mettled

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On one of Vose Adams’s pilgrimages to Sacramento, he returned with a superb mettled pony, the gift of Lieutenant Russell.

From A Waif of the Mountains by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

He himself was a little afraid of mounting a mettled horse; but, since she was so fond of the recreation, he had no desire to consult his own feelings in the matter.

From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

The mettled Kurt rejoiced to meet a countryman, and hear the sound of his mother-tongue; but saw no profit in submitting his concerns to the questioning of a stranger, and answered briefly: "From sea."

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

I loved to look on him, chafing and fretting like his own mettled charger, he was so handsome!

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James

And reviewing it all, and then casting grimly forward into his future, he suddenly awoke, as he gently stroked this mettled horse, to a strange likeness between the spirit of horse and mistress.

From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Horton, Marcus