarsaide. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 202. 
And we can neither hunt nor ride 
A foray on the Scottish side. 
Scott, Marmion, i. 22. 
4. To hurry over; gallop through. 
He hath rid his prologue like a rough colt ; he knows 
not the stop. Shak., M. N. D., v. 1. 119. 
5. To control and manage, especially with 
harshness or arrogance ; domineer or tyrannize 
over: especially in the past participle ridden, in 
composition, as in priest-ridden. 
He that suffers himself to be ridden, or through pusil- 
lanimity or sottishnesswill let every man baffle him,*shall 
be a common laughing stock. 
Burton, Auat. of Mel., p. 384. 
And yet this man [Ambrose], such ag we hear he was, 
would have the Emperor ride other people, that himself 
might ride him, which is a common trick of almost all 
ecclesiastics. MUton, Ans. to Salmasius, iii. 
But as for them [scorners], they knew better things than 
to fall in with the herd, and to give themselves np to be 
ridden by the tribe of Levi. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. v. 
What chance was there of reason being heard in a land 
that was king-ridden, priest-ndden, peer-ridden / 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, iv. 
6. To carry; transport. [Local, U. S.] 
The custom-house license Nos. of the carts authorized 
to ride the merchandise. 
Laws and Regulations of Customs Inspectors, etc. , p. 48. 
Riding the fair, the ceremony of proclaiming a fair, per- 
formed by the steward of a court-baron, who rode through 
the town attended by the tenants. Riding the marches. 
See march* . To ride a hobby, to pursue a favorite the- 
ory, notion, or habit on every possible occasion. See hobbyl . 
It may look like riding a hobby to death, but I cannot 
help suspecting a wooden origin for it [Raj Rani temple]. 
J. Fergusson, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 425. 
He must of course be naturally of a rather attitudiniz- 
ing turn, fond of brooding and spouting and riding a 
theological hobby. N. A. Rev., CXX. 189. 
To ride circuit or the circuit. See circuit. to ride 
down, to overthrow, trample on, or drive over in riding ; 
hence, to treat with extreme roughness or insolence. 
We hunt them for the beauty of their skins ; 
They love us for it, and we ride them down. 
Tennyson, Princess, v. 
To ride down a sail, to stretch the head of a sail by 
bearing down on the middle. To ride down a stay or 
backstay (naut.), to come down on the stay for the pur- 
pose of tarring it. To ride out, to keep afloat during, as 
a gale ; withstand the fury of, as a storm : said of a vessel 
or of her crew. 
He bears 
A tempest, which his mortal vessel tears, 
And yet he rides it out. Shak. , Pericles, iv. 4. 31. 
The fleet rode out the storm in safety. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., IL 8. 
To ride shanks' mare, to walk. [Colloq.j To ride 
the brooset. See brnose. To ride the great horset, 
to practise horsemanship in the fashion of the time. 
Then comes he [Prince of Orange] abroad, and goes to 
his Stables, if it be no Sermon-day, to see some of his 
Gentlemen or Pages (of whose Breeding he is very care- 
ful) ride the great horse. Howell, Letters, I. i. 10. 
He told me he did not know what travelling was good 
for but to teach a man to ride the great horse, to jabber 
French, and to talk against passive obedience. 
Addison, Tory Foxhunter. 
TO ride the high horse. See to mount the high horse, 
under Aornel. To ride the line. See line-riding. 
Even for those who do not have to look up stray horses, 
and who are not forced to ride the line day in and day out, 
there is apt to be some hardship and danger in being 
abroad during the bitter weather. 
T. Roosevelt, The Century, XXXV. 669. 
To ride the Spanish mare (naut.), to be put astride 
of a boom with the guys eased off when the vessel is in a 
seaway : a punishment formerly in vogue. To ride the 
wild maret, to play at see-saw. 
With that, bestriding the mast, I gat by little and little 
towards him, after such manner as boys are wont, if ever 
you saw that sport, when they ride the wild mare. 
Sir P. Sidney. Arcadia, ii. 
A' ... rides the wild-mare with the boys. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., U. 4. 268. 
ride (rid), . [< ME. ride = G. ritt = Icel. n-itl, 
= S w. Dan. ridt ; from the verb : see ride, v. Cf . 
rider 
roaffi, raid."} 1. A journey on the back of a 
horse, ass, mule, camel, elephant, or other ani- 
mal; more broadly, any excursion, whether on 
the back of an animal, in a vehicle, or by some 
other mode of conveyance : as, a ride in a wagon 
or a balloon; a ride on a bicycle or a cow- 
catcher. 
To Madian lond wente he [Balaam] his ride. 
Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3960. 
" Alas," he said, "your ride has wearied you." 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
2. A saddle-horse. Grose. [Prov. Eng.] 3. 
A road intended expressly for riding; a bridle- 
path ; a -place for exercise on horseback. Also 
called ridiiiff. 
This through the ride upon his steed 
Goes slowly by, and this at speed. 
M. Arnold, Epilogue to Lessing's Laocoon. 
4. A little stream or brook. [Prov. Eng.] 5. 
A certain district patrolled by mounted excise 
officers. 6. In printing, a fault caused by over- 
lapping : said of leads or rules that slip and over- 
lap, of a kerned type that overlaps or binds a type 
in a line below, also of a color that impinges 
on another color in prints of two or more colors. 
rideable, a. See ridable. 
rideau (re-do'), . [< F. rideau, a curtain : see 
riddle 3 . ] In fort. , a small elevation of earth ex- 
tended lengthwise on a plain, serving to cover 
a camp from the approach of the enemy, or to 
give other advantage to a post. 
ridelt, See riddle 3 . 
rident. An obsolete preterit plural of ride. 
rident (ri'dent), a. [< L. riden(t-)s, ppr. of ri- 
dere ( > It. ridere = Sp. reir = Pg. rir = Cat. 
riurer = Pr. rir, rire = F. rire), laugh. Hence 
(from L. ridere) arride, deride, ridiculous, risi- 
ble, etc., also riant (a doublet of rident).~\ Smil- 
ing broadly ; grinning. 
A smile so wide and steady, so exceedingly rident, in- 
deed, as almost to be ridiculous, may be drawn upon the 
buxom face, if the artist chooses to attempt it. 
Thackeray, Newcomes, xxiv. 
ride-officer (rid'of'i-ser), . An excise-officer 
who makes his rounds on horseback; the of- 
ficer of a ride. 
rider (ri'der), . [< ME. ridere, rydare, < AS. 
ridere, a rider, cavalryman, knight (= OFries. 
ridder = D. rijder = MLG. ridder = OHG. ritdre, 
MHO. ritsere, riter, fitter, a rider, knight, G. rei- 
ter, a rider, ritter, knight, = Icel. ritliari, ritJic- 
ri, later riddari = Sw. riddarc, knight, ryttare, 
horseman, trooper, = Dan. ridder, knight, ryt- 
ter, horseman, rider, knight), < ridan, ride: see 
ride. Cf. ritter, reitcr (< G.).] 1. One who 
rides ; particularly, one who rides on the back 
of a horse or other animal; specifically, one 
who is skilled in horsemanship and the manege. 
Ac now is Religioun a ridere and a rennere aboute. 
Piers Plowman (A), xi. 208. 
The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 
Ex. xv. 1. 
Well could he ride, and often men would say, 
"That horse his mettle from his rider takes." 
Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 107. 
The weary steed of Pelleas floundering flung 
His rider. Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 
2f. A mounted reaver or robber. 
In Ewsdale, Eight and Forty notorious Riders are hung 
on growing Trees, the most famous of which was John 
Armstrong. Drummond, Works, p. 99. 
3. Formerly, one who traveled for a mercantile 
house to collect orders, money, etc. : now called 
a traveler or (in the United States) drummer. 
They come to us as riders in a trade, 
And with much art exhibit and persuade. 
Crabbe, Works, II. 53. 
4. In liort., a. budded or grafted standard or 
stock branching from a main or parent trunk 
or stem. 5. A knight. [Archaic.] 
He dubbed his youngest son, the ^Etheling Henry, to 
rider or knight. Freeman, Norman Conquest, IV. 471. 
6. Any device straddling something; something 
mounted upon or attached to something else. 
Especially (a) A small piece of platinum or aluminium 
set astride of the beam of a balance, and moved from 
or toward the fulcrum in determining results requiring 
weights of the utmost delicacy, (ft) A small piece of pa- 
per or other light substance placed on a wire or string to 
measure or mark distance. 
We measure the distance between the two (nodes), and 
cut the wire so that its total length shall be a multiple 
of this length, and then we proceed to find all the nodes, 
and mark them by paper riders. Pop. Set. Mo., XXXV. 673. 
(c) Anything saddled upon or attached to a record, docu- 
ment, statement, etc., after its supposed completion ; spe- 
cifically, an additional clause, as to a bill in Congress. 
Vholes finally adds, by way of rider to this declaration 
of his principles, that as Mr. Carstone is about to rejoin 
his regiment, perhaps Mr. C. will favour him with an or- 
der on his agent for twenty pounds. 
Dickens, Bleak House, xxxix. 
