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Definition of Distanced
1. distance [v] - See also: distance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distanced
Literary usage of Distanced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1857)
"If so offending, he or they shall be distanced. RI-LE XXII. PENALTY FOR Fore
HIDING OR DRIVING.—A rider or driver committing any act which the Judges may ..."
2. The Horse by William Youatt, John Stuart Skinner (1843)
"Such horses as are prevented from starting by this Rule, shall be considered
DRAWN and not distanced. 20.—If two horses each win a heat, and neither are ..."
3. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"Mr. Randolph has often been heard to say that it distanced competition—leaving
all associates and opponents far behind, and carrying the case. ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1851 The way that bar broke into a cantor 'ud hev distanced Wedding,' p. 112.
1853 I see him jest now streakin' it like a quarter hoss in that any quarter ..."
5. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... priory of Dunstable in Bedfordshire, as a favourable place, indifferently
distanced, but five miles from ..."
6. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"San Juan also maintained its average of crops; but in live-stock it was distanced
by both San José and Santa Clara. During the earlier part of the decade ..."
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