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rider(1) (iou) and prairie chicken (sh)


rider(1) (iou)



rider noun. LOE.
[from RIDE verb + -ER1.]
I.
a. A mounted warrior, a knight. Long arch. LOE.
b. A mounted bandit or raider, formerly spec., in the Scottish Borders in the 16th and 17th cents.; a moss-trooper. M16.
gen. A person who rides, esp. a person riding a horse, mule, camel, elephant, etc., or a cycle. Freq. with specifying word. ME.
boundary-rider, dispatch-rider, stock-rider, etc.
b. Scots Law. A creditor having a claim on a person who in turn is claiming in a multiplepoinding. E19.
c. A passenger, esp. on public transport. Chiefly N. Amer. L19.
A forest ranger. LME-E18.
Hist. A gold coin of Flanders and the Netherlands having a horseman on its obverse. Also, a gold coin current in Scotland during the 15th and 16th cents. LME.
a. A riding master; a horse trainer. M16-L17.
b. A jockey. L18.
A commercial traveller. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
A horse (of a specified kind) for riding on. M19.
II.
In pl. An additional set of timbers or iron plates used to strengthen the frame of a ship etc. internally or externally. E17.
a. Mining. = HORSE noun 10a. M17.
b. Geology. A thin seam of coal or deposit of ore overlying a principal seam or lode. L19.
a. An additional clause or codicil amending or supplementing a drafted document; esp. an addition or amendment attached to a legislative bill at its final reading. M17.
b. A corollary from or addition to something said or written; a qualification, a provision. E19.
c. A subsidiary question in an examination (orig. esp. in mathematics). M19.
d. An additional fee paid in kind to a performer etc., usu. in the form of Food and drink. Also, a supplementary clause in a performer etc.'s contract specifying particular requirements for accommodation, Food, drink, etc. M19.
e. A recommendation or comment added by the jury to a judicial verdict. L19.
Any of various objects, components, machine parts, etc., surmounting, bridging, or working on or over others. E18.
Ophthalmology. Each of a set of opaque lines extending radially outward from the main disc of a cataract. L19.
Phrases etc.: easy rider: see EASY adjective. rough-rider: see ROUGH adjective. stake and rider (fence): see STAKE noun1.
rideress noun (rare) a female rider, a horsewoman M19.
riderless adjective M19.
ridership noun (a) a rangership; (b) (orig. N. Amer.) the number of passengers using a particular form of public transport: LME.

prairie chicken (sh)




Either of two species of North American grouse (genus Tympanuchus) noted for lek displays (group courtship displays).

The greater prairie chicken is about 18 in. (45 cm) long and may weigh almost 2 lbs (1 kg). Its brown plumage is strongly barred below, and it has a short, rounded, dark tail. It occurs locally from Saskatchewan to coastal Texas and Louisiana; northernmost birds are somewhat migratory. The eastern subspecies, the heath hen, is extinct. The lesser prairie chicken, smaller and paler, inhabits the arid western central Great Plains. The sharp-tailed grouse (Pedioecetes) is locally called prairie chicken.