Sitfast

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sitfast \Sit"fast`\, n. (Far.)
     A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse,
     under the saddle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Sitfast \Sit"fast`\, a. [Sit + fast.]
     Fixed; stationary; immovable. [R.]
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           'T is good, when you have crossed the sea and back,
           To find the sitfast acres where you left them.
                                                    --Emerson.
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