Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a hard mouth; not sensitive to or easily controlled by the bit: as, a hard-mouthed horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed.
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- adjective Not sensible to the
bit ; not easilygoverned .
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Examples
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The show stars Denis Leary, a hard-mouthed, alcoholism-fighting father of three.
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It is important also to observe whether the jaws are soft or hard on one or other side, since as a rule a horse with unequal jaws20 is liable to become hard-mouthed on one side.
On Horsemanship 2007
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It is a hard-mouthed saying, quite unworthy of a gentleman or lady in the best sense of those words; and I can use no stronger condemnation.
To Let 2004
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The pack pony bearing their baggage was a hard-mouthed, contrary beast and occasionally, her father's serjeant-at-arms, had to yank on the lead rein to remind it who was master.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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Thus far he had made do with the hard-mouthed bay that Hakim had called a nag, and an evil-tempered pack mule that pretended every shadow was a lion waiting to pounce and kept up a constant braying that strongly tempted Sabin to cut its wretched throat.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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He could not bear women who threw their shoulders and eyes at you, and chattered away; or hard-mouthed women who laid down the law and knew more than you did.
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Cyrus being mounted upon a noble but a headstrong and hard-mouthed horse, bearing the name, as Ctesias tells us, of Pasacas,
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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But it seems as he was taken with the gang, one hard-mouthed countryman swore home to him, and they were like to have others come in according to the publication they had made; so that they expected more evidence against him, and for that reason he was kept in hold.
Moll Flanders 2003
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His horse, the tall grey he perversely favoured, was tethered at the gatehouse; no great beauty in looks or temperament, hard-mouthed, strong-willed, and obstinate, with a profound contempt for all humanity except his master, and nothing more than the tolerant respect of an equal even for Hugh.
The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989
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His horse, the tall grey he perversely favoured, was tethered at the gatehouse; no great beauty in looks or temperament, hard-mouthed, strong-willed, and obstinate, with a profound contempt for all humanity except his master, and nothing more than the tolerant respect of an equal even for Hugh.
The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989
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