steed

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"Forward, Margotte--we must get under shelter But just as the steed was about to start, the rider again heard the sound of a horse's hoofs on the frozen ground, and in a twinkling a horse bounded past Pierre like the wind.

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  1. noun A horse, especially a spirited one.

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  • It occurred to Tandy that the steed was as frightened as Tandy herself was. —  Ogre Ogre
  • For the Circassian wears his cartouche pockets constantly on his breast; any extra ammunition, together with a scanty supply of provisions, is easily attached to the saddle-bow; the steed is always ready for service; the dogs are eager to set off; and so at short [49] notice the whole party gallops out of the aoul with hurrahs and pistol-firing. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of Schamyl, by J. Milton Mackie.
  • In this case, his steed was a big, f***-off Landrover and his trailed blazed its way all the way up to Rotherham. —  TV Scoop
  • For the Circassian wears his cartouche pockets constantly on his breast; any extra ammunition, together with a scanty supply of provisions, is easily attached to the saddle-bow; the steed is always ready for service; the dogs are eager to set off; and so at short notice the whole party gallops out of the aoul with hurrahs and pistol-firing On the journey, however, they ride slowly. —  Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia
  • "Forward, Margotte--we must get under shelter But just as the steed was about to start, the rider again heard the sound of a horse's hoofs on the frozen ground, and in a twinkling a horse bounded past Pierre like the wind. —  The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II
 

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  1. Middle English stede, from Old English stēda, stallion; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English stede, from Anglo-Saxon stēda, a studhorse, stallion, war-horse (cf. gestēd-hors, studhorse; Icelandic stedda for *stœdda, a mare; Swedish sto, a mare), from stōd, a stud: see stud. Cf. stot, stote, stoat.
 

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