Weymouthn.
/ˈweɪməθ/, U.S. /ˈweɪməθ/ 1. Weymouth Pine n. [the title of the first Lord Weymouth, by whom the tree was extensively planted after its introduction into England in 1705] the American white pine, Pinus Strobus.
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white pine1682
masting-pine1755
Weymouth Pine1755
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Pinus Pinus Americana,..Lord Weymouth's Pine.]
1755 H. Walpole Let. 8 Nov. in Corr. (1941) IX. 177 A dozen of the New England or Lord Weymouth's pine.
1766 Compl. Farmer at Aphernousli The white Canada-pine, which is better known in England by the name of Weymouth-pine.
1781 Westminster Mag. 9 133 The Weymouth-pine has been long naturalized here; the patriarch plant still existing at Longleat.
1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery I. 82 The Weymouth-pine has very little picturesque beauty to recommend it.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxi. 496 The Weymouth pine, the stone pine,..and the larch, are all occasionally seen.
1882 Garden 16 Sept. 251/2 Weymouth Pine, Scotch Spruce, and Silver Fir timber sold at a low figure.
2. Horse Riding. Designating a type of curb bit (see quot. 1963) or a double bridle comprising this bit and a snaffle with two sets of reins.
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kevela1300
barnaclea1382
bitc1385
molanc1400
bridle bit1438
snafflea1533
titup1537
bastonet?1561
cannon?1561
scatch1565
cannon bit1574
snaffle-bit1576
port mouth1589
watering snaffle1593
bell-bit1607
campanel1607
olive1607
pear-bit1607
olive-bit1611
port bit1662
neck-snaffle1686
curb-bit1688
masticador1717
Pelham1742
bridoon1744
slabbering-bit1753
hard and sharp1787
Weymouth1792
bridoon-bit1795
mameluke bit1826
Chiffney-bit1834
training bit1840
ring snaffle1850
gag-snaffle1856
segundo1860
half-moon bit1875
stiff-bit1875
twisted mouth1875
thorn-bit1886
Scamperdale1934
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1792 T. H. Morland Every Man his Own Judge 70 A Weymouth bridle, with bit, and bradoon, is in my opinion preferable to any other sort for the road.
1919 R. S. Timmis Notes on Riding & Driving iii. 39 A few good snaffles, both racing and exercising (with cross-pieces outside the cheek), and a Weymouth or a Pelham bit and bridoon are all that are necessary for practically all horses.
1938 F. C. Hitchcock To Horse! ix. 274 The only objection to a double bridle is that its use entails two separate mouthpieces in the horse's mouth. The usual pattern bit used is called the Weymouth.
1946 M. C. Self Horseman's Encycl. 433 The Weymouth bridle consists of a bit and bridoon. It is the bridle most usually used for the finished saddle horse.
1963 L. F. Bloodgood & P. Santini Horseman's Dict. 21 Weymouth or Ward Union bit, bit consisting of straight, moderately long cheek-pieces, stationary or sliding mouthpiece, either straight or with a slight Muller or Cambridge port. Simplest of all curb bits and most generally used.
1965 C. E. G. Hope Riding v. 59 The curb used with a double bridle, known as the Weymouth or Ward Union, invariably has a plain port mouth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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