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riding (root: ride)
CIDE DICTIONARY
riding, n. [For thriding, Icel. the third part, fr. third, akin to E. third. See Third.].
One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
riding, a.
- Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
- Used for riding on; as, a riding horse. [1913 Webster]
- Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. [1913 Webster]
riding, n.
- The act or state of one who rides. [1913 Webster]
- A festival procession. [1913 Webster]"When there any riding was in Cheap." [1913 Webster]
- Same as Ride,
n. , 3. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] - A district in charge of an excise officer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
riding, n.
1 in senses of RIDE v.
2 the practice or skill of riders of horses.
3 = RIDE n. 3.
1 in senses of RIDE v.
2 the practice or skill of riders of horses.
3 = RIDE n. 3.
Idiom
riding-light (or -lamp) a light shown by a ship at anchor. riding-school an establishment teaching skills in horsemanship.
riding, n.
1 each of three former administrative divisions (East Riding, North Riding, West Riding) of Yorkshire.
2 an electoral division of Canada.
1 each of three former administrative divisions (East Riding, North Riding, West Riding) of Yorkshire.
2 an electoral division of Canada.
Etymology
OE thriding (unrecorded) f. ON thrithjungr third part f. thrithi THIRD: th- was lost owing to the preceding -t or -th of east etc.
THESAURUS
riding
Kreis, anchorage, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, automobiling, bailiwick, bicycling, biking, bishopric, borough, busing, canton, charivari, chuck, city, commune, congressional district, constablewick, county, cycling, departement, diocese, district, driving, duchy, electoral district, electorate, equitation, government, hamlet, harborage, haven, horseback riding, horsemanship, hundred, magistracy, metropolis, metropolitan area, motorcycling, motoring, oblast, okrug, parish, pedaling, port, precinct, principality, province, region, roads, roadstead, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty, soke, stake, state, territory, town, township, village, wapentake, wardROGET THESAURUS
riding
Government
N government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority, authority, master, direction, national government, nation, state, country, nation- state, dominion, republic, empire, union, democratic republic, kingdom, principality, state government, state, shire, province, county, canton, territory, duchy, archduchy, archdukedom, woiwodshaft, commonwealth, region, property, county, parish city, domain, tract, arrondissement, mofussil, commune, wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing, ward, precinct, bailiwick, command, empire, sway, rule, dominion, domination, sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty, lordship, headship, chiefdom, seigniory, seigniority, rule, sway, command, control, administer, govern, lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne, sway the scepter, wield the scepter, wear the crown, state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus, judicature, cabinet, seat of government, seat of authority, headquarters, accession, installation, politics, reign, regime, dynasty, directorship, dictatorship, protectorate, protectorship, caliphate, pashalic, electorate, presidency, presidentship, administration, proconsul, consulship, prefecture, seneschalship, magistrature, magistracy, monarchy, kinghood, kingship, royalty, regality, aristarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy, commonwealth, dominion, heteronomy, republic, republicanism, socialism, collectivism, mob law, mobocracy, ochlocracy, vox populi, imperium in imperio, bureaucracy, beadledom, bumbledom, stratocracy, military power, military government, junta, feodality, feudal system, feudalism, thearchy, theocracy, dinarchy, duarchy, triarchy, heterarchy, duumvirate, triumvirate, autocracy, autonomy, limited monarchy, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, home rule, representative government, monocracy, pantisocracy, gynarchy, gynocracy, gynaeocracy, petticoat government, legislature, judiciary, administration, office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet, senate, house of representatives, parliament, council, courts, supreme court, state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Postal Service, Post Office, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, president, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister, senator, representatative, president pro tem, speaker of the house, department head, section head, section chief, federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice, treasurer, secretary of the treasury, director of the FBI, governor, state cabinet member, state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman, regal, sovereign, governing, royal, royalist, monarchical, kingly, imperial, imperiatorial, princely, feudal, aristocratic, autocratic, oligarchic, republican, dynastic, ruling, regnant, gubernatorial, imperious, authoritative, executive, administrative, clothed with authority, official, departmental, ex officio, imperative, peremptory, overruling, absolute, hegemonic, hegemonical, authorized, government, public, national, federal, his majesty's, her majesty's, state, county, city, N, a dog's obeyed in office, cada uno tiene su alguazil, le Roi le veut, regibus esse manus en nescio longas, regnant populi, the demigod Authority, the right divine of kings to govern wrong, uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.Journey
N journey, travel, traveling, wayfaring, campaigning, journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation, noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulism, outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt, equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege, ride and tie, basophobia, roving, vagrancy, pererration, marching and countermarching, nomadism, vagabondism, vagabondage, hoboism, gadding, flit, flitting, migration, emigration, immigration, demigration, intermigration, wanderlust, plan, itinerary, guide, handbook, guidebook, road book, Baedeker, Bradshaw, Murray, map, road map, transportation guide, subway map, procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column, vehicle, automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive, legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters, traveler, depot, railway station, station, traveling, ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic, circumforanean, circumforaneous, noctivagrant, mundivagrant, locomotive, wayfaring, wayworn, travel-stained, on foot, on horseback, on Shanks's mare, by the Marrowbone stage: in transitu, en route, Int, come along!.For further exploring for "riding" in Webster Dictionary Online
