Unharness: alternatives and connections

A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, s…

a variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of ‘bets’ and ‘beds’ and ‘horses’ and ‘oxen’ are allomorphs of…

A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.

A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long…

The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that dra…

A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.

To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a t…

A team of oxen or horses.

A harness for draught horses.

A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting b…

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-…

The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.

A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.

One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses.

To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.

The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.

A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or fa…

The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, hor…