To ride a portoise
| to ride an anchor with the lower yards and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind. |
See also: Portoise
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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- To redeem the time
- To reduce a square
- To reduce an equation
- To reduce an expression
- To reef the paddles
- To refer one's self
- To refresh the memory
- To regulate a watch
- To rein in
- To relate one's self
- To renounce probate
- To repeat one's self
- To repeat signals
- To report one's self
- To repossess one's self of
- To resolve a nebula
- To respect the person
- to rest on one's laurels
- To rest with
- To return a lead
- To return to one's muttons
- To reverse an engine
- To revert a series
- To rib land
- To ride a hobby
- To ride a portoise
- To ride and tie
- To ride down
- To ride easy
- To ride hard
- To ride out
- To ride post
- To ride roughshod
- To ride shank's mare
- to ride the lightning
- To ride the stang
- To ride to hounds
- To rig a purchase
- To rig a ship
- To rig the capstan
- To rig the market
- To right a vessel
- To right the helm
- To ring a peal
- To ring in
- To ring the bells backward
- To ring the changes on
- To ring the changes upon
- To rip out
- To roll about
- To roll one's r's
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- to report out something
- to report something out
- To repossess one's self of
- to require a firm hand
- to reset the bar
- To resolve a nebula
- to resonate with
- to resonate with somebody
- to resonate with someone
- to resonate with something
- To respect the person
- to respond to in kind
- to respond to one in kind
- to respond to somebody in kind
- to respond to someone in kind
- to responded in kind
- to rest
- to rest on one's laurels
- to rest on one's laurels
- to rest one's eyes
- To rest with
- to rest, lay
- to rest, put
- To return a lead
- To return to one's muttons
- To reverse an engine
- To revert a series
- to rhyme off
- To rib land
- To ride a hobby
- To ride a portoise
- to ride again
- To ride and tie
- To ride down
- To ride easy
- to ride for a fall
- To ride hard
- to ride hell bent for leather
- to ride hell for leather
- to ride hell-bent for leather
- to ride hellbent for leather
- to ride herd on
- to ride herd over
- to ride herd over one
- to ride herd over somebody
- to ride herd over someone
- to ride into the sunset
- to ride it out
- to ride off into the sunset
- to ride one's hobbyhorse
- to ride one's hoby horse
- to ride one's hoby-horse
- To ride out
- To ride out
- to ride out the storm
- To ride post
- To ride roughshod
- to ride roughshod over
- To ride shank's mare
- to ride something out
- to ride the lightning
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