Rider.

An addition to a manuscript, like a codicil to a will; an additional clause tacked to a bill in parliament; so called because it over-rides the preceding matter when the two come into collision.

“Perhaps Mr. Kenneth will allow me to add the following as a rider to his suggestion.”—Notes and Queries, “M.N.”

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Richborough, Richeboro, or Ratesburgh (a Roman fort in the time of Claudius)
Rick Mould
Rickety Stock
Ricochet [rikko-shay]
Riddle
Riddle of Claret (A)
Ride
Ride for a Fall (To)
Ride up Holborn Hill (To)
Rider
Riderhood (Rogue)
Ridicule (Father of)
Riding [of Yorkshire]
Ridolphus (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Ridotto (Italian)
Rienzi (Nicolò Gabrini)
Rif of Rifie (French)
Riff-raff
Rifle
Rift in the Lute (A)