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hard-mouthed, a.|ˈhɑːdmaʊðd, -maʊθt|
1. Having a hard mouth: said of a horse not easily controlled by the bit or rein.
1617Markham Caval. ii. 106 When they haue either hard mouthed horses, or runne away Iades. 1682Lond. Gaz. No. 1708/4 A Spring Snaffle, that Commandeth with the greatest ease..all hard-mouthed Run-away Horses. 1854Wood Anim. Life (1855) 398 Little hard-mouthed animals..perfectly independent of bit and bridle.
2. fig. Self-willed, obstinate.
1686D'Urfey Commw. Women i. i. 5 They are so hard mouth'd, there's no dealing with 'em. 1704Swift Mech. Operat. Spirit Misc. (1711) 299 Wonderfully headstrong, and hard-mouth'd. 1722De Foe Moll Flanders (1840) 311 Two wenches, a couple of hard-mouthed Jades. 1800A. Carlyle Autobiog. (1860) 432 Robertson's soothing manner prevented his being hard-mouthed with him. |