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Definition of Longe
1. n. A thrust. See Lunge.
2. n. Same as 4th Lunge.
Definition of Longe
1. Verb. (American English) To work a horse in a circle at the end of a long line or rope. ¹
2. Noun. A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and is used to control the animal while longeing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Longe
1. to guide a horse by means of a long rope [v LONGED, LONGEING, LONGES]
Medical Definition of Longe
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Longe
Literary usage of Longe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on the Language of Chaucer's Troilus by George Lyman Kittredge (1891)
"Fro my matère and you to longe to dwe'le, 143-4 (-ë dwelle C, ... To longe were
it for to dwelle, 7847 (long it B, [al] to longe C, longe it D). lowe (OK ..."
2. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"Luna, for a long period- longe prospicere futuro* »M sus : stupet Dares, ...
longe mila alia mens est, S. : longissime diversa ratio est: longe ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"In Rome, he was longe tyme so A god ... but that he was so stronge, In all this
worlde that brode and longe $o mighty was no man, ..."
4. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"A BOUT WITH A 'longe. FH ZEIGLER. " You are my prisoner—for this afternoon. ...
This is an ideal day for 'longe and you must join me, for the God of Fate ..."
5. Livy, Books XXI. and XXII by Livy (1893)
"Civitas ea longe ... 3. ceterum : resumptive, like the Ciceronian sed, and
introducing an explanation of longe ..."
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