Bridle: alternatives and connections

Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.

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To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruc…

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To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements…

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Headdress.

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To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

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To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

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To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called als…

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The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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Head.

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That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.

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That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.

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The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.

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Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.

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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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To bend or curve

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To free from the bridle; to set loose.

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To free from the bridle; to set loose.

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