Steed
[stiːd]
Definition
(n.) A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Poetical.] Horse (especially a war horse), charger.
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Definition
n. a horse or stallion esp. a spirited horse.
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Examples
- At the Children's Hospital, the gallant steed, the Noah's ark, yellow bird, and the officer in the Guards, were made as welcome as their child-owner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She took the abandoned rein, and conducted our obedient steed homewards. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She picketed her steed, hung up her weapons, and warmed herself comfortably by his fire. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Knight had scarcely finished a hasty meal, ere his menial announced to him that five men, each leading a barbed steed, desired to speak with him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The steed may be slain, the armour injured--for I will spare neither horse nor man. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He sees her dress, her gems, and her steed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Disinherited Knight sprung from his steed, and also unsheathed his sword. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At once powerful and elusive, it remained for Professor Morse to capture this wild steed, and, taming it, place it in the permanent service of man. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mount thee behind me on my steed--on Zamor, the gallant horse that never failed his rider. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The horse followed,--a tall steed, and on its back a rider. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As yet means were to be found to make the engine efficient as a double-acting one--to start the untamed steed at the proper moment and to stop him at the moment he had done his work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But he curbed it, I think, as a resolute rider would curb a rearing steed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Why, good Sir Maurice, rejoined the wily politician, start not aside like a scared steed, without, at least, considering the object of your terror. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I obeyed him, and walked down to the traveller, by this time struggling himself free of his steed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The steed is restored to thy stable. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The steeds of these attendants were in appearance as foreign as their riders. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He had an idea that he was one of those fiery, untamed steeds, but he is not of that character. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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