Category:Rider

Rid"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, rides.

2. Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain Orders; a commercial traveler. [eng.]

3. One who breaks or manages a horse. Shak.

4. 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. After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a rider. Macaulay. This [question] was a rider which mab found difficult to answer. A. S. Hardy.

5. (math.)

Defn: a problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an Examination paper.

6. Etym: [d. rijder.]

Defn: a dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback Stamped upon it. His moldy money ! Half a dozen riders. J. Fletcher.

7. (mining)

Defn: rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.

8. (shipbuilding)

Defn: an interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching From the keelson to the beame of the lower deck, to strengthen her Frame. Totten.

9. (naut.)

Defn: the second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.

10. 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.

11. A robber. [obs. or prov. Eng.] Drummond. Rider's bone (med.), a Bony deposit in the muscles of the upper and inner part of the thigh, Due to the pressure and irritation caused by the saddle in riding.