GR translation: ride him a green-doped and silent hound

[Mike Jing]

What's the meaning of "ride" then?  Maybe:

9. trans.
a. To cut (an animal) off from or out of the herd by skilful riding. Now
rare.

or

b. To hunt (an animal) on horseback. Now rare.

or is it something else?


On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I read it as a metaphor for the personal Rocket, and doped is from the 2nd
> meaning of the verb:
>
> (2 smear or cover with varnish or other thick liquid: she doped the
> surface with photographic emulsion.)
>
> 2016-03-21 8:13 GMT+01:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:
>
>> V727.15-22, P741.31-38   But these heretics will be sought and the
>> dominion of silence will enlarge as each one goes down . . . they will all
>> be sought out. Each will have his personal Rocket. Stored in its
>> target-seeker will be the heretic’s EEG, the spikes and susurrations of
>> heartbeat, the ghost-blossomings of personal infrared, each Rocket will
>> know its intended and hunt him, ride him a green-doped and silent hound,
>> through our World, shining and pointed in the sky at his back, his guardian
>> executioner rushing in, rushing closer . . . .
>>
>> What does "ride him a green-doped and silent hound" mean?  What is
>> "green-doped"?
>>
>
>
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