Rīd'er, n.
n. 1. One who rides, or is borne on a horse or other beast, or in a vehicle.
Sense 2. Hence, a clerk or agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders. [Eng.]
Sense 3. One who breaks or manages a horse. Shak.
Sense 4. An addition to a manuscript or other document, inserted after its completion, on a separate piece of paper; an additional clause, as to a bill in Parliament.
After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a rider. Macaulay.
Vholes finally adds, by way of rider to this declaration of his principles, that, as Mr. Carstone is about to rejoin his regiment, perhaps Mr. C. will favor him with an order on his agent for twenty pounds on account. Dickens.
Sense 5. A Dutch coin, having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
*His moldy money! half a dozen riders That can not sit, but stamped fast to their saddles. J. Fletcher.*
Sense 6. (Mining.) A mass of rock-material in a vein, dividing it.
Sense 7. (Ship-building.) An interior rib fixed occasionally in a ship's hold, opposite to some of the timbers, to which they are bolted, and reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame. Totten.
Sense 8. (Naut.) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold. Totten.