set spurs to a horse

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• set spurs to — 1. To apply the spur to (a horse) and ride off quickly 2. To urge on 3. To hasten the progress of • • • Main Entry: ↑spur …   Useful english dictionary

• Horse breaking — Horse breaking, sometimes called starting or gentling, refers to the process used by humans to get horses to let themselves be ridden or harnessed. Before such a learning process is accomplished, a horse will normally reject attempts to ride it.… …   Wikipedia

• Lothian and Border Horse — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Lothians and Border Horse caption=Cap Badge of The Lothians and Border Horse dates=1797 1956 country= UK branch=Army type=Yeomanry command structure=Royal Armoured Corps role= size=World War I, 3 Regiments World… …   Wikipedia

• spur — n. & v. n. 1 a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel worn on a rider s heel for urging a horse forward. 2 a stimulus or incentive. 3 a spur shaped thing, esp.: a a projection from a mountain or mountain range. b a branch road or railway. c… …   Useful english dictionary

• Muncey Massacre — The Muncey Massacre was an 1844 incident in Texas. McBain Jameson and Jeremiah Muncey were the first known settlers in the Plano area. Jameson’s conditional certificate was issued by the Republic of Texas in Austin on January 2, 1840, and… …   Wikipedia

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• touch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French tucher, tuchier, from Vulgar Latin *toccare to knock, strike a bell, touch, probably of imitative origin Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to bring a bodily part into contact with… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Order of the Spur — For the Papal chivalric order, see Order of the Golden Spur. For the related tradition of the stetson, see Cavalry stetson. Order of the Spur Certificate for induction into the Order of the Spur for combat action in Tal Afar …   Wikipedia

• Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Horses in the Middle Ages — This 15th century depiction of Charlemagne and Pope Adrian I shows a well bred medieval horse …   Wikipedia

• Dates of 2005 — ▪ 2006 January This is a unique case of a people under occupation being asked to hold free and fair elections when they themselves are not free.… It s an important internal test, and I think it s a turning point. Palestinian legislator Hanan… …   Universalium