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The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.

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  1. n. The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.
  2. n. Resistance; opposition.
  3. 1. (Man.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse. 2. Resistance; opposition. [Obs.] Give not shus the countertime to fate. Dryden.
  4. The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and themeasure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the badtemper of the horse.