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  • 121Scold's bridle — A scold s bridle (also the brank or branks) was a torture device for women, resembling an iron muzzle or cage for the head with an iron curb projecting into the mouth and resting precariously atop the tongue. The curb was frequently studded with… …

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  • 122Murder on a Bridle Path — Directed by William Hamilton Edward Killy Produced by Samuel J. Briskin Written by Stuart Palmer (novel) Dorothy Yost Thomas L. Lennon Edmund H. North James Gow …

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  • 123Paul Augustus Bridle — is a former Canadian diplomat. He was born in October 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Augustus Bridle, a journalist. He studied at Parkdale Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto, receiving his BA in 1937. He then taught briefly… …

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  • 124The Scold's Bridle — infobox Book | name = The Scold s Bridle title orig = translator = image caption = author = Minette Walters cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Crime / Mystery novel publisher = Pan Books release date = 6… …

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  • 125off/on the bridle — Also, off/on the bit. When a horse is off the bridle or off the bit , it means it is losing contact with the bit in its mouth and has stopped pulling or driving forward. When a horse is hard held by the jockey and running smoothly it is said to… …

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  • 126bridal / bridle —    Bridal has to do a bride and her wedding: June May threw her bridal bouquet to the screaming crowd of single women.    A bridle is a halter or restraint, such as a horse bridle: Old Frosty didn t like the bridle over her head …

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  • 127bridal / bridle —    Bridal has to do a bride and her wedding: June May threw her bridal bouquet to the screaming crowd of single women.    A bridle is a halter or restraint, such as a horse bridle: Old Frosty didn t like the bridle over her head …

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  • 128full bridle — full bridle, = double bridle. (Cf. ↑double bridle) …

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