The gentleman's dictionary. In three parts, viz. I. The art of riding the great horse. II. The military art. III. The art of navigation / Each part done alphabetically, from the sixteenth edition of the original French. Published by the Sieur Guillet. With large additions, alterations and improvements, adapted to the customs and actions of the English.

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1705
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Credit: The gentleman's dictionary. In three parts, viz. I. The art of riding the great horse. II. The military art. III. The art of navigation / Each part done alphabetically, from the sixteenth edition of the original French. Published by the Sieur Guillet. With large additions, alterations and improvements, adapted to the customs and actions of the English. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tentimes makes him very Lame. RIPOSTE, is the Vindi¬ ctive Motion of a Horfe that anfwers the Spur with a Kick of his Foot. RIVET is that extremity of the Nail that reRs or leans upon the Horn when you fhoe a Horfe. The Rivets of the Nails that you have drove into my Horfe are too great, and will certainly cut him ; befides,the Nails are fo thick plated, that the Rivets by their bignefs and weight will carry off the Hoof. Trie him once more with Limoge Nails , that the Ri¬ vets may be fmallsr. See Pierce. „ ROAN: A Roan Horfe îs one of a Bay,Sorrel, or Black Co¬ lour, with Grey orWhite Spots interfpers’d very thick. * When this Particolour’d Coat is ac¬ company’d with a Black Heady and Black Extremities , he is call’d a Roan with a Blackamore's Head y and if the fame mixture is predominant upon a deep Sorrel , ’tis call’d Claret* Roan. . R O D , (in French, Gaule y is a Switch held by the Horfe - inan in his Right-hand, partly to reprefent a Sword, and part¬ ly to conduct the Horfe, and fécond the effects of the Hand and Heels. This Horfe taives the Aids of the Switch well. Since this Gentleman has a mind to make his Horfe rife be¬ fore, give him the Aids of the Rod, touch him, fwitch him upon the Legs and the Counter, and then he’ll up With his Fore¬ hand. ROPE, Cord or Strap, is a great Strap ty’d round a Pillar, to which a Hcrfe is made faft when we begin to quicken and fupple him, and teach him to fly from the Shambrier, and not to gallop falfe or uncompaftly. In Manages that have no Pillar, a Man Rands in the Center'of of the Ground, holding the end of the Rope. Ropes. Ropes of two Pillars are the Ropes or Reins of a Cavefi fin, us’d to a Horfe that works between two Pillars. You muR put your Horfe to the Ropes, that the conflraint of the Ga<vejfon may make him ply his Haunches, and teach him to raife his Fore-hand. You’ll never make this a good leaping Horfe,- unlefs you put him to theRopes, and make him anfwer the Aids of the Poinfin, in yerking with his hind-legs. See Fore~thigh. R O if N D,^ or Volte , is a Circular Tread. See Volte. To Cut a Round., „ See Cut. To Round a Horfe, or make him round (arrondir) is a gene¬ ra] Expreflion for all fort of Manage upon Rounds : So that to rbund a Horfe upon trot, gal¬ lop, or otherwife, is to make him carry his Shoulders and his Haunches compactly or round¬ ly, upon a greater or fmaller