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Canter

Canter (canter)
n.(?)
Can"ter
[An abbreviation of Caner bury. See Canterbury gallop, under Canterbury.]
  1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

    * The canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit, which compels him to throw a great part of his weight on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in the mode adopted by different horses for performing the canter, that no single description will suffice, nor indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them. J. H. Walsh.

  2. A rapid or easy passing over.

    A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics.
    Sir J. Stephen.

Canter

Canter (canter)
v. i.(?)
Can"ter
[imp. *** p. p. Cantered (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Cantering.]
  1. To move in a canter.

Canter

Canter (canter)
v. t.
Can"ter
  1. To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter] to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Canter

Canter (canter)
n.
Cant"er
  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.













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