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Rider
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
(4):
(n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.
(5):
(n.) 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.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(n.) A robber.
(8):
(n.) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
(9):
(n.) Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.
(10):
(n.) A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
(11):
(n.) One who, or that which, rides.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rider'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/rider.html. 1828.
