All fours: alternatives and connections

A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other sid…

A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and…

An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamoi…

To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.

Rustling in arms; resounding with arms.

A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…

To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over

An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.

the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"

To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a st…

tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa

A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises h…

An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and…

To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span.

To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.

Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…