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Pronunciation : Rid"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [For thriding, Icel. pr the third part, fr. pri third, akin to E. third. See Third.]
Definition : Defn: One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding. Blackstone.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rid"ing
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. "One riding apparitor." Ayliffe.

2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse.

3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. Riding clerk. (a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs. Eng.] (b) One of the "six clerks" formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery. -- Riding hood. (a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding. (b) A kind of cloak with a hood. -- Riding master, an instructor in horsemanship. -- Riding rhyme (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. Dr. Guest. -- Riding school, a school or place where the art of riding is taught.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Rid"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act or state of one who rides.

2. A festival procession. [Obs.] When there any riding was in Cheap. Chaucer.

3. Same as Ride, n., 3. Sir P. Sidney.

4. A district in charge of an excise officer. [Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913