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Canter
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
2. A rapid or easy passing over. A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics. Sir J. Stephen.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.
2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. The day when he was a canter and a rebel. Macaulay.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To move in a canter.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.