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Look up: stir-up

  1. Stirrup
    Bread made from flour, fat, and water. It was baked in a Dutch oven or on a stick placed over or near a fire.
    Found on http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm/gloss

  2. stirrup
    [n] - support consisting of metal loops into which rider`s feet go
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Stirrup
    Stirrup: The stapes, one of the three bones in the middle ear. See: Stapes.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  4. stirrup
    a metal hoop in which the rider`s foot rests. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • wrought-iron member in the shape of a stirrup used to support the end of a joist in the assembly Category: Various industries and crafts • the object of sti...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Stirrup
    Stir'rup noun [ Middle English stirop , Anglo-Saxon stigrāp ; stīgan to mount, ascend + rāp a rope; akin to German stegreif a stirrup. √164. See Sty , intransitiv...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/200

  6. stirrup
    1. A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. stirrup
    stirrup iron noun support consisting of metal loops into which rider`s feet go
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. stirrup
    (stur´әp) stapes.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  9. Stirrup
    • (v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron. • (v. i.) A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. stirrup
    either of a pair of light frames hung from the saddle attached to the back of an animal—usually a horse or pony. Stirrups are used to support a ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/163

  11. Stirrup
    Stirrup was old slang for flog with a stirrup-leather or with a shoemaker's stirrup.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. Stirrup
    Stirrup was old slang for flog with a stirrup-leather or with a shoemaker's stirrup.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. stirrup
    stirrup, foot support for the rider of a horse in mounting and while riding. It is a ring with a horizontal bar to receive the foot and is attached by a strap to the saddle. To avoid the danger of having a foot caught in a stirrup if the rider is thrown, large stirrups are often used; one of the use...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08467

  14. Stirrup
    Stirrups are loops, or rings suspended from the saddle of a horse and used to support the rider's feet.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. stirrup
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ster′ŭp, stir′ŭp Synonyms: stapes
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  16. Stirrup
    A pair of devices attached to each side of a horse's saddle, in the form of a loop with a flat base to support the rider's foot.
    Found on http://www.farandride.com/glossary.php

  17. Stirrup
    The leather covered (in the western saddle) or metal (in the English saddle)
    Found on http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Articles/Hor

  18. Stirrup
    A `stirrup` is a light frame or ring that holds the foot of a rider, attached to the saddle by a strap, often called a stirrup leather. Stirrups are usually paired and are used to aid in mounting and as a support while using a riding animal (usually a horse or other equine, such as a mule).--> They ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup

  19. stirrup cup
    [n] - a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  20. Stirrup cup
    A drinking cup handed to a mounted huntsman, often cast in the form of his quarry.
    Found on http://www.langfords.com/isroot/langford

  21. stirrup cup
    Drinking cup, frequently in the shape of an animal's head, used for the final drink before setting off on a hunt. The cups, common from the mid- 18thC, have neither handle nor foot, and were made in pottery and porcelain, silver and glass
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  22. stirrup cup
    noun a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  23. stirrup cup
    originally a drink offered to a man mounted on horseback and about to depart for the hunt; now, the drinking vessel itself. Commonly connected with ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/163

  24. Stirrup cup
    A `stirrup cup` is a "parting cup" given to guests, especially when they are leaving and have their feet in the stirrups. It is also the traditional drink (usually port or sherry) served at the meet, prior to a traditional foxhunt. The term can describe the cup that such a drink is served ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirrup_cup

  25. stirrup-cup
    Drinking cup, frequently in the shape of an animal's head, used for the final drink before setting off on a hunt. The cups, common from the mid- 18thC, have neither handle nor foot, and were made in pottery and porcelain, silver and glass
    Found on http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-ter



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