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c1425 Serm. (BL Add.) in G. Cigman Lollard Serm. (1989) 9 Vertues ennorneþ þe soule... And so we muste to hem applie oure backes boþe of bodi and of soule, and be sadelid wiþ here hooli techynge.

1653 W. Hemings Fatal Contract Saddle her nose with spectacles, or else Shee'l miss her way to the infernall pit.

1695–6 J. Locke Let. 27 Jan. in J. Locke & E. Clarke Corr. (1927) 435 They seem to me to saddle their noses with strange spectacles who cannot see a thing so plain and so long before their eyes, till just the moment that it is too late.

1706 E. Ward Poems Diverse Subj. III. 372 Smile to see the Clark his Looks Compose, And Saddle, with his Spectacles, his Nose.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (at cited word) To saddle,..to furnish, as to saddle a spit.

1789 J. O'Keeffe Highland Reel i. ii. 17 Shel. The letter, Sir—. M'Gil. Seems a small running hand. Shel. Running! then saddle your nose, and run after it... [Stage direct.] (Puts on his spectacles) and reads.

1855 H. M. Stephens Hagar the Martyr 238 He had jocosely fitted Miss Pinchin's turban upon his head, and saddled his nose with her spectacles.