Pack saddle

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• Saddle

  ·noun The clitellus of an <<Earthworm>>. II. Saddle ·vt To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) fo...

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• saddle

  To saddle the spit; to give a dinner or supper. To saddle one's nose; to wear spectacles. To saddle ...

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• Pack herse

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• close pack

  The ice floes so jammed together that boring is impossible, and present efforts useless. (See pack-i...

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• open pack

  A body of drift ice, the pieces of which, though very near each other, do not generally touch. It is...

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• pack-ice

  A large collection of broken floe huddled together, but constantly varying its position; said to be ...

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• Saddle-backed

  ·adj Having a low back and high neck, as a horse. II. Saddle-backed ·adj Having the outline of the ...

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• Saddle-shaped

  ·adj Shaped like a saddle. II. Saddle-shaped ·adj Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper pa...

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• saddle, colonial

  n. 1885. H. Finch-Hatton, `Advance Australia,' p. 53: «The colonial saddle is a shapeless, cumbers...

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• saddle-back

  n. a bird of the North Island ofNew Zealand, Creadion carunculatus, Cab. See also Jack-bird and Cre...

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• saddle hill

  A high land visible from the coast, having a centre less elevated than its ends, somewhat like a rid...

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• pack-rag day

  Michaelmas-day, when servants change their places, and remove their clothes. Norf. and Suff. ...

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• side-saddle flower

  (Lat. Sarracenia.) A plant, as well as its whole genus, of very singular structure. It grows in swam...

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