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RI'DER, n.
One who, or that which, rides.
Formerly, an agent who went out with
samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.
[Eng.] One who breaks or manages a horse.
Shak. An addition or amendment to a manuscript or
other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in
legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in
course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is
imposed.
After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a rider. Macaulay. This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer. A. S. Hardy. A problem of more than usual
difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
A Dutch gold coin
having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
His moldy money ! half a dozen riders. J. Fletcher. Rock material in a vein of
ore, dividing it.
An interior rib
occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the
beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
Totten. The second tier of casks in
a vessel's hold.
A small forked weight which straddles the
beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the
weight on a steelyard.
A robber.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Drummond.
Rider's bone (Med.), a bony deposit in the muscles of the upper and inner part of the thigh, due to the pressure and irritation caused by the saddle in riding. | ||||||||