Rider

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who, or that which, rides.

II. Rider ·noun A Robber.

III. Rider ·noun One who breaks or manages a horse.

IV. Rider ·noun Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.

V. Rider ·noun The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.

VI. Rider ·noun A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.

VII. Rider ·noun A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.

VIII. Rider ·noun Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.

IX. Rider ·noun A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.

X. Rider ·noun An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.

XI. Rider ·noun An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.

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