Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RIDE, v.t.

1. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse. They ride the air in whirlwind. – Milton.
2. To manage insolently at will; as in priest-ridden. The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers, and brewers. – Swift.
3. To carry. [Local.]