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<p><point16>R.</point16></p>

<p><hw>R</hw> (&auml;r). <def>R, the eighteenth letter of the English
alphabet, is a vocal consonant.  It is sometimes called a
<i>semivowel</i>, and a <i>liquid</i>. See <i>Guide to
Pronunciation</i>, &sect;&sect; 178, 179, and 250-254.</def> "<i>R</i>
is the dog's letter and hurreth in the sound."  <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p>    In words derived from the Greek language the letter <i>h</i> is
generally written after <i>r</i> to represent the aspirated sound of
the Greek <grk>"r</grk>, but does not affect the pronunciation of the
English word, as <i>rhapsody</i>, <i>rhetoric</i>.</p>

<p>    The English letter derives its form from the Greek through the
Latin, the Greek letter being derived from the Ph&oelig;nician, which,
it is believed, is ultimately of Egyptian origin. Etymologically, R is
most closely related to <i>l</i>, <i>s</i>, and <i>n</i>; as in
bando<i>r</i>e, mando<i>l</i>e; purp<i>l</i>e, L. purpu<i>r</i>a; E.
chapte<i>r</i>, F. chapit<i>r</i>e, L. capitu<i>l</i>um; E.
wa<i>s</i>, we<i>r</i>e; ha<i>r</i>e, G. ha<i>s</i>e; E. orde<i>r</i>,
F. ord<i>r</i>e, L. ordo, ordi<i>n</i>is; E. coffe<i>r</i>,
coffi<i>n.</i>
</p>

<p><col><b>The three Rs</b></col>, <cd>a jocose expression for
reading, (w)riting, and (a)rithmetic, -- the fundamentals of an
education.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ra</hw> (r&auml;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A roe; a
deer.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra-</hw>. <def>A prefix, from the Latin <i>re</i> and <i>ad</i>
combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See <u>Re-</u>,
and <u>Ad-</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raash</hw> (r&auml;sh), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Ar.
<i>ra'ash</i> trembling, tremor.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The
electric catfish.</def> [Written also <i>raasch</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rab</hw> (r&abreve;b), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rod or stick
used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"at</hw> (r&abreve;b"&abreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Rabot</u>.] <def>A polishing material made of potter's clay that
has failed in baking.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*bate"</hw> (r&adot;*b&amacr;t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rabattre</i> to beat down; pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>abattre</i>. See
<u>Abate</u>, and cf. <u>Rebate</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>]
<i>(Falconry)</i> <def>To recover to the fist, as a hawk.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rab"a*tine</hw> (r&abreve;b"&adot;*t&ibreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rabato</u>.] <def>A collar or cape.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra*ba"to</hw> (r&adot;*b&amacr;"t&osl;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>rabat</i>, fr. <i>rabattre</i>. See <u>Rabate</u>.] <def>A kind
of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rab*bate"</hw> (r&abreve;b*b&amacr;t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[See <u>Rabate</u>.] <def>To abate or diminish.</def> [Obs.] --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Abatement.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rab"bet</hw> (r&abreve;b"b&ebreve;t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rabbeted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rabbeting</u>.] [F. <i>raboter</i> to plane, plane
down,<i>rabot</i> a plane; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + OF. <i>abouter</i>,
<i>aboter</i>. See <u>Abut</u>, and cf. <u>Rebut</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a
rabbet.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in
a rabbet joint.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"bet</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rabbet</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Rebate</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Carp.)</i> <def>A longitudinal channel,
groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially,
one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the
joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove
cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a
<i>rabbet</i>, or rebate.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Same as <i>Rabbet joint</i>,
below.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rabbet joint</b></col> <i>(Carp.)</i>, <cd>a joint formed
by fitting together rabbeted boards or timbers; -- called also
<i>rabbet</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rabbet plane</b></col>, <cd>a joiner's
plane for cutting a rabbet.</cd> <i>Moxon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rab"bi</hw> (r&abreve;b"b&imacr; or -b&ibreve;; 277),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rabbis</b></plw> (-b&imacr;z
or -b&ibreve;z) or <plw><b>Rabbies</b></plw>. [L., fr. Gr.
<grk>"rabbi`</grk>, Heb. <i>rab&imacr;</i> my master, from <i>rab</i>
master, lord, teacher, akin to Ar. <i>rabb</i>.] <def>Master; lord;
teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor
of the law.</def> "The gravest <i>rabbies</i>."  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Be not ye called <i>Rabbi</i>, for one is your Master,
even Christ, and all ye are brethren.</blockquote> <i>Matt. xxiii.
8.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rab"bin</hw> (r&abreve;b"b&ibreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.]
<def>Same as <u>Rabbi</u>.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rab*bin"ic</hw> (r&abreve;b*b&ibreve;n"&ibreve;k),
<hw>Rab*bin"ic*al</hw> (-&ibreve;*k<i>a</i>l), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>rabbinique</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to the rabbins or
rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the
rabbins.</def> "Comments staler than <i>rabbinic</i>."
<i>Lowell.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We will not buy your <i>rabbinical</i>
fumes.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rab*bin"ic</hw> (r&abreve;b*b&ibreve;n"&ibreve;k),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The language or dialect of the rabbins; the
later Hebrew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab*bin"ic*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
rabbinical manner; after the manner of the rabbins.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"bin*ism</hw> (r&abreve;b"b&ibreve;n*&ibreve;z'm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rabbinisme</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the
language of the rabbins.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The teachings and traditions of the
rabbins.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"bin*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rabbiniste</i>.] <def>One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud
and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the
<i>Karaites</i>, who rejected the traditions.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"bin*ite</hw> (-&imacr;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Rabbinist</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"bit</hw> (r&abreve;b"b&ibreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>rabet</i>, akin to OD. <i>robbe</i>, <i>robbeken</i>.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any of the smaller species of the genus
Lepus, especially the common European species (<i>Lepus
cuniculus</i>), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced
into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest
in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The common American rabbit (<i>L. sylvatica</i>) is similar
but smaller. See <u>Cottontail</u>, and <i>Jack rabbit</i>, under 2d
<u>Jack</u>. The larger species of Lepus are commonly called
<i>hares</i>. See <u>Hare</u>.</p>

<p><col><b>Angora rabbit</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a variety
of the domestic rabbit having long, soft fur.</cd> -- <col><b>Rabbit
burrow</b></col>, <cd>a hole in the earth made by rabbits for shelter
and habitation.</cd> -- <col><b>Rabbit fish</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The northern chim&aelig;ra
(<i>Chim&aelig;ra monstrosa</i>)</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Any one
of several species of plectognath fishes, as the bur fish, and puffer.
The term is also locally applied to other fishes.</cd> --
<col><b>Rabbits' ears</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Cyclamen</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rabbit warren</b></col>, <cd>a piece
of ground appropriated to the breeding and preservation of
rabbits.</cd> <i>Wright.</i> -- <col><b>Rock rabbit</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See <u>Daman</u>, and <u>Klipdas</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Welsh rabbit</b></col>, <cd>a dish of which the chief
constituents are toasted bread and toasted cheese, prepared in various
ways. The name is said to be a corruption of <i>Welsh rare bit</i>,
but perhaps it is merely a humorous designation.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rab"bit*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The hunting of
rabbits.</def>  <i>T. Hughes.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rab"bit*ry</hw> (-r&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A place
where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame
rabbits.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"ble</hw> (r&abreve;b"b'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol.
uncertain.] <i>(Iron Manuf.)</i> <def>An iron bar, with the end bent,
used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of
puddling.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"ble</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To stir or skim with
a rabble, as molten iron.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"ble</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Akin to D.
<i>rabbelen</i>, Prov. G. <i>rabbeln</i>, to prattle, to chatter: cf.
L. <i>rabula</i> a brawling advocate, a pettifogger, fr. <i>rabere</i>
to rave.  Cf. <u>Rage</u>.] <def>To speak in a confused manner.</def>
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Rab"ble</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Probably named from the
noise made by it (see <u>Rabble</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>); cf. D.
<i>rapalje</i> rabble, OF. & Prov. F. <i>rapaille</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a
mob; a confused, disorderly throng.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I saw, I say, come out of London, even unto the
presence of the prince, a great <i>rabble</i> of mean and light
persons.</blockquote> <i>Ascham.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Jupiter, Mercury, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, and the whole
<i>rabble</i> of licentious deities.</blockquote> <i>Bp.
Warburton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley
of voices; a chatter.</def></p>

<p><col><b>The rabble</b></col>, <cd>the lowest class of people,
without reference to an assembly; the dregs of the people.</cd>
"<i>The rabble</i> call him &lsquo;lord.'"  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rab"ble</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to a
rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar.</def> [R.]
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rab"ble</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rabbled</u> (-b'ld); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rabbling</u> (-bl&ibreve;ng).] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To insult,
or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to <i>rabble</i> a curate.</def>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates
themselves <i>rabbled</i> on their way to the house.</blockquote>
<i>J. R. Green.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth
without intelligence.</def> [Obs. or Scot.]  <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To rumple; to crumple.</def> [Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Rab"ble*ment</hw> (r&abreve;b"b'l*m<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tumultuous crowd of low people; a
rabble.</def> "Rude <i>rablement</i>."  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And still, as he refused it, the <i>rabblement</i>
hooted.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rab"bler</hw> (-bl&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See 2d
<u>Rabble</u>.] <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>A scraping tool for smoothing
metal.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"ble-rout`</hw> (-b'l-rout`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab*doid"al</hw> (r&abreve;b*doid"<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>"ra`bdos</grk> a rod + <i>-oid + -
al</i>.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>See <u>Sagittal</u>.</def> [Written also
<i>rhabdoidal</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rab*dol"o*gy</hw> (-d&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>"ra`bdos</grk> rod, stick + <i>-
logy</i>: cf. F. <i>rabdologie</i>.] <def>The method or art of
performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See
<u>Napier's bones</u>.</def> [Written also <i>rhabdology</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rab"do*man`cy</hw> (r&abreve;b"d&osl;*m&abreve;n`s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>"ra`bdos</grk> rod + <i>-mancy</i>.]
<def>Divination by means of rods or wands.</def> [Written also
<i>rhabdomancy</i>.]  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rab"id</hw> (r&abreve;b"&ibreve;d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rabidus</i>, from <i>rabere</i> to rave. See <u>Rage</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Furious; raging;
extremely violent.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rabid</i> flight<BR>
Of winds that ruin ships.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in
opinion; excessively zealous; as, a <i>rabid</i> socialist.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Affected with the distemper called
<i>rabies</i>; mad; as, a <i>rabid</i> dog or fox.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to rabies,
or hydrophobia; as, <i>rabid</i> virus.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*bid"i*ty</hw> (r&adot;*b&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rabidness; furiousness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"id*ly</hw> (r&abreve;b"&ibreve;d*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rabid manner; with extreme
violence.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"id*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being rabid.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra"bi*es</hw> (r&amacr;"b&ibreve;*&emacr;z),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. See <u>Rage</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<def>Same as <u>Hydrophobia</u> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>; canine
madness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rab"i*net</hw> (r&abreve;b"&ibreve;*n&ebreve;t),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.] <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A kind of
small ordnance formerly in use.</def> [Written also <i>rabanet</i>.]
<i>Ainsworth.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"bi*ous</hw> (r&amacr;"b&ibreve;*&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Fierce.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Daniel.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"bot</hw> (r&amacr;"b&obreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.]
<def>A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be
polished.</def>  <i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ra"ca</hw> (r&amacr;"k&adot;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"raka`</grk>, from Chaldee <i>r&emacr;k&amacr;</i>.] <def>A term
of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning
"worthless."</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Whosoever shall say to his brother, <i>Raca</i>, shall
be in danger of the council.</blockquote> <i>Matt. v. 22.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ra`ca`hout"</hw> (r&adot;`k&adot;`&oomac;"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>racahout</i>, probably fr. Ar.
<i>r&amacr;qaut</i>.] <def>A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs
as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for
invalids.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rac*coon"</hw> (r&abreve;k*k&oomac;n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>raton</i>, prop., a little rat, fr. <i>rat</i> rat, perhaps of
German origin. See <u>Rat</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A North
American nocturnal carnivore (<i>Procyon lotor</i>) allied to the
bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with
black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called
also <i>coon</i>, and <i>mapach</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Raccoon dog</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the
tanate.</cd> -- <col><b>Raccoon fox</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>the cacomixle.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Race</hw> (r&amacr;s), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
raze.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1182 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Race</hw> (r&amacr;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>ra&iuml;z</i>, L. <i>radix</i>, <i>-icis</i>. See <u>Radix</u>.]
<def>A root.</def> "A <i>race</i> or two of ginger."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Race ginger</b></col>, <cd>ginger in the root, or not
pulverized.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Race</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>race</i>; cf. Pr. & Sp.
<i>raza</i>, It. <i>razza</i>; all from OHG. <i>reiza</i> line, akin
to E. <i>write</i>. See <u>Write</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The descendants of a common ancestor; a
family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to
the same stock; a lineage; a breed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The whole <i>race</i> of mankind.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Whence the long <i>race</i> of Alban fathers
come.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p>&fist; Naturalists and ethnographers divide mankind into several
distinct varieties, or races. Cuvier refers them all to three,
Pritchard enumerates seven, Agassiz eight, Pickering describes eleven.
One of the common classifications is that of Blumenbach, who makes
five races: the <i>Caucasian</i>, or white race, to which belong the
greater part of the European nations and those of Western Asia; the
<i>Mongolian</i>, or yellow race, occupying Tartary, China, Japan,
etc.; the <i>Ethiopian</i>, or negro race, occupying most of Africa
(except the north), Australia, Papua, and other Pacific Islands; the
<i>American</i>, or red race, comprising the Indians of North and
South America; and the <i>Malayan</i>, or brown race, which occupies
the islands of the Indian Archipelago, etc. Many recent writers
classify the Malay and American races as branches of the Mongolian.
See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Company; herd; breed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For do but note a wild and wanton herd,<BR>
Or <i>race</i> of youthful and unhandled colts,<BR>
Fetching mad bounds.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A variety of such fixed
character that it may be propagated by seed.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of
wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin
or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack.</def> "A
<i>race</i> of heaven."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Is it [the wine] of the right <i>race</i>
?</blockquote> <i>Massinger.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Hence, characteristic quality or
disposition.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>And now I give my sensual <i>race</i> the
rein.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Some . . . great <i>race</i> of fancy or
judgment.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Lineage; line; family; house; breed; offspring;
progeny; issue.</p>

<p><hw>Race</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>ras</i>, <i>res</i>,
<i>rees</i>, AS. <i>r&aemacr;s</i> a rush, running; akin to Icel.
<i>r&amacr;s</i> course, race. &radic;118.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
progress; a course; a movement or progression.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a
running.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The flight of many birds is swifter than the
<i>race</i> of any beasts.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence: The act or process of running in
competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding,
driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting
for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the
<i>races</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>race</i> is not to the swift.</blockquote>
<i>Eccl. ix. 11.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I wield the gauntlet, and I run the
<i>race</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Competitive action of any kind, especially
when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>My <i>race</i> of glory run, and <i>race</i> of
shame.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A strong or rapid current of water, or the
channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy
sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland
<i>Race</i>; the <i>Race</i> of Alderney.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>The current of water that turns a water
wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes called
the <i>headrace</i>, the part below, the <i>tailrace</i>.</p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>A channel or guide along
which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing
machine, etc.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Race cloth</b></col>, <cd>a cloth worn by horses in racing,
having pockets to hold the weights prescribed.</cd> -- <col><b>Race
course</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The path, generally circular
or elliptical, over which a race is run.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>Same as <i>Race way</i>, below.</cd> -- <col><b>Race
cup</b></col>, <cd>a cup given as a prize to the victor in a
race.</cd> -- <col><b>Race glass</b></col>, <cd>a kind of field
glass.</cd> -- <col><b>Race horse</b></col>.  <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a horse bred or
kept for running races.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A breed of horses
remarkable for swiftness in running.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>The steamer duck.</cd> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>A mantis.</cd> -- <col><b>Race
knife</b></col>, <cd>a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at the
point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as by a pattern, --
used in shipbuilding.</cd> -- <col><b>Race saddle</b></col>, <cd>a
light saddle used in racing.</cd> -- <col><b>Race track</b></col>.
<cd>Same as <i>Race course</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>, above.</cd> --
<col><b>Race way</b></col>, <cd>the canal for the current that drives
a water wheel.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Race</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Raced</u> (r&amacr;st); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Racing</u> (r&amacr;"s&ibreve;ng).] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals
<i>raced</i> over the ground; the ships <i>raced</i> from port to
port.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Steam Mach.)</i> <def>To run too fast at
times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of
water by the action of a heavy sea.</def></p>

<p><hw>Race</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to <i>race</i>
horses.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To run a race with.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*ce"mate</hw> (r&adot;*s&emacr;"m&asl;t),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A salt of racemic
acid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rac`e*ma"tion</hw> (r&abreve;s`&esl;*m&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>racematio</i> a gleaning, fr.
<i>racemari</i> to glean, <i>racemus</i> a cluster of grapes. See
<u>Raceme</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A cluster or bunch, as of
grapes.</def>  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Cultivation or gathering of clusters of
grapes.</def> [R.] <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra*ceme"</hw> (r&adot;*s&emacr;m"; 277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>racemus</i> a bunch of berries, a cluster of grapes. See
<u>Raisin</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A flower cluster with an elongated
axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and
chokecherry.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Compound raceme</b></col>, <cd>one having the lower
pedicels developed into secondary racemes.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ra*cemed"</hw> (r&adot;*s&emacr;md"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Arranged in a raceme, or in racemes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*ce"mic</hw> (r&adot;*s&emacr;"m&ibreve;k),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rac&eacute;mique</i>. See
<u>Raceme</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an
acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric
acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by
oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a
combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids.</def>
<i>Gregory.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rac`e*mif"er*ous</hw>
(r&abreve;s`&esl;*m&ibreve;f"&etilde;r*&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>racemifer</i> bearing clusters;
<i>racemus</i> cluster + <i>ferre</i> to bear: cf. F.
<i>rac&eacute;mif&egrave;re</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Bearing racemes,
as the currant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*cem"i*form</hw> (r&adot;*s&ebreve;m"&ibreve;*f&ocirc;rm),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the form of a raceme.</def>
<i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rac"e*mose`</hw> (r&abreve;s"&esl;*m&omacr;s`),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>racemosus</i> full of clusters.]
<def>Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as,
<i>(Bot.)</i> <i>racemose</i> berries or flowers; <i>(Anat.)</i> the
<i>racemose</i> glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered
like a raceme.</def>  <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rac"e*mous</hw> (r&abreve;s"&esl;*m&ubreve;s or
r&adot;*s&emacr;"-; 277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rac&eacute;meux</i>.] <def>See <u>Racemose</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rac"e*mule</hw> (r&abreve;s"&esl;*m&umacr;l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A little raceme.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*cem"u*lose`</hw> (r&adot;*s&ebreve;m"&usl;*l&omacr;s`),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Growing in very small
racemes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"cer</hw> (r&amacr;"s&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, races, or contends in
a race; esp., a race horse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And bade the nimblest <i>racer</i> seize the
prize.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The common American
black snake.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>One of the circular iron or
steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rach</hw>, <hw>Rache</hw> (r&abreve;ch) },
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&aelig;cc</i>; akin to Icel.
<i>rakki</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A dog that pursued his prey by
scent, as distinguished from the greyhound.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ra`chi*al"gi*a</hw>
(r&amacr;`k&ibreve;*&abreve;l"j&ibreve;*&adot;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>"ra`chis</grk> backbone + <grk>'a`lgos</grk> pain.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>A painful affection of the spine; especially,
Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*chid"i*an</hw> (r&adot;*k&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Rachis</u>.] <i>(Anat. & Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as
<u>Rhachidian</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra*chil"la</hw> (r&adot;*k&ibreve;l"l&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rhachilla</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"chi*o*dont</hw> (r&amacr;"k&ibreve;*&osl;*d&obreve;nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rhachiodont</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra"chis</hw> (r&amacr;"k&ibreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> E. <plw><b>Rachises</b></plw> (-&ebreve;z), L.
<plw><b>Rachides</b></plw> (r&abreve;k"&ibreve;*d&emacr;z). [NL., fr.
Gr. <grk>"ra`chis</grk>, <grk>-ios</grk>.] [Written also
<i>rhachis</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The spine; the
vertebral column.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot. & Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rhachis</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*chit"ic</hw> (r&adot;*k&ibreve;t"&ibreve;k),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rachitique</i>. See <u>Rachitis</u>.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis;
rickety.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra*chi"tis</hw> (r&adot;*k&imacr;"t&ibreve;s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>"rachi^tis</grk> (sc.
<grk>nosos</grk>), fr. <grk>"ra`chis</grk>, <grk>-ios</grk>, the
spine.] [Written also <i>rhachitis</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly
applied to the rickets. See <u>Rickets</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A disease which produces
abortion in the fruit or seeds.</def>  <i>Henslow.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"chi*tome</hw> (r&amacr;"k&ibreve;*t&omacr;m),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. Gr. <grk>"ra`chis</grk>, <grk>-
ios</grk>, the spine + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.] <def>A dissecting
instrument for opening the spinal canal.</def> [Written also
<i>rachiotome</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ra"cial</hw> (r&amacr;"sh<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the
<i>racial</i> complexion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"ci*ly</hw> (r&amacr;"s&ibreve;*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a racy manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"ci*ness</hw> (r&amacr;"s&ibreve;*n&ebreve;s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being racy; peculiar and
piquant flavor.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The general characteristics of his [Cobbett's] style
were perspicuity, unequaled and inimitable; . . . a purity always
simple, and <i>raciness</i> often elegant.</blockquote> <i>London
Times.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"cing</hw> (r&amacr;"s&ibreve;ng), <def><pos><i>a. &
n.</i></pos> from <u>Race</u>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><col><b>Racing crab</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>an
ocypodian.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rack</hw> (r&abreve;k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Arrack</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hracca</i> neck, hinder
part of the head; cf. AS. <i>hraca</i> throat, G. <i>rachen</i>
throat, E. <i>retch</i>.] <def>The neck and spine of a fore quarter of
veal or mutton.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Wreck</u>.] <def>A
wreck; destruction.</def> [Obs., except in a few phrases.]</p>

<p><col><b>Rack and ruin</b></col>, <cd>destruction; utter ruin.</cd>
[Colloq.] -- <col><b>To go to rack</b></col>, <cd>to perish; to be
destroyed.</cd> [Colloq.] "All <i>goes to rack</i>." <i>Pepys.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rack</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Prob. fr. Icel. <i>rek</i>
drift, motion, and akin to <i>reka</i> to drive, and E. <i>wrack</i>,
<i>wreck</i>.  &radic;282.] <def>Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any
portion of floating vapor in the sky.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The winds in the upper region, which move the clouds
above, which we call the <i>rack</i>, . . . pass without
noise.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And the night <i>rack</i> came rolling up.</blockquote>
<i>C. Kingsley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rack</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To fly, as vapor or
broken clouds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Racked</u> (r&abreve;kt); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Racking</u>.] [See <u>Rack</u> that which stretches,
or <u>Rock</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>To amble fast, causing a
rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a
horse.</def>  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rack</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A fast amble.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. OF. <i>vin
raqu&eacute;</i> wine squeezed from the dregs of the grapes.] <def>To
draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the
lees (which we call <i>racking</i>), whereby it will clarify much the
sooner.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rack vintage</b></col>, <cd>wine cleansed and drawn from
the lees.</cd> <i>Cowell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rack</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Probably fr. D. <i>rek</i>,
<i>rek</i>bank, a rack, <i>rekken</i> to stretch; akin to G.
<i>reck</i>, <i>reck</i>bank, a rack, <i>recken</i> to stretch, Dan.
<i>r&aelig;kke</i>, Sw. <i>r&auml;cka</i>, Icel. <i>rekja</i> to
spread out, Goth. <i>refrakjan</i> to stretch out; cf. L.
<i>porrigere</i>, Gr. <grk>'ore`gein</grk>. &radic;115.  Cf.
<u>Right</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, <u>Ratch</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining,
or displaying, something.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the
body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were
dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from
criminals or suspected persons.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>During the troubles of the fifteenth century, a
<i>rack</i> was introduced into the Tower, and was occasionally used
under the plea of political necessity.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>An instrument for bending a bow.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A grate on which bacon is laid.</def>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>A frame or device of various construction for
holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to
beasts.</def> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>A frame on which articles are
deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes
<i>rack</i>; a bottle <i>rack</i>, etc.</def> <sd><i>(f)</i></sd>
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves,
through which the running rigging passes; -- called also <i>rack
block</i>. Also, a frame to hold shot.</def> <sd><i>(g)</i></sd>
<i>(Mining)</i> <def>A frame or table on which ores are separated or
washed.</def> <sd><i>(h)</i></sd> <def>A frame fitted to a wagon for
carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky
loads.</def> <sd><i>(i)</i></sd> <def>A distaff.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>A bar with teeth on its
face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which
is to drive it or be driven by it.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is extorted; exaction.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Sir E. Sandys.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Mangle rack</b></col>. <i>(Mach.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Mangle</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd> -- <col><b>Rack
block</b></col>. <i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>See def. 1 <sd><i>(f)</i></sd>,
above.</cd> -- <col><b>Rack lashing</b></col>, <cd>a lashing or
binding where the rope is tightened, and held tight by the use of a
small stick of wood twisted around.</cd> -- <col><b>Rack
rail</b></col> <i>(Railroads)</i>, <cd>a toothed rack, laid as a rail,
to afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of a locomotive for
climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain.</cd> --
<col><b>Rack saw</b></col>, <cd>a saw having wide teeth.</cd> --
<col><b>Rack stick</b></col>, <cd>the stick used in a rack
lashing.</cd> -- <col><b>To be on the rack</b></col>, <cd>to suffer
torture, physical or mental.</cd> -- <col><b>To live at rack and
manger</b></col>, <cd>to live on the best at another's expense.</cd>
[Colloq.] -- <col><b>To put to the rack</b></col>, <cd>to subject to
torture; to torment.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>A fit of the stone <i>puts</i> a king <i>to the
rack</i>, and makes him as miserable as it does the meanest
subject.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rack</hw> (r&abreve;k), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To extend by the application of force; to
stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to
torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the
joints.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He was <i>racked</i> and miserably
tormented.</blockquote> <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To torment; to torture; to affect with
extreme pain or anguish.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Vaunting aloud but <i>racked</i> with deep
despair.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To stretch or strain, in a figurative
sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The landlords there shamefully <i>rack</i> their
tenants.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>They [landlords] <i>rack</i> their rents an ace too
high.</blockquote> <i>Gascoigne.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Grant that I may never <i>rack</i> a Scripture simile
beyond the true intent thereof.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Try what my credit can in Venice do;<BR>
That shall be <i>racked</i> even to the uttermost.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>To wash on a rack, as
metals or ore.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To bind together, as two
ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To rack one's brains</b></col> or <col><b>wits</b></col>,
<cd>to exert them to the utmost for the purpose of accomplishing
something.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To torture; torment; rend; tear.</p>

<p><hw>Rack"a*bones`</hw> (r&abreve;k"&adot;*b&omacr;nz`),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A very lean animal, esp. a horse.</def>
[Colloq. U. S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rack"er</hw> (r&abreve;k"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who racks.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A horse that has a racking gait.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack"et</hw> (r&abreve;k"&ebreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>raquette</i>; cf. Sp. <i>raqueta</i>, It. <i>racchetta</i>, which
is perhaps for <i>retichetta</i>, and fr. L. <i>rete</i> a net (cf.
<u>Reticule</u>); or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar. <i>r&amacr;ha</i>
the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the ball), and OF.
<i>rachette</i>, <i>rasquette</i>, carpus, tarsus.] [Written also
<i>racquet</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A thin strip of wood, having
the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across
which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a
handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and
similar games.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a
crosier, and ending in a <i>racket</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Bancroft.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A variety of the game of tennis played with
peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across
a long and narrow frame of light wood.</def> [Canada]</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or
horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Racket court</b></col>, <cd>a court for playing the game of
rackets.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rack"et</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To strike with, or
as with, a racket.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Poor man [is] <i>racketed</i> from one temptation to
another.</blockquote> <i>Hewyt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rack"et</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gael. <i>racaid</i> a
noise, disturbance.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk
or sport.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A carouse; any reckless dissipation.</def>
[Slang]</p>

<p><hw>Rack"et</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Racketed</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Racketing</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make a confused noise or
racket.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.</def>
<i>Sterne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To carouse or engage in dissipation.</def>
[Slang]</p>

<p><hw>Rack"et*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
makes, or engages in, a racket.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack"ett</hw> (-&ebreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol.
uncertain.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>An old wind instrument of the double
bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack"et-tail`</hw> (-t&amacr;l`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of several species of humming birds
of the genus <i>Steganura</i>, having two of the tail feathers very
long and racket-shaped.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack"et-tailed`</hw> (-t&amacr;ld`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped,
tail feathers.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack"et*y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Making a
tumultuous noise.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>Spun
yarn used in racking ropes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack"-rent`</hw> (-r&ebreve;nt`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an
excessive or unreasonably high rent.</def>  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rack"-rent`</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To subject to
rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack"-rent`er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who is subjected to paying rack-
rent.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who exacts rack-rent.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1183 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Rack"tail`</hw> (r&abreve;k"t&amacr;l`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Horol.)</i> <def>An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or
rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating
clock.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rack"work`</hw> (-w&ucirc;rk`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Any
mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"cle</hw> (r&auml;"k'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rakel</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"cle*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rakelness</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ra`con`teur"</hw> (r&adot;`k&ocirc;N`t&etilde;r"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A relater; a storyteller.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra*coon"da</hw> (r&adot;*k&oomac;n"d&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From a native name.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The coypu.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*co"vi*an</hw> (r&adot;*k&omacr;"v&ibreve;*<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <i>Racow</i>.] <i>(Eccl. Hist.)</i>
<def>One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rac"quet</hw> (r&abreve;k"k&ebreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>See <u>Racket</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"cy</hw> (r&amacr;"s&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Racier</u> (-s&ibreve;*&etilde;r);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Raciest</u>.] [From <u>Race</u> a tribe,
family.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having a strong flavor indicating
origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence,
fresh; rich.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>racy</i> wine,<BR>
Late from the mellowing cask restored to light.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a
strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and
piquant; fresh and lively.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Our <i>raciest</i>, most idiomatic popular
words.</blockquote> <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Burns's English, though not so <i>racy</i> as his
Scotch, is generally correct.</blockquote> <i>H. Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The rich and <i>racy</i> humor of a natural converser
fresh from the plow.</blockquote> <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Spicy; spirited; lively; smart; piquant.  --
<u>Racy</u>, <u>Spicy</u>. <i>Racy</i> refers primarily to that
peculiar flavor which certain wines are supposed to derive from the
soil in which the grapes were grown; and hence we call a style or
production <i>racy</i> when it "smacks of the soil," or has an
uncommon degree of natural freshness and distinctiveness of thought
and language. <i>Spicy</i>, when applied to style, has reference to a
spirit and pungency added by art, seasoning the matter like a
condiment. It does not, like <i>racy</i>, suggest native peculiarity.
A <i>spicy</i> article in a magazine; a <i>spicy</i> retort.
<i>Racy</i> in conversation; a <i>racy</i> remark.</p>

<p><blockquote>Rich, <i>racy</i> verses, in which we<BR>
The soil from which they come, taste, smell, and see.</blockquote>
<i>Cowley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad</hw> (r&abreve;d), obs. <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
of <u>Read</u>, <u>Rede</u>.</def>  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad"de</hw> (r&abreve;d"d<i>e</i>), obs.
<def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of <u>Read</u>, <u>Rede</u>.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad"dle</hw> (r&abreve;d"d'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. G.
<i>r&auml;der</i>, <i>r&auml;del</i>, sieve, or perhaps E.
<i>reed</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A long, flexible stick, rod, or
branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or
stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A hedge or fence made with raddles; --
called also <i>raddle hedge</i>.</def>  <i>Todd.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An instrument consisting of a wooden bar,
with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by domestic weavers to keep
the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when it is wound upon
the beam of the loom.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rad"dle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To interweave or
twist together.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Raddling</i> or working it up like basket
work.</blockquote> <i>De Foe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad"dle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Ruddle</u>.] <def>A
red pigment used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes;
ruddle.</def> "A <i>raddle</i> of rouge."  <i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad"dle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To mark or paint
with, or as with, raddle.</def>  "Whitened and <i>raddled</i> old
women."  <i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad"dock</hw> (-d&ubreve;k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The ruddock.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Rade</hw> (r&amacr;d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A raid.</def>
[Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ra`deau"</hw> (r&adot;`d&omacr;"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.]
<def>A float; a raft.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Three vessels under sail, and one at anchor, above
Split Rock, and behind it the <i>radeau</i> Thunderer.</blockquote>
<i>W. Irving.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*al</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>radial</i>. See <u>Radius</u>.]
<def>Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like,
radii or rays; radiated; as, <i>(Bot.)</i> <i>radial</i> projections;
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <i>radial</i> vessels or canals; <i>(Anat.)</i>
the <i>radial</i> artery.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Radial symmetry</b></col>. <i>(Biol.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Symmetry</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Ra`di*a"le</hw> (r&amacr;`d&ibreve;*&amacr;"l&esl;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Radialia</b></plw> (-
l&ibreve;*&adot;) [NL. See <u>Radial</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The bone or cartilage of the carpus which
articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in
man.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Radial
plates in the calyx of a crinoid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*al*ly</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*<i>a</i>l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a radial manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*an</hw> (-<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From
<u>Radius</u>.] <i>(Math.)</i> <def>An arc of a circle which is equal
to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ra"di*ance</hw> (-<i>a</i>ns), <hw>Ra"di*an*cy</hw> (-
<i>a</i>n*s&ybreve;), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being
radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the
<i>radiance</i> of the sun.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Girt with omnipotence, with <i>radiance</i>
crowned.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>What <i>radiancy</i> of glory,<BR>
What light beyond compare !</blockquote> <i>Neale.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Luster; brilliancy; splendor; glare; glitter.</p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*ant</hw> (-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>radians</i>, <i>-antis</i>, p. pr. of <i>radiare</i> to emit rays
or beams, fr. <i>radius</i> ray: cf. F. <i>radiant</i>. See
<u>Radius</u>, <u>Ray</u> a divergent line.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays;
radiating; radiate.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Especially, emitting or darting rays of
light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness;
emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the <i>radiant</i>
sun.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Mark what <i>radiant</i> state she
spreads.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a
<i>radiant</i> face.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Her.)</i> <def>Giving off rays; -- said of a
bearing; as, the sun <i>radiant</i>; a crown <i>radiant</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having a raylike appearance,
as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said
also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Radiant energy</b></col> <i>(Physics)</i>, <cd>energy given
out or transmitted by radiation, as in the case of light and radiant
heat.</cd> -- <col><b>Radiant heat</b></col>, <cd>heat proceeding in
right lines, or directly from the heated body, after the manner of
light, in distinction from heat <i>conducted</i> or carried by
intervening media.</cd> -- <col><b>Radiant point</b></col>.
<i>(Astron.)</i> <cd>See <u>Radiant</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>,
3.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*ant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Opt.)</i> <def>The luminous point or object from which light
emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>A straight line proceeding
from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to
revolve.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Astron.)</i> <def>The point in the heavens
at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced
backward, or whence they appear to radiate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*ant*ly</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*<i>a</i>nt*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a radiant manner; with glittering
splendor.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*a*ry</hw> (-&asl;*r&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>radiaire</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A radiate.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ra`di*a"ta</hw> (-&amacr;"t&adot;), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>
[NL., fr. <i>radiatus</i>, p. p. See <u>Radiate</u>.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An extensive artificial group of
invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the
vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated
symmetrically in each ray or spheromere.</def></p>

<p>&fist; It includes the c&oelig;lenterates and the echinoderms.
Formerly, the group was supposed to be a natural one, and was
considered one of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.</p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*ate</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*&amacr;t), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Radiated</u> (-
&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Radiating</u>.] [L. <i>radiatus</i>, p. p. of <i>radiare</i> to
furnish with spokes or rays, to radiate, fr. <i>radius</i> ray. See
<u>Radius</u>, <u>Ray</u> a divergent line.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Virtues shine more clear<BR>
In them [kings], and <i>radiate</i> like the sun at noon.</blockquote>
<i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To proceed in direct lines from a point or
surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Light <i>radiates</i> from luminous bodies directly to
our eyes.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*ate</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as,
to <i>radiate</i> heat.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light
or brightness on; to irradiate.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*ate</hw> (-&asl;t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>radiatus</i>, p. p.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having rays or parts
diverging from a center; radiated; as, a <i>radiate</i>
crystal.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having in a capitulum large
ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy,
etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Belonging to the
Radiata.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*ate</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>One of the Radiata.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*a`ted</hw> (-&amacr;`t&ebreve;d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Emitted, or sent forth, in rays or direct
lines; as, <i>radiated</i> heat.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Formed of, or arranged like, rays or radii;
having parts or markings diverging, like radii, from a common center
or axis; as, a <i>radiated</i> structure; a <i>radiated</i> group of
crystals.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Belonging to the
Radiata.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*ate*ly</hw> (-&asl;t*l&ybreve;), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a
center.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*ate-veined`</hw> (-v&amacr;nd`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging,
from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the
grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra`di*at"i*form</hw> (-&abreve;t"&ibreve;*f&ocirc;rm),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the marginal florets
enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads
of the cornflower.</def>  <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra`di*a"tion</hw> (-&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>radiatio</i>: cf. F. <i>radiation</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission
and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The shooting forth of anything from a point
or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the <i>radiation</i>
of heat.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*a*tive</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*&asl;*t&ibreve;v),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of radiating; acting by
radiation.</def>  <i>Tyndall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*a`tor</hw> (-&amacr;`t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat;
especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is
radiated or diffused; as, a steam <i>radiator</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cal</hw> (r&abreve;d"&ibreve;*k<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>radicalis</i> having roots, fr.
<i>radix</i>, <i>-icis</i>, a root. See <u>Radix</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding
directly from the root.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or
origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate
sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental;
thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, <i>radical</i> evils;
<i>radical</i> reform; a <i>radical</i> party.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The most determined exertions of that authority,
against them, only showed their <i>radical</i>
independence.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Belonging
to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, <i>radical</i> tubers
or hairs.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Proceeding from a rootlike
stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the
<i>radical</i> leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle
flower.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Philol.)</i> <def>Relating, or belonging, to
the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a <i>radical</i>
verbal form.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to a radix
or root; as, a <i>radical</i> quantity; a <i>radical</i> sign. See
below.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Radical axis of two circles</b></col>. <i>(Geom.)</i>
<cd>See under <u>Axis</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Radical pitch</b></col>,
<cd>the pitch or tone with which the utterance of a syllable
begins.</cd> <i>Rush.</i> -- <col><b>Radical quantity</b></col>
<i>(Alg.)</i>, <cd>a quantity to which the radical sign is prefixed;
specifically, a quantity which is not a perfect power of the degree
indicated by the radical sign; a surd.</cd> -- <col><b>Radical
sign</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>the sign &radic; (originally the
letter <i>r</i>, the initial of <i>radix</i>, root), placed before any
quantity, denoting that its root is to be extracted; thus,
&radic;<i>a</i>, or &radic;(<i>a</i> + <i>b</i>). To indicate any
other than the square root, a corresponding figure is placed over the
sign; thus, &cuberoot;<i>a</i>, indicates the third or cube root of
<i>a</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Radical stress</b></col> <i>(Elocution)</i>,
<cd>force of utterance falling on the initial part of a syllable or
sound.</cd> -- <col><b>Radical vessels</b></col> <i>(Anat.)</i>,
<cd>minute vessels which originate in the substance of the
tissues.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Primitive; original; natural; underived;
fundamental; entire.  -- <u>Radical</u>, <u>Entire</u>. These words
are frequently employed as interchangeable in describing some marked
alteration in the condition of things. There is, however, an obvious
difference between them. A <i>radical</i> cure, reform, etc., is one
which goes to the root of the thing in question; and it is
<i>entire</i>, in the sense that, by affecting the root, it affects in
an appropriate degree the <i>entire</i> body nourished by the root;
but it may not be <i>entire</i> in the sense of making a change
complete in its nature, as well as in its extent. Hence, we speak of a
<i>radical</i> change; a <i>radical</i> improvement; <i>radical</i>
differences of opinion; while an <i>entire</i> change, an
<i>entire</i> improvement, an <i>entire</i> difference of opinion,
might indicate more than was actually intended. A certain change may
be both <i>radical</i> and <i>entire</i>, in every sense.</p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cal</hw> (r&abreve;d"&ibreve;*k<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Philol.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A primitive word; a radix, root, or simple,
underived, uncompounded word; an etymon.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The words we at present make use of, and understand
only by common agreement, assume a new air and life in the
understanding, when you trace them to their <i>radicals</i>, where you
find every word strongly stamped with nature; full of energy, meaning,
character, painting, and poetry.</blockquote> <i>Cleland.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Politics)</i> <def>One who advocates radical
changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes
as are intended to level class inequalities; -- opposed to
<i>conservative</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In politics they [the Independents] were, to use the
phrase of their own time, "Root-and-Branch men," or, to use the
kindred phrase of our own, <i>Radicals</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any
compound; hence, sometimes, an atom.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>As a general rule, the metallic atoms are basic
<i>radicals</i>, while the nonmetallic atoms are acid
<i>radicals</i>.</blockquote> <i>J. P. Cooke.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Specifically, a group of two or more
atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union
implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing
the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a <i>compound
radical</i>.  Cf. <u>Residue</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Alg.)</i> <def>A radical quantity. See under
<u>Radical</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><blockquote>An indicated root of a perfect power of the degree
indicated is not a <i>radical</i> but a rational quantity under a
radical form.</blockquote> <i>Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.)</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A radical vessel. See under
<u>Radical</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cal*ism</hw> (-&ibreve;z'm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>radicalisme</i>.] <def>The quality or state of being radical;
specifically, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or
social reform.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Radicalism</i> means root work; the uprooting of all
falsehoods and abuses.</blockquote> <i>F. W. Robertson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad`i*cal"i*ty</hw> (-k&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Germinal principle;
source; origination.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Radicalness; relation to a root in
essential nature or principle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cal*ly</hw> (r&abreve;d"&ibreve;*k<i>a</i>l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In a radical manner;
at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system
<i>radically</i> wrong or defective.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Without derivation; primitively;
essentially.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>These great orbs thus <i>radically</i>
bright.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cal*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality or state
of being radical.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cant</hw> (-k<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>radicans</i>, p. pr.: cf. F. <i>radicant</i>. See <u>Radicate</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Taking root on, or above, the
ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the
ivy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cate</hw> (-k&asl;t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>radicatus</i>, p. p. of <i>radicari</i> to take root, fr.
<i>radix</i>. See <u>Radix</u>.] <def>Radicated.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cate</hw> (-k&amacr;t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To
take root; to become rooted.</def>  <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cate</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Radicated</u> (-k&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos><i>p. pr. &
vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Radicating</u>.] <def>To cause to take root; to
plant deeply and firmly; to root.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Time should . . . rather confirm and <i>radicate</i> in
us the remembrance of God's goodness.</blockquote> <i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*ca`ted</hw> (-k&amacr;`t&ebreve;d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Rooted</def>; specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Having roots, or possessing a well-developed root.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having rootlike organs
for attachment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rad`i*ca"tion</hw> (-k&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>radication</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The process of taking root, or state of being rooted; as, the
<i>radication</i> of habits.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The disposition of the roots
of a plant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cel</hw> (r&abreve;d"&ibreve;*s&ebreve;l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Dim. of <i>radix</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
small branch of a root; a rootlet.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*dic`i*flo"rous</hw>
(r&adot;*d&ibreve;s`&ibreve;*fl&omacr;"r&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>radix</i>, <i>-icis</i>, root +
<i>flos</i>, <i>floris</i>, a flower.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Rhizanthous.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*dic"i*form</hw> (r&adot;*d&ibreve;s"&ibreve;*f&ocirc;m),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the nature or
appearance of a radix or root.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cle</hw> (r&abreve;d"&ibreve;*k'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>radicula</i>, dim. of <i>radix</i>, <i>-icis</i>, root: cf. F.
<i>radicule</i>. See <u>Radix</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in
the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of
the embryo; the caulicle.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A rootlet; a
radicel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*dic"u*lar</hw> (r&adot;*d&ibreve;k"&usl;*l&etilde;r),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to roots, or the root of a
plant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rad"i*cule</hw> (r&abreve;d"&ibreve;*k&umacr;l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A radicle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*dic"u*lose`</hw> (r&adot;*d&ibreve;k"&usl;*l&omacr;s`),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Producing numerous radicles,
or rootlets.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*i</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*&imacr;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <def><pos><i>pl.</i></pos> of
<u>Radius</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*o-</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*&osl;-). <def>A combining
form indicating <i>connection with</i>, or <i>relation to</i>, <i>a
radius</i> or <i>ray</i>; specifically <i>(Anat.)</i>, <i>with the
radius of the forearm</i>; as, <i>radio</i>-ulnar, <i>radio</i>-
muscular, <i>radio</i>-carpal.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra`di*o-flag`el*la"ta</hw> (-
fl&abreve;j`&ebreve;l*l&amacr;"t&adot;), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.
See <u>Radiate</u>, and <u>Flagellata</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A
group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*o*graph</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*&osl;*gr&abreve;f),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Radio-</i> + <i>-graph</i>.] <i>(Phys.)</i>
<def>A picture produced by the R&ouml;ntgen rays upon a sensitive
surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque
objects traversed by the rays.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1184 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>||Ra`di*o*la"ri*a</hw>
(r&amacr;`d&ibreve;*&osl;*l&amacr;"r&ibreve;*&adot;), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Radioli</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Order
of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and
sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body
like rays. It includes the polycystines. See
<u>Polycystina</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra`di*o*la"ri*an</hw>
(r&amacr;`d&ibreve;*&osl;*l&amacr;"r&ibreve;*<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Radiolaria.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One of the
Radiolaria.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra*di"o*li</hw> (r&adot;*d&imacr;"&osl;*l&imacr;), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos>; sing. <singw><b>Radiolus</b></singw> (-l&ubreve;s).
[NL., dim. of L. <i>radius</i> radius: cf. L. <i>radiolus</i> a feeble
sunbeam.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The barbs of the radii of a
feather; barbules.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*o*lite</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*&osl;*l&imacr;t),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>radius</i> ray + <i>-lite</i>: cf. F.
<i>radiolithe</i>.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>A hippurite.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra`di*om"e*ter</hw> (-&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>radius</i> radius + <i>-meter</i>: cf. F.
<i>radiom&egrave;tre</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A
forestaff.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An instrument designed for
measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy.</def></p>

<p>&fist; It consists of a number of light disks, blackened on one
side, placed at the ends of extended arms, supported on  a pivot in an
exhausted glass vessel. When exposed to rays of light or heat, the
arms rotate.</p>

<p><hw>Ra`di*o*mi*crom"e*ter</hw> (-
&osl;*m&isl;*kr&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[<i>Radio-</i> + <i>micrometer</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>A very
sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for
indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*o*phone</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*&osl;*f&omacr;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Radio-</i> + Gr. <grk>fwnh`</grk> sound.]
<i>(Physics)</i> <def>An apparatus for the production of sound by the
action of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as the
photophone.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra`di*oph"o*ny</hw> (-&obreve;f"&osl;*n&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>The art or practice of
using the radiophone.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*ous</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>radiosus</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Consisting of rays, as light.</def> [R.]  <i>Berkeley.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Radiating; radiant.</def> [Obs.]  <i>G.
Fletcher.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rad"ish</hw> (r&abreve;d"&ibreve;sh), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>radis</i>; cf. It. <i>radice</i>, Pr. <i>raditz</i>; all fr. L.
<i>radix</i>, <i>-icis</i>, a root, an edible root, especially a
radish, akin to E. <i>wort</i>. See <u>Wort</u>, and cf.
<u>Eradicate</u>, <u>Race</u> a root, <u>Radix</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant
(<i>Raphanus sativus</i>); also, the whole plant.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Radish fly</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a small two-
winged fly (<i>Anthomyia raphani</i>) whose larv&aelig; burrow in
radishes. It resembles the onion fly.</cd> -- <col><b>Rat-tailed
radish</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>an herb (<i>Raphanus caudatus</i>)
having a long, slender pod, which is sometimes eaten.</cd> --
<col><b>Wild radish</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the jointed
charlock.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ra"di*us</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;*&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> L. <plw><b>Radii</b></plw> (-
&imacr;); E. <plw><b>Radiuses</b></plw> (-&ubreve;s*&ebreve;z). [L., a
staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, radius, ray. See <u>Ray</u> a divergent
line.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>A right line drawn or
extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the
semidiameter of a circle or sphere.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The preaxial bone of the
forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>Artiodactyla</u>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The radius is on the same side of the limb as the thumb, or
pollex, and in man it is so articulated that its lower end is capable
of partial rotation about the ulna.</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A ray, or outer floret, of
the capitulum of such plants as the sunflower and the daisy. See
<u>Ray</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The barbs of a perfect feather.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Radiating organs, or color-markings, of the
radiates.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The movable limb of a sextant or other
angular instrument.</def>  <i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Radius bar</b></col> <i>(Mach.)</i>, <cd>a bar pivoted at
one end, about which it swings, and having its other end attached to a
piece which it causes to move in a circular arc.</cd> --
<col><b>Radius of curvature</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Curvature</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Ra"di*us vec"tor</hw> (v&ebreve;k"t&obreve;r).
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>A straight line (or the length
of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point,
or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves
to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar
co&ouml;rdinates. See <u>Co&ouml;rdinate</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Astron.)</i> <def>An ideal straight line
joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body
describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet
or comet, or a planet and its satellite.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"dix</hw> (r&amacr;"d&ibreve;ks), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> L. <plw><b>Radices</b></plw>
(r&abreve;d"&ibreve;*s&emacr;z), E. <plw><b>Radixes</b></plw>
(r&amacr;"d&ibreve;ks*&ebreve;z). [L. <i>radix</i>, <i>-icis</i>,
root. See <u>Radish</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Philol.)</i> <def>A
primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an
etymon.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A number
or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any
system; a base. Thus, 10 is the <i>radix</i>, or base, of the common
system of logarithms, and also of the decimal system of
numeration.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Alg.)</i> <def>A finite
expression, from which a series is derived.</def> [R.]
<i>Hutton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The root of a
plant.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rad"u*la</hw> (r&abreve;d"&usl;*l&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Radul&aelig;</b></plw> (-
l&emacr;). [L., a scraper, fr. <i>radere</i> to scrape.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of
mollusks; -- called also <i>lingual ribbon</i>, and <i>tongue</i>. See
<u>Odontophore</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*du"li*form</hw> (r&adot;*d&umacr;"l&ibreve;*f&ocirc;rm),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>radula</i> a scraper + <i>-form</i>.]
<def>Rasplike; as, <i>raduliform</i> teeth.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raff</hw> (r&adot;f), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Raffed</u> (r&adot;ft); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Raffing</u>.] [OF. <i>raffer</i>, of German origin;
cf. G. <i>raffen</i>; akin to E. <i>rap</i> to snatch. See <u>Rap</u>,
and cf. <u>Riffraff</u>, <u>Rip</u> to tear.] <def>To sweep, snatch,
draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Causes and effects which I thus <i>raff</i> up
together.</blockquote> <i>Carew.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raff</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.</def> "A
<i>raff</i> of errors."  <i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The sweepings of society; the rabble; the
mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate,
<i>riffraff</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A low fellow; a churl.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Raff merchant</b></col>, <cd>a dealer in lumber and odd
refuse.</cd> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Raf`fa*el*esque"</hw>
(r&abreve;f`f&adot;*&ebreve;l*&ebreve;sk"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Raphaelesque.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raf"fi*a</hw> (r&abreve;f"f&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A fibrous material used for
tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus
<i>Raphia</i>.</def>  <i>J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</i></p>

<p><hw>Raf"fi*nose`</hw> (r&abreve;f"f&ibreve;*n&omacr;s`),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>raffiner</i> to refine.] <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from
the molasses of the sugar beet.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raff"ish</hw> (r&adot;f"&ibreve;sh), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff;
worthless; low.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A sad, <i>raffish</i>, disreputable
character.</blockquote> <i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raf"fle</hw> (r&abreve;f"f'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rafle</i>; <i>faire rafle</i> to sweep stakes, fr. <i>rafler</i> to
carry or sweep away, <i>rafler tout</i> to sweep stakes; of German
origin; cf. G. <i>raffeln</i> to snatch up, to rake. See <u>Raff</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A kind of lottery, in
which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as
a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one
of them shall become the sole possessor.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A game of dice in which he who threw three
alike won all the stakes.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Cotgrave.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raf"fle</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Raffled</u> (-f'ld); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Raffling</u> (-fl&ibreve;ng).] <def>To engage in a raffle; as, to
<i>raffle</i> for a watch.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raf"fle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To dispose of by
means of a raffle; -- often followed by <i>off</i>; as, to
<i>raffle</i> off a horse.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raf"fler</hw> (r&abreve;f"fl&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who raffles.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Raf*fle"si*a</hw> (r&abreve;f*fl&emacr;"zh&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. Named from its discoverer, Sir S.
<i>Raffles</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of stemless, leafless
plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in
Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in
one species (<i>Rafflesia Arnoldi</i>) having a diameter of two or
three feet.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raft</hw> (r&adot;ft), obs. <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
of <u>Reave</u>.</def>  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raft</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Originally, a rafter, spar,
and fr. Icel. <i>raptr</i> a rafter; akin to Dan. <i>raft</i>, Prov.
G. <i>raff</i> a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. <i>r&amacr;fo</i>,
<i>r&amacr;vo</i>, a beam, rafter, Icel. <i>r&amacr;f</i> roof.  Cf.
<u>Rafter</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened
together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or
to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc.
(such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which
obstructs navigation.</def> [U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> [Perhaps akin to <i>raff</i> a heap.] <def>A
large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.</def>
[Slang, U. S.] "A whole <i>raft</i> of folks."  <i>W. D.
Howells.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Raft bridge</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A bridge
whose points of support are rafts</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A
bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened together.</cd> --
<col><b>Raft duck</b></col>. [The name alludes to its swimming in
dense flocks.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The
bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also <i>flock duck</i>. See
<u>Scaup</u>.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The redhead.</cd> --
<col><b>Raft port</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a large, square port
in a vessel's side for loading or unloading timber or other bulky
articles; a timber or lumber port.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Raft</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rafted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rafting</u>.] <def>To transport on a raft, or in the form of a
raft; to make into a raft; as, to <i>raft</i> timber.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raf"te</hw> (r&adot;f"t<i>e</i>), obs.
<def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of <u>Reave</u>.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raft"er</hw> (r&adot;ft"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
raftsman.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raft"er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&aelig;fter</i>;
akin to E. <i>raft</i>, n. See <u>Raft</u>.] <i>(Arch.)</i>
<def>Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now,
commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping,
according to the inclination of the roof. See <i>Illust.</i> of
<u>Queen-post</u>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds,<BR>
With smoky <i>rafters</i>, than in tapestry halls.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raft"er</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To make into rafters, as timber.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To furnish with rafters, as a
house.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Agric.)</i> <def>To plow so as to turn the
grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.</def>
[Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Raft"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The business of making
or managing rafts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rafts"man</hw> (r&adot;fts"m<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Raftsmen</b></plw> (-m<i>e</i>n). <def>A man
engaged in rafting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raf"ty</hw> (r&adot;f"t&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Perhaps
akin to G. <i>reif</i> hoarfrost.] <def>Damp; musty.</def> [Prov.
Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Rag</hw> (r&abreve;g), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. Icel.
<i>r&aelig;gja</i> to calumniate, OHG. <i>ruogen</i> to accuse, G.
<i>r&uuml;gen</i> to censure, AS. <i>wr&emacr;gan</i>, Goth.
<i>wr&omacr;hjan</i> to accuse.] <def>To scold or rail at; to rate; to
tease; to torment; to banter.</def> [Prov. Eng.]  <i>Pegge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rag</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>ragge</i>, probably of
Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <i>r&ouml;gg</i> a tuft, shagginess, Sw.
<i>ragg</i> rough hair.  Cf. <u>Rug</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of
cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers,
tossed.<BR>
And fluttered into <i>rags</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Not having otherwise any <i>rag</i> of legality to
cover the shame of their cruelty.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>Hence, mean or tattered attire;
worn-out dress.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And virtue, though in <i>rags</i>, will keep me
warm.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A shabby, beggarly fellow; a
ragamuffin.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The other zealous <i>rag</i> is the
compositor.</blockquote> <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and
<i>rag</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>A coarse kind of rock,
somewhat cellular in texture.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Metal Working)</i> <def>A ragged
edge.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A sail, or any piece of canvas.</def>
[Nautical Slang]</p>

<p><blockquote>Our ship was a clipper with every <i>rag</i>
set.</blockquote> <i>Lowell.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rag bolt</b></col>, <cd>an iron pin with barbs on its shank
to retain it in place.</cd> -- <col><b>Rag carpet</b></col>, <cd>a
carpet of which the weft consists of narrow strips of cloth sewed
together, end to end.</cd> -- <col><b>Rag dust</b></col>, <cd>fine
particles of ground-up rags, used in making papier-mach&eacute; and
wall papers.</cd> -- <col><b>Rag wheel</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A chain wheel; a sprocket wheel</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A
polishing wheel made of disks of cloth clamped together on a
mandrel.</cd> -- <col><b>Rag wool</b></col>, <cd>wool obtained by
tearing woolen rags into fine bits; shoddy.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rag</hw> (r&abreve;g), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Ragged</u> (r&abreve;gd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Ragging</u> (-g&ibreve;ng).] <def>To become
tattered.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rag</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
break (ore) into lumps for sorting.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cut or dress roughly, as a
grindstone.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rag"a*bash`</hw> (-&adot;*b&abreve;sh`),
<hw>Rag"a*brash`</hw> (-br&abreve;sh`), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An
idle, ragged person.</def>  <i>Nares.</i>  <i>Grose.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rag`a*muf"fin</hw> (-m&ubreve;f"f&ibreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <i>Ragamofin</i>, the name of a demon in
some of the old mysteries.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A paltry or
disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.</def>  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A person who wears ragged clothing.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The long-tailed
titmouse.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Rage</hw> (r&amacr;j), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L.
<i>rabies</i>, fr. <i>rabere</i> to rave; cf. Skr. <i>rabh</i> to
seize, <i>rabhas</i> violence.  Cf. <u>Rabid</u>, <u>Rabies</u>,
<u>Rave</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Violent excitement; eager
passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering
the will.</def> "In great <i>rage</i> of pain."  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He appeased the <i>rage</i> of hunger with some scraps
of broken meat.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Convulsed with a <i>rage</i> of grief.</blockquote>
<i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Especially, anger accompanied with raving;
overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Torment, and loud lament, and furious
<i>rage</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A violent or raging wind.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The subject of eager desire; that which is
sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion;
as, to be all the <i>rage</i>.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See
<u>Anger</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rage</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Raged</u> (r&amacr;jd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Raging</u> (r&amacr;"j&ibreve;ng).] [OF.
<i>ragier</i>. See <u>Rage</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To be furious with anger; to be exasperated
to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.</def> "Whereat he inly
<i>raged</i>."  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When one so great begins to <i>rage</i>, he is
hunted<BR>
Even to falling.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be violent and tumultuous; to be
violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the
<i>raging</i> sea or winds.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Why do the heathen <i>rage</i>?</blockquote> <i>Ps. ii.
1.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The madding wheels<BR>
Of brazen chariots <i>raged</i>; dire was the noise.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or
with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague <i>raged</i> in
Cairo.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To toy or act wantonly; to sport.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To storm; fret; chafe; fume.</p>

<p><hw>Rage</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To enrage.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rage"ful</hw> (-f&usd;l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of
rage; expressing rage.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Rageful</i> eyes."  <i>Sir P.
Sidney.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"ger*y</hw> (r&amacr;"j&etilde;r*&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Wantonness.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rag"ged</hw> (r&abreve;g"g&ebreve;d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[From <u>Rag</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Rent
or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a
<i>ragged</i> coat; a <i>ragged</i> sail.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Broken with rough edges; having jags;
uneven; rough; jagged; as, <i>ragged</i> rocks.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear;
dissonant.</def> [R.] "A <i>ragged</i> noise of mirth."
<i>Herbert.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Wearing tattered clothes; as, a
<i>ragged</i> fellow.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Rough; shaggy; rugged.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>What shepherd owns those <i>ragged</i>
sheep?</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Ragged lady</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the fennel flower
(<i>Nigella Damascena</i>).</cd> -- <col><b>Ragged robin</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a plant of the genus <i>Lychnis</i> (<i>L. Flos-
cuculi</i>), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the
petals cut into narrow lobes.</cd> -- <col><b>Ragged sailor</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>prince's feather (<i>Polygonum orientale</i>).</cd>
-- <col><b>Ragged school</b></col>, <cd>a free school for poor
children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at
first because they came in their common clothing.</cd> [Eng.]</p>

<p>-- <wf>Rag"ged*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rag"ged*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rag"gie</hw> (r&abreve;g"g&ibreve;), or <hw>Rag"gy</hw>  },
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Ragged; rough.</def> [Obs.] "A stony and
<i>raggie</i> hill."  <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ragh`u*van"sa</hw> (r&ubreve;g`&usd;*v&ubreve;n"s&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Skr. <i>Raguva&msdot;&ccedil;a</i>.] <def>A
celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu
dynasty.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"ging</hw> (r&amacr;"j&ibreve;ng), <def><pos><i>a. &
n.</i></pos> from <u>Rage</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos></def> --
<wf>Ra"ging*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ra"gious</hw> (r&amacr;"j&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Raging; furious; rageful.</def> [Obs.] -- <wf>Ra"gious*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rag"lan</hw> (r&abreve;g"l<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord
<i>Raglan</i>, an English general.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rag"man</hw> (-m<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Ragmen</b></plw> (-m<i>e</i>n). <def>A man who collects, or
deals in, rags.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rag"man</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Ragman's roll</u>.]
<def>A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal
bull.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rag"man's roll`</hw> (-m<i>a</i>nz r&omacr;l`). [For <i>ragman
roll</i> a long list of names, the devil's roll or list; where
<i>ragman</i> is of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. <i>ragmenni</i> a craven
person, Sw. <i>raggen</i> the devil. Icel. <i>ragmenni</i> is fr.
<i>ragr</i> cowardly (another form of <i>argr</i>, akin to AS.
<i>earg</i> cowardly, vile, G. <i>arg</i> bad) + <i>menni</i> (in
comp.) man, akin to E. <i>man</i>. See <u>Roll</u>, and cf.
<u>Rigmarole</u>.] <def>The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the
Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of
England, <u>A. D.</u> 1296.</def> [Also written <i>ragman-
roll</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ra*gout"</hw> (r&adot;*g&oomac;"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rago&ucirc;t</i>, fr. <i>rago&ucirc;ter</i> to restore one's
appetite, fr. L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>ad</i> to + <i>gustare</i>
to taste, <i>gustus</i> taste. See <u>Gust</u> relish.] <def>A dish
made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a
<i>ragout</i> of mutton.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rag"pick`er</hw> (r&abreve;g"p&ibreve;k`&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who gets a living by picking up rags and
refuse things in the streets.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ra*guled"</hw> (r&adot;*g&umacr;ld"), <hw>Rag*guled"</hw>
(r&abreve;g-), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>raguer</i> to chafe,
fret, rub, or E. <i>rag</i>.] <i>(Her.)</i> <def>Notched in regular
diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an
edge.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1185 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Rag"weed`</hw> (r&abreve;g"w&emacr;d`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A common American composite weed (<i>Ambrosia
artemisi&aelig;folia</i>) with finely divided leaves;
hogweed.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Great ragweed</b></col>, <cd>a coarse American herb
(<i>Ambrosia trifida</i>), with rough three-lobed opposite
leaves.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rag"work`</hw> (-w&ucirc;rk`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Masonry)</i> <def>A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any
rubblework of thin and small stones.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rag"wort`</hw> (-w&ucirc;rt`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name given to several species of the composite
genus <i>Senecio</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Senecio aureus</i> is the golden ragwort of the United
States; <i>S. elegans</i> is the purple ragwort of South Africa.</p>

<p><hw>||Ra"ia</hw> (r&amacr;"y&adot;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a
ray.  Cf. <u>Ray</u> the fish.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A genus of
rays which includes the skates. See <u>Skate</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra"i&aelig;</hw> (r&amacr;"y&emacr;), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Raia</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The
order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and
rays; -- called also <i>Raj&aelig;</i>, and <i>Rajii</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raid</hw> (r&amacr;d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Icel.
<i>rei&eth;</i> a riding, raid; akin to E. <i>road</i>. See
<u>Road</u> a way.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A hostile or predatory
incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid
invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Marauding chief! his sole delight<BR>
The moonlight <i>raid</i>, the morning fight.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>There are permanent conquests, temporary occupations,
and occasional <i>raids</i>.</blockquote> <i>H. Spenser.</i></p>

<p>&fist; A Scottish word which came into common use in the United
States during the Civil War, and was soon extended in its
application.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An attack or invasion for the purpose of
making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a <i>raid</i> of
the police upon a gambling house; a <i>raid</i> of contractors on the
public treasury.</def> [Colloq. U. S.]</p>

<p><hw>Raid</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Raided</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Raiding</u>.] <def>To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments
<i>raided</i> the border counties.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raid"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
engages in a raid.</def> [U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rail</hw> (r&amacr;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>reil</i>,
<i>re&yogh;el</i>, AS. <i>hr&aelig;gel</i>, <i>hr&aelig;gl</i>, a
garment; akin to OHG. <i>hregil</i>, OFries. <i>hreil</i>.] <def>An
outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.</def>
<i>Fairholt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rail</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.] <def>To
flow forth; to roll out; to course.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Streams of tears from her fair eyes forth
<i>railing</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rail</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Akin to LG. & Sw. <i>regel</i>
bar, bolt, G. <i>riegel</i> a rail, bar, or bolt, OHG. <i>rigil</i>,
<i>rigel</i>, bar, bolt, and possibly to E. <i>row</i> a line.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal
or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in
fences, balustrades, staircases, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A horizontal piece in a
frame or paneling. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Style</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Railroad)</i> <def>A bar of steel or iron,
forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually
shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by
chairs, splices, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The light, fencelike structures of wood or
metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is
needed.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rail fence</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Fence</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rail guard</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A device
attached to the front of a locomotive on each side for clearing the
rail of obstructions</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A guard rail. See
under <u>Guard</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rail joint</b></col>
<i>(Railroad)</i>, <cd>a splice connecting the adjacent ends of rails,
in distinction from a <i>chair</i>, which is merely a seat. The two
devices are sometimes united. Among several hundred varieties, the
<i>fish joint</i> is standard. See <i>Fish joint</i>, under
<u>Fish</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rail train</b></col> <i>(Iron & Steel
Manuf.)</i>, <cd>a train of rolls in a rolling mill, for making rails
for railroads from blooms or billets.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rail</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Railed</u> (r&amacr;ld); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Railing</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To inclose with
rails or a railing.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It ought to be fenced in and
<i>railed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Ayliffe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To range in a line.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>They were brought to London all <i>railed</i> in ropes,
like a team of horses in a cart.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rail</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&acirc;le</i>, fr.
<i>r&acirc;ler</i> to have a rattling in the throat; of German origin,
and akin to E. <i>rattle</i>. See <u>Rattle</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of numerous species of limicoline
birds of the family <i>Rallid&aelig;</i>, especially those of the
genus <i>Rallus</i>, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as
game birds.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The common European water rail (<i>Rallus aquaticus</i>) is
called also <i>bilcock</i>, <i>skitty coot</i>, and <i>brook
runner</i>. The best known American species are the clapper rail, or
salt-marsh hen (<i>Rallus longirostris</i>, var. <i>crepitans</i>);
the king, or red-breasted, rail (<i>R. elegans</i>) (called also
<i>fresh-water marsh-hen</i>); the lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail
(<i>R. Virginianus</i>); and the Carolina, or sora, rail (<i>Porzana
Carolina</i>). See <u>Sora</u>.</p>

<p><col><b>Land rail</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the
corncrake.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rail</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [F. <i>railler</i>; cf. Sp.
<i>rallar</i> to grate, scrape, molest; perhaps fr. (assumed) LL.
<i>radiculare</i>, fr. L. <i>radere</i> to scrape, grate.  Cf.
<u>Rally</u> to banter, <u>Rase</u>.] <def>To use insolent and
reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by
<i>at</i> or <i>against</i>, formerly by <i>on</i>.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And <i>rail</i> at arts he did not
understand.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Lesbia forever on me <i>rails</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rail</hw> (r&amacr;l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To rail at.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Feltham.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To move or influence by railing.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rail</i> the seal from off my bond.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rail"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
rails; one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproaches with
opprobrious language.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rail"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Expressing reproach;
insulting.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not
<i>railing</i> accusation against them.</blockquote> <i>2 Pet. ii.
11.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rail"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
barrier made of a rail or of rails.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rails in general; also, material for making
rails.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rail"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>With scoffing or
insulting language.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rail"ler*y</hw> (r&abreve;l"l&etilde;r*&ybreve; <i>or</i>
r&amacr;l"-; 277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>raillerie</i>, fr.
<i>railler</i>. See <u>Rail</u> to scoff.] <def>Pleasantry or slight
satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let <i>raillery</i> be without malice or
heat.</blockquote> <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Studies employed on low objects; the very naming of
them is sufficient to turn them into <i>raillery</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rail`leur"</hw> (r&adot;`ly&etilde;r" or
r&adot;`y&etilde;r"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A banterer; a
jester; a mocker.</def> [R.]  <i>Wycherley.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rail"road`</hw> (r&amacr;l"r&omacr;d`), <hw>Rail"way`</hw> (-
w&amacr;`), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A road or
way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails,
patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and
suitably supported on a bed or substructure.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of the
older tramway.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The road, track, etc., with all the lands,
buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
constituting one property; as, a certain <i>railroad</i> has been put
into the hands of a receiver.</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Railway</i> is the commoner word in England;
<i>railroad</i> the commoner word in the United States.</p>

<p>&fist; In the following and similar phrases <i>railroad</i> and
<i>railway</i> are used interchangeably: --</p>

<p><col><b>Atmospheric railway</b></col>, <col><b>Elevated
railway</b></col>, <cd>etc. See under <u>Atmospheric</u>,
<u>Elevated</u>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Cable railway</b></col>. <cd>See
<i>Cable road</i>, under <u>Cable</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ferry
railway</b></col>, <cd>a submerged track on which an elevated platform
runs, for carrying a train of cars across a water course.</cd> --
<col><b>Gravity railway</b></col>, <cd>a railway, in a hilly country,
on which the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long distances
after having been hauled up steep inclines to an elevated point by
stationary engines.</cd> -- <col><b>Railway brake</b></col>, <cd>a
brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives.</cd> --
<col><b>Railway car</b></col>, <cd>a large, heavy vehicle with flanged
wheels fitted for running on a railway.</cd> [U.S.] -- <col><b>Railway
carriage</b></col>, <cd>a railway passenger car.</cd> [Eng.] --
<col><b>Railway scale</b></col>, <cd>a platform scale bearing a track
which forms part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded
cars.</cd> -- <col><b>Railway slide</b></col>. <cd>See <i>Transfer
table</i>, under <u>Transfer</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Railway
spine</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>an abnormal condition due to severe
concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad accidents.
It is characterized by ataxia and other disturbances of muscular
function, sensory disorders, pain in the back, impairment of general
health, and cerebral disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing
till some months after the injury.</cd> -- <col><b>Underground
railroad</b></col> or <col><b>railway</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as beneath the
streets of a city</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Formerly, a system of
co&ouml;peration among certain active antislavery people in the United
States, by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
Canada</cd>. [In the latter sense <i>railroad</i>, and not
<i>railway</i>, was used.] "Their house was a principal
<i>entrep&ocirc;t</i> of the <i>underground railroad</i>." <i>W. D.
Howells.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rail"road`ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The construction
of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.</def>
[Colloq. U. S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rai"ment</hw> (r&amacr;"m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Abbrev. fr. <i>arraiment</i>. See <u>Array</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in
form, with a collective sense.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Living, both food and <i>raiment</i> she
supplies.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An article of dress.</def> [R. or Obs.]
<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rain</hw> (r&amacr;n), <pos><i>n. & v.</i></pos>
<def>Reign.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rain</hw> (r&amacr;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rein</i>,
AS. <i>regen</i>; akin to OFries. <i>rein</i>, D. & G. <i>regen</i>,
OS. & OHG. <i>regan</i>, Icel., Dan., & Sw. <i>regn</i>, Goth.
<i>rign</i>, and prob. to L. <i>rigare</i> to water, to wet; cf. Gr.
<grk>bre`chein</grk> to wet, to rain.] <def>Water falling in drops
from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in
drops.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rain</i> is water by the heat of the sun divided
into very small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering the
cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops.</blockquote>
<i>Ray.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Fair days have oft contracted wind and
<i>rain</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Rain</i> is distinguished from <i>mist</i> by the size of
the drops, which are distinctly visible. When water falls in very
small drops or particles, it is called <i>mist</i>; and <i>fog</i> is
composed of particles so fine as to be not only individually
indistinguishable, but to float or be suspended in the air. See
<u>Fog</u>, and <u>Mist</u>.</p>

<p><col><b>Rain band</b></col> <i>(Meteorol.)</i>, <cd>a dark band in
the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused
by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes
used in weather predictions.</cd> -- <col><b>Rain bird</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]
The name is also applied to various other birds, as to <i>Saurothera
vetula</i> of the West Indies.</cd> -- <col><b>Rain fowl</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the channel-bill cuckoo (<i>Scythrops
Nov&aelig;-Hollandi&aelig;</i>) of Australia.</cd> -- <col><b>Rain
gauge</b></col>, <cd>an instrument of various forms for measuring the
quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a
pluviometer; an ombrometer.</cd> -- <col><b>Rain goose</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the red-throated diver, or loon.</cd> [Prov.
Eng.] -- <col><b>Rain prints</b></col> <i>(Geol.)</i>, <cd>markings on
the surfaces of stratified rocks, presenting an appearance similar to
those made by rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so
produced.</cd> -- <col><b>Rain quail</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<cd>See <u>Quail</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 1.</cd> -- <col><b>Rain
water</b></col>, <cd>water that has fallen from the clouds in
rain.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rain</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rained</u> (r&amacr;nd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Raining</u>.] [AS. <i>regnian</i>, akin to G.
<i>regnen</i>, Goth. <i>rignjan</i>. See <u>Rain</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To fall in drops from
the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with <i>it</i> for a nominative;
as, it <i>rains</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The rain it <i>raineth</i> every day.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To fall or drop like water from the clouds;
as, tears <i>rained</i> from their eyes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rain</hw> (r&amacr;n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To pour or shower down from above, like rain
from the clouds.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will
<i>rain</i> bread from heaven for you.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xvi.
4.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner;
as, to <i>rain</i> favors upon a person.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rain"bow`</hw> (-b&omacr;`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>regenboga</i>, akin to G. <i>regenbogen</i>. See <u>Rain</u>, and
<u>Bow</u> anything bent.] <def>A bow or arch exhibiting, in
concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in
the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and
reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Besides the ordinary bow, called also <i>primary
rainbow</i>, which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called the
<i>secondary rainbow</i>, concentric with the first, and separated
from it by a small interval. It is formed by two refractions and two
reflections, is much fainter than the primary bow, and has its colors
arranged in the reverse order from those of the latter.</p>

<p><col><b>Lunar rainbow</b></col>, <cd>a fainter arch or rainbow,
formed by the moon.</cd> -- <col><b>Marine rainbow</b></col>, or
<col><b>Sea bow</b></col>, <cd>a similar bow seen in the spray of
waves at sea.</cd> -- <col><b>Rainbow trout</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a bright-colored trout (<i>Salmo
irideus</i>), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and other
countries; -- called also <i>brook trout</i>, <i>mountain trout</i>,
and <i>golden trout</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rainbow wrasse</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Wrasse</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Supernumerary rainbow</b></col>, <cd>a smaller bow, usually of
red and green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rain"bowed`</hw> (-b&omacr;d`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Formed with or like a rainbow.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rain"deer`</hw> (-d&emacr;r`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>See <u>Reindeer</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rain"drop`</hw> (-dr&obreve;p`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
drop of rain.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rain"fall`</hw> (r&amacr;n"f&add;l`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that
falls in rain; as, the average annual <i>rainfall</i> of a
region.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Supplied by the <i>rainfall</i> of the outer ranges of
Sinchul and Singaleleh.</blockquote> <i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rain"i*ness</hw> (-&ibreve;*n&ebreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The state of being rainy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rain"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of rain;
as, a <i>rainless</i> region.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rain"-tight`</hw> (-t&imacr;t`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>So
tight as to exclude rain; as, a <i>rain-tight</i> roof.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rain"y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>regenig</i>.] <def>Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as,
<i>rainy</i> weather; a <i>rainy</i> day or season.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raip</hw> (r&amacr;p), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Icel.
<i>reip</i> rope.  Cf. <u>Rope</u>.] <def>A rope; also, a measure
equal to a rod.</def> [Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Rais</hw> (r&imacr;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as 2d
<u>Reis</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rais"a*ble</hw> (r&amacr;z"&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being raised.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raise</hw> (r&amacr;z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Raised</u> (r&amacr;zd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Raising</u>.] [OE. <i>reisen</i>, Icel. <i>reisa</i>,
causative of <i>r&imacr;sa</i> to rise. See <u>Rise</u>, and cf.
<u>Rear</u> to raise.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to
a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to
<i>raise</i> a stone or weight.</def> Hence, figuratively: --</p>

<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To bring to a higher condition or
situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the
value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance;
as, to <i>raise</i> from a low estate; to <i>raise</i> to office; to
<i>raise</i> the price, and the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This gentleman came to be <i>raised</i> to great
titles.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The plate pieces of eight were <i>raised</i> three
pence in the piece.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To increase the strength, vigor, or
vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as,
to <i>raise</i> the pulse; to <i>raise</i> the voice; to <i>raise</i>
the spirits or the courage; to <i>raise</i> the heat of a
furnace.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To elevate in degree according to some
scale; as, to <i>raise</i> the pitch of the voice; to <i>raise</i> the
temperature of a room.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cause to rise up, or assume an erect
position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to <i>raise</i> a
mast or flagstaff.</def> Hence: --</p>

<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To cause to spring up from a recumbent
position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to
arouse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They shall not awake, nor be <i>raised</i> out of their
sleep.</blockquote> <i>Job xiv. 12.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite
to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He commandeth, and <i>raiseth</i> the stormy
wind.</blockquote> <i>Ps. cvii. 25.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>&AElig;neas . . . employs his pains,<BR>
In parts remote, to <i>raise</i> the Tuscan swains.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To bring up from the lower world; to call
up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to
give life to.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you,
that God should <i>raise</i> the dead ?</blockquote> <i>Acts xxvi.
8.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To cause to arise, grow up, or come into
being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause,
effect, or the like.</def> Hence, specifically: --</p>

<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To form by the accumulation of materials
or constituent parts; to build up; to erect;  as, to <i>raise</i> a
lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I will <i>raise</i> forts against thee.</blockquote>
<i>Isa. xxix. 3.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To bring together; to collect; to levy; to
get together or obtain for use or service; as, to <i>raise</i> money,
troops, and the like.</def> "To <i>raise</i> up a rent."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To cause to grow; to procure to be
produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to <i>raise</i> corn,
barley, hops, etc.; to<i>raise</i> cattle.</def>  "He <i>raised</i>
sheep."  "He <i>raised</i> wheat where none grew before."
<i>Johnson's Dict.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1186 pr=vmg !></p>

<p>&fist; In some parts of the United States, notably in the Southern
States, <i>raise</i> is also commonly applied to the rearing or
bringing up of children.</p>

<p><blockquote>I was <i>raised</i>, as they say in Virginia, among the
mountains of the North.</blockquote> <i>Paulding.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To bring into being; to produce; to cause
to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with <i>up</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I will <i>raise</i> them up a prophet from among their
brethren, like unto thee.</blockquote> <i>Deut. xviii. 18.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>God vouchsafes to <i>raise</i> another world<BR>
From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>To give rise to; to set agoing; to
occasion; to start; to originate; as, to <i>raise</i> a smile or a
blush.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou shalt not <i>raise</i> a false
report.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xxiii. 1.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to
strike up.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Soon as the prince appears, they <i>raise</i> a
cry.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(g)</i></sd> <def>To bring to notice; to submit for
consideration; as, to <i>raise</i> a point of order; to <i>raise</i>
an objection.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To cause to rise, as by the effect of
leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and <i>raise</i>
paste.</blockquote> <i>Spectator.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To cause
(the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it;
as, to <i>raise</i> Sandy Hook light.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>To let go; as in the command, <i>Raise</i> tacks and sheets,
<i>i. e.</i>, Let go tacks and sheets.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To create or constitute; as,
to <i>raise</i> a use, that is, to create it.</def>
<i>Burrill.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To raise a blockade</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>to remove
or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces
employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing
them.</cd> -- <col><b>To raise a check</b></col>,
<col><b>note</b></col>, <col><b>bill of exchange</b></col>, <cd>etc.,
to increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the writing,
figures, or printing in which the sum payable is specified.</cd> --
<col><b>To raise a siege</b></col>, <cd>to relinquish an attempt to
take a place by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be
relinquished.</cd> -- <col><b>To raise steam</b></col>, <cd>to produce
steam of a required pressure.</cd> -- <col><b>To raise the
wind</b></col>, <cd>to procure ready money by some temporary
expedient.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col><b>To raise Cain</b></col>, or
<col><b>To raise the devil</b></col>, <cd>to cause a great
disturbance; to make great trouble.</cd> [Slang]</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause;
produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.</p>

<p><hw>Raised</hw> (r&amacr;zd), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as,
<i>raised</i> or embossed metal work.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; --
used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream
of tartar, soda, etc.  See <u>Raise</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>,
4.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Raised beach</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Beach</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd></p>

<p><hw>Rais"er</hw> (r&amacr;z"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the
verb).</def></p>

<p><hw>Rai"sin</hw> (r&amacr;"z'n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>raisin</i> grape, raisin, L. <i>racemus</i> cluster of grapes or
berries; cf. Gr. <grk>"ra`x</grk>, <grk>"rago`s</grk>, berry, grape.
Cf. <u>Raceme</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A grape, or a bunch of
grapes.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Cotgrave.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A grape dried in the sun or by artificial
heat.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Raisin tree</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the common red
currant bush, whose fruit resembles the small raisins of Corinth
called <i>currants</i>.</cd> [Eng.]  <i>Dr. Prior.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rais"ing</hw> (r&amacr;z"&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of lifting, setting up, elevating,
exalting, producing, or restoring to life.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, the operation or work of
setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a
<i>raising</i>.</def> [U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The operation of embossing sheet metal, or
of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering,
stamping, or spinning.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Raising bee</b></col>, <cd>a bee for raising the frame of a
building. See <u>Bee</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2.</cd> [U.S.] <i>W.
Irving.</i> -- <col><b>Raising hammer</b></col>, <cd>a hammer with a
rounded face, used in raising sheet metal.</cd> -- <col><b>Raising
plate</b></col> <i>(Carp.)</i>, <cd>the plate, or longitudinal timber,
on which a roof is raised and rests.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Rai`son`n&eacute;"</hw> (r&asl;`z&osl;`n&asl;"),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>raisonn&eacute;</i>, p. p. of
<i>raisonner</i> to reason.] <def>Arranged systematically, or
according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue
<i>raisonn&eacute;</i>. See under <u>Catalogue</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rai"vel</hw> (r&amacr;"v<i>e</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Weaving)</i> <def>A separator.</def> [Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>||Raj</hw> (r&auml;j), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rajah</u>.]
<def>Reign; rule.</def> [India]</p>

<p><hw>||Ra"ja</hw> (r&auml;"j&auml; or r&amacr;"j&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as <u>Rajah</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"jah</hw> (r&auml;"j&auml; or r&amacr;"j&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind. <i>r&amacr;j&amacr;</i>, Skr.
<i>r&amacr;jan</i>, akin to L. <i>rex</i>, <i>regis</i>. See
<u>Regal</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>A native prince or king;
also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural
districts.</def> [India]</p>

<p><hw>Ra"jah*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The office or
dignity of a rajah.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>||Raj`poot"</hw>, <hw>||Raj`put"</hw>  }
(r&auml;j`p&oomac;t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind. <i>r&amacr;j-
p&umacr;t</i>, Skr. <i>r&amacr;ja-putra</i> king's son.] <def>A Hindoo
of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially,
an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in northern central
India.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rake</hw> (r&amacr;k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>race</i>;
akin to OD. <i>rake</i>, D. <i>reek</i>, OHG. <i>rehho</i>, G.
<i>rechen</i>, Icel. <i>reka</i> a shovel, and to Goth. <i>rikan</i>
to heap up, collect, and perhaps to Gr. <grk>'ore`gein</grk> to
stretch out, and E. <i>rack</i> to stretch.  Cf. <u>Reckon</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An implement consisting of a headpiece having
teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting
hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or
for breaking and smoothing the earth.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used
for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> [Perhaps a different word.] <i>(Mining)</i>
<def>A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or
nearly so; -- called also <i>rake-vein</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Gill rakes</b></col>. <i>(Anat.)</i> <cd>See under 1st
<u>Gill</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rake</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Raked</u> (r&amacr;kt); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Raking</u>.] [AS. <i>racian</i>. See 1st <u>Rake</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To collect with a rake; as, to <i>rake</i>
hay; -- often with <i>up</i>; as, he <i>raked</i> up the fallen
leaves.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Hence: <def>To collect or draw together with
laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together;
as, to <i>rake</i> together wealth; to <i>rake</i> together slanderous
tales; to <i>rake</i> together the rabble of a town.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch
with a rake for the purpose of collecting and clearing off something,
or for stirring up the soil; as, to <i>rake</i> a lawn; to <i>rake</i>
a flower bed.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To search through; to scour; to
ransack.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The statesman <i>rakes</i> the town to find a
plot.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To scrape or scratch across; to pass over
quickly and lightly, as a rake does.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Like clouds that <i>rake</i> the mountain
summits.</blockquote> <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>To enfilade; to fire in a
direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a
ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of
the deck.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To rake up</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To collect
together, as the fire (live coals), and cover with ashes</cd>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To bring up; to search out and bring to notice
again; as, <i>to rake up</i> old scandals.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rake</hw> (r&amacr;k), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To use a rake, as for searching or for
collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>One is for <i>raking</i> in Chaucer for antiquated
words.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To pass with violence or rapidity; to
scrape along.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Pas could not stay, but over him did
<i>rake</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rake</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. dial. Sw. <i>raka</i> to
reach, and E. <i>reach</i>.] <def>The inclination of anything from a
perpendicular direction; as, the <i>rake</i> of a roof, a staircase,
etc.</def>; especially <i>(Naut.)</i>, <def>the inclination of a mast
or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular
to the keel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rake</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To incline from a
perpendicular direction; as, a mast <i>rakes</i> aft.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Raking course</b></col> <i>(Bricklaying)</i>, <cd>a course
of bricks laid diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to
strengthen it.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rake</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rakel</i> rash; cf.
Icel. <i>reikall</i> wandering, unsettled, <i>reika</i> to wander.]
<def>A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness
and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a rou&eacute;.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>An illiterate and frivolous old
<i>rake</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rake</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> [Icel.
<i>reika</i>.  Cf. <u>Rake</u> a debauchee.] <def>To walk about; to
gad or ramble idly.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [See <u>Rake</u> a debauchee.] <def>To act the
rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.</def>
<i>Shenstone.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rake out</b></col> <i>(Falconry)</i>, <cd>to fly too far
and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is
sprung; -- said of the hawk.</cd>  <i>Encyc. Brit.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rake"hell`</hw> (r&amacr;k"h&ebreve;l`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[See <u>Rakel</u>.] <def>A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a
rake.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It seldom doth happen, in any way of life, that a
sluggard and a <i>rakehell</i> do not go together.</blockquote>
<i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rake"hell`</hw>, <hw>Rake"hell`y</hw> (-&ybreve;), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser. B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"kel</hw> (r&auml;"k&ebreve;l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OE. See
<u>Rake</u> a debauchee.] <def>Hasty; reckless; rash.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i> -- <wf>Ra"kel*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rak"er</hw> (r&amacr;k"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
1st <u>Rake</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which,
rakes</def>; as: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A person who uses a
rake.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A machine for raking grain or hay
by horse or other power.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A gun so
placed as to rake an enemy's ship.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>See <i>Gill rakers</i>,
under 1st <u>Gill</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rak"er*y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Debauchery; lewdness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rakery</i> and intrigues of the lewd
town.</blockquote> <i>R. North.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rake"shame`</hw> (r&amacr;k"sh&amacr;m`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. <u>Rakehell</u>, <u>Ragabash</u>.] <def>A vile, dissolute
wretch.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rake"stale`</hw> (-st&amacr;l`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[<i>Rake</i> the instrument + <i>stale</i> a handle.] <def>The handle
of a rake.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That tale is not worth a <i>rakestele</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rake"-vein`</hw> (-v&amacr;n`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rake</u>, a mineral vein.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rak"ing</hw> (r&amacr;k"&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act or process of using a rake; the going
over a space with a rake.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A space gone over with a rake; also, the
work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going
once over a space with a rake.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rak"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Dissolute; lewd;
debauched.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The arduous task of converting a <i>rakish</i>
lover.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rak"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>Having a
saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash.</def>  <i>Ham. Nav.
Encyc.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rak"ish*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rakish
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rak"ish*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being rakish.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra"ku ware`</hw> (r&auml;"k&oomac; w&acirc;r`). <def>A kind
of earthenware made in Japan, resembling Satsuma ware, but having a
paler color.</def></p>

<p><hw>||R&acirc;le</hw> (r&auml;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&acirc;le</i>.  Cf. <u>Rail</u> the bird.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>An
adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal
respiratory sounds. See <u>Rhonchus</u>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Various kinds are distinguished by pathologists; differing
in intensity, as loud and small; in quality, as moist, dry, clicking,
whistling, and sonorous; and in origin, as tracheal, pulmonary, and
pleural.</p>

<p><hw>||Ral`len*tan"do</hw> (r&auml;l`l&ebreve;n*t&auml;n"d&osl;),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [It.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Slackening; -- a
direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and
force; ritardando.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ral"li*ance</hw> (r&abreve;l"l&ibreve;*<i>a</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. OF. <i>raliance</i>. See <u>Rally</u> to
reunite.] <def>The act of rallying.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ral"li*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
rallies.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ral"line</hw> (-l&imacr;n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Pertaining to the rails.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ral"ly</hw> (r&abreve;l"l&ybreve;), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rallied</u> (-l&ibreve;d);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rallying</u>.] [OF.
<i>ralier</i>, F. <i>rallier</i>, fr. L. pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>ad</i>
+ <i>ligare</i> to bind. See <u>Ra-</u>, and 1st <u>Ally</u>.] <def>To
collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into
confusion; to gather again; to reunite.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ral"ly</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as
troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The Grecians <i>rally</i>, and their powers
unite.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to
<i>rally</i> together, and to form themselves into this new
world.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To collect one's vital powers or forces; to
regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To recover strength after a decline in
prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ral"ly</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rallies</b></plw> (-l&ibreve;z). <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that
word).</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A political mass meeting.</def> [Colloq. U.
S.]</p>

<p><hw>Ral"ly</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F. <i>railler</i>. See
<u>Rail</u> to scoff.] <def>To attack with raillery, either in good
humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Honeycomb . . . <i>rallies</i> me upon a country
life.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Strephon had long confessed his amorous pain,<BR>
Which gay Corinna <i>rallied</i> with disdain.</blockquote>
<i>Gay.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To banter; ridicule; satirize; deride; mock.</p>

<p><hw>Ral"ly</hw> (r&abreve;l"l&ybreve;), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<def>To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ral"ly</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Good-humored
raillery.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ralph</hw> (r&abreve;lf), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A name
sometimes given to the raven.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ral"ston*ite</hw> (r&add;l"st&ubreve;n*&imacr;t),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [So named after J. G. <i>Ralston</i> of
Norristown, Penn.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A fluoride of alumina and soda
occurring with the Greenland cryolite in octahedral
crystals.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram</hw> (r&abreve;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>ramm</i>,
<i>ram</i>; akin to OHG. & D. <i>ram</i>, Prov. G. <i>ramm</i>, and
perh. to Icel. <i>ramr</i> strong.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The male of the sheep and allied animals.
In some parts of England a ram is called a <i>tup</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Astron.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Aries,
the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of
March.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The constellation Aries, which
does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An engine of war used for butting or
battering.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>In ancient
warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for
battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the
prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of
an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A hydraulic ram. See under
<u>Hydraulic</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The weight which strikes the blow, in a
pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>The plunger of a hydraulic press.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ram's horn</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Fort.)</i>
<cd>A low semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch</cd>.
[Written also <i>ramshorn</i>.] <i>Farrow.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Paleon.)</i> <cd>An ammonite.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ram</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rammed</u> (r&abreve;md); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Ramming</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To butt or
strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive
with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to
<i>ram</i> an enemy's vessel; to <i>ram</i> piles, cartridges,
etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[They] <i>rammed</i> me in with foul shirts, and
smocks, socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To fill or compact by pounding or
driving.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A ditch . . . was filled with some sound materials, and
<i>rammed</i> to make the foundation solid.</blockquote>
<i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ram`a*dan"</hw> (r&abreve;m`&adot;*d&abreve;n"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar. <i>rama&dsdot;&amacr;n</i>, or
<i>ramaz&amacr;n</i>, properly, the hot month.] [Written also
<i>Ramadhan</i>, <i>Ramadzan</i>, and <i>Rhamadan</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The ninth Mohammedan month.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The great annual fast of the Mohammedans,
kept during daylight through the ninth month.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"age</hw> (r&abreve;m"&asl;j; 48), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.,
fr. L. <i>ramus</i> a branch.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Boughs or branches.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Crabb.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Warbling of birds in trees.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Drummond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra*mage"</hw> (r&adot;*m&amacr;j"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Wild; untamed.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ra*ma"gi*ous</hw> (-m&amacr;"j&ibreve;*&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Wild; not tame.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Now is he tame that was so
<i>ramagious</i>.</blockquote> <i>Remedy of Love.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"mal</hw> (r&amacr;"m<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ramus</i> branch.] <def>Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch;
rameal.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra*ma"ya*na</hw> (r&auml;*m&auml;"y&adot;*n&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Skr. <i>R&amacr;m&amacr;ya&nsdot;a</i>.]
<def>The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The
hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"berge</hw> (r&abreve;m"b&etilde;rj), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F., fr. <i>rame</i> oar + <i>barge</i> barge.] <def>Formerly, a kind
of large war galley.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"ble</hw> (r&abreve;m"b'l), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rambled</u> (-b'ld); <pos><i>p. pr.
& vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rambling</u> (-bl&ibreve;ng).] [For
<i>rammle</i>, fr. Prov. E. <i>rame</i> to roam.  Cf. <u>Roam</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place,
without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or
irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to <i>ramble</i> about the city;
to <i>ramble</i> over the world.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He that is at liberty to <i>ramble</i> in perfect
darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a
bubble by the wind?</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To talk or write in a discursive, aimless
way.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To extend or grow at random.</def>
<i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.</p>

<p><hw>Ram"ble</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
going or moving from place to place without any determinate business
or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Coming home, after a short Christmas
<i>ramble</i>.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [Cf. <u>Rammel</u>.] <i>(Coal Mining)</i> <def>A
bed of shale over the seam.</def>  <i>Raymond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ram"bler</hw> (-bl&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
rambles; a rover; a wanderer.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"bling</hw> (-bl&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a <i>rambling</i> fellow,
talk, or building.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"bling*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rambling
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"booze</hw> (-b&oomac;z), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
beverage made of wine, ale (or milk), sugar, etc.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Blount.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ram*bu"tan</hw> (r&abreve;m*b&oomac;"t&abreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Malay <i>ramb&umacr;tan</i>, fr. <i>rambut</i>
hair of the head.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A Malayan fruit produced by the
tree <i>Nephelium lappaceum</i>, and closely related to the litchi
nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs
(whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also
<i>ramboostan</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"me*al</hw> (r&amacr;"m&esl;*<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Same as <u>Ramal</u>.</def>  <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"me*an</hw> (-<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
Ramist.</def>  <i>Shipley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ramed</hw> (r&abreve;md), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the
frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; -- said of a ship on the
stocks.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"ee</hw> (r&abreve;m"&esl;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>See <u>Ramie</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"e*kin</hw> (r&abreve;m"&esl;*k&ibreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Ramequin</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ram"ent</hw> (r&abreve;m"<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ramenta</i>, pl.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A scraping; a
shaving.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Ramenta.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra*men"ta</hw> (r&adot;*m&ebreve;n"t&adot;), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [L., scrapings.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Thin brownish chaffy
scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon
the petioles and leaves of ferns.</def>  <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1187 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Ram`en*ta"ceous</hw>
(r&abreve;m`&ebreve;n*t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Covered with ramenta.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"me*ous</hw> (r&amacr;"m&esl;*&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rameus</i>, from <i>ramus</i> branch,
bough.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Ramal.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"e*quin</hw> (r&abreve;m"&esl;*k&ibreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Cookery)</i> <def>A mixture of cheese,
eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread.</def> [Written also
<i>ramekin</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ram"ie</hw> (r&abreve;m"&esl;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From
Malay.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The grass-cloth plant (<i>B&oelig;hmeria
nivea</i>); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly
strong; -- called also <i>China grass</i>, and <i>rhea</i>. See
<i>Grass-cloth plant</i>, under <u>Grass</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram`i*fi*ca"tion</hw>
(r&abreve;m`&ibreve;*f&ibreve;*k&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>ramification</i>. See <u>Ramify</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The process of branching, or the development
of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their
arrangement.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A small branch or offshoot proceeding from
a main stock or channel; as, the <i>ramifications</i> of an artery,
vein, or nerve.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A division into principal and subordinate
classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts;
as, the <i>ramifications</i> of a subject or scheme.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The production of branchlike figures.</def>
<i>Crabb.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ram`i*flo"rous</hw> (-fl&omacr;"r&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ramus</i> branch + <i>flos</i>,
<i>floris</i>, flower.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Flowering on the
branches.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"i*form</hw> (r&abreve;m"&ibreve;*f&ocirc;rm),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ramus</i> branch + <i>-form</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the form of a branch.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"i*fy</hw> (r&abreve;m"&ibreve;*f&imacr;), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Ramified</u>
(r&abreve;m"&ibreve;*f&imacr;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ramifying</u> (r&abreve;m"&ibreve;*f&imacr;`&ibreve;ng).] [F.
<i>ramifier</i>, LL. <i>ramificare</i>, fr. L. <i>ramus</i> a branch +
<i>-ficare</i> (in comp.) to make. See <u>-fy</u>.] <def>To divide
into branches or subdivisions; as, to <i>ramify</i> an art, subject,
scheme.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"i*fy</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem
of a plant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When they [asparagus plants] . . . begin to
<i>ramify</i>.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be divided or subdivided, as a main
subject.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*mig"er*ous</hw> (r&adot;*m&ibreve;j"&etilde;r*&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ramus</i> a branch + <i>-gerous</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Bearing branches; branched.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*mip"a*rous</hw> (r&adot;*m&ibreve;p"&adot;*r&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ramus + parere</i> to bear.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Producing branches; ramigerous.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"mist</hw> (r&amacr;"m&ibreve;st), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A follower of Pierre <i>Ram&eacute;</i>, better known as
<i>Ramus</i>, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of
rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and
opposed the Aristotelians.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"line</hw> (r&abreve;m"l&ibreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from
stem to stern in building a vessel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"mel</hw> (r&abreve;m"m&ebreve;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Refuse matter.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Filled with any rubbish, <i>rammel</i> and broken
stones.</blockquote> <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ram"mer</hw> (-m&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who,
or that which, rams or drives.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>An instrument for driving anything with force; as, a
<i>rammer</i> for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to
more solidity</def>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A rod for forcing down
the charge of a gun; a ramrod</def>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<i>(Founding)</i> <def>An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to
render it compact.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"mish</hw> (-m&ibreve;sh), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like a
ram; hence, rank; lascivious.</def> "Their savor is so
<i>rammish</i>."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ram"mish*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of
being rammish.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"my</hw> (-m&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like a ram;
rammish.</def>  <i>Burton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ram`ol*les"cence</hw>
(r&abreve;m`&obreve;l*l&ebreve;s"s<i>e</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>ramollir</i> to make soft, to soften; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>amollir</i> to soften; <i>a</i> (L. <i>ad</i>) + <i>mollir</i> to
soften, L. <i>mollire</i>, fr. <i>mollis</i> soft.] <def>A softening
or mollifying.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ra*moon"</hw> (r&adot;*m&oomac;n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A small West Indian tree (<i>Trophis Americana</i>)
of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for
cattle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*mose"</hw> (r&adot;*m&omacr;s"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ramosus</i>, from <i>ramus</i> a branch.] <def>Branched, as the
stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or
having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching;
branchy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"mous</hw> (r&amacr;"m&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Ramose.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ramp</hw> (r&abreve;mp), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Ramped</u> (r&abreve;mt; 215); <pos><i>p. pr. &
vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Ramping</u>.] [F. <i>ramper</i> to creep, OF., to
climb; of German origin; cf. G. <i>raffen</i> to snatch, LG. & D.
<i>rapen</i>. See <u>Rap</u> to snatch, and cf. <u>Romp</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to
prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to
move swiftly or with violence.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Their bridles they would champ,<BR>
And trampling the fine element would fiercely
<i>ramp</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To climb, as a plant; to creep
up.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, .
. . and so <i>ramping</i> upon trees, they mount up to a great
height.</blockquote> <i>Ray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ramp</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A leap;
a spring; a hostile advance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The bold Ascalonite<BR>
Fled from his lion <i>ramp</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A highwayman; a robber.</def> [Prov.
Eng.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A romping woman; a prostitute.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Lyly.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> [F. <i>rampe</i>.] <i>(Arch.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Any sloping member, other than a purely
constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand
rail or cap changes its direction.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> [F. <i>rampe</i>.] <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>An
inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior
levels.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram*pa"cious</hw> (r&abreve;m*p&amacr;"sh&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>High-spirited; rampageous.</def> [Slang]
<i>Dickens.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ramp"age</hw> (r&abreve;mp"&asl;j; 48), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[See <u>Ramp</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>Violent or riotous
behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on
the <i>rampage</i>.</def> [Prov. or Low]  <i>Dickens.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ramp"age</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To leap or prance
about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage.</def> [Prov. or Low]</p>

<p><hw>Ram*pa"geous</hw> (r&abreve;m*p&amacr;"j&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Characterized by violence and passion;
unruly; rampant.</def> [Prov. or Low]</p>

<p><blockquote>In the primitive ages of a <i>rampageous</i>
antiquity.</blockquote> <i>Galt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ram*pal"lian</hw> (-p&abreve;l"y<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <i>ramp</i> a prostitute, or <i>rabble</i>.]
<def>A mean wretch.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ramp"an*cy</hw> (r&abreve;mp"<i>a</i>n*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of being rampant;
excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance.</def> "They
are come to this height and <i>rampancy</i> of vice."
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ramp"ant</hw> (r&abreve;mp"<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[F., p. pr. of <i>ramper</i> to creep. See <u>Ramp</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Ramping; leaping;
springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging;
furious.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The fierce lion in his kind<BR>
Which goeth <i>rampant</i> after his prey.</blockquote>
<i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>[The] lion . . . <i>rampant</i> shakes his brinded
mane.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Ascending; climbing; rank in growth;
exuberant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rampant</i> stalk is of unusual
altitude.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Her.)</i> <def>Rising with fore paws in the
air as if attacking; -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion.
The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the
left.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rampant arch</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>An arch
which has one abutment higher than the other</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>Same as <i>Rampant vault</i>, below.</cd> -- <col><b>Rampant
gardant</b></col> <i>(Her.)</i>, <cd>rampant, but with the face turned
to the front.</cd> -- <col><b>Rampant regardant</b></col>,
<cd>rampant, but looking backward.</cd> -- <col><b>Rampant
vault</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>a continuous wagon vault, or
cradle vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane,
such as the vault supporting a stairway, or forming the ceiling of a
stairway.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ramp"ant*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rampant
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"part</hw> (r&abreve;m"p&auml;rt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rempart</i>, OF. <i>rempar</i>, fr. <i>remparer</i> to fortify,
<i>se remparer</i> to fence or intrench one's self; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + pref. <i>en-</i> (L. <i>in</i>) + <i>parer</i> to defend, parry,
prepare, L. <i>parare</i> to prepare. See <u>Pare</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which fortifies and defends from
assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A broad embankment of earth
round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the
substratum of every permanent fortification.</def>  <i>Mahan.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Bulwark; fence; security; guard.  -- <u>Rampart</u>,
<u>Bulwark</u>. These words were formerly interchanged; but in modern
usage a distinction has sprung up between them. The <i>rampart</i> of
a fortified place is the enceinte or entire main embankment or wall
which surrounds it. The term <i>bulwark</i> is now applied to
peculiarly strong outworks which project for the defense of the
<i>rampart</i>, or main work. A single bastion is a <i>bulwark</i>. In
using these words figuratively, <i>rampart</i> is properly applied to
that which protects by walling out; <i>bulwark</i> to that which
stands in the forefront of danger, to meet and repel it. Hence, we
speak of a distinguished individual as the <i>bulwark</i>, not the
<i>rampart</i>, of the state. This distinction, however, is often
disregarded.</p>

<p><hw>Ram"part</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ramparted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ramparting</u>.] <def>To surround or protect with, or as with, a
rampart or ramparts.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Those grassy hills, those glittering dells,<BR>
Proudly <i>ramparted</i> with rocks.</blockquote>
<i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rampart gun</b></col> <i>(Fort.)</i>, <cd>a cannon or large
gun for use on a rampart and not as a fieldpiece.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rampe</hw> (r&abreve;mp), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [In allusion to
its supposed aphrodisiac qualities. See <u>Ramp</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>The cuckoopint.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"pier</hw> (r&abreve;m"p&emacr;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>See <u>Rampart</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ram"pi*on</hw> (r&abreve;m"p&ibreve;*&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>raiponce</i>, Sp. <i>ruiponce</i>,
<i>reponche</i>, L. <i>raperonzo</i>, NL. <i>rapuntium</i>, fr. L.
<i>rapum</i>, <i>rapa</i>, a turnip, rape.  Cf. <u>Rape</u> a plant.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A plant (<i>Campanula Rapunculus</i>) of the
Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called
<i>ramps</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The name is sometimes given to plants of the genus
<i>Phyteuma</i>, herbs of the Bellflower family, and to the American
evening primrose (<i>&OElig;nothera biennis</i>), which has run wild
in some parts of Europe.</p>

<p><hw>Ram"pire</hw> (-p&imacr;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rampart.</def> [Archaic]</p>

<p><blockquote>The Trojans round the place a <i>rampire</i>
cast.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ram"pire</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To fortify with a
rampire; to form into a rampire.</def> [Archaic] <i>Chapman.</i>
"<i>Rampired</i> walls of gold."  <i>R. Browning.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ram"pler</hw> (r&abreve;m"pl&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A rambler.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"pler</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Roving;
rambling.</def> [Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Ram"rod`</hw> (-r&obreve;d`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The rod
used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"shac*kle</hw> (-sh&abreve;k*k'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Etymol. uncertain.] <def>Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of
repair.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his
<i>ramshackle</i> coach.</blockquote> <i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ram"shac*kle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To search or
ransack; to rummage.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Ram"son</hw> (-z'n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hramsan</i>,
pl., akin to G. <i>rams</i>, Sw. <i>rams</i>, <i>rams</i>l&ouml;k; cf.
Gr. <grk>kro`myon</grk> onion.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A broad-leaved
species of garlic (<i>Allium ursinum</i>), common in European gardens;
-- called also <i>buckram</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"sted</hw> (-st&ebreve;d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a Mr.
Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See <u>Toad flax</u>.
Called also <i>Ramsted weed</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"u*lose`</hw> (-&usl;*l&omacr;s`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ramulosus</i>, fr. <i>ramulus</i>, dim. of <i>ramus</i> a branch.]
<i>(Nat. Hist.)</i> <def>Having many small branches, or
ramuli.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ram"u*lous</hw> (-l&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Nat.
Hist.)</i> <def>Ramulose.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ram"u*lus</hw> (-l&ubreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Ramuli</b></plw> (-l&imacr;). <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar
organisms.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra"mus</hw> (r&amacr;"m&ubreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rami</b></plw> (-m&imacr;). <i>(Nat. Hist.)</i>
<def>A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a
ramification.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*mus"cule</hw> (r&adot;*m&ubreve;s"k&usl;l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ramusculus</i>.] <i>(Nat. Hist.)</i>
<def>A small ramus, or branch.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran</hw> (r&abreve;n), <def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of
<u>Run</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&amacr;n</i>.]
<def>Open robbery.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Lambarde.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>Yarns coiled
on a spun-yarn winch.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra"na</hw> (r&amacr;"n&adot;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a
frog.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A genus of anurous batrachians,
including the common frogs.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"nal</hw> (r&amacr;"n<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous
plants.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ranal alliance</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a name proposed
by Lindley for a group of natural orders, including
Ranunculace&aelig;, Magnoliace&aelig;, Papaverace&aelig;, and others
related to them.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rance</hw> (r&abreve;ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol.
uncertain.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A prop or shore.</def> [Scot.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A round between the legs of a
chair.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran*ces"cent</hw> (r&abreve;n*s&ebreve;s"s<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rancescens</i>, p. pr. of
<i>rancescere</i>, v. incho. from <i>rancere</i> to be rancid.]
<def>Becoming rancid or sour.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ranch</hw> (r&abreve;nch), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Written
also <i>raunch</i>.] [Cf. <u>Wrench</u>.] <def>To wrench; to tear; to
sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.</def> [R.]
<i>Dryden.</i> "Hasting to <i>raunch</i> the arrow out."
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ranch</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rancho</u>.] <def>A
tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or
sheep. See <u>Rancho</u>, 2.</def> [Western U. S.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ran*che"ro</hw> (r&abreve;n*ch&amacr;"r&osl;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rancheros</b></plw> (-
r&omacr;z). [Sp.] [Mexico & Western U. S.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The owner and occupant of a ranch or
rancho.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ranch"man</hw> (r&abreve;nch"m<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Ranchmen</b></plw> (-m<i>e</i>n). <def>An owner or
occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman.</def> [Western U.
S.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ran"cho</hw> (r&abreve;n"ch&osl;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Ranchos</b></plw> (-ch&omacr;z). [Sp., properly, a
mess, mess room.  Cf. 2d <u>Ranch</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A rude
hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or
farm laborers may live or lodge at night.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A large grazing farm where horses and
cattle are raised; -- distinguished from <i>hacienda</i>, a cultivated
farm or plantation.</def> [Mexico & California]  <i>Bartlett.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"cid</hw> (r&abreve;n"s&ibreve;d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rancidus</i>, fr. <i>rancere</i> to be rancid or rank.] <def>Having
a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty;
as, <i>rancid</i> oil or butter.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran*cid"i*ty</hw> (r&abreve;n*s&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rancidit&eacute;</i>.] <def>The
quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old
oil.</def>  <i>Ure.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"cid*ly</hw> (r&abreve;n"s&ibreve;d*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rancid manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"cid*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of
being rancid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"cor</hw> (r&abreve;&nsm;"k&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Written also <i>rancour</i>.] [OE. <i>rancour</i>, OF. <i>rancor</i>,
<i>rancur</i>, F. <i>rancune</i>, fr. L. <i>rancor</i> rancidity,
rankness; tropically, an old grudge, rancor, fr. <i>rancere</i> to be
rank or rancid.] <def>The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated
enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.</def> "To stint <i>rancour</i>
and dissencioun."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>It would not be easy to conceive the passion,
<i>rancor</i>, and malice of their tongues and hearts.</blockquote>
<i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Enmity; hatred; ill will; malice; spite; grudge;
animosity; malignity.  -- <u>Rancor</u>, <u>Enmity</u>. <i>Enmity</i>
and <i>rancor</i> both describe hostile feelings; but <i>enmity</i>
may be generous and open, while <i>rancor</i> implies personal malice
of the worst and most enduring nature, and is the strongest word in
our language to express hostile feelings.</p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rancor</i> will out; proud prelate, in thy face<BR>
I see thy fury.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rancor</i> is that degree of malice which preys upon
the possessor.</blockquote> <i>Cogan.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"cor*ous</hw> (-&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>rancuros</i>.] <def>Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor;
deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely
virulent.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>So flamed his eyes with rage and <i>rancorous</i>
ire.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"cor*ous*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rancorous
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rand</hw> (r&abreve;nd), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rand</i>,
<i>rond</i>; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. <i>rand</i>, Icel.
<i>r&ouml;nd</i>, and probably to E. <i>rind</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A border; edge; margin.</def> [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from
the flank or leg; a sort of steak.</def>  <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a
leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the
heel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rand</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [See <u>Rant</u>.] <def>To
rant; to storm.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>I wept, . . . and raved, and <i>randed</i>, and
railed.</blockquote> <i>J. Webster.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"dall grass`</hw> (r&abreve;n"d<i>a</i>l gr&adot;s`).
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The meadow fescue (<i>Festuca elatior</i>). See
under <u>Grass</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"dan</hw> (-d&abreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the
bran.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Ran"dan</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A boat propelled by
three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rand"ing</hw> (r&abreve;nd"&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Shoemaking)</i> <def>The act or process of
making and applying rands for shoes.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A kind of basket work used in
gabions.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"dom</hw> (r&abreve;n"d&ubreve;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>randon</i>, OF. <i>randon</i> force, violence, rapidity, &agrave;
<i>randon</i>, de <i>randon</i>, violently, suddenly, rapidly, prob.
of German origin; cf. G. <i>rand</i> edge, border, OHG. <i>rant</i>
shield, edge of a shield, akin to E. <i>rand</i>, n.  See <u>Rand</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Force; violence.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>For courageously the two kings newly fought with great
<i>random</i> and force.</blockquote> <i>E. Hall.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A roving motion; course without definite
direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; --
commonly used in the phrase <i>at random</i>, that is, without a
settled point of direction; at hazard.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Counsels, when they fly<BR>
<i>At random</i>, sometimes hit most happily.</blockquote>
<i>Herrick.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>O, many a shaft, <i>at random</i> sent,<BR>
Finds mark the archer little meant!</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Distance to which a missile is cast; range;
reach; as, the <i>random</i> of a rifle ball.</def>  <i>Sir K.
Digby.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>The direction of a rake-
vein.</def>  <i>Raymond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"dom</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Going at random or by
chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or
purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance;
haphazard; as, a <i>random</i> guess.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Some <i>random</i> truths he can impart.</blockquote>
<i>Wordsworth.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to
the <i>random</i>.</blockquote> <i>H. Spencer.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Random courses</b></col> <i>(Masonry)</i>, <cd>courses of
stone of unequal thickness.</cd> -- <col><b>Random shot</b></col>,
<cd>a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a
shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated.</cd> -- <col><b>Random
work</b></col> <i>(Masonry)</i>, <cd>stonework consisting of stones of
unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat
beds.</cd></p>

<p><! p. 1188 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Ran"dom*ly</hw> (r&abreve;n"d&ubreve;m*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a random manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"don</hw> (-d&ubreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Random.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"don</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To go or stray at
random.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rane"deer`</hw> (r&amacr;n"d&emacr;r`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>See <u>Reindeer</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ra"nee</hw> (r&auml;"n&emacr;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Same as <u>Rani</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"force`</hw> (r&abreve;n"f&omacr;rs`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>renforcer</i>.] <def>See <u>Re&euml;nforce</u>.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Bailey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rang</hw> (r&abreve;ng), <def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of
<u>Ring</u>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Range</hw> (r&amacr;nj), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Ranged</u> (r&amacr;njd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Ranging</u> (r&amacr;n"j&ibreve;ng).] [OE.
<i>rengen</i>, OF. <i>rengier</i>, F. <i>ranger</i>, OF. <i>renc</i>
row, rank, F. <i>rang</i>; of German origin. See <u>Rank</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To set in a row, or in
rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in
the proper order; to rank; as, to <i>range</i> soldiers in
line.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Maccabeus <i>ranged</i> his army by bands.</blockquote>
<i>2 Macc. xii. 20.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To place (as a single individual) among
others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; --
usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a
cause, to join a party, etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It would be absurd in me to <i>range</i> myself on the
side of the Duke of Bedford and the corresponding
society.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To separate into parts; to sift.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To dispose in a classified or in systematic
order; to arrange regularly; as, to <i>range</i> plants and animals in
genera and species.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To rove over or through; as, to
<i>range</i> the fields.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Teach him to <i>range</i> the ditch, and force the
brake.</blockquote> <i>Gay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To sail or pass in a direction parallel to
or near; as, to <i>range</i> the coast.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Compare the last two senses (5 and 6) with the French
<i>ranger</i> une c&ocirc;te.</p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>To be native to, or to live
in; to frequent.</def></p>

<p><hw>Range</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
rove at large; to wander without restraint or direction; to
roam.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Like a <i>ranging</i> spaniel that barks at every bird
he sees.</blockquote> <i>Burton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have range; to change or differ within
limits; to be capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected,
especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature
<i>ranged</i> through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun
<i>ranges</i> three miles; the shot <i>ranged</i> four
miles.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be placed in order; to be ranked; to
admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And <i>range</i> with humble livers in
content.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To have a certain direction; to correspond
in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run;
-- often followed by <i>with</i>; as, the front of a house
<i>ranges</i> with the street; to <i>range</i> along the
coast.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Which way the forests <i>range</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>To be native to, or live in,
a certain district or region; as, the peba <i>ranges</i> from Texas to
Paraguay.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To rove; roam; ramble; wander; stroll.</p>

<p><hw>Range</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Range</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>: cf. F. <i>rang&eacute;e</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a <i>range</i>
of buildings; a <i>range</i> of mountains.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An aggregate of individuals in one rank or
degree; an order; a class.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The next <i>range</i> of beings above him are the
immaterial intelligences.</blockquote> <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The step of a ladder; a rung.</def>
<i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A kitchen grate.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He was bid at his first coming to take off the
<i>range</i>, and let down the cinders.</blockquote>
<i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron,
set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of
cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A bolting sieve to sift meal.</def> [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>A wandering or roving; a going to and fro;
an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He may take a <i>range</i> all the world
over.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>That which may be ranged over; place or
room for excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle or
sheep may wander and pasture.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>Extent or space taken in by anything
excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive
power; as, the <i>range</i> of one's voice, or authority.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Far as creation's ample <i>range</i>
extends.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>range</i> and compass of Hammond's knowledge
filled the whole circle of the arts.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Fell.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A man has not enough <i>range</i> of
thought.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>The region within which a
plant or animal naturally lives.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <i>(Gun.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
horizontal distance to which a shot or other projectile is
carried.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Sometimes, less properly, the
trajectory of a shot or projectile.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A
place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is
practiced.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <def>In the public land system of the United
States, a row or line of townships lying between two successive
meridian lines six miles apart.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The meridians included in each great survey are numbered in
order east and west from the "principal meridian" of that survey, and
the townships in the range are numbered north and south from the "base
line," which runs east and west; as, township No. 6, N., <i>range</i>
7, W., from the fifth principal meridian.</p>

<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>See <i>Range of cable</i>,
below.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Range of accommodation</b></col> <i>(Optics)</i>, <cd>the
distance between the near point and the far point of distinct vision,
-- usually measured and designated by the strength of the lens which
if added to the refracting media of the eye would cause the rays from
the near point to appear as if they came from the far point.</cd> --
<col><b>Range finder</b></col> <i>(Gunnery)</i>, <cd>an instrument, or
apparatus, variously constructed, for ascertaining the distance of an
inaccessible object, -- used to determine what elevation must be given
to a gun in order to hit the object; a position finder.</cd> --
<col><b>Range of cable</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a certain length
of slack cable ranged along the deck preparatory to letting go the
anchor.</cd> -- <col><b>Range work</b></col> <i>(Masonry)</i>,
<cd>masonry of squared stones laid in courses each of which is of even
height throughout the length of the wall; -- distinguished from
<i>broken range work</i>, which consists of squared stones laid in
courses not continuously of even height.</cd> -- <col><b>To get the
range of</b></col> (an object) <i>(Gun.)</i>, <cd>to find the angle at
which the piece must be raised to reach (the object) without carrying
beyond.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Range"ment</hw> (r&amacr;nj"m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>rangement</i>.] <def>Arrangement.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Waterland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"ger</hw> (r&amacr;n"j&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who
ranges for plunder; a roving robber.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which separates or arranges;
specifically, a sieve.</def> [Obs.] "The tamis <i>ranger</i>."
<i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A dog that beats the ground in search of
game.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>One of a body of mounted troops, formerly
armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight
on foot.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The keeper of a public park or forest;
formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters
patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts
that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses
to the next court held for the forest, etc.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Ran"ger*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The office of the
keeper of a forest or park.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Ran"gle</hw> (r&abreve;n"g'l), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To
range about in an irregular manner.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ra"ni</hw> (r&auml;"n&emacr;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind.
<i>r&amacr;n&imacr;</i>, Skr. <i>r&amacr;jn&imacr;</i>. See
<u>Rajah</u>.] <def>A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah.</def>
[Written also <i>ranee</i>.] [India]</p>

<p><hw>Ra"nine</hw> (r&amacr;"n&imacr;n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rana</i> a frog.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to the frogs and toads.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or
designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the
region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of
the lingual artery and lingual vein.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rank</hw> (r&abreve;&nsm;k), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Ranker</u> (-&etilde;r);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Rankest</u>.] [AS. <i>ranc</i> strong,
proud; cf. D. <i>rank</i> slender, Dan. <i>rank</i> upright, erect,
Prov. G. <i>rank</i> slender, Icel. <i>rakkr</i> slender, bold. The
meaning seems to have been influenced by L. <i>rancidus</i>, E.
<i>rancid</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Luxuriant in growth; of
vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as,
<i>rank</i> grass; <i>rank</i> weeds.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk,
<i>rank</i> and good.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xli. 5.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme;
gross; utter; as, <i>rank</i> heresy.</def> "<i>Rank</i> nonsense."
<i>Hare.</i> "I do forgive thy <i>rankest</i> fault." <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Causing vigorous growth; producing
luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, <i>rank</i> land.</def>
<i>Mortimer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a
<i>rank</i> smell; <i>rank</i>-smelling rue.</def>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Strong to the taste.</def> "Divers sea
fowls taste <i>rank</i> of the fish on which they feed."
<i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Inflamed with venereal appetite.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rank modus</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>an excessive and
unreasonable modus. See <u>Modus</u>, 3.</cd> -- <col><b>To
set</b></col> (the iron of a plane, etc.) <col><b>rank</b></col>,
<cd>to set so as to take off a thick shaving.</cd> <i>Moxon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rank</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Rankly; stoutly;
violently.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>That rides so <i>rank</i> and bends his lance so
fell.</blockquote> <i>Fairfax.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rank</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>renk</i>, <i>reng</i>,
OF. <i>renc</i>, F. <i>rang</i>, fr. OHG. <i>hring</i> a circle, a
circular row, G. <i>ring</i>. See <u>Ring</u>, and cf. <u>Range</u>,
<pos><i>n. & v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A row or line; a
range; an order; a tier; as, a <i>rank</i> of osiers.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Many a mountain nigh<BR>
Rising in lofty <i>ranks</i>, and loftier still.</blockquote>
<i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A line of soldiers ranged
side by side; -- opposed to <i>file</i>. See 1st <u>File</u>, 1
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Fierce, fiery warriors fought upon the clouds,<BR>
In <i>ranks</i> and squadrons and right form of war.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Grade of official standing, as in the army,
navy, or nobility; as, the <i>rank</i> of general; the <i>rank</i> of
admiral.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>An aggregate of individuals classed
together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as,
<i>ranks</i> and orders of men; the highest and the lowest
<i>ranks</i> of men, or of other intelligent beings.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence;
position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer
of the first <i>rank</i>; a lawyer of high <i>rank</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>These all are virtues of a meaner
<i>rank</i>.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Elevated grade or standing; high degree;
high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of
<i>rank</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rank and file</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Mil.)</i>
<cd>The whole body of common soldiers, including also corporals. In a
more extended sense, it includes sergeants also, excepting the
noncommissioned staff.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>See under 1st
<u>File</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>The ranks</b></col>, <cd>the order or
grade of common soldiers; as, to reduce a noncommissioned officer to
<i>the ranks</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>To fill the ranks</b></col>, <cd>to
supply the whole number, or a competent number.</cd> -- <col><b>To
take rank of</b></col>, <cd>to have precedence over, or to have the
right of taking a higher place than.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rank</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ranked</u> (r&abreve;&nsm;kt); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Ranking</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To place
abreast, or in a line.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To range in a particular class, order, or
division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in
suitable classes or order; to classify.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Ranking</i> all things under general and special
heads.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Poets were <i>ranked</i> in the class of
philosophers.</blockquote> <i>Broome.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Heresy is <i>ranked</i> with idolatry and
witchcraft.</blockquote> <i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To take rank of; to outrank.</def>
[U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rank</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class,
order, or division.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let that one article <i>rank</i> with the
rest.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have a certain grade or degree of
elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain
degree of esteem or consideration; as, he <i>ranks</i> with the first
class of poets; he <i>ranks</i> high in public estimation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rank"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"kle</hw> (r&abreve;&nsm;"k'l), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rankled</u> (-k'ld); <pos><i>p. pr.
& vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rankling</u> (-kl&ibreve;ng).] [From
<u>Rank</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To become,
or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; --
used literally and figuratively.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A malady that burns and <i>rankles</i>
inward.</blockquote> <i>Rowe.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>This would have left a <i>rankling</i> wound in the
hearts of the people.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To produce a festering or inflamed effect;
to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter
<i>rankles</i> in the flesh; the words <i>rankled</i> in his
bosom.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"kle</hw> (r&abreve;&nsm;"k'l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame.</def> [R.]
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rank"ly</hw> (r&abreve;&nsm;k"l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>With rank or vigorous growth; luxuriantly;
hence, coarsely; grossly; as, weeds grow <i>rankly</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rank"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rancness</i>
pride.] <def>The condition or quality of being rank.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"nel</hw> (r&abreve;n"n&ebreve;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A prostitute.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ran"ny</hw> (-n&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>araneus
mus</i>, a kind of small mouse.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The erd
shrew.</def> [Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Ran"sack</hw> (-s&abreve;k), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Ransacked</u> (-s&abreve;kt);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Ransacking</u>.] [OE.
<i>ransaken</i>, Icel. <i>rannsaka</i> to explore, examine;
<i>rann</i> a house (akin to Goth. <i>razn</i> house, AS.
<i>r&aelig;sn</i> plank, beam) + the root of <i>s&aelig;kja</i> to
seek, akin to E. <i>seek</i>. See <u>Seek</u>, and cf. <u>Rest</u>
repose.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To search thoroughly; to search every
place or part of; as, to <i>ransack</i> a house.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>ransack</i> every corner of their . . .
hearts.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To plunder; to pillage
completely.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Their vow is made<BR>
To <i>ransack</i> Troy.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To violate; to ravish; to defiour.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Rich spoil of <i>ransacked</i> chastity.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"sack</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To make a thorough
search.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>ransack</i> in the tas [heap] of bodies
dead.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"sack</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of ransacking,
or state of being ransacked; pillage.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Even your father's house<BR>
Shall not be free from <i>ransack</i>.</blockquote> <i>J.
Webster.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"som</hw> (r&abreve;n"s&ubreve;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>raunson</i>, <i>raunsoun</i>, OF. <i>ran&ccedil;on</i>,
<i>raen&ccedil;on</i>, <i>raan&ccedil;on</i>, F. <i>ran&ccedil;on</i>,
fr. L. <i>redemptio</i>, fr. <i>redimere</i> to redeem. See
<u>Redeem</u>, and cf. <u>Redemption</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a
consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of
<i>ransom</i>.</def>  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The money or price paid for the redemption
of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom
from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thy <i>ransom</i> paid, which man from death
redeems.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>His captivity in Austria, and the heavy <i>ransom</i>
he paid for his liberty.</blockquote> <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(O. Eng. Law)</i> <def>A sum paid for the
pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also,
a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Ransom bill</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>a war contract,
valid by the law of nations, for the ransom of property captured at
sea and its safe conduct into port.</cd>  <i>Kent.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"som</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ransomed</u> (-s&ubreve;md); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Ransoming</u>.] [Cf. F. <i>ran&ccedil;onner</i>. See
<u>Ransom</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To redeem
from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price;
to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to
<i>ransom</i> prisoners from an enemy.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To exact a ransom for, or a payment
on.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Such lands as he had rule of he <i>ransomed</i> them so
grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a
year.</blockquote> <i>Berners.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ran"som*a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Such as can be ransomed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"som*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
ransoms or redeems.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ran"som*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Incapable of being
ransomed; without ransom.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rant</hw> (r&abreve;nt), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Ranted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ranting</u>.] [OD. <i>ranten</i>, <i>randen</i>, to dote, to be
enraged.] <def>To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant
language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and
bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a <i>ranting</i>
preacher.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Look where my <i>ranting</i> host of the Garter
comes!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>High-sounding language,
without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty
declamation; bombast; as, the <i>rant</i> of fanatics.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This is a stoical <i>rant</i>, without any foundation
in the nature of man or reason of things.</blockquote>
<i>Atterbury.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rant"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eccl. Hist.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; -- called also
<i>Seekers</i>. See <u>Seeker</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One
of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists
on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in
contempt.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rant"er*ism</hw> (-&ibreve;z'm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Eccl.
Hist.)</i> <def>The practice or tenets of the Ranters.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rant"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a ranting
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rant"i*pole</hw> (-&ibreve;*p&omacr;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[<i>Ranty</i> + <i>pole</i>, <i>poll</i>, head.] <def>A wild, romping
young person.</def> [Low]  <i>Marryat.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rant"i*pole</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Wild; roving;
rakish.</def> [Low]</p>

<p><hw>Rant"i*pole</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To act like a
rantipole.</def> [Low]</p>

<p><blockquote>She used to <i>rantipole</i> about the
house.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rant"ism</hw> (-&ibreve;z'm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Eccl.
Hist.)</i> <def>Ranterism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rant"y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Wild; noisy;
boisterous.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ran"u*la</hw> (r&abreve;n"&usl;*l&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a little frog, a little swelling on the
tongue of cattle, dim. of <i>rana</i> a frog.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A
cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the
submaxillary gland.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*nun`cu*la"ceous</hw>
(r&adot;*n&ubreve;&nsm;`k&usl;*l&amacr;"sh&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Ranunculus</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to a natural order of plants (<i>Ranunculace&aelig;</i>),
of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the
virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and
peony.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*nun"cu*lus</hw> (r&adot;*n&ubreve;&nsm;"k&usl;*l&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> E. <plw><b>Ranunculuses</b></plw> (-
&ebreve;z), L. <plw><b>Ranunculi</b></plw> (-l&imacr;). [L., a little
frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps crowfoot, dim. of <i>rana</i> a frog;
cf. <i>raccare</i> to roar.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of herbs,
mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the
cultivated ranunculi (<i>R. Asiaticus</i>, <i>R. aconitifolius</i>,
etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1189 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>||Ranz" des` vaches"</hw> (r&auml;Ns" d&asl;` v&adot;sh"). [F.,
the ranks or rows of cows, the name being given from the fact that the
cattle, when answering the musical call of their keeper, move towards
him in a row, preceded by those wearing bells.] <def>The name for
numerous simple, but very irregular, melodies of the Swiss
mountaineers, blown on a long tube called the <i>Alpine horn</i>, and
sometimes sung.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap</hw> (r&abreve;p), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol.
uncertain.] <def>A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.</def>
<i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rapped</u> (r&abreve;pt); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rapping</u>.] [Akin to Sw. <i>rappa</i> to strike,
<i>rapp</i> stroke, Dan. <i>rap</i>, perhaps of imitative origin.]
<def>To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to <i>rap</i>
on the door.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
strike with a quick blow; to knock on.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>With one great peal they <i>rap</i> the
door.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Founding)</i> <def>To free (a pattern) in a
mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its
removal.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A quick, smart blow; a
knock.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rapped</u> (r&abreve;pt), usually written <u>Rapt</u>;
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rapping</u>.] [OE. <i>rapen</i>;
akin to LG. & D. <i>rapen</i> to snatch, G. <i>raffen</i>, Sw.
<i>rappa</i>; cf. Dan. <i>rappe sig</i> to make haste, and Icel.
<i>hrapa</i> to fall, to rush, hurry. The word has been confused with
L. <i>rapere</i> to seize.  Cf. <u>Rape</u> robbery, <u>Rapture</u>,
<u>Raff</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>, <u>Ramp</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To snatch away; to seize and hurry
off.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And through the Greeks and Ilians they <i>rapt</i><BR>
The whirring chariot.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>From Oxford I was <i>rapt</i> by my nephew, Sir Edmund
Bacon, to Redgrove.</blockquote> <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To hasten.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Piers
Plowman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To seize and bear away, as the mind or
thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or
rapture; as, <i>rapt</i> into admiration.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I 'm <i>rapt</i> with joy to see my Marcia's
tears.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rapt</i> into future times, the bard
begun.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To exchange; to truck.</def> [Obs. &
Low]</p>

<p><col><b>To rap and ren</b></col>, <col><b>To rap and
rend</b></col>. [Perhaps fr. Icel. <i>hrapa</i> to hurry and
<i>r&aelig;na</i> plunder, fr. <i>r&amacr;n</i> plunder, E.
<i>ran</i>.] <cd>To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence.</cd>
<i>Dryden.</i> "[Ye] waste all that ye may <i>rape and renne</i>."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>All they could <i>rap and rend</i> and
pilfer.</blockquote> <i>Hudibras.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To rap out</b></col>, <cd>to utter with sudden violence,
as an oath.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>A judge who <i>rapped out</i> a great
oath.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Perhaps contr. fr.
<i>raparee</i>.] <def>A popular name for any of the tokens that passed
current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the
eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Many counterfeits passed about under the name of
<i>raps</i>.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a
<i>rap</i>, save with her consent.</blockquote> <i>Mrs.
Alexander.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Not to care a rap</b></col>, <cd>to care nothing.</cd> --
<col><b>Not worth a rap</b></col>, <cd>worth nothing.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Ra*pa"ces</hw> (r&adot;*p&amacr;"s&emacr;z), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Rapacious</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Same as <u>Accipitres</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*pa"cious</hw> (-sh&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rapax</i>, <i>-acis</i>, from <i>rapere</i> to seize and carry off,
to snatch away. See <u>Rapid</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to
seize by violence; seizing by force.</def> " The downfall of the
<i>rapacious</i> and licentious Knights Templar."  <i>Motley.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on
prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a <i>rapacious</i>
animal; a <i>rapacious</i> bird.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also,
greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, <i>rapacious</i> usurers; a
<i>rapacious</i> appetite.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[Thy Lord] redeem thee quite from Death's
<i>rapacious</i> claim</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Ra*pa"cious*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Ra*pa"cious*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ra*pac"i*ty</hw> (r&adot;*p&abreve;s"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rapacitas</i>: cf. F.
<i>rapacit&eacute;</i>. See <u>Rapacious</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as,
the <i>rapacity</i> of pirates; the <i>rapacity</i> of
wolves.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act or practice of extorting or
exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.</def>
"The <i>rapacity</i> of some ages."  <i>Sprat.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap`a*ree"</hw> (r&abreve;p`&adot;*r&emacr;"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Rapparee</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rape</hw> (r&amacr;p), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&acirc;pe</i> a grape stalk.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Fruit, as
grapes, plucked from the cluster.</def>  <i>Ray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The refuse stems and skins of grapes or
raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine
making.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A filter containing the above refuse, used
in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rape wine</b></col>, <cd>a poor, thin wine made from the
last dregs of pressed grapes.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rape</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Akin to <i>rap</i> to snatch,
but confused with L. <i>rapere</i>. See <u>Rap</u> to snatch.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of seizing and carrying away by force;
violent seizure; robbery.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And ruined orphans of thy <i>rapes</i>
complain.</blockquote> <i>Sandys.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Sexual connection with a woman
without her consent. See <i>Age of consent</i>, under <u>Consent</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def>
</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is snatched away.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Where now are all my hopes? O, never more<BR>
Shall they revive! nor death her <i>rapes</i> restore.</blockquote>
<i>Sandys.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Movement, as in snatching; haste;
hurry.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rape</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To commit rape upon; to
ravish.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To rape and ren</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Rap</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, to snatch.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rape</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To rob; to
pillage.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Heywood.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rape</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Icel. <i>hreppr</i> village,
district; cf. Icel. <i>hreppa</i> to catch, obtain, AS.
<i>hrepian</i>, <i>hreppan</i>, to touch.] <def>One of six divisions
of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a
shire.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rape</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rapa</i>, <i>rapum</i>,
akin to Gr. <grk>"ra`pys</grk>, <grk>"ra`fys</grk>, G.
<i>r&uuml;be</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name given to a variety or to
varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage.
The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited
extent for the food of cage birds.</def></p>

<p>&fist; These plants, with the edible turnip, have been variously
named, but are all now believed to be derived from the <i>Brassica
campestris</i> of Europe, which by some is not considered distinct
from the wild stock (<i>B. oleracea</i>) of the cabbage. See
<u>Cole</u>.</p>

<p><col><b>Broom rape</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See <u>Broom
rape</u>, in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Rape cake</b></col>,
<cd>the refuse remaining after the oil has been expressed from the
rape seed.</cd> -- <col><b>Rape root</b></col>. <cd>Same as
<u>Rape</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Summer rape</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i>
<cd>See <u>Colza</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rape"ful</hw> (r&amacr;p"f&usd;l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Violent.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Given to the commission of rape.</def>
<i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap"ful*ly</hw> (r&abreve;p"f&usd;l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Violently.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Raph`a*el*esque"</hw>
(r&abreve;f`&adot;*&ebreve;l*&ebreve;sk"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raph"a*el*ism</hw> (r&abreve;f"&adot;*&ebreve;l*&ibreve;z'm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The principles of painting introduced by
Raphael, the Italian painter.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raph"a*el*ite</hw> (-&imacr;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raph"a*ny</hw> (r&abreve;f"&adot;*n&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>raphanie</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A
convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in
Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by
eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (<i>Raphanus
raphanistrum</i>) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be
a form of ergotism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"phe</hw> (r&amacr;"f&esl;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. <grk>"rafh`</grk> a seam or suture, fr. <grk>"ra`ptein</grk> to
sew or stitch together.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A
line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line;
as, the <i>raphe</i> of the tongue.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rhaphe</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Raph"i*des</hw> (r&abreve;f"&ibreve;*d&emacr;z), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [F. <i>raphide</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>See
<u>Rhaphides</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap"id</hw> (r&abreve;p"&ibreve;d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rapidus</i>, fr. <i>rapere</i> to seize and carry off, to snatch or
hurry away; perhaps akin to Gr. <grk>'arpa`zein</grk>: cf. F.
<i>rapide</i>.  Cf. <u>Harpy</u>, <u>Ravish</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Very swift or quick; moving with celerity;
fast; as, a <i>rapid</i> stream; a <i>rapid</i> flight; a <i>rapid</i>
motion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Ascend my chariot; guide the <i>rapid</i>
wheels.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in
progression; in quick sequence; as, <i>rapid</i> growth; <i>rapid</i>
improvement; <i>rapid</i> recurrence; <i>rapid</i>
succession.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Quick in execution; as, a <i>rapid</i>
penman.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap"id</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rapide</i>. See
<u>Rapid</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>The part of a river where the
current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or
cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine <i>rapids</i> in
the St. Lawrence.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,<BR>
The <i>rapids</i> are near, and the daylight's past.</blockquote>
<i>Moore.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra*pid"i*ty</hw> (r&adot;*p&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rapiditas</i>: cf. F.
<i>rapidit&eacute;</i>.] <def>The quality or state of being rapid;
swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the <i>rapidity</i> of a current;
<i>rapidity</i> of speech; <i>rapidity</i> of growth or
improvement.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Rapidness; haste; speed; celerity; velocity;
swiftness; fleetness; quickness; agility.</p>

<p><hw>Rap"id*ly</hw> (r&abreve;p"&ibreve;d*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rapid manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap"id*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality of being
rapid; rapidity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"pi*er</hw> (r&amacr;"p&ibreve;*&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rapi&egrave;re</i>, perhaps for
<i>raspi&egrave;re</i>, and ultimately of German origin, akin to E.
<i>rasp</i>, v.] <def>A straight sword, with a narrow and finely
pointed blade, used only for thrusting.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rapier fish</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the
swordfish.</cd> [Obs.]  <i>Grew.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"pi*ered</hw> (-&etilde;rd), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Wearing a rapier.</def> "Scarletcoated, <i>rapiered</i> figures."
<i>Lowell.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ra*pil"li</hw> (r&adot;*p&ibreve;l"l&esl;), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [It.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>Lapilli.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap"ine</hw> (r&abreve;p"&ibreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rapine</i>; cf. Pr. & It. <i>rapina</i>; all fr. L. <i>rapina</i>,
fr. <i>rapere</i> to seize and carry off by force. See <u>Rapid</u>,
and cf. <u>Raven</u> rapine.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force;
spoliation; pillage; plunder.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the
desire of <i>rapine</i> as by the desire of glory.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Ravishment; rape.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap"ine</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To plunder.</def>
<i>Sir G. Buck.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap"i*nous</hw> (r&abreve;p"&ibreve;*n&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Given to rapine.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rap"page</hw> (-p&asl;j; 48), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Founding)</i> <def>The enlargement of a mold caused by rapping the
pattern.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap`pa*ree"</hw> (-p&adot;*r&emacr;"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so
called from his carrying a half-pike, called a <i>rapary</i>.</def>
[Written also <i>raparee</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rapped</hw> (r&abreve;pt), <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
of <u>Rap</u>, to strike.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rapped</hw>, <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of <u>Rap</u>,
to snatch away.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap*pee"</hw> (r&abreve;p*p&emacr;"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&acirc;p&eacute;</i>, fr. <i>r&acirc;per</i> to grate, to rasp.
See <u>Rasp</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>A pungent kind of snuff
made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap"pel</hw> (r&abreve;p"p&ebreve;l or r&abreve;p*p&ebreve;l"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.  Cf. <u>Repeal</u>.] <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>The
beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap"per</hw> (r&abreve;p"p&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[From <u>Rap</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which,
raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.</def>
<i>Sterne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A forcible oath or lie.</def> [Slang]
<i>Bp. Parker.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap*port"</hw> (r&abreve;p*p&omacr;rt"; F. r&adot;`p&ocirc;r"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. <i>rapporter</i> to bring again or back,
to refer; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>apporter</i> to bring, L.
<i>apportare</i>. Cf. <u>Report</u>.] <def>Relation; proportion;
conformity; correspondence; accord.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>'T is obvious what <i>rapport</i> there is between the
conceptions and languages in every country.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Temple.</i></p>

<p><col><b>||En` rap`port"</b></col> (&auml;N` r&adot;`p&ocirc;r")
[F.], <cd>in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially
a private, understanding; in mesmerism, in that relation of sympathy
which permits influence or communication.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rap*scal"lion</hw> (r&abreve;p*sk&abreve;l"y&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rascallion</u>.] <def>A rascal; a good-
for-nothing fellow.</def> [Colloq.]  <i>Howitt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rapt</hw> (r&abreve;pt), <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Rap</u>, to snatch away.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rapt</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Snatched away; hurried away or along.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Waters <i>rapt</i> with whirling away.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Transported with love, admiration, delight,
etc.; enraptured.</def> "The <i>rapt</i> musician."
<i>Longfellow.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or
meditation.</def> "<i>Rapt</i> in secret studies."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rapt</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From F. <i>rapt</i> abduction,
rape, L. <i>raptus</i>, fr. <i>rapere</i> to seize and carry off, to
transport; or fr. E. <i>rapt</i>, a. See <u>Rapt</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and <u>Rapid</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An
ecstasy; a trance.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bp. Morton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rapidity.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rapt</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
transport or ravish.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To carry away by force.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Daniel.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap"ter</hw> (r&abreve;p"t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A raptor.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap"tor</hw> (r&abreve;p"t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>raptor</i>, from <i>rapere</i> to ravish. See <u>Rapid</u>.] <def>A
ravisher; a plunderer.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Rap*to"res</hw> (r&abreve;p*t&omacr;"r&emacr;z), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Raptor</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same
as <u>Accipitres</u>. Called also <i>Raptatores</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap*to"ri*al</hw> (-r&ibreve;*<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Rapacious; living upon
prey; -- said especially of certain birds.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of
insects, birds, and other animals.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Of
or pertaining to the Raptores. See <i>Illust.</i> <sd><i>(f)</i></sd>
of <u>Aves</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap*to"ri*ous</hw> (-&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>raptorius</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Raptorial.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap"ture</hw> (r&abreve;p"t&usl;r; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>rapere</i>, <i>raptum</i>, to carry off by force. See
<u>Rapid</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A seizing by violence; a
hurrying along; rapidity with violence.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash<BR>
With headlong <i>rapture</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state or condition of being rapt, or
carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a
pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the
hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion, and advances praise
into <i>rapture</i>.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>You grow correct that once with <i>rapture</i>
writ.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Bliss; ecstasy; transport; delight; exultation.</p>

<p><hw>Rap"ture</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Raptured</u> (-t&usl;rd; 135); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rapturing</u>.] <def>To transport with excitement; to
enrapture.</def> [Poetic]  <i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap"tur*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An
enthusiast.</def> [Obs.]  <i>J. Spencer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rap"tur*ize</hw> (-&imacr;z), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>To put, or be put, in a state of rapture.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rap"tur*ous</hw> (-&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or
manifesting rapture; as, <i>rapturous</i> joy, pleasure, or delight;
<i>rapturous</i> applause.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rap"tur*ous*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rapturous
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rare</hw> (r&acirc;r), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Rather</u>,
<u>Rath</u>.] <def>Early.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Rude mechanicals that <i>rare</i> and late<BR>
Work in the market place.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rare</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Rarer</u> (r&acirc;r"&etilde;r); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos>
<u>Rarest</u>.] [Cf. AS. <i>hr&emacr;r</i>, or E. <i>rare</i> early.
&radic;18.] <def>Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked;
underdone; as, <i>rare</i> beef or mutton.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care<BR>
Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted <i>rare</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p>&fist; This word is in common use in the United States, but in
England its synonym <i>underdone</i> is preferred.</p>

<p><hw>Rare</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Rarer</u> (r&acirc;r"&etilde;r); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos>
<u>Rarest</u>.] [F., fr. L. <i>rarus</i> thin, rare.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring;
unusual; as, a <i>rare</i> event.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent;
valuable to a degree seldom found.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rare</i> work, all filled with terror and
delight.</blockquote> <i>Cowley.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Above the rest I judge one beauty
<i>rare</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Thinly scattered; dispersed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Those <i>rare</i> and solitary, these in
flocks.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Characterized by wide separation of parts;
of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a <i>rare</i>
atmosphere at high elevations.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence
nineteen times <i>rarer</i>, than gold.</blockquote> <i>Sir I.
Newton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Scarce; infrequent; unusual; uncommon; singular;
extraordinary; incomparable.  -- <u>Rare</u>, <u>Scarce</u>. We call a
thing <i>rare</i> when but few examples, specimens, or instances of it
are ever to be met with; as, a <i>rare</i> plant. We speak of a thing
as <i>scarce</i>, which, though usually abundant, is for the time
being to be had only in diminished quantities; as, a bad harvest makes
corn <i>scarce</i>.</p>

<p><blockquote>A perfect union of wit and judgment is one of the
<i>rarest</i> things in the world.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When any particular piece of money grew very
<i>scarce</i>, it was often recoined by a succeeding
emperor.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rare"bit</hw> (r&acirc;r"b&ibreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See <i>Welsh rabbit</i>, under
<u>Rabbit</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rar"ee-show`</hw> (r&acirc;r"&esl;-sh&omacr;`),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Contr. fr. <i>rarity-show</i>.] <def>A show
carried about in a box; a peep show.</def>  <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rar`e*fac"tion</hw> (r&abreve;r`&esl;*f&abreve;k"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rar&eacute;faction</i>. See
<u>Rarefy</u>.] <def>The act or process of rarefying; the state of
being rarefied; -- opposed to <i>condensation</i>; as, the
<i>rarefaction</i> of air.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rar"e*fi`a*ble</hw> (r&abreve;r"&esl;*f&imacr;`&adot;*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rar&eacute;fiable</i>.] <def>Capable
of being rarefied.</def>  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rar"e*fy</hw> (r&abreve;r"&esl;*f&imacr;; 277), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rarefied</u> (-
f&imacr;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rarefying</u> (-
f&imacr;`&ibreve;ng).] [F. <i>rar&eacute;fier</i>; L. <i>rarus</i>
rare + <i>-ficare</i> (in comp.) to make; cf. L. <i>rarefacere</i>.
See <u>-fy</u>.] <def>To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to
expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; --
opposed to <i>condense</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rar"e*fy</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To become less
dense; to become thin and porous.</def> "Earth <i>rarefies</i> to
dew."  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rare"ly</hw> (r&acirc;r"l&ybreve;), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often;
as, things <i>rarely</i> seen.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See
3d <u>Rare</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The person who played so <i>rarely</i> on the
flageolet.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The rest of the apartments are <i>rarely</i>
gilded.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rare"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state or quality
of being rare.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And let the <i>rareness</i> the small gift
commend.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rare"ripe`</hw> (-r&imacr;p`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<i>Rare</i> early + <i>ripe</i>.  Cf. <u>Rathripe</u>.] <def>Early
ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual season.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rare"ripe`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An early ripening
fruit, especially a kind of freestone peach.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rar`i*fi*ca"tion</hw>
(r&abreve;r`&ibreve;*f&ibreve;*k&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Rarefaction</u>.</def> [R.]  <i>Am.
Chem. Journal.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rar"i*ty</hw> (r&abreve;r"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;; 277),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rarities</b></plw> (-
t&ibreve;z). [L. <i>raritas</i>: cf. F. <i>raret&eacute;</i>. See
<u>Rare</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality or state of being
rare; rareness; thinness; as, the <i>rarity</i> (contrasted with the
<i>density</i>) of gases.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1190 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is rare; an uncommon thing; a
thing valued for its scarcity.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I saw three <i>rarities</i> of different kinds, which
pleased me more than any other shows in the place.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ras</hw> (r&auml;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See 2d
<u>Reis</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra`sante"</hw> (r&adot;`z&auml;Nt"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[F., p. pr. of <i>raser</i> to graze.] <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>Sweeping;
grazing; -- applied to a style of fortification in which the command
of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low,
in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground
before them.</def>  <i>H. L. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ras"cal</hw> (r&abreve;s"k<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>rascaille</i> rabble, probably from an OF. <i>racaille</i>, F.
<i>racaille</i> the rabble, rubbish, probably akin to F. <i>racler</i>
to scrape, (assumed) LL. <i>rasiculare</i>, <i>rasicare</i>, fr. L.
<i>radere</i>, <i>rasum</i>. See <u>Rase</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One of the rabble; a low, common sort of
person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a
lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand
of the <i>rascal</i>.</blockquote> <i>Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel] vi.
19).</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Poor men alone? No, no; the noblest deer hath them
[horns] as huge as the <i>rascal</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest
person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For I have sense to serve my turn in store,<BR>
And he's a <i>rascal</i> who pretends to more.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ras"cal</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the
common herd or common people; low; mean; base.</def>  "The
<i>rascal</i> many." <i>Spenser.</i>  "The <i>rascal</i> people."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>While she called me <i>rascal</i> fiddler.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ras"cal*dom</hw> (-d&ubreve;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>State
of being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals,
collectively.</def>  <i>Emerson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ras"cal*ess</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A female
rascal.</def> [Humorous]</p>

<p><hw>Ras*cal"i*ty</hw> (r&abreve;s*k&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rascalities</b></plw> (-
t&ibreve;z).</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality or state of being rascally, or
a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The poorer and lower classes of
people.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The chief heads of their clans with their several
<i>rascalities</i>.</blockquote> <i>T. Jackson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ras*cal"lion</hw> (r&abreve;s*k&abreve;l"y&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Rascal</u>.] <def>A low, mean
wretch.</def> [Written also <i>rascalion</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ras"cal*ly</hw> (r&abreve;s"k<i>a</i>l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base;
worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of
dishonesty.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Our <i>rascally</i> porter is fallen fast
asleep.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rase</hw> (r&amacr;z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rased</u> (r&amacr;zd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rasing</u>.] [F. <i>raser</i>, LL. <i>rasare</i> to
scrape often, v. freq. fr. L. <i>radere</i>, <i>rasum</i>, to scrape,
shave; cf. Skr. <i>rad</i> to scratch, gnaw, L. <i>rodere</i> to gnaw.
Cf. <u>Raze</u>, <u>Razee</u>, <u>Razor</u>, <u>Rodent</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To rub along the surface of; to graze.</def>
[Obsoles.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and
might not the bullet which <i>rased</i> his cheek have gone into his
head?</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Sometimes his feet <i>rased</i> the surface of the
water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his
nose.</blockquote> <i>Beckford.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To rub or scratch out; to erase.</def>
[Obsoles.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Except we <i>rase</i> the faculty of memory, root and
branch, out of our mind.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To level with the ground; to overthrow; to
destroy; to raze.</def> [In this sense <i>raze</i> is generally
used.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Till Troy were by their brave hands <i>rased</i>,<BR>
They would not turn home.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p>&fist; This word, <i>rase</i>, may be considered as nearly
obsolete; <i>graze</i>, <i>erase</i>, and <i>raze</i>, having
superseded it.</p>

<p><col><b>Rasing iron</b></col>, <cd>a tool for removing old oakum
and pitch from the seams of a vessel.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel;
level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.</p>

<p><hw>Rase</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be leveled with the
ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rase</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
scratching out, or erasure.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A slight wound; a scratch.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(O. Eng. Law)</i> <def>A way of measuring in
which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the
measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above
it.</def>  <i>Burrill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rash</hw> (r&abreve;sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [For
<i>arace</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To pull off or pluck
violently.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rashing</i> off helms and riving plates
asunder.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rash</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>rasche</i> an eruption,
scurf, F. <i>rache</i>; fr. (assumed) LL. <i>rasicare</i> to scratch,
fr. L. <i>radere</i>, <i>rasum</i>, to scrape, scratch, shave. See
<u>Rase</u>, and cf. <u>Rascal</u>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A fine
eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no
elevation.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Canker rash</b></col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> --
<col><b>Nettle rash</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Urticaria</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rose rash</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Roseola</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Tooth rash</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Red-gum</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rash</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>ras</i> short-nap
cloth, It. & Sp. <i>raso</i> satin (cf. <u>Rase</u>); or cf. It.
<i>rascia</i> serge, G. <i>rasch</i>, probably fr. <i>Arras</i> in
France (cf. <u>Arras</u>).] <def>An inferior kind of silk, or mixture
of silk and worsted.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Donne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rash</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Rasher</u> (-&etilde;r); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Rashest</u>.]
[Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. <i>rask</i> quick, brisk,
rash, Icel. <i>r&ouml;skr</i> vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G.
<i>rasch</i> quick, of uncertain origin.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Sudden in action; quick; hasty.</def> [Obs.] "Strong as aconitum
or <i>rash</i> gunpowder."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Requiring sudden action; pressing;
urgent.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>I scarce have leisure to salute you,<BR>
My matter is so <i>rash</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Esp., overhasty in counsel or action;
precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due
deliberation and caution; opposed to <i>prudent</i>; said of persons;
as, a <i>rash</i> statesman or commander.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Uttered or undertaken with too much haste
or too little reflection; as, <i>rash</i> words; <i>rash</i>
measures.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>So dry as to fall out of the ear with
handling, as corn.</def> [Prov. Eng.] <i>Grose.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty;
indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless;
inconsiderate; unwary.  -- <u>Rash</u>, <u>Adventurous</u>,
<u>Foolhardy</u>. A man is <i>adventurous</i> who incurs risk or
hazard from a love of the arduous and the bold. A man is <i>rash</i>
who does it from the mere impulse of his feelings, without counting
the cost. A man is <i>foolhardy</i> who throws himself into danger in
disregard or defiance of the consequences.</p>

<p><blockquote>Was never known a more <i>adventurous</i>
knight.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Her <i>rash</i> hand in evil hour<BR>
Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If any yet  be so <i>foolhardy</i><BR>
To expose themselves to vain jeopardy;<BR>
If they come wounded off, and lame,<BR>
No honor 's got by such a maim.</blockquote> <i>Hudibras.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rash</hw> (r&abreve;sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
prepare with haste.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rash"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [In sense 1,
probably fr. <i>rash</i>, a., as being hastily cooked.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A thin slice of bacon.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A California rockfish
(<i>Sebastichthys miniatus</i>).</def></p>

<p><hw>Rash"ful</hw> (-f&usd;l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rash;
hasty; precipitate.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rash"ling</hw> (-l&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rash
person.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rash"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rash manner;
with precipitation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He that doth anything <i>rashly</i>, must do it
willingly; for he was free to deliberate or not.</blockquote>
<i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rash"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state
of being rash.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We offend . . . by <i>rashness</i>, which is an
affirming or denying, before we have sufficiently informed
ourselves.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Temerity; foolhardiness; precipitancy;
precipitation; hastiness; indiscretion; heedlessness; inconsideration;
carelessness. See <u>Temerity</u>.</p>

<p><hw>||Ras*kol"nik</hw> (r&abreve;s*k&obreve;l"n&ibreve;k),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Russ. <i>raskolenik'</i> schismatic, heretic.]
<i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>One of the separatists or dissenters from the
established or Greek church in Russia.</def> [Written also
<i>rascolnik</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ra*so"res</hw> (r&adot;*z&omacr;"r&emacr;z), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L. <i>radere</i>, <i>rasum</i>, to scratch.
See <u>Rase</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An
order of birds; the Gallin&aelig;.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Formerly, the word <i>Rasores</i> was used in a wider sense,
so as to include other birds now widely separated in
classification.</p>

<p><hw>Ra*so"ri*al</hw> (-r&ibreve;*<i>a</i>l; 277),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl,
partridge, quail, and the like.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"sour</hw> (r&auml;"s&oomac;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Razor.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rasp</hw> (r&adot;sp), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rasped</u> (r&adot;spt); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rasping</u>.] [OF. <i>rasper</i>, F.
<i>r&acirc;per</i>, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG.
<i>rasp&omacr;n</i> to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to
E. <i>rap</i>.  Cf. <u>Rap</u> to snatch.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate
with a rough file; as, to <i>rasp</i> wood to make it smooth; to
<i>rasp</i> bones to powder.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon;
to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds
<i>rasp</i> the ear; his insults <i>rasped</i> my temper.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rasp</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>raspe</i>, OF.
<i>raspe</i>, F. <i>r&acirc;pe</i>. See <u>Rasp</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A coarse file, on which the cutting
prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a
sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true
file.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The raspberry.</def> [Obs.] "Set sorrel
amongst <i>rasps</i>, and the <i>rasps</i> will be the smaller."
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rasp palm</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a Brazilian palm
tree (<i>Iriartea exorhiza</i>) which has strong a&euml;rial roots
like a screw pine. The roots have a hard, rough surface, and are used
by the natives for graters and rasps, whence the common name.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Ras`pa*to"ri*um</hw>
(r&abreve;s`p&adot;*t&omacr;"r&ibreve;*&ubreve;m),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.] <def>See <u>Raspatory</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rasp"a*to*ry</hw> (r&adot;sp"&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>raspatorium</i>: cf. F. <i>raspatoir</i>.
See <u>Rasp</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>A surgeon's rasp.</def>
<i>Wiseman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rasp"ber*ry</hw> (r&abreve;z"b&ebreve;r*r&ybreve;; 277),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From E. <i>rasp</i>, in allusion to the apparent
roughness of the fruit.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
thimble-shaped fruit of the <i>Rubus Id&aelig;us</i> and other similar
brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white
<i>raspberry</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The shrub bearing
this fruit.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Technically, raspberries are those brambles in which the
fruit separates readily from the core or receptacle, in this differing
from the blackberries, in which the fruit is firmly attached to the
receptacle.</p>

<p><hw>Rasp"er</hw> (r&adot;sp"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ras"pis</hw> (r&abreve;s"p&ibreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The raspberry.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Langham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rasp"y</hw> (r&adot;sp"&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating.</def>  <i>R.
D. Blackmore.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rasse</hw> (r&abreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Malay
<i>r&amacr;sa</i> taste, sensation.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A
carnivore (<i>Viverricula Mallaccensis</i>) allied to the civet but
smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume
resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese.
Called also <i>Malacca weasel</i>, and <i>lesser civet</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"sure</hw> (r&amacr;"zh&usl;r; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rasura</i>, fr. <i>radere</i>, <i>rasum</i>, to scrape, to shave.
See <u>Rase</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act
of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A mark by which a letter, word, or any part
of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or obliterated; an
erasure.</def>  <i>Ayliffe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat</hw> (r&abreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>r&aelig;t</i>; akin to D. <i>rat</i>, OHG. <i>rato</i>,
<i>ratta</i>, G. <i>ratte</i>, <i>ratze</i>, OLG. <i>ratta</i>, LG. &
Dan. <i>rotte</i>, Sw. <i>r&aring;tta</i>, F. <i>rat</i>, Ir. & Gael.
<i>radan</i>, Armor. <i>raz</i>, of unknown origin.  Cf.
<u>Raccoon</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of
several species of small rodents of the genus <i>Mus</i> and allied
genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships,
especially the Norway, or brown, rat (<i>M. decumanus</i>), the black
rat (<i>M. rattus</i>), and the roof rat (<i>M. Alexandrinus</i>).
These were introduced into America from the Old World.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A round and tapering mass of hair, or
similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of
their natural hair.</def> [Local, U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One who deserts his party or associates;
hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those
prescribed by a trades union.</def> [Cant]</p>

<p>&fist; "It so chanced that, not long after the accession of the
house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is, the German or Norway,
rats, were first brought over to this country (in some timber as is
said); and being much stronger than the black, or, till then, the
common, rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter. The
word (both the noun and the verb to <i>rat</i>) was first, as we have
seen, leveled at the converts to the government of George the First,
but has by degrees obtained a wider meaning, and come to be applied to
any sudden and mercenary change in politics."  <i>Lord Mahon.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Bamboo rat</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any Indian
rodent of the genus <i>Rhizomys</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Beaver
rat</b></col>, <col><b>Coast rat</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<cd>See under <u>Beaver</u>, and <u>Coast</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Blind
rat</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the mole rat.</cd> --
<col><b>Cotton rat</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a long-haired
rat (<i>Sigmodon hispidus</i>), native of the Southern United States
and Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious to the
crop.</cd> -- <col><b>Ground rat</b></col>. <cd>See <i>Ground Pig</i>,
under <u>Ground</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Hedgehog rat</b></col>. <cd>See
under <u>Hedgehog</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Kangaroo rat</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the potoroo.</cd> -- <col><b>Norway
rat</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the common brown rat. See
<u>Rat</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Pouched rat</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>See <i>Pocket Gopher</i>, under
<u>Pocket</u>.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Any African rodent of the
genus <i>Cricetomys</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rat Indians</b></col>
<i>(Ethnol.)</i>, <cd>a tribe of Indians dwelling near Fort Ukon,
Alaska. They belong to the Athabascan stock.</cd> -- <col><b>Rat
mole</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See <i>Mole rat</i>, under
<u>Mole</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rat pit</b></col>, <cd>an inclosed space
into which rats are put to be killed by a dog for sport.</cd> --
<col><b>Rat snake</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a large colubrine
snake (<i>Ptyas mucosus</i>) very common in India and Ceylon. It
enters dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc.</cd> --
<col><b>Spiny rat</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any South
American rodent of the genus <i>Echinomys</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>To
smell a rat</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Smell</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Wood rat</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any American rat
of the genus <i>Neotoma</i>, especially <i>N. Floridana</i>, common in
the Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rat</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ratted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ratting</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In English politics, to
desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's
associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less
wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades
union.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Coleridge . . . incurred the reproach of having
<i>ratted</i>, solely by his inability to follow the friends of his
early days.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To catch or kill rats.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"ta</hw> (r&auml;"t&adot;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Maori.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A New Zealand forest tree (<i>Metrosideros
robusta</i>), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for
paddles and war clubs.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat`a*bil"i*ty</hw>
(r&amacr;t`&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or state of being ratable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"a*ble</hw> (r&amacr;t"&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Capable of being rated, or set at a certain
value.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Twenty or&aelig; were <i>ratable</i> to [at] two marks
of silver.</blockquote> <i>Camden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Liable to, or subjected by law to,
taxation; as, <i>ratable</i> estate.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Made at a proportionate rate; as,
<i>ratable</i> payments.</def> -- <wf>Rat"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> -- <wf>Rat"a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rat`a*fi"a</hw> (r&abreve;t`&adot;*f&emacr;"&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. Malay <i>arak</i> arrack +
<i>t&amacr;f&imacr;a</i> a spirit distilled from molasses.] <def>A
spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots,
peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term
applied to the liqueurs called <i>noyau</i>, <i>cura&ccedil;ao</i>,
etc.</def> [Written also <i>ratifia</i> and <i>ratafee</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ra*tan"</hw> (r&adot;*t&abreve;n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>See <u>Rattan</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"a*ny</hw> (r&abreve;t"&adot;*n&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rhatany</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra`ta`plan"</hw> (r&adot;`t&adot;`pl&auml;N"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>The iterative sound of beating a drum,
or of a galloping horse.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ratch</hw> (r&abreve;ch), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Rotche</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ratch</hw> (r&abreve;ch), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rack</u>
the instrument, <u>Ratchet</u>.] <def>A ratchet wheel, or notched bar,
with which a pawl or click works.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ratch"el</hw> (-&ebreve;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Gravelly
stone.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Ratch"et</hw> (-&ebreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Properly a
diminutive from the same word as <i>rack</i>: cf. F. <i>rochet</i>.
See 2d <u>Ratch</u>, <u>Rack</u> the instrument.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet
wheel, or ratch, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or
ratch, and pawl.  See <i>Ratchet wheel</i>, below, and 2d
<u>Ratch</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ratchet brace</b></col> <i>(Mech.)</i>, <cd>a boring brace,
having a ratchet wheel and pawl for rotating the tool by back and
forth movements of the brace handle.</cd> -- <col><b>Ratchet
drill</b></col>, <cd>a portable machine for working a drill by hand,
consisting of a hand lever carrying at one end a drill holder which is
revolved by means of a ratchet wheel and pawl, by swinging the lever
back and forth.</cd> -- <col><b>Ratchet wheel</b></col>
<i>(Mach.)</i>, <cd>a circular wheel having teeth, usually angular,
with which a reciprocating pawl engages to turn the wheel forward, or
a stationary pawl to hold it from turning backward.</cd></p>

<p>&fist; In the cut, the moving pawl <i>c</i> slides over the teeth
in one direction, but in returning, draws the wheel with it, while the
pawl <i>d</i> prevents it from turning in the contrary direction.</p>

<p><! p. 1191 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Rate</hw> (r&amacr;t), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [Perh. fr.
E. <i>rate</i>, v. t., to value at a certain rate, to estimate, but
more prob. fr. Sw. <i>rata</i> to find fault, to blame, to despise, to
hold cheap; cf. Icel. <i>hrat</i> refuse, <i>hrati</i> rubbish.]
<def>To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.</def>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Go, <i>rate</i> thy minions, proud, insulting
boy!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming
them from it, and <i>rating</i> them for it.</blockquote>
<i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rate</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF., fr. L. <i>rata</i> (sc.
<i>pars</i>), fr. <i>ratus</i> reckoned, fixed by calculation, p. p.
of <i>reri</i> to reckon, to calculate.  Cf. <u>Reason</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Established portion or measure; fixed
allowance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The one right feeble through the evil <i>rate</i><BR>
Of food which in her duress she had found.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is established as a measure or
criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow
<i>rate</i> of movement; <i>rate</i> of interest is the ratio of the
interest to the principal, per annum.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Heretofore the <i>rate</i> and standard of wit was
different from what it is nowadays.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In this did his holiness and godliness appear above the
<i>rate</i> and pitch of other men's, in that he was so . . .
merciful.</blockquote> <i>Calamy.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Many of the horse could not march at that <i>rate</i>,
nor come up soon enough.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Valuation; price fixed with relation to a
standard; cost; charge; as, high or low <i>rates</i> of
transportation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They come at dear <i>rates</i> from Japan.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A tax or sum assessed by authority on
property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in
England, a local tax; as, parish <i>rates</i>; town
<i>rates</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Order; arrangement.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Thus sat they all around in seemly
<i>rate</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Ratification; approval.</def> [R.]
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Horol.)</i> <def>The gain or loss of a
timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily <i>rate</i>; hourly
<i>rate</i>; etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to
its size, armament, etc.; as, first <i>rate</i>, second <i>rate</i>,
etc.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The class of a merchant vessel for
marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1,
A2, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rate</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rated</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rating</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To set a certain estimate on;
to value at a certain price or degree.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>rate</i> a man by the nature of his companions is
a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.</blockquote>
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>You seem not high enough your joys to
<i>rate</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To assess for the payment of a rate or
tax.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To settle the relative scale, rank,
position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to <i>rate</i> a ship; to
<i>rate</i> a seaman; to <i>rate</i> a pension.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To ratify.</def> [Obs.] "To <i>rate</i> the
truce."  <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rate a chronometer</b></col>, <cd>to ascertain the exact
rate of its gain or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an
allowance or computation dependent thereon.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.</p>

<p><hw>Rate</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship
<i>rates</i> as a ship of the line.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make an estimate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rate"a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Ratable</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"tel</hw> (r&amacr;"t&ebreve;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any carnivore of the genus <i>Mellivora</i>,
allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also <i>honey
badger</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Several species are known in Africa and India. The Cape
ratel (<i>M. Capensis</i>) and the Indian ratel (<i>M. Indica</i>) are
the best known.  The back is gray; the lower parts, face, and tail are
black. They are fond of honey, and rob the nests of wild bees.</p>

<p><hw>Rate"pay`er</hw> (-p&amacr;`&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who pays rates or taxes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"er</hw> (r&amacr;t"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who rates or estimates.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who rates or
scolds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"fish`</hw> (r&abreve;t"f&ibreve;sh`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Rat-tail</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rath</hw> (r&abreve;th), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ir.
<i>rath</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A hill or mound.</def> [Ireland]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A kind of ancient fortification found in
Ireland.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rath</hw>, <hw>Rathe</hw>  } (r&abreve;th),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hr&aelig;&eth;</i>, <i>hr&aelig;d</i>,
quick, akin to OHG. <i>hrad</i>, Icel. <i>hra&eth;r</i>.] <def>Coming
before others, or before the usual time; early.</def> [Obs. or
Poetic]</p>

<p><blockquote>Bring the <i>rathe</i> primrose that forsaken
dies.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rath</hw>, <hw>Rathe</hw>, } <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>Early; soon; betimes.</def> [Obs. or Poetic]</p>

<p><blockquote>Why rise ye up so <i>rathe</i>?</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Too <i>rathe</i> cut off by practice
criminal.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rath"er</hw> (r&abreve;&thlig;"&etilde;r), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Compar. of <u>Rath</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>Prior; earlier;
former.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Now no man dwelleth at the <i>rather</i>
town.</blockquote> <i>Sir J. Mandeville.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rath"er</hw> (r&abreve;&thlig;"&etilde;r; 277),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hra&eth;or</i>, compar. of
<i>hra&eth;e</i>, <i>hr&aelig;&eth;e</i>, quickly, immediately. See
<u>Rath</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Earlier; sooner; before.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Thou shalt, quod he, be <i>rather</i> false than
I.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A good mean to come the <i>rather</i> to
grace.</blockquote> <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>More readily or willingly;
preferably.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>My soul chooseth . . . death <i>rather</i> than my
life.</blockquote> <i>Job vii. 15.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>On the other hand; to the contrary of what
was said or suggested; instead.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Was nothing bettered, but <i>rather</i> grew
worse.</blockquote> <i>Mark v. 26.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Of two alternatives conceived of, this by
preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He sought throughout the world, but sought in vain,<BR>
And nowhere finding, <i>rather</i> feared her slain.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>More properly; more correctly
speaking.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This is an art<BR>
Which does mend nature, change it <i>rather</i>, but<BR>
The art itself is nature.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is
<i>rather</i> warm; the house is <i>rather</i> damp.</def></p>

<p><col><b>The rather</b></col>, <cd>the more so; especially; for
better reason; for particular cause.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>You are come to me in happy time,<BR>
<i>The rather</i> for I have some sport in hand.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Had rather</b></col>, or <col><b>Would rather</b></col>,
<cd>prefer to; prefers to; as, he <i>had</i>, or <i>would, rather</i>
go than stay.</cd> "I <i>had rather</i> speak five words with my
understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." <i>1 Cor.
xiv. 19.</i> See <i>Had rather</i>, under <u>Had</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rath"ripe`</hw> (r&abreve;th"r&imacr;p`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Rareripe, or early ripe.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rareripe.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Such who delight in <i>rathripe</i>
fruits.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat`i*fi*ca"tion</hw>
(r&abreve;t`&ibreve;*f&ibreve;*k&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>ratification</i>.] <def>The act of
ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as,
the <i>ratification</i> of a treaty.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"i*fi`er</hw> (r&abreve;t"&ibreve;*f&imacr;`&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that which, ratifies; a
confirmer.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat"i*fy</hw> (-f&imacr;), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Ratified</u> (-f&imacr;d);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Ratifying</u> (-
f&imacr;`&ibreve;ng).] [F. <i>ratifier</i>, fr. L. <i>ratus</i> fixed
by calculation, firm, valid + <i>-ficare</i> (in comp.) to make. See
<u>Rate</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, and <u>-fy</u>.] <def>To approve
and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle;
especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or
servant; as, to <i>ratify</i> an agreement, treaty, or contract; to
<i>ratify</i> a nomination.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It is impossible for the divine power to set a seal to
a lie by <i>ratifying</i> an imposture with such a
miracle.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat`i*ha*bi"tion</hw> (-h&adot;*b&ibreve;sh"&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ratihabitio</i>; <i>ratus</i> fixed, valid
+ <i>habere</i> to hold.] <def>Confirmation or approbation, as of an
act or contract.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"ti*o</hw> (r&amacr;"sh&ibreve;*&osl; or r&amacr;"sh&osl;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. <i>reri</i>, <i>ratus</i>, to reckon,
believe, think, judge. See <u>Reason</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Math.)</i> <def>The relation which one quantity or magnitude has
to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the
division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is
expressed by &frac36; or &frac12;; of <i>a</i> to <i>b</i> by
<fract>a/b</fract>; or (less commonly) the second term is made the
dividend; as, <i>a:b = <fract>b/a</fract></i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Some writers consider <i>ratio</i> as the quotient itself,
making ratio equivalent to a number.</p>

<p>The term <i>ratio</i> is also sometimes applied to the
<i>difference</i> of two quantities as well as to their
<i>quotient</i>, in which case the former is called <i>arithmetical
ratio</i>, the latter, <i>geometrical ratio</i>. The name <i>ratio</i>
is sometimes given to the <i>rule of three</i> in arithmetic. See
under <u>Rule</u>.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity,
or degree; rate; proportion; as, the <i>ratio</i> of representation in
Congress.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Compound ratio</b></col>, <col><b>Duplicate
ratio</b></col>, <col><b>Inverse ratio</b></col>, etc. <cd>See under
<u>Compound</u>, <u>Duplicate</u>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Ratio of a
geometrical progression</b></col>, <cd>the constant quantity by which
each term is multiplied to produce the succeeding one.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ra`ti*oc"i*nate</hw>
(r&abreve;sh`&ibreve;*&obreve;s"&ibreve;*n&amacr;t), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> [L. <i>ratiocinatus</i>, p. p. of <i>ratiocinari</i>, fr.
<i>ratio</i> reason. See <u>Ratio</u>.] <def>To reason, esp.
deductively; to offer reason or argument.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra`ti*oc`i*na"tion</hw> (-n&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ratiocinatio</i>: cf. F.
<i>ratiocination</i>.] <def>The process of reasoning, or deducing
conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra`ti*oc"i*na*tive</hw> (-
&obreve;s"&ibreve;*n&asl;*t&ibreve;v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ratiocinativus</i>.] <def>Characterized by, or addicted to,
ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts,
and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative;
as, a <i>ratiocinative</i> process.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>ratiocinative</i> meditativeness of his
character.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra`ti*oc"i*na*to*ry</hw> (-n&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Ratiocinative.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ra"tion</hw> (r&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n or r&abreve;sh"&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>ratio</i> a reckoning,
calculation, relation, reference, LL. <i>ratio</i> ration. See
<u>Ratio</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A fixed daily allowance of
provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy,
for his subsistence.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Officers have several rations, the number varying according
to their rank or the number of their attendants.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount
dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"tion</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To supply with
rations, as a regiment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"tion*al</hw> (r&abreve;sh"&ubreve;n*<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rationalis</i>: cf. F. <i>rationnel</i>.
See <u>Ratio</u>, <u>Reason</u>, and cf. <u>Rationale</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Relating to the reason; not physical;
mental.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Moral philosophy was his chiefest end; for the
<i>rational</i>, the natural, and mathematics . . . were but simple
pastimes in comparison of the other.</blockquote> <i>Sir T.
North.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning;
endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It is our glory and happiness to have a <i>rational</i>
nature.</blockquote> <i>Law.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Agreeable to reason; not absurd,
preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise;
judicious; as, <i>rational</i> conduct; a <i>rational</i>
man.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Expressing the type,
structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of
formul&aelig;. See under <u>Formula</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rational horizon</b></col>. <i>(Astron.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Horizon</u>, 2 <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rational
quantity</b></col> <i>(Alg.)</i>, <cd>one that can be expressed
without the use of a radical sign, or in exact parts of unity; --
opposed to <i>irrational</i> or <i>radical quantity</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rational symptom</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>one elicited by
the statements of the patient himself and not as the result of a
physical examination.</cd>
</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Sane; sound; intelligent; reasonable; sensible;
wise; discreet; judicious.  -- <u>Rational</u>, <u>Reasonable</u>.
<i>Rational</i> has reference to reason as a faculty of the mind, and
is opposed to <i>ir</i>rational; as, a <i>rational</i> being, a
<i>rational</i> state of mind, <i>rational</i> views, etc. In these
cases the speculative reason is more particularly referred to.
<i>Reasonable</i> has reference to the exercise of this faculty for
practical purposes, and means, governed or directed by reason; as,
<i>reasonable</i> desires or plans; a <i>reasonable</i> charge; a
<i>reasonable</i> prospect of success.</p>

<p><blockquote>What higher in her society thou find'st<BR>
Attractive, human, <i>rational</i>, love still.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A law may be <i>reasonable</i> in itself, although a
man does not allow it, or does not know the reason of the
lawgivers.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"tion*al</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rational
being.</def>  <i>Young.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra`tion*a"le</hw> (r&abreve;sh`&ubreve;n*&amacr;"l&esl;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rationalis</i>, neut. <i>rationale</i>.
See <u>Rational</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>An explanation or
exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis,
phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"tion*al*ism</hw>
(r&abreve;sh"&ubreve;n*<i>a</i>l*&ibreve;z'm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>rationalisme</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i>
<def>The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious
opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or
opposed to, revelation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Philos.)</i> <def>The system that makes
rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to
<i>sensualism</i>, or <i>sensationalism</i>, and
<i>empiricism</i>.</def>  <i>Fleming.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"tion*al*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rationaliste</i>.] <def>One who accepts rationalism as a theory or
system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under
<u>Reasonist</u>.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ra`tion*al*is"tic</hw> (-&ibreve;s"t&ibreve;k),
<hw>Ra`tion*al*is"tic*al</hw> (-t&ibreve;*k<i>a</i>l), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Belonging to, or in accordance with, the
principles of rationalism.</def> -- <wf>Ra`tion*al*is"tic*al*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ra`tion*al"i*ty</hw> (-&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;; 277),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>-ties</b></plw> (-
t&ibreve;z). [F. <i>rationalit&eacute;</i>, or L.
<i>rationalitas</i>.] <def>The quality or state of being rational;
agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason;
reasonableness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When God has made <i>rationality</i> the common portion
of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure?</blockquote> <i>Gov. of
Tongue.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Well-directed intentions, whose <i>rationalities</i>
will never bear a rigid examination.</blockquote> <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra`tion*al*i*za"tion</hw>
(r&abreve;sh`&ubreve;n*<i>a</i>l*&ibreve;*z&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or process of
rationalizing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"tion*al*ize</hw> (r&abreve;sh"&ubreve;n*<i>a</i>l*&imacr;z),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make rational;
also, to convert to rationalism.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To interpret in the manner of a
rationalist.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To form a rational conception of.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Alg.)</i> <def>To render rational; to free
from radical signs or quantities.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"tion*al*ize</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To use, and
rely on, reason in forming a theory, belief, etc., especially in
matters of religion: to accord with the principles of
rationalism.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Theodore . . . is justly considered the chief
<i>rationalizing</i> doctor of antiquity.</blockquote> <i>J. H.
Newman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"tion*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rational
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"tion*al*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being rational; rationality.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ra*ti"t&aelig;</hw> (r&adot;*t&imacr;"t&esl;), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L. <i>ratis</i> a raft; cf. L. <i>ratitus</i>
marked with the figure of a raft.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An order
of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the
breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx
are examples.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"i*tate</hw> (r&abreve;t"&ibreve;*t&asl;t),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Ratit&aelig;.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"ite</hw> (r&abreve;t"&imacr;t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the Ratit&aelig;.</def> -
- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One of the Ratit&aelig;.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rat"lines</hw>, <hw>Rat"lins</hw>  }
(r&abreve;t"l&ibreve;nz), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [Of uncertain
origin.] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>The small transverse ropes attached to
the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.</def> [Written
also <i>ratlings</i>, and <i>rattlings</i>.]  <i>Totten.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat"on</hw> (r&abreve;t"&obreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
<u>Raccoon</u>.] <def>A small rat.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Piers
Plowman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra*toon"</hw> (r&adot;*t&oomac;n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Same as <u>Rattoon</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A rattan cane.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Pepys.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra*toon"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Rattoon</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Rats"bane`</hw> (r&abreve;ts"b&amacr;n`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[<i>Rat</i> + <i>bane</i>.] <def>Rat poison; white arsenic.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rats"baned`</hw> (-b&amacr;nd`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Poisoned by ratsbane.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"-tail`</hw> (r&abreve;t"t&amacr;l`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Like a rat's tail in form; as, a <i>rat-tail</i> file, which is
round, slender, and tapering. See <i>Illust.</i> of
<u>File</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"-tail`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Far.)</i> <i>pl.</i> <def>An excrescence growing from the pastern
to the middle of the shank of a horse.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
California chim&aelig;ra. See <u>Chim&aelig;ra</u>.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Any fish of the genus <i>Macrurus</i>. See
<u>Grenadier</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"-tailed`</hw> (-t&amacr;ld`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having a long, tapering tail like that of a
rat.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rat-tailed larva</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the
larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See <u>Eristalis</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rat-tailed serpent</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the fer-
de-lance.</cd> -- <col><b>Rat-tailed shrew</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the musk shrew.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rat*tan"</hw> (r&abreve;t*t&abreve;n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Malay <i>r&omacr;tan</i>.] [Written also <i>ratan</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of
palms of the genus <i>Calamus</i>, mostly East Indian, though some are
African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for
walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and
cordage, and many other purposes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat*teen"</hw> (-t&emacr;n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>ratine</i>.] <def>A thick woolen stuff quilled or
twilled.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"ten</hw> (r&abreve;t"t'n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Prov.
E. <i>ratten</i> a rat, hence the verb literally means, to do mischief
like a rat.] <def>To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's
employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of
annoying; as, to <i>ratten</i> a mechanic who works during a
strike.</def> [Trades-union Cant]  <i>J. McCarthy.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat"ter</hw> (-t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, rats, as one who
deserts his party.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Anything which catches rats; esp., a dog
trained to catch rats; a rat terrier. See <u>Terrier</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat`ti*net"</hw> (-t&ibreve;*n&ebreve;t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"ting</hw> (r&abreve;t"t&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The conduct or practices of one who rats.  See
<u>Rat</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>, 1.</def>  <i>Sydney
Smith.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The low sport of setting a dog upon rats
confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given
time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle</hw> (-t'l), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rattled</u> (-t'ld); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rattling</u> (-tl&ibreve;ng).] [Akin to D. <i>ratelen</i>, G.
<i>rasseln</i>, AS. <i>hr&aelig;tele</i> a rattle, in
<i>hr&aelig;tel</i>wyrt rattlewort; cf. Gr. <grk>kradai`nein</grk>  to
swing, wave.  Cf. <u>Rail</u> a bird.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make
a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision
of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to
clatter.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And the rude hail in <i>rattling</i> tempest
forms.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>'T was but the wind,<BR>
Or the car <i>rattling</i> o'er the stony street.</blockquote>
<i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1192 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a
clattering; as, we <i>rattled</i> along for a couple of miles.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To make a clatter with the voice; to talk
rapidly and idly; to clatter; -- with <i>on</i> or <i>away</i>; as,
she <i>rattled</i> on for an hour.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle</hw> (r&abreve;t"t'l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cause to make a rattling or clattering
sound; as, to <i>rattle</i> a chain.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling
noise.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Sound but another [drum], and another shall<BR>
As loud as thine <i>rattle</i> the welkin's ear.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to
<i>rattle</i> one's judgment; to <i>rattle</i> a player in a
game.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To scold; to rail at.</def>
<i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rattle off</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To tell
glibly or noisily; as, <i>to rattle off</i> a story.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To rail at; to scold.</cd>  "She would
sometimes <i>rattle off</i> her servants sharply."
<i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the <i>rattle</i> of
a drum.</def>  <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Noisy, rapid talk.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All this ado about the golden age is but an empty
<i>rattle</i> and frivolous conceit.</blockquote> <i>Hakewill.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An instrument with which a rattling sound
is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when shaken.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rattles</i> of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea
nearly enough resemble each other.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Raleigh.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Pleased with a <i>rattle</i>, tickled with a
straw.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A noisy, senseless talker; a
jabberer.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so much
perspicuity, vivacity, and grace, should have been, whenever he took a
part in conversation, an empty, noisy, blundering
<i>rattle</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A scolding; a sharp rebuke.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Heylin.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any organ of an animal
having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The <i>rattle</i> of a rattlesnake is composed of the
hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but not cast off,
and so modified in form as to make a series of loose, hollow
joints.</p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>The noise in the throat produced by the air
in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; --
chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the
<i>death rattle</i>. See <u>R&acirc;le</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To spring a rattle</b></col>, <cd>to cause it to
sound.</cd> -- <col><b>Yellow rattle</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a
yellow-flowered herb (<i>Rhinanthus Crista-galli</i>), the ripe seeds
of which rattle in the inflated calyx.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle*box`</hw> (-b&obreve;ks`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A toy that makes a rattling sound; a
rattle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An
American herb (<i>Crotalaria sagittalis</i>), the seeds of which, when
ripe, rattle in the inflated pod.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Any
species of <i>Crotalaria</i>, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with
inflated, many-seeded pods.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle-brained`</hw> (-br&amacr;nd`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Giddy; rattle-headed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle*head`</hw> (-h&ebreve;d`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An
empty, noisy talker.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle-head`ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Noisy; giddy;
unsteady.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle*mouse`</hw> (-mous`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
bat.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Puttenham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle*pate`</hw> (-p&amacr;t`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rattlehead.</def>  <i>C. Kingsley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle-pat`ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rattle-
headed.</def> "A noisy, <i>rattle-pated</i> fellow."  <i>W.
Irving.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tler</hw> (-tl&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who, or that which, rattles.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle*snake`</hw> (r&abreve;t"t'l*sn&amacr;k`),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of several
species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera
<i>Crotalus</i> and <i>Caudisona</i>, or <i>Sistrurus</i>. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make
a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the
Northern United States (<i>Crotalus horridus</i>), and the diamond
rattlesnake of the South (<i>C. adamanteus</i>), are the best known.
See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Fang</u>.</def>
</p>

<p><col><b>Ground rattlesnake</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a
small rattlesnake (<i>Caudisona, or Sistrurus, miliaria</i>) of the
Southern United States, having a small rattle. It has nine large
scales on its head.</cd> -- <col><b>Rattlesnake fern</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a common American fern (<i>Botrychium
Virginianum</i>) having a triangular decompound frond and a long-
stalked panicle of spore cases rising from the middle of the
frond.</cd> -- <col><b>Rattlesnake grass</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>,
<cd>a handsome American grass (<i>Glyceria Canadensis</i>) with an
ample panicle of rather large ovate spikelets, each one composed of
imbricated parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called <i>quaking grass</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rattlesnake plantain</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Plantain</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rattlesnake root</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a name given to certain American species of the
composite genus <i>Prenanthes</i> (<i>P. alba</i> and <i>P.
serpentaria</i>), formerly asserted to cure the bite of the
rattlesnake. Called also <i>lion's foot</i>, <i>gall of the earth</i>,
and <i>white lettuce</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rattlesnake's
master</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A species of
Agave (<i>Agave Virginica</i>) growing in the Southern United
States</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>An umbelliferous plant
(<i>Eryngium yucc&aelig;folium</i>) with large bristly-fringed linear
leaves</cd>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>A composite plant, the blazing
star (<i>Liatris squarrosa</i>).</cd> -- <col><b>Rattlesnake
weed</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a plant of the composite genus
<i>Hieracium</i> (<i>H. venosum</i>); -- probably so named from its
spotted leaves. See also <u>Snakeroot</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle*trap`</hw> (-tr&abreve;p`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly.</def>
[Colloq.]  <i>A. Trollope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle*weed`</hw> (-w&emacr;d`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Any plant of the genus <i>Astragalus</i>. See
<u>Milk vetch</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle*wings`</hw> (-w&ibreve;ngz`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The golden-eye.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tle*wort`</hw> (-w&ucirc;rt`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>hr&aelig;telwyrt</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rattlebox</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat"tlings</hw> (r&abreve;t"tl&ibreve;ngz), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>Ratlines.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat*toon"</hw> (r&abreve;t*t&oomac;n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Sp. <i>reto&ntilde;o</i>.] <def>One of the stems or shoots of sugar
cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See
<u>Plant-cane</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rat*toon"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rattooned</u> (-t&oomac;nd"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rattooning</u>.] [Cf. Sp. <i>reto&ntilde;ar</i>.]
<def>To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root
of the previous year's planting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rau"cid</hw> (r&add;"s&ibreve;d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>raucus</i> hoarse; cf. LL. <i>raucidus</i>.] <def>Hoarse;
raucous.</def> [R.]  <i>Lamb.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rau"ci*ty</hw> (r&add;"s&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>raucitas</i>, from <i>raucus</i> hoarse:
cf. F. <i>raucit&eacute;</i>.] <def>Harshness of sound; rough
utterance; hoarseness; as, the <i>raucity</i> of a trumpet, or of the
human voice.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rau"cous</hw> (r&add;"k&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>raucus</i>.] <def>Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a <i>raucous</i>, thick
tone.</def> "His voice slightly <i>raucous</i>." <i>Aytoun.</i> --
<wf>Rau"cous*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Raught</hw> (r&add;t), obs. <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
of <u>Reach</u>.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raught</hw>, obs. <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Reck</u>.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raunch</hw> (r&add;nch), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Ranch</u>.</def>  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raun*soun"</hw> (r&add;n*s&oomac;n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Ransom.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rav"age</hw> (r&abreve;v"&asl;j; 48), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.,
fr. (assumed) L. <i>rapagium</i>, <i>rapaticum</i>, fr. <i>rapere</i>
to carry off by force, to ravish. See <u>Rapacious</u>,
<u>Ravish</u>.] <def>Desolation by violence; violent ruin or
destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the <i>ravage</i> of a
lion; the <i>ravages</i> of fire or tempest; the <i>ravages</i> of an
army, or of time.</def>
</p>

<p><blockquote>Would one think 't were possible for love<BR>
To make such <i>ravage</i> in a noble soul?</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Despoilment; devastation; desolation; pillage;
plunder; spoil; waste; ruin.</p>

<p><hw>Rav"age</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ravaged</u> (-&asl;jd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Ravaging</u> (-&asl;*j&ibreve;ng).] [F.
<i>ravager</i>. See <u>Ravage</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>To lay
waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or
devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Already C&aelig;sar<BR>
Has <i>ravaged</i> more than half the globe.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>His lands were daily <i>ravaged</i>, his cattle driven
away.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To despoil; pillage; plunder; sack; spoil;
devastate; desolate; destroy; waste; ruin.</p>

<p><hw>Rav"a*ger</hw> (-&asl;*j&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rave</hw> (r&amacr;v), obs. <def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of
<u>Rive</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rave</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Prov. E. <i>raves</i>, or
<i>rathes</i>, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.]
<def>One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a
sleigh.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rave</hw> (r&amacr;v), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Raved</u> (r&amacr;vd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Raving</u>.] [F. <i>r&ecirc;ver</i> to rave, to be
delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. <i>rabere</i> to rave, rage, be
mad or furious.  Cf. <u>Rage</u>, <u>Reverie</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act
irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In our madness evermore we <i>rave</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Have I not cause to <i>rave</i> and beat my
breast?</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went
<i>raving</i> down the valley to the gorge of
Killiecrankie.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To rush wildly or furiously.</def>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or
excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by <i>about</i>,
<i>of</i>, or <i>on</i>; as, he <i>raved</i> about her
beauty.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The hallowed scene<BR>
Which others <i>rave</i> of, though they know it not.</blockquote>
<i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rave</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To utter in madness or
frenzy; to say wildly; as, to <i>rave</i> nonsense.</def>
<i>Young.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rave"hook</hw> (r&amacr;v"h&oocr;k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Shipbuilding)</i> <def>A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or
clearing seams for the reception of oakum.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rav"el</hw> (r&abreve;v"'l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Raveled</u> (-'ld) or
<u>Ravelled</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Raveling</u> or
<u>Ravelling</u>.] [OD. <i>ravelen</i>, D. <i>rafelen</i>, akin to LG.
<i>rebeln</i>, <i>rebbeln</i>, <i>reffeln</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to
unweave or unknit; -- often followed by <i>out</i>; as, to
<i>ravel</i> a twist; to <i>ravel</i> out a stocking.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Sleep, that knits up the <i>raveled</i> sleave of
care.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To undo the intricacies of; to
disentangle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To pull apart, as the threads of a texture,
and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make
intricate; to involve.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>What glory 's due to him that could divide<BR>
Such <i>raveled</i> interests? has the knot untied?</blockquote>
<i>Waller.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and
indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or <i>raveled</i> and
entangled in weak discourses!</blockquote> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rav"el</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of
intricacy.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To fall into perplexity and
confusion.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Till, by their own perplexities involved,<BR>
They <i>ravel</i> more, still less resolved.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To make investigation or search, as by
picking out the threads of a woven pattern.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The humor of <i>raveling</i> into all these mystical or
entangled matters.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rav"el*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Also
<i>raveller</i>.] <def>One who ravels.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rave"lin</hw> (r&abreve;v"l&ibreve;n; 277),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.; cf. Sp. <i>rebellin</i>, It.
<i>revellino</i>, <i>rivellino</i>; perhaps fr. L. <i>re-</i> again +
<i>vallum</i> wall.] <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A detached work with two
embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the
curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called
<i>demilune</i>, and <i>half-moon</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rav"el*ing</hw> (r&abreve;v"'l*&ibreve;ng),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Also <i>ravelling</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of untwisting or of disentangling.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is raveled out; esp., a thread
detached from a texture.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"ven</hw> (r&amacr;"v'n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>hr&aelig;fn</i>; akin to D. <i>raaf</i>, G. <i>rabe</i>, OHG.
<i>hraban</i>, Icel. <i>hrafn</i>, Dan. <i>ravn</i>, and perhaps to L.
<i>corvus</i>, Gr. <grk>ko`rax</grk>. &radic;19.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A large black passerine bird (<i>Corvus corax</i>), similar to
the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe,
Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Sea raven</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the
cormorant.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ra"ven</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of the color of the
raven; jet black; as, <i>raven</i> curls; <i>raven</i>
darkness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rav"en</hw> (r&abreve;v"'n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>ravin&eacute;</i> impetuosity, violence, F. <i>ravine</i> ravine.
See <u>Ravine</u>, <u>Rapine</u>.] [Written also <i>ravin</i>, and
<i>ravine</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Rapine; rapacity.</def>
<i>Ray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Prey; plunder; food obtained by
violence.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rav"en</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ravened</u> (-'nd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ravening</u>.] [Written also <i>ravin</i>, and <i>ravine</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To obtain or seize by violence.</def>
<i>Hakewill.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To devour with great eagerness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Like rats that <i>ravin</i> down their proper
bane.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rav"en</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To prey with
rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.</def> [Written also
<i>ravin</i>, and <i>ravine</i>.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Benjamin shall <i>raven</i> as a wolf.</blockquote>
<i>Gen. xlix. 27.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rav`e*na"la</hw> (r&abreve;v`&esl;*n&auml;"l&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Malagasy.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of plants
related to the banana.</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Ravenala Madagascariensis</i>, the principal species, is
an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leaves growing alternately
from two sides of the stem. The sheathing bases of the leafstalks
collect and retain rain water, which flows freely when they are
pierced with a knife, whence the plant is called <i>traveler's
tree</i>.</p>

<p><hw>Rav"en*er</hw> (r&abreve;v"'n*&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, ravens or
plunders.</def>  <i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A bird of prey, as the owl or
vulture.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rav"en*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Eagerness for
plunder; rapacity; extortion.</def>  <i>Luke xi. 39.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rav"en*ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Greedily devouring;
rapacious; as, <i>ravening</i> wolves.</def> --
<wf>Rav"en*ing*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rav"en*ous</hw> (r&abreve;v"'n*&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[From 2d <u>Raven</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Devouring with
rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a
<i>ravenous</i> wolf or vulture.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Eager for prey or gratification; as, a
<i>ravenous</i> appetite or desire.</def></p>

<p>-- <wf>Rav"en*ous*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rav"en*ous*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ra"ven's-duck`</hw> (r&amacr;"v'nz-d&ubreve;k`),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. G. <i>ravenstuch</i>.] <def>A fine quality
of sailcloth.</def>  <i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rav"er</hw> (r&amacr;v"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who raves.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rav"in</hw> (r&abreve;v"'n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Ravenous.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rav"in</hw>, <hw>Rav"ine</hw>  } (r&abreve;v"'n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See 2d <u>Raven</u>.] <def>Food obtained by
violence; plunder; prey; raven.</def> "Fowls of <i>ravyne</i>."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Though Nature, red in tooth and claw<BR>
With <i>ravine</i>, shrieked against his creed.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i>
</p>

<p>{ <hw>Rav"in</hw>, <hw>Rav"ine</hw>, } <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>See <u>Raven</u>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Ra*vine"</hw> (r&adot;*v&emacr;n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., a
place excavated by a torrent, a ravine, fr. <i>ravir</i> to snatch or
tear away, L. <i>rapere</i>; cf. L. <i>rapina</i> rapine. See
<u>Ravish</u>, and cf. <u>Rapine</u>, <u>Raven</u> prey.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A torrent of water.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Cotgrave.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a
stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rav"ing</hw> (r&amacr;v"&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a <i>raving</i>
lunatic.</def> -- <wf>Rav"ing*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rav"ish</hw> (r&abreve;v"&ibreve;sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Ravished</u> (-&ibreve;sht);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Ravishing</u>.] [OE.
<i>ravissen</i>, F. <i>ravir</i>, fr. L. <i>rapere</i> to snatch or
tear away, to ravish. See <u>Rapacious</u>, <u>Rapid</u>, and <u>-
ish</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To seize and carry away by violence;
to snatch by force.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>These hairs which thou dost <i>ravish</i> from my
chin<BR>
Will quicken, and accuse thee.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>This hand shall <i>ravish</i> thy pretended
right.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To transport with joy or delight; to
delight to ecstasy.</def> "<i>Ravished</i> . . . for the joy."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou hast <i>ravished</i> my heart.</blockquote>
<i>Cant. iv. 9.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by
force, and against her consent; to rape.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate;
deflour; force.
</p>

<p><hw>Rav"ish*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
ravishes (in any sense).</def></p>

<p><hw>Rav"ish*ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rapturous;
transporting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rav"ish*ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a ravishing
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rav"ish*ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>ravissement</i>. See <u>Ravish</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the
<i>ravishment</i> of children from their parents, of a ward from his
guardian, or of a wife from her husband.</def>  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being ravished; rapture;
transport of delight; ecstasy.</def>  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In whose sight all things joy, with
<i>ravishment</i><BR>
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The act of ravishing a woman;
rape.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rav"is*sant</hw> (r&abreve;v"&ibreve;s*s&abreve;nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Her.)</i> <def>In a half-raised
position, as if about to spring on prey.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1193 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Raw</hw> (r&add;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Rawer</u> (-&etilde;r);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Rawest</u>.] [AS. <i>hre&aacute;w</i>;
akin to D. <i>raauw</i>, LG. <i>rau</i>, G. <i>roh</i>, OHG.
<i>r&omacr;</i>, Icel. <i>hr&amacr;r</i>, Dan. <i>raa</i>, Sw.
<i>r&aring;</i>, L. <i>crudus</i>, Gr. <grk>kre`as</grk> flesh, Skr.
<i>kravis</i> raw flesh. &radic;18.  Cf. <u>Crude</u>, <u>Cruel</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Not altered from its natural state; not
prepared by the action of heat; as, <i>raw</i> sienna; specifically,
not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not
done; as, <i>raw</i> meat.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment;
immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as,
<i>raw</i> soldiers; a <i>raw</i> recruit.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Approved himself to the <i>raw</i> judgment of the
multitude.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Not worked in due form; in the natural
state; untouched by art; unwrought.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Not distilled; as, <i>raw</i> water</def>.
[Obs.] <i>Bacon.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Not spun or twisted; as,
<i>raw</i> silk or cotton</def>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Not mixed or
diluted; as, <i>raw</i> spirits</def>. <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Not
tried; not melted and strained; as, <i>raw</i> tallow</def>.
<sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>Not tanned; as, <i>raw</i> hides</def>.
<sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as,
the <i>raw</i> edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Not covered; bare.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Bald.</def> [Obs.] "With skull all
<i>raw</i>."  <i>Spenser</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Deprived of
skin; galled; as, a <i>raw</i> sore.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<def>Sore, as if by being galled.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And all his sinews waxen weak and <i>raw</i><BR>
Through long imprisonment.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak;
as, a <i>raw</i> wind.</def> "A <i>raw</i> and gusty day."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Raw material</b></col>, <cd>material that has not been
subjected to a (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the
<i>raw material</i> used in smelting; leather is the <i>raw
material</i> of the shoe industry.</cd> -- <col><b>Raw pig</b></col>,
<cd>cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Raw</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A raw, sore, or galled
place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the <i>raw</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is
a <i>raw</i>.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raw"bone`</hw> (r&add;"b&omacr;n`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Rawboned.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raw"boned`</hw> (-b&omacr;nd`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raw"head`</hw> (r&add;"h&ebreve;d`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, <i>rawhead</i> and
bloodybones.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raw"hide`</hw> (r&add;"h&imacr;d`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide
twisted.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raw"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat raw.</def>
[R.]  <i>Marston.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raw"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In
a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Without proper preparation or
provision.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Raw"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state
of being raw.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ray</hw> (r&amacr;), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [An aphetic form
of <i>array</i>; cf. <u>Beray</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
array.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir T. More.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to
defile.</def> [Obs.] "The filth that did it <i>ray</i>."
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ray</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Array; order; arrangement;
dress.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>And spoiling all her gears and goodly
<i>ray</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ray</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>rai</i>, F. <i>rais</i>,
fr. L. <i>radius</i> a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel.  Cf.
<u>Radius</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One of a number of lines or
parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a
circle; as, a star of six <i>rays</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A radiating part of a flower
or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a
sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower
cluster; radius. See <u>Radius</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>One
of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of
fishes.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One of the spheromeres of a
radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an
ophiuran.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A line
of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a
single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar
<i>ray</i>; a polarized <i>ray</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One
of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any
definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red <i>ray</i>;
the violet <i>ray</i>. See <i>Illust</i>. under
<u>Light</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old
theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the
eye to the object seen.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All eyes direct their <i>rays</i><BR>
On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>One of a system of diverging
lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely
in both directions. See <u>Half-ray</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Bundle of rays</b></col>. <i>(Geom.)</i> <cd>See <i>Pencil
of rays</i>, below.</cd> -- <col><b>Extraordinary ray</b></col>
<i>(Opt.)</i>, <cd>that one of two parts of a ray divided by double
refraction which does not follow the ordinary law of refraction.</cd>
-- <col><b>Ordinary ray</b></col> <i>(Opt.)</i>, <cd>that one of the
two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which follows the
usual or ordinary law of refraction.</cd> -- <col><b>Pencil of
rays</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>a definite system of rays.</cd> --
<col><b>Ray flower</b></col>, or <col><b>Ray floret</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>one of the marginal flowers of the capitulum in
such composite plants as the aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower.
They have an elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of
the disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed.</cd> -- <col><b>Ray
point</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>the common point of a pencil of
rays.</cd> -- <col><b>R&ouml;ntgen ray</b></col>
(r&etilde;nt"g&ebreve;n) <i>(Phys.)</i>, <cd>a kind of ray generated
in a very highly exhausted vacuum tube by the electrical discharge. It
is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to light, and
producing photographic and fluorescent effects by which means pictures
showing the internal structure of opaque objects are made, called
<i>radiographs</i>, or <i>sciagraphs</i>.. So called from the
discoverer, W. C. <i>R&ouml;ntgen</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>X
ray</b></col>, <cd>the R&ouml;ntgen ray; -- so called by its
discoverer because of its enigmatical character, <i>x</i> being an
algebraic symbol for an unknown quantity.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ray</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rayed</u> (r&amacr;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Raying</u>.] [Cf. OF. <i>raier</i>, <i>raiier</i>,
<i>rayer</i>, L. <i>radiare</i> to irradiate. See <u>Ray</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Radiate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To mark with long lines; to streak.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [From <u>Ray</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>To
send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to <i>ray</i>
smiles.</def> [R.]  <i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ray</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To shine, as with
rays.</def>  <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ray</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>raie</i>, L. <i>raia</i>.
Cf. <u>Roach</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Any
one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai&aelig;, including
the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed
species, as the skates and sting rays. See <u>Skate</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Bishop ray</b></col>, <cd>a yellow-spotted, long-tailed
eagle ray (<i>Stoasodon n&agrave;rinari</i>) of the Southern United
States and the West Indies.</cd> -- <col><b>Butterfly ray</b></col>,
<cd>a short-tailed American sting ray (<i>Pteroplatea Maclura</i>),
having very broad pectoral fins.</cd> -- <col><b>Devil ray</b></col>.
<cd>See <u>Sea devil</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Eagle ray</b></col>, <cd>any
large ray of the family <i>Myliobatid&aelig;</i>, or
<i>&AElig;tobatid&aelig;</i>. The common European species
(<i>Myliobatis aquila</i>) is called also <i>whip ray</i>, and
<i>miller</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Electric ray</b></col>, or
<col><b>Cramp ray</b></col>, <cd>a torpedo.</cd> -- <col><b>Starry
ray</b></col>, <cd>a common European skate (<i>Raia radiata</i>).</cd>
-- <col><b>Sting ray</b></col>, <cd>any one of numerous species of
rays of the family <i>Trygonid&aelig;</i> having one or more large,
sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail.  Called also
<i>stingaree</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Ra"yah</hw> (r&amacr;"y&adot; or r&auml;"y&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar. <i>ra'iyah</i> a herd, a subject, fr.
<i>ra'a</i> to pasture, guard.] <def>A person not a Mohammedan, who
pays the capitation tax.</def> [Turkey]</p>

<p><hw>Ray" grass`</hw> (r&amacr;" gr&adot;s`). [Etymol. of <i>ray</i>
is uncertain.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A perennial European grass
(<i>Lolium perenne</i>); -- called also <i>rye grass</i>, and <i>red
darnel</i>. See <u>Darnel</u>, and <u>Grass</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Italian</b></col> <col><b>ray</b>, or <b>rye</b></col>,
<col><b>grass</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Darnel</u>, and
<u>Grass</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ray"less</hw> (r&amacr;"l&ebreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a
<i>rayless</i> sky; <i>rayless</i> eyes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ray"on</hw> (r&amacr;"&obreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.]
<def>Ray; beam.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ray"on*nant</hw> (r&amacr;"&obreve;n*n&abreve;nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Her.)</i> <def>Darting forth rays, as
the sun when it shines out.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raze</hw> (r&amacr;z), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Race</u>.]
<def>A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as
<i>race</i>, a root.</def></p>

<p><hw>Raze</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Razed</u> (r&amacr;zd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Razing</u>.] [F. <i>raser</i>. See <u>Rase</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] [Written also <i>rase</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To erase; to efface; to obliterate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Razing</i> the characters of your
renown.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To subvert from the foundation; to lay
level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to
demolish.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The royal hand that <i>razed</i> unhappy
Troy.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert;
destroy; ruin. See <u>Demolish</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Razed</hw> (r&amacr;zd), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Slashed or
striped in patterns.</def> [Obs.] "Two Provincial roses on my
<i>razed</i> shoes."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra*zee"</hw> (r&adot;*z&emacr;"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
vaisseau <i>ras&eacute;</i>, fr. <i>raser</i> to raze, to cut down
ships. See <u>Raze</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, <u>Rase</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>An armed ship having her
upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a
seventy-four cut down to a frigate.</def>  <i>Totten.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra*zee"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Razeed</u> (r&adot;*z&emacr;d"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Razeeing</u>.] <def>To cut down to a less number of
decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to
prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to
<i>razee</i> a book, or an article.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"zor</hw> (r&amacr;"z&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>rasour</i>, OF. <i>rasur</i>, LL. <i>rasor</i>: cf. F.
<i>rasoir</i>, LL. <i>rasorium</i>. See <u>Raze</u>, <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos>, <u>Rase</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair
from the face or the head.</def> "Take thee a barber's <i>razor</i>."
  <i>Ezek. v. 1.</i></p>

<p> --></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A tusk of a wild
boar.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Razor fish</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A small Mediterranean fish (<i>Coryph&aelig;na
novacula</i>), prized for the table</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The
razor shell.</cd> -- <col><b>Razor grass</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>,
<cd>a West Indian plant (<i>Scleria scindens</i>), the triangular stem
and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth.</cd> --
<col><b>Razor grinder</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the European
goat-sucker.</cd> -- <col><b>Razor shell</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen
and allied genera, especially <i>Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, &and;
Americana</i>, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell,
resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also <i>razor clam</i>,
<i>razor fish</i>, <i>knife handle</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Razor
stone</b></col>. <cd>Same as <u>Novaculite</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Razor
strap</b></col>, or <col><b>Razor strop</b></col>, <cd>a strap or
strop used in sharpening razors.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ra"zor*a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved.</def> [R.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ra"zor*back`</hw> (-b&abreve;k`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The rorqual.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"zor-backed`</hw> (-b&abreve;kt`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a
<i>razor-backed</i> hog, perch, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"zor*bill`</hw> (-b&ibreve;l`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A species of auk (<i>Alca
torda</i>) common in the Arctic seas. See <u>Auk</u>, and
<i>Illust.</i> in Appendix.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>See
<u>Cutwater</u>, 3.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ra"zure</hw> (r&amacr;"zh&usl;r; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[See <u>Rasure</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of erasing or
effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See
<u>Rasure</u>.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An erasure; a change made by
erasing.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Raz"zi*a</hw> (r&auml;"z&esl;*&auml;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F., fr. Ar. <i>gh&amacr;z&imacr;a</i> (pron. <i>razia</i> in
Algeria).] <def>A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a
raid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re-</hw> (r&emacr;-). [L. <i>re-</i>, older form (retained
before vowels) <i>red-</i>: cf. F. <i>re-</i>, <i>r&eacute;-</i>.]
<def>A prefix signifying <i>back</i>, <i>against</i>, <i>again</i>,
<i>anew</i>; as, <i>re</i>cline, to lean back; <i>re</i>call, to call
back; <i>re</i>cede; <i>re</i>move; <i>re</i>claim, to call out
against; <i>re</i>pugn, to fight against; <i>re</i>cognition, a
knowing again; <i>re</i>join, to join again; <i>re</i>iterate;
<i>re</i>assure. Combinations containing the prefix <i>re-</i> are
readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious
signification.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re</hw> (r&amacr;). [It.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A syllable applied
in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the
American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ab*sorb"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;b*s&ocirc;rb"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what
has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again;
as, to <i>reabsorb</i> chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of
fluids.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ab*sorp"tion</hw> (-s&ocirc;rp"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or process of reabsorbing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ac*cess"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;k*s&ebreve;s" or
r&esl;*&abreve;k"s&ebreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second
access or approach; a return.</def>  <i>Hakewill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`ac*cuse"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;k*k&umacr;z"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To accuse again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reach</hw> (r&emacr;ch), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To
retch.</def> <i>Cheyne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reach</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An effort to vomit.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Reach</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reached</u> (r&emacr;cht) (<u>Raught</u>, the old
preterit, is obsolete); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reaching</u>.] [OE. <i>rechen</i>, AS. <i>r&aemacr;can</i>,
<i>r&aemacr;cean</i>, to extend, stretch out; akin to D.
<i>reiken</i>, G. <i>reichen</i>, and possibly to AS.
<i>r&imacr;ce</i> powerful, rich, E. <i>rich</i>. &radic;115.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put
forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Her tresses yellow, and long straughten,<BR>
Unto her heeles down they <i>raughten</i>.</blockquote> <i>Rom. of
R.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reach</i> hither thy hand and thrust it into my
side.</blockquote> <i>John xx. 27.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Fruit trees, over woody, <i>reached</i> too far<BR>
Their pampered boughs.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to deliver by stretching out a
member, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to
another; to hand over; as, to <i>reach</i> one a book.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He <i>reached</i> me a full cup.</blockquote> <i>2 Esd.
xiv. 39.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To attain or obtain by stretching forth the
hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as
to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to <i>reach</i> an object
with the hand, or with a spear.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,<BR>
Than I may <i>reach</i> the beast.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To strike, hit, or touch with a missile;
as, to <i>reach</i> an object with an arrow, a bullet, or a
shell.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to extend an action, effort, or
influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If these examples of grown men <i>reach</i> not the
case of children, let them examine.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to
touch by virtue of extent; as, his land <i>reaches</i> the
river.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thy desire . . . leads to no excess<BR>
That <i>reaches</i> blame.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To arrive at; to come to; to get as far
as.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Before this letter <i>reaches</i> your
hands.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To arrive at by effort of any kind; to
attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The best account of the appearances of nature which
human penetration can <i>reach</i>, comes short of its
reality.</blockquote> <i>Cheyne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>To understand; to comprehend.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Do what, sir? I <i>reach</i> you not.</blockquote>
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>To overreach; to deceive.</def> [Obs.]
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reach</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
stretch out the hand.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Goddess humane, <i>reach</i>, then, and freely
taste!</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To strain after something; to make
efforts.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reaching</i> above our nature does no
good.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To extend in dimension, time, amount,
action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to,
something.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of
it <i>reached</i> to heaven.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xxviii. 12.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The new world <i>reaches</i> quite across the torrid
zone.</blockquote> <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To sail on the wind, as from
one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly
abeam.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To reach after</b></col> or <col><b>at</b></col>, <cd>to
make efforts to attain to or obtain.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>He would be in the posture of the mind <i>reaching
after</i> a positive idea of infinity.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reach</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or
touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as,
the fruit is beyond my <i>reach</i>; to be within <i>reach</i> of
cannon shot.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The power of stretching out or extending
action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management;
extent of force or capacity.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Drawn by others who had deeper <i>reaches</i> than
themselves to matters which they least intended.</blockquote>
<i>Hayward.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Be sure yourself and your own <i>reach</i> to
know.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Extent; stretch; expanse; hence,
application; influence; result; scope.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And on the left hand, hell,<BR>
With long <i>reach</i>, interposed.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I am to pray you not to strain my speech<BR>
To grosser issues, nor to larger <i>reach</i><BR>
Than to suspicion.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>An extended portion of land or water; a
stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to
another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the
sea extending up into the land.</def> "The river's wooded
<i>reach</i>."  <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The coast . . . is very full of creeks and
<i>reaches</i>.</blockquote> <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>An artifice to obtain an
advantage.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The Duke of Parma had particular <i>reaches</i> and
ends of his own underhand to cross the design.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>The pole or rod which connects the hind
axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reach"a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Being
within reach.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reach"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who reaches.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An exaggeration.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reach"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Being beyond reach;
lofty.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Unto a <i>reachless</i> pitch of praises
hight.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*act"</hw> (r&emacr;*&abreve;kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to
<i>react</i> a play; the same scenes were <i>reacted</i> at
Rome.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*act"</hw> (r&esl;*&abreve;kt"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To return an impulse or impression; to resist
the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body
<i>reacts</i> on the body that impels it from its natural
state.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1194 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To act upon each other; to exercise a
reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act
in opposition.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ac"tion</hw> (r&esl;*&abreve;k"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;action</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Any action in resisting other action or force;
counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse
action.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>The mutual or reciprocal
action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such
chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or
electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these
agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of
distinctive characters. See <i>Blowpipe reaction</i>, <i>Flame
reaction</i>, under <u>Blowpipe</u>, and <u>Flame</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>An action induced by vital
resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital
force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened
activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>The force which a body
subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts upon the
latter body in the opposite direction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reaction</i> is always equal and opposite to action,
that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always
equal and in opposite directions.</blockquote> <i>Sir I. Newton (3d
Law of Motion).</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Politics)</i> <def>Backward tendency or
movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any
direction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The new king had, at the very moment at which his fame
and fortune reached the highest point, predicted the coming
<i>reaction</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Reaction time</b></col> <i>(Physiol.)</i>, <cd>in nerve
physiology, the interval between the application of a stimulus to an
end organ of sense and the reaction or resulting movement; -- called
also <i>physiological time</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Reaction
wheel</b></col> <i>(Mech.)</i>, <cd>a water wheel driven by the
reaction of water, usually one in which the water, entering it
centrally, escapes at its periphery in a direction opposed to that of
its motion by orifices at right angles, or inclined, to its
radii.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*ac"tion*a*ry</hw> (-&asl;*r&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, <i>reactionary</i>
movements.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ac"tion*a*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Reactionaries</b></plw> (-r&ibreve;z). <def>One who favors
reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ac"tion*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
reactionary.</def>  <i>C. Kingsley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*act"ive</hw> (r&esl;*&abreve;kt"&ibreve;v),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;actif</i>.] <def>Having power
to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.</def> --
<wf>Re*act"ive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*act"ive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Read</hw> (r&emacr;d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rennet. See 3d
<u>Reed</u>.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Read</hw> (r&emacr;d), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Read</u> (r&ebreve;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reading</u>.] [OE. <i>reden</i>, <i>r&aelig;den</i>,
AS. <i>r&aemacr;dan</i> to read, advise, counsel, fr.
<i>r&aemacr;d</i> advice, counsel, <i>r&aemacr;dan</i> (imperf.
<i>reord</i>) to advise, counsel, guess; akin to D. <i>raden</i> to
advise, G. <i>raten</i>, <i>rathen</i>, Icel. <i>r&amacr;&eth;a</i>,
Goth. <i>r&emacr;dan</i> (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr.
<i>r&amacr;dh</i> to succeed. &radic;116.  Cf. <u>Riddle</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To advise; to counsel.</def> [Obs.] See
<u>Rede</u>.</p>

<p><blockquote>Therefore, I <i>read</i> thee, get thee to God's word,
and thereby try all doctrine.</blockquote> <i>Tyndale.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To interpret; to explain; as, to
<i>read</i> a riddle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To tell; to declare; to recite.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>But <i>read</i> how art thou named, and of what
kin.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To go over, as characters or words, and
utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense
of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is
expressed; to peruse; as, to <i>read</i> a discourse; to <i>read</i>
the letters of an alphabet; to <i>read</i> figures; to <i>read</i> the
notes of music, or to <i>read</i> music; to <i>read</i> a
book.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Redeth</i> [read ye] the great poet of
Itaille.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Well could he <i>rede</i> a lesson or a
story.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to know fully; to
comprehend.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Who is't can <i>read</i> a woman?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To discover or understand by characters,
marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>An armed corse did lie,<BR>
In whose dead face he <i>read</i> great magnanimity.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Those about her<BR>
From her shall <i>read</i> the perfect ways of honor.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To make a special study of, as by perusing
textbooks; as, to <i>read</i> theology or law.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To read one's self in</b></col>, <cd>to read aloud the
Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a
clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new
benefice.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Read</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
give advice or counsel.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To tell; to declare.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To perform the act of reading; to peruse,
or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like
document.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>So they <i>read</i> in the book of the law of God
distinctly, and gave the sense.</blockquote> <i>Neh. viii. 8.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To study by reading; as, he <i>read</i> for
the bar.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To learn by reading.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I have <i>read</i> of an Eastern king who put a judge
to death for an iniquitous sentence.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To appear in writing or print; to be
expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the
passage <i>reads</i> thus in the early manuscripts.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To produce a certain effect when read; as,
that sentence <i>reads</i> queerly.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To read between the lines</b></col>, <cd>to infer something
different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning
as distinguished from the apparent meaning.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Read</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&aemacr;d</i> counsel,
fr. <i>r&aemacr;dan</i> to counsel. See <u>Read</u>, <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Saying; sentence; maxim; hence,
word; advice; counsel.  See <u>Rede</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [<u>Read</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>]
<def>Reading.</def> [Colloq.]  <i>Hume.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a
<i>read</i>.</blockquote> <i>Furnivall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Read</hw> (r&ebreve;d), <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Read</u>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Read</hw> (r&ebreve;d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Instructed or
knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A poet . . . well <i>read</i> in Longinus.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Read`a*bil"i*ty</hw>
(r&emacr;d`&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The state of being readable; readableness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Read"a*ble</hw> (r&emacr;d"&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth
reading; interesting.</def> -- <wf>Read"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> -- <wf>Read"a*bly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*dress"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;d*dr&ebreve;s"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To address a second time; -- often used
reflexively.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He <i>readdressed</i> himself to her.</blockquote>
<i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`a*dept"</hw> (-&adot;*d&ebreve;pt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> + L. <i>adeptus</i>, p. p. of <i>adipisci</i> to
obtain.] <def>To regain; to recover.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`a*dep"tion</hw> (-d&ebreve;p"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A regaining; recovery of something
lost.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Read"er</hw> (r&emacr;d"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>r&aemacr;dere</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who reads.</def>
Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>One whose distinctive office is
to read prayers in a church.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(University
of Oxford, Eng.)</i> <def>One who reads lectures on scientific
subjects.</def> <i>Lyell.</i> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A proof
reader.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>One who reads manuscripts
offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who reads much; one who is
studious.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A book containing a selection of extracts
for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a
language; a reading book.</def></p>

<p><hw>Read"er*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The office of
reader.</def>  <i>Lyell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Read"i*ly</hw> (r&ebreve;d"&ibreve;*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In a ready manner;
quickly; promptly.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Without delay or objection; without
reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>How <i>readily</i> we wish time spent
revoked!</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Read"i*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state or
quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude;
willingness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They received the word with all <i>readiness</i> of
mind.</blockquote> <i>Acts xvii. 11.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Facility; quickness; expedition; promptitude;
promptness; aptitude; aptness; knack; skill; expertness; dexterity;
ease; cheerfulness. See <u>Facility</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Read"ing</hw> (r&emacr;d"&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of one who reads; perusal; also,
printed or written matter to be read.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a
man of extensive <i>reading</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A lecture or prelection; public
recital.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The Jews had their weekly <i>readings</i> of the
law.</blockquote> <i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The way in which anything reads; force of a
word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection;
version.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on
the stage; way of rendering.</def> [Cant]</p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>An observation read from the scale of a
graduated instrument; as, the <i>reading</i> of a barometer.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reading of a bill</b></col> <i>(Legislation)</i>, <cd>its
formal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to
consider it.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Read"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of
or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Addicted to reading; as, a <i>reading</i>
community.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reading book</b></col>, <cd>a book for teaching reading; a
reader.</cd> -- <col><b>Reading desk</b></col>, <cd>a desk to support
a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a
church.</cd> -- <col><b>Reading glass</b></col>, <cd>a large lens with
more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in
reading, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Reading man</b></col>, <cd>one who reads
much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious
student.</cd> -- <col><b>Reading room</b></col>, <cd>a room
appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and
the like, to which persons resort.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*journ"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;d*j&ucirc;rn"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To adjourn a second time; to adjourn
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*journ"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of readjourning; a second or repeated
adjournment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*just"</hw> (-j&ubreve;st"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or
relation; to rearrange.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*just"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United
States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial
repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's
creditors.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*just"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*mis"sion</hw> (-m&ibreve;sh"&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of admitting again, or the state of
being readmitted; as, the <i>readmission</i> of fresh air into an
exhausted receiver; the <i>readmission</i> of a student into a
seminary.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*mit"</hw> (-m&ibreve;t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
admit again; to give entrance or access to again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Whose ear is ever open, and his eye<BR>
Gracious to <i>readmit</i> the suppliant.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*mit"tance</hw> (-t<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Allowance to enter again; a second admission.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`a*dopt"</hw> (r&emacr;`&adot;*d&obreve;pt"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To adopt again.</def>  <i>Young.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`a*dorn"</hw> (-d&ocirc;rn"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
adorn again or anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*vance"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;d*v&adot;ns"), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> <def>To advance again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ad*vert"en*cy</hw> (-v&etilde;rt"<i>e</i>n*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of adverting to again, or of
reviewing.</def> [R.]  <i>Norris.</i></p>

<p><hw>Read"y</hw> (r&ebreve;d"&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Readier</u> (-&ibreve;*&etilde;r);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Readiest</u>.] [AS. <i>r&aemacr;de</i>;
akin to D. ge<i>reed</i>, be<i>reid</i>, G. be<i>reit</i>, Goth.
ga<i>r&aacute;ids</i> fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. <i>ride</i>,
as meaning originally, prepared for riding.  Cf. <u>Array</u>, 1st
<u>Curry</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Prepared for what one is about
to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some
act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the
troops are <i>ready</i> to march; <i>ready</i> for the journey.</def>
"When she <i>redy</i> was."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fitted or arranged for immediate use;
causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.</def>
"Dinner was <i>ready</i>."  <i>Fielding.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are
<i>ready</i>: come unto the marriage.</blockquote> <i>Matt. xxii.
4.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Prepared in mind or disposition; not
reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I am <i>ready</i> not to be bound only, but also to die
at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.</blockquote> <i>Acts
xxi. 13.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If need be, I am <i>ready</i> to forego<BR>
And quit.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or
perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a
<i>ready</i> apprehension; <i>ready</i> wit; a <i>ready</i> writer or
workman.</def> "<i>Ready</i> in devising expedients."
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Gurth, whose temper was <i>ready</i>, though
surly.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Offering itself at once; at hand;
opportune; convenient; near; easy.</def> "The <i>readiest</i> way."
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,<BR>
The <i>readiest</i> weapon that his fury found.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>On the point; about; on the brink; near; --
with a following infinitive.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>My heart is <i>ready</i> to crack.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A word of command, or a
position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held
in position to execute promptly the next command, which is,
<i>aim</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>All ready</b></col>, <cd>ready in every particular; wholly
equipped or prepared.</cd> "[I] am <i>all redy</i> at your hest."
<i>Chaucer.</i> -- <col><b>Ready money</b></col>, <cd>means of
immediate payment; cash.</cd> "'T is all the <i>ready money</i> fate
can give." <i>Cowley.</i> -- <col><b>Ready reckoner</b></col>, <cd>a
book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices,
etc.</cd> -- <col><b>To make ready</b></col>, <cd>to make preparation;
to get in readiness.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating;
dexterous; apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune;
fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See
<u>Prompt</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Read"y</hw> (r&ebreve;d"&ybreve;), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no
delay.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We ourselves will go <i>ready</i> armed.</blockquote>
<i>Num. xxxii. 17.</i></p>

<p><hw>Read"y</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Ready money; cash; --
commonly with <i>the</i>; as, he was well supplied with the
<i>ready</i>.</def> [Slang]</p>

<p><blockquote>Lord Strut was not flush in <i>ready</i>, either to go
to law, or to clear old debts.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><hw>Read"y</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To dispose in
order.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Heywood.</i></p>

<p><hw>Read"y-made`</hw> (-m&amacr;d`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Made
already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order;
as, <i>ready-made</i> clothing; <i>ready-made</i> jokes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Read"y-wit`ted</hw> (-w&ibreve;t`t&ebreve;d),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having ready wit.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`af*firm"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;f*f&etilde;rm"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To affirm again.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re`af*firm"ance</hw>
(r&emacr;`&abreve;f*f&etilde;rm"<i>a</i>ns),
<hw>Re*af`fir*ma"tion</hw>
(r&emacr;*&abreve;f`f&etilde;r*m&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second affirmation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`af*for"est</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;f*f&obreve;r"&ebreve;st),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To convert again into a forest, as a
region of country.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`af*for`es*ta"tion</hw> (-&ebreve;s*t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or process of converting again into
a forest.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*a"gent</hw> (r&esl;*&amacr;"j<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A substance capable of
producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect
the presence of other bodies; a test.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ag`gra*va"tion</hw> (-
&abreve;g`gr&adot;*v&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(R.
C. Ch.)</i> <def>The last monitory, published after three admonitions
and before the last excommunication.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`a*gree"</hw> (r&emacr;`&adot;*gr&emacr;"), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> <def>To agree again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reak</hw> (r&emacr;k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [&radic;115. Cf.
<u>Wrack</u> seaweed.] <def>A rush.</def> [Obs.] "Feeds on
<i>reaks</i> and reeds."  <i>Drant.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reak</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Icel. <i>hrekkr</i>, or E.
<i>wreak</i> vengeance.] <def>A prank.</def> [Obs.] "They play such
<i>reaks</i>."  <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"al</hw> (r&emacr;"<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp., fr.
<i>real</i> royal, L. <i>regalis</i>. See <u>Regal</u>, and cf.
<u>Ree</u> a coin.] <def>A small Spanish silver coin; also, a
denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish
monetary system.</def></p>

<p>&fist; A <i>real of plate</i> (coin) varied in value according to
the time of its coinage, from 12&frac12; down to 10 cents, or from
6&frac12; to 5 pence sterling. The <i>real vellon</i>, or money of
account, was nearly equal to five cents, or 2&frac12; pence sterling.
In 1871 the coinage of Spain was assimilated to that of the Latin
Union, of which the franc is the unit.</p>

<p><hw>Re*al"</hw> (r&asl;*&auml;l"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Royal;
regal; kingly.</def> [Obs.] "The blood <i>real</i> of Thebes."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"al</hw> (r&emacr;"<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>realis</i>, fr. L. <i>res</i>, <i>rei</i>, a thing: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;el</i>.  Cf. <u>Rebus</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a
description of <i>real</i> life.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Whereat I waked, and found<BR>
Before mine eyes all <i>real</i>, as the dream<BR>
Had lively shadowed.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit,
or factitious; often opposed to <i>ostensible</i>; as, the <i>real</i>
reason; <i>real</i> Madeira wine; <i>real</i> ginger.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Whose perfection far excelled<BR>
Hers in all <i>real</i> dignity.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Relating to things, not to persons.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly
capable of the <i>real</i> part of business.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Alg.)</i> <def>Having an assignable
arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Pertaining to things fixed,
permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, <i>real</i>
property, in distinction from <i>personal</i> or <i>movable</i>
property.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Chattels real</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>such chattels as
are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land.
See <u>Chattel</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Real action</b></col>
<i>(Law)</i>, <cd>an action for the recovery of real property.</cd> --
<col><b>Real assets</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>lands or real estate
in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the
ancestor.</cd> -- <col><b>Real composition</b></col> <i>(Eccl.
Law)</i>, <cd>an agreement made between the owner of lands and the
parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall
be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or
recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof.</cd>
<i>Blackstone.</i> -- <col><b>Real estate</b></col> or
<col><b>property</b></col>, <cd>lands, tenements, and hereditaments;
freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and
land.</cd> <i>Kent.</i> <i>Burrill.</i> -- <col><b>Real
presence</b></col> <i>(R. C. Ch.)</i>, <cd>the actual presence of the
body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the
substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of
Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a
form of real presence, not however in the sense of
<i>transubstantiation</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Real servitude</b></col>,
<i>called also</i> <col><b>Predial servitude</b></col> <i>(Civil
Law)</i>, <cd>a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another
estate of another proprietor.</cd> <i>Erskine.</i> <i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Actual; true; genuine; authentic.  -- <u>Real</u>,
<u>Actual</u>. <i>Real</i> represents a thing to be a substantive
existence; as, a <i>real</i>, not imaginary, occurrence. <i>Actual</i>
refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove
a thing <i>real</i>, we often say, "It <i>actually</i> exists," "It
has <i>actually</i> been done." Thus its <i>reality</i> is shown by
its <i>actuality</i>. <i>Actual</i>, from this reference to being
<i>acted</i>, has recently received a new signification, namely,
<i>present</i>; as, the <i>actual</i> posture of affairs; since what
is now in <i>action</i>, or going on, has, of course, a <i>present</i>
existence. An <i>actual</i> fact; a <i>real</i> sentiment.</p>

<p><blockquote>For he that but conceives a crime in thought,<BR>
Contracts the danger of an <i>actual</i> fault.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Our simple ideas are all <i>real</i>; all agree to the
<i>reality</i> of things.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i><BR>
</p>

<p><! p. 1195 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Re"al</hw> (r&emacr;"<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
realist.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Burton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*al"gar</hw> (r&esl;*&abreve;l"g&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;algar</i>, Sp. <i>rejalgar</i>,
Ar. <i>rahj al gh&amacr;r</i> powder of the mine.] <i>(Min.)</i>
<def>Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red
orpiment. It is also an artificial product.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*ism</hw> (r&emacr;"<i>a</i>l*&ibreve;z'm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;alisme</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Philos.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>As
opposed to <i>nominalism</i>, the doctrine that genera and species are
real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions.
According to realism the Universal exists <i>ante rem</i>
(<i>Plato</i>), or <i>in re</i> (<i>Aristotle</i>).</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>As opposed to <i>idealism</i>, the doctrine
that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the
external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and
representative.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Art & Lit.)</i> <def>Fidelity to nature or
to real life; representation without idealization, and making no
appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;aliste</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Philos.)</i> <def>One
who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that <i>generals</i>,
or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things,
represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by
the <i>nominalists</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Art. & Lit.)</i> <def>An artist or writer
who aims at realism in his work. See <u>Realism</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`al*is"tic</hw> (-&ibreve;s"t&ibreve;k), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists;
characterized by realism rather than by imagination.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`al*is"tic*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
realistic manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*al"i*ty</hw> (r&esl;*&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Realities</b></plw> (-
t&ibreve;z). [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;alit&eacute;</i>, LL.
<i>realitas</i>. See 3d <u>Real</u>, and cf. 2d <u>Realty</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state or quality of being real; actual
being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance;
fact.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in
<i>reality</i> he does not comprehend his meaning.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is real; an actual existence;
that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has
objective existence, and is not merely an idea.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And to <i>realities</i> yield all her
shows.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>My neck may be an idea to you, but it is a
<i>reality</i> to me.</blockquote> <i>Beattie.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> [See 1st <u>Realty</u>, 2.] <def>Loyalty;
devotion.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>To express our <i>reality</i> to the
emperor.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>See 2d <u>Realty</u>,
2.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*i`za*ble</hw> (r&emacr;"<i>a</i>l*&imacr;`z&adot;*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being realized.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`al*i*za"tion</hw> (-&ibreve;*z&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;alisation</i>.] <def>The act
of realizing, or the state of being realized.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*ize</hw> (r&emacr;"<i>a</i>l*&imacr;z), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Realized</u> (-
&imacr;zd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Realizing</u> (-
&imacr;`z&ibreve;ng).] [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;aliser</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make real; to convert from the imaginary or
fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to
effectuate; to accomplish; as, to <i>realize</i> a scheme or
project.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We <i>realize</i> what Archimedes had only in
hypothesis, weighing a single grain against the globe of
earth.</blockquote> <i>Glanvill.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cause to seem real; to impress upon the
mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one's own in
apprehension or experience.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Many coincidences . . . soon begin to appear in them
[Greek inscriptions] which <i>realize</i> ancient history to
us.</blockquote> <i>Jowett.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We can not <i>realize</i> it in thought, that the
object . . . had really no being at any past moment.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To convert into real property; to make real
estate of; as, to <i>realize</i> his fortune.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To acquire as an actual possession; to
obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to
<i>realize</i> large profits from a speculation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Knighthood was not beyond the reach of any man who
could by diligent thrift <i>realize</i> a good estate.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To convert into actual money; as, to
<i>realize</i> assets.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*ize</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To convert any
kind of property into money, especially property representing
investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Wary men took the alarm, and began to <i>realize</i>, a
word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal
property into something real.</blockquote> <i>W. Irving.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*i`zer</hw> (-&imacr;`z&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who realizes.</def>  <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*i`zing</hw> (-z&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as,
a <i>realizing</i> view of the danger incurred.</def> --
<wf>Re"al*i`zing*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re`al*lege"</hw> (-&abreve;l*l&ebreve;j"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To allege again.</def>  <i>Cotgrave.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`al*li"ance</hw> (-l&imacr;"<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A renewed alliance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"-al*ly"</hw> (-l&imacr;"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>ally</i>, v. t.] <def>To bring together again; to
compose or form anew.</def>  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*ly`</hw> (r&amacr;"&auml;l*l&emacr;`),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Royally.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*ly</hw> (r&emacr;"<i>a</i>l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a real manner; with or in reality;
actually; in truth.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Whose anger is <i>really</i> but a short fit of
madness.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Really</i> is often used familiarly as a slight
corroboration of an opinion or a declaration.</p>

<p><blockquote>Why, <i>really</i>, sixty-five is somewhat
old.</blockquote> <i>Young.</i></p>

<p><hw>Realm</hw> (r&ebreve;lm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>realme</i>, <i>ream</i>, <i>reaume</i>, OF. <i>reialme</i>,
<i>roialme</i>, F. <i>royaume</i>, fr. (assumed) LL. <i>regalimen</i>,
from L. <i>regalis</i> royal. See <u>Regal</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the
dominion of a king; a kingdom.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The absolute master of <i>realms</i> on which the sun
perpetually shone.</blockquote> <i>Motley.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, in general, province; region;
country; domain; department; division; as, the <i>realm</i> of
fancy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Realm"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of a
realm.</def>  <i>Keats.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*ness</hw> (r&emacr;"<i>a</i>l*n&ebreve;s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or condition of being real;
reality.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*ty</hw> (-t&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>r&eacute;alt&eacute;</i>, LL. <i>regalitas</i>, fr. L.
<i>regalis</i>. See <u>Regal</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Royalty.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Loyalty; faithfulness.</def> [R.]
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"al*ty</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Contr. from 1st
<u>Reality</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Reality.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Dr.
H. More.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>Immobility, or the fixed, permanent nature of real property; as,
chattels which savor of the <i>realty</i>; -- so written in legal
language for <i>reality</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Real
estate; a piece of real property.</def>  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ream</hw> (r&emacr;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>re&aacute;m</i>, akin to G. <i>rahm</i>.] <def>Cream; also, the
cream or froth on ale.</def> [Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Ream</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To cream; to
mantle.</def> [Scot.]</p>

<p><blockquote>A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of
the hostess, <i>reamed</i> with excellent claret.</blockquote> <i>Sir
W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ream</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Reim</u>.] <def>To
stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ream</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>reme</i>, OF.
<i>rayme</i>, F. <i>rame</i> (cf. Sp. <i>resma</i>), fr. Ar.
<i>rizma</i> a bundle, especially of paper.] <def>A bundle, package,
or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480
sheets.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Printer's ream</b></col>, <cd>twenty-one and a half quires.
[Eng.] A common practice is now to count five hundred sheets to the
<i>ream</i>.</cd>  <i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ream</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reamed</u> (r&emacr;md); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reaming</u>.] [Cf. G. <i>r&auml;umen</i> to remove, to
clear away, fr. <i>raum</i> room. See <u>Room</u>.] <def>To bevel out,
as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge
or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reame</hw> (r&emacr;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Realm.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ream"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who,
or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or
scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round
hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*am`pu*ta"tion</hw>
(r&emacr;*&abreve;m`p&usl;*t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Surg.)</i> <def>The second of two amputations performed upon the
same member.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*an"i*mate</hw> (r&esl;*&abreve;n"&ibreve;*m&amacr;t),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To animate anew; to restore to animation
or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to
revive; to reinvigorate; as, to <i>reanimate</i> a drowned person; to
<i>reanimate</i> disheartened troops; to <i>reanimate</i> languid
spirits.</def>  <i>Glanvill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*an`i*ma"tion</hw> (-m&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or operation of reanimating, or the
state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`an*nex"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;n*n&ebreve;ks"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To annex again or anew; to reunite.</def> "To
<i>reannex</i> that duchy."  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*an`nex*a"tion</hw> (-&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act of reannexing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*an"swer</hw> (r&esl;*&abreve;n"s&etilde;r), <pos><i>v. t. &
i.</i></pos> <def>To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to
make amends for.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Which in weight to <i>reanswer</i>, his pettiness would
bow under.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reap</hw> (r&emacr;p), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reaped</u> (r&emacr;pt); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reaping</u>.] [OE. <i>repen</i>, AS.
<i>r&imacr;pan</i> to seize, reap; cf. D. <i>rapen</i> to glean, reap,
G. <i>raufen</i> to pluck, Goth. <i>raupjan</i>, or E. <i>ripe</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping
machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When ye <i>reap</i> the harvest of your land, thou
shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field.</blockquote> <i>Lev.
xix. 9.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To gather; to obtain; to receive as a
reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good
or a bad sense; as, to <i>reap</i> a benefit from exertions.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing<BR>
For peace, <i>reap</i> nothing but repulse and hate?</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to
<i>reap</i> a field.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To deprive of the beard; to shave.</def>
[R.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Reaping hook</b></col>, <cd>an implement having a hook-
shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense,
distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of
serrated.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Reap</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To perform the act or
operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They that sow in tears shall <i>reap</i> in
joy.</blockquote> <i>Ps. cxxvi. 5.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reap</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. AS. <i>r&imacr;p</i>
harvest. See <u>Reap</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>A bundle of
grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.</def>
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]  <i>Wright.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reap"er</hw> (r&emacr;p"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who reaps.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The sun-burned <i>reapers</i> wiping their
foreheads.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A reaping machine.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ap*par"el</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;p*p&abreve;r"&ebreve;l),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To clothe again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ap*pear"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;p*p&emacr;r"), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> <def>To appear again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ap*pear"ance</hw> (-<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ap`pli*ca"tion</hw>
(r&emacr;*&abreve;p`pl&ibreve;*k&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of reapplying, or the state of being
reapplied.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ap*ply"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;p*pl&imacr;"), <pos><i>v. t.
& i.</i></pos> <def>To apply again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ap*point"</hw> (-point"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
appoint again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ap*point"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of reappointing, or the state of being
reappointed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ap*por"tion</hw> (-p&omacr;r"sh&ubreve;n), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To apportion again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ap*por"tion*ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A second or a new apportionment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ap*proach"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;p*pr&omacr;ch"),
<pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos> <def>To approach again or anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rear</hw> (r&emacr;r), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Early;
soon.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so
<i>rear</i>?</blockquote> <i>Gay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rear</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>riere</i> behind,
backward, fr. L. <i>retro</i>.  Cf. <u>Arrear</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in
order; -- opposed to <i>front</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Nipped with the lagging <i>rear</i> of winter's
frost.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, the part of an army or fleet
which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When the fierce foe hung on our broken
<i>rear</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rear</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Being behind, or in the
hindmost part; hindmost; as, the <i>rear</i> rank of a
company.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rear admiral</b></col>, <cd>an officer in the navy, next in
rank below a vice admiral and above a commodore. See
<u>Admiral</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rear front</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>,
<cd>the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in
that position.</cd> -- <col><b>Rear guard</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>,
<cd>the division of an army that marches in the rear of the main body
to protect it; -- used also figuratively.</cd> -- <col><b>Rear
line</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>the line in the rear of an
army.</cd> -- <col><b>Rear rank</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>the rank
or line of a body of troops which is in the rear, or last in
order.</cd> -- <col><b>Rear sight</b></col> <i>(Firearms)</i>, <cd>the
sight nearest the breech.</cd> -- <col><b>To bring up the
rear</b></col>, <cd>to come last or behind.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rear</hw> (r&emacr;r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To place in
the rear; to secure the rear of.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rear</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reared</u> (r&emacr;rd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rearing</u>.] [AS. <i>r&aemacr;ran</i> to raise, rear,
elevate, for <i>r&aemacr;san</i>, causative of <i>r&imacr;san</i> to
rise. See <u>Rise</u>, and cf. <u>Raise</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to
elevate; as, to <i>rear</i> a monolith.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In adoration at his feet I fell<BR>
Submiss; he <i>reared</i> me.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>It <i>reareth</i> our hearts from vain
thoughts.</blockquote> <i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Mine [shall be] the first hand to <i>rear</i> her
banner.</blockquote> <i>Ld. Lytton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To erect by building; to set up; to
construct; as, to <i>rear</i> defenses or houses; to <i>rear</i> one
government on the ruins of another.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>One <i>reared</i> a font of stone.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To lift and take up.</def> [Obs. or R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>And having her from Trompart lightly <i>reared</i>,<BR>
Upon his courser set the lovely load.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To bring up to maturity, as young; to
educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to <i>rear</i>
offspring.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He wants a father to protect his youth,<BR>
And <i>rear</i> him up to virtue.</blockquote> <i>Southern.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To breed and raise; as, to <i>rear</i>
cattle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To rouse; to stir up.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>And seeks the tusky boar to <i>rear</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To lift; elevate; erect; raise; build; establish.
See the Note under <u>Raise</u>, 3 <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>.</p>

<p><hw>Rear</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To rise up on the hind
legs, as a horse; to become erect.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rearing bit</b></col>, <cd>a bit designed to prevent a
horse from lifting his head when rearing.</cd>  <i>Knight.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rear"dorse</hw> (-d&ocirc;rs), <hw>Rear"doss</hw> (-
d&obreve;s) }, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A reredos.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rear"er</hw> (r&emacr;r"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who, or that which, rears.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ar"gue</hw> (r&emacr;*&auml;r"g&umacr;), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To argue anew or again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ar"gu*ment</hw> (-g&usl;*m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rear"-horse`</hw> (r&emacr;r"h&ocirc;rs`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[So called because it <i>rears</i> up when disturbed.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A mantis.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rear"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Early.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rear"most`</hw> (-m&omacr;st`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Farthest in the rear; last.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rear"mouse`</hw>, <hw>Rere"mouse`</hw> (-mous`) },
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hr&emacr;rem&umacr;s</i>; probably fr.
<i>hr&emacr;ran</i> to agitate, stir (akin to G. <i>r&uuml;hren</i>,
Icel. <i>hr&aelig;ra</i>) + <i>m&umacr;s</i> mouse.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The leather-winged bat (<i>Vespertilio
murinus</i>).</def> [Written also <i>reermouse</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`ar*range"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;r*r&amacr;nj"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To arrange again; to arrange in a different
way.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ar*range"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of rearranging, or the state of being
rearranged.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rear"ward`</hw> (r&emacr;r"w&add;rd`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[<i>Rear</i> + <i>ward</i>.] <def>The last troop; the rear of an army;
a rear guard. Also used figuratively.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rear"ward</hw> (-w&etilde;rd), <pos><i>a. & adv.</i></pos>
<def>At or toward the rear.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*cend"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;s*s&ebreve;nd"), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> <def>To rise, mount, or climb again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*cend"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To ascend or
mount again; to reach by ascending again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He mounts aloft, and <i>reascends</i> the
skies.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*cen"sion</hw> (-s&ebreve;n"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of reascending; a
remounting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*cent"</hw> (-s&ebreve;nt"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.</def>  <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rea"son</hw> (r&emacr;"z'n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>resoun</i>, F. <i>raison</i>, fr. L. <i>ratio</i> (akin to Goth.
<i>ra&thorn;j&omacr;</i> number, account, ga<i>ra&thorn;jan</i> to
count, G. <i>rede</i> speech, <i>reden</i> to speak), fr. <i>reri</i>,
<i>ratus</i>, to reckon, believe, think.  Cf. <u>Arraign</u>,
<u>Rate</u>, <u>Ratio</u>, <u>Ration</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an
opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is
offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an
occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination;
proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion;
principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I 'll give him <i>reasons</i> for it.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>reason</i> of the motion of the balance in a
wheel watch is by the motion of the next wheel.</blockquote> <i>Sir M.
Hale.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>This <i>reason</i> did the ancient fathers render, why
the church was called "catholic."</blockquote> <i>Bp. Pearson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is
a natural and eternal <i>reason</i> for that goodness and virtue, and
against vice and wickedness.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The faculty or capacity of the human mind
by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior
animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive
faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the
feelings and desires. <i>Reason</i> comprises conception, judgment,
reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the
intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished
from the understanding, which is called the <i>discursive</i> or
<i>ratiocinative</i> faculty.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We have no other faculties of perceiving or knowing
anything divine or human, but by our five senses and our
<i>reason</i>.</blockquote> <i>P. Browne.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In common and popular discourse, <i>reason</i> denotes
that power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood, and right
from wrong, and by which we are enabled to combine means for the
attainment of particular ends.</blockquote> <i>Stewart.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reason</i> is used sometimes to express the whole of
those powers which elevate man above the brutes, and constitute his
rational nature, more especially, perhaps, his intellectual powers;
sometimes to express the power of deduction or
argumentation.</blockquote> <i>Stewart.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>By the pure <i>reason</i> I mean the power by which we
become possessed of principles.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The sense perceives; the understanding, in its own
peculiar operation, conceives; the <i>reason</i>, or rationalized
understanding, comprehends.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1196 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Due exercise of the reasoning faculty;
accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the
mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair
deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported
by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety;
justice.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I was promised, on a time,<BR>
To have <i>reason</i> for my rhyme.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>But law in a free nation hath been ever public
<i>reason</i>; the enacted <i>reason</i> of a parliament, which he
denying to enact, denies to govern us by that which ought to be our
law; interposing his own private <i>reason</i>, which to us is no
law.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The most probable way of bringing France to
<i>reason</i> would be by the making an attempt on the Spanish West
Indies.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>Ratio; proportion.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><col><b>By reason of</b></col>, <cd>by means of; on account of;
because of.</cd> "Spain is thin sown of people, partly <i>by reason
of</i> the sterility of the soil." <i>Bacon.</i> -- <col><b>In
reason</b></col>, <col><b>In all reason</b></col>, <cd>in justice;
with rational ground; in a right view.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>When anything is proved by as good arguments as a thing
of that kind is capable of, we ought not, <i>in reason</i>, to doubt
of its existence.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>It is reason</b></col>, <cd>it is reasonable; it is
right.</cd> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Yet <i>it were</i> great <i>reason</i>, that those that
have children should have greatest care of future times.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i>
</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Motive; argument; ground; consideration; principle;
sake; account; object; purpose; design. See <u>Motive</u>,
<u>Sense</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rea"son</hw> (r&emacr;"z'n), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reasoned</u> (-z'nd); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reasoning</u>.] [Cf. F. <i>raisonner</i>.
See <u>Reason</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to
perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to
reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence: To carry on a process of deduction
or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and
set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to
argue.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Stand still, that I may <i>reason</i> with you, before
the Lord, of all the righteous acts of the Lord.</blockquote> <i>1
Sam. xii. 7.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To converse; to compare opinions.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rea"son</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or
discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I <i>reasoned</i> the
matter with my friend.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When they are clearly discovered, well digested, and
well <i>reasoned</i> in every part, there is beauty in such a
theory.</blockquote> <i>T. Burnet.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To support with reasons, as a
request.</def> [R.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To persuade by reasoning or argument; as,
to <i>reason</i> one into a belief; to <i>reason</i> one out of his
plan.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Men that will not be <i>reasoned</i> into their
senses.</blockquote> <i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons;
-- with <i>down</i>; as, to <i>reason</i> down a passion.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To find by logical processes; to explain or
justify by reason or argument; -- usually with <i>out</i>; as, to
<i>reason</i> out the causes of the librations of the moon.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rea"son*a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>resonable</i>, F. <i>raisonnable</i>, fr. L. <i>rationabilis</i>.
See <u>Reason</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a
<i>reasonable</i> being.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Governed by reason; being under the
influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or
according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just;
rational; as, the measure must satisfy all <i>reasonable</i>
men.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not
admit of any <i>reasonable</i> cause of doubting.</blockquote> <i>Bp.
Wilkins.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Men have no right to what is not
<i>reasonable</i>.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Not excessive or immoderate; within due
limits; proper; as, a <i>reasonable</i> demand, amount,
price.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let . . . all things be thought upon<BR>
That may, with <i>reasonable</i> swiftness, add<BR>
More feathers to our wings.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Rational; just; honest; equitable; fair; suitable;
moderate; tolerable. See <u>Rational</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rea"son*a*ble</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Reasonably;
tolerably.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>I have a <i>reasonable</i> good ear in
music.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rea"son*a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality of
being reasonable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rea"son*a*bly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>In a reasonable manner.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Moderately; tolerably.</def>
"<i>Reasonably</i> perfect in the language."  <i>Holder.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rea"son*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reasons or argues; as, a fair <i>reasoner</i>; a close
<i>reasoner</i>; a logical <i>reasoner</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rea"son*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of
presenting one's reasons.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is offered in argument; proofs
or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His <i>reasoning</i> was sufficiently
profound.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Argumentation; argument.  -- <u>Reasoning</u>,
<u>Argumentation</u>. Few words are more interchanged than these; and
yet, technically, there is a difference between them. <i>Reasoning</i>
is the broader term, including both deduction and induction.
<i>Argumentation</i> denotes simply the former, and descends from the
whole to some included part; while <i>reasoning</i> embraces also the
latter, and ascends from the parts to a whole. See <u>Induction</u>.
<i>Reasoning</i> is occupied with ideas and their relations;
<i>argumentation</i> has to do with the forms of logic. A thesis is
set down: you attack, I defend it; you insist, I reply; you deny, I
prove; you distinguish, I destroy your distinctions; my replies
balance or overturn your objections. Such is <i>argumentation</i>. It
supposes that there are two sides, and that both agree to the same
rules. <i>Reasoning</i>, on the other hand, is often a natural
process, by which we form, from the general analogy of nature, or
special presumptions in the case, conclusions which have greater or
less degrees of force, and which may be strengthened or weakened by
subsequent experience.</p>

<p><hw>Rea"son*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rationalist.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Such persons are now commonly called
"<i>reasonists</i>" and "rationalists," to distinguish them from true
reasoners and rational inquirers.</blockquote> <i>Waterland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rea"son*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Destitute of reason; as, a <i>reasonless</i> man or mind.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Void of reason; not warranted or supported
by reason; unreasonable.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This proffer is absurd and
<i>reasonless</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sem"blage</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;s*s&ebreve;m"bl&asl;j),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Assemblage a second time or again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sem"ble</hw> (-b'l), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To
assemble again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sert"</hw> (-s&etilde;rt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do
so.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let us hope . . . we may have a body of authors who
will <i>reassert</i> our claim to respectability in
literature.</blockquote> <i>Walsh.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*ser"tion</hw> (-s&etilde;r"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second or renewed assertion of the same
thing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sess"ment</hw> (-s&ebreve;s"m<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A renewed or second assessment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sign"</hw> (-s&imacr;n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
assign back or again; to transfer back what has been
assigned.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sign"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of reassigning.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sim"i*late</hw> (-s&ibreve;m"&ibreve;*l&amacr;t),
<pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To assimilate again.</def> --
<wf>Re`as*sim`i*la"tion</wf> (-l&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*so"ci*ate</hw> (-s&omacr;"sh&ibreve;*&amacr;t),
<pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To associate again; to bring again
into close relations.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sume"</hw> (-s&umacr;m"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
assume again or anew; to resume.</def> -- <wf>Re`as*sump"tion</wf> (-
s&ubreve;mp"sh&ubreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sur"ance</hw> (r&emacr;`&adot;*sh&udd;r"<i>a</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Assurance or confirmation
renewed or repeated.</def>  <i>Prynne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Reinsurance</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sure"</hw> (r&emacr;`&adot;*sh&udd;r"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To assure anew; to restore
confidence to; to free from fear or terror.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They rose with fear, . . . <BR>
Till dauntless Pallas <i>reassured</i> the rest.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To reinsure.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`as*sur"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who reassures.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reas"ty</hw> (r&emacr;s"t&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Etymol. uncertain.] <def>Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt
meat.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] <i>Tusser.</i> --
<wf>Reas"ti*ness</wf> (-t&ibreve;*n&ebreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>||Re*a"ta</hw> (r&asl;*&auml;"t&adot;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Sp.] <def>A lariat.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`at*tach"</hw> (r&emacr;`&abreve;t*t&abreve;ch"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To attach again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`at*tach"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of reattaching; a second attachment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`at*tain"</hw> (-t&amacr;n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
attain again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`at*tain"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of reattaining.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`at*tempt"</hw> (-t&ebreve;mt"; 215), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To attempt again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"aume</hw> (r&emacr;"&add;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Realm.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>R&eacute;`au`mur"</hw> (r&asl;`&omacr;`m&usd;r"),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Ren&eacute; Antoine
Ferchault de <i>R&eacute;aumur</i>; conformed to the scale adopted by
R&eacute;aumur in graduating the thermometer he invented.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A R&eacute;aumur thermometer or
scale.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The <i>R&eacute;aumur thermometer</i> is so graduated that
0&deg; marks the freezing point and 80&deg; the boiling point of
water. Frequently indicated by R.  Cf. <u>Centigrade</u>, and
<u>Fahrenheit</u>. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Thermometer</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Reave</hw> (r&emacr;v), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reaved</u> (r&emacr;vd), <u>Reft</u> (r&ebreve;ft),
or <u>Raft</u> (r&adot;ft) (obs.); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reaving</u>.] [AS. <i>re&aacute;fian</i>, from <i>re&aacute;f</i>
spoil, plunder, clothing, <i>re&oacute;fan</i> to break (cf.
<i>bire&oacute;fan</i> to deprive of); akin to G. <i>rauben</i> to
rob, Icel. <i>raufa</i> to rob, <i>rj&umacr;fa</i> to break, violate,
Goth. <i>bir&aacute;ub&omacr;n</i> to despoil, L. <i>rumpere</i> to
break; cf. Skr. <i>lup</i> to break. &radic;114.  Cf. <u>Bereave</u>,
<u>Rob</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, <u>Robe</u>, <u>Rove</u>,
<pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>, <u>Rupture</u>.] <def>To take away by
violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to
bereave. [Archaic]</def> "To <i>reave</i> his life."
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He golden apples <i>raft</i> of the
dragon.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If the wooers <i>reave</i><BR>
By privy stratagem my life at home.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>reave</i> the orphan of his
patrimony.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The heathen caught and <i>reft</i> him of his
tongue.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reav"er</hw> (r&emacr;v"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who reaves.</def> [Archaic]</p>

<p><hw>Re`a*wake"</hw> (r&emacr;`&adot;*w&amacr;k"), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> <def>To awake again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ban"ish</hw> (r&emacr;*b&abreve;n"&ibreve;sh), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To banish again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*bap"tism</hw> (r&emacr;*b&abreve;p"t&ibreve;z'm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second baptism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*bap`ti*za"tion</hw> (-t&ibreve;*z&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rebaptisation</i>.] <def>A second
baptism.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`bap*tize"</hw> (r&emacr;`b&abreve;p*t&imacr;z"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>baptize</i>: cf. F.
<i>rebaptiser</i>, L. <i>rebaptizare</i>.] <def>To baptize again or a
second time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`bap*tiz"er</hw> (-t&imacr;z"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who rebaptizes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*bar"ba*rize</hw> (r&emacr;*b&auml;r"b&adot;*r&imacr;z),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To reduce again to barbarism.</def> --
<wf>Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion</wf> (-r&ibreve;*z&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><blockquote>Germany . . . <i>rebarbarized</i> by polemical theology
and religious wars.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*bate"</hw> (r&esl;*b&amacr;t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rebattre</i> to beat again; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>battre</i> to
beat, L. <i>batuere</i> to beat, strike. See <u>Abate</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness;
to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for
exercise.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>But doth <i>rebate</i> and blunt his natural
edge.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To deduct from; to make a discount from, as
interest due, or customs duties.</def>  <i>Blount.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rebated cross</b></col>, <cd>a cross which has the
extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the
fylfot.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*bate"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To abate; to
withdraw.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*bate"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Diminution.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>Deduction; abatement; as, a
<i>rebate</i> of interest for immediate payment; a <i>rebate</i> of
importation duties.</def>  <i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*bate"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rabbet</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A rectangular longitudinal
recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See
<u>Rabbet</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A piece of wood hafted into a long stick,
and serving to beat out mortar.</def>  <i>Elmes.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An iron tool sharpened something like a
chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.</def>
<i>Elmes.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> [Perhaps a different word.] <def>A kind of hard
freestone used in making pavements.</def> [R.]  <i>Elmes.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*bate"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cut a rebate in.
See <u>Rabbet</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Re*bate"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. OF.
<i>rabatement</i>, fr. <i>rabatre</i> to diminish, F.
<i>rabattre</i>.] <def>Same as 3d <u>Rebate</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ba"to</hw> (r&esl;*b&amacr;"t&osl;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Same as <u>Rabato</u>.</def>  <i>Burton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"bec</hw> (r&emacr;"b&ebreve;k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.,
fr. It. <i>ribeca</i>, <i>ribeba</i>, fr. Ar. <i>rab&amacr;b</i> a
musical instrument of a round form.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i>
<def>An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin,
having three strings, and being played with a bow.</def> [Written also
<i>rebeck</i>.]  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He turn'd his <i>rebec</i> to a mournful
note.</blockquote> <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A contemptuous term applied to an old
woman.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reb"el</hw> (r&ebreve;b"&ebreve;l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rebelle</i>, fr. L. <i>rebellis</i>. See <u>Rebel</u>, <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos>] <def>Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in
revolt; rebellious; as, <i>rebel</i> troops.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Whoso be <i>rebel</i> to my judgment.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Convict by flight, and <i>rebel</i> to all
law.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reb"el</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rebelle</i>.] <def>One
who rebels.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Revolter; insurgent.  -- <u>Rebel</u>,
<u>Insurgent</u>. <i>Insurgent</i> marks an early, and <i>rebel</i> a
more advanced, stage of opposition to government. The former rises up
against his rulers, the latter makes war upon them.</p>

<p><hw>Re*bel"</hw> (r&esl;*b&ebreve;l"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rebelled</u> (-b&ebreve;ld);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rebelling</u>.] [F.
<i>rebeller</i>, fr. L. <i>rebellare</i> to make war again; pref.
<i>re-</i> again + <i>bellare</i> to make war, fr. <i>bellum</i> war.
See <u>Bellicose</u>, and cf. <u>Revel</u> to carouse.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To renounce, and resist by force, the
authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See
<u>Rebellion</u>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The murmur and the churls'
<i>rebelling</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might
<i>rebel</i> this day against the Lord.</blockquote> <i>Josh. xxii.
16.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be disobedient to authority; to assume a
hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>How could my hand <i>rebel</i> against my heart?<BR>
How could your heart <i>rebel</i> against your reason?</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reb"el*dom</hw> (r&ebreve;b"&ebreve;l*d&ubreve;m),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A region infested by rebels; rebels,
considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of
rebels.</def>  <i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*bel"ler</hw> (r&esl;*b&ebreve;l"l&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who rebels; a rebel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*bel"lion</hw> (r&esl;*b&ebreve;l"y&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;bellion</i>, L. <i>rebellio</i>.
See <u>Rebel</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> Among the Romans rebellion
was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by
nations that had been subdued in war. It was a renewed war.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of rebelling; open and avowed
renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes
obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying
war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects
for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or
government by force; revolt; insurrection.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>No sooner is the standard of <i>rebellion</i> displayed
than men of desperate principles resort to it.</blockquote>
<i>Ames.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful
authority.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Commission of rebellion</b></col> <i>(Eng. Law)</i>, <cd>a
process of contempt issued on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- now
abolished.</cd>  <i>Wharton.</i>  <i>Burrill.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Insurrection; sedition; revolt; mutiny; resistance;
contumacy. See <u>Insurrection</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*bel"lious</hw> (r&esl;*b&ebreve;l"y&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of
the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful
authority by force.</def> "Thy <i>rebellious</i> crew."  "Proud
<i>rebellious</i> arms." <i>Milton.</i> -- <wf>Re*bel"lious*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Re*bel"lious*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*bel"low</hw> (r&emacr;*b&ebreve;l"l&osl;), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> <def>To bellow again; to repeat or echo a
bellow.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The cave <i>rebellowed</i>, and the temple
shook.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*bit"ing</hw> (r&emacr;*b&imacr;t"&ibreve;ng),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Etching)</i> <def>The act or process of
deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the
action of acid.</def>  <i>Fairholt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*bloom"</hw> (r&emacr;*bl&oomac;m"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<def>To bloom again.</def>  <i>Crabbe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*blos"som</hw> (r&emacr;*bl&obreve;s"s&ubreve;m), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> <def>To blossom again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*bo"ant</hw> (r&esl;*b&omacr;"<i>a</i>nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reboans</i>, p. pr. of <i>reboare</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>boare</i> to cry aloud.] <def>Rebellowing;
resounding loudly.</def> [R.]  <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`bo*a"tion</hw> (r&emacr;`b&osl;*&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Repetition of a bellow.</def> [R.]  <i>Bp.
Patrick.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*boil"</hw> (r&emacr;*boil"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>boil</i>: cf. F. <i>rebouillir</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To boil, or to cause to boil, again.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: To make or to become hot.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Some of his companions thereat
<i>reboyleth</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*born"</hw> (r&emacr;*b&ocirc;rn"), <pos><i>p. p.</i></pos>
<def>Born again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*bound"</hw> (r&esl;*bound"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>bound</i>: cf. F. <i>rebondir</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by
elastic force on collision with another body; as, a <i>rebounding</i>
echo.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be
void of elasticity, will not <i>rebound</i> from one
another.</blockquote> <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To give back an echo.</def> [R.]  <i>T.
Warton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To bound again or repeatedly, as a
horse.</def>  <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rebounding lock</b></col> <i>(Firearms)</i>, <cd>one in
which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or
primer.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*bound"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To send back; to
reverberate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Silenus sung; the vales his voice
<i>rebound</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*bound"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
rebounding; resilience.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift
<i>rebound</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*brace"</hw> (r&emacr;*br&amacr;s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To brace again.</def>  <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*breathe"</hw> (r&emacr;*br&emacr;th"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To breathe again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*bu"cous</hw> (r&esl;*b&umacr;"k&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rebuking.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>She gave unto him many <i>rebucous</i>
words.</blockquote> <i>Fabyan.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*buff"</hw> (r&esl;*b&ubreve;f"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.
<i>ribuffo</i>, akin to <i>ribuffare</i> to repulse; pref. <i>ri-</i>
(L. <i>re-</i>) + <i>buffo</i> puff.  Cf. <u>Buff</u> to strike,
<u>Buffet</u> a blow.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Repercussion, or
beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The strong <i>rebuff</i> of some tumultuous
cloud.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat;
refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*buff"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rebuffed</u> (r&esl;*b&ubreve;ft"); <pos><i>p. pr. &
vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rebuffing</u>.] <def>To beat back; to offer sudden
resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or
uncourteously.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*build"</hw> (r&emacr;*b&ibreve;ld"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To build again, as something which has been demolished; to
construct anew; as, to <i>rebuild</i> a house, a wall, a wharf, or a
city.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*build"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who rebuilds.</def>  <i>Bp. Bull.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*buk"a*ble</hw> (r&esl;*b&umacr;k"&adot;*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Worthy of rebuke or reprehension;
reprehensible.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*buke"</hw> (r&esl;*b&umacr;k"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rebuked</u> (-b&umacr;kt");
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rebuking</u>.] [OF.
<i>rebouquier</i> to dull, blunt, F. <i>reboucher</i>; perhaps fr.
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>bouche</i> mouth, OF. also <i>bouque</i>, L.
<i>bucca</i> cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth
of; hence, to stop, obstruct.] <def>To check, silence, or put down,
with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to
reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to
admonish.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,<BR>
Nor to <i>rebuke</i> the rich offender feared.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain;
silence. See <u>Reprove</u>.</p>

<p><! p. 1197 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Re*buke"</hw> (r&esl;*b&umacr;k"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand;
also, chastisement; punishment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For thy sake I have suffered
<i>rebuke</i>.</blockquote> <i>Jer. xv. 15.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Why bear you these <i>rebukes</i> and answer
not?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Check; rebuff.</def> [Obs.]
<i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To be without rebuke</b></col>, <cd>to live without giving
cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*buke"ful</hw> (-f&usd;l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke.</def> [Obs.] --
<wf>Re*buke"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*buk"er</hw> (-b&umacr;k"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who rebukes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*buk"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By way of
rebuke.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`bul*li"tion</hw>
(r&emacr;`b&ubreve;l*l&ibreve;sh"&ubreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of boiling up or effervescing.</def> [R.]  <i>Sir H.
Wotton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*bur"y</hw> (r&emacr;*b&ebreve;r"r&ybreve;), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To bury again.</def>  <i>Ashmole.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"bus</hw> (r&emacr;"b&ubreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rebuses</b></plw> (-&ebreve;z). [L. <i>rebus</i> by
things, abl. pl. of <i>res</i> a thing: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;bus</i>.
Cf. 3d <u>Real</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A mode of expressing
words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those
words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical
representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle
made up of such representations.</def></p>

<p>&fist; A gallant, in love with a woman named <i>Rose Hill</i>, had,
embroidered on his gown, a rose, a hill, an eye, a loaf, and a well,
signifying, <i>Rose Hill I love well</i>.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Her.)</i> <def>A pictorial suggestion on a
coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See
<i>Canting arms</i>, under <u>Canting</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"bus</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To mark or indicate
by a rebus.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He [John Morton] had a fair library <i>rebused</i> with
More in text and Tun under it.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*but"</hw> (r&esl;*b&ubreve;t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rebutted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rebutting</u>.] [OF. <i>rebouter</i> to repulse, drive
back; pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>bouter</i> to push, thrust. See 1st
<u>Butt</u>, <u>Boutade</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To drive or beat
back; to repulse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight,<BR>
Perforce <i>rebutted</i> back.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To contradict, meet, or oppose
by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.</def>  <i>Abbott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*but"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To retire; to recoil.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To make, or put in, an answer,
as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a
surrejoinder; on which the defendant may <i>rebut</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*but"ta*ble</hw> (-t&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being rebutted.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*but"tal</hw> (-b&ubreve;t"t<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to
destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same
suit.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*but"ter</hw> (-t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a
plaintiff's surrejoinder.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ca"den*cy</hw> (r&emacr;*k&amacr;"d<i>e</i>n*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A falling back or descending a second time;
a relapse.</def>  <i>W. Montagu.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cal"ci*trant</hw>
(r&esl;*k&abreve;l"s&ibreve;*tr<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recalcitrans</i>, p. pr. of <i>recalcitrare</i> to kick back; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>calcitrare</i> to kick, fr. <i>calx</i> heel.  Cf.
<u>Inculcate</u>.] <def>Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing
repugnance or opposition; refractory.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cal"ci*trate</hw> (-tr&amacr;t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and
<i>recalcitrate</i> his tricks.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cal"ci*trate</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To kick
back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or
opposition.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cal`ci*tra"tion</hw> (-tr&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kicking back again; opposition;
repugnance; refractoriness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*call"</hw> (r&esl;*k&add;l"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To call back; to summon to return; as, to
<i>recall</i> troops; to <i>recall</i> an ambassador.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If Henry were <i>recalled</i> to life
again.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to
take back; to withdraw; as, to <i>recall</i> words, or a
decree.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Passed sentence may not be
<i>recall'd</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To call back to mind; to revive in memory;
to recollect; to remember; as, to <i>recall</i> bygone days.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*call"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
calling back; a revocation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>'T is done, and since 't is done, 't is past
<i>recall</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A call on the trumpet, bugle,
or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.</def>
<i>Wilhelm.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*call"a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being recalled.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*call"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Recall.</def> [R.]  <i>R. Browning.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cant"</hw> (r&esl;*k&abreve;nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recanted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Recanting</u>.] [L. <i>recantare</i>,
<i>recantatum</i>, to recall, recant; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>cantare</i> to sing, to sound. See 3d <u>Cant</u>, <u>Chant</u>.]
<def>To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly
expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back
openly; to retract; to recall.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>How soon . . . ease would <i>recant</i><BR>
Vows made in pain, as violent and void!</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow.
See <u>Renounce</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*cant"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To revoke a
declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract;
as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will <i>recant</i>.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`can*ta"tion</hw> (r&emacr;`k&abreve;n*t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of recanting; a declaration that
contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in
contradiction; retraction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and
forced to make a public <i>recantation</i>.</blockquote> <i>Bp.
Stillingfleet.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cant"er</hw> (r&esl;*k&abreve;nt"&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who recants.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ca*pac"i*tate</hw>
(r&emacr;`k&adot;*p&abreve;s"&ibreve;*t&amacr;t), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To qualify again; to confer capacity on again.</def>
<i>Atterbury.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ca*pit"u*late</hw> (-p&ibreve;t"&usl;*l&amacr;t), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [L. <i>recapitulare</i>, <i>recapitulatum</i>; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>capitulum</i> a small head, chapter, section. See
<u>Capitulate</u>.] <def>To repeat, as the principal points in a
discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal
facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to
summarize.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ca*pit"u*late</hw>
(r&emacr;`k&adot;*p&ibreve;t"&usl;*l&amacr;t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<def>To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been
previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ca*pit`u*la"tion</hw> (-l&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>recapitulatio</i>: cf. F.
<i>recapitulation</i>.] <def>The act of recapitulating; a summary, or
concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or
statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ca*pit"u*la`tor</hw> (-
p&ibreve;t"&usl;*l&amacr;`t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who recapitulates.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ca*pit"u*la*to*ry</hw> (-l&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of the nature of a recapitulation;
containing recapitulation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cap"per</hw> (r&esl;*k&abreve;p"p&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Firearms)</i> <def>A tool used for applying a
fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading
it.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cap"tion</hw> (r&esl;*k&abreve;p"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The act of retaking, as of one
who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own
goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from
one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Writ of recaption</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>a writ to
recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained for rent or
service, are distrained again for the same cause.</cd>
<i>Wharton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cap"tor</hw> (-t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously
taken.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cap"ture</hw> (-t&usl;r; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of retaking or recovering by capture;
especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is captured back; a prize
retaken.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cap"ture</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To capture
again; to retake.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*car"bon*ize</hw> (r&esl;*k&auml;r"b&obreve;n*&imacr;z),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>To restore carbon to; as,
to <i>recarbonize</i> iron in converting it into steel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*car"ni*fy</hw> (-n&ibreve;*f&imacr;), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To convert again into flesh.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*car"riage</hw> (r&esl;*k&abreve;r"r&ibreve;j),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act of carrying back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*car"ry</hw> (-r&ybreve;), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
carry back.</def>  <i>Walton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cast"</hw> (r&emacr;*k&adot;st"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To throw again.</def>  <i>Florio.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a
new form or shape; to reconstruct; as, to <i>recast</i> cannon; to
<i>recast</i> an argument or a play.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To compute, or cast up, a second
time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"che</hw> (r&ebreve;k"k<i>e</i>), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<def>To reck.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"che*les</hw> (-l&ebreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Reckless.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cede"</hw> (r&esl;*s&emacr;d"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Receded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Receding</u>.] [L. <i>recedere</i>, <i>recessum</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>cedere</i> to go, to go along: cf. F.
<i>rec&eacute;der</i>. See <u>Cede</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
move back; to retreat; to withdraw.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Like the hollow roar<BR>
Of tides <i>receding</i> from the insulted shore.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>All bodies moved circularly endeavor to <i>recede</i>
from the center.</blockquote> <i>Bentley.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To withdraw a claim or pretension; to
desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to
<i>recede</i> from a demand or proposition.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw;
desist.</p>

<p><hw>Re*cede"</hw> (r&emacr;*s&emacr;d"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>cede</i>.  Cf. <u>Recede</u>, <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos>] <def>To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former
possessor; as, to <i>recede</i> conquered territory.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceipt"</hw> (r&esl;*s&emacr;t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>receite</i>, OF. <i>recete</i>, <i>recepte</i>, F. <i>recette</i>,
fr. L. <i>recipere</i>, <i>receptum</i>, to receive. See
<u>Receive</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of receiving;
reception.</def> "At the <i>receipt</i> of your letter."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Reception, as an act of hospitality.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Thy kind <i>receipt</i> of me.</blockquote>
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Capability of receiving; capacity.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>It has become a place of great
<i>receipt</i>.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Place of receiving.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the
<i>receipt</i> of custom.</blockquote> <i>Matt. ix. 9.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a recess; a retired place.</def>
[Obs.] "In a retired <i>receipt</i> together lay."
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A formulary according to the directions of
which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a
<i>receipt</i> for making sponge cake.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>She had a <i>receipt</i> to make white hair
black.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>A writing acknowledging the taking or
receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money
paid.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>That which is received; that which comes
in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the
like; -- usually in the plural; as, the <i>receipts</i> amounted to a
thousand dollars.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Gross receipts</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Gross</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos></cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceipt"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Receipted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Receipting</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To give a receipt for; as,
to <i>receipt</i> goods delivered by a sheriff.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To put a receipt on, as by writing or
stamping; as, to <i>receipt</i> a bill.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceipt"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To give a receipt,
as for money paid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceipt"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(O.
Eng. Law)</i> <def>The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after
the commission of a felony.</def>  <i>Burrill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceipt"or</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who receipts; specifically <i>(Law)</i>, one who receipts for property
which has been taken by the sheriff.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceit"</hw> (r&esl;*s&emacr;t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Receipt.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceiv`a*bil"i*ty</hw>
(r&esl;*s&emacr;v`&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being receivable;
receivableness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceiv"a*ble</hw> (r&esl;*s&emacr;v"&adot;*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>recevable</i>.] <def>Capable of being
received.</def> -- <wf>Re*ceiv"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><col><b>Bills receivable</b></col>. <cd>See under 6th
<u>Bill</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceive"</hw> (r&esl;*s&emacr;v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Received</u> (-s&emacr;vd");
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Receiving</u>.] [OF.
<i>receveir</i>, <i>recevoir</i>, F. <i>recevoir</i>, fr. L.
<i>recipere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>capere</i> to take, seize.
See <u>Capable</u>, <u>Heave</u>, and cf. <u>Receipt</u>,
<u>Reception</u>, <u>Recipe</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To take, as
something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like;
to accept; as, to <i>receive</i> money offered in payment of a debt;
to <i>receive</i> a gift, a message, or a letter.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Receyven</i> all in gree that God us
sent.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take
into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an
opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Our hearts <i>receive</i> your warnings.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The idea of solidity we <i>receive</i> by our
touch.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the
like; to give credence or acceptance to.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Many other things there be which they have
<i>received</i> to hold, as the washing of cups, and
pots.</blockquote> <i>Mark vii. 4.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To give admittance to; to permit to enter,
as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to
<i>receive</i> a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger,
etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They kindled a fire, and <i>received</i> us every
one.</blockquote> <i>Acts xxviii. 2.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain;
to have capacity for; to be able to take in.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too
little to <i>receive</i> the burnt offerings.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings
viii. 64.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To be affected by something; to suffer; to
be subjected to; as, to <i>receive</i> pleasure or pain; to
<i>receive</i> a wound or a blow; to <i>receive</i> damage.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Against his will he can <i>receive</i> no
harm.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To take from a thief, as goods known to be
stolen.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Lawn Tennis)</i> <def>To bat back (the ball)
when served.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Receiving ship</b></col>, <cd>one on board of which newly
recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for
service.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit.  --
<u>Receive</u>, <u>Accept</u>. To <i>receive</i> describes simply the
act of taking. To <i>accept</i> denotes the taking with approval, or
for the purposes for which a thing is offered. Thus, we <i>receive</i>
a letter when it comes to hand; we <i>receive</i> news when it reaches
us; we <i>accept</i> a present when it is offered; we <i>accept</i> an
invitation to dine with a friend.</p>

<p><blockquote>Who, if we knew<BR>
What we <i>receive</i>, would either not <i>accept</i><BR>
Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceive"</hw> (r&esl;*s&emacr;v"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To receive visitors; to be at home to receive
calls; as, she <i>receives</i> on Tuesdays.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Lawn Tennis)</i> <def>To return, or bat
back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to
<i>receive</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceiv"ed*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state or
quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the
<i>receivedness</i> of an opinion.</def>  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceiv"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>receveur</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who takes or receives in
any manner.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A person appointed, ordinarily
by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property
which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person
appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation,
and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain
cases.</def>  <i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One who takes or buys stolen goods from a
thief, knowing them to be stolen.</def>  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A vessel
connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and
condensing the product of distillation.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>A vessel for receiving and containing gases.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Pneumatics)</i> <def>The glass vessel in
which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put,
in experiments with an air pump.  Cf. <u>Bell jar</u>, and see
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>Air pump</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Steam Engine)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder
before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound
engine.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A capacious vessel for
receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an
engine.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or
similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; --
opposed to <i>transmitter</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Exhausted receiver</b></col> <i>(Physics)</i>, <cd>a
receiver, as that used with the air pump, from which the air has been
withdrawn; a vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete
vacuum.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*ceiv"er*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state or
office of a receiver.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cel"e*brate</hw> (r&emacr;*s&ebreve;l"&esl;*br&amacr;t),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To celebrate again, or anew.</def> --
<wf>Re*cel`e*bra"tion</wf> (-br&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re"cen*cy</hw> (r&emacr;"s<i>e</i>n*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>recentia</i>, fr. L. <i>recens</i>. See
<u>Recent</u>.] <def>The state or quality of being recent; newness;
new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the
<i>recency</i> of a transaction, of a wound, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cense"</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;ns"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[L. <i>recensere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> again + <i>censere</i> to
value, estimate: cf. F. <i>recenser</i>.] <def>To review; to
revise.</def> [R.]  <i>Bentley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cen"sion</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;n"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>recensio</i>: cf. F. <i>recension</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of reviewing or revising; review;
examination; enumeration.</def>  <i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, the review of a text (as of
an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and
establishment.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The result of such a work; a text
established by critical revision; an edited version.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cen"sion*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who makes
recensions; specifically, a critical editor.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"cent</hw> (r&emacr;"s<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recens</i>, <i>-entis</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;cent</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of late origin, existence, or occurrence;
lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not
already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new;
modern; as, <i>recent</i> news.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable
portion of that country [Egypt] was <i>recent</i>, and formed out of
the mud discharged into the neighboring sea by the Nile.</blockquote>
<i>Woodward.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
present or existing epoch; as, <i>recent</i> shells.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cen"ter</hw> (r&emacr;*s&ebreve;n"t&etilde;r), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>center</i>.] <def>To center again;
to restore to the center.</def>  <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"cent*ly</hw> (r&emacr;"s<i>e</i>nt*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Newly; lately; freshly; not long since;
as, advices <i>recently</i> received.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"cent*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality or state
of being recent.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cep"ta*cle</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;p"t&adot;*k'l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;ceptacle</i>, L.
<i>receptaculum</i>, fr. <i>receptare</i>, v. intens. fr.
<i>recipere</i> to receive. See <u>Receive</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing
something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a
repository.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>O sacred <i>receptacle</i> of my joys!</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The apex
of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into
which they are inserted. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Flower</u>, and
<u>Ovary</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The dilated apex of a
pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>An intercellular cavity containing oil or
resin or other matters.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>A special
branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous
plants.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1198 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Rec`ep*tac"u*lar</hw>
(r&ebreve;s`&ebreve;p*t&abreve;k"&usl;*l&etilde;r),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;ceptaculaire</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as,
the <i>receptacular</i> chaff or scales in the sunflower.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rec`ep*tac"u*lum</hw> (-l&ubreve;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Receptacula</b></plw> (-l&adot;). [L.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A receptacle; as, the <i>receptaculum</i> of the
chyle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ep*ta*ry</hw> (r&ebreve;s"&ebreve;p*t&asl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Generally or popularly admitted or
received.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ep*ta*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which is
received.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Receptaries</i> of philosophy."  <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cep`ti*bil"i*ty</hw>
(r&esl;*s&ebreve;p`t&ibreve;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality or state of
being receptible; receivableness.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A receptible thing.</def> [R.]
<i>Glanvill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cep"ti*ble</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;p"t&ibreve;*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>receptibilis</i>.] <def>Such as may be
received; receivable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cep"tion</hw> (-sh&ubreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;ception</i>, L. <i>receptio</i>, fr. <i>recipere</i>,
<i>receptum</i>. See <u>Receive</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act
of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the <i>reception</i> of food
into the stomach; the <i>reception</i> of a letter; the
<i>reception</i> of sensation or ideas; <i>reception</i> of
evidence.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being received.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The act or manner of receiving, esp. of
receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of
receiving guests; as, a hearty <i>reception</i>; an elaborate
<i>reception</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>What <i>reception</i> a poem may find.</blockquote>
<i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Acceptance, as of an opinion or
doctrine.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of
their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even
common <i>reception</i> countenanced.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A retaking; a recovery.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cep"tive</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;p"t&ibreve;v),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;ceptif</i>. See
<u>Receive</u>.] <def>Having the quality of receiving; able or
inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or
containing; as, a <i>receptive</i> mind.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Imaginary space is <i>receptive</i> of all
bodies.</blockquote> <i>Glanvill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cep"tive*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of
being receptive.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`ep*tiv"i*ty</hw>
(r&ebreve;s`&ebreve;p*t&ibreve;v"&ibreve;*t&ybreve; or
r&emacr;`s&ebreve;p- ), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;ceptivit&eacute;</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state
or quality of being receptive.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Kantian Philos.)</i> <def>The power or
capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external
senses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cep"to*ry</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;p"t&osl;*r&ybreve;; 277),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. L. <i>receptorium</i> a place of shelter.]
<def>Receptacle.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cess"</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;s"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recessus</i>, fr. <i>recedere</i>, <i>recessum</i>. See
<u>Recede</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A withdrawing or retiring; a
moving back; retreat; as, the <i>recess</i> of the tides.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Every degree of ignorance being so far a <i>recess</i>
and degradation from rationality.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>My <i>recess</i> hath given them confidence that I may
be conquered.</blockquote> <i>Eikon Basilike.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being withdrawn; seclusion;
privacy.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In the <i>recess</i> of the jury they are to consider
the evidence.</blockquote> <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Good verse <i>recess</i> and solitude
requires.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Remission or suspension of business or
procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or
school.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>recess</i> of . . . Parliament lasted six
weeks.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Part of a room formed by the receding of
the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A bed which stood in a deep <i>recess</i>.</blockquote>
<i>W. Irving.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or
seclusion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Departure from this happy place, our sweet<BR>
<i>Recess</i>, and only consolation left.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Secret or abstruse part; as, the
difficulties and <i>recesses</i> of science.</def>  <i>I.
Watts.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Bot. & Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A
sinus.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cess"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Recessed</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Recessing</u>.] <def>To make a recess in; as, to <i>recess</i> a
wall.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cess"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G.] <def>A decree of the
imperial diet of the old German empire.</def>  <i>Brande & C.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cessed"</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;st"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having a recess or recesses; as, a
<i>recessed</i> arch or wall.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Withdrawn; secluded.</def> [R.]
"Comfortably <i>recessed</i> from curious impertinents."  <i>Miss
Edgeworth.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Recessed arch</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>one of a series
of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with
splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*ces"sion</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;sh"&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>recessio</i>, fr. <i>recedere</i>,
<i>recessum</i>. See <u>Recede</u>.] <def>The act of receding or
withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.</def>
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Mercy may rejoice upon the <i>recessions</i> of
justice.</blockquote> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ces"sion</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> +
<i>cession</i>.] <def>The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated
cession; as, the <i>recession</i> of conquered territory to its former
sovereign.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ces"sion*al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of
or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Recessional hymn</b></col>, <cd>a hymn sung in a procession
returning from the choir to the robing room.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*ces"sive</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;s"s&ibreve;v),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Going back; receding.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"chab*ite</hw> (r&emacr;"k&abreve;b*&imacr;t),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Jewish Hist.)</i> <def>One of the descendants
of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained
from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine.
<i>Jer</i>. <i>xxxv</i>. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a
certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*change"</hw> (r&emacr;*ch&amacr;nj"), <pos><i>v. t. &
i.</i></pos> <def>To change again, or change back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*charge"</hw> (r&emacr;*ch&auml;rj"), <pos><i>v. t. &
i.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>charge</i>: cf. F.
<i>recharger</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To charge or accuse in
return.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To attack again; to attack anew.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*char"ter</hw> (r&emacr;*ch&auml;r"t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second charter; a renewal of a
charter.</def>  <i>D. Webster.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*char"ter</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To charter again
or anew; to grant a second or another charter to.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*chase"</hw> (r&emacr;*ch&amacr;s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>chase</i>: cf. F. <i>rechasser</i>.] <def>To
chase again; to chase or drive back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cheat"</hw> (r&esl;*ch&emacr;t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>requ&ecirc;t&eacute;</i>, fr. <i>requ&ecirc;ter</i> to hunt anew.
See <u>Request</u>.] <i>(Sporting)</i> <def>A strain given on the horn
to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the
game.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cheat"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To blow the
recheat.</def>  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re*cher`ch&eacute;"</hw> (r<i>e</i>*sh&acirc;r`sh&asl;"),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.] <def>Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of
rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in
kind.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rech"less</hw> (r&ebreve;k"l&ebreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Reckless.</def> [Obs.]  <i>P. Plowman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*choose"</hw> (r&emacr;*ch&oomac;z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To choose again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cid"i*vate</hw> (r&esl;*s&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*v&amacr;t),
<pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [LL. <i>recidivare</i>. See
<u>Recidivous</u>.] <def>To backslide; to fall again.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*cid`i*va"tion</hw> (-v&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>recidivatio</i>.] <def>A falling back; a
backsliding.</def>  <i>Hammond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cid"i*vous</hw> (r&esl;*s&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*v&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>recidivus</i>, fr. <i>recidere</i> to fall
back.] <def>Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former
condition or habit.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"i*pe</hw> (r&ebreve;s"&ibreve;*p&esl;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Recipes</b></plw> (-
p&emacr;z). [L., imperative of <i>recipere</i> to take back, take in,
receive. See <u>Receive</u>.] <def>A formulary or prescription for
making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a
receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.</def>
</p>

<p><hw>Re*cip"i*an`gle</hw>
(r&esl;*s&ibreve;p"&ibreve;*&abreve;&nsm;`g'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>recipere</i> to take + <i>angulus</i> angle.] <def>An
instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a
graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying
off angles of fortifications.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*cip"i*ence</hw> (r&esl;*s&ibreve;p"&ibreve;*<i>e</i>ns),
<hw>Re*cip"i*en*cy</hw> (-<i>e</i>n*s&ybreve;), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception;
receptiveness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cip"i*ent</hw> (-<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recipiens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, receiving, p. pr. of <i>recipere</i>
to receive: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;cipient</i>. See <u>Receive</u>.]
<def>A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or
that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the
receiver of a still.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cip"i*ent</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Receiving;
receptive.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cip"ro*cal</hw> (-r&osl;*k<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[L. <i>reciprocus</i>; of unknown origin.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Done by each to the other; interchanging or
interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as,
<i>reciprocal</i> love; <i>reciprocal</i> duties.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let our <i>reciprocal</i> vows be
remembered.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Mutually interchangeable.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>These two rules will render a definition
<i>reciprocal</i> with the thing defined.</blockquote> <i>I.
Watts.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>Reflexive; -- applied to
pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express
mutual action.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>Used to denote different
kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of
reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reciprocal equation</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>one which
remains unchanged in form when the reciprocal of the unknown quantity
is substituted for that quantity.</cd> -- <col><b>Reciprocal
figures</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>two figures of the same kind (as
triangles, parallelograms, prisms, etc.), so related that two sides of
the one form the extremes of a proportion of which the means are the
two corresponding sides of the other; in general, two figures so
related that the first corresponds in some special way to the second,
and the second corresponds in the same way to the first.</cd> --
<col><b>Reciprocal proportion</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>a
proportion such that, of four terms taken in order, the first has to
the second the same ratio which the fourth has to the third, or the
first has to the second the same ratio which the reciprocal of the
third has to the reciprocal of the fourth. Thus, 2:5: :20:8 form a
<i>reciprocal proportion</i>, because 2:5:
:<fract>1/20</fract>:<fract>1/8</fract>.</cd> -- <col><b>Reciprocal
quantities</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>any two quantities which
produce unity when multiplied together.</cd> -- <col><b>Reciprocal
ratio</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>the ratio between the reciprocals
of two quantities; as, the <i>reciprocal ratio</i> of 4 to 9 is that
of &frac14; to &frac19;.</cd> -- <col><b>Reciprocal terms</b></col>
<i>(Logic)</i>, <cd>those terms which have the same signification,
and, consequently, are convertible, and may be used for each
other.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Mutual; alternate.  -- <u>Reciprocal</u>,
<u>Mutual</u>. The distinctive idea of <i>mutual</i> is, that the
parties unite by interchange in the same act; as, a <i>mutual</i>
covenant; <i>mutual</i> affection, etc.  The distinctive idea of
<i>reciprocal</i> is, that one party acts by way of return or response
to something previously done by the other party; as, a
<i>reciprocal</i> kindness; <i>reciprocal</i> reproaches, etc.  Love
is <i>reciprocal</i> when the previous affection of one party has
drawn forth the attachment of the other. To make it <i>mutual</i> in
the strictest sense, the two parties should have fallen in love at the
same time; but as the result is the same, the two words are here used
interchangeably. The ebbing and flowing of the tide is a case where
the action is <i>reciprocal</i>, but not <i>mutual</i>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*cip"ro*cal</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>That which is reciprocal to another thing.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Corruption is a <i>reciprocal</i> to
generation.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Arith. & Alg.)</i> <def>The quotient arising
from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, &frac14; is the
<i>reciprocal</i> of 4; <fract>1/(a +b)</fract> is the
<i>reciprocal</i> of <i>a + b</i>. The <i>reciprocal</i> of a fraction
is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the
numerator.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cip`ro*cal"i*ty</hw> (-k&abreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or condition of being
reciprocal; reciprocalness.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*cip"ro*cal*ly</hw>
(r&esl;*s&ibreve;p"r&osl;*k<i>a</i>l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In a reciprocal manner;
so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it;
interchangeably; mutually.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>These two particles do <i>reciprocally</i> affect each
other with the same force.</blockquote> <i>Bentley.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>In the manner of
reciprocals.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reciprocally proportional</b></col> <i>(Arith. & Alg.)</i>,
<cd>proportional, as two variable quantities, so that the one shall
have a constant ratio to the reciprocal of the other.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*cip"ro*cal*ness</hw>
(r&esl;*s&ibreve;p"r&osl;*k<i>a</i>l*n&ebreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return;
alternateness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cip"ro*cate</hw> (-k&amacr;t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reciprocated</u> (-
k&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reciprocating</u>.] [L. <i>reciprocatus</i>, p. p. of
<i>reciprocare</i>. See <u>Reciprocal</u>.] <def>To move forward and
backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably;
to alternate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>One brawny smith the puffing bellows plies,<BR>
And draws and blows <i>reciprocating</i> air.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Reciprocating engine</b></col>, <cd>a steam, air, or gas
engine, etc., in which the piston moves back and forth; -- in
distinction from a <i>rotary engine</i>, in which the piston travels
continuously in one direction in a circular path.</cd> --
<col><b>Reciprocating motion</b></col> <i>(Mech.)</i>, <cd>motion
alternately backward and forward, or up and down, as of a piston
rod.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*cip"ro*cate</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To give and
return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to
interchange; to alternate; as, to <i>reciprocate</i> favors.</def>
<i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cip`ro*ca"tion</hw> (-k&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>reciprocatio</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;ciprocation</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as,
the <i>reciprocation</i> of kindnesses.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Alternate recurrence or action; as, the
<i>reciprocation</i> of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.</def>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec`i*proc"i*ty</hw>
(r&ebreve;s`&ibreve;*pr&obreve;s"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;ciprocit&eacute;</i>. See
<u>Reciprocal</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Mutual action and
reaction.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or
rights; reciprocation.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reciprocity treaty</b></col>, or <col><b>Treaty of
reciprocity</b></col>, <cd>a treaty concluded between two countries,
conferring equal privileges as regards customs or charges on imports,
or in other respects.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Reciprocation; interchange; mutuality.</p>

<p><hw>Re*cip`ro*cor"nous</hw>
(r&esl;*s&ibreve;p`r&osl;*k&ocirc;r"n&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[L. <i>reciprocus</i> returning, reciprocal + <i>cornu</i> horn.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having horns turning backward and then
forward, like those of a ram.</def> [R.]  <i>Ash.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cip"ro*cous</hw> (r&esl;*s&ibreve;p"r&osl;*k&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Reciprocal.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rec"i*prok</hw> (r&ebreve;s"&ibreve;*pr&obreve;k),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;ciproque</i>, L.
<i>reciprocus</i>.] <def>Reciprocal.</def> [Obs.]  <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"i*proque</hw> (r&ebreve;s"&ibreve;*pr&omacr;k), <pos><i>a.
& n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;ciproque</i>.] <def>Reciprocal.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ci"sion</hw> (r&esl;*s&ibreve;zh"&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>recisio</i>, fr. <i>recidere</i>,
<i>recisum</i>, to cut off; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>caedere</i> to
cut.] <def>The act of cutting off.</def>  <i>Sherwood.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cit"al</hw> (r&esl;*s&imacr;t"<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Recite</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a
document; rehearsal; as, the <i>recital</i> of testimony.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A telling in detail and due order of the
particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of
events; narration.</def>  <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is recited; a story; a
narration.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A vocal or instrumental
performance by one person; -- distinguished from <i>concert</i>; as, a
song <i>recital</i>; an organ, piano, or violin
<i>recital</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The formal statement, or
setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order
to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the
statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive
allegation.</def>  <i>Burn.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Account; rehearsal; recitation; narration;
description; explanation; enumeration; detail; narrative. See
<u>Account</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rec`i*ta"tion</hw> (r&ebreve;s`&ibreve;*t&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>recitatio</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;citation</i>. See <u>Recite</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or
sentences.</def>  <i>Hammond.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The delivery before an audience of
something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary
exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Colleges and Schools)</i> <def>The rehearsal
of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`i*ta*tive"</hw> (r&ebreve;s`&ibreve;*t&adot;*t&emacr;v"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>recitativo</i>, or F.
<i>r&eacute;citatif</i>. See <u>Recite</u>.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A
species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a
manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music
intended for such recitation; -- opposed to <i>melisma</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`i*ta*tive"</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining
to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the
style or manner of recitative.</def> -- <wf>Rec`i*ta*tive"ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>||Rec`i*ta*ti"vo</hw> (-t&emacr;"v&osl;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[It.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Recitative.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cite"</hw> (r&esl;*s&imacr;t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recited</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reciting</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;citer</i>, fr. L.
<i>recitare</i>, <i>recitatum</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>citare</i> to call or name, to cite. See <u>Cite</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To repeat, as something already prepared,
written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a
written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to
<i>recite</i> the words of an author, or of a deed or
covenant.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To tell over; to go over in particulars; to
relate; to narrate; as, to <i>recite</i> past events; to <i>recite</i>
the particulars of a voyage.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To rehearse, as a lesson to an
instructor.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To state in or as a recital.
See <u>Recital</u>, 5.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe;
recapitulate; detail; number; count.</p>

<p><hw>Re*cite"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To repeat,
pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or
committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cite"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A recital.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cit"er</hw> (-s&imacr;t"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who recites; also, a book of extracts for
recitation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reck</hw> (r&ebreve;k), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recked</u> (r&ebreve;kt) (<i>obs. imp.</i>
<u>Roughte</u>); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Recking</u>.]
[AS. <i>reccan</i>, <i>r&emacr;can</i>, to care for; akin to OS.
<i>r&omacr;kian</i>, OHG. <i>ruochan</i>, G. <i>geruhen</i>, Icel.
<i>r&aelig;kja</i>, also to E. <i>reckon</i>, <i>rake</i> an
implement. See <u>Rake</u>, and cf. <u>Reckon</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.</def>
[Archaic]</p>

<p><blockquote>This son of mine not <i>recking</i>
danger.</blockquote> <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And may you better <i>reck</i> the rede<BR>
Than ever did the adviser.</blockquote> <i>Burns.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To concern; -- used impersonally.</def>
[Poetic]</p>

<p><blockquote>What <i>recks</i> it them?</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1199 pr=vmg !></p>

<p><hw>Reck</hw> (r&ebreve;k), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To make
account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by
<i>of</i>.</def> [Archaic]</p>

<p><blockquote>Then <i>reck</i> I not, when I have lost my
life.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I <i>reck</i> not though I end my life to-
day.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Of me she <i>recks</i> not, nor my vain
desire.</blockquote> <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reck"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>reccele&aacute;s</i>, <i>r&emacr;cele&aacute;s</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful;
indifferent.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rashly negligent; utterly careless or
heedless.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It made the king as <i>reckless</i> as them
diligent.</blockquote> <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless;
negligent; indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss;
rash.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Reck"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Reck"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Reck"ling</hw> (-l&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a <i>reckling</i> child.</def>
<i>H. Taylor.</i> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A weak child or
animal.</def>  <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reck"on</hw> (r&ebreve;k"'n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reckoned</u> (-'nd); <pos><i>p. pr.
& vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reckoning</u>.] [OE. <i>rekenen</i>, AS.
<i>gerecenian</i> to explain; akin to D. <i>rekenen</i> to reckon, G.
<i>rechnen</i>, OHG. <i>rehhan&omacr;n</i> (cf. Goth. <i>rahnjan</i>),
and to E. <i>reck</i>, <i>rake</i> an implement; the original sense
probably being, to bring together, count together. See <u>Reck</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to
compute; to calculate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The priest shall <i>reckon</i> to him the money
according to the years that remain.</blockquote> <i>Lev. xxvii.
18.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I <i>reckoned</i> above two hundred and fifty on the
outside of the church.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To count as in a number, rank, or series;
to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to
esteem; to repute.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He was <i>reckoned</i> among the
transgressors.</blockquote> <i>Luke xxii. 37.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>For him I <i>reckon</i> not in high
estate.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as
having a certain quality or value.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Faith was <i>reckoned</i> to Abraham for
righteousness.</blockquote> <i>Rom. iv. 9.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Without her eccentricities being <i>reckoned</i> to her
for a crime.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To conclude, as by an enumeration and
balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an
objective clause; as, I <i>reckon</i> he won't try that again.</def>
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate;
value; esteem; account; repute. See <u>Calculate</u>,
<u>Guess</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Reck"on</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or
computing.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To come to an accounting; to make up
accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and
credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>"Parfay," sayst thou, "sometime he <i>reckon</i>
shall."</blockquote>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To reckon for</b></col>, <cd>to answer for; to pay the
account for.</cd> "If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall
<i>reckon for</i> it one day." <i>Bp. Sanderson.</i> -- <col><b>To
reckon on</b></col> or <col><b>upon</b></col>, <cd>to count or depend
on.</cd> -- <col><b>To reckon with</b></col>, <cd>to settle accounts
or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>After a long time the lord of those servants cometh,
and <i>reckoneth with</i> them.</blockquote> <i>Matt. xxv. 19.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To reckon without one's host</b></col>, <cd>to ignore in
a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential;
hence, to reckon erroneously.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Reck"on*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to
assist in reckoning.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reckoners</i> without their host must reckon
twice.</blockquote> <i>Camden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reck"on*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of
reckoning or counting; calculation.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An account of time</def>. <i>Sandys.</i>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement
of obligations, liabilities, etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Even <i>reckoning</i> makes lasting friends, and the
way to make <i>reckonings</i> even is to make them often.</blockquote>
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He quitted London, never to return till the day of a
terrible and memorable <i>reckoning</i> had arrived.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The charge or account made by a host at an
inn.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a
<i>reckoning</i>.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Esteem; account; estimation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>You make no further <i>reckoning</i> of it [beauty]
than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed.</blockquote> <i>Sir
P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Navigation)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical
observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances
sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called
<i>dead reckoning</i> (see under <u>Dead</u>); -- also used for
<i>dead reckoning</i> in contradistinction to
<i>observation</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The position of a
ship as determined by calculation.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To be out of her reckoning</b></col>, <cd>to be at a
distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a
ship.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*claim"</hw> (r&emacr;*kl&amacr;m"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to
recover possession of.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element
perpetually <i>reclaiming</i> its prior occupancy.</blockquote> <i>W.
Coxe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*claim"</hw> (r&esl;*kl&amacr;m"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reclaimed</u> (-kl&amacr;md");
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reclaiming</u>.] [F.
<i>r&eacute;clamer</i>, L. <i>reclamare</i>, <i>reclamatum</i>, to cry
out against; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>clamare</i> to call or cry
aloud. See <u>Claim</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To call back, as a
hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To call back from flight or disorderly
action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along, and
were deaf to his <i>reclaiming</i> them.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to
bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the
chase, but also of other animals.</def> "An eagle well
<i>reclaimed</i>."  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Hence: To reduce to a desired state by
discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being
wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to <i>reclaim</i>
wild land, overflowed land, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To call back to rectitude from moral
wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or
course of life; to reform.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It is the intention of Providence, in all the various
expressions of his goodness, to <i>reclaim</i> mankind.</blockquote>
<i>Rogers.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To correct; to reform; -- said of
things.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Your error, in time <i>reclaimed</i>, will be
venial.</blockquote> <i>Sir E. Hoby.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To exclaim against; to gainsay.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.</p>

<p><hw>Re*claim"</hw> (r&esl;*kl&amacr;m"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to
exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Scripture <i>reclaims</i>, and the whole Catholic
church <i>reclaims</i>, and Christian ears would not hear
it.</blockquote> <i>Waterland.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>At a later period Grote <i>reclaimed</i> strongly
against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton.</blockquote>
<i>Bain.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To bring anyone back from evil courses; to
reform.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They, hardened more by what might most
<i>reclaim</i>,<BR>
Grieving to see his glory, . . . took envy.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To draw back; to give way.</def> [R. &
Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*claim"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation;
recovery.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*claim"a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>That may be reclaimed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*claim"ant</hw> (-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;clamant</i>, p. pr.] <def>One who reclaims; one who cries
out against or contradicts.</def> <i>Waterland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*claim"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who reclaims.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*claim"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That can not be
reclaimed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`la*ma"tion</hw> (r&ebreve;k`l&adot;*m&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;clamation</i>, L.
<i>reclamatio</i>. See <u>Reclaim</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act or process of reclaiming.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Representation made in opposition;
remonstrance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I would now, on the <i>reclamation</i> both of
generosity and of justice, try clemency.</blockquote>
<i>Landor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*clasp"</hw> (r&emacr;*kl&adot;sp"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<def>To clasp or unite again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*clin"ant</hw> (r&esl;*kl&imacr;n"<i>a</i>nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reclinans</i>, p. pr. See <u>Recline</u>.]
<def>Bending or leaning backward.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"li*nate</hw> (r&ebreve;k"l&ibreve;*n&asl;t),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reclinatus</i>, p. p.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a
stem or leaf, is lower than the base.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`li*na"tion</hw>
(r&ebreve;k`l&ibreve;*n&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;clinaison</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Dialing)</i> <def>The angle which the plane
of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a
horizontal line.</def>  <i>Brande & C.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>The act or process of
removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface,
and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front
surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the
lower one.</def>  <i>Dunglison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cline"</hw> (r&esl;*kl&imacr;n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reclined</u> (-kl&imacr;nd");
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reclining</u>.] [L.
<i>reclinare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>clinare</i> to lean,
incline. See <u>Incline</u>, <u>Lean</u> to incline.] <def>To cause or
permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position;
as, to <i>recline</i> the head on the hand.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The mother<BR>
<i>Reclined</i> her dying head upon his breast.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cline"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To lean or incline; as, to <i>recline</i> against a
wall.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To assume, or to be in, a recumbent
position; as, to <i>recline</i> on a couch.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cline"</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reclinis</i>. See
<u>Recline</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>Having a reclining
posture; leaning; reclining.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>They sat, <i>recline</i><BR>
On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*clined"</hw> (r&esl;*kl&imacr;nd"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Falling or turned downward; reclinate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*clin"er</hw> (r&esl;*kl&imacr;n"&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that which, reclines.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*clin"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Bending or curving gradually back from the
perpendicular.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Recumbent.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reclining dial</b></col>, <cd>a dial whose plane is
inclined to the vertical line through its center. <i>Davies & Peck</i>
<i>(Math. Dict.)</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*close"</hw> (r&emacr;*kl&omacr;z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To close again.</def>  <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*clothe"</hw> (r&emacr;*kl&omacr;th"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To clothe again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*clude"</hw> (r&esl;*kl&umacr;d"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[L. <i>recludere</i> to unclose, open; pref. <i>re-</i> again, back,
un- + <i>claudere</i> to shut.] <def>To open; to unclose.</def> [R.]
<i>Harvey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cluse"</hw> (r&esl;*kl&umacr;s"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>reclus</i>, L. <i>reclusus</i>, from <i>recludere</i>,
<i>reclusum</i>, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See
<u>Close</u>.] <def>Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or
from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a <i>recluse</i> monk
or hermit; a <i>recluse</i> life.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In meditation deep, <i>recluse</i><BR>
From human converse.</blockquote> <i>J. Philips.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cluse"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>reclus</i>, LL.
<i>reclusus</i>. See <u>Recluse</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A person who lives in seclusion from
intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of
a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually
attached to monasteries.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The place where a recluse dwells.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cluse"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To shut up; to
seclude.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*cluse"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a recluse or
solitary manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cluse"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality or state
of being recluse.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*clu"sion</hw> (-kl&umacr;"zh&ubreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[LL. <i>reclusio</i>: cf. F. <i>reclusion</i>.] <def>A state of
retirement from the world; seclusion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*clu"sive</hw> (-s&ibreve;v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Affording retirement from society.</def> "Some <i>reclusive</i>
and religious life."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*clu"so*ry</hw> (-s&osl;*r&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[LL. <i>reclusorium</i>.] <def>The habitation of a recluse; a
hermitage.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*coct"</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[L. <i>recoctus</i>, p. p. of <i>recoquere</i> to cook or boil over
again. See <u>Re-</u>, and 4th <u>Cook</u>.] <def>To boil or cook
again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*coc"tion</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;k"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second coction or preparation; a vamping
up.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`og*ni"tion</hw>
(r&ebreve;k`&obreve;g*n&ibreve;sh"&ubreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recognitio</i>: cf. F. <i>recognition</i>. See
<u>Recognizance</u>.] <def>The act of recognizing, or the state of
being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed
or avowed; notice.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The lives of such saints had, at the time of their
yearly memorials, solemn <i>recognition</i> in the church of
God.</blockquote> <i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cog"ni*tor</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;g"n&ibreve;*t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>One of a jury impaneled
on an assize.</def>  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cog"ni*to*ry</hw> (-t&osl;*r&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition.</def>
<i>Lamb.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec`og*ni`za*bil"i*ty</hw>
(r&ebreve;k`&obreve;g*n&imacr;`z&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or condition of being
recognizable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"og*ni`za*ble</hw>
(r&ebreve;k"&obreve;g*n&imacr;`z&adot;*b'l or
r&esl;*k&obreve;g"n&ibreve;-; 277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being recognized.</def> [Written also <i>recognisable</i>.] --
<wf>Rec"og*ni`za*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*cog"ni*zance</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;g"n&ibreve;*z<i>a</i>ns
or r&esl;*k&obreve;n"&ibreve;-), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>reconnaissance</i>, OF. <i>recognoissance</i>, fr.
<i>recognoissant</i>, p. pr. of <i>recognoistre</i> to recognize, F.
<i>reconna&icirc;tre</i>, fr. L. <i>recognoscere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>cognoscere</i> to know. See <u>Cognizance</u>, <u>Know</u>,
and cf. <u>Recognize</u>, <u>Reconnoissance</u>.] [Written also
<i>recognisance</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An obligation of record entered into before
some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to
do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court,
to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A <i>recognizance</i> differs from a
<i>bond</i>, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the
party's seal.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The verdict of a jury
impaneled upon assize.</def>  <i>Cowell.</i></p>

<p>&fist; Among lawyers the <i>g</i> in this and the related words
(except <i>recognize</i>) is usually silent.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A token; a symbol; a pledge; a
badge.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That <i>recognizance</i> and pledge of love<BR>
Which I first gave her.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Acknowledgment of a person or thing;
avowal; profession; recognition.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cog`ni*za"tion</hw> (-z&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Recognition.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rec"og*nize</hw> (r&ebreve;k"&obreve;g*n&imacr;z), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recognized</u> (-
n&imacr;zd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Recognizing</u> (-
n&imacr;`z&ibreve;ng).] [From <u>Recognizance</u>; see
<u>Cognition</u>, and cf. <u>Reconnoiter</u>.] [Written also
<i>recognise</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To know again; to perceive
the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover
or recall knowledge of.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Speak, vassal; <i>recognize</i> thy sovereign
queen.</blockquote> <i>Harte.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To avow knowledge of; to allow that one
knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal
acknowledgment; as, to <i>recognize</i> an obligation; to
<i>recognize</i> a consul.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by
salutation, bowing, or the like.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To show appreciation of; as, to
<i>recognize</i> services by a testimonial.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To review; to re&euml;xamine.</def> [Obs.]
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To reconnoiter.</def> [Obs.]  <i>R.
Monro.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede.
See <u>Acknowledge</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rec"og*nize</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To
enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B
<i>recognized</i> in the sum of twenty dollars.</def> [Written also
<i>recognise</i>.]</p>

<p>&fist; In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is
often accented.</p>

<p><hw>Re*cog`ni*zee"</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;g`n&ibreve;*z&emacr;" or
r&esl;*k&obreve;n`&ibreve;*z&emacr;"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>The person in whose favor a recognizance is
made.</def> [Written also <i>recognisee</i>.]  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"og*ni`zer</hw> (r&ebreve;k"&obreve;g*n&imacr;`z&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who recognizes; a recognizor.</def>
[Written also <i>recogniser</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*cog`ni*zor"</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;g`n&ibreve;*z&ocirc;r" or
r&esl;*k&obreve;n`&ibreve;*z&ocirc;r"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>One who enters into a recognizance.</def> [Written
also <i>recognisor</i>.]  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"og*nosce</hw> (r&ebreve;k"&obreve;g*n&obreve;s), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [L. <i>recognoscere</i>. See <u>Recognizance</u>.]
<def>To recognize.</def> [R. & Obs.]  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*coil"</hw> (r&esl;*koil"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recoiled</u> (-koild"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Recoiling</u>.] [OE. <i>recoilen</i>, F.
<i>reculer</i>, fr. L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>culus</i> the
fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by
<i>accoil</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall
back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to
return.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Evil on itself shall back <i>recoil</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . .
that we should <i>recoil</i> into our ordinary spirits.</blockquote>
<i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To draw back, as from anything repugnant,
distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self;
to retire.</def> [Obs.] "To your bowers <i>recoil</i>."
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*coil"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To draw or go
back.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*coil"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the
<i>recoil</i> of nature, or of the blood.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state or condition of having
recoiled.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>recoil</i> from formalism is
skepticism.</blockquote> <i>F. W. Robertson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of
a firearm when discharged.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Recoil dynamometer</b></col> <i>(Gunnery)</i>, <cd>an
instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm.</cd> --
<col><b>Recoil escapement</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under
<u>Escapement</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*coil"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who, or that which, recoils.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*coil"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In the manner
of a recoil.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*coil"ment</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>reculement</i>.] <def>Recoil.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*coin"</hw> (r&emacr;*koin"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
coin anew or again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*coin"age</hw> (-&asl;j), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of coining anew.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is coined anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`-col*lect"</hw> (r&emacr;`k&obreve;l*l&ebreve;kt"),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>collect</i>.] <def>To
collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to <i>re-
collect</i> routed troops.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>God will one day raise the dead, <i>re-collecting</i>
our scattered dust.</blockquote> <i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec`ol*lect"</hw> (r&ebreve;k`&obreve;l*l&ebreve;kt"),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Recollected</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Recollecting</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>collect</i>: cf. L.
<i>recolligere</i>, <i>recollectum</i>, to collect.  Cf.
<u>Recollet</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To recover or recall the
knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to
remember.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Reflexively, to compose one's self; to
recover self-command; as, to <i>recollect</i> one's self after a burst
of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The Tyrian queen . . . <BR>
Admired his fortunes, more admired the man;<BR>
Then <i>recollected</i> stood.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ol*lect</hw> (r&ebreve;k"&obreve;l*l&ebreve;kt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Recollet</u>.] <i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>A
friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.</def>
[Written also <i>Recollet</i>.]  <i>Addis & Arnold.</i></p>

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<p><hw>Rec`ol*lec"tion</hw> (r?k`?l*l?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;collection</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act
of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which
objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind;
reminiscence; remembrance.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The power of recalling ideas to the mind,
or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance;
memory; as, an event within my <i>recollection</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is recollected; something called
to mind; reminiscence.</def>  "One of his earliest
<i>recollections</i>."  <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The act or practice of collecting or
concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.</def>
[Archaic]</p>

<p><blockquote>From such an education Charles contracted habits of
gravity and <i>recollection</i>.</blockquote> <i>Robertson.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Reminiscence; remembrance. See <u>Memory</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rec`ol*lect"ive</hw> (-l?k"t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Having the power of recollecting.</def>  <i>J. Foster.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ol*let</hw> (r?k"?l*l?t; F. r?`k?`l?"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;collet</i>, fr. L.
<i>recollectus</i>, p. p. of <i>recolligere</i> to gather again, to
gather up; NL., to collect one's self, esp. for religious
contemplation.] <i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Recollect</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Re*col`o*ni*za"tion</hw> (r?*k?l`?*n?*z?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second or renewed colonization.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*col"o*nize</hw> (r?*k?l"?*n?z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To colonize again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*com`bi*na"tion</hw> (r?*k?m`b?*n?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Combination a second or additional
time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*bine"</hw> (r?`k?m*b?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To combine again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*com"fort</hw> (r?*k?m"f?rt), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>comfort</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;conforter</i>.]
<def>To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Gan her <i>recomfort</i> from so sad
affright.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*com"fort*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Without
comfort.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*com"for*ture</hw> (-f?r*t?r;135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*mence"</hw> (r?`k?m*m?ns"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To commence or begin again.</def>
<i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To begin anew to be; to act again as.</def>
[Archaic.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He seems desirous enough of <i>recommencing</i>
courtier.</blockquote> <i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*mence"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> +
<i>commence</i>: cf. F. <i>recommencer</i>.] <def>To commence again or
anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*mence"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A commencement made anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`om*mend"</hw> (r?k`?m*m?nd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recommended</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. &
vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Recommending</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> +
<i>commend</i>: cf. F. <i>recommander</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's
care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put
in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he
<i>recommended</i> resting the mind and exercising the body.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>M&aelig;cenas <i>recommended</i> Virgil and Horace to
Augustus, whose praises . . . have made him precious to
posterity.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make acceptable; to attract favor
to.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A decent boldness ever meets with friends,<BR>
Succeeds, and e'en a stranger <i>recommends</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To commit; to give in charge; to
commend.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Paul chose Silas and departed, being <i>recommended</i>
by the brethren unto the grace of God.</blockquote> <i>Acts xv.
40.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec`om*mend"a*ble</hw> (-?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>recommandable</i>.] <def>Suitable to be recommended; worthy of
praise; commendable.</def> <i>Glanvill.</i> --
<wf>Rec`om*mend"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rec`om*mend"a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rec`om*men*da"tion</hw> (r?k`?m*m?n*d?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>recommandation</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of recommending.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which recommends, or commends to
favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable
reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought
excellent <i>recommendations</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The state of being recommended;
esteem.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in
an extraordinary <i>recommendation</i> amongst the
ancient.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. North.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec`om*mend"a*tive</hw> (-m?nd"?*t?v), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>That which recommends; a recommendation.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rec`om*mend"a*to*ry</hw> (-?*t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory.</def>
<i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec`om*mend"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
recommends.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*mis"sion</hw> (r?`k?m*m?sh?n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To commission again; to give a new commission to.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Officers whose time of service had expired were to be
<i>recommissioned</i>.</blockquote> <i>Marshall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*mit"</hw> (-m?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again
to a committee; as, to <i>recommit</i> a bill to the same
committee.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re`com*mit"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <hw>Re`com*mit"tal</hw>
(-?l), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second or renewed commitment; a
renewed reference to a committee.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*pact"</hw> (-p?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
compact or join anew.</def> "<i>Recompact</i> my scattered body."
<i>Donne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*com`pen*sa"tion</hw> (r?*k?m`p?n*s?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. LL. <i>recompensatio</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Recompense.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Scots Law)</i> <def>Used to denote a case
where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded
by the plaintiff.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"om*pense</hw> (r&ebreve;k"&obreve;m*p&ebreve;ns),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Recompensed</u> (-p?nst); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Recompensing</u> (-p?n`s?ng).] [F. <i>r&eacute;compenser</i>, LL.
<i>recompensare</i>, fr.L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>compensare</i> to
compensate. See <u>Compensate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To render
an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate;
to compensate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He can not <i>recompense</i> me better.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To return an equivalent for; to give
compensation for; to atone for; to pay for.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>God <i>recompenseth</i> the gift.</blockquote>
<i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>recompense</i><BR>
My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as
something earned or deserved.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote><i>Recompense</i> to no man evil for evil.</blockquote>
<i>Rom. xii. 17.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To repay; requite; compensate; reward;
remunerate.</p>

<p><hw>Rec"om*pense</hw> (r?k"?m*p?ns), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<def>To give recompense; to make amends or requital.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rec"om*pense</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;compense</i>.] <def>An equivalent returned for anything
done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable
return.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To me belongeth vengeance, and
<i>recompense</i>.</blockquote> <i>Deut. xxii. 35.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And every transgression and disobedience received a
just <i>recompense</i> of reward.</blockquote> <i>Heb. ii. 2.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends;
satisfaction; reward; requital.</p>

<p><hw>Rec"om*pense`ment</hw> (-p?ns`m?nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Recompense; requital.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Fabyan.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"om*pen`ser</hw> (-p?n`s?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who recompenses.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A thankful <i>recompenser</i> of the benefits
received.</blockquote> <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"om*pen`sive</hw> (-s?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of the
nature of recompense; serving to recompense.</def>  <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*com`pi*la"tion</hw> (r?*k?m`p?*l?"tion),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A new compilation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*pile"</hw> (r&emacr;`k&obreve;m*p&imacr;l"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To compile anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*pile"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a
<i>recompilement</i> of the laws.</def>  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*pose"</hw> (-p?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recomposed</u> (-p?zd"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Recomposing</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> +
<i>compose</i>: cf. F. <i>recomposer</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
compose again; to form anew; to put together again or
repeatedly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The far greater number of the objects presented to our
observation can only be decomposed, but not actually
<i>recomposed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to
tranquilize; as, to <i>recompose</i> the mind.</def>  <i>Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`com*pos"er</hw> (-p?z"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
recomposes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*com`po*si"tion</hw> (r?*k?m`p?z?sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>recomposition</i>.] <def>The act of recomposing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"on*ci`la*ble</hw> (r?k"?n*s?`l?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;conciliable</i>.] <def>Capable of being
reconciled; as, <i>reconcilable</i> adversaries; an act
<i>reconciable</i> with previous acts.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The different accounts of the numbers of ships are
<i>reconcilable</i>.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rec"on*ci`la*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rec"on*cile`</hw> (-s?l`), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reconciled</u> (-s?ld`); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reconciling</u>.] [F.
<i>r&eacute;concilier</i>, L. <i>reconciliare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>conciliare</i> to bring together, to unite. See
<u>Conciliate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cause to be friendly
again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to
harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to <i>reconcile</i>
persons who have quarreled.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Propitious now and <i>reconciled</i> by
prayer.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be
<i>reconciled</i> [i.e., restored to sanctity] by the
bishop.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We pray you . . . be ye <i>reconciled</i> to
God.</blockquote> <i>2 Cor. v. 20.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet
submission; as, to <i>reconcile</i> one's self to
affictions.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To make consistent or congruous; to bring
to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by <i>with</i> or
<i>to</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The great men among the ancients understood how to
<i>reconcile</i> manual labor with affairs of state.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear,<BR>
Considered singly, or beheld too near;<BR>
Which, but proportioned to their light or place,<BR>
Due distance <i>reconciles</i> to form and grace.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To adjust; to settle; as, to
<i>reconcile</i> differences.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify;
appease.</p>

<p><hw>Rec"on*cile`</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To become
reconciled.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rec"on*cile`ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reconciliation.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"on*ci`ler</hw> (-s?`l?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reconciles.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`on*cil`i*a"tion</hw> (-s?l`?*?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>r&eacute;conciliation</i>, L.  <i>reconciliatio</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of reconciling, or the state of being
reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of
friendship.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reconciliation</i> and friendship with God really
form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment.</blockquote> <i>S.
Miller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Reduction to congruence or consistency;
removal of inconsistency; harmony.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A clear and easy <i>reconciliation</i> of those seeming
inconsistencies of Scripture.</blockquote> <i>D. Rogers.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement;
propitiation; atonement; expiation.</p>

<p><hw>Rec`on*cil"i*a*to*ry</hw> (-s?l"?*?*t?*r?),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Serving or tending to reconcile.</def>
<i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*con`den*sa"tion</hw> (r?*k?n`d?n*s?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or process of
recondensing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*dense"</hw> (r&emacr;`k&obreve;n*d&ebreve;ns"),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To condense again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"on*dite</hw> (r?k"?n*d?t or r?*k?n"d?t; 277),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reconditus</i>, p. p. of <i>recondere</i>
to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>condere</i> to bring or lay together. See <u>Abscond</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Hidden from the mental or intellectual view;
secret; abstruse; as, <i>recondite</i> causes of things.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Dealing in things abstruse; profound;
searching; as, <i>recondite</i> studies.</def> "<i>Recondite</i>
learning."  <i>Bp. Horsley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*con"di*to*ry</hw> (r?k?n"d?*t?*r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[LL. <i>reconditorium</i>.] <def>A repository; a storehouse.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Ash.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*duct"</hw> (r&emacr;`k&obreve;n*d&ubreve;kt"),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To conduct back or again.</def> "A guide
to <i>reconduct</i> thy steps."  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*firm"</hw> (-f?rm"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>confirm</i>: cf. F. <i>reconfirmer</i>.] <def>To
confirm anew.</def>  <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*fort"</hw> (-f?rt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;conforter</i>.] <def>To recomfort; to comfort.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*join"</hw> (r?`k?n*join"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To join or conjoin anew.</def>  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*con"nois*sance</hw>, <hw>Re*con"nais*sance</hw>  } (r?-
k?n"n?s-s?ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See <u>Recognizance</u>.]
<def>The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or
survey.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>An
examination or survey of a region in reference to its general
geological character.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Engin.)</i>
<def>An examination of a region as to its general natural features,
preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of
triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>An examination of a territory,
or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information
necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory
expedition.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reconnoissance in force</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>a
demonstration or attack by a large force of troops for the purpose of
discovering the position and strength of an enemy.</cd></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rec`on*noi"ter</hw>, <hw>Rec`on*noi"tre</hw>  }
(r?k`?n*noi"t?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.  <i>reconnoitre</i>, a
former spelling of <i>reconna&icirc;tre</i>. See <u>Recognize</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To examine with the eye to make a preliminary
examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or
engineering operations.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To recognize.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir H.
Walpole.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*con"quer</hw> (r?*k?n"k?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i>  + <i>conquer</i>: cf. F. <i>reconqu&eacute;rir</i>.]
<def>To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to <i>reconquer</i>
a revolted province.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*con"quest</hw> (-kw?st), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second
conquest.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*con"se*crate</hw> (-k?n"s?*kr?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To consecrate anew or again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*con`se*cra"tion</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Renewed
consecration.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*sid"er</hw> (r?`k?n*s?d"?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To consider again; as, to <i>reconsider</i> a
subject.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Parliamentary Practice)</i> <def>To take up
for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been
previously acted upon.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*sid`er*a"tion</hw> (-?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as,
the <i>reconsideration</i> of a vote in a legislative body.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*con"so*late</hw> (r?*k?n"s?*l?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To console or comfort again.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir H.
Wotton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*sol"i*date</hw> (r?`k?n*s?l"?*d?t), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To consolidate anew or again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*sol`i*da"tion</hw> (-d?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being
reconsolidated.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*struct"</hw> (-str?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or
anew.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Regiments had been dissolved and
<i>reconstructed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*struc"tion</hw> (-str?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of constructing again; the state of
being reconstructed.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(U.S. Politics)</i> <def>The act or process
of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed
ordinances of secession, and of re&euml;stablishing their
constitutional relations to the national government, after the close
of the Civil War.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*struct"ive</hw> (-str?k"t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a
<i>reconstructive</i> policy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*tin"u*ance</hw> (-t?n"?*?ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act or state of recontinuing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*tin"ue</hw> (-?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To
continue anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*vene"</hw> (r?`k?n*v?n"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>To convene or assemble again; to call or come together
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*ven"tion</hw> (-v?n"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Civil Law)</i> <def>A cross demand; an action brought by the
defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.</def>
<i>Burrill. Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*ver"sion</hw> (-v?r"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
second conversion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*vert"</hw> (-v?rt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
convert again.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*con"vert</hw> (r?*k?n"v?rt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
person who has been reconverted.</def>  <i>Gladstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*vert"i*ble</hw> (r?`k?n*v?rt"?*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Capable of being reconverted;
convertible again to the original form or condition.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*vey"</hw> (-v?"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To convey back or to the former place; as, to
<i>reconvey</i> goods.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To transfer back to a former owner; as, to
<i>reconvey</i> an estate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`con*vey"ance</hw> (-v?"?ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act
of reconveying.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cop"y</hw> (r?*k?p"?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To copy
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cord"</hw> (r?*k?rd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recorded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Recording</u>.] [OE. <i>recorden</i> to repeat, remind, F.
<i>recorder</i>, fr. L. <i>recordari</i> to remember; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>cor</i>, <i>cordis</i>, the heart or mind. See
<u>Cordial</u>, <u>Heart</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To recall to
mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.</def> [Obs.] "I it you
<i>record</i>."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To repeat; to recite; to sing or
play.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>They longed to see the day, to hear the lark<BR>
<i>Record</i> her hymns, and chant her carols blest.</blockquote>
<i>Fairfax.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To preserve the memory of, by committing to
writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to
write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of
preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to
<i>record</i> the proceedings of a court; to <i>record</i> historical
events.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Those things that are <i>recorded</i> of him . . . are
written in the chronicles of the kings.</blockquote> <i>1 Esd. i.
42.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To record a deed</b></col>, <col><b>mortgage</b></col>,
<col><b>lease</b></col>, <cd>etc., to have a copy of the same entered
in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of
the public.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*cord"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To reflect; to ponder.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Praying all the way, and <i>recording</i> upon the
words which he before had read.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To sing or repeat a tune.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Whether the birds or she <i>recorded</i>
best.</blockquote> <i>W. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ord</hw> (r&ebreve;k"&etilde;rd), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>recort</i>, <i>record</i>, remembrance, attestation, record. See
<u>Record</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is
recorded; a register; as, a <i>record</i> of the acts of the Hebrew
kings; a <i>record</i> of the variations of temperature during a
certain time; a family <i>record</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Especially: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An official
contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or
public officer, are recorded; as, a <i>record</i> of city ordinances;
the <i>records</i> of the receiver of taxes.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered
in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by
law.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>An official contemporaneous
memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial
record.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>The various legal papers used
in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court;
as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the
<i>record</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Testimony; witness; attestation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>John bare <i>record</i>, saying.</blockquote> <i>John
i. 32.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge
of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>That which has been, or might be, recorded;
the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as
in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad
<i>record</i>.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1201 !></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>That which has been publicly achieved in
any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative
manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Court of record</b></col> (<i>pron.</i> r&?;*k&?;rd" <i>in
Eng.</i>), <cd>a court whose acts and judicial proceedings are written
on parchment or in books for a perpetual memorial.</cd> --
<col><b>Debt of record</b></col>, <cd>a debt which appears to be due
by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a
cognizance.</cd> -- <col><b>Trial by record</b></col>, <cd>a trial
which is had when a matter of record is pleaded, and the opposite
party pleads that there is no such record. In this case the trial is
by inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being
admissible.</cd> <i>Blackstone.</i> -- <col><b>To beat</b></col>, or
<col><b>break</b></col>, <col><b>the record</b></col>
<i>(Sporting)</i>, <cd>to surpass any performance of like kind as
authoritatively recorded; as, <i>to break the record</i> in a walking
match.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*cord"ance</hw> (r?*k?rd"?ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Remembrance.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rec`or*da"tion</hw> (r?k`?r*d?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recordatio</i>: cf. F.  <i>recordation</i>. See <u>Record</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>Remembrance; recollection; also, a
record.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cord"er</hw> (r?*k?rd"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who records; specifically, a person whose
official duty it is to make a record of writings or
transactions.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The title of the chief judical officer of
some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian
settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court,
and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A kind of wind instrument
resembling the flageolet.</def> [Obs.] "Flutes and soft
<i>recorders</i>."  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cord"er*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The office of a
recorder.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cord"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Keeping a record or
a register; as, a <i>recording</i> secretary; -- applied to numerous
instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their
action; as, a <i>recording</i> gauge or telegraph.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`cor*por`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> (r?`k?r*p?r`?*f?*k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of investing again with a body; the
state of being furnished anew with a body.</def> [R.]
<i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*couch"</hw> (r?*kouch"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>couch</i>: cf. F. <i>recoucher</i>.] <def>To retire
again to a couch; to lie down again.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir H.
Wotton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*count"</hw> (r&emacr;*kount"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i>  + <i>count</i>.] <def>To count or reckon
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*count"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A counting again, as
of votes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*count"</hw> (r&esl;*kount"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>raconter</i> to relate, to recount; pref. <i>re-</i> again + &?;
(L. <i>ad</i>.) + <i>conter</i> to relate. See <u>Count</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>To tell over; to relate in detail; to
recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to
enumerate; as, to <i>recount</i> one's blessings.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To all his angels, who, with true applause,<BR>
<i>Recount</i> his praises.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*count`ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Recital.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*coup"</hw>, <hw>Re*coupe"</hw>  } (-k??p"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [F. <i>recouper</i>; pref.  <i>re-</i>  re- +
<i>couper</i> to cut.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To keep
back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a
sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a
landlord <i>recouped</i> the rent of premises from damages awarded to
the plaintiff for eviction.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To get an equivalent or compensation for;
as, to <i>recoup</i> money lost at the gaming table; to <i>recoup</i>
one's losses in the share market.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used
reflexively and in the passive.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold,
she might <i>recoup</i> herself at Philip's cost.</blockquote>
<i>Froude.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Industry is sometimes <i>recouped</i> for a small price
by extensive custom.</blockquote> <i>Duke of Argyll.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*coup"er</hw> (r?*k??p"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
recoups.</def>  <i>Story.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*coup"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act of recouping.</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Recoupment</i> applies to equities growing out of the
very affair from which thw principal demand arises, <i>set-off</i> to
cross-demands which may be independent in origin.  <i>Abbott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*course"</hw> (r?*k?rs"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>recours</i>, L. <i>recursus</i> a running back, return, fr.
<i>recurrere</i>, <i>recursum</i>, to run back. See <u>Recur</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A coursing back, or coursing again, along the
line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat;
recurence.</def> [Obs.] "Swift <i>recourse</i> of flushing blood."
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Unto my first I will have my
<i>recourse</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the
healthy, or the <i>recourse thereof in the
valetudinary</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need,
or the like; access or application for aid; resort.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thus died this great peer, in a time of great
<i>recourse</i> unto him and dependence upon him.</blockquote> <i>Sir
H. Wotton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Our last <i>recourse</i> is therefore to our
art.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Access; admittance.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Give me <i>recourse</i> to him.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Without recourse</b></col> <i>(Commerce)</i>, <cd>words
sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument to
protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent
holders. It is a restricted indorsement.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*course"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To return; to recur.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The flame departing and <i>recoursing</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have recourse; to resort.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bp. Hacket.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*course"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having
recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cov"er</hw> (r?*k?v"?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> +  <i>cover</i>: cf. F.  <i>recouvrir</i>.] <def>To cover
again.</def>  <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cov"er</hw> (r?*k?v"?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recovered</u> (-?rd); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Recovering</u>. ] [OE. <i>recoveren</i>, OF.
<i>recovrer</i>, F. <i>recouvrer</i>, from L. <i>recuperare</i>; pref.
<i>re-</i>  re + a word of unknown origin.  Cf.<u>Recuperate</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To get or obtain again; to get renewed
possession of; to win back; to regain.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>David <i>recovered</i> all that the Amalekites had
carried away.</blockquote> <i>1. Sam. xxx. 18.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make good by reparation; to make up for;
to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to <i>recover</i>
lost time.</def> "Loss of catel may <i>recovered</i> be."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament
and <i>recover</i>.</blockquote> <i>Rogers.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To restore from sickness, faintness, or the
like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The wine in my bottle will <i>recover</i>
him.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a
state of mind or body.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I do hope to <i>recover</i> my late hurt.</blockquote>
<i>Cowley.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When I had <i>recovered</i> a little my first
surprise.</blockquote> <i>De Foe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To rescue; to deliver.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That they may <i>recover</i> themselves out of the
snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him.</blockquote> <i>2.
Tim. ii. 26.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to
reach; to come to.</def> [Archaic]</p>

<p><blockquote>The forest is not three leagues off;<BR>
If we <i>recover</i> that, we're sure enough.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Except he could <i>recover</i> one of the Cities of
Refuge he was to die.</blockquote> <i>Hales.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To gain as a compensation; to
obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to <i>recover</i> damages in
trespass; to <i>recover</i> debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain
title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to <i>recover</i> lands
in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to
<i>recover</i> judgement against a defendant.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Recover arms</b></col> <i>(Mil. Drill)</i>, <cd>a command
whereby the piece is brought from the position of "aim" to that of
"ready."</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit;
heal; cure.</p>

<p><hw>Re*cov"er</hw> (r?*k?v"?r), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To regain health after sickness; to grow well;
to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition
after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by <i>of</i> or
<i>from</i>; as, to <i>recover</i> from a state of poverty; to
<i>recover</i> from fright.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I
shall <i>recover</i> of this disease.</blockquote> <i>2 Kings i.
2.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make one's way; to come; to
arrive.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>With much ado the Christians <i>recovered</i> to
Antioch.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To obtain a judgement; to
succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has <i>recovered</i> in his
suit.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cov"er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Recovery.</def>
<i>Sir T. Malory.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cov"er*a*ble</hw> (-?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>recouvrable</i>.] <def>Capable of being recovered or regained;
capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness,
misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt
is <i>recoverable</i>; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not
<i>recoverable</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A prodigal course<BR>
Is like the sun's; but not, like his, <i>recoverable</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If I am <i>recoverable</i>, why am I thus?</blockquote>
<i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*cov"er*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re cov"er*ance</hw> (-<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Recovery.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*cov`er*ee"</hw> (-&emacr;"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>The person against whom a judgment is obtained in
common recovery.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cov"er*er</hw> (r?*k?v"?r*?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who recovers.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cov`er*or"</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>The demandant in a common recovery after judgment.</def>
<i>Wharton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cov"er*y</hw> (r?*k?v"?r*?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking
possession.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Restoration from sickness, weakness,
faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of
fright, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The obtaining in a suit at law
of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The getting, or gaining, of something not
previously had.</def> [Obs.] "Help be past <i>recovery</i>."
<i>Tusser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>In rowing, the act of regaining the proper
position for making a new stroke.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Common recovery</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>a species of
common assurance or mode of conveying lands by matter of record,
through the forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but
now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America.</cd>
<i>Burrill. Warren.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"re*ance</hw> (r?k"r?*?ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Recreancy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"re*an*cy</hw> (-<i>a</i>n*s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or state of being recreant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"re*ant</hw> (-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF.,
cowardly, fr. <i>recroire</i>, <i>recreire</i>, to forsake, leave,
tire, discourage, regard as conquered, LL. <i>recredere se</i> to
declare one's self conquered in combat; hence, those are called
<i>recrediti</i> or <i>recreanti</i> who are considered infamous; L.
pref. <i>re-</i> again, back + <i>credere</i> to believe, to be of
opinion; hence, originally, to disavow one's opinion. See
<u>Creed</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Crying for mercy, as a
combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited;
craven.</def> "This <i>recreant</i> knight."  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Apostate; false; unfaithful.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Who, for so many benefits received,<BR>
Turned <i>recreant</i> to God, ingrate and false.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"re*ant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who yields in
combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>You are all <i>recreants</i> and dastards!</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`-cre*ate"</hw> (r?`kr?*?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>create</i>.] <def>To create or form anew.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of
re&euml;nforcing, it was necessary to <i>re-create</i>, the
army.</blockquote> <i>Marshall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"re*ate</hw> (rk"r*t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recreated</u> (-`td); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Recreating</u>.] [L. <i>recreatus</i>, p. p. of
<i>recreate</i> to create anew, to refresh; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>creare</i> to create. See <u>Create</u>.] <def>To give fresh life
to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying
toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to
gratify.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before
them colors mixed with blue and green, to <i>recreate</i> their eyes,
white wearying . . . the sight more than any.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>St. John, who <i>recreated</i> himself with sporting
with a tame partridge.</blockquote> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>These ripe fruits <i>recreate</i> the nostrils with
their aromatic scent.</blockquote> <i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"re*ate</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To take
recreation.</def>  <i>L. Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"re*a"tion</hw> (-?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;cr&eacute;ation</i>, L. <i>recreatio</i>.] <def>The act of
recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the
strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport;
pastime.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`-cre*a"tion</hw> (r?`kr?*?sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Re-create</u>.] <def>A forming anew; a new creation or
formation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`-cre*a"tive</hw> (-?`t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Creating anew; as, <i>re-creative</i> power.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"re*a`tive</hw> (r?k"r?*?`t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;cr&eacute;atif</i>. See <u>Recreate</u>.] <def>Tending to
recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation;
reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing;
diverting.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let the music of them be
<i>recreative</i>.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p>--- <wf>Rec"re*a`tive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rec"re*a`tive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rec"re*ment</hw> (r?k"r?*m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recrementum</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>cernere</i>,
<i>cretum</i>, to separate, sift: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;cr&eacute;ment</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Superfluous
matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the
<i>recrement</i> of ore.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>Excrement.</def> [Obs.] <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A substance
secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`re*men"tal</hw> (-m?n"t<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Recrementitious.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`re*men*ti"tial</hw> (-m?n*t?sh"<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;cr&eacute;mentitiel</i>.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of the nature of a recrement. See <u>Recrement</u>,
2 <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>.</def> "<i>Recrementitial</i> fluids."
<i>Dunglison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec`re*men*ti"tious</hw> (-t?sh"?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or
dross.</def>  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*crim"i*nate</hw> (r?*kr?m"?*n?t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[Pref.  <i>re-</i> + <i>criminate</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;criminer</i>, LL. <i>recriminare</i>.] <def>To return one
charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon
an accuser.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It is not my business to <i>recriminate</i>, hoping
sufficiently to clear myself in this matter.</blockquote> <i>Bp.
Stillingfleet.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*crim"i*nate</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To accuse in
return.</def>  <i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*crim`i*na"tion</hw> (-n?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;crimination</i>, LL. <i>recriminatio</i>.] <def>The act of
recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the
accuser; a counter accusation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Accusations and <i>recriminations</i> passed backward
and forward between the contending parties.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*crim"i*na*tive</hw> (-n?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Recriminatory.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*crim"i*na`tor</hw> (-n?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who recriminates.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*crim"i*na*to*ry</hw> (-n?*t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;criminatoire</i>.] <def>Having the quality of
recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cross"</hw> (r?*kr?s";115), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
cross a second time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cru"den*cy</hw> (r&esl;*kr&udd;"d<i>e</i>n*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Recrudescence.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re`cru*des"cence</hw> (r?`kr?*d?s"s<i>e</i>ns),
<hw>Re`cru*des`cen*cy</hw> (-d?s"s<i>e</i>n*s?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>recrudescence</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state or condition of being
recrudescent.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>A recrudescence</i> of barbarism may condemn it
[land] to chronic poverty and waste.</blockquote> <i>Duke of
Argyll.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Increased severity of a
disease after temporary remission.</def>  <i>Dunglison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`cru*des"cent</hw> (-s<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recrudescens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>recrudescere</i> to
become raw again; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>crudescere</i> to become
hard or raw: cf. F. <i>recrudescent</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Growing raw, sore, or painful again.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Breaking out again after temporary
abatement or supression; as, a <i>recrudescent</i> epidemic.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cruit"</hw> (r?*kr?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recruited</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Recruiting</u>.] [F. <i>recruter</i>, corrupted (under
influence of <i>recrue</i> recruiting, recruit, from
<i>recro&icirc;/tre</i>, p. p. <i>recr&ucirc;</i>, to grow again) from
an older <i>recluter</i>, properly, to patch, to mend (a garment);
pref. <i>re-</i> + OF. <i>clut</i> piece, piece of cloth; cf. Icel.
<i>kl&umacr;tr</i> kerchief, E. <i>clout</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack
or deficiency in; as, food <i>recruits</i> the flesh; fresh air and
exercise <i>recruit</i> the spirits.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Her cheeks glow the brighter, <i>recruiting</i> their
color.</blockquote> <i>Glanvill.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to
renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To supply with new men, as an army; to fill
up or make up by enlistment; as, he <i>recruited</i> two regiments;
the army was <i>recruited</i> for a campaign; also, to muster; to
enlist; as, he <i>recruited</i> fifty men.</def>  <i>M.
Arnold.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cruit"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh,
spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle <i>recruit</i> in
fresh pastures.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To gain new supplies of men for military or
other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist
troops.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cruit"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a
re&euml;nforcement.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The state is to have <i>recruits</i> to its strength,
and remedies to its distempers.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, a man enlisted for service in
the army; a newly enlisted soldier.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cruit"er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, recruits.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cruit"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of
men for an army.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*crys`tal*li*za"tion</hw>
(r&emacr;*kr&ibreve;s`t<i>a</i>l*l&ibreve;*z&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem. & Min.)</i> <def>The process or
recrystallizing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*crys"tal*lize</hw>
(r&emacr;*kr&ibreve;s"t<i>a</i>l*l&imacr;z), <pos><i>v. i. &
t.</i></pos> <i>(Chem. & Min.)</i> <def>To crystallize again.</def>
<i>Henry.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"tal</hw> (r?k"t<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of
the rectum.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"tan`gle</hw> (r?k"t??`g'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr.
L.  <i>rectus</i> right + <i>angulus</i> angle. See <u>Right</u>, and
<u>Angle</u>.] <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>A four-sided figure having only
right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.</def></p>

<p>&fist; As the area of a <i>rectangle</i> is expressed by the
product of its two dimensions, the term <i>rectangle</i> is sometimes
used for <i>product</i>; as, the <i>rectangle</i> of <i>a</i> and
<i>b</i>, that is, <i>ab</i>.</p>

<p><hw>Rec"tan`gle</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rectangular.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rec"tan`gled</hw> (-g'ld), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Rectangular.</def>  <i>Hutton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec*tan"gu*lar</hw> (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [CF.
F. <i>rectangulaire</i>.] <def>Right-angled; having one or more angles
of ninety degrees.</def> -- <wf>Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly</wf>
(r&?;k*t&?;n"g&?;*l&?;r*l&?;), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rec*tan`gu*lar"i*ty</hw> (-l?r"?*t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-
angled.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ti-</hw> (r?k"t?*). [L. <i>rectus</i> straight.] <def>A
combining form signifying <i>straight</i>; as, <i>recti</i>lineal,
having straight lines; <i>recti</i>nerved.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ti*fi`a*ble</hw> (r?k"t?*f?`?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Capable of being rectified; as, a
<i>rectifiable</i> mistake.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1202 !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>Admitting, as a curve, of
the construction of a straight l&?;&?;e equal in length to any
definite portion of the curve.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> (r?k`t?*f?*k?1sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rectification</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act or operation of rectifying; as, the <i>rectification</i>
of an error; the <i>rectification</i> of spirits.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>After the <i>rectification</i> of his views, he was
incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error.</blockquote>
<i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>The determination of a
straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rectification of a globe</b></col> <i>(Astron.)</i>,
<cd>its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed
problem.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ti*fi*ca`tor</hw> (r?k"t?*f?*k?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a
distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated
from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation;
a rectifier.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ti*fi`er</hw> (r?k"t?*f?`?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, rectifies.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<i>(Naut.)</i> An instrument used for determining and rectifying the
variations of the compass on board ship. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Chem.)</i> A rectificator.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ti*fy</hw> (-f?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rectified</u> (-f?d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rectifying</u> (-f?`?ng).] [F. <i>rectifier</i>, LL.
<i>rectificare</i>; L. <i>rectus</i> right + <i>-ficare</i> (in comp.)
to make. See <u>Right</u>, and <u>-fy</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state;
to amend; as, to <i>rectify</i> errors, mistakes, or abuses; to
<i>rectify</i> the will, the judgment, opinions; to <i>rectify</i>
disorders.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I meant to <i>rectify</i> my conscience.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>This was an error of opinion which a conflicting
opinion would have <i>rectified</i>.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>To refine or purify by
repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a
substance are separated from the grosser; as, to <i>rectify</i> spirit
of wine.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>To produce ( as factitious
gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky,
rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To rectify a globe</b></col>, <cd>to adjust it in order to
prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To amend; emend; correct; better; mend; reform;
redress; adjust; regulate; improve. See <u>Amend</u>.</p>

<p>{ <hw>Rec`ti*lin"e*al</hw> (-l?n"?*<i>a</i>l),
<hw>Rec`ti*lin"e*ar</hw> (-l?n"?*?r), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<i>Recti-</i> +  <i>lineal</i>, <i>linear</i>.] <def>Straight;
consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as,
a <i>rectineal</i> angle; a <i>rectilinear</i> figure or course.</def>
-- <wf>Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rec`ti*lin`e*ar"i*ty</hw> (-?r"?*t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or state of being rectilinear.</def>
<i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec`ti*lin"e*ous</hw> (-?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Rectilinear.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Ray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ti*nerved`</hw> (r?k"t?*n?rrvd`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<i>Recti-</i> + <i>nerve</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the veins or
nerves straight; -- said of leaves.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"tion</hw> (r?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rectio</i>, fr. <i>regere</i> to rule or govern.] <i>(Gram.)</i>
<def>See <u>Government</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 7.</def>
<i>Gibbs.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec`ti*ros"tral</hw> (r?k`t?*r?s"tr<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Recti-</i> +  <i>rostral</i>.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having a straight beak.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`ti*se"ri*al</hw> (-s?"r?*<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<i>Recti-</i> +  <i>serial</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Arranged in
exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; --
opposed to <i>curviserial</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rec*ti"tis</hw> (r?k*t?"t?s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Rectum</u>, and <u>-itis</u>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Proctitis.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"ti*tude</hw> (r?k"t?*t?d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rectitudo</i>, fr. <i>rectus</i> right, straight: cf. F.
<i>rectitude</i>. See <u>Right</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Straightness.</def> [R.]  <i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rightness of principle or practice; exact
conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct,
either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness;
integrity; honesty; justice.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Right judgment.</def> [R.]  <i>Sir G. C.
Lewis.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- See <u>Justice</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rec"to-</hw> (r?k"t?*). <def>A combining form indicating
<i>connection with</i>, or <i>relation to</i>, <i>the rectum</i>; as,
<i>recto</i>-vesical.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"to</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Abbrev. fr. LL. breve de
<i>recto</i>. See <u>Right</u>.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>A writ of
right.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"to</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>recto</i>.]
<i>(Print.)</i> <def>The right-hand page; -- opposed to
<i>verso</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"tor</hw> (r?k"t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr.
<i>regere</i>, <i>rectum</i>, to lead straight, to rule: cf. F.
<i>recteur</i>. See <u>Regiment</u>, <u>Right</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A ruler or governor.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>God is the supreme <i>rector</i> of the
world.</blockquote> <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Ch. of Eng.)</i> <def>A
clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes,
etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate.
See the Note under Vicar.</def> <i>Blackstone.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Prot. Epis. Ch.)</i> <def>A clergyman in charge of a
parish.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The head master of a public school.</def>
[Scot.]</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The chief elective officer of some
universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a
college; as, the <i>Rector</i> of Exeter College, or of Lincoln
College, at Oxford.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(R.C.CH.)</i> <def>The superior officer or
chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the
superior of a house that is a seminary or college.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"tor*al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [CF. F.
<i>rectoral</i>.] <def>Pertaining to a rector or governor.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"tor*ate</hw> (-?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>rectoratus</i>: cf. F. <i>rectorat</i>.] <def>The office, rank, or
station of a rector; rectorship.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"tor*ess</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A governess; a rectrix.</def>  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The wife of a rector.</def>
<i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec*to"ri*al</hw> (r?k*t?"r?*<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral.</def>
<i>Shipley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec"tor*ship</hw> (r?k"t?r*sh?p), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Government; guidance.</def> [Obs.] "The
<i>rectorship</i> of judgment."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The office or rank of a rector;
rectorate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"to*ry</hw> (-t?*r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rectories</b></plw> (-r&?;z). [Cf. OF. <i>rectorie</i> or
<i>rectorerie</i>, LL. <i>rectoria</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living,
with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A rector's mansion; a parsonage
house.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`to-u"ter*ine</hw> (-?"t?r*?n or *?n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the
uterus.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`to*vag"i*nal</hw> (r?k`t?*v?j"?*n<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to both the
rectum and the vagina.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`to-ves"i*cal</hw> (-v?s"?*k<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the
bladder.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"tress</hw> (r?k"tr?s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rectoress.</def>  <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rec"trix</hw> (-tr?ks), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rectrices</b></plw> (-tr&?;"s&?;z). [L., fem. of
<i>rector</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A governess; a
rectoress.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of the quill
feathers of the tail of a bird.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec"tum</hw> (-t?m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. (sc.
<i>intestinum</i>), fr. L. <i>rectus</i> straight. See <u>Right</u>.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so
named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See
<i>Illust.</i> under <u>Digestive</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rec"tus</hw> (-t?s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Recti</b></plw> (-t&?;). [NL., fr. L. <i>regere</i> to keep
straight.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A straight muscle; as, the <i>recti</i>
of the eye.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rec`u*ba"tion</hw> (r?k`?*b?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recubare</i> to lie upon the back.] <def>Recumbence.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cule"</hw> (r?*k?l"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To
recoil.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*cule"</hw> (r?*k?l"), <hw>Re*cule"ment</hw> (-
m<i>e</i>nt), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>reculement</i>.]
<def>Recoil.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*cumb"</hw> (-k?m"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recumbere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> back + <i>cumbere</i> (in comp.),
akin to <i>cubare</i> to lie down.] <def>To lean; to recline; to
repose.</def> [Obs.]  <i>J. Allen (1761).</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cum"bence</hw> (r?*k?m"b<i>e</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being
recumbent.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cum"ben*cy</hw> (-b<i>e</i>n*s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Recumbence.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cum"bent</hw> (-b<i>e</i>t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recumbens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>recumbere</i>. See
<u>Recumb</u>, <u>Incumbent</u>.] <def>Leaning; reclining; lying; as,
the <i>recumbent</i> posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence,
figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.</def> --
<wf>Re*cum"bent*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*cu"per*a*ble</hw> (r?*k?"p?r*?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Cf.F. <i>r&eacute;cup&?;rable</i>. See <u>Recover</u>.]
<def>Recoverable.</def>  <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cu"per*ate</hw> (-?t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
&. p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recuperated</u> (-?`t?d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Recuperating</u>.] [L. <i>recuperatus</i>, p. p. of
<i>recuperare</i>. See <u>Recover</u> to get again.] <def>To recover
health; to regain strength; to convalesce.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cu"per*ate</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To recover; to
regain; as, to <i>recuperate</i> the health or strength.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cu`per*a"tion</hw> (-?`sh?n), <pos><i>n..</i></pos> [L.
<i>recuperatio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;cup&?;ration</i>.]
<def>Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or
strength.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*cu"per*a*tive</hw> (-?*t?v), <hw>Re*cu"per*a*to*ry</hw> (-
?*t?*r?), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>recuperativus</i>,
<i>recuperatorius</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending
to recovery.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cu"per*a`tor</hw> (r?*k?"pp?r*?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. L. <i>recuperator</i> a recoverer.] <i>(Steel Manuf.)</i>
<def>Same as <u>Regenerator</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cur"</hw> (r?*k?r"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Recurred</u> (-k?rd"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Recurring</u>.] [L. <i>recurrere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>currere</i> to run. See <u>Current</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to
mind.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old
idea will <i>recur</i> in the mind when the word is
heard.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To occur at a stated interval, or according
to some regular rule; as, the fever will <i>recur</i> to-
night.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To resort; to have recourse; to go for
help.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they
<i>recur</i> to the "punctum stans" of the schools, they will thereby
very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite
duration.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Recurring decimal</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>a
circulating decimal. See under <u>Decimal</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Recurring series</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>an algebraic
series in which the coefficients of the several terms can be expressed
by means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in one
uniform manner.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*cure"</hw> (r?*k?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf.
<u>Recover</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To arrive at; to reach; to
attain.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Lydgate.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To recover; to regain; to repossess.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>When their powers, impaired through labor long,<BR>
With due repast, they had <i>recured</i> well.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or
the like; to repair.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In western waves his weary wagon did
<i>recure</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To be a cure for; to remedy.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>No medicine<BR>
Might avail his sickness to <i>recure</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Lydgate.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cure"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Cure; remedy;
recovery.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>But whom he hite, without <i>recure</i> he
dies.</blockquote> <i>Fairfax.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cure"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Incapable of
cure.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*cur"rence</hw> (r?*k?r"r<i>e</i>ns),
<hw>Re*cur"ren*cy</hw> (-r<i>e</i>n*s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;currence</i>.] <def>The act of recurring, or state of
being recurrent; return; resort; recourse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent
<i>recurrence</i> to the dangerous preparations.</blockquote> <i>I.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cur"rent</hw> (-r<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recurrens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>recurrere</i>: cf.F.
<i>r&eacute;current</i>. See <u>Recur</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Returning from time to time; recurring; as, <i>recurrent</i>
pains.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Running back toward its
origin; as, a <i>recurrent</i> nerve or artery.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Recurrent fever</b></col>. <i>(Med.)</i> <cd>See
<i>Relapsing fever</i>, under <u>Relapsing</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Recurrent pulse</b></col> <i>(Physiol.)</i>, <cd>the pulse
beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist)
on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of
the palm of the hand.</cd> -- <col><b>Recurrent sensibility</b></col>
<i>(Physiol.)</i>, <cd>the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or
motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing
to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or
posterior roots.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*cur"sant</hw> (r?*k?r"s<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recursans</i>, <i>-antis</i>, p. pr. of <i>recursare</i> to run
back, v. freq. of <i>recurrere</i>. See <u>Recure</u>.] <i>(Her.)</i>
<def>Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially
of an eagle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cur"sion</hw> (-sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recursio</i>. See <u>Recur</u>.] <def>The act of recurring;
return.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cur"vate</hw> (r?*k?r"v?t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recurvatus</i>, p. p. of <i>recurvare</i>. See <u>Re-</u>, and
<u>Curvate</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Recurved.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cur"vate</hw> (-v?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To bend
or curve back; to recurve.</def>  <i>Pennant.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`cur*va"tion</hw> (r?`k?r*v?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending
or flexure backward.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*curve"</hw> (r?*k?rv"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or
down.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*curved"</hw> (r?*k?rvd"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Curved
in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a
<i>recurved</i> bill; flowers with <i>recurved</i> petals.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cur`vi*ros"ter</hw> (r?*k?r`v?*r?s"t?r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>recurvus</i> bent back + <i>rostrum</i>
beack; cf. F. <i>r&eacute;curvirostre</i>.] <i>(Zool.)</i> <def>A bird
whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cur`vi*ros"tral</hw> (-tr<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[See <u>Recurviroster</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having the beak
bent upwards.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cur"vi*ty</hw> (r?*k?r"v?*t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Recurvation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*cur"vous</hw> (-v?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recurvus</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re + <i>curvus</i> curved.]
<def>Recurved.</def>  <i>Derham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cu"san*cy</hw> (r?*k?"z<i>a</i>n*s? or r?k"?-),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of being recusant;
nonconformity.</def>  <i>Coke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cu"sant</hw> (-z<i>a</i>t; 277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>[L.
<i>recusans</i>, <i>-antis</i>, p. pr. of <i>recure</i> to refuse, to
oject to; pref. <i>re-</i> re + <i>causa</i> a cause, pretext: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;cusant</i>. See <u>Cause</u>, and cf. <u>Ruse</u>.]
<def>Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing
to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform
to the established rites of the church; as, a <i>recusant</i>
lord.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It stated him to have placed his son in the household
of the Countess of Derby, a <i>recusant</i> papist.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cu"sant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly
against general practice or opinion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The last rebellious <i>recusants</i> among the European
family of nations.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eng. Hist.)</i> <def>A person who refuses to
acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a
Roman Catholic <i>recusant</i>, who acknowledges the supremacy of the
pope.</def>  <i>Brande & C.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One who refuses communion with the Church
of England; a nonconformist.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All that are <i>recusants</i> of holy
rites.</blockquote> <i>Holyday.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rec`u*sa"tion</hw> (r?k`?*z?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recusatio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;cusation</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Refusal.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Old Law)</i> <def>The act of refusing a
judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of
his supposed partiality.</def>  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cu"sa*tive</hw> (r?*k?"z?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Refusing; denying; negative.</def> [R.]  <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cuse"</hw> (r?*k?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;cuser</i>, or L. <i>recusare</i>. See <u>Recusant</u>.]
<i>(Law)</i> <def>To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that
the judge shall not try the cause.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir K.
Digby.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*cus"sion</hw> (r?*k?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recutire</i>, <i>recussum</i>, to beat back; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>quatere</i> to shake.] <def>The act of beating or striking
back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red</hw> (r&ebreve;d), obs. <def><pos><i>. imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> of <u>Read</u>.</def>  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To put on order; to make
tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally
with <i>up</i>; as, to <i>red</i> up a house.</def> [Prov. Eng. &
Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Red</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Redder</u> (-d?r); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Reddest</u>.] [OE.
<i>red</i>, <i>reed</i>, AS. <i>re&aacute;d</i>, <i>re&oacute;d</i>;
akin to OS. <i>r&omacr;d</i>, OFries. <i>r&amacr;d</i>, D.
<i>rood</i>, G. <i>roht</i>, <i>rot</i>, OHG. <i>r&omacr;t</i>, Dan. &
Sw. <i>r&ouml;d</i>, Icel. <i>rau&eth;r</i>, <i>rj&omacr;&eth;r</i>,
Goth. <i>r&aacute;uds</i>, W. <i>rhudd</i>, Armor. <i>ruz</i>, Ir. &
Gael. <i>ruadh</i>, L. <i>ruber</i>, <i>rufus</i>, Gr.
<grk>'eryqro`s</grk>, Skr. <i>rudhira</i>, <i>rohita</i>; cf. L.
<i>rutilus</i>. &radic;113. Cf. <u>Erysipelas</u>, <u>Rouge</u>,
<u>Rubric</u>, <u>Ruby</u>, <u>Ruddy</u>, <u>Russet</u>, <u>Rust</u>.]
<def>Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the
hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is
furthest from the violet part.</def> "Fresh flowers, white and
<i>reede</i>."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Your color, I warrant you, is as <i>red</i> as any
rose.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Red</i> is a general term, including many different
shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the
like.</p>

<p>&fist; <i>Red</i> is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, <i>red</i>-breasted, <i>red</i>-cheeked, <i>red</i>-
faced, <i>red</i>-haired, <i>red</i>-headed, <i>red-</i>skinned,
<i>red</i>-tailed, <i>red-</i>topped, <i>red-</i>whiskered,
<i>red</i>-coasted.</p>

<p><col><b>Red admiral</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a beautiful
butterfly (<i>Vanessa Atalanta</i>) common in both Europe and America.
The front wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also <i>Atalanta butterfly</i>, and <i>nettle
butterfly</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red ant</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A very small ant (<i>Myrmica molesta</i>)
which often infests houses</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A larger
reddish ant (<i>Formica sanguinea</i>), native of Europe and America.
It is one of the slave-making species.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
antimony</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>kermesite. See <i>Kermes
mineral</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>, under <u>Kermes</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Red ash</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>an American tree
(<i>Fraxinus pubescens</i>), smaller than the white ash, and less
valuable for timber.</cd> <i>Cray.</i> -- <col><b>Red bass</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See <u>Redfish</u> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd>.</cd> -
- <col><b>Red bay</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a tree (<i>Persea
Caroliniensis</i>) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the
Southern United States.</cd> -- <col><b>Red beard</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a bright red sponge (<i>Microciona
prolifera</i>), common on oyster shells and stones.</cd> [Local, U.S.]
-- <col><b>Red birch</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a species of birch
(<i>Betula nigra</i>) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-
colored wood.</cd> <i>Gray.</i> -- <col><b>Red blindness</b></col>.
<i>(Med.)</i> <cd>See <u>Daltonism</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
book</b></col>, <cd>a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state.</cd> [Eng.] -- <col><b>Red book of the
Exchequer</b></col>, <cd>an ancient record in which are registered the
names of all that held lands <i>per baroniam</i> in the time of Henry
II.</cd> <i>Brande & C.</i> -- <col><b>Red brass</b></col>, <cd>an
alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc.</cd> --
<col><b>Red bug</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and produces great
irritation by its bites</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A red
hemipterous insect of the genus <i>Pyrrhocoris</i>, especially the
European species (<i>P. apterus</i>), which is bright scarlet and
lives in clusters on tree trunks.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>See
<i>Cotton stainder</i>, under <u>Cotton</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
cedar</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>An evergreen North American tree
(<i>Juniperus Virginiana</i>) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A tree of India and Australia
(<i>Cedrela Toona</i>) having fragrant reddish wood; -- called also
<i>toon tree</i> in India.</cd> <! p. 1203 !> -- <col><b>Red
chalk</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Chalk</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
copper</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>red oxide of copper; cuprite.</cd>
-- <col><b>Red coral</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the precious
coral (<i>Corallium rubrum</i>). See <i>Illusts.</i> of <u>Coral</u>
and <u>Gorgonlacea</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red cross</b></col>. <cd>The
cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The Geneva cross. See <i>Geneva
convention</i>, and <i>Geneva cross</i>, under <u>Geneva</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Red currant</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Currant</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red deer</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The common stag (<i>Cervus
elaphus</i>), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe
and Asia.  It is very similar to the American elk, or wapiti.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The Virginia deer. See <u>Deer</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Red duck</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a European reddish
brown duck (<i>Fuligula nyroca</i>); -- called also <i>ferruginous
duck</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red ebony</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Grenadillo</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red empress</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a butterfly. See <u>Tortoise shell</u>.</cd>
-- <col><b>Red fir</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a coniferous tree
(<i>Pseudotsuga Douglasii</i>) found from British Columbia to Texas,
and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given
to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American
<i>Abies magnifica</i> and <i>A. nobilis</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
fire</b></col>. <i>(Pyrotech.)</i> <cd>See <i>Blue fire</i>, under
<u>Fire</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red flag</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Flag</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red fox</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>the common American fox (<i>Vulpes fulvus</i>), which is usually
reddish in color.</cd> -- <col><b>Red grouse</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under
<u>Ptarmigan</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red gum</b></col>, or <col><b>Red
gum-tree</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a name given to eight Australian
species of <i>Eucalyptus</i> (<i>Eucalyptus amygdalina</i>,
<i>resinifera</i>, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See
<u>Eucalyptus</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red hand</b></col> <i>(Her.)</i>,
<cd>a left hand appaum&eacute;, fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon,
being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland; -- called also <i>Badge of Ulster</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
herring</b></col>, <cd>the common herring dried and smoked.</cd> --
<col><b>Red horse</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially <i>Moxostoma
macrolepidotum</i> and allied species</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>See the Note under <u>Drumfish</u>. -- <col><b>Red lead</b></col>.
<sd><i>(Chem)</i></sd> See under <u>Lead</u>, and <u>Minium</u>.</cd>
-- <col><b>Red-lead ore</b></col>. <i>(Min.)</i> <cd>Same as
<u>Crocoite</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red liquor</b></col> <i>(Dyeing)</i>,
<cd>a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a
mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called
because used originally for red dyestuffs.  Called also <i>red
mordant</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red maggot</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>the larva of the wheat midge.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
manganese</b></col>. <i>(Min.)</i> <cd>Same as
<u>Rhodochrosite</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red man</b></col>, <cd>one of
the American Indians; -- so called from his color.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
maple</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a species of maple (<i>Acer
rubrum</i>). See <u>Maple</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red mite</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See <i>Red spider</i>, below.</cd> --
<col><b>Red mulberry</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>an American mulberry
of a dark purple color (<i>Morus rubra</i>).</cd> -- <col><b>Red
mullet</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the surmullet. See
<u>Mullet</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red ocher</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>,
<cd>a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color.</cd> --
<col><b>Red perch</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the
rosefish.</cd> -- <col><b>Red phosphorus</b></col>. <i>(Chem.)</i>
<cd>See under <u>Phosphorus</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red pine</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>an American species of pine (<i>Pinus
resinosa</i>); -- so named from its reddish bark.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
precipitate</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Precipitate</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Red Republican</b></col> <i>(European Politics)</i>,
<cd>originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in
France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform.</cd> [Cant] -- <col><b>Red
ribbon</b></col>, <cd>the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in
England.</cd> -- <col><b>Red sanders</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Sanders</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red sandstone</b></col>.
<i>(Geol.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Sandstone</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
scale</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a scale insect (<i>Aspidiotus
aurantii</i>) very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.</cd> -- <col><b>Red silver</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>an
ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes
<i>proustite</i>, or light red silver, and <i>pyrargyrite</i>, or dark
red silver.</cd> -- <col><b>Red snapper</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>a large fish (<i>Lutlanus aya or Blackfordii</i>) abundant in the
Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
snow</b></col>, <cd>snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(<i>Protococcus nivalis</i>) which produces large patches of scarlet
on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
softening</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i> <cd>a form of cerebral softening in
which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.</cd> -- <col><b>Red spider</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a very small web-spinning mite
(<i>Tetranychus telarius</i>) which infests, and often destroys,
plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and
conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and
causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale
red. Called also <i>red mite</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Red
squirrel</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the chickaree.</cd> --
<col><b>Red tape</b></col>, <cd>the tape used in public offices for
tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay.</cd> --
<col><b>Red underwing</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any species
of noctuid moths belonging to <i>Catacola</i> and allied genera. The
numerous species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.</cd> --
<col><b>Red water</b></col>, <cd>a disease in cattle, so called from
an appearance like blood in the urine.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Red</hw> (r?d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from
violet, or a tint resembling these.</def> "Celestial rosy <i>red</i>,
love's proper hue."  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A red pigment.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(European Politics)</i> <def>An abbreviation
for <i>Red Republican</i>. See under Red, <pos><i>a.</i></pos></def>
[Cant]</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The menses.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i></p>

<p><col><b>English red</b></col>, <cd>a pigment prepared by the Dutch,
similar to Indian red.</cd> -- <col><b>Hypericum red</b></col>, <cd>a
red resinous dyestuff extracted from Hypericum.</cd> -- <col><b>Indian
red</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Indian</u>, and
<u>Almagra</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*dact"</hw> (r?*d?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>redactus</i>, p. p. of <i>redigere</i>; pref. <i>red-</i>, <i>re-
</i>, again, back + <i>agere</i> to put in motion, to drive.] <def>To
reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter
for publication); to edit.</def></p>

<p><hw>||R&eacute;`dac`teur"</hw> (r&asl;`d&adot;k`t&etilde;r"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>See <u>Redactor</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*dac"tion</hw> (r?*d?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;daction</i>.] <def>The act of redacting; work produced by
redacting; a digest.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*dac"tor</hw> (-t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.</def>
<i>Carlyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*dan"</hw> (r?*d?n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., for OF.
<i>redent</i> a double notching or jagging, as in the teeth of a saw,
fr. L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>dens</i>, <i>dentis</i>, a tooth.
Cf. <u>Redented</u>.] [Written sometimes <i>redent</i> and
<i>redens</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A work having
two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward
the enemy.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A step or vertical offset in a wall on
uneven ground, to keep the parts level.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red*ar"gue</hw> (r?d*?r"g?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Redargued</u> (-g?d); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Redarguing</u>.] [L. <i>redarguere</i>;
pref. <i>red-</i>, <i>re-</i> re- +  <i>arguere</i> to accuse, charge
with: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;darguer</i>.] <def>To disprove; to refute;
toconfute; to reprove; to convict.</def> [Archaic]</p>

<p><blockquote>How shall I . . . suffer that God should
<i>redargue</i> me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my
lukewarmness?</blockquote> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Now this objection to the immediate cognition of
external objects has, as far as I know, been <i>redargued</i> in three
different ways.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red`ar*gu"tion</hw> (r?d`?r*g?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>redargutio</i>.] <def>The act of redarguing; refutation.</def>
[Obs. or R.]  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red`ar*gu"to*ry</hw> (-t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Red"back`</hw> (r?d"b?k`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The dunlin.</def> [U. S.]</p>

<p><hw>Red"bel`ly</hw> (-b?l`l?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The char.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"bird`</hw> (-b?rd`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The cardinal bird.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The summer redbird (<i>Piranga
rubra</i>).</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The scarlet tanager. See
<u>Tanager</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"breast`</hw> (-br?st`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
European robin.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The American robin. See
<u>Robin</u>.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The knot, or red-breasted
snipe; -- called also <i>robin breast</i>, and <i>robin snipe</i>. See
<u>Knot</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The long-eared
pondfish. See <u>Pondfish</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"bud`</hw> (-b?d`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the
genus <i>Cercis</i>. See <i>Judas tree</i>, under
<u>Judas</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"cap`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l)</i> <def>The European goldfinch.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A specter having long teeth, popularly
supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland.</def> [Scot.]
<i>Jamieson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"coat`</hw> (-k&omacr;t`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British
soldier.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"de</hw> (-de), <def><pos><i>obs. imp.</i></pos> of
<u>Read</u>, or <u>Rede</u>.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"den</hw> (r?d"d'n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reddened</u> (-d'nd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reddening</u>.] [From <u>Red</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>To make red or somewhat red; to give a red
color to.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"den</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To grow or become
red; to blush.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Appius <i>reddens</i> at each word you
speak.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He no sooner saw that her eye glistened and her cheek
<i>reddened</i> than his obstinacy was at once subbued.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. SCott.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Red*den"dum</hw> (r?d*d?n"d?m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Neut.
of L. <i>reddendus</i> that must be given back or yielded, gerundive
of <i>reddere</i>. See <u>Reddition</u>.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>A clause
in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been
granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.</def>
<i>Cruise.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"dish</hw> (r?d"d?sh), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat
red; moderately <u>red</u>.</def> -- <wf>Red"dish*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Red*di"tion</hw> (r?d*d?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>[L.
<i>redditio</i>, fr.  <i>reddere</i> to give back, to return: cf. F.
<i>reddition</i>. See <u>Render</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Restoration: restitution: surrender.</def>
<i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Explanation; representation.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>reddition</i> or application of the
comparison.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"di**tive</hw> (r?d"d?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>redditivus</i>.] <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>Answering to an interrogative
or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, <i>redditive</i> words.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"dle</hw> (r?d"d'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Red</u>;
cf. G. <i>r&?;thel</i>.  Cf. <u>Ruddle</u>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>Red
chalk. See under <u>Chalk</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"dour</hw> (r?d"d?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>raideur</i>, fr. <i>raide</i> stiff.] <def>Rigor; violence.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rede</hw> (r?d), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See <u>Read</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To advise or
counsel.</def> [Obs. or Scot.]</p>

<p><blockquote>I <i>rede</i> that our host here shall
begin.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To interpret; to explain.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>My sweven [dream] <i>rede</i> aright.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rede</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Read</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Advice; counsel;
suggestion.</def> [Obs. or Scot.]  <i>Burns.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>There was none other remedy ne
<i>reed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a
wise saw.</def> [Obs.] "This <i>rede</i> is rife."
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*deem"</hw> (r?*d?m"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Redeemed</u>. (-d&?;md"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Redeeming</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;dimer</i>, L.
<i>redimere</i>; pref. <i>red-</i>, <i>re-</i> re- +  <i>emere</i>,
<i>emptum</i>, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. <i>em</i> (in
comp.), Lith. <i>imti</i>.  Cf. <u>Assume</u>, <u>Consume</u>,
<u>Exempt</u>, <u>Premium</u>, <u>Prompt</u>, <u>Ransom</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To purchase back; to regain possession of by
payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then
he may <i>redeem</i> it within a whole year after it is
sold.</blockquote> <i>Lev. xxv. 29.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Hence, specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged
property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>To regain by performing the
obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned
in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to
<i>redeem</i> bank notes with coin.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To ransom, liberate, or rescue from
captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or
to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to
recover; as, to <i>redeem</i> a captive, a pledge, and the
like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Redeem</i> Israel, O God, out of all his
troubles.</blockquote> <i>Ps. xxv. 22.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The Almighty from the grave<BR>
Hath me <i>redeemed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sandys.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>Hence, to rescue and
deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated
law.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Christ hath <i>redeemed</i> us from the curse of the
law, being made a curse for us.</blockquote> <i>Gal. iii. 13.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To make good by performing fully; to
fulfill; as, to <i>redeem</i> one's promises.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I will <i>redeem</i> all this on Percy's
head.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To pay the penalty of; to make amends for;
to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate;
as, to <i>redeem</i> an error.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Which of ye will be mortal, to <i>redeem</i><BR>
Man's mortal crime?</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>It is a chance which does <i>redeem</i> all
sorrows.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To redeem the time</b></col>, <cd>to make the best use of
it.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*deem`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (-?*b?l"?*t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Redeemableness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*deem"a*ble</hw> (-?*b;l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Capable of being redeemed; subject to
repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge
securing the payment of money is <i>redeemable</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Subject to an obligation of redemtion;
conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds,
promissory notes, etc. , <i>redeemabble</i> in gold, or in current
money, or four months after date.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*deem"a*ble*ness</hw> (r?*d?m"?*b'l*n?s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of being redeemable;
redeemability.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*deem"er</hw> (r?*d?m"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who redeems.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, the Savior of the world,
Jesus Christ.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rede"less</hw> (r?d"l?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Without
rede or counsel.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`de*lib"er*ate</hw> (r?`d?*l?b"?r*?t), <pos><i>v. t. &
i.</i></pos> <def>To deliberate again; to reconsider.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`de*liv"er</hw> (r?`d?*l?v"?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To deliver or give back; to return.</def>
<i>Ay&?;iffe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To deliver or liberate a second time or
again.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To report; to deliver the answer of.</def>
[R.] "Shall I <i>redeliver</i> you e'en so?"  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`de*liv"er*ance</hw> (-<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A second deliverance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`de*liv"er*y</hw> (-?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Act of delivering back.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A second or new delivery or
liberation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`de*mand"</hw> (r?`d&fist;-m?nd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> back, again + <i>demand</i>: cf. F.
<i>redemander</i>.] <def>To demand back; to demand again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`de*mand"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A demanding back; a
second or renewed demand.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`de*mise"</hw> (-m?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`de*mise"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The
transfer of an estate back to the person who demised it; reconveyance;
as, the demise and <i>redemise</i> of an estate. See under
<u>Demise</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*dem"on*strate</hw> (r?*d?m"?n*str?t or r?`d?*m?n"-str?t),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To demonstrate again, or anew.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Every truth of morals must be <i>redemonstrated</i> in
the experience of the individual man before he is capable of utilizing
it as a constituent of character or a guide in action.</blockquote>
<i>Lowell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*demp"ti*ble</hw> (r?*d?mp"t?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Redeemable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re-demp"tion</hw> (-sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;demption</i>, L. <i>redemptio</i>. See <u>Redeem</u>, and
cf.  <u>Ransom</u>.] <def>The act of redeeming, or the state of being
redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the
<i>redemption</i> of prisoners taken in war; the <i>redemption</i> of
a ship and cargo.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back
of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on
which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and
re&euml;ntering upon an estate mortgaged. See <i>Equity of
redemption</i>, under <u>Equity</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Com.)</i> <def>Performance of the obligation stated in a note,
bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the
holder.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>The procuring
of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or
deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of
God's violated law.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In whom we have <i>redemption</i> through his
blood.</blockquote> <i>Eph. i. 7.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*demp"tion*a*ry</hw> (-?*r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who is, or may be, redeemed.</def> [R.]  <i>Hakluyt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*demp"tion*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who redeems himself, as from debt or
servitude.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from
Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the
expenses of his passage.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*demp"tion*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(R.C.Ch.)</i>
<def>A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the
order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in
captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also
<i>Trinitarian</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*demp"tive</hw> (-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Serving or
tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the <i>redemptive</i> work of
Christ.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*demp"tor*ist</hw> (-t?r*?st), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;demptoriste</i>, fr. L. <i>redemptor</i> redeemer, from
<i>redinere</i>. See <u>Redeem</u>.] <i>(R.C.Ch.)</i> <def>One of the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United
States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote
themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and
retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction
of youth.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*demp"to*ry</hw> (-t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Paid for
ransom; serving to redeem.</def> "Hector's <i>redemptory</i> price."
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*demp"ture</hw> (-t?r; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Redemption.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*dent"ed</hw> (r?*d?nt"?d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From OF.
<i>redent</i>. See <u>Redan</u>.] <def>Formed like the teeth of a saw;
indented.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`de*pos"it</hw> (r?`d?*p?z"?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To deposit again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`de*scend"</hw> (-s?nd"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>descend</i>: cf. F. <i>redescendre</i>.] <def>To
descend again.</def>  <i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"eye`</hw> (r?d"?`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The rudd.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Same as <u>Redfish</u>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd>.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The goggle-eye, or
fresh-water rock bass.</def> [Local, U.S.]
</p>

<p><hw>Red"fin`</hw> (-f?n`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A small North American dace (<i>Minnilus cornutus</i>, or
<i>Notropis megalops</i>). The male, in the breeding season, has
bright red fins. Called also <i>red dace</i>, and <i>shiner</i>.
Applied also to <i>Notropis ardens</i>, of the Mississippi
valley.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"finch`</hw> (-f&ibreve;nch`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The European linnet.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"fish`</hw> (r&ebreve;d"f&ibreve;sh`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The blueback salmon of
the North Pacific; -- called also <i>nerka</i>. See <u>Blueback</u>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The
rosefish.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A large California labroid
food fish (<i>Trochocopus pulcher</i>); -- called also
<i>fathead</i>.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>The red bass, red drum,
or drumfish. See the Note under <u>Drumfish</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"-gum`</hw> (-g?m`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>reed
gounde</i>; AS. <i>re&aacute;d</i> red +  <i>gund</i> matter, pus.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>An eruption of red pimples upon
the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash;
strophulus.</def>  <i>Good.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A name of rust on grain. See
<u>Rust</u>.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1204 !></p>

<p>{ <hw>Red"-hand`</hw> (r?d"h?nd`), <hw>Red"-hand`ed</hw> (-
h?nd`?d), } <pos><i>a. or adv.</i></pos> <def>Having hands red with
blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a
person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission
of crime; as, he was taken <i>red-hand</i> or <i>red-handed</i>.</def>
</p>

<p><hw>Red"head`</hw> (-h?d`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A person having red hair.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An
American duck (<i>Aythya Americana</i>) highly esteemed as a game
bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its
head brighter red. Called also <i>red-headed duck</i>. <i>American
poachard</i>, <i>grayback</i>, and <i>fall duck</i>. See
<i>Illust.</i> under <u>Poachard</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>The red-headed woodpecker. See <u>Woodpecker</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A kind of milkweed
(<i>Asclepias Curassavica</i>) with red flowers. It is used in
medicine.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red`hi*bi"tion</hw> (r?d`h?*b?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>redhibitio</i> a taking back.] <i>(Civil Law)</i> <def>The
annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold,
on account of some defect.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red*hib"i*to*ry</hw> (r?d*h?b"?*t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[L. <i>redhibitorius</i>.] <i>(Civil Law)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to
redhibition; as, a <i>redhibitory</i> action or fault.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"hoop`</hw> (r?d"h??p`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The male of the European bullfinch.</def>
[Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Red"horn`</hw> (-h?rn`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any species of a tribe of butterflies
(<i>Fugacia</i>) including the common yellow species and the cabbage
butterflies. The antenn&aelig; are usually red.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"-hot`</hw> (-h?t`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Red with
heat; heated to redness; as, <i>red-hot</i> iron; <i>red-hot</i>
balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a <i>red-hot</i>
radical.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re"di*a</hw> (r?"d?*?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> L.
<plw><b>Redi&aelig;</b></plw> (-&emacr;), E. <plw><b>Redias</b></plw>
(-&?;z). [NL.; of uncertain origin.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A kind
of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain
trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same
way, either another generation of redi&aelig;, or else cercari&aelig;
within its own body. Called also <i>proscolex</i>, and <i>nurse</i>.
See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"di*ent</hw> (r?"d?-<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rediens</i>, p. pr. of <i>redire</i> to return; pref. <i>red-</i>
+ <i>ire</i> to go.] <def>Returning.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`di*gest"</hw> (r?`d?*j?st"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
digest, or reduce to form, a second time.</def>  <i>Kent.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`di*min"ish</hw> (-m?n"?sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
diminish again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"in*gote</hw> (r&ebreve;d"&ibreve;n*g&omacr;t),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., corrupted from E. <i>riding coat</i>.]
<def>A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*din"te*grate</hw> (r?*d?n"t?*gr?t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>redintegratus</i>, p. p. of <i>redintegrare</i> to restore; pref.
<i>red-</i>, <i>re-</i>, re- + <i>integrare</i> to make whole, to
renew, fr. <i>integer</i> whole. See <u>Integer</u>.] <def>Restored to
wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.</def>  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*din"te*grate</hw> (-gr?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or
soundness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The English nation seems obliterated. What could
<i>redintegrate</i> us again?</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*din`te*gra"tion</hw> (-gr?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>redintegratio</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Restoration to a whole
or sound state; renewal; renovation.</def>  <i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Restoration of a mixed body
or matter to its former nature and state.</def> [Achaic.]
<i>Coxe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Psychology)</i> <def>The law that objects
which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state
tend to recall or suggest one another; -- adopted by many philosophers
to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`di*rect"</hw> (r?`d?*r?kt"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>Applied to the examination of a witness, by the
party calling him, after the cross-examination.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`dis*burse"</hw> (r?`d?s*b?rs"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back.</def>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`dis*cov"er</hw> (-k?v"?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
discover again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`dis*pose"</hw> (-p?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange.</def>  <i>A.
Baxter.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`dis*seize"</hw> (-s?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>To disseize anew, or a second time.</def> [Written
also <i>redisseise</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`dis*sei"zin</hw> (-s?"z?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to
have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ
which lay in such a case.</def>  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`dis*sei"zor</hw> (-z?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>One who redisseizes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`dis*solve"</hw> (r?`d?z*z?lv"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To dissolve again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`dis*till"</hw> (r?`d?s*t?l"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To distill again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`dis*train"er</hw> (-tr?n"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who distrains again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`dis*trib"ute</hw> (-tr?b"?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To distribute again.</def></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*dis`tri*bu"tion</wf> (-tr&?;*b&?;"sh&?;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*dis"trict</hw> (-tr?kt), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
divide into new districts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*di"tion</hw> (r?*d?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reditio</i>, fr. <i>redire</i>. See <u>Redient</u>.] <def>Act of
returning; return.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`di*vide"</hw> (r?`d?*v?d"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
divide anew.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Red"leg`</hw> (r?d"l?g`), <hw>Red`legs`</hw> (-l?gz`), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
redshank.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The turnstone.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"-let`ter</hw> (-l?t`t?r), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Red-letter day</b></col>, <cd>a day that is fortunate or
auspicious; -- so called in allusion to the custom of marking holy
days, or saints' days, in the old calendars with red letters.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Red"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a red manner; with
redness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"mouth`</hw> (-mouth`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of several species of marine food
fishes of the genus <i>Diabasis</i>, or <i>H&aelig;mulon</i>, of the
Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red.
Called also <i>flannelmouth</i>, and <i>grunt</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>re&aacute;dness</i>. See <u>Red</u>.] <def>The quality or state of
being red; red color.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Red"o*lence</hw> (r?d"?*l<i>e</i>ns), <hw>Red"o*len*cy</hw>
(-l<i>e</i>n*s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being
redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"o*lent</hw> (-l<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>redolens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>redolere</i> to emit a
scent, diffuse an odor; pref. <i>red-</i>, <i>re-</i>, re- +
<i>olere</i> to emit a smell. See <u>Odor</u>.] <def>Diffusing odor or
fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; --
usually followed by <i>of</i>.</def>  "Honey <i>redolent</i> of
spring." <i>Dryden.</i> -- <wf>Red"o*lent*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><blockquote>Gales . . . <i>redolent</i> of joy and
youth.</blockquote> <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*dou"ble</hw> (r?*d?b"'l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>double</i>: cf. F. <i>redoubler</i>.  Cf.
<u>Reduplicate</u>.] <def>To double again or repeatedly; to increase
by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to
multiply.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>So they<BR>
Doubly <i>redoubled</i> strokes upon the foe.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*dou"ble</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To become greatly
or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented;
as, the noise <i>redoubles</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*doubt"</hw> (r?*dout"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>redoute</i>, fem., It. <i>ridotto</i>, LL. <i>reductus</i>,
literally, a retreat, from L. <i>reductus</i> drawn back, retired, p.
p. of <i>reducere</i> to lead or draw back; cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;duit</i>, also fr. LL. <i>reductus</i>. See <u>Reduce</u>,
and cf. <u>Reduct</u>, <u>R&eacute;duit</u>, <u>Ridotto</u>.]
<i>(Fort.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A small, and usually a roughly
constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a
temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in
fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile
territory.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>In permanent works, an
outwork placed within another outwork. See <i>F</i> and <i>i</i> in
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>Ravelin</u>.</def> [Written also
<i>redout</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*doubt"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F. <i>redouter</i>,
formerly also spelt <i>redoubter</i>; fr. L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>dubitare</i> to doubt, in LL., to fear. See <u>Doubt</u>.] <def>To
stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*doubt"a*ble</hw> (-?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>redoutable</i>, formerly also spelt <i>redoubtable</i>.]
<def>Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a <i>redoubtable</i>
hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque.</def>
[Written also <i>redoutable</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*doubt"ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Formidable;
dread.</def> "Some <i>redoubted</i> knight."  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Lord regent, and <i>redoubted</i>
Burgandy.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*doubt"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Reverence;
honor.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>In <i>redoutyng</i> of Mars and of his
glory.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*dound"</hw> (r?*dound"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Redounded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Redounding</u>.] [F. <i>redonder</i>, L.
<i>redundare</i>; pref. <i>red</i>-, <i>re-</i>, re- + <i>undare</i>
to rise in waves or surges, fr. <i>unda</i> a wave. See
<u>Undulate</u>, and cf. <u>Redundant</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow
back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to
result.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The evil, soon<BR>
Driven back, <i>redounded</i> as a flood on those<BR>
From whom it sprung.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The honor done to our religion ultimately
<i>redounds</i> to God, the author of it.</blockquote>
<i>Rogers.</i></p>

<p><blockquote> both . . . will devour great quantities of paper,
there will no small use <i>redound</i> from them to that
manufacture.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be in excess; to remain over and above;
to be redundant; to overflow.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For every dram of honey therein found,<BR>
A pound of gall doth over it <i>redound</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*dound"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return;
requital.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We give you welcome; not without <i>redound</i><BR>
Of use and glory to yourselves ye come.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rebound; reverberation.</def> [R.]
<i>Codrington.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"ow*a</hw> (r?d"?*?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr.
Bohemian.] <def>A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time,
like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is
most in use.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"pole`</hw> (r?d"p?l`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Redpoll</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"poll`</hw> (-p?l`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Any one of several
species of small northern finches of the genus <i>Acanthis</i>
(formerly <i>&AElig;giothus</i>), native of Europe and America. The
adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species
(<i>A. linarius</i>) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also
<i>redpoll linnet</i>. See <i>Illust.</i> under <u>Linnet</u>.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The common European linnet.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The American redpoll warbler (<i>Dendroica
palmarum</i>).</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*draft"</hw> (r&emacr;*dr&adot;ft"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To draft or draw anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*draft"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
second draft or copy.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>A new bill of exchange which
the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in
order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and
charges.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*draw"</hw> (r?*dr?"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp.</i></pos> <u>Redrew</u> (-dr?");<pos><i>p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Redrawn</u> (-dr&fist;n"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Redrawing</u>.] <def>To draw again; to make a second draft or copy
of; to redraft.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*draw"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>To
draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the
drawer or indorsers.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*dress"</hw> (r?*dr?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>dress</i>.] <def>To dress again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*dress"</hw> (r?*dr?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>redresser</i> to straighten; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>dresser</i>
to raise, arrange. See <u>Dress.</u>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To put in order again; to set right; to
emend; to revise.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The common profit could she
<i>redress</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In yonder spring of roses intermixed<BR>
With myrtle, find what to <i>redress</i> till noon.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Your wish that I should <i>redress</i> a certain paper
which you had prepared.</blockquote> <i>A. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an
injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . . <BR>
I doubt not but with honor to <i>redress</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To make amends or compensation to; to
relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.</def>
"'T is thine, O king! the afflicted to <i>redress</i>."
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Will Gaul or Muscovite <i>redress ye</i>?</blockquote>
<i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*dress"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction;
amendment.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the
more necessary is a speedy <i>redress</i> of ourselves.</blockquote>
<i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or
opression; as, the <i>redress</i> of grievances; hence, relief;
remedy; reparation; indemnification.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A few may complain without reason; but there is
occasion for <i>redress</i> when the cry is universal.</blockquote>
<i>Davenant.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, gives relief; a
redresser.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Fair majesty, the refuge and <i>redress</i><BR>
Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*dress"al</hw> (r?*dr?s"<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Redress.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*dress"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
redresses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*dress"i*ble</hw> (-?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Such as
may be redressed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*dress"ive</hw> (-?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tending to
redress.</def>  <i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*dress"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Not having
redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable.</def>
<i>Sherwood.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*dress"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>redressement</i>.] <def>The act of redressing; redress.</def>
<i>Jefferson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"-rib`and</hw> (r?d"r?b`<i>a</i>nd), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The European red band fish, or fireflame. See
<u>Rend fish</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"root`</hw> (r?d"r?t`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea
(see under <u>Tea</u>), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the
<i>Lachnanthes tinctoria</i>, an endogenous plant found in sandy
swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red`sear"</hw> (r?d`s?r"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be
brittle when red-hot; to be red-short.</def>  <i>Moxon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"shank`</hw> (r?d"sh?nk`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
common Old World limicoline bird (<i>Totanus calidris</i>), having the
legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (<i>T. fuscus</i>) is
larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also <i>redshanks</i>,
<i>redleg</i>, and <i>clee</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The
fieldfare.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous
appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to
their bare legs.</def>  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"-short`</hw> (-sh?rt`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Metal.)</i> <def>Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of
certain kinds of iron.</def> -- <wf>Red"-short`ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Red"skin`</hw> (-sk?n`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A common
appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color
of the skin.</def>  <i>Cooper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"start`</hw> (-st?rt`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Red</i> +
<i>start</i> tail.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
small, handsome European singing bird (<i>Ruticilla
ph&oelig;nicurus</i>), allied to the nightingale; -- called also
<i>redtail</i>, <i>brantail</i>, <i>fireflirt</i>, <i>firetail</i>.
The black redstart is <i>P.tithys</i>.  The name is also applied to
several other species of <i>Ruticilla</i> amnd allied genera, native
of India.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>An American fly-catching
warbler (<i>Setophaga ruticilla</i>). The male is black, with large
patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is
olive, with yellow patches.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"streak`</hw> (-str?k`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A kind of apple having the skin streaked with
red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple.</def>
<i>Mortimer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Cider pressed from redstreak
apples.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"tail`</hw> (-t?l`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The red-tailed
hawk.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The European redstart.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"-tailed`</hw> (-t?ld`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a
red tail.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Red-tailed hawk</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a large
North American hawk (<i>Buteo borealis</i>). When adult its tail is
chestnut red. Called also <i>hen hawck</i>, and <i>red-tailed
buzzard</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Red"-tape`</hw> (-t?p`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining
to, or characterized by, official formality. See <i>Red tape</i>,
under <u>Red</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Red`-tap"ism</hw> (r?d`t?p"?z'm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Strict adherence to official formalities.</def>  <i>J. C.
Shairp.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red`-tap"ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who is
tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.</def>  <i>Ld.
Lytton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"throat`</hw> (r?d"thr?t`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A small Australian singing bird
(<i>Phyrrhol&aelig;mus brunneus</i>). The upper parts are brown, the
center of the throat red.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"top`</hw> (-t?p`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>A kind of grass (<i>Agrostis vulgaris</i>) highly valued in the
United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called also
<i>English grass</i>, and in some localities <i>herd's grass</i>. See
<i>Illustration</i> in Appendix. The tall redtop is <i>Triodia
seslerioides</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*dub"</hw> (r?*d?b"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>radouber</i> to refit or repair.] <def>To refit; to repair, or make
reparation for; hence, to repay or requite.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>It shall be good that you <i>redub</i> that
negligence.</blockquote> <i>Wyatt.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>God shall give power to <i>redub it with some like
requital to the French</i>.</blockquote> <i>Grafton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*duce"</hw> (r&esl;*d&umacr;s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reduced</u> (-d&umacr;st"),;
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reducing</u> (-
d&umacr;"s&ibreve;ng).] [L. <i>reducere</i>, <i>reductum</i>; pref.
<i>red-</i>. <i>re-</i>, re- +  <i>ducere</i> to lead. See
<u>Duke</u>, and cf. <u>Redoubt</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To bring or lead back to any former place or
condition.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>And to his brother's house <i>reduced</i> his
wife.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The sheep must of necessity be scattered, unless the
great Shephered of souls oppose, or some of his delegates
<i>reduce</i> and direct us.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To bring to any inferior state, with
respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; to
lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to <i>reduce</i> a sergeant to the
ranks; to <i>reduce</i> a drawing; to <i>reduce</i> expenses; to
<i>reduce</i> the intensity of heat.</def> "An ancient but
<i>reduced</i> family."  <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon
something belonging to it, to <i>reduce</i> it.</blockquote>
<i>Tillotson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Having <i>reduced</i><BR>
Their foe to misery beneath their fears.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she
found the clergyman <i>reduced</i>.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer;
to subdue; to capture; as, to <i>reduce</i> a province or a
fort.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1205 !></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To bring to a certain state or condition by
grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc.; as, to <i>reduce</i> a
substance to powder, or to a pasty mass; to <i>reduce</i> fruit, wood,
or paper rags, to pulp.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It were but right<BR>
And equal to <i>reduce</i> me to my dust.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To bring into a certain order, arrangement,
classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits of
descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation; as, to
<i>reduce</i> animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to
<i>reduce</i> a series of observations in astronomy; to <i>reduce</i>
language to rules.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Arith.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To
change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without
altering their value, or from one denomination into others of the same
value; as, to <i>reduce</i> pounds, shillings, and pence to pence, or
to <i>reduce</i> pence to pounds; to <i>reduce</i> days and hours to
minutes, or minutes to days and hours.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>To change the form of a quantity or expression without altering
its value; as, to <i>reduce</i> fractions to their lowest terms, to a
common denominator, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>To bring to the metallic
state by separating from impurities; hence, in general, to remove
oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combine with, or to subject to the
action of, hydrogen; as, ferric iron is <i>reduced</i> to ferrous
iron; or metals are <i>reduced</i> from their ores; -- opposed to
<i>oxidize</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>To restore to its proper
place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to <i>reduce</i>
a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reduced iron</b></col> <i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>metallic iron
obtained through deoxidation of an oxide of iron by exposure to a
current of hydrogen or other reducing agent. When hydrogen is used the
product is called also <i>iron by hydrogen</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>To
reduce an equation</b></col> <i>(Alg.)</i>, <cd>to bring the unknown
quantity by itself on one side, and all the known quantities on the
other side, without destroying the equation.</cd> -- <col><b>To reduce
an expression</b></col> <i>(Alg.)</i>, <cd>to obtain an equivalent
expression of simpler form.</cd> -- <col><b>To reduce a
square</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>to reform the line or column from
the square.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To diminish; lessen; decrease; abate; shorten;
curtail; impair; lower; subject; subdue; subjugate; conquer.</p>

<p><hw>Re*duce"ment</hw> (r?*d?s"m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reduction.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*du"cent</hw> (r?*d?"s<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reducens</i>, p. pr. of <i>reducere</i>.] <def>Tending to
reduce.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A reducent agent.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*du"cer</hw> (-s?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, reduces.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*du"ci*ble</hw> (-s?*b'll), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being reduced.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*du"ci*ble*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality of
being reducible.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*du"cing</hw> (r?*d?"s?ng), <def><pos><i>a & n.</i></pos>
from <u>Reduce</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reducing furnace</b></col> <i>(Metal.)</i>, <cd>a furnace
for reducing ores.</cd> -- <col><b>Reducing pipe fitting</b></col>,
<cd>a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for
connecting a large pipe with a smaller one.</cd> -- <col><b>Reducing
valve</b></col>, <cd>a device for automatically maintaining a
diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or other
receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is
higher than is desired in the receiver.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*duct"</hw> (r?*d?kt"), <pos><i>v. t..</i></pos> [L.
<i>reductus</i>, p. p. of <i>reducere</i>. See <u>Reduce</u>.] <def>To
reduce.</def> [Obs.]  <i>W. Warde.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*duc`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*d?k`t?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being reducible;
reducibleness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*duc"tion</hw> (r?*d?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;duction</i>, L.  <i>reductio</i>. See <u>Reduce</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of reducing, or state of being
reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution;
conquest; as, the <i>reduction</i> of a body to powder; the
<i>reduction</i> of things to order; the <i>reduction</i> of the
expenses of government; the <i>reduction</i> of a rebellious
province.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Arith. & Alq.)</i> <def>The act or process
of reducing. See <u>Reduce</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, 6. and <i>To
reduce an equation</i>, <i>To reduce an expression</i>, under
<u>Reduce</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Astron.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The preparation of the facts and measurements
of observations in order to deduce a general result.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The process of making a copy of something,
as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the
proper proportions.</def>  <i>Fairholt.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Logic)</i> <def>The bringing of a syllogism
in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first
figure.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Chem. & Metal.)</i> <def>The act, process,
or result of reducing; as, the <i>reduction</i> of iron from its ores;
the <i>reduction</i> of aldehyde from alcohol.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The operation of restoring a
dislocated or fractured part to its former place.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reduction ascending</b></col> <i>(Arith.)</i>, <cd>the
operation of changing numbers of a lower into others of a higher
denomination, as cents to dollars.</cd> -- <col><b>Reduction
descending</b></col> <i>(Arith.)</i>, <cd>the operation of changing
numbers of a higher into others of a lower denomination, as dollars to
cents.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Diminution; decrease; abatement; curtailment;
subjugation; conquest; subjection.</p>

<p><hw>Re*duc"tive</hw> (-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;ductif</i>.] <def>Tending to reduce; having the power or
effect of reducing.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A reductive
agent.</def> <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*duc"tive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By reduction;
by consequence.</def></p>

<p><hw>||R&eacute;`duit"</hw> (r?`dw?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See
<u>Redoubt</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> ] <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A central
or retired work within any other work.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*dun"dance</hw> (r?*d?n"d<i>a</i>ns),
<hw>Re*dun"dan*cy</hw> (-d<i>a</i>n*s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>redundantia</i>: cf. F. <i>redondance</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality or state of being redundant;
superfluity; superabundance; excess.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is redundant or in excess;
anything superfluous or superabundant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Labor . . . throws off <i>redundacies</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Surplusage inserted in a
pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the
validity of what remains.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*dun"dant</hw> (-d<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>redundans</i>, <i>-antis</i>, p. pr. of <i>redundare</i>: cf. F.
<i>redondant</i>. See <u>Redound</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant;
as, a <i>redundant</i> quantity of bile or food.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Notwithstanding the <i>redundant</i> oil in fishes,
they do not increase fat so much as flesh.</blockquote>
<i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Using more worrds or images than are
necessary or useful; pleonastic.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Where an suthor is <i>redundant</i>, mark those
paragraphs to be retrenched.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Superfluous; superabundant; excessive; exuberant;
overflowing; plentiful; copious.</p>

<p><hw>Re*dun"dant*ly</hw> (r?*d?n"d<i>a</i>nt*l?),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a refundant manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*du"pli*cate</hw> (r?*d?"pl?*k?t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>duplicate</i>: cf. L. <i>reduplicatus</i>.  Cf.
<u>Redouble</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Double; doubled;
reduplicative; repeated.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Valvate with the margins
curved outwardly; -- said of the &?;stivation of certain
flowers.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*du"pli*cate</hw> (-k?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. LL.
<i>reduplicare</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To redouble; to multiply; to
repeat.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>To repeat the first letter
or letters of (a word). See <u>Reduplication</u>, 3.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*du`pli*ca"tion</hw> (-k?sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;duplication</i>, L. <i>reduplicatio</i> repetition.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of doubling, or the state of being
doubled.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Pros.)</i> <def>A figure in which the first
word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding
verse.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Philol.)</i> <def>The doubling of a stem or
syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time
expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more
imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. <i>te</i>tuli;
<i>po</i>posci.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*du"pli*ca*tive</hw> (-k?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;duplicatif</i>.] <def>Double; formed by reduplication;
reduplicate.</def>  <i>I. Watts.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"u*vid</hw> (r?d"?*v?d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reduvia</i> a hangnail.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any hemipterous
insect of the genus <i>Redivius</i>, or family <i>Reduvid&aelig;</i>.
They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also
attack man.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"weed`</hw> (r&ebreve;d"w&emacr;d`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The red poppy (<i>Papaver Rh&oelig;as</i>).</def>
<i>Dr. Prior.</i></p>

<p><hw>Red"wing`</hw> (-w?ng`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A European thrush (<i>Turdus iliacus</i>).
Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also <i>redwinged
thrush</i>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> A North American passerine bird
(<i>Agelarius ph&oelig;niceus</i>) of the family
<i>Icterid&aelig;</i>. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of
bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also
<i>redwinged blackbird</i>, <i>red-winged troupial</i>, <i>marsh
blackbird</i>, and <i>swamp blackbird</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"withe`</hw> (r?d"w?th`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>A west Indian climbing shrub (<i>Combretum Jacquini</i>) with
slender reddish branchlets.</def></p>

<p><hw>Red"wood`</hw> (-w&oocr;d`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A gigantic coniferous tree (<i>Sequoia
sempervirens</i>) of California, and its light and durable reddish
timber. See <u>Sequoia</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>An East
Indian dyewood, obtained from <i>Pterocarpus santalinus</i>,
<i>C&aelig;salpinia Sappan</i>, and several other trees.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The redwood of Andaman is <i>Pterocarpus dalbergioides</i>;
that of some parts of tropical America, several species of
<i>Erythoxylum</i>; that of Brazil, the species of
<i>Humirium</i>.</p>

<p><hw>Ree</hw> (r&emacr;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pg. <i>real</i>, pl.
<i>reis</i>. See <u>Real</u> the money.] <def>See
<u>Rei</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ree</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. Prov. G.
<i>r&auml;den</i>, <i>raden</i>, <i>raiten</i>.  Cf. <u>Riddle</u> a
sieve.] <def>To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.</def> [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.]  <i>Mortimer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ree"bok`</hw> (r?"b?k`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [D., literally,
roebuck.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The peele.</def> [Written also
<i>rehboc</i> and <i>rheeboc</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;ch"o</hw> (r&emacr;*&ebreve;k"&osl;), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills
<i>re&euml;cho</i> the roar of cannon.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;ch"o</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To give
echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an echo; to resound; to
be resonant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And a loud groan <i>re&euml;choes</i> from the
main.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;ch"o</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The echo of an
echo; a repeated or second echo.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reech"y</hw> (r&emacr;ch"&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Reeky</u>.] <def>Smoky; reeky; hence, begrimed with dirt.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Reed</hw> (r&emacr;d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Red.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reed</hw>, <pos><i>v. & n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Rede</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reed</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The fourth stomach of a
ruminant; rennet.</def> [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Reed</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hre&oacute;d</i>; akin
to D. <i>riet</i>, G. <i>riet</i>, <i>ried</i>, OHG. <i>kriot</i>,
<i>riot</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name given to
many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender,
often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and
especially the common reed of Europe and North America (<i>Phragmites
communis</i>).</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A musical instrument made of the hollow
joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Arcadian pipe, the pastoral <i>reed</i><BR>
Of Hermes.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An arrow, as made of a reed.</def>
<i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Straw prepared for thatching a roof.</def>
[Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A small
piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain
instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is
a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a
compressed tube.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One of the thin pieces
of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon,
accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or
registers of pipes in an organ.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Weaving)</i> <def>A frame having parallel
flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set
in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a
sley. See <u>Batten</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>A tube containing the train
of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Reeding</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Egyptian reed</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the
papyrus.</cd> -- <col><b>Free reed</b></col> <i>(Mus.)</i>, <cd>a reed
whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, -- used in the harmonium,
concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the <i>beating</i> or
<i>striking reed</i> of the organ and clarinet.</cd> -- <col><b>Meadow
reed grass</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the <i>Glyceria aquatica</i>,
a tall grass found in wet places.</cd> -- <col><b>Reed
babbler</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Reedbird</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Reed
bunting</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>A European sparrow
(<i>Emberiza sch&oelig;niclus</i>) which frequents marshy places; --
called also <i>reed sparrow</i>, <i>ring bunting</i>.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Reedling.</cd> -- <col><b>Reed canary
grass</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a tall wild grass (<i>Phalaris
arundinacea</i>).</cd> -- <col><b>Reed grass</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The common reed</cd>. See <u>Reed</u>, 1.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A plant of the genus <i>Sparganium</i>; bur
reed. See under <u>Bur</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Reed organ</b></col>
<i>(Mus.)</i>, <cd>an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free
reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc.</cd> --
<col><b>Reed pipe</b></col> <i>(Mus.)</i>, <cd>a pipe of an organ
furnished with a reed.</cd> -- <col><b>Reed sparrow</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See <i>Reed bunting</i>, above.</cd> --
<col><b>Reed stop</b></col> <i>(Mus.)</i>, <cd>a set of pipes in an
organ furnished with reeds.</cd> -- <col><b>Reed warbler</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A small European warbler
(<i>Acrocephalus streperus</i>); -- called also <i>reed wren</i>.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Any one of several species of Indian and
Australian warblers of the genera <i>Acrocephalus</i>,
<i>Calamoherpe</i>, and <i>Arundinax</i>. They are excellent
singers.</cd> -- <col><b>Sea-sand reed</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a
kind of coarse grass (<i>Ammophila arundinacea</i>). See <i>Beach
grass</i>, under <u>Beach</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wood reed
grass</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a tall, elegant grass (<i>Cinna
arundinacea</i>), common in moist woods.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Reed"bird`</hw> (r?d"b?rd`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The bobolink.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One of several small Asiatic singing birds of
the genera <i>Sch&oelig;nicola</i> and <i>Eurycercus</i>; -- called
also <i>reed babbler</i>.</def>
<hw>Reed"buck"</hw> (-b?k`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>See <u>Rietboc</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reed"ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Civered with reeds; reedy.</def>  <i>Tusser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Formed with channels and ridges like
reeds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reed"en</hw> (r?d"'n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Consisting of
a reed or reeds.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Through <i>reeden</i> pipes convey the golden
flood.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;d`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> (r?*?d`?*f?*k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;&eacute;dification</i>. See
<u>Re&euml;dify</u>.] <def>The act re&euml;difying; the state of being
re&euml;dified.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;d"i*fy</hw> (r?*?d"?*ff?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>edify</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;&eacute;difier</i>, L. <i>reaedificare</i>.] <def>To edify
anew; to build again after destruction.</def> [R.]  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reed"ing</hw> (r?d"?ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From 4th
<u>Reed</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A small convex
molding; a reed (see <i>Illust.</i> <sd><i>(i)</i></sd> of
<u>Molding</u>); one of several set close together to decorate a
surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of
<i>fluting</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Several <i>reedings</i> are often placed together, parallel
to each other, either projecting from, or inserted into, the adjining
surface. The decoration so produced is then called, in general,
<i>reeding</i>.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The nurling on the edge of a coin; --
commonly called <i>milling</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reed"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of reeds;
as, <i>reedless</i> banks.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reed"ling</hw> (-l?ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The European bearded titmouse (<i>Panurus
biarmicus</i>); -- called also <i>reed bunting</i>, <i>bearded
pinnock</i>, and <i>lesser butcher bird</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; It is orange brown, marked with black, white, and yellow on
the wings. The male has a tuft of black feathers on each side of the
face.</p>

<p><hw>Reed"-mace`</hw> (-m?s`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>The cat-tail.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reed"work`</hw> (-w?rk`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Mus.)</i>
<def>A collective name for the reed stops of an organ.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reed"y</hw> (-?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.</def> "A <i>reedy</i>
pool."  <i>Thomson .</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having the quality of reed in tone, that
is, &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; and thin^ as some voices.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reef</hw> (r?f), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Akin to D. <i>rif</i>,
G. <i>riff</i>, Icel. <i>rif</i>, Dan. <i>rev</i>; cf. Icel.
<i>rifa</i> rift, rent, fissure, <i>rifa</i> to rive, bear.  Cf.
<u>Rift</u>, <u>Rive</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A chain or range of
rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See <i>Coral
reefs</i>, under <u>Coral</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mining.)</i> <def>A large vein of auriferous
quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding
valuable ore.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reef builder</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any stony
coral which contributes material to the formation of coral reefs.</cd>
-- <col><b>Reef heron</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any heron of
the genus <i>Demigretta</i>; as, the blue <i>reef heron</i> (<i>D.
jugularis</i>) of Australia.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Reef</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Akin to D. <i>reef</i>, G.
<i>reff</i>, Sw. <i>ref</i>; cf. Icel. <i>rif</i> reef, <i>rifa</i> to
basten together.  Cf. <u>Reeve</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>,
<u>River</u>.] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>That part of a sail which is taken
in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size
of the sail to the force of the wind.</def></p>

<p>&fist; From the head to the first reef-band, in square sails, is
termed the <i>first reef</i>; from this to the next is the <i>second
reef</i>; and so on. In fore-and-aft sails, which reef on the foot,
the first reef is the lowest part.  <i>Totten.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Close reef</b></col>, <cd>the last reef that can be put
in.</cd> -- <col><b>Reef band</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Reef-band</u> in
the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col><b>Reef knot</b></col>, <cd>the knot
which is used in tying reef pointss. See <i>Illust.</i> under
<u>Knot</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Reef line</b></col>, <cd>a small rope
formerly used to reef the courses by being passed spirally round the
yard and through the holes of the reef.</cd> <i>Totten.</i> --
<col><b>Reef points</b></col>, <cd>pieces of small rope passing
through the eyelet holes of a reef-band, and used reefing the
sail.</cd> -- <col><b>Reef tackle</b></col>, <cd>a tackle by which the
reef cringles, or rings, of a sail are hauled up to the yard for
reefing.</cd> <i>Totten.</i> -- <col><b>To take a reef in</b></col>,
<cd>to reduce the size of (a sail) by folding or rolling up a reef,
and lashing it to the spar.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Reef</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reefed</u> (r&emacr;ft); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reefing</u>.] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To reduce the extent
of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and
making it fast to the yard or spar.</def>  <i>Totten.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To reef the paddles</b></col>, <cd>to move the floats of a
paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so
deeply.</cd></p>

<p><! p. 1206 !></p>

<p><hw>Reef"-band`</hw> (r?f"b?nd`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to
strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are
made.</def>  <i>Totten.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reef"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>One who reefs; -- a name often given to
midshipmen.</def>  <i>Marryat.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A close-fitting lacket or short coat of
thick cloth.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reef"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>The
process of taking in a reef.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reefing bowsprit</b></col>, <cd>a bowsprit so rigged that
it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in
cutters.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Reef"y</hw> (-?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of reefs or
rocks.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reek</hw> (r&emacr;k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rick.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reek</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&emc;c</i>; akin to
OFries. <i>r&emacr;k</i>, LG. & D. <i>rook</i>, G. <i>rauch</i>, OHG.
<i>rouh</i>, Dan. r&ouml;g, Sw. <i>r&ouml;k</i>, Icel. <i>reykr</i>,
and to AS. <i>re&oacute;can</i> to reek, smoke, Icel.
<i>rj&umacr;ka</i>, G. <i>riechen</i> to smell.] <def>Vapor; steam;
smoke; fume.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>As hateful to me as the <i>reek</i> of a
limekiln.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reek</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reeked</u> (r&emacr;kt); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reeking</u>.] [As. <i>r&emacr;can</i>. See <u>Reek</u>
vapor.] <def>To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to
be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Few chimneys <i>reeking</i> you shall
espy.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I found me laid<BR>
In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun<BR>
Soon dried, and on the <i>reeking</i> moisture fed.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The coffee rooms <i>reeked</i> with
tobacco.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reek"y</hw> (-?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From 2d <u>Reek</u>;
cf. <u>Reechy</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Soiled with smoke or
steam; smoky; foul.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Emitting reek.</def> "<i>Reeky</i> fen."
<i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reel</hw> (r?l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gael. <i>righil</i>.]
<def>A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to
the dance; -- often called <i>Scotch reel</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Virginia reel</b></col>, <cd>the common name throughout the
United States for the old English "country dance," or contradance
(<i>contredanse</i>).</cd> <i>Bartlett.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reel</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>kre&?;l</i>: cf. Icel.
<i>kr&?;ll</i> a weaver's reed or sley.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on
which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log
<i>reel</i>, used by seamen; an angler's <i>reel</i>; a garden
<i>reel</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A machine on which yarn is wound and
measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four
inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.</def>
<i>McElrath.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Agric.)</i> <def>A device consisting of
radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting
machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the
knives.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reel oven</b></col>, <cd>a baker's oven in which bread pans
hang suspended from the arms of a kind of reel revolving on a
horizontal axis.</cd>  <i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reel</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reeled</u> (r?ld); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reeling</u>. ] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To roll.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>And Sisyphus an huge round stone did
<i>reel</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To wind upon a reel, as yarn or
thread.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reel</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Cf. Sw. <i>ragla</i>. See
<u>2d Reel</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To incline, in walking, from
one side to the other; to stagger.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They <i>reel</i> to and fro, and stagger like a drunken
man.</blockquote> <i>Ps. cvii. 27.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He, with heavy fumes oppressed,<BR>
<i>Reeled</i> from the palace, and retired to rest.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The wagons <i>reeling</i> under the yellow
sheaves.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have a whirling sensation; to be
giddy.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In these lengthened vigils his brain often
<i>reeled</i>.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reel</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or motion of
reeling or staggering; as, a drunken <i>reel</i>.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;*lect"</hw> (r?`?*l?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To elect again; as, to <i>re&euml;lect</i> the former
governor.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;*lec"tion</hw> (-l?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Election a second time, or anew; as, the <i>re&euml;lection</i>
of a former chief.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reel"er</hw> (r?l"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who reels.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The grasshopper
warbler; -- so called from its note.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;l"i*gi*ble</hw>
(r&emc;*&ebreve;l"&ibreve;*j&ibreve;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Eligible again; capable of re&euml;lection; as,
<i>re&euml;ligible</i> to the same office.</def> --
<wf>Re*&euml;l`i*gi*bil"i*ty</wf>
(r&emc;*&ebreve;l`&ibreve;*j&ibreve;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Reem</hw> (r?m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Heb.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal,
probably the Urus.</def></p>

<p>&fist; In King James's Version it is called <i>unicorn</i>; in the
Revised Version, <i>wild ox</i>.  <i>Job xxxix. 9.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reem</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Ream</u> to make a
hole in.] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To open (the seams of a vessel's
planking) for the purpose of calking them.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reeming iron</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>an iron chisel
for reeming the seams of planks in calking ships.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;m*bark"</hw> (r?`?m*b?rk"), <pos><i>v. t. &
i.</i></pos> <def>To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;m`bar*ka"tion</hw> (r?*?m`b?r*k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A putting, or going, on board a vessel
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;m*bod"y</hw> (r?`?m*b?d"?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To embody again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;m*brace"</hw> (-br?s"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<def>To embrace again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;*merge"</hw> (r?`?*m?rj"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<def>To emerge again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;*mer"gence</hw> (-m?r"j<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act of re&euml;merging.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*act"</hw> (r?`?n*?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To enact again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*ac"tion</hw> (-?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of re&euml;nacting; the state of being
re&euml;nacted.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*act"ment</hw> (-?kt"m<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The enacting or passing of a law a second
time; the renewal of a law.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*cour"age</hw> (-k?r"?j;), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To encourage again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*dow"</hw> (-dou"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
endow again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*force"</hw> (-f?rs"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>enforce</i>: cf. F. <i>renforcer</i>.] <def>To
strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to
<i>re&euml;nforce</i> an argument; to <i>re&euml;nforce</i> a garment;
especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a
fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet.</def> [Written also
<i>reinforce</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*force"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Re&euml;nforce</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Ranforce</u>,
<u>Reinforce</u>.] <def>Something which re&euml;nforces or
strengthens.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>That part of
a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece,
so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>Cannon</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>An
additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet,
buttonhole, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*force"ment</hw> (r?`?n*f?rs"m<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
re&euml;nforcing, or the state of being re&euml;nforced.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which re&euml;nforces; additional
force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength
of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*gage"</hw> (-g?j), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>To engage a second time or again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*gage"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A renewed or repeated engagement.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*grave"</hw> (-gr?v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To engrave anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*joy"</hw> (-joi"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To
enjoy anew.</def>  <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*joy"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Renewed enjoyment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*kin"dle</hw> (-k?n"d'l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To enkindle again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*list"</hw> (-l?st"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>To enlist again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*list"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A renewed enlistment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*slave"</hw> (-sl?v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To enslave again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;n"ter</hw> (r?*?n"t?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To enter again.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Engraving)</i> <def>To cut deeper, as
engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been
deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;n"ter</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To enter anew
or again.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Re&euml;ntering angle</b></col>, <cd>an angle of a polygon
pointing inward, as <i>a</i>, in the cut.</cd> --
<col><b>Re&euml;ntering polygon</b></col>, <cd>a polygon having one or
more re&euml;ntering angles.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;n"ter*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Calico
Printing.)</i> <def>The process of applying additional colors, by
applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly
colored.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*throne"</hw> (-thr?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To enthrone again; to replace on a throne.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;n*throne"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second enthroning.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;n"trance</hw> (r?*?n"tr<i>a</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act entereing again; re&?;ntry.</def>
<i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;n"trant</hw> (-tr<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Re&euml;ntering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a
<i>re&?;ntrant</i> angle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;n"try</hw> (-tr?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A second or new entry; as, a
<i>re&euml;ntry</i> into public life.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A resuming or retaking
possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to
land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of
the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.</def>
<i>Burrill.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Card of re&euml;try</b></col>, <i>(Whist)</i>, <cd>a card
that by winning a trick will bring one the lead at an advanced period
of the hand.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;*rect"</hw> (r?`?*r?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To erect again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reer"mouse`</hw> (r?r"mous`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>See <u>Rearmouse</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;s*tab"lish</hw> (r?`?s*t?b"l?sh), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to
restore; as, to <i>re&euml;stablish</i> a covenant; to
<i>re&euml;stablish</i> health.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;s*tab"lish*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who establishes again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;s*tab"lish*ment</hw> (-mnt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act re&euml;stablishing; the state of being
re&euml;stablished.</def>  <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;s*tate"</hw> (-t?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
re&euml;stablish.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Walis.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reeve</hw> (r?v), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The female of the ruff.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reeve</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rove</u> (r?v); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reeving</u>.] [Cf. D. <i>reven</i>. See <u>Reef</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> & <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To
pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble,
cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reeve</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>reve</i>, AS.
<i>ger&?;fa</i>.  Cf. <u>Sheriff</u>.] <def>an officer, steward,
bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as,
shire<i>reeve</i>, now written <i>sheriff</i>; port<i>reeve</i>,
etc.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i>  <i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;x*am"i*na*ble</hw> (r?`?gz*?m"?*n?*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Admitting of being re&euml;xamined or
reconsidered.</def>  <i>Story.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;x*am`i*na"tion</hw> (-?*n?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A repeated examination. See under <u>Examination</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;x*am"ine</hw> (--?n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
examine anew.</def>  <i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;x*change"</hw> (r?`?ks*ch?nj"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous
exchange).</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;x*change"</hw> <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A renewed exchange; a reversal of an exchange.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>The expense chargeable on a
bill of exchange or draft which has been dishonored in a foreign
country, and returned to the country in which it was made or indorsed,
and then taken up.</def>  <i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The rate of <i>re&euml;xchange</i> is regulated with
respect to the drawer, at the course of exchange between the place
where the bill of exchange was payable, and the place where it was
drawn. <i>Re&euml;xchange</i> can not be cumulated.</blockquote>
<i>Walsh.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;x*hib"it</hw> (r?`?gz*?b"?t or -?ks*h?b"?t),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To exhibit again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;x*pel"</hw> (r?`?ks*p?l"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To expel again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;x*pe"ri*ence</hw> (-p?`r?-<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A renewed or repeated experience.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;x*port"</hw> (-p?rt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
export again, as what has been imported.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;x"port</hw> (r?*?ks"p?rt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Any commodity re&euml;xported; -- chiefly in the
plural.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*&euml;x`por*ta"tion</hw> (-p?r*t?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of re&euml;xporting, or of exporting
an import.</def>  <i>A. Smith.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`&euml;x*pul"sion</hw> (r?`?ks*p?l"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Renewed or repeated expulsion.</def>
<i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reezed</hw> (r&emacr;zd), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Grown rank;
rancid; rusty.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Reezed</i> bacon."
<i>Marston.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fac"tion</hw> (r?*f?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Refection</u>.] <def>Recompense; atonement; retribution.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*far"</hw> (r?*f?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>refaire</i> to do over again.] <def>To go over again; to
repeat.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>To him therefore this wonder done
<i>refar</i>.</blockquote> <i>Fairfax.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fash"ion</hw> (r?*f?sh"?n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time.</def>
<i>MacKnight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fash"ion*ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of refashioning, or the state of being refashioned.</def>
[R.]  <i>Leigh Hunt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fas"ten</hw> (r?*f?s"'n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
fasten again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fect"</hw> (r?*f?kt), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refectus</i>, p. p. of <i>reficere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>facere</i> to make.] <def>To restore after hunger or fatigue; to
refresh.</def> [Archaic]  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fec"tion</hw> (r?*f?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refectio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;fection</i>. See <u>Refect</u>,
<u>Fact</u>.] <def>Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a
lunch.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[His] feeble spirit inly felt
<i>refection</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Those Attic nights, and those <i>refections</i> of the
gods.</blockquote> <i>Curran.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fec"tive</hw> (r?*f?k"t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Refreshing; restoring.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fec"tive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which
refreshes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fec"to*ry</hw> (-t&osl;*r&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i>; <plw><b>Refectories</b></plw> (-r&?;z). [<u>LL</u>.
<i>refectorium</i>: cf. F.  <i>r&eacute;fectoire</i>. See
<u>Refection</u>.] <def>A room for refreshment; originally, a dining
hall in monasteries or convents.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Sometimes pronounced r&ebreve;f"&ebreve;k*t&osl;*r&ybreve;,
especially when signifying the eating room in monasteries.</p>

<p><hw>Re*fel"</hw> (r?*f?l"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refellere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>fallere</i> to deceive.]
<def>To refute; to disprove; as, to <i>refel</i> the tricks of a
sophister.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>How he <i>refelled</i> me, and how I
replied.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fer"</hw> (r&esl;*f&etilde;r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Referred</u> (-f&etilde;rd);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Referring</u>.] [F.
<i>r&eacute;f&eacute;rer</i>, L.  <i>referre</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re-
+ <i>ferre</i> to bear. See <u>Bear</u> to carry.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To carry or send back.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence: To send or direct away; to send or
direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.;
to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to <i>refer</i> a student
to an author; to <i>refer</i> a beggar to an officer; to <i>refer</i>
a bill to a committee; a court <i>refers</i> a matter of fact to a
commissioner for investigation, or <i>refers</i> a question of law to
a superior tribunal.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To place in or under by a mental or
rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive,
reason, or ground of explanation; as, he <i>referred</i> the phenomena
to electrical disturbances.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To refer one's self</b></col>, <cd>to have recourse; to
betake one's self; to make application; to appeal.</cd> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>I'll <i>refer</i> me to all things sense.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fer"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as,
to <i>refer</i> to a dictionary.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In suits . . . it is to <i>refer</i> to some friend of
trust.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have relation or reference; to relate;
to point; as, the figure <i>refers</i> to a footnote.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Of those places that <i>refer</i> to the shutting and
opening the abyss, I take notice of that in Job.</blockquote> <i>Bp.
Burnet.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To carry the mind or thought; to direct
attention; as, the preacher <i>referred</i> to the late
election.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To direct inquiry for information or a
guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity,
pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I <i>referred</i> to his employer
for the truth of his story.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To allude; advert; suggest; appeal.  <u>Refer</u>,
<u>Allude</u>, <u>Advert</u>. We <i>refer</i> to a thing by
specifically and distinctly introducing it into our discourse. We
<i>allude</i> to it by introducing it indirectly or indefinitely, as
by something collaterally allied to it. We <i>advert</i> to it by
turning off somewhat abruptly to consider it more at large. Thus,
Macaulay <i>refers</i> to the early condition of England at the
opening of his history; he <i>alludes</i> to these statements from
time to time; and <i>adverts</i>, in the progress of his work, to
various circumstances of peculiar interest, on which for a time he
dwells. "But to do good is . . . that that Solomon chiefly
<i>refers</i> to in the text." <i>Sharp.</i> "This, I doubt not, was
that artificial structure here <i>alluded</i> to." <i>T.
Burnet.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Now to the universal whole <i>advert</i>:<BR>
The earth regard as of that whole a part.</blockquote>
<i>Blackmore.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ref"er*a*ble</hw> (r?f"?r*?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something
else; assignable; ascribable.</def> [Written also
<i>referrible</i>.]</p>

<p><blockquote>It is a question among philosophers, whether all the
attractions which obtain between bodies are <i>referable</i> to one
general cause.</blockquote> <i>W. Nicholson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ref`er*ee"</hw> (-&?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One to whom a
thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been
referred, in order that he may settle it.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Judge; arbitrator; umpire. See <u>Judge</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Ref"er*ence</hw> (r?f"?r-<i>e</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Refer</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of referring, or the
state of being referred; as, <i>reference</i> to a chart for
guidance.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which refers to something; a specific
direction of the attention; as, a <i>reference</i> in a text-
book.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Relation; regard; respect.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Something that hath a <i>reference</i> to my
state.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, is referred
to.</def> Specifically; <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>One of whom inquires
can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of
another.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A work, or a passage in a
work, to which one is referred.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The act of
submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons
for decision.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Equity)</i> <def>The
process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or
other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the
court.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Appeal.</def> [R.] "Make your full
<i>reference</i>."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Reference Bible</b></col>, <cd>a Bible in which brief
explanations, and references to parallel passages, are printed in the
margin of the text.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ref`er*en"da*ry</hw> (r?f`?r*?n"d?*r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[LL. <i>referendarius</i>, fr. L. <i>referendus</i> to be referred,
gerundive of <i>referre</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;f&eacute;rendaire</i>.
See <u>Refer</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One to whose decision a
cause is referred; a referee.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An officer who delivered the royal answer
to petitions.</def> "<i>Referendaries</i>, or masters of request."
<i>Harmar.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Formerly, an officer of state charged with
the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ref`er*en"dum</hw> (r?f`?r*?n"d?m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Gerundive fr. L. <i>referre</i>. See <u>Refer</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A diplomatic agent's note asking for
instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or
point.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The right to approve or reject by popular
vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ref`er*en"tial</hw> (-sh<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as,
notes for <i>referential</i> use.</def> -- <wf>Ref`er*en"tial*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*fer"ment</hw> (r?*f?r"m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of referring; reference.</def>  <i>Laud.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1207 !></p>

<p><hw>Re`-fer*ment"</hw> (r&?;`f&?;r*m&?;nt"), <pos><i>v. t. &
i.</i></pos> <def>To ferment, or cause to ferment, again.</def>
<i>Blackmore.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fer"rer</hw> (r?*f?r"r?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
refers.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fer"ri*ble</hw> (-r?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Referable.</def>  <i>Hallam.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fig"ure</hw> (r?*f?g"?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
figure again.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fill"</hw> (r?*f?l"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To
fill, or become full, again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*find"</hw> (r?*f?nd), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To find
again; to get or experience again.</def>  <i>Sandys.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fine"</hw> (r?*f?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Refined</u> (-find"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Refining</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>fine</i> to make
fine: cf. F. <i>raffiner</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To reduce to a
fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from
dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to
defecate; as, to <i>refine</i> gold or silver; to <i>refine</i> iron;
to <i>refine</i> wine or sugar.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I will bring the third part through the fire, and will
<i>refine</i> them as silver is <i>refined</i>.</blockquote> <i>Zech.
xiii. 9.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To purify from what is gross, coarse,
vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to
polish; as, to <i>refine</i> the manners, the language, the style, the
taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Love <i>refines</i><BR>
The thoughts, and heart enlarges.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble.</p>

<p><hw>Re*fine"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains,<BR>
Works itself clear, and, as it runs, <i>refines</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or
excellence.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Chaucer <i>refined</i> on Boccace, and mended his
stories.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>But let a lord once own the happy lines,<BR>
How the wit brightens! How the style <i>refines</i>!</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or
language.</def> "He makes another paragraph about our <i>refining</i>
in controversy."  <i>Atterbury.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fined"</hw> (-f?nd"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Freed from
impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as;
<i>refined</i> gold; <i>refined</i> language; <i>refined</i>
sentiments.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Refined</i> wits who honored poesy with their
pens.</blockquote> <i>Peacham.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*fin"ed*ly</wf> (r&?;*f&?;n"&?;d*l&?;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Re*fin"ed*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*fine"ment</hw> (r?*f?n"m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>raffinement</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
refining, or the state of being refined; as, the <i>refinement</i> or
metals; <i>refinement</i> of ideas.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and
<i>refinement</i>, the more diffusive are they.</blockquote>
<i>Norris.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>From the civil war to this time, I doubt whether the
corruptions in our language have not equaled its
<i>refinements</i>.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is refined, elaborated, or
polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, <i>refinements</i> of
logic.</def> "The <i>refinements</i> of irregular cunning."
<i>Rogers.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Purification; polish; politeness; gentility;
elegance; cultivation; civilization.</p>

<p><hw>Re*fin"er</hw> (-f?n"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, refines.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fin"er*y</hw> (-?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Refineries</b></plw> (-&?;z). [Cf. F. <i>raffinerie</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The building and apparatus for refining or
purifying, esp. metals and sugar.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A furnace in which cast iron is refined by
the action of a blast on the molten metal.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fit"</hw> (r?*f?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to
restore after damage or decay; as, to <i>refit</i> a garment; to
<i>refit</i> ships of war.</def>  <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To fit out or supply a second
time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fit"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To obtain repairs or
supplies; as, the fleet returned to <i>refit</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fit"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act of refitting, or the state of being refitted.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fix"</hw> (r?*f?ks"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To fix
again or anew; to establish anew.</def>  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*flame"</hw> (r?*fl?m"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To
kindle again into flame.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*flect"</hw> (r?*fl?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reflected</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reflecting</u>.] [L. <i>reflectere</i>,
<i>reflexum</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>flectere</i> to bend or
turn. See <u>Flexible</u>, and cf. <u>Reflex</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To bend back; to give a
backwa&?;d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return
after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror <i>reflects</i> rays of
light; polished metals <i>reflect</i> heat.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let me mind the reader to <i>reflect</i> his eye on our
quotations.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Bodies close together <i>reflect</i> their own
color.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To give back an image or likeness of; to
mirror.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Nature is the glass <i>reflecting</i> God,<BR>
As by the sea <i>reflected</i> is the sun.</blockquote>
<i>Young.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*flect"</hw> <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or
beams.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be sent back; to rebound as from a
surface; to revert; to return.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Whose virtues will, I hope,<BR>
<i>Reflect</i> on Rome, as Titan's rays on earth.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To throw or turn back the thoughts upon
anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what
passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of
consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate;
especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We can not be said to <i>reflect</i> upon any external
object, except so far as that object has been previously perceived,
and its image become part and parcel of our intellectual
furniture.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>All men are concious of the operations of their own
minds, at all times, while they are awake, but there few who
<i>reflect</i> upon them, or make them objects of
thought.</blockquote> <i>Reid.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>As I much <i>reflected</i>, much I
mourned.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To cast reproach; to cause censure or
dishonor.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Errors of wives <i>reflect</i> on husbands
still.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Neither do I <i>reflect</i> in the least upon the
memory of his late majesty.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To consider; think; cogitate; mediate; contemplate;
ponder; muse; ruminate.</p>

<p><hw>Re*flect"ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Thrown back after striking a surface; as, <i>reflected</i> light,
heat, sound, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence: Not one's own; received from
another; as, his glory was <i>reflected</i> glory.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Bent backward or outward;
reflexed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*flect"ent</hw> (r?*fl?kt"<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[L. <i>reflectens</i>, p. pr. of <i>reflectere</i>. See
<u>Reflect</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Bending or flying back;
reflected.</def> "The ray descendent, and the ray <i>reflectent</i>
flying with so great a speed."  <i>Sir K. Digby.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Reflecting; as, a <i>reflectent</i>
body.</def>  <i>Sir K. Digby.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*flect"i*ble</hw> (-?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*flect"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other
surface.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Given to reflection or serious
consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a <i>reflecting</i>
mind.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reflecting circle</b></col>, <cd>an astronomical instrument
for measuring angless, like the sextant or Hadley's quadrant, by the
reflection of light from two plane mirrors which it carries, and
differing from the sextant chiefly in having an entire circle.</cd> --
<col><b>Reflecting galvanometer</b></col>, <cd>a galvanometer in which
the deflections of the needle are read by means of a mirror attached
to it, which reflects a ray of light or the image of a scale; --
called also <i>mirror galvanometer</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Reflecting
goniometer</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Goniometer</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Reflecting telescope</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Telescope</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*flect"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>With
reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully.</def>
<i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*flec"tion</hw> (r?*fl?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reflexio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;flexion</i>. See <u>Riflect</u>.]
[Written also <i>reflexion</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being
reflected.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The return of
rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See <i>Angle of
reflection</i>, below.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The eye sees not itself,<BR>
But by <i>reflection</i>, by some other things.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The reverting of the mind to that which
has already occupied it; continued consideration; meditation;
contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of the mind by
which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for
judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or
standard.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>By <i>reflection</i>, . . . I would be understood to
mean, that notice which the mind takes of its own operations, and the
manner of them, by reason whereof there come to be ideas of these
operations in the understanding.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>This delight grows and improves under thought and
<i>reflection</i>.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Shining; brightness, as of the sun.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is produced by reflection.</def>
Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An image given back from a
reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>As the sun water we can bear,<BR>
Yet not the sun, but his <i>reflection</i>, there.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A part reflected, or turned back, at an
angle; as, the <i>reflection</i> of a membrane.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Result of meditation; thought or opinion
after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts
suggested by truth.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Job's <i>reflections</i> on his once flourishing estate
did at the same time afflict and encourage him.</blockquote>
<i>Atterbury.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Censure; reproach cast.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He died; and oh! may no <i>reflection</i> shed<BR>
Its poisonous venom on the royal dead.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>The transference of an
excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve
cells, as in reflex action. See <i>Reflex action</i>, under
<u>Reflex</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Angle of reflection</b></col>, <cd>the angle which
anything, as a ray of light, on leaving a reflecting surface, makes
with the perpendicular to the surface.</cd> -- <col><b>Angle of total
reflection</b></col>. <i>(Opt.)</i> <cd>Same as <i>Critical angle</i>,
under <u>Critical</u>.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Meditation; contemplation; rumination; cogitation;
consideration; musing; thinking.</p>

<p><hw>Re*flect"ive</hw> (r?*fl?kt"?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;flectif</i>.  Cf. <u>Reflexive</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Throwing back images; as, a <i>reflective</i> mirror.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In the <i>reflective</i> stream the sighing bride,
viewing her charms.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Capable of exercising thought or judgment;
as, <i>reflective</i> reason.</def>  <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>His perceptive and <i>reflective</i> faculties . . .
thus acquired a precocious and extraordinary development.</blockquote>
<i>Motley.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Addicted to introspective or meditative
habits; as, a <i>reflective</i> person.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>Reflexive;
reciprocal.</def></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*flect"ive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*flect"ive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
"<i>Reflectiveness</i> of manner."  <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*flect"or</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;flecteur</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that
which, reflects.</def>  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat,
as a mirror, a speculum, etc.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A
reflecting telescope.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A device for
reflecting sound.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"flex</hw> (r?"fl?ks), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reflexus</i>, p. p. of <i>reflectere</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;flexe</i>. See <u>Reflect</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive;
introspective.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>reflex</i> act of the soul, or the turning of
the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions.</blockquote> <i>Sir
M. Hale.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in
return.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>Of, pertaining to, or
produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention
of consciousness.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reflex action</b></col> <i>(Physiol.)</i>, <cd>any action
performed involuntarily in consequence of an impulse or impression
transmitted along afferent nerves to a nerve center, from which it is
reflected to an efferent nerve, and so calls into action certain
muscles, organs, or cells.</cd> -- <col><b>Reflex nerve</b></col>
<i>(Physiol.)</i>, <cd>an excito-motory nerve. See <u>Exito-
motory</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re"flex</hw> (r?"fl?ks; <i>formerly</i> r?*fl?ks"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>reflexus</i> a bending back. See
<u>Reflect</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Reflection; the light
reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Yon gray is not the morning's eye,<BR>
'Tis but the pale <i>reflex</i> of Cynthia's brow.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>On the depths of death there swims<BR>
The <i>reflex</i> of a human face.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>An involuntary movement
produced by reflex action.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Patellar reflex</b></col>. <cd>See <i>Knee jerk</i>, under
<u>Knee</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*flex"</hw> (r?*fl?ks"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reflexus</i>, p. p. of <i>reflectere</i>. See <u>Reflect</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To reflect.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To bend back; to turn back.</def>  <i>J.
Gregory.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*flexed"</hw> (r?*fl?kst"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Bent
backward or outward.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*flex`i*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*fl?ks`?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;flexibilit&eacute;</i>.]
<def>The quality or capability of being reflexible; as, the
<i>reflexibility</i> of the rays of light.</def>  <i>Sir I.
Newton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*flex"i*ble</hw> (r?*fl?ks"?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [CF.
F. <i>r&eacute;flexible</i>.] <def>Capable of being reflected, or
thrown back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The light of the sun consists of rays differently
refrangible and <i>reflexible</i>.</blockquote> <i>Cheyne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*flex"ion</hw> (-fl?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Reflection</u>.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*flex"i*ty</hw> (r?*fl?ks"?*t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The state or condition of being reflected.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*flex"ive</hw> (-?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
[Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;flexif</i>.] <def>Bending or turned backward;
reflective; having respect to something past.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Assurance <i>reflexive</i> can not be a divine
faith.</blockquote> <i>Hammond.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Implying censure.</def> [Obs.] "What man
does not resent an ugly <i>reflexive</i> word?"  <i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>Having for its direct object
a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; --
said of certain verbs; as, the witness <i>perjured</i> himself; I
<i>bethought</i> myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class;
reciprocal; reflective.</def></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*flex"ive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*flex"ive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*flex"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a reflex
manner; reflectively.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"float</hw> (r?"fl?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Reflux;
ebb.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`flo*res"cence</hw> (r?`fl?*r?s"s<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A blossoming anew of a plant
after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the season.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*flour"ish</hw> (r?*fl?r"?sh), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>To flourish again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*flow"</hw> (r?*fl?"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To flow
back; to ebb.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*flow"er</hw> (r&emacr;*flou"&etilde;r), <pos><i>v. i. &
t.</i></pos> <def>To flower, or cause to flower, again.</def>
<i>Sylvester.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fluc`tu*a"tion</hw> (r?*fl?k`t?*?"sh?n; 135),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A flowing back; refluence.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ref"lu*ence</hw> (r?f"l?-<i>e</i>ns), <hw>Ref"lu*en*cy</hw>
(-<i>e</i>n*s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being
refluent; a flowing back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ref"lu*ent</hw> (-<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refluens</i>, p. pr. of <i>refluere</i> to flow back; pref. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>fluere</i> to flow. See <u>Flurent</u>.] <def>Flowing
back; returning; ebbing.</def>  <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And <i>refluent</i> through the pass of fear<BR>
The battle's tide was poured.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ref"lu*eus</hw> (-?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refluus</i>.] <def>Refluent.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re"flux`</hw> (r?"fl?ks`), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Returning,
or flowing back; reflex; as, <i>reflux</i> action.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"flux`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>reflux</i>. See
<u>Refluent</u>, <u>Flux</u>.] <def>A flowing back, as the return of a
fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and <i>reflux</i> of the
tides.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All from me<BR>
Shall with a fierce <i>reflux</i> on me redound.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*foc"il*late</hw> (r?*f?s"?l*l?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[L. <i>refocillatus</i>, p. p. of <i>refocillare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>focillare</i> to revive by warmth.] <def>To refresh; to
revive.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Aubrey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*foc`il*la"tion</hw> (-l?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Restoration of strength by refreshment.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Middleton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fold"</hw> (r?*f?ld"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To fold
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`fo*ment"</hw> (r?`f?*m<i>?</i>nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To foment anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*for`est*i*za`tion</hw> (r?*f?r`?st*?*z?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or process of
reforestizing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*for"est*ize</hw> (r?*f?r"?st*?z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To convert again into a forest; to plant again with
trees.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*forge"</hw> (r?*f?rj"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>forge</i>: cf. F. <i>reforger</i>.] <def>To forge
again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make
over.</def>  <i>Udall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*for"ger</hw> (r?*f?r"j?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reforges.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*form"</hw> (r?*f?rm"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;former</i>, L. <i>reformare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>formare</i> to form, from <i>forma</i> form. See <u>Form</u>.]
<def>To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a
former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to
better; to amend; to correct; as, to <i>reform</i> a profligate man;
to <i>reform</i> corrupt manners or morals.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an
age; but that of a good one will not <i>reform</i> it.</blockquote>
<i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To amend; correct; emend; rectify; mend; repair;
better; improve; restore; reclaim.</p>

<p><hw>Re*form"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To return to a good
state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of
settled habits of vice will seldom <i>reform</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*form"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;forme</i>.]
<def>Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved;
reformation; as, <i>reform</i> of elections; <i>reform</i> of
government.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Civil service reform</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Civil</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Reform acts</b></col> <i>(Eng.
Politics)</i>, <cd>acts of Parliament passed in 1832, 1867, 1884,
1885, extending and equalizing popular representation in
Parliament.</cd> -- <col><b>Reform school</b></col>, <cd>a school
established by a state or city government, for the confinement,
instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young
persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits.</cd> [U. S.]</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction.
See <u>Reformation</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re-form"</hw> (r?*f?rm"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Re-formed</u> (-f?rmd"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Re-forming</u>.] <def>To give a new form to;
to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to <i>re-
form</i> the line after a charge.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*form"a*ble</hw> (r?*f?rm"?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being reformed.</def>  <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ref`or*made"</hw> (r?f`?r*m?d"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
reformado.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ref`or*ma"do</hw> (-m?"d?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp., fr.
<i>reformar</i>, L. <i>reformare</i>. SEe <u>Reform</u>, <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A monk of a reformed
order.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Weever.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An officer who, in disgrace, is deprived of
his command, but retains his rank, and sometimes his pay.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*form"al*ize</hw> (r?*f?rm"<i>a</i>l*?z), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> <def>To affect reformation; to pretend to
correctness.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ref`or*ma"tion</hw> (r?f`?r*m?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;formation</i>, L. <i>reformatio</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from
worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of
anything vicious or corrupt; as, the <i>reformation</i> of manners;
<i>reformation</i> of the age; <i>reformation</i> of abuses.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Satire lashes vice into
<i>reformation</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1208 !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically <i>(Eccl. Hist.)</i>, the
important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the
sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various
Protestant churches.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Reform; amendment; correction; rectification.  --
<u>Reformation</u>, <u>Reform</u>. <i>Reformation</i> is a more
thorough and comprehensive change than <i>reform</i>. It is applied to
subjects that are more important, and results in changes which are
more lasting. A <i>reformation</i> involves, and is followed by, many
particular <i>reforms</i>. "The pagan converts mention this great
<i>reformation</i> of those who had been the greatest sinners, with
that sudden and surprising change which the Christian religion made in
the lives of the most profligate." <i>Addison.</i> "A variety of
schemes, founded in visionary and impracticable ideas of
<i>reform</i>, were suddenly produced." <i>Pitt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`-for*ma"tion</hw> (r?`f?r*m?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the
<i>reformation</i> of a column of troops into a hollow
square.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*form"a*tive</hw> (r?*f?rm"?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Forming again; having the quality of renewing form;
reformatory.</def>  <i>Good.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*form"a*to*ry</hw> (-t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Tending to produce reformation; reformative.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*form"a*to*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>-ries</b></plw> (-r&?;z). <def>An institution for promoting
the reformation of offenders.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to
<i>reformatories</i> instead of to prisons.</blockquote> <i>Eng.
Cyc.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*formed"</hw> (r?*f?rmd"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Corrected; amended; restored to purity or
excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant
churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted
sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of
consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed,
to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in
Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the
<i>Reformed churches</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The town was one of the strongholds of the
<i>Reformed</i> faith.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Amended in character and life; as, a
<i>reformed</i> gambler or drunkard.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>Retained in service on half
or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of
an officer.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*form"er</hw> (r?*f?rm"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who effects a reformation or amendment;
one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a <i>reformer</i> of
manners, or of abuses.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eccl.Hist.)</i> <def>One of those who
commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as
Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*form"ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;formiste</i>.] <def>A reformer.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*form"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In the manner of a
reform; for the purpose of reform.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*for`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> (r?*f?r`t?*f?*k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A fortifying anew, or a second time.</def>
<i>Mitford.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*for"ti*fy</hw> (r?*f?r"t?*f?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To fortify anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fos"sion</hw> (r?*f?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refodere</i>, <i>refossum</i>, to dig up again. See <u>Fosse</u>.]
<def>The act of digging up again.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*found"</hw> (r?*found"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>found</i> to cast; cf. F. <i>refondare</i>.  Cf.
<u>Refund</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To found or cast anew.</def>
"Ancient bells <i>refounded</i>."  <i>T. Warton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To found or establish again; to
re&?;stablish.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*found"</hw>, <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Refind</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Re*found"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
refounds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fract"</hw> (r?*fr$kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Refracted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Refracting</u>.] [L. <i>refractus</i>, p. p. of
<i>refringere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>frangere</i> to break:
cf. F. <i>r&eacute;fracter</i>. SEe <u>FRacture</u>, and cf.
<u>Refrain</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To bend
sharply and abruptly back; to break off.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To break the natural course of, as rays of
light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of
different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an
action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium <i>refrcts</i> the
rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fract"a*ble</hw> (-?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being refracted.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fract"ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Bot. & Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Bent backward angularly, as if half-
broken; as, a <i>refracted</i> stem or leaf.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Turned from a direct course by refraction;
as, <i>refracted</i> rays of light.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fract"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Serving or tending
to refract; as, a <i>refracting</i> medium.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Refracting angle of a prism</b></col> <i>(Opt.)</i>,
<cd>the angle of a triangular prism included between the two sides
through which the refracted beam passes in the decomposition of
light.</cd> -- <col><b>Refracting telescope</b></col>. <i>(Opt.)</i>
<cd>See under <u>Telescope</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*frac"tion</hw> (r?*fr?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;fraction</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
refracting, or the state of being refracted.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The change in the direction of ray of
light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a
different density from that through which it has previously
moved.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Refraction</i> out of the rarer medium into the
denser, is made towards the perpendicular.</blockquote> <i>Sir I.
Newton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Astron.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the
apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising
from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence
distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical
refraction.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The correction which is to
be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account
of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true
altitude.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Angle of refraction</b></col> <i>(Opt.)</i>, <cd>the angle
which a refracted ray makes with the perpendicular to the surface
separating the two media traversed by the ray.</cd> -- <col><b>Conical
refraction</b></col> <i>(Opt.)</i>, <cd>the refraction of a ray of
light into an infinite number of rays, forming a hollow cone. This
occurs when a ray of light is passed through crystals of some
substances, under certain circumstances. Conical refraction is of two
kinds; <i>external conical refraction</i>, in which the ray issues
from the crystal in the form of a cone, the vertex of which is at the
point of emergence; and <i>internal conical refraction</i>, in which
the ray is changed into the form of a cone on entering the crystal,
from which it issues in the form of a hollow cylinder. This singular
phenomenon was first discovered by Sir W. R. Hamilton by mathematical
reasoning alone, unaided by experiment.</cd> -- <col><b>Differential
refraction</b></col> <i>(Astron.)</i>, <cd>the change of the apparent
place of one object relative to a second object near it, due to
refraction; also, the correction required to be made to the observed
relative places of the two bodies.</cd> -- <col><b>Double
refraction</b></col> <i>(Opt.)</i>, <cd>the refraction of light in two
directions, which produces two distinct images. The power of double
refraction is possessed by all crystals except those of the isometric
system. A uniaxial crystal is said to be <i>optically positive</i>
(like quartz), or <i>optically negative</i> (like calcite), or to have
<i>positive</i>, or <i>negative</i>, <i>double refraction</i>,
according as the optic axis is the axis of least or greatest
elasticity for light; a biaxial crystal is similarly designated when
the same relation holds for the acute bisectrix.</cd> -- <col><b>Index
of refraction</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Index</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Refraction circle</b></col> <i>(Opt.)</i>, <cd>an instrument
provided with a graduated circle for the measurement of
refraction.</cd> -- <col><b>Refraction of latitude</b></col>,
<col><b>longitude</b></col>, <col><b>declination</b></col>,
<col><b>right ascension</b></col>, <cd>etc., the change in the
apparent latitude, longitude, etc., of a heavenly body, due to the
effect of atmospheric refraction.</cd> -- <col><b>Terrestrial
refraction</b></col>, <cd>the change in the apparent altitude of a
distant point on or near the earth's surface, as the top of a
mountain, arising from the passage of light from it to the eye through
atmospheric strata of varying density.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*fract"ive</hw> (r?*fr?kt"?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;fractif</i>. See <u>Refract</u>.] <def>Serving or having
power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to
refraction; as, <i>refractive</i> surfaces; <i>refractive</i>
powers.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Refractive index</b></col>. <i>(Opt.)</i> <cd>See <i>Index
of refraction</i>, under <u>Index</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Absolute
refractive index</b></col> <i>(Opt.)</i>, <cd>the index of refraction
of a substances when the ray passes into it from a vacuum.</cd> --
<col><b>Relative refractive index</b></col> (of two media)
<i>(Opt.)</i>, <cd>the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to
the sine of the angle of refraction for a ray passing out of one of
the media into the other.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*fract"ive*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality
or condition of being refractive.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`frac*tom"e*ter</hw> (r?`fr?k*t?m"?*t?r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Refraction</i> + <i>-meter</i>.]
<i>(Opt.)</i> <def>A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the
refraction of light.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fract"or</hw> (r&?;-fr&?;kt"&?;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Anything that refracts</def>; specifically: <i>(Opt.)</i> <def>A
refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the
refraction of light in passing through a convex lens.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*frac"to*ri*ly</hw> (r?*fr?k"t?*r?*l?),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a refractory manner; perversely;
obstinately.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*frac"to*ri*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality
or condition of being refractory.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*frac"to*ry</hw> (-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refractorius</i>, fr. <i>refringere</i>: cf.  F.
<i>refractaire</i>. See <u>Refract</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable;
as, a <i>refractory</i> child; a <i>refractory</i> beast.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Raging appetites that are<BR>
Most disobedient and <i>refractory</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of
fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the
like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a
<i>refractory</i> ore.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Perverse; contumacious; unruly; stubborn; obstinate;
unyielding; ungovernable; unmanageable.</p>

<p><hw>Re*frac"to*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A refractory person.</def>  <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Refractoriness.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Jer.
TAylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>O<i>Pottery</i>) A piece of ware covered
with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to
the other articles.</def>  <i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*frac"ture</hw> (r?*fr?k"t?r;135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Surg.)</i> <def>A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the
surgeon.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*frac"ture</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Surg.)</i>
<def>To break again, as a bone.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ref"ra*ga*ble</hw> (r?f"r?*g?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>refragabilis</i>, fr. L.  <i>refragari</i> to oppose.] <def>Capable
of being refuted; refutable.</def> [R.] --
<wf>Ref"ra*ga*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [R.] --
<wf>Ref`ra*ga*bil"i*ty</wf> (-b&?;l`&?;*t&?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ref"ra*gate</hw> (-g?t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refragatus</i>, p. p. of <i>refragor</i>.] <def>To oppose.</def>
[R.]  <i>Glanvill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*frain"</hw> (r?*fr?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Refrained</u> (-fr?nd"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb/ n.</i></pos> <u>Refraining</u>.] [OE. <i>refreinen</i>, OF.
<i>refrener</i>, F. <i>refr&?;ner</i>, fr. L. <i>refrenare</i>;
influenced by OF. <i>refraindre</i> to restrain, moderate, fr. LL.
<i>refrangere</i>, for L. <i>refringere</i> to break up, break (see
<u>Refract</u>). L. <i>refrenare</i> is fr. pref. <i>re-</i> back +
<i>frenum</i> bridle; cf. Skr. <i>dh&?;</i> to hold.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To hold back; to restrain; to keep within
prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His reson <i>refraineth</i> not his foul delight or
talent.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Refrain</i> thy foot from their path.</blockquote>
<i>Prov. i. 15.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To abstain from</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Who, requiring a remedy for his gout, received no other
counsel than to <i>refrain</i> cold drink.</blockquote> <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*frain"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To keep one's self
from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to
abstain.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Refrain</i> from these men, and let them
alone.</blockquote> <i>Acts v. 38.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>They <i>refrained</i> therefrom [eating flesh] some
time after.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To hold back; forbear; abstain; withhold.</p>

<p><hw>Re*frain"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>refrain</i>, fr.
OF. <i>refraindre</i>; cf. Pr. <i>refranhs</i> a refrain,
<i>refranher</i> to repeat. See <u>Refract</u>,<u>Refrain</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>The burden of a song; a phrase or verse
which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions
of a poetic composition.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We hear the wild <i>refrain</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Whittier.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*frain"er</hw> (r?*fr?n"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who refrains.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*frain"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Act of refraining.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*frame"</hw> (r?*fr?m), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To frame
again or anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fran`gi*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*fr?n`j?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;frangibilit&eacute;</i>.]
<def>The quality of being refrangible.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fran"gi*ble</hw> (-fr?n"j?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;frangible</i>. See <u>Refract</u>.] <def>Capable of
being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one
medium to another, as rays of light.</def> --
<wf>Re*fran"gi*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ref`re*na"tion</hw> (r?f`r?*n?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refrenatio</i>. See <u>Refrain</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>]
<def>The act of refraining.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*fresh"</hw> (r?*fr?sh"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Refreshed</u> (-fr?sht");
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Refreshing</u>.] [OE.
<i>refreshen</i>, <i>refreschen</i>, OF. <i>refreschir</i> (cf. OF.
<i>rafraischir</i>, <i>rafreschir</i>, F.  <i>rafra&?;chir</i>); pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>fres</i> fresh. F. <i>frais</i>. See <u>Fresh</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make fresh again; to
restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from
fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate;
as, sleep <i>refreshes</i> the body and the mind.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Foer they have <i>refreshed</i> my spirit and
yours.</blockquote> <i>1 Cor. xvi. 18.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And labor shall <i>refresh</i> itself with
hope.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make as if new; to repair; to
restore.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The rest <i>refresh</i> the scaly snakes that
fol&?;<BR>
The shield of Pallas, and renew their gold.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To refresh the memory</b></col>, <cd>to quicken or
strengthen it, as by a reference, review, memorandum, or
suggestion.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To cool; refrigerate; invigorate; revive; reanimate;
renovate; renew; restore; recreate; enliven; cheer.</p>

<p><hw>Re*fresh"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
refreshing.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Daniel.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fresh"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, refreshes.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>An extra fee paid to counsel
in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is
unusually protracted.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Ten guineas a day is the highest <i>refresher</i> which
a counsel can charge.</blockquote> <i>London Truth.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fresh"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of
power to refresh; refreshing.</def> -- <wf>Re*fresh"ful*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*fresh"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Reviving;
reanimating.</def> -- <wf>Re*fresh"ing*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
-- <wf>Re*fresh"ing*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*fresh"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [CF.
OF. <i>refreschissement</i>, F. <i>rafra&icirc;chissement</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of refreshing, or the state of being
refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness;
relief after suffering; new life or animation after
depression.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which refreshes; means of restoration
or reanimation; especially, an article of food or drink.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fret"</hw> (r?*fr?t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>refret</i>, L. <i>refractus</i>, p. p. See <u>Refrain</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <u>Refract</u>.] <def>Refrain.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bailey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*freyd"</hw> (r?*fr?d"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>refreidier</i>.] <def>To chill; to cool.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote><i>Refreyded</i> by sickness . . . or by cold
drinks.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ref`ri*ca"tion</hw> (r?f`r?*k?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refricare</i> to rub again.] <def>A rubbing up afresh; a
brightening.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>A continual <i>refrication</i> of the
memory.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*frig"er*ant</hw> (r?*fr?j"?r-<i>a</i>nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>refrigerans</i>, p. pr. of
<i>refrigerare</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;frig&eacute;rant</i>. See
<u>Refrigerate</u>.] <def>Cooling; allaying heat or fever.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*frig"er*ant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which makes
to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for
allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also
figuratively.</def> <i>Holland.</i> "A <i>refrigerant</i> to passion."
<i>Blair.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*frig"er*ate</hw> (-&amacr;t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Refrigerated</u> (-
&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Refrigerating</u>.] [L. <i>refrigeratus</i>, p. p. of
<i>refrigerare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>frigerare</i> to make
cool, fr. <i>frigus</i>, <i>frigoris</i>, coolness. See
<u>Frigid</u>.] <def>To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or
cool.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*frig`er*a"tion</hw> (-?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;frig&eacute;ration</i>, L.  <i>refrigeratio</i>.] <def>The
act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being
cooled.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*frig"er*a*tive</hw> (r?*fr?j"?r*?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;frig&eacute;ratif</i>.] <def>Cooling; allaying
heat.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A refrigerant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Crazed brains should come under a <i>refrigerative</i>
treatment.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*frig"er*a`tor</hw> (-?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That
which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.</def>
Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A box or room for keeping food
or other articles cool, usually by means of ice.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated
liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Refrigerator car</b></col> <i>(Railroad)</i>, <cd>a freight
car constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh
meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*frig"er*a*to*ry</hw> (-?*t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refrigeratorius</i>.] <def>Mitigating heat; cooling.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*frig"er*a*to*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>-ries</b></plw> (-fr&?;z). [CF. F.
<i>r&eacute;frig&eacute;ratoire</i>.] <def>That which refrigerates or
cools.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>In distillation, a
vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in
which is thereby condensed.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The
chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ref`ri*ge"ri*um</hw> (r?f`r?*j?"r?*?m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L.] <def>Cooling refreshment; refrigeration.</def> [Obs.]
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*frin"gen*cy</hw> (r?*fr?n"j<i>e</i>n*s?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The power possessed by a substance to
refract a ray; as, different substances have different
<i>refringencies</i>.</def>  <i>Nichol.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*frin"gent</hw> (-j<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refringens</i>, p. pr. of <i>refringere</i>. See <u>Refract</u>.]
<def>Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive;
refracting; as, a <i>refringent</i> prism of spar.</def>
<i>Nichol.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reft</hw> (r?ft), <pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Reave</u>. <def>Bereft.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reft</i> of thy sons, amid thy foes
forlorn.</blockquote> <i>Heber.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reft</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A chink; a rift. See
<u>Rift</u>.</def>  <i>Rom. of R.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ref"uge</hw> (r?f"?j), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;fuge</i>, L. <i>refugium</i>, fr. <i>refugere</i> to flee
back; pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>figere</i>. SEe <u>Fugitive</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Shelter or protection from danger or
distress.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these<BR>
Find place or <i>refuge</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for
<i>refuge</i> to lay hold upon the hope set before us.</blockquote>
<i>Heb. vi. 18.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which shelters or protects from
danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by
its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a
place inaccessible to an enemy.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The high hills are a <i>refuge</i>r the wild
goats.</blockquote> <i>Ps. civ. 18.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The Lord also will be a <i>refuge</i> for the
oppressed.</blockquote> <i>Ps. ix. 9.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1209 !></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An expedient to secure protection or
defense; a device or contrivance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Their latest <i>refuge</i><BR>
Was to send him.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Light must be supplied, among graceful<i>refuges</i>,
by terracing &?;&?;&?; story in danger of darkness.</blockquote>
<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Cities of refuge</b></col> <i>(Jewish Antiq.)</i>,
<cd>certain cities appointed as places of safe refuge for persons who
had committed homicide without design. Of these there were three on
each side of Jordan.</cd> <i>Josh. xx.</i> -- <col><b>House of
refuge</b></col>, <cd>a charitable institution for giving shelter and
protection to the homeless, destitute, or tempted.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Shelter; asylum; retreat; covert.</p>

<p><hw>Ref"uge</hw> (r?f"?j), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To shelter;
to protect.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ref`u*gee"</hw> (r?f`?*j?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;fugi&eacute;</i>, fr. <i>se r&eacute;fugier</i> to take
refuge. See <u>Refuge</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Especially, one who, in times of
persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or
country for safety; as, the French <i>refugees</i> who left France
after the revocation of the edict of Nantes.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*ful"gence</hw> (r?*f?l"j<i>e</i>ns),
<hw>Re*ful"gen*cy</hw> (-j<i>e</i>n*s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refulgentia</i>. See <u>Refulgent</u>.] <def>The quality of being
refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ful"gent</hw> (r?*f?l"j<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refulgens</i>, p. pr. of <i>refulgere</i> to flash back, to shine
bright; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>fulgere</i> to shine. See
<u>Fulgent</u>.] <def>Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant;
resplendent; shining; splendid; as, <i>refulgent</i> beams.</def> --
<wf>Re*ful"gent*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><blockquote>So conspicuous and <i>refulgent</i> a
truth.</blockquote> <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fund"</hw> (r?*f?nd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-
</i> + <i>fund</i>.] <def>To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or
loan) by a new fund; as, to <i>refund</i> a railroad loan.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fund"</hw> (r?*f?nd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refundere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>fundere</i> to pour: cf.
F. <i>refondre</i>, <i>refonder</i>. See <u>Fuse</u> to melt, and cf.
<u>Refound</u> to cast again, 1st <u>Refuse</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To pour back.</def> [R. & Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color,
they would <i>refund</i> that color upon the object.</blockquote>
<i>Ray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To give back; to repay; to
restore.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . .
sentenced to <i>refund</i> what he had wrongfully taken.</blockquote>
<i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To supply again with funds; to
reimburse.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*fund"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
refunds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fund"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act of refunding; also, that which is refunded.</def> [R.]
<i>Lamb.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fur"bish</hw> (r?*f?r"b?sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
furbish anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fur"nish</hw> (-n?sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
furnish again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fur"nish*ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>refurnishment</i> was in a style richer than
before.</blockquote> <i>L. Wallace.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fus"a*ble</hw> (r?*f?z"?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>refusable</i>. See <u>Refuse</u>.] <def>Capable of being refused;
admitting of refusal.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fus"al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of refusing; denial of anything
demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels,<BR>
On my <i>refusal</i>, to distress me more?</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The right of taking in preference to
others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the
<i>refusal</i> of a farm; to have the <i>refusal</i> of an
employment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fuse"</hw> (r?*f?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Refused</u> (-f?zd"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Refusing</u>.] [F. <i>refuser</i>, either from
(assumed) LL. <i>refusare</i> to refuse, v. freq. of L.
<i>refundere</i> to pour back, give back, restore (see <u>Refund</u>
to repay), or. fr. L. <i>recusare</i> to decline, refuse cf.
<u>Accuse</u>, <u>Ruse</u>), influenced by L. <i>refutare</i> to drive
back, repel, refute.  Cf. <u>Refute</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do
or grant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That never yet <i>refused</i> your hest.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>To throw back, or cause to
keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular
aligment when troops ar&?; about to engage the enemy; as, to
<i>refuse</i> the right wing while the left wing attacks.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To decline to accept; to reject; to deny
the request or petition of; as, to <i>refuse</i> a suitor.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The cunning workman never doth <i>refuse</i><BR>
The meanest tool that he may chance to use.</blockquote>
<i>Herbert.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To disown.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Refuse</i> thy
name."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fuse"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To deny compliance;
not to comply.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Too proud to ask, too humble to
<i>refuse</i>.</blockquote> <i>Garth.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If ye <i>refuse</i> . . . ye shall be devoured with the
sword.</blockquote> <i>Isa. i. 20.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fuse"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Refusal.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Fairfax.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ref`use</hw> (r?f"?s;277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>refus</i> refusal, also, that which is refused. See <u>Refuse</u>
to deny.] <def>That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or
worthless matter.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Dregs; sediment; scum; recrement; dross.</p>

<p><hw>Ref"use</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Refused; rejected;
hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value;
worthless.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Everything that was vile and <i>refuse</i>, that they
destroyed utterly.</blockquote> <i>1. Sam. xv. 9.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fus"er</hw> (r?*f?z"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
refuses or rejects.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fu"sion</hw> (r?*f?"zh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-+ fusion</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>New or repeated melting, as of
metals.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Restoration.</def> "This doctrine of the
<i>refusion</i> of the soul."  <i>Bp. Warbuton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ref"ut</hw> (r&ebreve;f"&usdot;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>refuite</i>.] <def>Refuge.</def> "Thou haven of <i>refut</i>."
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fut`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*f?t`?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being refutable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fut"a*ble</hw> (r?*f?t"?*b'l;277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;futable</i>.] <def>Admitting of being refuted or
disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fut"al</hw> (r?*f?t"<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Act of refuting; refutation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ref`u*ta"tion</hw> (r?f`?*t?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refutatio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;futation</i>.] <def>The act or
process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted;
proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion,
testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing
proof.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging
than a <i>refutation</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*fut"a*to*ry</hw> (r?*f?t"?*t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>refutatorius</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;futatoire</i>.] <def>Tending
tu refute; refuting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*fute"</hw> (r?*F3t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Refuted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Refuting</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;futer</i>, L. <i>refuteare</i> to
repel, refute.  Cf. <u>Confute</u>, <u>Refuse</u> to deny.] <def>To
disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof;
to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to <i>refute</i>
arguments; to <i>refute</i> testimony; to <i>refute</i> opinions or
theories; to <i>refute</i> a disputant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that
it is impossible to <i>refute</i> such multitudes.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To confute; disprove. See <u>Confute</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*fut"er</hw> (-f?t"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, refutes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gain"</hw> (r?*g?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-
</i> + <i>gain</i>: cf. F. <i>regagner</i>.] <def>To gain anew; to get
again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach
again.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve.</p>

<p><hw>Re"gal</hw> (r?"g<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regalis</i>, fr. <i>rex</i>, <i>regis</i>, a king. See
<u>Royal</u>, and cf. <u>Rajah</u>, <u>Realm</u>, <u>Regalia</u>.]
<def>Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, <i>regal</i>
authority, pomp, or sway.</def> "The <i>regal</i> title."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He made a scorn of his <i>regal</i> oath.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Kingly; royal. See <u>Kingly</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re"gal</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;gale</i>, It.
<i>regale</i>. CF. <u>Rigoll</u>.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A small portable
organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other,
-- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re*ga"le</hw> (r?*g?"l?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>regale</i>, pl. <i>regalia</i>, fr. L. <i>regalis</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;gale</i>. See <u>Regal</u>.] <def>A prerogative of
royalty.</def> [R.]  <i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gale"</hw> (r?*g?l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Regaled</u> (-g?ld"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Regaling</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;galer</i>, Sp.
<i>regalar</i> to regale, to caress, to melt, perhaps fr. L.
<i>regalare</i> to thaw (cff. <u>Gelatin</u>), or cf. Sp. <i>gala</i>
graceful, pleasing address, choicest part of a thing (cf.
<u>Gala</u>), or most likely from OF. <i>galer</i> to rejoice,
<i>gale</i> pleasure.] <def>To enerta&?;n in a regal or sumptuous
manner; to enrtertain with something that delights; to gratify; to
refresh; as, to <i>regale</i> the taste, the eye, or the
ear.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gale"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To feast; t&?; fare
sumtuously.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gale"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;gal</i>.
See <u>Regale</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>A sumptuous repast; a
banquet.</def>  <i>Johnson. Cowper.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Two baked custards were produced as additions to the
<i>regale</i>.</blockquote> <i>E. E. Hale.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gale"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment;
entertainment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gal"er</hw> (-g?l"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
regales.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ga"li*a</hw> (r?*g?"l?*?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [LL.,
from L. <i>regalis</i>regal. See <u>Regal</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
The rights and prerogatives of a king. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> Royal
estates and revenues. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> Ensings, symbols, or
paraphernalia of royalty.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, decorations or insignia of an office
or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Sumptuous food; delicacies.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Cotton.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Regalia of a church</b></col>, <cd>the privileges granted
to it by kings; sometimes, its patrimony.</cd>  <i>Brande & C.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ga"li*a</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kind of cigar of
large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars
are classed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ga"li*an</hw> (-<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or
prerogatives.</def>  <i>Hallam.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"gal*ism</hw> (r?"g<i>a</i>l*?z'm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy.</def> [R.]
<i>Cardinal Manning.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gal"i*ty</hw> (r?*g?l"?*t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>regalitas</i>, from L. <i>regalis</i> regal, royal. See
<u>Regal</u>, and cf. <u>Royality</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign
jurisdiction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[Passion] robs reason of her due
<i>regalitie</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He came partly in by the sword, and had high courage in
all points of <i>regality</i>.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An ensign or badge of royalty.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re"gal*ly</hw> (r?"g<i>a</i>l*l?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>In a regal or royal manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gard"</hw> (r?*g?rd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Regarded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Regarding</u>.] [F. <i>regarder</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re +
<i>garder</i> to guard, heed, keep. See <u>Guard</u>, and cf.
<u>Reward</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To keep in view; to behold; to
look at; to view; to gaze upon.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Your niece <i>regards</i> me with an eye of
favor.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to look or front toward; to
face.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>It is peninsula which <i>regardeth</i> the
mainland.</blockquote> <i>Sandys.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>That exceedingly beatiful seat, on the ass&?;ent of a
hill, flanked with wood and <i>regarding</i> the river.</blockquote>
<i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To look closely at; to observe attentively;
to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If much you note him,<BR>
You offened him; . . . feed, and <i>regard</i> him not.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To look upon, as in a certain relation; to
hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to <i>regard</i> abstinence from
wine as a duty; to <i>regard</i> another as a friend or
enemy.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To consider and treat; to have a certain
feeling toward; as, to <i>regard</i> one with favor or
dislike.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His associates seem to have <i>regarded</i> him with
kindness.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To pay respect to; to treat as something of
peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to
esteem.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He that <i>regardeth</i> thae day, <i>regardeth</i> it
into the LOrd.</blockquote> <i>Rom. xiv. 6.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Here's Beaufort, that <i>regards</i> nor God nor
king.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To take into consideration; to take account
of, as a fact or condition.</def> "Nether <i>regarding</i> that she is
my child, nor fearing me as if II were her father."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To have relation to, as bearing upon; to
respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not
<i>regard</i> the question; -- often used impersonally; as, I agree
with you as <i>regards</i> this or that.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To consider; observe; remark; heed; mind; respect;
esteem; estimate; value. See <u>Attend</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*gard"</hw> (r?*g?rd"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To look
attentively; to consider; to notice.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gard"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>regard</i> See
<u>Regard</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>But her, with stern <i>regard</i>, he thus
repelled.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Attention of the mind with a feeling of
interest; observation; heed; notice.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Full many a lady<BR>
I have eyed with best <i>regard</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That view of the mind which springs from
perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites
admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high
<i>regard</i> for a person; -- often in the plural.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He has rendered himself worthy of their most favorable
<i>regards</i>.</blockquote> <i>A. Smith.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Save the long-sought <i>regards</i> of woman, nothing
is sweeter than those marks of childish preference.</blockquote>
<i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>State of being regarded, whether favorably
or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A man of meanest <i>regard</i> amongst them, neither
having wealth or power.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Consideration; thought; reflection;
heed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Sad pause and deep <i>regard</i> become the
sage.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Matter for consideration; account;
condition.</def> [Obs.] "Reason full of good <i>regard</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Respect; relation; reference.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Persuade them to pursue and persevere in virtue, with
<i>regard</i> to themselves; in justice and goodness with
<i>regard</i> to their neighbors; and piefy toward God.</blockquote>
<i>I. Watts.</i></p>

<p>&fist; The phrase <i>in regard of</i> was formerly used as
equivalent in meaning to <i>on account of</i>, but in modern usage is
often improperly substituted for <i>in respect to</i>, or <i>in regard
to</i>.  <i>G. P. Marsh.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Change was thought necessary <i>in regard of</i> the
injury the church did receive by a number of things then in
use.</blockquote> <i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>In regard of</i> its security, it had a great
advantage over the bandboxes.</blockquote> <i>Dickens.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Object of sight; scene; view; aspect.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Throw out our eyes for brave Othello,<BR>
Even till we make the main and the a&euml;rial blue<BR>
An indistinct <i>regard</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <i>(O.Eng.Law)</i> <def>Supervision;
inspection.</def></p>

<p><col><b>At regard of</b></col>, <cd>in consideration of; in
comparison with.</cd> [Obs.]  "Bodily penance is but short and little
<i>at regard of</i> the pains of hell." <i>Chaucer.</i> --
<col><b>Court of regard</b></col>, <cd>a forest court formerly held in
England every third year for the lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to
prevent them from running after deer; -- called also <i>survey of
dogs</i>.</cd> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Respect; consideration; notice; observance; heed;
care; concern; estimation; esteem; attachment; reverence.</p>

<p><hw>Re*gard"a*ble</hw> (-?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Worthy
of regard or notice; to be regarded; observable.</def> [R.]  <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gard"ant</hw> (-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>regardant</i>, fr. <i>regarder</i>. See <u>Regard</u>, <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos>] [Written also <i>regardant</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[He] turns thither his <i>regardant</i>
eye.</blockquote> <i>Southey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Her.)</i> <def>Looking behind or backward;
as, a lion <i>regardant</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(O.Eng.Law)</i> <def>Annexed to the land or
manor; as, a villain <i>regardant</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gard"er</hw> (r?*g?rd"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who regards.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eng. Forest law)</i> <def>An officer
appointed to supervise the forest.</def>  <i>Cowell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gard"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Heedful;
attentive; observant.</def> -- <wf>Re*gard"ful*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><blockquote>Let a man be very tender and <i>regardful</i> of every
pious motion made by the Spirit of God to his heart.</blockquote>
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Mindful; heedful; attentive; observant.</p>

<p><hw>Re*gard"ing</hw>, <pos><i>prep.</i></pos> <def>Concerning;
respecting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gard"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, <i>regardless</i> of
life, consequences, dignity.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Regardless</i> of the bliss wherein he
sat.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Not regarded; slighted.</def> [R.]
<i>Spectator.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Heedless; negligent; careless; indifferent;
unconcerned; inattentive; unobservant; neglectful.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*gard"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*gard"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*gath"er</hw> (r?*g?th"?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
gather again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gat"ta</hw> (r?*g?t"t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Regattas</b></plw> (-t&?;z). [It. <i>regatta</i>,
<i>regata</i>.] <def>Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a
rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"gel</hw> (r?"g?l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Astron.)</i>
<def>See <u>Rigel</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"ge*late</hw> (r?"j?*l?t or r?j"?-), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<i>(Physics)</i> <def>To freeze together again; to undergo regelation,
as ice.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ge*la"tion</hw> (-l?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + L. <i>gelatio</i> a freezing.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>The
act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of
ice.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Two pieces of ice at (or even) 32&?; Fahrenheit, with moist
surfaces, placed in contact, freeze together to a rigid mass. This is
called <i>regelation</i>.  <i>Faraday.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"gence</hw> (r?"j<i>e</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Rule.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Hudibras.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"gen*cy</hw> (r?*j<i>e</i>n*s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Regencies</b></plw> (-s&?;z). [CF. F.
<i>r&eacute;gence</i>, LL. <i>regentia</i>. See <u>Regent</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The office of ruler;
rule; authority; government.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or
dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents;
deputed or vicarious government.</def>  <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A body of men intrusted with vicarious
government; as, a <i>regency</i> constituted during a king's minority,
absence from the kingdom, or other disability.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A council or <i>regency</i> consisting of twelve
persons.</blockquote> <i>Lowth.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gen"er*a*cy</hw> (r?*j?n"?r*?*s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Regenerate</u>.] <def>The state of being regenerated.</def>
<i>Hammond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gen"er*ate</hw> (-?t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regeneratus</i>, p. p. of <i>regenerare</i> to regenerate; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>generare</i> to beget. See <u>Generate</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Reproduced.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The earthly author of my blood,<BR>
Whose youthful spirit, in me <i>regenerate</i>,<BR>
Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>Born anew; become
Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual
state.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1210 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*gen"er*ate</hw> (r?*j?n"?r*?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to
give new life, strength, or vigor to.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Through all the soil a genial fferment spreads.<BR>
<i>Regenerates</i> the plauts, and new adorns the meads.</blockquote>
<i>Blackmore.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>To cause to be spiritually
born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to
holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to make a radical change for the
better in the character or condition of; as, to <i>regenerate</i>
society.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gen"er*ate*ness</hw> (-?t*n?s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or state of being rgenerate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gen`er*a"tion</hw> (-?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regeneratio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;g&eacute;neration</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of regenerating, or the state of being
regenerated.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>The entering into a new
spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that
change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the
opposite motives in the heart.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He saved us by the washing of <i>regeneration</i>, and
renewing of the Holy Chost.</blockquote> <i>Tit. iii. 5.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>The reproduction of a part
which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process
especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the
<i>regeneration</i> of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and
crabs.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used
up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual
<i>regeneration</i> of the epithelial cells of the body, or the
<i>regeneration</i> of the contractile substance of muscle.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The union of parts which have been severed,
so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the <i>regeneration</i>
of a nerve.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gen"er*a*tive</hw> (r?*j?n"?r*?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as,
<i>regenerative</i> influences.</def>  <i>H. Bushnell.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Regenerative furnace</b></col> <i>(Metal.)</i>, <cd>a
furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for
supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*gen"er*a*tive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>So as to
regenerate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gen"er*a`tor</hw> (-?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, regenerates.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>A device used in connection
with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the
incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with
masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the
outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gen"er*a*to*ry</hw> (-?*t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating.</def>
<i>G. S. Faber.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gen"e*sis</hw> (-?*s?s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>New
birth; renewal.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A continued <i>regenesis</i> of dissenting
sects.</blockquote> <i>H. Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"gent</hw> (r?"j<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>regere</i> to rule: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;gent</i>. See <u>Regiment</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Ruling; governing; regnant.</def> "Some other active
<i>regent</i> principle . . . which we call the soul."  <i>Sir M.
Hale.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Exercising vicarious authority.</def>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Queen regent</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Queen</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd></p>

<p><hw>Re"gent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;gent</i>.
See <u>Regent</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Especially, one invested with vicarious
authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or
disability of the sovereign.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One of a governing board; a trustee or
overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the <i>regents</i> of the
Smithsonian Institution.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Eng.Univ.)</i> <def>A resident master of
arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo.
They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Regent bird</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a beautiful
Australian bower bird (<i>Sericulus melinus</i>). The male has the
head, neck, and large patches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and
the rest of the plumage deep velvety black; -- so called in honor of
the Prince of Wales (afterward George IV.), who was Prince Regent in
the reign of George III.</cd> -- <col><b>The Regents of the University
of the State of New York</b></col>, <cd>the members of a corporate
body called the University of New York. They have a certain
supervisory power over the incorporated institution for Academic and
higher education in the State.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re"gent*ess</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A female
regent.</def> [R.]  <i>Cotgrave.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"gent*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The office of a
regent; regency.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ger"mi*nate</hw> (r?*j?r"m?*n?t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>germinate</i>: cf. L. <i>regerminare</i>.]
<def>To germinate again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Perennial plants <i>regerminate</i> several years
successively.</blockquote> <i>J. Lee.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ger`mi*na"tion</hw> (-n?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regerminatio</i>.] <def>A germinating again or anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gest"</hw> (r?*j?st"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regesta</i>, pl.: cf. OF. <i>regestes</i>, pl. See
<u>Register</u>.] <def>A register.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*get"</hw> (r?*g?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To get
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"gi*an</hw> (r?"j?-<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regius</i> regal.] <def>An upholder of kingly authority; a
royalist.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reg"i*ble</hw> (r?j"?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regibilis</i>, from <i>regere</i> to rule.] <def>Governable;
tractable.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Reg"i*ci`dal</hw> (r?j"?*s?`d<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the
nature of, or resembling, regicide.</def>  <i>Bp. Warburton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reg"i*cide</hw> (r?j"?*s?d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;gicide</i>; L. <i>rex</i>, <i>regis</i>, a king +
<i>caedere</i> to kill.  Cf. <u>Homicide</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who kills or who murders a king; specifically
<i>(Eng.Hist.)</i>, one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to
death.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The killing or the murder of a
king.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gild"</hw> (r?*g?ld"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To gild
anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>||R&eacute;`gime"</hw> (r?`zh?m"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See
<u>Regimen</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Mode or system of rule or
management; character of government, or of the prevailing social
system.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I dream . . . of the new <i>r&eacute;gime</i> which is
to come.</blockquote> <i>H. Kingsley.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Hydraul.)</i> <def>The condition of a river
with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of
water passing different cross sections in a given time, <i>uniform
r&eacute;gime</i> being the condition when the flow is equal and
uniform at all the cross sections.</def></p>

<p><col><b>The ancient r&eacute;gime</b></col>, or <col><b>Ancien
r&eacute;gime</b></col> [F.], <cd>the former political and social
system, as distinguished from the <i>modern</i>; especially, the
political and social system existing in France before the Revolution
of 1789.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Reg"i*men</hw> (r?j"?*m?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regimen</i>, <i>-inis</i>, fr. <i>regere</i> to guide, to rule. See
<u>Right</u>, and cf. <u>Regal</u>, <u>R&eacute;gime</u>,
<u>Regiment</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Orderly government; system
of order; adminisration.</def>  <i>Hallam.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any regulation or remedy which is intended
to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation</def>; esp.
<i>(Med.)</i>, <def>a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a
view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of
attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; --
sometimes used synonymously with <i>hygiene</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and
is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The word or words governed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"i*ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;giment</i> a regiment of men, OF. also government, L.
<i>regimentum</i> government, fr. <i>regere</i> to guide, rule. See
<u>Regimen</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Government; mode of ruling;
rule; authority; regimen.</def> [Obs.] <i>Spenser.</i>
"<i>Regiment</i> of health." <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>But what are kings, when <i>regiment</i> is gone,<BR>
But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?</blockquote>
<i>Marlowe.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The law of nature doth now require of necessity some
kind of <i>regiment</i>.</blockquote> <i>Hocker.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A region or district governed.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A body of men, either horse,
foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number
of companies, usually ten.</def></p>

<p>&fist; In the British army all the artillery are included in one
regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into
brigades.</p>

<p><col><b>Regiment of the line</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>a
regiment organized for general service; -- in distinction from those
(as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special.</cd> [Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Reg"i*ment</hw> (-m<i>?</i>nt), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Regimented</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. &
vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Regimenting</u>.] <def>To form into a regiment or
into regiments.</def>  <i>Washington.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reg`i*men"tal</hw> (-m?n"t<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, <i>regimental</i>
officers, clothing.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Regimental school</b></col>, <cd>in the British army, a
school for the instruction of the private soldiers of a regiment, and
their children, in the rudimentary branches of education.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Reg`i*men"tal*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In or by a
regiment or regiments; as, troops classified
<i>regimentally</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg`i*men"tals</hw> (-t<i>a</i>lz), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>
<i>(Mil.)</i> <def>The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a
regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same
sense.</def>  <i>Colman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gim"i*nal</hw> (r?*j?m"?*n<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Of or relating to regimen; as, <i>regiminal</i> rules.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"gion</hw> (r?"j?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;gion</i>, from L. <i>regio</i> a direction, a boundary
line, region, fr. <i>regere</i> to guide, direct. See <u>Regimen</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One of the grand districts or quarters into
which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is
conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or
territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district;
tract.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world,<BR>
Or unknown <i>region</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Tract, part, or space, lying about and
including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.</def> "Though the
fork invade the <i>region</i> of my heart."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Philip, tetrarch of .. the <i>region</i> of
Trachonitis.</blockquote> <i>Luke iii. 1.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The upper air; the sky; the heavens.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Anon the dreadful thunder<BR>
Doth rend the <i>region</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The inhabitants of a district.</def>
<i>Matt. iii. 5.  </i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Place; rank; station.</def> [Obs. or
R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He is of too high a <i>region</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"gion*al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to a particular region; sectional.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"gi*ous</hw> (-j?*?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>regius</i>
royal, fr. <i>rex</i>, <i>regis</i>, king.] <def>Regal; royal.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Harrington.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*ter</hw> (r&ebreve;j"&ibreve;s*t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>registre</i>, F. <i>registre</i>, LL.
<i>registrum</i>,<i>regestum</i>, L. <i>regesta</i>, pl., fr.
<i>regerere</i>, <i>regestum</i>, to carry back, to register; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>gerere</i> to carry. See <u>Jest</u>, and cf.
<u>Regest</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A written account or entry; an
official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial
record; a list or roll; a schedule.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>As you have one eye upon my follies, . . . turn another
into the <i>register</i> of your own.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A record
containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to
a port or customs district.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A
certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district
to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its
name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the
vessel, to be used as an evidence of nationality or as a muniment of
title.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> [Cf. LL. <i>registrarius</i>.  Cf.
<u>Regisrar</u>.] <def>One who registers or records; a registrar; a
recorder; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of
recording certain transactions or events; as, a <i>register</i> of
deeds.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>That which registers or records.</def>
Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>A contrivance
for automatically noting the performance of a machine or the rapidity
of a process.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Teleg.)</i> <def>The part
of a telegraphic apparatus which records automatically the message
received.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A machine for registering
automatically the number of persons passing through a gateway, fares
taken, etc.; a telltale.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a
furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel;
also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor
or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or
excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
inner part of the mold in which types are cast.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The correspondence of pages, columns, or
lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The correspondence or adjustment of the
several impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as in
chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of paper hangings.
See <u>Register</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> 2.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass
of a voice, or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the
upper, middle, or lower <i>register</i>; the soprano <i>register</i>;
the tenor <i>register</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; In respect to the vocal tones, the <i>thick register</i>
properly extends below from the F on the lower space of the treble
staff. The <i>thin register</i> extends an octave above this. The
<i>small register</i> is above the thin. The voice in the thick
register is called the <i>chest voice</i>; in the thin, the <i>head
voice</i>. <i>Falsetto</i> is a kind off voice, of a thin, shrull
quality, made by using the mechanism of the upper thin register for
tones below the proper limit on the scale.  <i>E. Behnke.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A stop or set of pipes in an
organ.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Parish register</b></col>, <cd>A book in which are recorded
the births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials in a
parish.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- List; catalogue; roll; record; archives; chronicle;
annals. See <u>List</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*ter</hw> (r&ebreve;j"&ibreve;s*t&etilde;r), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Registered</u> (-
t&etilde;rd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Registering</u>.]
[Cf. F. <i>regisrer</i>, <i>exregistrer</i>, LL. <i>registrare</i>.
See <u>Register</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
enter in a register; to record formally and distinctly, as for future
use or service.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To enroll; to enter in a list.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Such follow him as shall be
<i>registered</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Registered letter</b></col>, <cd>a letter, the address of
which is, on payment of a special fee, registered in the post office
and the transmission and delivery of which are attended to with
particular care.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*ter</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To enroll one's name in a register.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>To correspond in relative
position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , <i>register</i> when the
corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly
upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the
various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect
adjustment of parts is necessary.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*ter*ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Recording; --
applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a
<i>registering</i> thermometer. See <u>Recording</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*ter*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The office of a
register.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*trant</hw> (-tr<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>registrans</i>, p. pr.] <def>One who registers; esp., one who , by
virtue of securing an official registration, obtains a certain right
or title of possession, as to a trade-mark.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*trar</hw> (-tr?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>registrarius</i>, or F. <i>r&eacute;gistraire</i>. See
<u>Register</u>.] <def>One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of
records; as, a <i>registrar</i> of births, deaths, and marriages. See
<u>Register</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 3.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*trar*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The office of
a registrar.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*tra*ry</hw> (- tr?*r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
registrar.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*trate</hw> (-tr?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
register.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Reg`is*tra"tion</hw> (-tr?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>registratio</i>, or F. <i>r&eacute;gistration</i>. See
<u>Register</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act
of registering; registry; enrollment.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The art of selecting and
combining the stops or registers of an organ.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"is*try</hw> (r?j"?s*tr?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of recording or writing in a register;
enrollment; registration.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The place where a register is
kept.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A record; an account; a register.</def>
<i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re"gi*us</hw> (r?l"?*?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regius</i>, from <i>rex</i>, <i>regis</i>, a king.] <def>Of or
pertaining to a king; royal.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Regius professor</b></col>, <cd>an incumbent of a
professorship founded by royal bounty, as in an English
university.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*give"</hw> (r?*g?v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To give
again; to give back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"gle</hw> (r?g"'l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See
<u>Reglement</u>.] <def>To rule; to govern.</def> [Obs.] "To
<i>regle</i> their lives."  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"gle*ment</hw> (r?g"'l*m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;glement</i>, fr. <i>r&eacute;gler</i>, L. <i>regulare</i>.
See <u>Regulate</u>.] <def>Regulation.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The reformation and <i>reglement</i> of
usury.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reg`le*men"ta*ry</hw> (-l?*m?n"t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;glementaire</i>, fr. <i>r&eacute;glement</i>.]
<def>Regulative.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Reg"let</hw> (r?g"l?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;glet</i>, dim. of <i>r&egrave;gle</i> a rule, L.
<i>regula</i>. See <u>Rule</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i>
<def>A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or
members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled,
turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments.
See <u>Illust</u>. (12) of <u>Column</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>A strip of wood or metal of
the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages
in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open
matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of
the type that it matches; as, nonpareil <i>reglet</i>, pica
<i>reglet</i>, and the like.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Reg"ma</hw> (r?g"m?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?;, -&?;&?;&?;, fracture, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to break.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more
cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"ma*carp</hw> (-k?rp), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Regma</i> +
Gr. &?;&?;&?; fruit.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Any dry dehiscent
fruit.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"nal</hw> (r?g"n<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regnum</i> reign.] <def>Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch;
as, <i>regnal</i> years.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"nan*cy</hw> (-n<i>a</i>n*s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule.</def>
<i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reg"nant</hw> (-n<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regnans</i>, <i>-antis</i>, p. pr. of <i>regnare</i> to reign: cf.
F <i>r&eacute;gnant</i>. See <u>Reign</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen
<i>regnant</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having the chief power; ruling;
predominant; prevalent.</def> "A traitor to the vices <i>regnant</i>."
<i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reg"na*tive</hw> (-n?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Ruling;
governing.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Regne</hw> (r?n), <pos><i>n. & v.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Reign</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gorge"</hw> (r?*g?rj"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>regorder</i>; <i>re-</i> + <i>gorger</i> to gorge.  Cf.
<u>Regurgitate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To vomit up; to eject
from the stomach; to throw back.</def>  <i>Hayward.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To swallow again; to swallow
back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Tides at highest mark <i>regorge</i> the
flood.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1211 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*grade"</hw> (r?*gr?d"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>gradi</i> to go.  Cf. <u>Regrede</u>. ] <def>To retire;
to go back.</def> [Obs.]  <i>W. Hales.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*graft"</hw> (r?*gr?ft"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
graft again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*grant"</hw> (r?*gr?nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
grant back; to grant again or anew.</def>  <i>Ayliffe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*grant"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of granting back to a former proprietor.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A renewed of a grant; as, the
<i>regrant</i> of a monopoly.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*grate"</hw> (r?*gr?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Regrated</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Regrating</u>.] [F. <i>regratter</i>, literally, to
scrape again. See <u>Re</u>-, and <u>Grate</u>, <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Masonry)</i> <def>To remove the
outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh
appearance.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To offend; to shock.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Derham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*grate"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F. <i>regratter</i> to
regrate provisions; of uncertain origin.] <i>(Eng.Law)</i> <def>To buy
in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair,
with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same
place, at a higher price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as
a public offense.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*grat"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>regrattier</i>.] <def>One who regrates.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*grat"er*y</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or
practice of regrating.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gra"ti*a*to*ry</hw> (r?*gr?"sh?*?*t?*r?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A returning or giving of thanks.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Skelton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*grat"or</hw> (r?*gr?t"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
guilty of regrating.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*grede"</hw> (r?*gr?d"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regredi</i> to go back.  Cf. <u>Regrade</u>, <u>Regress</u>.]
<def>To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's
orbit.</def> [R.]  <i>Todhunter.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gre"di*ence</hw> (r?*gr?"d?-<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A going back; a retrogression; a
return.</def> [R.]  <i>Herrick.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*greet"</hw> (r?*gr?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*greet"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A return or exchange
of salutation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"gress</hw> (r?"gr?s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regressus</i>, fr. <i>regredi</i>, <i>regressus</i>. See
<u>Regrede</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of passing back;
passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or <i>regress</i>
of man".</def>  <i>F. Harrison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The power or liberty of passing back.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gress"</hw> (r?*gr?s"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Regressed</u> (-gr?st"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Regressing</u>.] <def>To go back; to return
to a former place or state.</def>  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gres"sion</hw> (r?*gr?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regressio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;gression</i>.] <def>The act of
passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.</def>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Edge of regression</b></col> (of a surface) <i>(Geom.)</i>,
<cd>the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called
also a <i>cuspidal edge</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Regression
point</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>a cusp.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*gress"ive</hw> (r?*gr?s"?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;gressif</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Passing back; returning.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Characterized by retrogression;
retrogressive.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Regressive metamorphism</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<i>(Biol.)</i> <cd>See <u>Retrogression</u>.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Physiol.)</i> <cd>See <u>Katabolism</u></cd>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*gress"ive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
regressive manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gret"</hw> (r?*gr?t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr.
<i>regretter</i>. See <u>Regret</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Pain of mind on account of something done or
experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a
looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow;
especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage,
or satisfaction.</def> "A passionate <i>regret</i> at sin."  <i>Dr. H.
More.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>What man does not remember with <i>regret</i> the first
time he read Robinson Crusoe?</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Never any prince expressed a more lively <i>regret</i>
for the loss of a servant.</blockquote>  <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>From its peaceful bosom [the grave] spring none but
fond <i>regrets</i> and tender recollections.</blockquote> <i>W.
Irving.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Dislike; aversion.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Dr. H.
More.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Grief; concern; sorrow; lamentation; repentance;
penitence; self-condemnation.  -- <u>Regret</u>, <u>Remorse</u>,
<u>Compunction</u>, <u>Contrition</u>, <u>Repentance</u>.
<i>Regret</i> does not carry with it the energy of <i>remorse</i>, the
sting of <i>compunction</i>, the sacredness of <i>contrition</i>, or
the practical character of <i>repentance</i>. We even apply the term
<i>regret</i> to circumstance over which we have had no control, as
the absence of friends or their loss. When connected with ourselves,
it relates rather to unwise acts than to wrong or sinful ones.  <i>C.
J. Smith.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gret"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Regretted</u> (-t&ebreve;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Regretting</u>.] [F. <i>regretter</i>, OF.
<i>regreter</i>; L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- + a word of Teutonic origin;
cf. Goth. <i>gr&emacr;tan</i> to weep, Icel. <i>gr&amacr;ta</i>. See
<u>Greet</u> to lament.] <def>To experience regret on account of; to
lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction
on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to
<i>regret</i> an error; to <i>regret</i> lost opportunities or
friends.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Calmly he looked on either life, and here<BR>
Saw nothing to <i>regret</i>, or there to fear.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In a few hours they [the Israelites] began to
<i>regret</i> their slavery, and to murmur against their
leader.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Recruits who <i>regretted</i> the plow from which they
had been violently taken.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gret"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of
regret; indulging in regrets; repining.</def> --
<wf>Re*gret"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*grow"</hw> (r?*gr?"), <pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos> <def>To
grow again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The snail had power to <i>regrow</i> them all [horns,
tongue, etc.]</blockquote> <i>A. B. Buckley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*growth"</hw> (r?*gr?th"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act
of regrowing; a second or new growth.</def>  <i>Darwin.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>regrowth</i> of limbs which had been cut
off.</blockquote> <i>A. B. Buckley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*guard"ant</hw> (r?*g?rd"<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Her.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Regardant</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*guer"don</hw> (r?*g?r"d?n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>guerdon</i>: cf. OF. <i>reguerdonner</i>.] <def>To
reward.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*la*ble</hw> (r?g"?*l?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being regulated.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*lar</hw> (-l?r), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>regularis</i>, fr. <i>regula</i> a rule, fr. <i>regere</i> to
guide, to rule: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;gulier</i>. See <u>Rule</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an
established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary
forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a <i>regular</i> verse in poetry; a
<i>regular</i> piece of music; a <i>regular</i> verb; <i>regular</i>
practice of law or medicine; a <i>regular</i> building.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Governed by rule or rules; steady or
uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained
or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily
pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the <i>regular</i> succession of
day and night; <i>regular</i> habits.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Constituted, selected, or conducted in
conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly
authorized; permanently organized; as, a <i>regular</i> meeting; a
<i>regular</i> physican; a <i>regular</i> nomination; <i>regular</i>
troops.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Belonging to a monastic order or community;
as, <i>regular</i> clergy, in distinction dfrom the <i>secular</i>
clergy.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a
<i>regular</i> humbug.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Bot. & Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having all the
parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a <i>regular</i>
flower; a <i>regular</i> sea urchin.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Isometric</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Regular polygon</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>a plane
polygon which is both equilateral and equiangular.</cd> --
<col><b>Regular polyhedron</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>a polyhedron
whose faces are equal regular polygons. There are five regular
polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube, the
octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron.</cd> --
<col><b>Regular sales</b></col> <i>(Stock Exchange)</i>, <cd>sales of
stock deliverable on the day after the transaction.</cd> --
<col><b>Regular troops</b></col>, <cd>troops of a standing or
permanent army; -- opposed to <i>militia</i>.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Normal; orderly; methodical. See <u>Normal</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*lar</hw> (r&ebreve;g"&usl;*l&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>regularis</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;gulier</i>. See <u>Regular</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(R. C. Ch.)</i> <def>A member of any religious
order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and
obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church.</def>
<i>Bp. Fitzpatrick.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A soldier belonging to a
permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Reg`u*la"ri*a</hw>
(r&ebreve;g`&usl;*l&amacr;"r&ibreve;*&adot;), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>
[NL.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A division of Echini which includes the
circular, or regular, sea urchins.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg`u*lar"i*ty</hw> (-l?r"?*t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;gularit&eacute;</i>.] <def>The condition or quality of
being regular; as, <i>regularity</i> of outline; the <i>regularity</i>
of motion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*lar*ize</hw> (r&ebreve;g"&usl;*l&etilde;r*&imacr;z),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cause to become regular; to
regulate.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*lar*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a regular
manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due order or
time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*lar*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Regularity.</def>  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*late</hw> (-l&amacr;t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Regulated</u> (-
l&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Regulating</u>.] [L. <i>regulatus</i>, p. p. of <i>regulare</i>,
fr. <i>regula</i>. See <u>Regular</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or
restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The laws which <i>regulate</i> the successions of the
seasons.</blockquote>  <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own
disputes, and <i>regulated</i> their own police.</blockquote>
<i>Bancroft.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To put in good order; as, to
<i>regulate</i> the disordered state of a nation or its
finances.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a
desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to <i>regulate</i> the
temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine,
etc.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To regulate a watch</b></col> or <col><b>clock</b></col>,
<cd>to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately
standard time.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct;
order; rule; govern.</p>

<p><hw>Reg`u*la"tion</hw> (-l?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of regulating, or the state of being
regulated.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The temper and <i>regulation</i> of our own
minds.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A rule or order prescribed for management
or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
direction; precept; law; as, the <i>regulations</i> of a society or a
school.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Regulation sword</b></col>, <col><b>cap</b></col>,
<col><b>uniform</b></col>, etc. <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>a sword, cap,
uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official
regulations.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- <u>Law</u>; rule; method; principle; order; precept.
See <u>Law</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*la*tive</hw> (r?g"?*l?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Tending to regulate; regulating.</def>
<i>Whewell.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Metaph.)</i> <def>Necessarily assumed by the
mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental
principles; as, the <i>regulative</i> principles, or principles <i>a
priori</i>; the <i>regulative</i> faculty.</def>  <i>Sir W.
Hamilton.</i></p>

<p>&fist; These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the thought,
allowed by Kant, that possibly these principles are only true for the
human mind, the operations and belief of which they regulate.</p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*la`tor</hw> (-l?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, regulates.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>A contrivance for regulating
and controlling motion, as: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> The lever or index in
a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and
thus regulates the vibrations of the balance. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> The
governor of a steam engine. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> A valve for
controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a
locomotive.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A clock, or other timepiece, used as a
standard of correct time. See <i>Astronomical clock</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd>, under <u>Clock</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A member of a volunteer committee which, in
default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and
prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the
comission of violent crimes.</def> [U.S.]</p>

<p><blockquote>A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the
<i>Regulators</i>.</blockquote> <i>Bancroft.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*line</hw> (r?g"?*l?n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;gulin</i>. See <u>Regulus</u>.] <i>(Chem. & Metal.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to regulus.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*lize</hw> (-l?z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Old
Chem.)</i> <def>To reduce to regulus; to separate, as a metal from
extraneous matter; as, to <i>regulize</i> antimony.</def>
[Archaic]</p>

<p><hw>Reg"u*lus</hw> (-l?s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> E.
<plw><b>Reguluses</b></plw> (-&?;z), L. <plw><b>Reguli</b></plw> (-
l&?;). [L., a petty king, prince, dim. of <i>rex</i>, <i>regis</i>, a
king: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;gule</i>. See <u>Regal</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A petty king; a ruler of little power or
consequence.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Chem. & Metal.)</i> <def>The button,
globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms
in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of
ores.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by
them in the first instance to antimony. It signifies <i>little
king</i>; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold,
these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal,
<i>antimony</i>, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher's
stone.  <i>Ure.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Astron.)</i> <def>A star of the first
magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the <i>Lion's
Heart</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gur"gi*tate</hw> (r?*g?r"j?*t?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[LL. <i>regurgitare</i>, <i>regurgitatum</i>; L. pref. <i>re-</i> re-
+ <i>gurges</i>, <i>-itis</i>, a gulf.  Cf. <u>Regorge</u>.] <def>To
throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw
back in great quantity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*gur"gi*tate</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be thrown
or poured back; to rush or surge back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The food may <i>regurgitate</i>m the stomach into the
esophagus and mouth.</blockquote> <i>Quain.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*gur`gi*ta"tion</hw> (-t?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;gurgitation</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance</def>; specifically
<i>(Med.)</i>, <def>the reversal of the natural direction in which the
current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body.</def>
<i>Quain.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of swallowing again;
reabsorption.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ha*bil"i*tate</hw> (r?`h?*b?l"?*t?t), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rehabilitated</u> (-
t?`t?d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rehabilitating</u>.]
[Pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>habilitate</i>: cf. LL.
<i>rehabilitare</i>, F. <i>r&eacute;habiliter</i>.] <def>To invest or
clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a
former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a
delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -
- a term of civil and canon law.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Restoring and <i>rehabilitating</i> the
party.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`ha*bil`i*ta"tion</hw> (-t?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
LL. <i>rehabilitatio</i>, F. <i>R&eacute;habilitation</i>.] <def>The
act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated.</def>
<i>Bouvier. Walsh.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*hash"</hw> (r?*h?sh"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To hash
over again; to prepare or use again; as, to <i>rehash</i> old
arguments.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*hash"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Something hashed over,
or made up from old materials.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*hear"</hw> (r?*h?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To hear
again; to try a second time; as, to <i>rehear</i> a cause in
Chancery.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*hears"al</hw> (r?*h?rs"<i>a</i>), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition;
specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice,
in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In <i>rehearsal</i> of our Lord's Prayer.</blockquote>
<i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Here's marvelous convenient place for our
<i>rehearsal</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Dress rehearsal</b></col> <i>(Theater)</i>, <cd>a private
preparatory performance of a drama, opera, etc., in costume.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*hearse"</hw> (r?*h?rs"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rehearsed</u> (-h?rst"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rehearsing</u>.] [OE. <i>rehercen</i>,
<i>rehersen</i>, OF. <i>reherser</i>, <i>rehercier</i>, to harrow over
again; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>hercier</i> to harrow, fr.
<i>herce</i> a harrow, F. <i>herse</i>. See <u>Hearse</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To repeat, as what has been already said; to
tell over again; to recite.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When the words were heard which David spake, they
<i>rehearsed</i> them before Saul.</blockquote> <i>1 Sam. xvii.
31.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To narrate; to relate; to tell.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rehearse</i> the righteous acts of the
Lord.</blockquote> <i>Judg. . v. 11.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To recite or repeat in private for
experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to
<i>rehearse</i> a tragedy.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To cause to rehearse; to instruct by
rehearsal.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He has been <i>rehearsed</i> by Madame Defarge as to
his having seen her.</blockquote> <i>Dickens.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To recite; recapitulate; recount; detail; describe;
tell; relate; narrate.</p>

<p><hw>Re*hearse"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To recite or
repeat something for practice.</def> "There will we <i>rehearse</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*hears"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
rehearses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*heat"</hw> (r?*h?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To heat again.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To revive; to cheer; to cherish.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Rom. of R.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`hi*bi"tion</hw> (r?`h?*b?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + L. <i>habere</i> to have.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>The
returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect
or frand.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*hib"i*to*ry</hw> (r?*h?b"?*t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>Of or relating to rehibition; as, a
<i>rehibitory</i> action.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*hire"</hw> (r?*h?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To hire
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`hy*poth"e*cate</hw> (r?`h?*p?th"?*k?t), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To hypothecate again.</def> --
<wf>Re`hy*poth`e*ca"tion</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rei</hw> (r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;<i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Reis</b></plw> (r&?;"&?;s <i>or</i> r&?;z). [Pg. <i>real</i>,
pl. <i>reis</i>. See <u>Real</u> a coin.] <def>A portuguese money of
account, in value about one tenth of a cent.</def> [Spelt also
<i>ree</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>||Reichs"rath`</hw> (r?ks"r?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G]
<def>The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its
own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House,
or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Reichs"stand`</hw> (r?ks"st?t`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G.]
<def>A free city of the former German empire.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Reichs"tag`</hw> (r?ks"t?g`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G.]
<def>The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire,
which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the
direct vote of the people. See <u>Bundesrath</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reif</hw> (r?f), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>re&?;f</i>.]
<def>Robbery; spoil.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rei"gle</hw> (r?"g'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&egrave;gle</i> a rule, fr. L. <i>regula</i>. See <u>Rule</u>.]
<def>A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the
<i>reigle</i> of a side post for a flood gate.</def>
<i>Carew.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rei"gle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To regulate; to
govern.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rei"gle*ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Reglement</u>.] <def>Rule; regulation.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bacon. Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reign</hw> (r&amacr;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>regne</i>,
OF. <i>reigne</i>, <i>regne</i>, F. <i>r&egrave;gne</i>, fr. L.
<i>regnum</i>, fr. <i>rex</i>, <i>regis</i>, a king, fr. <i>regere</i>
to guide, rule. See <u>Regal</u>, <u>Regimen</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule;
dominion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He who like a father held his
<i>reign</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Saturn's sons received the threefold <i>reign</i><BR>
Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath.</blockquote>
<i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The territory or sphere which is reigned
over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>[God] him bereft the <i>regne</i> that he
had.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The time during which a king, queen, or
emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the
<i>reign</i> of Elizabeth.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1212 !></p>

<p><hw>Reign</hw> (r?n), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reigned</u> (r?nd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reigning</u>.] [OE.  <i>regnen</i>, <i>reinen</i>, OF.
<i>regner</i>, F. <i>r&eacute;gner</i>, fr. L. <i>regnare</i>, fr.
regnum. See <u>Reign</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise
government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to
rule.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We will not have this man to <i>reign</i> over
us.</blockquote> <i>Luke xix. 14.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Shall Banquo's issue ever<BR>
<i>Reign</i> in this kingdom?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.</def>
"Pestilent diseases which commonly <i>reign</i> in summer."
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To have superior or uncontrolled dominion;
to rule.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let not sin therefore <i>reign</i> in your mortal
body.</blockquote> <i>Rom. vi. 12.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail.</p>

<p><hw>Reign"er</hw> (r?n"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reigns.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`il*lume"</hw> (r?`?l*l?m"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine.</def>
"Thou must <i>reillume</i> its spark."  <i>J. R. Drake.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`il*lu"mi*nate</hw> (-l?"m?*n?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To enlighten again; to reillumine.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`il*lu`mi*na"tion</hw> (-n?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act or process of enlightening again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`il*lu"mine</hw> (-l?"m?n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
illumine again or anew; to reillume.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reim</hw> (r?m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [D. <i>riem</i>, akin to
G <i>riemen</i>; CF. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a towing line.] <def>A strip of
oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting
into ropes, etc.</def> [South Africa]  <i>Simmonds.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*bark"</hw> (r?`?m*b?rk"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>See <u>Re&euml;mbark</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*bod"y</hw> (-b?d"?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [See
<u>Re&euml;mbody</u>.] <def>To imbody again.</def>  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*burs"a*ble</hw> (r?`?m*b?rs"?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[CF. F. <i>remboursable</i>.] <def>Capable of being repaid;
repayable.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A loan has been made of two millions of dollars,
<i>reimbursable</i> in ten years.</blockquote> <i>A. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*burse"</hw> (-b?rs"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reimbursed</u> (-b?rst");
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reimbursing</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-
</i> + <i>imburse</i>: cf. F. <i>rembourser</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has
been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as,
to <i>reimburse</i> the expenses of a war.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make restoration or payment of an
equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often
reflexive; as, to <i>reimburse</i> one's self by successful
speculation.</def>  <i>Paley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*burse"ment</hw> (-b?rs"m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>rembursement</i>.] <def>The act reimbursing.</def>  <i>A.
Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*burs"er</hw> (-b?rs"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who reimburses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*plant"</hw> (-pl?nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
implant again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*port"</hw> (-p?rt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>import</i>: cf. F. <i>remporter</i>.] <def>To import
again; to import what has been exported; to bring back.</def>
<i>Young.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*im`por*ta"tion</hw> (r?*?m`p?r*t?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of reimporting; also, that which is
reimported.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*im`por*tune"</hw> (-p?r*t?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To importune again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*pose"</hw> (r?`?m*p?z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
impose anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*preg"nate</hw> (-pr?g"n?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To impregnate again or anew.</def>  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*press"</hw> (-pr?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
impress anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*pres"sion</hw> (-pr?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
second or repeated impression; a reprint.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*print"</hw> (-pr?nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
imprint again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*pris"on</hw> (-pr?z'n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
imprison again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`im*pris"on*ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being
reimprisoned.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rein</hw> (r?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&ecirc;ne</i>,
fr. (assumed) LL. <i>retina</i>, fr. L. <i>retinere</i> to hold back.
See <u>Retain</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The strap of a bridle,
fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or
driver governs the horse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This knight laid hold upon his
<i>reyne</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, an instrument or means of curbing,
restraining, or governing; government; restraint.</def> "Let their
eyes rove without <i>rein</i>."  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To give rein</b></col>, <col><b>To give the rein
to</b></col>, <cd>to give license to; to leave withouut restrain.</cd>
-- <col><b>To take the reins</b></col>, <cd>to take the guidance or
government; to assume control.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rein</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reined</u> (r?nd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reining</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To govern or direct with the
reins; as, to <i>rein</i> a horse one way or another.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He mounts and <i>reins</i> his horse.</blockquote>
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To restrain; to control; to
check.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Being once chafed, he can not<BR>
Be <i>reined</i> again to temperance.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rein in</b></col> or <col><b>rein up</b></col>, <cd>to
check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rein</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be guided by
reins.</def> [R.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*au"gu*rate</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
inaugurate anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"in*cit"</hw> (-s?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To incite
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*cor"po*rate</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
incorporate again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*crease"</hw> (-kr?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
increase again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*cur"</hw> (-k?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To incur
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rein"deer`</hw> (r?n"d?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Icel.
<i>hreinn</i> reindeer + E. <i>deer</i>. Icel. <i>hreinn</i> is of
Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish <i>reino</i> pasturage.] [Formerly
written also <i>raindeer</i>, and <i>ranedeer</i>.] <i>(Zool.)</i>
<def>Any ruminant of the genus <i>Rangifer</i>, of the Deer family,
found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres,
and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines
palmate.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The common European species (<i>R. tarandus</i>) is
domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou (<i>R.
caribou</i>) is found in Canada and Maine (see <u>Caribou</u>.) The
Barren Ground reindeer or caribou (<i>R. Gr&oelig;nlandicus</i>), of
smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both
hemispheries.</p>

<p><col><b>Reindeer moss</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a gray branching
lichen (<i>Cladonia rangiferina</i>) which forms extensive patches on
the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions.  It is the
principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter.</cd> --
<col><b>Reindeer period</b></col> <i>(Geol.)</i>, <cd>a name sometimes
given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common
over Central Europe.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*duce"</hw> (r?`?n*d?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
induce again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rei*nette"</hw> (r?*n?t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See 1st
<u>Rennet</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name given to many different
kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*fect"</hw> (r?`?n*f?kt), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>infect</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;infecter</i>.] <def>To
infect again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*fec"tious</hw> (-f?k"sh?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of reinfecting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*force"</hw> (-f?rs"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Re&euml;nforce</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*force"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Re&euml;nforce</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*force"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>See <u>Re&euml;nforcement</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*fund"</hw> (-f?nd"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + L. <i>infundere</i> to pour in.] <def>To flow in
anew.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*gra"ti*ate</hw> (-gr?"sh?*?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To ingratiate again or anew.</def>  <i>Sir. T. Herbert.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*hab"it</hw> (-h?b"?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
inhabit again.</def>  <i>Mede.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rein"less</hw> (r?n"l?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Not having,
or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reins</hw> (r&amacr;nz), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rein</i>, pl. <i>reins</i>, fr. L. <i>ren</i>, pl. <i>renes</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys;
the loins.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The inward impulses; the affections and
passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in
the part of the body where the kidneys are.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>My <i>reins</i> rejoice, when thy lips speak right
things.</blockquote> <i>Prov. xxiii. 16.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I am he which searcheth the <i>reins</i> and
hearts.</blockquote> <i>Rev. ii. 23.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Reins of a vault</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>the parts
between the crown and the spring or abutment, including, and having
especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the
vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an
arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because
its reins are not sufficiently filled up.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*sert"</hw> (r?`?n*s?rt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
insert again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*ser"tion</hw> (-s?r"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act of reinserting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*spect"</hw> (-sp?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
inspect again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*spec"tion</hw> (-sp?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of reinspecting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*spire"</hw> (-sp?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
inspire anew.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*spir"it</hw> (-sp`r"?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
give fresh spirit to.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*stall"</hw> (-st?l"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>install</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;installer</i>.]
<def>To install again.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*stall"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A renewed installment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*state"</hw> (-st?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state
from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to
<i>reinstate</i> a king in the possession of the kingdom.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For the just we have said already thet some of them
were <i>reinstated</i> in their pristine happiness and
felicity.</blockquote> <i>Glanvill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*state"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated;
re&?;stablishment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*sta"tion</hw> (-st?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reinstatement.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`in*struct"</hw> (-str?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
instruct anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*sur"ance</hw> (-sh?r"<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Insurance a second time or again; renewed
insurance.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A contract by which an insurer is insured
wholly or in part against the risk he has incurred in insuring
somebody else. See <u>Reassurance</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*sure"</hw> (-sh?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To insure again after a former insuranse has
ceased; to renew insurance on.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To insure, as life or property, in favor of
one who has taken an insurance risk upon it.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The innsurer may cause the property insured to be
<i>reinsured</i> by other persons.</blockquote> <i>Walsh.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*sur"er</hw> (-sh?r"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
gives reinsurance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*in"te*grate</hw> (r?*?n"t?*gr?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>integrate</i>.  Cf. <u>Redintegrate</u>.]
<def>To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to
bring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; to
re&euml;stablish; as, to <i>reintegrate</i> a nation.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*in`te*gra"tion</hw> (-gr?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
renewing, or making whole again. See <u>Redintegration</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*ter"</hw> (r?`?n*t?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
inter again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*ter"ro*gate</hw> (-t?r"r?*g?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To interrogate again; to question repeatedly.</def>
<i>Cotgrave.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*throne"</hw> (-thr?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Re&euml;nthrone</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*thron"ize</hw> (-?z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
enthrone again.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*in`tro*duce"</hw> (r?*?n`tr?*d?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To introduce again.</def> -- <wf>Re*in`tro*duc"tion</wf> (-
d&?;k"sh&?;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*vest"</hw> (r?`?n*v?st"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
invest again or anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*ves"ti*gate</hw> (-v?s"t?*g?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To investigate again.</def> -- <wf>Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion</wf> (-
g&?;"sh&?;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*vest"ment</hw> (-v?st"m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of investing anew; a second or repeated
investment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*vig"or*ate</hw> (-v?g"?r*?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To invigorate anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`in*volve"</hw> (-v?lv"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
involve anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re`is</hw> (r?"?s or r?z), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pg., pl. of
<i>real</i>, an ancient Portuguese coin.] <def>The word is used as a
Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being
about equal in value to eleven cents.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reis</hw> (r&imacr;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar.
<i>ra&iuml;s</i> head, chief, prince.] <def>A common title in the East
for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship.</def>
[Written also <i>rais</i> and <i>ras</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>||Reis` Ef*fen"di</hw> (r?s` ?f*f?n"d?). [See 2d <u>Reis</u>,
and <u>Effendi</u>.] <def>A title formerly given to one of the chief
Turkish officers of state.  He was chancellor of the empire,
etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reiss"ner's mem"brane</hw> (r?s"n?rz m?m"br?n). [Named from E.
<i>Reissner</i>, A German anatomist.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The thin
membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular
scala in the internal ear.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*is"su*a*ble</hw> (r?*?sh"?*?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being reissued.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*is"sue</hw> (r?*?sh"?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To
issue a second time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*is"sue</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second or repeated
issue.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reit</hw> (r?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Sedge;
seaweed.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>||Rei"ter</hw> (r?"t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G., rider.]
<def>A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*it"er*ant</hw> (r?-?t"?r-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[See <u>Reiterate</u>.] <def>Reiterating.</def> [R.]  <i>Mrs.
Browning.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*it"er*ate</hw> (-&amacr;t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reiterated</u> (-
&amacr;`t&ebreve;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reiterating</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>iterate</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;it&eacute;rer</i>, LL. <i>reiterare</i> to question
again.] <def>To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly;
sometimes, to repeat.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That with <i>reiterated</i> crimes he might<BR>
Heap on himself damnation.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>You never spoke what did become you less<BR>
Than this; which to <i>reiterate</i> were sin.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse.</p>

<p><hw>Re*it"er*ate</hw> (-?t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Reiterated;
repeated.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*it"er*a`ted*ly</hw> (-?`t?d-l?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>Repeatedly.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*it`er*a"tion</hw> (-?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;it&eacute;ration</i>.] <def>The act of reiterating; that
which is reiterated.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*it"er*a*tive</hw> (r?-?t"?r-?-t?v), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>A word expressing repeated or
reiterated action.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A word formed from another, or used to form
another, by repetition; as, <i>dillydally</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reiv"er</hw> (r?v"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Reaver</u>.</def>  <i>Ruskin.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ject"</hw> (r?-j?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rejected</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rejecting</u>.] [L. <i>rejectus</i>, p. p. of <i>reicere</i>,
<i>rejicere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>jacere</i> to throw: cf. F.
<i>rejeter</i>, formerly also spelt <i>rejecter</i>. See <u>Jet</u> a
shooting forth.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cast from one; to throw away; to
discard.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the
Utopians have <i>rejected</i> to their butchers.</blockquote>
<i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reject</i> me not from among thy
children.</blockquote> <i>Wisdom ix. 4.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to
decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That golden scepter which thou didst
<i>reject</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Because thou hast <i>rejected</i> knowledge, I will
also <i>reject</i> thee, that thou shalt be no priest to
me.</blockquote> <i>Hos. iv. 6.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To refuse to grant; as, to <i>reject</i> a
prayer or request.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse;
decline.</p>

<p><hw>Re*ject"a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being, or that ought to be, rejected.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re*jec`ta*men"ta</hw> (r?-j?k`t?-m?n"ta), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L. <i>rejectare</i>, v. intens. fr.
<i>rejicere</i>. See <u>Reject</u>.] <def>Things thrown out or away;
especially, things excreted by a living organism.</def>  <i>J.
Fleming.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`jec*ta"ne*ous</hw> (r?`j?k-t?"n?-?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[L. <i>rejectaneus</i>.] <def>Not chosen or received; rejected.</def>
[Obs.] "Profane, <i>rejectaneous</i>, and reprobate people."
<i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ject"er</hw> (r?-j?kt"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
rejects.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*jec"tion</hw> (r?-j?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rejectio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;jection</i>.] <def>Act of
rejecting, or state of being rejected.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`jec*ti"tious</hw> (r?`j?k-t?sh"?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable.</def>
<i>Cudworth.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ject"ive</hw> (r?-j?kt"?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Rejecting, or tending to reject.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ject"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act
of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away.</def>
<i>Eaton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*joice"</hw> (r&esl;*jois"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rejoiced</u> (-joist"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rejoicing</u> (-joi"s?ng).] [OE.
<i>rejoissen</i>, OF. <i>resjouir</i>, <i>resjoir</i>, F.
<i>r&eacute;jouir</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + OF, <i>esjouir</i>,
<i>esjoir</i>, F. <i>&eacute;jouir</i>, to rejoice; pref. <i>es-</i>
(L. <i>ex-</i>) + OF. <i>jouir</i>, <i>joir</i>, F. <i>jouir</i>, from
L. <i>gaudere</i> to rejoice. See <u>Joy</u>.] <def>To feel joy; to
experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable
satisfaction; to be delighted.</def> "O, <i>rejoice</i> beyond a
common joy."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I will be glad and <i>rejoice</i> in thy
mercy.</blockquote> <i>Ps. xxxi. 7.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To delight; joy; exult; triumph.</p>

<p><hw>Re*joice"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To enjoy.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bp. Peacock.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To give joy to; to make joyful; to
gladden.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I me <i>rejoysed</i> of my liberty.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>While she, great saint, <i>rejoices</i>
heaven.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Were he [Cain] alive, it would <i>rejoice</i> his soul
to see what mischief it had made.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To please; cheer; exhilarate; delight.</p>

<p><hw>Re*joice"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
rejoicing.</def>  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*joice"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Rejoicing.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*joi"cer</hw> (r?-joi"s?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
rejoices.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*joi"cing</hw> (-s?ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Joy; gladness; delight.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We should particularly express our <i>rejoicing</i> by
love and charity to our neighbors.</blockquote> <i>R. Nelson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The expression of joy or
gladness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The voice of <i>rejoicing</i> and salvation is in the
tabernacles of the righteous.</blockquote> <i>Ps. cxviii. 15.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which causes to rejoice; occasion of
joy.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever,
for they are the <i>rejoicing</i> of my heart.</blockquote> <i>Ps.
cxix. 111.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*joi"cing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>With joi or
exultation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*join"</hw> (r?-join"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rejoined</u> (-joind"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rejoining</u>.] [F. <i>rejoindre</i>; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>joindre</i> to join. See <u>Join</u>, and cf.
<u>Rejoinder</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To join again; to unite
after separation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To come, or go, again into the presence of;
to join the company of again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Meet and <i>rejoin</i> me, in the pensive
grot.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To state in reply; -- followed by an object
clause.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*join"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To answer to a reply.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To answer, as the defendant to
the plaintiff's replication.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*join"der</hw> (-d?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From F.
<i>rejoindre</i>, inf., to join again. See <u>Rejoin</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An answer to a reply; or, in general, an
answer or reply.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The defendant's answer to the
plaintiff's replication.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Reply; answer; replication. See <u>Reply</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*join"der</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To make a
rejoinder.</def> [Archaic]</p>

<p><hw>Re*join"dure</hw> (-d&usl;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act of
joining again.</def> [Obs.] "Beguiles our lips of all
<i>rejoindure</i>" (i.e., kisses).  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*joint"</hw> (r&esl;-joint"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To reunite the joints of; to joint anew.</def>
<i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically <i>(Arch.)</i>, to fill up the
joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged
by age and the action of the weather.</def>  <i>Gwilt.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1213 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*jolt"</hw> (r?-j?lt"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A reacting
jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>These inward <i>rejolts</i> and recoilings of the
mind.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*jolt"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To jolt or shake
again.</def>  <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*journ"</hw> (r?-j?rn"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;ajourner</i>. See <u>Adjourn</u>.] <def>To adjourn; to put
off.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*journ"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Adjournment.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*judge"</hw> (r?-j?j"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To judge
again; to re&euml;xamine; to review; to call to a new trial and
decision.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rejudge</i> his acts, and dignify
disgrace.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ju"ve*nate</hw> (r?-j?"v?-n?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> re- + L. <i>juventis</i> young, youthful.] <def>To
render young again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ju`ve*na"tion</hw> (-n?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Rejuvenescence.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ju`ve*nes"cence</hw> (-n?s"s<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A renewing of youth; the
state of being or growing young again.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A method of cell formation in
which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the
cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in
the formation of zo&ouml;spores, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ju`ve*nes"cen*cy</hw> (-s<i>e</i>n-s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Rejuvenescence.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ju`ve*nes"cent</hw> (-s<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated;
rejuvenating.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ju`ve*nize</hw> (r?-j?"v?-n?z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To rejuvenate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*kin"dle</hw> (r?-k?n"d'l), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>To kindle again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rek"ne</hw> (r?k"n<i>e</i>), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
reckon.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lade"</hw> (r&emacr;*l&amacr;d"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To lade or load again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*laid"</hw> (r&emacr;*l&amacr;d"), <def><pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> of <u>Relay</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re*lais"</hw> (r<i>e</i>*l&asl;"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
See <u>Relay</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A narrow
space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch,
serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down,
and prevent its falling into the ditch.</def>  <i>Wilhelm.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*land"</hw> (r?-l?nd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To land
again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or
embarked.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*land"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To go on shore
after having embarked; to land again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lapse"</hw> (r?-l?ps"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relapsed</u> (-l?pst"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Relapsing</u>.] [L. <i>relapsus</i>, p. p.
of <i>relabi</i> to slip back, to relapse; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>labi</i> to fall, slip, slide. See <u>Lapse</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to
turn back.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To slide or turn back into a former state
or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally
in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition;
as, to <i>relapse</i> into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; --
sometimes in a good sense; as, to <i>relapse</i> into slumber after
being disturbed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That task performed, [preachers] <i>relapse</i> into
themselves.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>To fall from Christian
faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They enter into the justified state, and so continue
all along, unless they <i>relapse</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Waterland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lapse"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [For sense 2 cf. F.
<i>relaps</i>. See <u>Relapse</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A sliding or falling back, especially into a
former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of
having fallen back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Alas! from what high hope to what <i>relapse</i><BR>
Unlooked for are we fallen!</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into
error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error,
returns to it again.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*laps"er</hw> (-l?ps"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
relapses.</def>  <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*laps"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Marked by a
relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse
state.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Relapsing fever</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>an acute,
epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in
Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked by one or two
remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the
presence, during the paroxism of spiral bacterium
(<i>Spiroch&aelig;te</i>) in the blood. It is not usually fatal.
Called also <i>famine fever</i>, and <i>recurring fever</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*late"</hw> (r?-l?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Related</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Relating</u>.] [F. <i>relater</i> to recount, LL. <i>relatare</i>,
fr. L.  <i>relatus</i>, used as p. p. of <i>referre</i>. See
<u>Elate</u>, and cf. <u>Refer</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To bring
back; to restore.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote> Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again<BR>
Both light of heaven and strength of men <i>relate</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To refer; to ascribe, as to a source.</def>
[Obs. or R.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To recount; to narrate; to tell
over.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This heavy act with heavy heart
<i>relate</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To ally by connection or kindred.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To relate one's self</b></col>, <cd>to vent thoughts in
words.</cd> [R.]</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To tell; recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report;
detail; describe.</p>

<p><hw>Re*late"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to
pertain; to refer; -- with <i>to</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All negative or privative words <i>relate</i> positive
ideas.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make reference; to take account.</def>
[R.& Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Reckoning by the years of their own consecration
without <i>relating</i> to any imperial account.</blockquote>
<i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lat"ed</hw> (-l?t"?d), <pos><i>p. p. & a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Allied by kindred; connected by blood or
alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons <i>related</i> in
the first or second degree.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Standing in relation or connection; as, the
electric and magnetic forcec are closely <i>related</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Narrated; told.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Relative</u>,
4.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lat"ed*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state or
condition of being related; relationship; affinity.</def> [R.]
<i>Emerson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lat"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who relates
or narrates.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*la"tion</hw> (r?-l?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>relation</i>, L.  <i>relatio</i>. See <u>Relate</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of relating or telling; also, that
which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the
<i>relation</i> of historical events.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;oet's <i>relation</i> doth well
figure them.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being related or of referring;
what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by
considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or
condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some
other thing; connection; as, the <i>relation</i> of experience to
knowledge; the <i>relation</i> of master to servant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined
between two or more things, or any comparison which is made by the
mind, is a <i>relation</i>.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Reference; respect; regard.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I have been importuned to make some observations on
this art in <i>relation</i> to its agreement with poetry.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Connection by consanguinity or affinity;
kinship; relationship; as, the <i>relation</i> of parents and
children.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Relations</i> dear, and all the charities<BR>
Of father, son, and brother, first were known.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A person connected by cosanguinity or
affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For me . . . my <i>relation</i> does not care a
rush.</blockquote> <i>Ld. Lytton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding
frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had
happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take
effect by <i>relation</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The act of a
relator at whose instance a suit is begun.</def>  <i>Wharton.
Burrill.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Recital; rehearsal; narration; account; narrative;
tale; detail; description; kindred; kinship; consanguinity; affinity;
kinsman; kinswoman.</p>

<p><hw>Re*la"tion*al</hw> (r?-l?"sh?n-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having relation or kindred; related.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We might be tempted to take these two nations for
<i>relational stems</i>.</blockquote> <i>Tooke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Indicating or specifying some
relation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Relational</i> words, as prepositions, auxiliaries,
etc.</blockquote> <i>R. Morris.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*la"tion*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A relative; a
relation.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*la"tion*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.</def>
<i>Mason.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rel"a*tive</hw> (r?l"?-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>relatif</i>, L. <i>relativus</i>. See <u>Relate</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having relation or reference; referring;
respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not
<i>relative</i> to the subject.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I'll have grounds<BR>
More <i>relative</i> than this.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Arising from relation; resulting from
connection with, or reference to, something else; not
absolute.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Every thing sustains both an absolute and a
<i>relative</i> capacity: an absolute, as it is such a thing, endued
with such a nature; and a <i>relative</i>, as it is a part of the
universe, and so stands in such a relations to the whole.</blockquote>
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>Indicating or expressing
relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a <i>relative</i>
pronoun.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Characterizing or pertaining
to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their
tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other.</def>
<i>Moore (Encyc. of Music).</i></p>

<p><col><b>Relative clause</b></col> <i>(Gram.)</i>, <cd>a clause
introduced by a relative pronoun.</cd> -- <col><b>Relative
term</b></col>, <cd>a term which implies relation to, as guardian to
ward, matter to servant, husband to wife.  Cf.
<u>Correlative</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rel"a*tive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something
else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two
objects directly connected by any relation.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A person connected by blood or affinity;
strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or
kinswoman.</def> "Confining our care . . . to ourselves and
<i>relatives</i>."  <i>Bp. Fell.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Gram.)</i> <def>A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or
represents, another word or phrase, called its <i>antecedent</i>; as,
the <i>relatives</i> "who", "which", "that".</def></p>

<p><hw>Rel"a*tive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a relative
manner; in relation or respect to something else; not
absolutely.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is
in itself, before you consider it <i>relatively</i>.</blockquote>
<i>I. Watts.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rel"a*tive*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being relative, or having relation; relativity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rel`a*tiv"i*ty</hw> (-t?v"?-t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
state of being relative; as, the <i>relativity</i> of a subject.</def>
<i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lat"or</hw> (r?-l?t"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [ L.: cf. F.
<i>relateur</i>. See <u>Relate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who
relates; a relater.</def> "The several <i>relators</i> of this
history."  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A private person at whose
relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an
information in the nature of a <i>quo warranto</i> to be
filed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lat"rix</hw> (-r?ks), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <i>(Law)</i>
<def>A female relator.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lax"</hw> (r?-l?ks"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relaxed</u> (-l?kst"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Relaxing</u>.] [L. <i>relaxare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>laxare</i> to loose, to slacken, from <i>laxus</i> loose. See
<u>Lax</u>, and cf. <u>Relay</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>,
<u>Release</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make lax or loose; to make
less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to
open; as, to <i>relax</i> a rope or cord; to <i>relax</i> the muscles
or sinews.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Horror . . . all his joints
<i>relaxed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Nor served it to <i>relax</i> their serried
files.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make less severe or rigorous; to abate
the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness,
or effort; as, to <i>relax</i> discipline; to <i>relax</i> one's
attention or endeavors.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The statute of mortmain was at several times
<i>relaxed</i> by the legislature.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to relieve from attention or effort;
to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement <i>relaxes</i> the
mind.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to
open; as, an aperient <i>relaxes</i> the bowels.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate;
ease; unbend; divert.</p>

<p><hw>Re*lax"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp
<i>relax</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His knees <i>relax</i> with toil.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To abate in severity; to become less
rigorous.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In others she <i>relaxed</i> again,<BR>
And governed with a looser rein.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To remit attention or effort; to become
less diligent; to unbend; as, to <i>relax</i> in study.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lax"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Relaxation.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Feltham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re**lax"</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Relaxed; lax; hence,
remiss; careless.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lax"a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being relaxed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lax"ant</hw> (r?-l?ks"<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>relaxans</i>, p. pr. of <i>relaxare</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A
medicine that relaxes; a laxative.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`lax*a"tion</hw> (r?`l?ks-?"sh?n;277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>relaxatio</i>; cf. F. <i>relaxation</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed;
as, <i>relaxation</i> of the muscles; <i>relaxation</i> of a
law.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Remission from attention and effort;
indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.</def> "Hours of
careless <i>relaxation</i>."  <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lax"a*tive</hw> (r?-l?ks"?-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Having the quality of relaxing; laxative.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A relaxant.</def>  <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lay"</hw> (r?-l?"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relaid</u> (-l?d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Relaying</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> +  <i>lay</i>, v.]
<def>To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to <i>relay</i> a
pavement.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lay"</hw> (r?-l?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>relais</i>
(cf. OF. <i>relais</i> relaxation, discontinuance, It. <i>rilascio</i>
release, relief, <i>rilasso</i> relay), fr. OF. <i>relaissier</i> to
abandon, release, fr. L. <i>relaxare</i>. See <u>Relax</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A supply of anything arranged beforehand for
affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision
for successive relief.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve
others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in
readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to
continue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A number of men who relieve others in
carrying on some work.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Elec.)</i> <def>In various forms of
telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current,
and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local
battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar
device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close
another circuit in which a current is passing.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Relay battery</b></col> <i>(Elec.)</i>, <cd>the local
battery which is brought into use by the action of the relay magnet,
or relay.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rel"bun</hw> (r?l"b?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The roots of
the Chilian plant <i>Calceolaria arachnoidea</i>, -- used for dyeing
crimson.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*leas"a*ble</hw> (r?-l?s"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>That may be released.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lease"</hw> (r?-l?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re</i> + <i>lease</i> to let.] <def>To lease again; to grant a new
lease of; to let back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lease"</hw> (r?-l?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Released</u> (r?*l?st"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Releasing</u>.] [OE. <i>relessen</i>, OF.
<i>relassier</i>, to release, to let free. See <u>Relay</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <u>Relax</u>, and cf. <u>Release</u> to lease
again.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To let loose again; to set free from
restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at
liberty; to let go.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Now at that feast he <i>released</i> unto them one
prisoner, whomsoever they desired.</blockquote> <i>Mark xv. 6.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To relieve from something that confines,
burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation,
penalty.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To let go, as a legal claim;
to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by
conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as
when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in
possession; to quit.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To loosen; to relax; to remove the
obligation of; as, to <i>release</i> an ordinance.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A sacred vow that none should aye
<i>release</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage;
extricate; let go; quit; acquit.</p>

<p><hw>Re*lease"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let
loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as
from confinement or bondage.</def> "Who boast'st <i>release</i> from
hell."  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Relief from care, pain, or any
burden.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Discharge from obligation or
responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind;
acquittance.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A giving up or relinquishment
of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or
tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a
quitclaim.</def>  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Steam Engine)</i> <def>The act of opening
the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Lease and release</b></col>. <i>(Law)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Lease</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Out of release</b></col>, <cd>without
cessation.</cd> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Liberation; freedom; discharge. See
<u>Death</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*leas`ee"</hw> (-?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One to whom a
release is given.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lease"ment</hw> (r?-l?s"m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation.</def>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*leas"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
releases, or sets free.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*leas"or</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One by whom a
release is given.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rel"e*gate</hw> (r?l"?-g?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relegated</u> (-g?`t?d); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Relegating</u>.] [L. <i>relegatus</i>, p. p.
of <i>relegare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>legare</i> to send with
a commission or charge. See <u>Legate</u>.] <def>To remove, usually to
an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send
into exile; to banish.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It [the Latin language] was <i>relegated</i> into the
study of the scholar.</blockquote> <i>Milman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rel`e*ga"tion</hw> (-g?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>relegatio</i>: cf. F. <i>rel&eacute;gation</i>.] <def>The act of
relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment;
exile.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lent"</hw> (r?-l?nt"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relented</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Relenting</u>.] [F. <i>ralentir</i>, fr. L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>ad</i> to + <i>lentus</i> pliant, flexible, slow. See
<u>Lithe</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To become less rigid or hard;
to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He stirred the coals till <i>relente</i> gan<BR>
The wax again the fire.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>[Salt of tartar] placed in a cellar will . . . begin to
<i>relent</i>.</blockquote> <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When opening buds salute the welcome day,<BR>
And earth, <i>relenting</i>, feels the genial ray.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To become less severe or intense; to become
less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become
more mild and tender; to feel compassion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Can you . . . behold<BR>
My sighs and tears, and will not once <i>relent</i>?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lent"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To slacken; to abate.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>And oftentimes he would <i>relent</i> his
pace.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To soften; to dissolve.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or
severe.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><! p. 1214 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*lent"</hw> (r?-l?nt"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Stay; stop;
delay.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Nor rested till she came without <i>relent</i><BR>
Unto the land of Amazons.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lent"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Unmoved by appeals
for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others;
destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a
prey to <i>relentless</i> despotism.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For this the avenging power employs his darts, . .
.<BR>
Thus will persist, <i>relentless</i> in his ire.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*lent"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*lent"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*lent"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act or process of relenting; the state of having relented.</def>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lesse"</hw> (r?-l?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
release.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`les*see"</hw> (r?`l?s-s?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Releasee</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`les*sor"</hw> (-s?r"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Releasor</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re-let"</hw> (r?-l?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To let
anew, as a house.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rel"e*vance</hw> (r?l"?*v<i>a</i>ns), <hw>Rel"e*van*cy</hw>
(-v<i>a</i>n*s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
quality or state of being relevant; pertinency;
applicability.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Its answer little meaning, little <i>relevancy</i>
bore.</blockquote> <i>Poe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Scots Law)</i> <def>Sufficiency to infer the
conclusion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rel"e*vant</hw> (-v<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>relevant</i>, p. pr. of <i>relever</i> to raise again, to relieve.
See <u>Relieve</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Relieving; lending aid or
support.</def> [R.]  <i>Pownall.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the
case in hand; pertinent; applicable.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Close and <i>relevant</i> arguments have very little
hold on the passions.</blockquote> <i>Sydney Smith.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Scots Law)</i> <def>Sufficient to support
the cause.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rel"e*vant*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a relevant
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rel`e*va"tion</hw> (-v?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>relevatio</i>, fr. <i>relevare</i>. See <u>Relieve</u>.] <def>A
raising or lifting up.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*li`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?-l?`?-b?l"?-t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"a*ble</hw> (r?-l?"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or
reliance; trustworthy.</def> "A <i>reliable</i> witness to the truth
of the miracles."  <i>A. Norton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The best means, and most <i>reliable</i> pledge, of a
higher object.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>According to General Livingston's humorous account, his
own village of Elizabethtown was not much more <i>reliable</i>, being
peopled in those agitated times by "unknown, unrecommended strangers,
guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs."</blockquote> <i>W.
Irving.</i></p>

<p>&fist; Some authors take exception to this word, maintaining that
it is unnecessary, and irregular in formation. It is, however,
sanctioned by the practice of many careful writers as a most
convenient substitute for the phrase <i>to be relied upon</i>, and a
useful synonym for <i>trustworthy</i>, which is by preference applied
to persons, as <i>reliable</i> is to things, such as an account,
statement, or the like. The objection that adjectives derived from
neuter verbs do not admit of a passive sense is met by the citation of
<i>laughable</i>, worthy of being laughed <i>at</i>, from the neuter
verb <i>to laugh</i>; <i>available</i>, fit or able to be availed
<i>of</i>, from the neuter verb <i>to avail</i>; <i>dispensable</i>,
capable of being dispensed <i>with</i>, from the neuter verb <i>to
dispense</i>. Other examples might be added.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*li"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*li"a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"ance</hw> (-<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From
<u>Rely</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of relying, or the
condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust;
repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or
authority.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In <i>reliance</i> on promises which proved to be of
very little value.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Anything on which to rely; dependence;
ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor <i>reliance</i>.</def>
<i>Richardson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"ant</hw> (-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having,
or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rel"ic</hw> (r?l"?k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>relique</i>,
from L. <i>reliquiae</i>, pl., akin to <i>relinquere</i> to leave
behind. See <u>Relinquish</u>.] [Formerly written also
<i>relique</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which remains; that
which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a
remnant.</def>  <i>Chaucer. Wyclif.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>relics</i> of lost innocence.</blockquote>
<i>Kebe.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The fragments, scraps, the bits and greasy
<i>relics</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The body from which the soul has departed;
a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a
deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to
the whole body.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There are very few treasuries of <i>relics</i> in Italy
that have not a tooth or a bone of this saint.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Thy <i>relics</i>, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust,<BR>
And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in
remembrance; as, <i>relics</i> of youthful days or
friendships.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The pearls were spilt;<BR>
Some lost, some stolen, some as <i>relics</i> kept.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rel"ic*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In the manner of
relics.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rel"ict</hw> (-?kt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>relicta</i>,
fr. of <i>relictus</i>, p. p. of <i>relinquere</i> to leave behind.
See <u>Relinquish</u>.] <def>A woman whose husband is dead; a
widow.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to
marry his <i>relict</i>, and so to raise up seed to his brother
Eli.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lict"ed</hw> (r?-l?kt"?d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>relictus</i>, p. p.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>Left uncovered, as land by
recession of water.</def>  <i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lic"tion</hw> (r?-l?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>relictio</i> a leaving behind.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>A leaving dry; a
recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left
uncovered by such recession.</def>  <i>Burrill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lief"</hw> (r?-l?f"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>relef</i>, F. <i>relief</i>, properly, a lifting up, a standing
out. See <u>Relieve</u>, and cf. <u>Basrelief</u>, <u>Rilievi</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of relieving, or the state of being
relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything
oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor;
alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He sees the dire contagion spread so fast,<BR>
That, where it seizes, all <i>relief</i> is vain.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Release from a post, or from the
performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or
by relay; as, a <i>relief</i> of a sentry.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For this <i>relief</i> much thanks; 'tis bitter
cold.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which removes or lessens evil, pain,
discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or
comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by
taking the place of another; a relay.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Feudal Law)</i> <def>A fine or composition
which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege
of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had
lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Sculp. & Arch.)</i> <def>The projection of a
figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed.</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Relief</i> is of three kinds, namely, <i>high relief</i>
(<i>altorilievo</i>), <i>low relief</i>, (<i>basso-rilievo</i>), and
<i>demirelief</i> (<i>mezzo-rilievo</i>). See these terms in the
Vocabulary.</p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Paint.)</i> <def>The appearance of
projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>The height to which works
are raised above the bottom of the ditch.</def>  <i>Wilhelm.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Physical Geog.)</i> <def>The elevations and
surface undulations of a country.</def>  <i>Guyot.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Relief valve</b></col>, <cd>a valve arranged for relieving
pressure of steam, gas, or liquid; an escape valve.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Alleviation; mitigation; aid; help; succor;
assistance; remedy; redress; indemnification.</p>

<p><hw>Re*lief"ful</hw> (r?-l?f"f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Giving
relief.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*lief"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of
relief; also, remediless.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"er</hw> (r?-l?"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From
<u>Rely</u>.] <def>One who relies.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*liev"a*ble</hw> (r?-l?v"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief.</def>
<i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lieve"</hw> (r?-l?v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relieved</u> (-l?vd"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Relieving</u>.] [OE. <i>releven</i>, F. <i>relever</i>
to raise again, discharge, relieve, fr. L. <i>relevare</i> to lift up,
raise, make light, relieve; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>levare</i> to
raise, fr. <i>levis</i> light. See <u>Levity</u>, and cf.
<u>Relevant</u>, <u>Relief</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To lift up;
to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief;
to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by
contrast.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Her tall figure <i>relieved</i> against the blue sky;
seemed almost of supernatural height.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To raise up something in; to introduce a
contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness
of.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The poet must . . . sometimes <i>relieve</i> the
subject with a moral reflection.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To raise or remove, as anything which
depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or
afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to
<i>relieve</i> pain; to <i>relieve</i> the wants of the
poor.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To free, wholly or partly, from any burden,
trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or
consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support,
strengthen, or deliver; as, to <i>relieve</i> a besieged
town.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Now lend assistance and <i>relieve</i> the
poor.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To release from a post, station, or duty;
to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of
any burden, or discharge of any duty.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Who hath <i>relieved</i> you?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong,
or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the
removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to
right.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To alleviate; assuage; succor; assist; aid; help;
support; substain; ease; mitigate; lighten; diminish; remove; free;
remedy; redress; indemnify.</p>

<p><hw>Re*lieve"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief;
release.</def> [Archaic.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*liev"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, relieves.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*liev"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Serving or tending
to relieve.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Relieving arch</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>a discharging
arch. See under <u>Discharge</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos></cd> --
<col><b>Relieving tackle</b></col>. <i>(Naut.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A temporary tackle attached to the tiller of a vessel during gales
or an action, in case of accident to the tiller ropes</cd>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A strong tackle from a wharf to a careened
vessel, to prevent her from going over entirely, and to assist in
righting her.</cd>  <i>Totten.</i>  <i>Craig.</i>
</p>

<p><hw>Re*lie"vo</hw> (r?-l?"v?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.
<i>rilievo</i>.] <def>See <u>Relief</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>,
5.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*light"</hw> (r?-l?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To light
or kindle anew.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>||Re*li`gi`euse"</hw> (r<i>e</i>-l?`zh?`?z"), <pos><i>n.
f.</i></pos> <hw>||Re*li`gi`eux"</hw> (r<i>e</i>-l?`zh?`?"),
<pos><i>n. m.</i></pos> } [F.] <def>A person bound by monastic vows; a
nun; a monk.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"gion</hw> (r&esl;*l&ibreve;j"&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., from L. <i>religio</i>; cf. <i>religens</i>
pious, revering the gods, Gr. <grk>'ale`gein</grk> to heed, have a
care.  Cf. <u>Neglect</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The outward act or
form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god
or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience,
service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love,
fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by
profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the
conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of
piety; as, ethical <i>religions</i>; monotheistic <i>religions</i>;
natural <i>religion</i>; revealed <i>religion</i>; the <i>religion</i>
of the Jews; the <i>religion</i> of idol worshipers.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>An orderly life so far as others are able to observe us
is now and then produced by prudential motives or by dint of habit;
but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the
bottom, no course of conduct from religious motives; in a word, there
can be no <i>religion</i>.</blockquote> <i>Paley.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Religion</i> [was] not, as too often now, used as
equivalent for godliness; but . . . it expressed the outer form and
embodiment which the inward spirit of a true or a false devotion
assumed.</blockquote> <i>Trench.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Religions</i>, by which are meant the modes of
divine worship proper to different tribes, nations, or communities,
and based on the belief held in common by the members of them
severally.  . . .  There is no living <i>religion</i> without
something like a doctrine.  On the other hand, a doctrine, however
elaborate, does not constitute a <i>religion</i>.</blockquote> <i>C.
P. Tiele (Encyc. Brit.).</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Religion</i> . . . means the conscious relation
between man and God, and the expression of that relation in human
conduct.</blockquote> <i>J. K&ouml;stlin (Schaff-Herzog
Encyc.)</i></p>

<p><blockquote>After the most straitest sect of our <i>religion</i> I
lived a Pharisee.</blockquote> <i>Acts xxvi. 5.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The image of a brute, adorned<BR>
With gay <i>religions</i> full of pomp and gold.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, conformity in faith and life
to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of
life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and
practice.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let us with caution indulge the supposition that
morality can be maintained without <i>religion</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Washington.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Religion</i> will attend you . . . as a pleasant and
useful companion in every proper place, and every temperate occupation
of life.</blockquote> <i>Buckminster.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(R. C. Ch.)</i> <def>A monastic or religious
order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to
enter <i>religion</i>.</def>  <i>Trench.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A good man was there of <i>religion</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any
practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Those parts of pleading which in ancient times might
perhaps be material, but at this time are become only mere styles and
forms, are still continued with much <i>religion</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Religion</i>, as distinguished from <i>theology</i>, is
subjective, designating the feelings and acts of men which relate to
God; while <i>theology</i> is objective, and denotes those ideas which
man entertains respecting the God whom he worships, especially his
systematized views of God. As distinguished from <i>morality</i>,
<i>religion</i> denotes the influences and motives to human duty which
are found in the character and will of God, while <i>morality</i>
describes the duties to man, to which true <i>religion</i> always
influences. As distinguished from <i>piety</i>, <i>religion</i> is a
high sense of moral obligation and spirit of reverence or worship
which affect the heart of man with respect to the Deity, while
<i>piety</i>, which first expressed the feelings of a child toward a
parent, is used for that filial sentiment of veneration and love which
we owe to the Father of all. As distinguished from <i>sanctity</i>,
<i>religion</i> is the means by which <i>sanctity</i> is achieved,
<i>sanctity</i> denoting primarily that purity of heart and life which
results from habitual communion with God, and a sense of his continual
presence.</p>

<p><col><b>Natural religion</b></col>, <cd>a religion based upon the
evidences of a God and his qualities, which is supplied by natural
phenomena. See <i>Natural theology</i>, under <u>Natural</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Religion of humanity</b></col>, <cd>a name sometimes given to
a religion founded upon positivism as a philosophical basis.</cd> --
<col><b>Revealed religion</b></col>, <cd>that which is based upon
direct communication of God's will to mankind; especially, the
Christian religion, based on the revelations recorded in the Old and
New Testaments.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"gion*a*ry</hw> (r?-l?j"?n-?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Relating to religion; pious; as, <i>religionary</i>
professions.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*li"gion*a*ry</hw>, <hw>Re*li"gion*er</hw> (-?r), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A religionist.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*li"gion*ism</hw> (-?z'm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The practice of, or devotion to,
religion.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Affectation or pretense of
religion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"gion*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One earnestly
devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The chief actors on one side were, and were to be, the
Puritan <i>religionists</i>.</blockquote> <i>Palfrey.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>It might be that an Antinomian, a Quaker, or other
heterodo&?; <i>religionists</i>, was to be scourged out of the
town.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"gion*ize</hw> (-?z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
bring under the influence of religion.</def> [R.]  <i>Mallock.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"gion*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of
religion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lig`i*os"i*ty</hw> (-l?j`?-?s"?-t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>religiositas</i>: cf. F. <i>religiosit&?;</i>.] <def>The
quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment;
religiousness.</def> [R.]  <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"gious</hw> (r?-l?j"?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>religius</i>, <i>religious</i>, F. <i>religieux</i>, from L.
<i>religiosus</i>. See <u>Religion</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or
pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting
forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a <i>religious</i>
society; a <i>religious</i> sect; a <i>religious</i> place;
<i>religious</i> subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Our law forbids at their <i>religious</i> rites<BR>
My presence.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Possessing, or conforming to, religion;
pious; godly; as, a <i>religious</i> man, life, behavior,
etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Men whose lives<BR>
<i>Religious</i> titled them the sons of God.</blockquote>
<i>Mlton</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Scrupulously faithful or exact;
strict.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thus, Indianlike,<BR>
<i>Religious</i> in my error, I adore<BR>
The sun, that looks upon his worshiper.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Belonging to a religious order; bound by
vows.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>One of them is <i>religious</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Pious; godly; holy; devout; devotional;
conscientious; strict; rogod; exact.</p>

<p><hw>Re*li"gious</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A person bound by
monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a
life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.</def>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"gious*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a religious
manner.</def>  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*li"gious*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of
being religious.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rel"ik</hw> (r?l"?k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Relic.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lin"quent</hw> (r?-l?n"kw<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[L. <i>relinquens</i>, p. pr. of <i>relinqquere</i>. See
<u>Relinquish</u>.] <def>Relinquishing.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*lin"quent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
relinquishes.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*lin"quish</hw> (-kw?sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relinquished</u> (-kw?sht);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Relinquishing</u>.] [OF.
<i>relinquir</i>, L. <i>relinquere</i> to leave behind; pref. <i>re-
</i> re + <i>linquere</i> to leave. See <u>Loan</u>, and cf.
<u>Relic</u>, <u>Relict</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To withdraw from; to leave behind; to
desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to <i>relinquish</i> a
pursuit.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We ought to <i>relinquish</i> such rites.</blockquote>
<i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>They placed Irish tenants upon the lands
<i>relinquished</i> by the English.</blockquote> <i>Sir J.
Davies.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign;
as, to <i>relinquish</i> a debt.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To resign; leave; quit; forsake; abandon; desert;
renounce; forb&?;ar; forego. See <u>Resign</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*lin"quish*er</hw> (-r?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
relinquishes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lin"quish*ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of relinquishing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rel"i*qua*ry</hw> (r?l"?-kw?-r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>-ries</b></plw> (-r&ibreve;z). [LL.
<i>reliquiarium</i>, <i>reliquiare</i>: cf. F. <i>reliquaire</i>. See
<u>Relic</u>.] <def>A depositary, often a small box or casket, in
which relics are kept.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lique"</hw> (r?-l?k"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>See
<u>Relic</u>.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re*liq"ui*&aelig;</hw> (r?-l?k"w?-?), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [L. See <u>Relic</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Remains of the dead; organic remains;
relics.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Induvi&aelig;</u>.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1215 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*liq"ui*an</hw> (r?-l?k"w?-<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a
relic.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*liq"ui*date</hw> (r?-l?k"w?-d?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To liquidate anew; to adjust a second time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*liq`ui*da"tion</hw> (-d&fist;"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment.</def>
<i>A. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rel"ish</hw> (r?l"?sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relished</u> (-&?;sht); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Relishing</u>.] [Of. <i>relechier</i> to lick or taste
anew; pref. <i>re-</i> re-+ <i>lechier</i> to lick, F.
<i>l&?;cher</i>. See <u>Lecher</u>, <u>Lick</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake
of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or
gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to <i>relish</i>
food.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Now I begin to <i>relish</i> thy advice.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He knows how to prize his advantages, and to
<i>relish</i> the honors which he enjoys.</blockquote>
<i>Atterbury.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To give a relish to; to cause to taste
agreeably.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A savory bit that served to <i>relish</i>
wine.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rel"ish</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To have a pleasing
or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a
flavor.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not
have <i>relished</i> among my other discredits.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A theory, which, how much soever it may <i>relish</i>
of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature.</blockquote>
<i>Woodward.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rel"ish</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable
quality; power of pleasing.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Much pleasure we have lost while we abstained<BR>
From this delightful fruit, nor known till now<BR>
True <i>relish</i>, tasting.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When liberty is gone,<BR>
Life grows insipid, and has lost its <i>relish</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Savor; quality; characteristic
tinge.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It preserve some <i>relish</i> of old
writing.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A taste for; liking; appetite;
fondness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A <i>relish</i> for whatever was excelent in
arts.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I have a <i>relish</i> for moderate praise, because it
bids fair to be j&?;dicious.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>That which is used to impart a flavor;
specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or
to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Taste; savor; flavor; appetite; zest; gusto; liking;
delight.</p>

<p><hw>Rel"ish</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Carp.)</i> <def>The
projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a
tenoned piece.</def>  <i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rel"ish*a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*live"</hw> (r?-l?v"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To live
again; to revive.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*live"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To recall to life;
to revive.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*load"</hw> (r?-l?d"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To load
again, as a gun.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*loan"</hw> (r?-l?n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second
lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lo"cate</hw> (r?-l?"k?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
locate again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`lo*ca"tion</hw> (r?`l&fist;-k?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A second location.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Roman & Scots Law)</i> <def>Renewal of a
lease.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*lodge"</hw> (r?-l?j"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To lodge
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*love"</hw> (-l?v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To love in
return.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lu"cent</hw> (r?-l?"s<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>relucens</i>, p. pr. <i>relucere</i>. See <u>Lucent</u>.]
<def>Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright;
luminous; splendid.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Gorgeous banners to the sun expand<BR>
Their streaming volumes of <i>relucent</i> gold.</blockquote>
<i>Glover.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*luct"</hw> (r?-l?kt"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reluctari</i>, p. p. <i>reluctatus</i>, to struggle; pref. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>luctari</i> to struggle, fr. <i>lucia</i> a wresting.]
<def>To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to
draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Apt to <i>reluct</i> at the excesses of it
[passion].</blockquote> <i>Walton.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*luc"tance</hw> (r?-l?k"t<i>a</i>ns),
<hw>Re*luc"tan*cy</hw> (-t<i>a</i>n-s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Reluctant</u>.] <def>The state or quality of being reluctant;
repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an
infinitive, or by <i>to</i> and a noun, formerly sometimes by
<i>against</i>.</def> "Tempering the severity of his looks with a
<i>reluctance</i> to the action."  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He had some <i>reluctance</i> to obey the
summons.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Bear witness, Heaven, with what <i>reluctancy</i><BR>
Her helpless innocence I doom to die.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> See <u>Dislike</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*luc"tant</hw> (-t<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reluctans</i>, <i>-antis</i>, p. pr. of <i>reluctari</i>. See
<u>Reluct</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Striving against; opposed in
desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reluctant</i>, but in vain.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reluctant</i> now I touched the trembling
string.</blockquote> <i>Tickell.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted
with reluctance; as, <i>reluctant</i> obedience.</def>
<i>Mitford.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Averse; unwilling; loth; disinclined; repugnant;
backward; coy. See <u>Averse</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*luc"tant*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a reluctant
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*luc"tate</hw> (-t?t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [See
<u>Reluct</u>.] <def>To struggle against anything; to resist; to
oppose.</def> [Obs.] "To delude their <i>reluctating</i> consciences."
<i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rel`uc*ta"tion</hw> (r?l`?k-t?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Repugnance; resistance; reluctance.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lume"</hw> (r?-l?m"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relumed</u> (-l?md"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reluming</u>.] [OF. <i>relumer</i> (cf. F.
<i>rallumer</i>), L. <i>reluminare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>luminare</i> to light.  Cf. <u>Reillume</u>.] <def>To rekindle; to
light again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Relumed</i> her ancient light, not kindled
new.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I know not where is that Promethean heat<BR>
That can thy light <i>relume</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*lu"mine</hw> (r?-l?"m?n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relumined</u> (-m?nd); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Relumining</u>.] [See <u>Relume</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To light anew; to rekindle.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To illuminate again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ly"</hw> (r?-l?"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Relied</u> (-l?d"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Relying</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>lie</i> to rest.]
<def>To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity,
integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of
evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with <i>on</i>,
formerly also with <i>in</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Go in thy native innocence; <i>rely</i><BR>
On what thou hast of virtue.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>On some fond breast the parting soul
<i>relies</i>.</blockquote> <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To trust; depend; confide; repose.</p>

<p><hw>Re*made"</hw> (r?-m?d"), <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Remake</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*main"</hw> (r?-m?n"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Remained</u> (-m?nd"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Remaining</u>.] [OF. <i>remaindre</i>,
<i>remanoir</i>, L.  <i>remanere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>manere</i> to stay, remain. See <u>Mansion</u>, and cf.
<u>Remainder</u>, <u>Remnant</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To stay behind while others withdraw; to be
left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a
number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not
included or comprised.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Gather up the fragments that
<i>remain</i>.</blockquote> <i>John vi. 12.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Of whom the greater part <i>remain</i> unto this
present, but some are fallen asleep.</blockquote> <i>1 Cor. xv.
6.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>That . . . <i>remains</i> to be proved.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To continue unchanged in place, form, or
condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure;
to last.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Remain</i> a widow at thy father's
house.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xxxviii. 11.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Childless thou art; childless
<i>remain</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn;
dwell; abide; last; endure.</p>

<p><hw>Re*main"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To await; to be
left to.</def> [Archaic]</p>

<p><blockquote>The easier conquest now <i>remains</i>
thee.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*main"</hw> <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>State of remaining; stay.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Which often, since my here <i>remain</i> in
England,<BR>
I 've seen him do.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is left; relic; remainder; --
chiefly in the plural.</def> "The <i>remains</i> of old Rome."
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When this <i>remain</i> of horror has entirely
subsided.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> Specif., in the plural: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>That which is left of a human being after the life is gone;
relics; a dead body.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Old warriors whose adored <i>remains</i><BR>
In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains!</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The posthumous works or productions, esp.
literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's</def>
<i>Remains</i>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*main"der</hw> (r?-m?n"d?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>remaindre</i>, inf. See <u>Remain</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and
removal of a part; residue; remnant.</def> "The last <i>remainders</i>
of unhappy Troy."  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes
off clear, the <i>remainder</i> yields no salt.</blockquote>
<i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>The quantity or sum that is
left after subtraction, or after any deduction.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>An estate in expectancy,
generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the
determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time,
and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for
life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate,
and B's interest is a <i>remainder</i>, or <i>estate in
remainder</i>.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings.</p>

<p><hw>Re*main"der</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Remaining; left;
left over; refuse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Which is as dry as the <i>remainder</i> biscuit<BR>
After a voyage.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*main"der-man</hw> (- m&abreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;
<i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Remainder-men</b></plw> (-m&ebreve;n). <i>(Law)</i>
<def>One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined.
See <u>Remainder</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 3.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*make"</hw> (r?-m?k"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make
anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mand"</hw> (r?-m?nd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Remanded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Remanding</u>.] [F. <i>remander</i> to send word again, L.
<i>remandare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>mandare</i> to commit,
order, send word. See <u>Mandate</u>.] <def>To recommit; to send
back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Remand</i> it to its former place.</blockquote>
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Then were they <i>remanded</i> to the cage
again.</blockquote> <i>Bunyan.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mand"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of remanding;
the order for recommitment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mand"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
remand.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rem"a*nence</hw> (r?m"?*n<i>e</i>ns), <hw>Rem"a*nen*cy</hw>
(-n<i>e</i>n*s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. OF. <i>remanence</i>,
LL. <i>remanentia</i>, fr. L. <i>remanens</i>. See <u>Remanent</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>The state of being remanent; continuance;
permanence.</def> [R.]  <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>remanence</i> of the will in the fallen
spirit.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rem"a*nent</hw> (-n<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Remanent</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>That which remains; a
remnant; a residue.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rem"a*nent</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>remanens</i>, p.
pr. of <i>remanere</i>. See <u>Remain</u>, and cf. <u>Remnant</u>.]
<def>Remaining; residual.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That little hope that is <i>remanent</i> hath its
degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit.</blockquote>
<i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Remanent magnetism</b></col> <i>(Physics)</i>,
<cd>magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force
after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; -- called also
<i>residual magnetism</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Rem"a*net</hw> (-n?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., it remains.]
<i>(Legal Practice)</i> <def>A case for trial which can not be tried
during the term; a postponed case.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Re-mark"</hw> (r?-m?rk"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-
</i> + <i>mark</i>.] <def>To mark again, or a second time; to mark
anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mark"</hw> (r?-m?rk"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Remarked</u> (-m?rkt"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Remarking</u>.] [F. <i>remarquer</i>; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>marquer</i> to mark, <i>marque</i> a mark, of German origin,
akin to E. <i>mark</i>. See <u>Mark</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>&
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To mark in a notable
manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to
piont out.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Thou art a man <i>remarked</i> to taste a
mischief.</blockquote> <i>Ford.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>His manacles <i>remark</i> him; there he
sits.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To take notice of, or to observe, mentally;
as, to <i>remark</i> the manner of a speaker.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To express in words or writing, as observed
or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as,
he <i>remarked</i> that it was time to go.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To observe; notice; heed; regard; note; say.  --
<u>Remark</u>, <u>Observe</u>, <u>Notice</u>. To <i>observe</i> is to
keep or hold a thing distinctly before the mind. To <i>remark</i> is
simply to mark or take note of whatever may come up. To <i>notice</i>
implies still less continuity of attention. When we turn from these
mental states to the <i>expression</i> of them in language, we find
the same distinction.  An <i>observation</i> is properly the result of
somewhat prolonged thought; a <i>remark</i> is usually suggested by
some passing occurence; a <i>notice</i> is in most cases something
cursory and short. This distinction is not always maintained as to
<i>remark</i> and <i>observe</i>, which are often used
interchangeably. "<i>Observing</i> men may form many judgments by the
rules of similitude and proportion." <i>I. Watts.</i> "He can not
distinguish difficult and noble speculations from trifling and vulgar
<i>remarks</i>." <i>Collier.</i> "The thing to be regarded, in taking
<i>notice</i> of a child's miscarriage, is what root it springs from."
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mark"</hw> (r?-m?rk"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To make
a remark or remarks; to comment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mark"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>remarque</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Act of remarking or attentively noticing;
notice or observation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The cause, though worth the search, may yet elude<BR>
Conjecture and <i>remark</i>, however shrewd.</blockquote>
<i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The expression, in speech or writing, of
something remarked or noticed; the mention of that which is worthy of
attention or notice; hence, also, a casual observation, comment, or
statement; as, a pertinent <i>remark</i>.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Observation; note; comment; annotation.</p>

<p><hw>Re*mark"a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>remarquable</i>.] <def>Worthy of being remarked or noticed;
noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>'T is <i>remarkable</i>, that they<BR>
Talk most who have the least to say.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>There is nothing left <i>remarlable</i><BR>
Beneath the visiting moon.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Observable; noticeable; extraordinary; unusual;
rare; strange; wonderful; notable; eminent.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*mark"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*mark"a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*mark"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
remarks.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mar"riage</hw> (r?-m?r"r?j), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
second or repeated marriage.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mar"ry</hw> (r?-m?r"rr?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>To marry again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mast"</hw> (r?-m?st"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
furnish with a new mast or set of masts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mas"ti*cate</hw> (r?-m?s"t?-k?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the
cud.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mas`ti*ca"tion</hw> (-k?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rem"berge</hw> (r?m"b?rj), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Ramberge</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rem`blai"</hw> (r?n`bl?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr.
remblayer to fill up an excavation, to embank.] <i>(Fort. &
Engin.)</i> <def>Earth or materials made into a bank after having been
excavated.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rem"ble</hw> (r&?;m"b'l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. OF.
<i>embler</i> to steal, fr. L. <i>involare</i> to fly into or at, to
carry off.] <def>To remove.</def> [Prov. Eng.]  <i>Grose.
Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reme</hw> (r&?;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Realm.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mean"</hw> (r&?;-m&?;n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Wyclif.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"me*ant</hw> (r&?;"m&?;*<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remeans</i>, <i>-antis</i>, p. pr. of <i>remeare</i> to go or come
back.] <def>Coming back; returning.</def> [R.] "Like the
<i>remeant</i> sun."  <i>C. Kingsley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*meas"ure</hw> (r?-m?zh"?r; 135), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To measure again; to retrace.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They followed him . . . <BR>
The way they came, their steps <i>remeasured</i> right.</blockquote>
<i>Fairfax.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mede"</hw> (r?-m?d"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Remedy.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*me"di*a*ble</hw> (r?-m?"d?-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remediabilis</i>: cf. F. <i>rem&eacute;diable</i>.] <def>Capable of
being remedied or cured.</def></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*me"di*a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> -
<wf>Re*me"di*a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*me"di*al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remedialis</i>.] <def>Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or
for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, <i>remedial</i>
treatment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Statutes are declaratory or
<i>remedial</i>.</blockquote> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>It is an evil not compensated by any beneficial result;
it is not <i>remedial</i>, not conservative.</blockquote> <i>I.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*me"di*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a remedial
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*me"di*ate</hw> (-?t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Remedial.</def> [R.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*med"i*less</hw> (r?-m?d"?-l?s or r?m"?-d?-l?s; 277),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Not admitting of a
remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable;
irreparable; as, a <i>remediless</i> mistake or loss.</def> "Chains
<i>remedilesse</i>."  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Hopeless are all my evils, all
<i>remediless</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Not answering as a remedy;
ineffectual.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Forced to forego the attempt
<i>remediless</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Incurable; cureless; irremediable; irrecoverable;
irretrievable; irreparable; desperate.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*med"i*less</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [Obs.]
<i>Udall.</i> -- <wf>Re*med"i*less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*med"i*less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rem"e*dy</hw> (r?m"?-d?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Remedies</b></plw> (-d&?;z). [L. <i>remedium</i>; pref. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>mederi</i> to heal, to cure: cf. F. <i>rem&egrave;de</i>
remedy, <i>rem&eacute;dier</i> to remedy. See <u>Medical</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which relieves or cures a disease; any
medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores
health; -- with <i>for</i>; as, a <i>remedy</i> for the
gout.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which corrects or counteracts an evil
of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; --
followed by <i>for</i> or <i>against</i>, formerly by
<i>to</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>What may else be <i>remedy</i> or cure<BR>
To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought,<BR>
He will instruct us.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The legal means to recover a
right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Civil remedy</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Civil</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Remedy of the mint</b></col> <i>(Coinage)</i>, <cd>a small
allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; --
called also <i>tolerance</i>.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation;
redress; relief; aid; help; assistance.</p>

<p><hw>Rem"e*dy</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Remedied</u> (-d?d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Remedying</u>.] [L. <i>remediare</i>, <i>remediari</i>: cf. F.
<i>rem&?;dier</i>. See <u>Remedy</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>To
apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to
redress; to correct; to counteract.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I will <i>remedy</i> this gear ere long.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*melt"</hw> (r?-m?lt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To melt
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mem"ber</hw> (r?-m?m"b?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Remembered</u> (-b?rd); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Remembering</u>.] [OF. <i>remebrer</i>, L.
<i>rememorari</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>memorare</i> to bring to
remembrance, from <i>memor</i> mindful. See <u>Memory</u>, and cf.
<u>Rememorate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To have ( a notion or
idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or
felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to
think of again; to recollect; as, I <i>remember</i> the fact; he
<i>remembers</i> the events of his childhood; I cannot <i>remember</i>
dates.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We are said to <i>remember</i> anything, when the idea
of it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we have had this
idea before.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be capable of recalling when required;
to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve
fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude,
affection, respect, or any other emotion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Remember</i> the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xx. 8.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>That they may have their wages duly paid 'em,<BR>
And something over to <i>remember</i> me by.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Remember</i> what I warn thee; shun to
taste.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1216 !></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To put in mind; to remind; -- also used
reflexively and impersonally.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Remembering</i> them
the trith of what they themselves known."  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>My friends <i>remembered</i> me of home.</blockquote>
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Remember</i> you of passed heaviness.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And well thou wost [knowest] if it <i>remember</i>
thee.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To mention.</def> [Obs.] "As in many cases
hereafter to be <i>remembered</i>."  <i>Ayliffe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To recall to the mind of another, as in the
friendly messages, <i>remember</i> me to him, he wishes to be
<i>remembered</i> to you, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mem"ber</hw> (r?-m?m"b?r), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To
execise or have the power of memory; as, some <i>remember</i> better
than others.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mem"ber*a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable or worthy of being remembered.</def> --
<wf>Re*mem"ber*a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
</p>

<p><blockquote>The whole vale of Keswick is so
<i>rememberable</i>.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mem"ber*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
remembers.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mem"brance</hw> (-br<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>remembrance</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of remembering; a holding in mind,
or bringing to mind; recollection.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Lest fierce <i>remembrance</i> wake my sudden
rage.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Lest the <i>remembrance</i> of his grief should
fail.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being remembered, or held in
mind; memory; recollection.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This, ever grateful, in <i>remembrance</i>
bear.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Something remembered; a person or thing
kept in memory.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>That which serves to keep in or bring to
mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note
of something to be remembered.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And on his breast a bloody cross he bore,<BR>
The dear <i>remembrance</i> of his dying Lord.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Keep this <i>remembrance</i> for thy Julia's
sake.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Something to be remembered; counsel;
admoni&?;&?;on; instruction.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Power of remembering; reach of personal
knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thee I have heard relating what was done<BR>
Ere my <i>remembrance</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Recollection; reminiscence. See <u>Memory</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*mem"bran*cer</hw> (-br<i>a</i>n-s?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or
keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Premature consiolation is but the <i>remembrancer</i>
of sorrow.</blockquote> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Ye that are the lord's
<i>remembrancers</i>.</blockquote> <i>Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev.
Ver.).</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A term applied in England to several
officers, having various functions, their duty originally being to
bring certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at the
proper time.</def> "The <i>remembrancer</i> of the lord treasurer in
the exchequer."  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mem"o*rate</hw> (-?-r?t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rememoratus</i>, p. p. of <i>rememorari</i>. See <u>Remember</u>.]
<def>To recall something by means of memory; to remember.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bryskett.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mem`o*ra"tion</hw> (-r?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rem&eacute;moration</i>, or L. <i>rememoratio</i>.] <def>A
recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance.</def> [Obs. & R.]
<i>Bp. Montagu.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mem"o*ra*tive</hw> (r?-mEm"?-r?-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Tending or serving to remind.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rem"e*nant</hw> (r?m"?-n<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A remnant.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*mer"cie</hw>, <hw>Re*mer"cy</hw>  } (r&esl;-
m&etilde;r"s&ybreve;), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F. <i>remercier</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + OF. <i>mercier</i> to thank, from OF. & F.
<i>merci</i>. See <u>Mercy</u>.] <def>To thank.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>She him <i>remercied</i> as the patron of her
life.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*merge"</hw> (r?-m?rj"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To
merge again.</def> "<i>Remerging</i> in the general Soul."
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*meve"</hw> (r?-mEv"), <hw>Re*mewe"</hw> (r?-m?") },
<pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To remove.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rem"i*form</hw> (r?m"?*f?rm), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remus</i> oar + <i>-form</i>.] <def>Shaped like an oar.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rem"i*ges</hw> (r?m"?*j?z), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>; sing.
<singw><b>Remex</b></singw>. (r&?;"m&?;ks). [L. <i>remex</i>, <i>-
igis</i>, an oarsman.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The quill feathers of
the wings of a bird.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rem"i*grate</hw> (r?m"?-gr?t or r?-m?"gr?t; 277), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> [L. <i>remigrare</i>. See <u>Re</u>-, and
<u>Migrate</u>.] <def>To migrate again; to go back; to return.</def>
<i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rem`i*gra"tion</hw> (r?m`?-gr?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Migration back to the place from which one came.</def>  <i>Sir M.
Hale.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mind"</hw> (r?-m?nd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To put
(one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring
to the notice or consideration of (a person).</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin
to arrest, seize, and <i>remind</i> us of our mortality.</blockquote>
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mind"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken
remembrance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re**mind"ful</hw> (f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tending or
adapted to remind; careful to remind.</def>  <i>Southey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rem`i*nis"cence</hw> (r?m`?-n?s"s<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;miniscence</i>, L.
<i>reminiscentia</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act or power of
recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent;
remembrance; memory.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The other part of memory, called <i>reminiscence</i>,
which is the retrieving of a thing at present forgot, or but
confusedly remembered.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I forgive your want of <i>reminiscence</i>, since it is
long since I saw you.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is remembered, or recalled to
mind; a statement or narration of remembered experience; a
recollection; as, pleasing or painful <i>reminiscences</i>.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Remembrance; recollection. See <u>Memory</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rem`i*nis"cen*cy</hw> (-s<i>e</i>n-s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reminiscence.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rem`i*nis"cent</hw> (-s<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reminiscens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>reminisci</i> to
recall to mind, to recollect; pref. <i>re-</i> re + a word akin to
<i>mens</i> mind, <i>memini</i> I remember. See <u>Mind</u>.]
<def>Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having
remembrance; reminding one of something.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Some other of existence of which we have been
previously conscious, and are now <i>reminiscent</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rem`i*nis"cent</hw> (r?m`?-n?s"s<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who is addicted to indulging, narrating,
or recording reminiscences.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rem`i*nis*cen"tial</hw> (-n?s-s?n"sh<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to reminiscence, or
remembrance.</def>  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rem"i*ped</hw> (r?m"?-p?d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remus</i> oar + <i>pes</i>, <i>pedis</i>, foot: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;mip&egrave;de</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having feet
or legs that are used as oars; -- said of certain crustaceans and
insects.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rem"i*ped</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An animal having limbs like oars, especially
one of certain crustaceans.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One of a
group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See
<u>Water beetle</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mise"</hw> (r?-m?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Remised</u> (-m?zd"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Remising</u>.] [F. <i>remise</i> delivery, surrender,
fr. <i>remettre</i> to put back, deliver, L. <i>remittere</i>. See
<u>Remit</u>.] <def>To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim
to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mise"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A giving
or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*miss"</hw> (r?-m?s"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remissus</i>, p. p. of <i>remittere</i> to send back, relax. See
<u>Remit</u>.] <def>Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not
careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless;
tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or
activity; languid; slow.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou never wast <i>remiss</i>, I bear thee
witness.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>These nervous, bold; those languid and
<i>remiss</i>.</blockquote> <i>Roscommon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Its motion becomes more languid and
<i>remiss</i>.</blockquote> <i>Woodward.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Slack; dilatory; slothful; negligent; careless;
neglectful; inattentive; heedles; thoughtless.</p>

<p><hw>Re*miss"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of being
remiss; inefficiency; failure.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Remisses</i> of laws."
<i>Puttenham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*miss"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Inclined to
remit punishment; lenient; clement.</def>  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mis`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?-m?s`s?-b?l"?-t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state or quality of being
remissible.</def>  <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mis"si*ble</hw> (r?-m?s"s?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remissibilis</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;missible</i>. See
<u>Remit</u>.] <def>Capable of being remitted or forgiven.</def>
<i>Feltham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mis"sion</hw> (r?-m?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;mission</i>, L. <i>remissio</i>. See <u>Remit</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning,
or giving up.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Discharge from that which is due;
relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of
transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed
for many for the <i>remission</i> of sins.</blockquote> <i>Matt. xxvi.
28.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>That ples, therefore, . . . <BR>
Will gain thee no <i>remission</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Diminution of intensity; abatement;
relaxation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A temporary and incomplete
subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as
destinguished from <i>intermission</i>, in which the disease
completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The act of sending back.</def> [R.]
<i>Stackhouse.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Act of sending in payment, as money;
remittance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mis"sive</hw> (r?-m?s"s?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remissivus</i>. See <u>Remit</u>.] <def>Remitting; forgiving;
abating.</def>  <i>Bp. Hacket.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*miss"ly</hw> (r?-m?s"l?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*miss"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality or state
of being remiss.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mis"so*ry</hw> (r?-m?s"s?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission;
remissive.</def> "A sacrifice expiatory or <i>remissory</i>."
<i>Latimer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mit"</hw> (r?-m?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Remitted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Remitting</u>.] [L. <i>remittere</i>, <i>remissum</i>, to send
back, to slacken, relax; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +  <i>mittere</i> to
send. See <u>Mission</u>, and cf. <u>Remise</u>, <u>Remiss</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To send back; to give up; to surrender; to
resign.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In the case the law <i>remits</i> him to his ancient
and more certain right.</blockquote> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be
<i>remitted</i> to their prince.</blockquote> <i>Hayward.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The prisoner was <i>remitted</i> to the
guard.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To restore.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The archbishop was . . . <i>remitted</i> to his
liberty.</blockquote> <i>Hayward.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>To transmit or send, esp. to
a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as,
he <i>remitted</i> the amount by mail.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To send off or away; hence:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> To refer or direct (one) for information,
guidance, help, etc. "<i>Remitting</i> them . . . to the works of
Galen." <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> To submit, refer, or
leave (something) for judgment or decision.</def> "Whether the counsel
be good I <i>remit</i> it to the wise readers."  <i>Sir T.
Elyot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To relax in intensity; to make less
violent; to abate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>So willingly doth God <i>remit</i> his
ire.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To forgive; to pardon; to remove.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Whose soever sins ye <i>remit</i>, they are
<i>remitted</i> unto them.</blockquote> <i>John xx. 23.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as,
to <i>remit</i> the performance of an obligation.</def> "The sovereign
was undoubtedly competent to <i>remit</i> penalties."
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive;
pardon; absolve.</p>

<p><hw>Re*mit"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become
moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever <i>remits</i>; the severity
of the weather <i>remits</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To send money, as in payment.</def>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mit"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Disavowing the <i>remitment</i> of
Claudius.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mit"tal</hw> (-t<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the <i>remittal</i> of the
first fruits.</def>  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mit"tance</hw> (r?-m?t"t<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of transmitting money, bills, or the
like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in
discharge of an obligation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The sum or thing remitted.</def>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mit`tee"</hw> (r?-m?t`t?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Com.)</i> <def>One to whom a remittance is sent.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mit"tent</hw> (r?-m?t"t<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remittens</i>, p. pr. : cf. F. <i>r&eacute;mittent</i>.]
<def>Remitting; characterized by remission; having
remissions.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Remittent fever</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a fever in
which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not
wholly cease. See <i>Malarial fever</i>, under
<u>Malarial</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*mit"ter</hw> (-t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who remits.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>One
who pardons.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One who makes
remittance.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The sending or placing back of
a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who
obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights
under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have
entered into possession only by suit.</def>  <i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re*mit"ti*tur</hw> (-t?-t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., (it)
is remitted.] <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A remission or
surrender, -- <i>remittitur damnut</i> being a remission of excess of
damages.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A sending back, as when a
record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court.</def>
<i>Wharton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mit"tor</hw> (-t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>One who makes a remittance; a remitter.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mix"</hw> (r?-m?ks"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To mix
again or repeatedly.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rem"nant</hw> (r?m"n<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>remanant</i>, p. pr. of <i>remanoir</i>, <i>remaindre</i>. See
<u>Remanent</u>, <u>Remain</u>.] <def>Remaining; yet left.</def> [R.]
"Because of the <i>remnant</i> dregs of his disease."
<i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And quiet dedicate her <i>remnant</i> life<BR>
To the just duties of an humble wife.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rem"nant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>remanant</i>. See
<u>Remnant</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which remains after a part is removed,
destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>remnant</i> that are left of the
captivity.</blockquote> <i>Neh. i. 3.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>remnant</i> of my tale is of a length<BR>
To tire your patience.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A small portion; a slight trace; a
fragment; a little bit; a scrap.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Some odd quirks and <i>remnants</i> of
wit.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>An unsold end of piece goods,
as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Residue; rest; remains; remainder.</p>

<p><hw>Re*mod"el</hw> (r?-m?d"?l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
model or fashion anew; to change the form of.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The corporation had been <i>remodeled</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mod`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> (-?-f?-k?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mod"i*fy</hw> (r?-m?d"?-f?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
modify again or anew; to reshape.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>||R&eacute;`mo`lade"</hw> (r?`m?`l?d"),
<hw>||R&eacute;`mou`lad"</hw> (r?`m??`l?d"), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F.] <def>A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling
mayonnaise.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*mold"</hw>, <hw>Re*mould"</hw>  } (r&emacr;*m&omacr;ld"),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To mold or shape anew or again; to
reshape.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mol"lient</hw> (r?-m?l"y<i>e</i>nt or  -l?-<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>remolliens</i>, p. pr. of <i>remollire</i>
to mollify: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;mollient</i>. See <u>Mollient</u>.]
<def>Mollifying; softening.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*mon`e*ti*za"tion</hw> (r?-m?n`?-t?-z?"sh?n or -m?n`-),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of remonetizing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mon"e*tize</hw> (-t?z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
restore to use as money; as, to <i>remonetize</i> silver.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mon"strance</hw> (-m?n"str<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. OF. <i>remonstrance</i>, F. <i>remonstrance</i>. See
<u>Remonstrate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
remonstrating</def>; as: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A pointing out;
manifestation; proof; demonstration.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>You may marvel why I . . . would not rather<BR>
Make rash <i>remonstrance</i> of my hidden power<BR>
Than let him be so lost.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Earnest presentation of reason in
opposition to something; protest; expostulation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(R.C.Ch.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Monstrance</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mon"strant</hw> (-str<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>remonstranc</i>, <i>-antis</i>, p. pr. of <i>remonstrare</i>: cf.
OF. <i>remonstrant</i>, F. <i>remontrant</i>.] <def>Inclined or
tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to
something.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mon"strant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
remonstrates</def>; specifically <i>(Eccl. Hist.)</i>, <def>one of the
Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in
1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of
Dort in 1618. See <u>Arminian</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mon"strant*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
remonstrant manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mon"strate</hw> (-str?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Remonstrated</u> (-str&?;*t&?;d);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Remonstrating</u>.] [LL.
<i>remonstratus</i>, p. p. of <i>remonstrare</i> to remonstrate; L.
pref. <i>re-</i> +  <i>monstrare</i> to show. See <u>Monster</u>.]
<def>To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence,
to prove; to demonstrate.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I will <i>remonstrate</i> to you the third
door.</blockquote> <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mon"strate</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To present and
urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of
proceedings; to expostulate; as, to <i>remonstrate</i> with a person
regarding his habits; to <i>remonstrate</i> against proposed
taxation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It is proper business of a divine to state cases of
conscience, and to <i>remonstrate</i> against any growing corruptions
in practice, and especially in principles.</blockquote>
<i>Waterland.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- <u>Expostulate</u>, <u>Remonstrate</u>.  These words
are commonly interchangeable, the principal difference being that
<i>expostulate</i> is now used especially to signify remonstrance by a
superior or by one in authority. A son <i>remonstrates</i> against the
harshness of a father; a father <i>expostulates</i> with his son on
his waywardness. Subjects <i>remonstrate</i> with their rulers;
sovereigns <i>expostulate</i> with the parliament or the people.</p>

<p><hw>Re`mon*stra"tion</hw> (r?`m?n*str?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. OF. <i>remonstration</i>, LL. <i>remonstratio</i>.] <def>The act
of remonstrating; remonstrance.</def> [R.]  <i>Todd.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mon"stra*tive</hw> (r?*m?n"str?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Having the character of a remonstrance; expressing
remonstrance.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1217 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*mon"stra*tor</hw> (r?*m?n"str?*t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who remonstrates; a remonsrant.</def>  <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mon"tant</hw> (-t<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>[F.]
<i>(Hort.)</i> <def>Rising again; -- applied to a class of roses which
bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which
the Jacqueminot is a well-known example.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re*mon`toir"</hw> (r<i>e</i>-m<u>?n</u>"tw?r"; E. r?-
m?n"tw?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Horology)</i> <def>See under
<u>Escapement</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rem"o*ra</hw> (r?m"?*r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;mora</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Delay; obstacle; hindrance.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of several
species of fishes belonging to <i>Echeneis</i>, <i>Remora</i>, and
allied genera.  Called also <i>sucking fish</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large sucking
disk, having two transverse rows of lamell&aelig;, situated on the top
of the head. They adhere firmly to sharks and other large fishes and
to vessels by this curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or
remora of sharks (<i>Echeneis naucrates</i>), and the swordfish remora
(<i>Remora brachyptera</i>), are common American species.</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>An instrument formerly in
use, intended to retain parts in their places.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rem"o*rate</hw> (-r?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remoratus</i>, p. p. of <i>remorari</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>morari</i> to delay.] <def>To hinder; to delay.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mord"</hw> (r?-m?rd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remordere</i> to bite again, to torment: cf. F. <i>remordre</i>.
See <u>Remorse</u>.] <def>To excite to remorse; to rebuke.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Skelton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mord"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To feel
remorse.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mord"en*cy</hw> (-<i>e</i>n*s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Remorse; compunction; compassion.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Killingbeck.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*morse"</hw> (r?*m?rs"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>remors</i>, OF. <i>remors</i>,F. <i>remords</i>, LL.
<i>remorsus</i>, fr. L. <i>remordere</i>, <i>remorsum</i>, to bite
again or back, to torment; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>mordere</i> to
bite. See <u>Morsel</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The anguish, like
gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience
for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.</def> "Nero
will be tainted with <i>remorse</i>."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Sympathetic sorrow; pity;
compassion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Curse on the unpardoning prince, whom tears can
draw<BR>
To no <i>remorse</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>But evermore it seem'd an easier thing<BR>
At once without <i>remorse</i> to strike her dead.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Compunction; regret; anguish; grief; compassion. See
<u>Compunction</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*morsed"</hw> (r?-m?rst"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Feeling
remorse.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*morse"ful</hw> (-m?rs"f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Full of remorse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The full tide of <i>remorseful</i> passion had
abated.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Compassionate; feeling tenderly.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Exciting pity; pitiable.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*morse"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*morse"ful*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*morse"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Being without
remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel;
insensible to distress; merciless.</def> "<i>Remorseless</i>
adversaries." <i>South.</i> "With <i>remorseless</i> cruelty."
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Unpitying; pitiless; relentless; unrelenting;
implacable; merciless; unmerciful; savage; cruel.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*morse"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*morse"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*mote"</hw> (r?-m?t"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Remoter</u> (-?r);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Remotest</u>.] [L. <i>remotus</i>, p. p.
of <i>removere</i> to remove. See <u>Remove</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in
respect to <i>time</i> or to <i>place</i>; as, <i>remote</i> ages;
<i>remote</i> lands.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Places <i>remote</i> enough are in
Bohemia.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Remote</i> from men, with God he passed his
days.</blockquote> <i>Parnell.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or
being related; -- in various figurative uses.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Not agreeing; alien; foreign.</def> "All
these propositions, how <i>remote</i> soever from reason."
<i>Locke.</i>  <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Not nearly related; not close;
as, a <i>remote</i> connection or consanguinity.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Separate; abstracted.</def> "Wherever the
mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or <i>remote</i>
from, all bodies." <i>Locke.</i> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Not
proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.</def> "From the effect
to the <i>remotest</i> cause." <i>Granville.</i> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd>
<def>Not obvious or sriking; as, a <i>remote</i>
resemblance.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Separated by intervals
greater than usual.</def></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*mote"ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*mote"ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*mo"tion</hw> (r?-m?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remotio</i>. See <u>Remove</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
removing; removal.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>This <i>remotion</i> of the duke and her<BR>
Is practice only.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being remote;
remoteness.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred
by the enormity of their <i>remotion</i>.</blockquote> <i>De
Quincey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mould"</hw> (r?-m?ld"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Remold</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mount"</hw> (r?-mount"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>To mount again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mount"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The opportunity of,
or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with
his equipments; as, to give one a <i>remount</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*mov"a*ble</hw> (r?-m??v"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Admitting of being removed.</def> <i>Ayliffe.</i> --
<wf>Re*mov`a*bil"i*ty</wf> (-&?;-b&?;l"&?;-t&?;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*mov"al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act
of removing, or the state of being removed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*move"</hw> (r?-m??v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Removed</u> (-m??vd"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Removing</u>.] [OF. <i>removoir</i>, <i>remouvoir</i>,
L. <i>removere</i>, <i>remotum</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>movere</i> to move. See <u>Move</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to
displace; as, to <i>remove</i> a building.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou shalt not <i>remove</i> thy neighbor's
landmark.</blockquote> <i>Deut. xix. 14.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I
generally ordered the table to be <i>removed</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cause to leave a person or thing; to
cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to
put an end to; to kill; as, to <i>remove</i> a disease.</def> "King
Richard thus <i>removed</i>."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To dismiss or discharge from office; as,
the President <i>removed</i> many postmasters.</def></p>

<p>&fist; See the Note under <u>Remove</u>, <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*move"</hw> (r?-m??v"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To
change place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or
go from one residence, position, or place to another.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Till Birnam wood <i>remove</i> to Dunsinane,<BR>
I can not taint with fear.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>&fist; The verb <i>remove</i>, in some of its application, is
synonymous with <i>move</i>, but not in all. Thus we do not apply
<i>remove</i> to a mere change of posture, without a change of place
or the seat of a thing. A man <i>moves</i> his head when he turns it,
or his finger when he bends it, but he does not <i>remove</i> it.
<i>Remove</i> usually or always denotes a change of place in a body,
but we never apply it to a regular, continued course or motion. We
never say the wind or water, or a ship, <i>removes</i> at a certain
rate by the hour; but we say a ship was <i>removed</i> from one place
in a harbor to another. <i>Move</i> is a generic term, including the
sense of <i>remove</i>, which is more generally applied to a change
from one station or permanent position, stand, or seat, to another
station.</p>

<p><hw>Re*move"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of removing; a removal.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This place should be at once both school and
university, not needing a <i>remove</i> to any other house of
scholarship.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And drags at each <i>remove</i> a lengthening
chain.</blockquote> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The transfer of one's business, or of one's
domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another; -
- in the United States usually called a <i>move</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It is an English proverb that three <i>removes</i> are
as bad as a fire.</blockquote> <i>J. H. Newman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The state of being removed.</def>
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>That which is removed, as a dish removed
from table to make room for something else.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The distance or space through which
anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a step or
degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an
English public school; as, the boy went up two <i>removes</i> last
year.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A freeholder is but one <i>remove</i> from a
legislator.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Far.)</i> <def>The act of resetting a
horse's shoe.</def>  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*moved"</hw> (r?-m??vd"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Changed in place.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Dismissed from office.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Distant in location; remote.</def>
"Something finer than you could purchase in so <i>removed</i> a
dwelling."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a
cousin once <i>removed</i>.</def></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*mov"ed*ness</wf> (r&?;-m&?;&?;v"&?;d-n&?;s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mov"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
removes; as, a <i>remover</i> of landmarks.</def>  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mu"a*ble</hw> (r?-m?"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.]
<def>That may be removed; removable.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mue"</hw> (r?-m?"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>remuer</i>. See <u>Mew</u> to molt.] <def>To remove.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mu"gi*ent</hw> (r?-m?"j?-<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[L. <i>remugiens</i>, p. pr. of <i>remugire</i>. See <u>Mugient</u>.]
<def>Rebellowing.</def>  <i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re**mu"ner*a*ble</hw> (r?-m?"n?r-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[See <u>Remunerate</u>.] <def>Admitting, or worthy, of
remuneration.</def> -- <wf>Re*mu`ner*a*bil"i*ty</wf> (r&?;-m&?;"n&?;r-
&?;-b&?;l"i-t&?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*mu"ner*ate</hw> (-?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Remunerated</u> (-?"t?d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Remunerating</u>.] [L. <i>remuneratus</i>, p. p. of
<i>remunerare</i>, <i>remunerari</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>munerare</i>, <i>munerari</i>, to give, present, from <i>munus</i>,
<i>muneris</i>, a gift, present.  Cf. <u>Munificent</u>.] <def>To pay
an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice;
to recompense; to requite; as, to <i>remunerate</i> men for
labor.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To reward; recompense; compensate; satisfy; requite;
repay; pay; reimburse.</p>

<p><hw>Re*mu`ner*a"tion</hw> (-?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>remuneratio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;mun&eacute;ration</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of remunerating.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is given to remunerate; an
equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Reward; recompense; compensation; pay; payment;
repayment; satisfaction; requital.</p>

<p><hw>Re*mu"ner*a*tive</hw> (r?-m?"n?r-?-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Cf.F. <i>r&eacute;mun&?;ratif</i>.] <def>Affording remuneration; as,
a <i>remunerative</i> payment for services; a <i>remunerative</i>
business.</def> -<wf>Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
-- <wf>Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*mu"ner*a*to*ry</hw> (-t?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;mun&?;ratoire</i>.] <def>Remunerative.</def>
<i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*mur"mur</hw> (r?-m?r"m?r), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>murmur</i>: cf. F. <i>remurmurare</i>.] <def>To
murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The trembling trees, in every plain and wood,<BR>
Her fate <i>remurmur</i> to the silver flood.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren</hw> (r?n), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Renne</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A run.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren"a*ble</hw> (r?n"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>resnable</i>.] <def>Reasonable; also, loquacious.</def> [Obs.]
"Most <i>renable</i> of tongue." <i>Piers Plowman.</i> --
<wf>Ren"a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re*nais`sance"</hw> (F. r<i>e</i>-n&asl;`s&auml;Ns"; E.
r&esl;-n&amacr;s"s<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr.
<i>rena&icirc;tre</i> to be born again.  Cf. <u>Renascence</u>.]
<def>A new birth, or revival.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of
classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the
similar revival following in other countries.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The style of art which prevailed at this
epoch.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>Renaissance</i> was rather the last stage of the
Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and feudal despotism,
developing what was original in medi&aelig;val ideas by the light of
classic arts and letters.</blockquote> <i>J. A. Symonds (Encyc.
Brit.).</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nais"sant</hw> (r?-n?s"s<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Of or pertaining to the Renaissance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"nal</hw> (r?"n<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>renalis</i>, fr. <i>renes</i> the kidneys or reins: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;nal</i>. See <u>Reins</u>.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Renal calculus</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a concretion
formed in the excretory passages of the kidney.</cd> -- <col><b>Renal
capsules</b></col> or <col><b>glands</b></col>, <cd>the suprarenal
capsules. See under <u>Capsule</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Renal
casts</b></col>, <col><b>Renal colic</b></col>. <i>(Med.)</i> <cd>See
under <u>Cast</u>, and <u>Colic</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re"nal-por`tal</hw> (r?"n<i>a</i>l-p?r"t<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Both renal and portal. See
<u>Portal</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*name"</hw> (r?*n?m"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To give a
new name to.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"ard</hw> (r?n"?rd), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>renard</i>
the fox, the name of the fox in a celebrated epic poem, and of German
origin, G. <i>Reinhard</i>, OHG. <i>Reginhard</i>, properly, strong in
counsel; <i>regin</i> counsel (akin to Goth. <i>ragin</i>) +
<i>hart</i> hard. See <u>Hard</u>.] <def>A fox; -- so called in fables
or familiar tales, and in poetry.</def> [Written also
<i>reynard</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ren"ard*ine</hw> (-?n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is
mentioned.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*nas"cence</hw> (r?-n?s"s<i>e</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[See <u>Renascent</u>, and cf. <u>Renaissance</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The state of being renascent.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Read the Ph&?;nix, and see how the single image of
<i>renascence</i> is varied.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Same as <u>Renaissance</u>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>Renascence</i> . . . which in art, in
literature, and in physics, produced such splendid
fruits.</blockquote> <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nas"cen*cy</hw> (-s<i>e</i>n-s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>State of being renascent.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*nas"cent</hw> (-s<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>renascens</i>, p. pr. of <i>renasci</i> to be born again; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>nasci</i> to be born. See <u>Nascent</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Springing or rising again into being; being
born again, or reproduced.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>See <u>Renaissant</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*nas"ci*ble</hw> (-s?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>renascibilis</i>, from L. <i>renasci</i> to be born again.]
<def>Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into
being.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*nate"</hw> (r?-n?t"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>renatus</i>, p. p. of <i>renasci</i>.] <def>Born again; regenerate;
renewed.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nav"i*gate</hw> (r?-n?v"?-g?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To navigate again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*nay"</hw> (r?-n?"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>reneier</i>, F. <i>renier</i>, F. <i>renier</i>; L. pref. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>negare</i> to deny. See <u>Renegade</u>.] <def>To deny;
to disown.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ren*con"tre</hw> (r?n-k?n"t?r; F. r?N`<u>k?n</u>"tr'),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>Same as <u>Rencounter</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Ren*coun"ter</hw> (r?n-koun"t?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rencountered</u> (-t?rd);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb/ n.</i></pos> <u>Rencountering</u>.] [F.
<i>rencontrer</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> + OF. <i>encontrer</i> to
encounter. See <u>Encounter</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To meet
unexpectedly; to encounter.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To attack hand to hand.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren*coun"ter</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To meet
unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision;
to skirmish.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren*coun"ter</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rencontre</i>,
from <i>renconter</i> to meet.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A meeting of
two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in
opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The justling chiefs in rude <i>rencounter</i>
join.</blockquote> <i>Granville.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A causal combat or action; a sudden contest
or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small
parties.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The confederates should . . . outnumber the enemy in
all <i>rencounters</i> and engagements.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Combat; fight; conflict; collision; clash.</p>

<p><hw>Rend</hw> (r&ebreve;nd), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rent</u> (r?nt); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rending</u>.] [AS. <i>rendan</i>, <i>hrendan</i>; cf.
OFries. <i>renda</i>, <i>randa</i>, Fries. <i>renne</i> to cut, rend,
Icel. <i>hrinda</i> to push, thrust, AS. <i>hrindan</i>; or cf. Icel.
<i>r&?;na</i> to rob, plunder, Ir. <i>rannaim</i> to divide, share,
part, W. <i>rhanu</i>, Armor. <i>ranna</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear
asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder <i>rends</i> a rock in
blasting; lightning <i>rends</i> an oak.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The dreadful thunder<BR>
Doth <i>rend</i> the region.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To part or tear off forcibly; to take away
by force.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>An empire from its old foundations
<i>rent</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I will surely <i>rend</i> the kingdom from
thee.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings xi. 11.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rap and rend</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Rap</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, to snatch.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture;
crack; split.</p>

<p><hw>Rend</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be rent or torn; to
become parted; to separate; to split.</def>  <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rend"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Rend</u>.]
<def>One who rends.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"der</hw> (r?n"d?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rendered</u> (-d?rd);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rendering</u>.] [F. <i>rendre</i>, LL. <i>rendre</i>,
fr. L. <i>reddere</i>; pref. <i>red-</i>, <i>re-</i>, re- +
<i>dare</i> to give. See <u>Date</u>time, and cf. <u>Reddition</u>,
<u>Rent</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To return; to pay back; to
restore.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Whose smallest minute lost, no riches <i>render</i>
may.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To inflict, as a retribution; to
requite.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I will <i>render</i> vengeance to mine
enemies.</blockquote> <i>Deut. xxxii. 41.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To give up; to yield; to
surrender.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I 'll make her <i>render</i> up her page to
me.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to furnish; to contribute.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Logic <i>renders</i> its daily service to wisdom and
virtue.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to
<i>render</i> an account; to <i>render</i> judgment.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To cause to be, or to become; as, to
<i>render</i> a person more safe or more unsafe; to <i>render</i> a
fortress secure.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To translate from one language into
another; as, to <i>render</i> Latin into English.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To interpret; to set forth, represent, or
exhibit; as, an actor <i>renders</i> his part poorly; a singer
<i>renders</i> a passage of music with great effect; a painter
<i>renders</i> a scene in a felicitous manner.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He did <i>render</i> him the most unnatural<BR>
That lived amongst men.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow,
etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to <i>render</i>
tallow.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without
the use of lath.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"der</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To give an account; to make explanation or confession.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To pass; to run; -- said of
the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope
<i>renders</i> well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give
way.</def>  <i>Totten.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren"der</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
surrender.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A return; a payment of rent.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In those early times the king's household was supported
by specific <i>renders</i> of corn and other victuals from the tenants
of the demains.</blockquote> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An account given; a statement.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1218 !></p>

<p><hw>Ren"der*a*ble</hw> (r?n"d?r-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being rendered.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"der*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who renders.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is
rendered.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"der*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of one who
renders, or that which is rendered.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A version; translation; as, the
<i>rendering</i> of the Hebrew text.</def> <i>Lowth.</i>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>In art, the presentation, expression, or
interpretation of an idea, theme, or part.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<def>The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or
stonework.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>The coat of plaster thus
laid on.</def> <i>Gwilt.</i> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>The process of
trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal
fat.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"dez*vous</hw> (r?n"d?*v&oomac; or <u>r?n</u>"-; 277),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rendezvouses</b></plw>
(r&?;n"d&?;-v&oomac;`z&?;z). [Rare in the plural.] [F. <i>rendez-
vous</i>, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See
<u>Render</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A place appointed for a
meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>An inn, the free <i>rendezvous</i> of all
travelers.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Especially, the appointed place for troops,
or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for
enlistment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together
to a <i>rendezvous</i> at Marlborough.</blockquote>
<i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A meeting by appointment.</def>
<i>Sprat.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Retreat; refuge.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren"dez*vous</hw> (r&ebreve;n"d&ebreve;*v&oomac; or r&auml;N"-;
277), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &. p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Rendezvoused</u> (-v&oomac;d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rendezvousing</u> (-v&oomac;*&ibreve;ng).] <def>To assemble or meet
at a particular place.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"dez*vous</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To bring
together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.</def>
<i>Echard.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rend"i*ble</hw> (r?nd"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From
<u>Rend</u>.] <def>Capable of being rent or torn.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"di*ble</hw> (r?n"d?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Render</u>.] <def>Capable, or admitting, of being
rendered.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren*di"tion</hw> (r?n-d?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>rendere</i> to render: cf. L. <i>redditio</i>. See <u>Render</u>,
and cf. <u>Reddition</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of rendering; especially, the act
of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign
government; also, surrender in war.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood
after articles of <i>rendition</i>.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Translation; rendering; version.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This <i>rendition</i> of the word seems also most
naturally to agree with the genuine meaning of some other words in the
same verse.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rend"rock`</hw> (r?nd"r?k`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kind
of dynamite used in blasting.</def> [U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Ren"e*gade</hw> (r?n"?-g?d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp.
<i>renegado</i>, LL. <i>renegatus</i>, fr. <i>renegare</i> to deny; L.
pref. <i>re-</i> re- +  <i>negare</i> to deny. See <u>Negation</u>,
<i>and cf</i>. <u>Runagate</u>.] <def>One faithless to principle or
party.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An apostate from
Christianity or from any form of religious faith.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>James justly regarded these <i>renegades</i> as the
most serviceable tools that he could employ.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One who deserts from a military or naval
post; a deserter.</def> <i>Arbuthnot.</i> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A
common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren`e*ga"do</hw> (r?n`?-g?"d?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp.]
<def>See <u>Renegade</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"e*gat</hw> (r?n"?-g?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Runegate</u>.] <def>A renegade.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren`e*ga"tion</hw> (r?n`?-ga"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
denial.</def> [R.] "Absolute <i>renegation</i> of Christ."
<i>Milman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nege"</hw> (r?-n?j" or r?-n?g"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[LL. <i>renegare</i>. See <u>Renegade</u>.] <def>To deny; to
disown.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>All Europe high (all sorts of rights
<i>reneged</i>)<BR>
Against the truth and thee unholy leagued.</blockquote>
<i>Sylvester.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nege"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To deny.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Card Playing)</i> <def>To revoke.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*nerve"</hw> (r?-n?rv"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*new"</hw> (r?-n?"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reneved</u> (-n?d"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Renewing</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>new</i>.  Cf.
<u>Renovate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make new again; to
restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to
rejuvenate; to re&?;stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In such a night<BR>
Medea gathered the enchanted herbs<BR>
That did <i>renew</i> old &?;son.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, to substitute for (an old
obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in
force; to make again; as, to <i>renew</i> a lease, note, or
patent.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To begin again; to recommence.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The last great age . . . <i>renews</i> its finished
course.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To repeat; to go over again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The birds-their notes <i>renew</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>To make new spiritually; to
regenerate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Be ye transformed by the <i>renewing</i> of your
mind.</blockquote> <i>Rom. xii. 2.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*new"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To become new, or as
new; to grow or begin again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*new`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (-?-b?l"?-t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or state of being renewable.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*new"a*ble</hw> (r?-n?"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being renewed; as, a lease <i>renewable</i> at
pleasure.</def>  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*new"al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act
of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the <i>renewal</i> of
a treaty.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*new"ed*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Again; once
more.</def> [U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*new"ed*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being renewed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*new"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, renews.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*neye"</hw> (r?-n?"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See
<u>Renay</u>.] <def>To deny; to reject; to renounce.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>For he made every man <i>reneye</i> his
law.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reng</hw> (r?ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rank</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A rank; a row.</def>
[Obs.] "In two <i>renges</i> fair."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A rung or round of a ladder.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nid`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> (r?-n?d`?-f?-k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The act of rebuilding a
nest.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"i*form</hw> (r?n"?-f?rm; 277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>renes</i> kidneys + <i>-form</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;niforme</i>.]
<def>Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a <i>reniform</i>
mineral; a <i>reniform</i> leaf.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*ni"tence</hw> (r?-n?"t<i>e</i>ns), <hw>Re*ni"ten*cy</hw>
(-t<i>e</i>-s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;nitence</i>.] <def>The state or quality of being renitent;
resistance; reluctance.</def>  <i>Sterne.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We find a <i>renitency</i> in ourselves to ascribe life
and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of
plants.</blockquote> <i>E. Darwin.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ni"tent</hw> (-t<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>renitens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>renit</i> to strive or
struggle against, resist; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>niti</i> to
struggle or strive: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;nitent</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by
elastic force.</def> "[Muscles] soft and yet <i>renitent</i>."
<i>Ray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Persistently opposed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"ne</hw> (r?n"n<i>e</i>), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
plunder; -- only in the phrase "to rape and <i>renne</i>." See under
<u>Rap</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, to snatch.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren"ne</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To run.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren"ner</hw> (-n?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A runner.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren"net</hw> (r?n"n?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rainette</i>, <i>reinette</i>, perhaps fr. <i>raine</i> a tree
frog, L. <i>rana</i>, because it is spotted like this kind of frog.
Cf. <u>Ranunculus</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name of many different
kinds of apples.  Cf. <u>Reinette</u>.</def>  <i>Mortimer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren"net</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rinnan</i>,
<i>rennan</i>, to run, cf. <i>gerinnan</i> to curdle, coagulate.
&radic;11. See <u>Run</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>The inner, or
mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young
ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating
milk.</def> [Written also <i>runnet</i>.]</p>

<p><col><b>Cheese rennet</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Cheese</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rennet ferment</b></col> <i>(Physiol.
Chem.)</i>, <cd>a ferment, present in rennet and in variable quantity
in the gastric juice of most animals, which has the power of curdling
milk. The ferment presumably acts by changing the casein of milk from
a soluble to an insoluble form.</cd> -- <col><b>Rennet
stomach</b></col> <i>(Anat.)</i>, <cd>the fourth stomach, or abomasum,
of ruminants.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ren"net*ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Provided or treated
with rennet.</def> [R.] "Pressed milk <i>renneted</i>."
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren"net*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same
as 1st <u>Rennet</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"ning</hw> (r?n"n?ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See 2d
<u>Rennet</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore
they use it instead of <i>renning</i>, to turn milk.</blockquote>
<i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`no*mee"</hw> (r&amacr;`n&osl;*m&amacr;"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>renomm&eacute;e</i>.] <def>Renown.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nounce"</hw> (r&esl;*nouns"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Renounced</u> (-nounst");
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Renouncing</u> (-noun"s?ng).] [F.
<i>renoncer</i>, L. <i>renuntiare</i> to bring back word, announce,
revoke, retract, renounce; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>nuntiare</i> to
announce, fr. <i>nuncius</i>, a messenger. See <u>Nuncio</u>, <i>and
cf</i>. <u>Renunciation</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To declare
against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or
acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to <i>renounce</i> a
title to land or to a throne.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cast off or reject deliberately; to
disown; to dismiss; to forswear.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This world I do <i>renounce</i>, and in your sights<BR>
Shake patiently my great affliction off.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Card Playing)</i> <def>To disclaim having a
card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To renounce probate</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>to decline
to act as the executor of a will.</cd> <i>Mozley & W.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny;
abjure; recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign; relinquish;
give up; abdicate.  -- <u>Renounce</u>, <u>Abjure</u>, <u>Recant</u>.
-- To <i>renounce</i> is to make an affirmative declaration of
abandonment. To <i>abjure</i> is to renounce with, or as with, the
solemnity of an oath. To <i>recant</i> is to renounce or abjure some
proposition previously affirmed and maintained.</p>

<p><blockquote>From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace<BR>
Can force me to <i>renounce</i> the honor of my race.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Either to die the death, or to <i>abjure</i><BR>
Forever the society of man.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Ease would <i>recant</i><BR>
Vows made in pain, as violent and void.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nounce"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To make renunciation.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He of my sons who fails to make it good,<BR>
By one rebellious act <i>renounces</i> to my blood.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To decline formally, as an
executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take
out probate or letters.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Dryden died without a will, and his widow having
<i>renounced</i>, his son Charles administered on June
10.</blockquote> <i>W. D. Christie.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nounce"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Card Playing)</i>
<def>Act of renouncing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*nounce"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>renoncement</i>.] <def>The act of disclaiming or rejecting;
renunciation.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*noun"cer</hw> (r?-noun"s?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who renounces.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"o*vate</hw> (r?n"?-v?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>renovatus</i>, p. p. of <i>renovare</i>;pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>novare</i> to make new, fr. <i>novus</i> new. See <u>New</u>, and
&?;&?; <u>Renew</u>.] <def>To make over again; to restore to freshness
or vigor; to renew.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All nature feels the <i>reniovating</i> force<BR>
Of winter.</blockquote> <i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren`o**va"tion</hw> (-v?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>renovatio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;novation</i>.] <def>The act or
process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed.</def>
<i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual
<i>renovation</i> of the world.</blockquote> <i>Rabbler.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren"o*va`tor</hw> (r?n"?-v?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.: cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;novateur</i>.] <def>One who, or that which,
renovates.</def>  <i>Foster.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nov"el</hw> (r?-n?v"<i>e</i>l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>renouveler</i> to renew.] <def>To renew; to renovate.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nov"el*ance</hw> (-<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Renewal.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nowme"</hw> (r?-noum"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Renown.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The glory and <i>renowme</i> of the
ancectors.</blockquote> <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nowmed"</hw> (r?-noumd"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Renowned.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*nown"</hw> (r?-noun"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>renom</i>. See <u>Noun</u>, and cf. <u>Renown</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state of being much
known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive
praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; --
always in a good sense.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Nor envy we<BR>
Thy great <i>renown</i>, nor grudge thy victory.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Report of nobleness or exploits;
praise.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This famous duke of Milan,<BR>
Of whom so often I have heard <i>renown</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nown"</hw> (r?-noun"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>renommer</i> to name again, celebrate, make famous; pref. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>nommer</i> to name, L. <i>nominare</i> , fr.
<i>nomen</i> a name. See <u>Noun</u>.] <def>To make famous; to give
renown to.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>For joi to hear me so <i>renown</i> his
son.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The bard whom pilfered pastorals
<i>renown</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nowned"</hw> (r?-nound"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Famous;
celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for
grandeur; eminent; as, a <i>renowned</i> king.</def> "Some
<i>renowned</i> metropolis with glistering spires."
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>These were the <i>renowned</i> of the
congregation.</blockquote> <i>Num. i. 61.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Famous; famed; distinguished; noted; eminent;
celebrated; remarkable; wonderful. See <u>Famous</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*nown"ed*ly</hw> (r?-noun"?d-l?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>With renown.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*nown"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who gives
renown.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*nown"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having great
renown; famous.</def> "<i>Renownful</i> Scipio."  <i>Marston.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*nown"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Without renown;
inglorius.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rens"se*laer*ite</hw> (r?ns"s<i>e</i>-l?r-?t),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A soft, compact variety of
talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into
inkstands and other articles.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rent</hw> (r?nt), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To rant.</def>
[R. & Obs.]  <i>Hudibras.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rent</hw>, <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Rend</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Rend</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An opening made by rending; a break or breach
made by force; a tear.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>See what a <i>rent</i> the envious Casca
made.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of
harmony; a separation; as, a <i>rent</i> in the church.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Fissure; breach; disrupture; rupture; tear;
dilaceration; break; fracture.</p>

<p><hw>Rent</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To tear. See
<u>Rend</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rente</i>, LL.
<i>renta</i>, fr. L. <i>reddita</i>, fem. sing. or neut. pl. of
<i>redditus</i>, p. p. of <i>reddere</i> to give back, pay. See
<u>Render</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Income; revenue. See
<u>Catel</u>.</def> [Obs.] "Catel had they enough and <i>rent</i>."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>[Bacchus] a waster was and all his <i>rent</i><BR>
In wine and bordel he dispent.</blockquote> <i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>So bought an annual <i>rent</i> or two,<BR>
And liv'd, just as you see I do.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Pay; reward; share; toll.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Death, that taketh of high and low his
<i>rent</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A certain periodical profit,
whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands
and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary
sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed
intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its
appendages; as, <i>rent</i> for a farm, a house, a park,
etc.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The term <i>rent</i> is also popularly applied to
compensation for the use of certain personal chattels, as a piano, a
sewing machine, etc.</p>

<p><col><b>Black rent</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Blackmail</u>, 3.</cd> --
<col><b>Forehand rent</b></col>, <cd>rent which is paid in advance;
foregift.</cd> -- <col><b>Rent arrear</b></col>, rent in arrears;
unpaid rent. <i>Blackstone.</i> -- <col><b>Rent charge</b></col>
<i>(Law)</i>, <cd>a rent reserved on a conveyance of land in fee
simple, or granted out of lands by deed; -- so called because, by a
covenant or clause in the deed of conveyance, the land is charged with
a distress for the payment of it.</cd> <i>Bouvier.</i> -- <col><b>Rent
roll</b></col>, <cd>a list or account of rents or income; a
rental.</cd> -- <col><b>Rent seck</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>a rent
reserved by deed, but without any clause of distress; barren rent. A
power of distress was made incident to rent seck by Statute 4 George
II. c. 28.</cd> -- <col><b>Rent service</b></col> <i>(Eng. Law)</i>,
<cd>rent reserved out of land held by fealty or other corporeal
service; -- so called from such service being incident to it.</cd> --
<col><b>White rent</b></col>, <cd>a quitrent when paid in silver; --
opposed to <i>black rent</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rent</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rented</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Renting</u>.] [F. <i>renter</i>. See <u>Rent</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To grant the possession
and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or
house <i>rents</i> it.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To take and hold under an agreement to pay
rent; as, the tennant <i>rents</i> an estate of the owner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rent</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be leased, or let
for rent; as, an estate <i>rents</i> for five hundred dollars a
year.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rent"a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of
being rented, or suitable for renting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rent"age</hw> (-?j), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. OF.
<i>rentage</i>.] <def>Rent.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rent"al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>rentale</i>, fr. <i>renta</i>. See <u>Rent</u> income.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A schedule, account, or list of rents, with
the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A sum total of rents; as, an estate that
yields a <i>rental</i> of ten thousand dollars a year.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rente</hw> (r&auml;Nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See
<u>Rent</u> income.] <def>In France, interest payable by government on
indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent
government indebtedness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rent"er</hw> (r?nt"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who rents
or leases an estate; -- usually said of a lessee or tenant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"ter</hw> (r?n"t?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rentered</u> (-t?rd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rentering</u>.] [F. <i>rentraire</i>; L. pref. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>in</i> into, in + <i>trahere</i> to draw.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To sew together so that the seam is scarcely
visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To restore the original design of, by
working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren"ter*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
renters.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ren`tier"</hw> (r?N`ty?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See 5th
<u>Rent</u>.] <def>One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks,
or the like.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*nu"mer*ate</hw> (r?-n?"m?r-?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>renumeratus</i>, p. p. of <i>renumerare</i> to count over, count
up; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +  <i>numerare</i> to count. See
<u>Numerate</u>.] <def>To recount.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*nun`ci*a"tion</hw> (r?-n?n`s?-?"sh?n or -sh?-?"sh?n; 277),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>renonciation</i>, L.
<i>renuntiatio</i> ann announcement. See <u>Renounce</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of renouncing.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Formal declination to take out
letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or
right.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Renouncement; disownment; disavowal; disavowment;
disclaimer; rejection; abjuration; recantation; denial; abandonment;
relinquishment.</p>

<p><! p. 1219 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*nun"ci*a*to*ry</hw> (r?-n?n"sh?-?-t?-r?),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. LL. <i>renuntiatorius</i>.] <def>Pertaining
to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as,
<i>renunciatory</i> vows.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren*verse"</hw> (r?n-vErs"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>renverser</i>; L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>in</i> in, into +
<i>versare</i>, v. intens. fr. <i>vertere</i> to turn.] <def>To
reverse.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Whose shield he bears <i>renverst</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ren*verse"</hw> (r?n*v?rs"), or
<hw>||Ren`ver`s&eacute;"</hw> (r?n`v?r`s?") }, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[F. <i>renvers&eacute;</i>, <i>p. p.</i> ] <i>(Her.)</i>
<def>Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the
natural position.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ren*verse"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.]
<def>A reversing.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ren*voy"</hw> (-voi"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>renvoyer</i>.] <def>To send back.</def> [Obs.] "Not dismissing or
<i>renvoying</i> her."  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ren*voy"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>renvoi</i>.] <def>A
sending back.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`ob*tain"</hw> (r?`?b-t?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
obtain again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ob*tain"a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That
may be reobtained.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*oc"cu*py</hw> (r?-?k"k?-p?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
occupy again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*om"e*ter</hw> (r?-?m"?-t$r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same
as <u>Rheometer</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*o"pen</hw> (r?-?"p'n), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To
open again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`op*pose"</hw> (r?`?p-p?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
oppose again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`or*dain"</hw> (r?`?r-d?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> re- +  <i>ordain</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;ordonner</i>.]
<def>To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered
defective.</def>  <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*or"der</hw> (r?-?r"d?r), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
order a second time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*or`di*na"tion</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second
ordination.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*or`gan*i*za"tion</hw> (-g<i>a</i>n-?-z?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of reorganizing; a reorganized
existence; as, <i>reorganization</i> of the troops.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*or"gan*ize</hw> (r?-?r"g<i>a</i>n-?z), <pos><i>v. t. &
i.</i></pos> <def>To organize again or anew; as, to <i>reorganize</i>
a society or an army.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*o"ri*ent</hw> (r?-?"r?-<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Rising again.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The life <i>reorient</i> out of dust.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"o*stat</hw> (r?"?-st?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Physics)</i> <def>See <u>Rheostat</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"o*trope</hw> (-tr?p), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Physics)</i>
<def>See <u>Rheotrope</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep</hw> (r?p), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Prob. a corruption of
<i>rib</i>: cf. F. <i>reps</i>.] <def>A fabric made of silk or wool,
or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed
surface.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Formed with a surface
closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics
of silk or wool; as, <i>rep</i> silk.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pace"</hw> (r?-p?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To pace
again; to walk over again in a contrary direction.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pac"i*fy</hw> (r?-p?s"?-f?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
pacify again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pack"</hw> (r?-p?k"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To pack a
second time or anew; as, to <i>repack</i> beef; to <i>repack</i> a
trunk.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pack"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
repacks.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pa"gan*ize</hw> (r?-p?"g<i>a</i>n-?z), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To paganize anew; to bring back to
paganism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*paid"</hw> (r?-p?d"), <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Repay</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*paint"</hw> (r?-p?nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
paint anew or again; as, to <i>repaint</i> a house; to <i>repaint</i>
the ground of a picture.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pair"</hw> (r?-p?r"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>repairen</i>, OF. <i>repairier</i> to return, fr. L.
<i>repatriare</i> to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>patria</i> native country, fr. <i>pater</i>
father. See <u>Father</u>, and cf. <u>Repatriate</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To return.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>I thought . . . that he <i>repaire</i> should
again.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To go; to betake one's self; to resort;
ass, to <i>repair</i> to sanctuary for safety.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Go, mount the winds, and to the shades
<i>repair</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pair"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>repaire</i>
retreat, asylum, abode. See <u>Repair</u> to go.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of repairing or resorting to a place.</def> [R.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The king sent a proclamation for their <i>repair</i> to
their houses.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a
resort.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>There the fierce winds his tender force assail<BR>
And beat him downward to his first <i>repair</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pair"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Repaired</u> (-p?rd"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Repairing</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;parer</i>, L.
reparare; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>parare</i> to prepare. See
<u>Pare</u>, and cf. <u>Reparation</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or
partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to
<i>repair</i> a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to <i>repair</i> a
shattered fortune.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Secret refreshings that <i>repair</i> his
strength.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Do thou, as thou art wont, <i>repair</i><BR>
My heart with gladness.</blockquote> <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make amends for, as for an injury, by an
equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to <i>repair</i> a loss or
damage.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I 'll <i>repair</i> the misery thou dost
bear.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve;
recruit.</p>

<p><hw>Re*pair"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury,
or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are
collected for the <i>repair</i> of a church or of a city.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Sunk down and sought <i>repair</i><BR>
Of sleep, which instantly fell on me.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Condition with respect to soundness,
perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, <i>repair</i>; the
book is out of <i>repair</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pair"a*ble</hw> (-?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Reparable.</def>  <i>Gauden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pair"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pair"ment</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act of
repairing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pand"</hw> (r?*p?nd), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repandus</i> bent backward, turned up; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>pandus</i> bent, crooked.] <i>(Bot. & Zool.)</i> <def>Having a
slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`a*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?p`?-r?-b?l"?-t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of being
reparable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"a*ra*ble</hw> (r?p"?-r?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reparabilis</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;parable</i>.] <def>Capable of
being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good;
restorable; as, a <i>reparable</i> injury.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"a*ra*bly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a reparable
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`a*ra"tion</hw> (-r?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;paration</i>, L. <i>reparatio</i>. See <u>Repair</u> to
mend.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of renewing, restoring, etc.,
or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the <i>reparation</i>
of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, <i>repair</i> is
oftener used.</def>  <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of making amends or giving
satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the
thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity.</def>
</p>

<p><blockquote>I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose
writings, and make what <i>reparation</i> I am able.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Restoration; repair; restitution; compensation;
amends; satisfaction.</p>

<p><hw>Re*par"a*tive</hw> (r?-p?r"?-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Repairing, or tending to repair.</def>  <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*par"a*tive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which
repairs.</def>  <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*par"el</hw> (-?l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
<u>Reapparel</u>.] <def>A change of apparel; a second or different
suit.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep`ar*tee"</hw> (r?p`3r-t?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>repartie</i>, fr. <i>repartir</i> to reply, depart again; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- <i>partir</i> to part, depart. See <u>Part</u>.] <def>A
smart, ready, and witty reply.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Cupid was as bad as he;<BR>
Hear but the youngster's <i>repartee</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Retort; reply. See <u>Retort</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rep`ar*tee"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reparteed</u> (-t?d"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reparteeing</u>.] <def>To make smart and witty
replies.</def> [R.]  <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re`par*ti`mi*en"to</hw> (r?`p?r-t?`m?-?n"t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp., fr. <i>repartir</i> to divide.] <def>A
partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment
of taxes.</def>  <i>W. Irving.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`par*to"tion</hw> (r?-p?r-t?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Another, or an additional, separation into parts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pass"</hw> (r?-p?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-
</i> + <i>pass</i>: cf. F. <i>repasser</i>.  Cf. <u>Repace</u>.]
<def>To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction;
to pass a second time; as, to <i>repass</i> a bridge or a river; to
<i>repass</i> the sea.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pass"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To pass or go back;
to move back; as, troops passing and <i>repassing</i> before our
eyes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pas"sage</hw> (r?-p?s"s?j;48), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act of repassing; passage back.</def>  <i>Hakluyt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pas"sant</hw> (r?-p?s"s<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>repassant</i>, p. pr.] <i>(Her.)</i>
<def>Counterpassant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*past"</hw> (r?-p?st"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>repast</i>, F. <i>repas</i>, LL. <i>repastus</i>, fr. L.
<i>repascere</i> to feed again; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>pascere</i>,
<i>pastum</i>, to pasture, feed. See <u>Pasture</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of taking food.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>From dance to sweet <i>repast</i> they
turn.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is taken as food; a meal;
figuratively, any refreshment.</def> "Sleep . . . thy best
<i>repast</i>."  <i>Denham.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Go and get me some <i>repast</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*past"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To supply food
to; to feast; to take food.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Repast</i> them with my
blood."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He then, also, as before, left arbitrary the dieting
and <i>repasting</i> of our minds.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*past"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who takes
a repast.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*pas"ture</hw> (-p?s"t?r;135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Repast</u>.] <def>Food; entertainment.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Food for his rage, <i>repasture</i> for his
den.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pa"tri*ate</hw> (r?-p?"tr?-?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repatriare</i>. See 1st <u>Repair</u>.] <def>To restore to one's
own country.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pa`tri*a"tion</hw> (-?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. LL.
<i>repatriatio</i> return to one's country.] <def>Restoration to one's
country.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pay"</hw> (r?-p?"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Repaid</u> (-p?d"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Repaying</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>pay</i>: cf. F.
<i>repayer</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To pay back; to refund; as,
to <i>repay</i> money borrowed or advanced.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If you <i>repay</i> me not on such a day,<BR>
In such a place, such sum or sums.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make return or requital for; to
recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to <i>repay</i> kindness;
to <i>repay</i> an injury.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Benefits which can not be <i>repaid</i> . . . are not
commonly found to increase affection.</blockquote> <i>Rambler.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To pay anew, or a second time, as a
debt.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate;
remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.</p>

<p><hw>Re*pay"a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loan <i>repayable</i>
in ten days; services <i>repayable</i> in kind.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pay"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of repaying; reimbursement.</def>
<i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The money or other thing repaid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*peal"</hw> (r?-p?l"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Repealed</u> (-p?ld"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Repealing</u>.] [OF. <i>repeler</i> to call back, F.
<i>rappeler</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + OF. <i>apeler</i>, F.
<i>appeler</i>, to call, L. <i>appellare</i>. See <u>Appeal</u>, and.
cf. <u>Repel</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To recall; to summon again,
as persons.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The banished Bolingbroke <i>repeals</i> himself,<BR>
And with uplifted arms is safe arrived.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To recall, as a deed, will, law, or
statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of
the legislature; as, to <i>repeal</i> a law.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To suppress; to repel.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Whence Adam soon <i>repealed</i><BR>
The doubts that in his heart arose.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul;
abrogate; cancel; reverse. See <u>Abolish</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*peal"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Recall, as from exile.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people<BR>
Will be as rash in the <i>repeal</i>, as hasty<BR>
To expel him thence.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Revocation; abrogation; as, the
<i>repeal</i> of a statute; the <i>repeal</i> of a law or a
usage.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*peal`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (-?-b?l"?-t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or state of being repealable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*peal"a*ble</hw> (r?-p?l"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being repealed.</def> -- <wf>Re*peal"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Revocable; abrogable; voidable; reversible.</p>

<p><hw>Re*peal"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the
repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and
Ireland.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*peal"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Recall, as from banishment.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*peat"</hw> (-p?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Repeated</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Repeating</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;p&eacute;ter</i>, L.
<i>repetere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +  <i>petere</i> to fall upon,
attack. See <u>Petition</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or
utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to <i>repeat</i> an effort, an
order, or a poem.</def>  "I will <i>repeat</i> our former
communication."  <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Not well conceived of God; who, though his power<BR>
Creation could <i>repeat</i>, yet would be loth<BR>
Us to abolish.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make trial of again; to undergo or
encounter again.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Waller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Scots Law)</i> <def>To repay or refund (an
excess received).</def></p>

<p><col><b>To repeat one's self</b></col>, <cd>to do or say what one
has already done or said.</cd> -- <col><b>To repeat signals</b></col>,
<cd>to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by
repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate;
rehearse; recapitulate. See <u>Reiterate</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*peat"</hw> (r?-p?t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of repeating; repetition.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is repeated; as, the
<i>repeat</i> of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved
figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico
printing, etc.).</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A mark, or series of dots,
placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be
repeated in performance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*peat"ed*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>More than once;
again and again; indefinitely.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*peat"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, repeats.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will
indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A repeating firearm.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Teleg.)</i> <def>An instrument for resending a
telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.</def>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>A person who votes more than once at an
election.</def> [U.S.] <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>See <i>Circulating
decimal</i>, under <u>Decimal</u>.</def> <sd><i>(f)</i></sd>
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in
a hoist of signal is duplicated.</def>  <i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*peat"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Doing the same
thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in
succession; as, a <i>repeating</i> firearm; a <i>repeating</i>
watch.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Repeating circle</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under
<u>Circle</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 3.</cd> -- <col><b>Repeating
decimal</b></col> <i>(Arith.)</i>, <cd>a circulating decimal. See
under <u>Decimal</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Repeating firearm</b></col>,
<cd>a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick
succession</cd>; especially: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A form of firearm
so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are
successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech
of the barrel, and fired.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A form in which
the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at
the breech of the barrel. See <u>Revolver</u>, and <i>Magazine
gun</i>, under <u>Magazine</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Repeating
instruments</b></col> <i>(Astron. & Surv.)</i>, <cd>instruments for
observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so constructed that
the angle may be measured several times in succession, and different,
but successive and contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before
reading off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the
number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a measure from
errors of eccentricity and graduation.</cd> -- <col><b>Repeating
watch</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Repeater</u> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd></cd></p>

<p><hw>Rep"e*da"tion</hw> (r?p`?-da"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repedare</i> to step back; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>pes</i>,
<i>pedis</i>, foot.] <def>A stepping or going back.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re**pel"</hw> (r?-p?l"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Repelled</u> (-p?ld"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Repelling</u>.] [L. <i>repellere</i>, <i>repulsum</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>pellere</i> to drive. See <u>Pulse</u> a
beating, and cf. <u>Repulse</u>, <u>Repeal</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to
repulse as, to <i>repel</i> an enemy or an assailant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Hippomedon <i>repelled</i> the hostile
tide.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>They <i>repelled</i> each other strongly, and yet
attracted each other strongly.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To resist or oppose effectually; as, to
<i>repel</i> an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[He] gently <i>repelled</i> their
entreaties.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.</p>

<p><hw>Re*pel"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To act with force in
opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*pel"lence</hw> (-l<i>e</i>ns), <hw>Re*pel"len*cy</hw> (-
l<i>e</i>n-s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The principle of
repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pel"lent</hw> (-l<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repellens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. ] <def>Driving back; able or
tending to repel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pel"lent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>That which repels.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A remedy to repel from a
tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A kind of waterproof cloth.</def>
<i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pel"ler</hw> (-l?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, repels.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"pent</hw> (r?"p?nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>repens</i>,
<i>-entis</i>, creeping, p. pr. of <i>repere</i> to creep.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Prostrate and rooting; -- said
of stems.</def>  <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Reptant</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pent"</hw> (r?-p?nt"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Repented</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Repenting</u>.] [F. <i>se repentir</i>; L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>poenitere</i> to make repent, <i>poenitet me</i> it repents me, I
repent. See <u>Penitent</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To feel pain,
sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>First she relents<BR>
With pity; of that pity then <i>repents</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To change the mind, or the course of
conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Lest, peradventure, the people <i>repent</i> when they
see war, and they return to Egypt.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xiii.
17.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>To be sorry for sin as
morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice
sin.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Except ye <i>repent</i>, ye shall likewise
perish.</blockquote> <i>Luke xii. 3.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pent"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I do <i>repent</i> it from my very soul.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1220 !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To feel regret or sorrow; -- used
reflexively.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>My father has <i>repented</i> him ere now.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used
impersonally.</def> [Archaic] "And it <i>repented</i> the Lord that he
had made man on the earth."  <i>Gen. vi. 6.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pent"ance</hw> (r&esl;*p&ebreve;nt"<i>a</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>repentance</i>.] <def>The act of
repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has
done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Godly sorrow worketh <i>repentance</i> to
salvation.</blockquote> <i>2. Cor. vii. 20.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Repentance</i> is a change of mind, or a conversion
from sin to God.</blockquote> <i>Hammond.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from
the conviction that it has offended God. Sorrow, fear, and anxiety are
properly not parts, but adjuncts, of <i>repentance</i>; yet they are
too closely connected with it to be easily separated.</blockquote>
<i>Rambler.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Contrition; regret; penitence; contriteness;
compunction. See <u>Contrition</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*pent"ant</hw> (-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>repentant</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Penitent; sorry for
sin.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Thus they, in lowliest plight, <i>repentant</i>
stood.</blockquote> <i>Millton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as,
<i>repentant</i> tears; <i>repentant</i> ashes.</def>
"<i>Repentant</i> sighs and voluntary pains."  <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pent"ant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who repents,
especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pent"ant*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a repentant
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pent"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
repents.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pent"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>With
repentance; penitently.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pent"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Unrepentant.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*peo"ple</hw> (r&emacr;*p&emacr;"p'l), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>people</i>: cf. F.
<i>repeupler</i>.] <def>To people anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`per*cep"tion</hw> (r?`p?r-s?p"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same
object.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>No external praise can give me such a glow as my own
solitary <i>reperception</i> and ratification of what is
fine.</blockquote> <i>Keats.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`per*cuss"</hw> (-k&ubreve;s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Repercussed</u> (-k?st");<pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Repercussing</u>.] [L. <i>repercusus</i>, p.
p. of <i>repercutere</i> to drive back; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>percutere</i>. See <u>Percussion</u>.] <def>To drive or beat back;
hence, to reflect; to reverberate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to
<i>repercuss</i> such a light as I could hardly look
against.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`per*cus"sion</hw> (-k?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repercussio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;percussion</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of driving back, or the state of being
driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the <i>repercussion</i> of
sound.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Ever echoing back in endless
<i>repercussion</i>.</blockquote> <i>Hare.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Rapid reiteration of the same
sound.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The subsidence of a tumor or
eruption by the action of a repellent.</def>  <i>Dunglison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Obstetrics)</i> <def>In a vaginal
examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the
finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back
again against the examining finger.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`per*cuss"ive</hw> (-k?s"?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;percussif</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Tending or able to repercuss; having the
power of sending back; causing to reverberate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Ye <i>repercussive</i> rocks! repeat the
sound.</blockquote> <i>W. Pattison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Repellent.</def> [Obs.] "Blood is stanched
by astringent and <i>repercussive</i> medicines."  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Driven back; rebounding;
reverberated.</def> "Rages loud the <i>repercussive</i> roar."
<i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`per*cuss"ive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
repellent.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep`er*ti"tious</hw> (r?p`?r-t?sh"?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reperticius</i>. See <u>Repertory</u>.] <def>Found; gained by
finding.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||R&eacute;`per`toire"</hw> (F. r&asl;`p&acirc;r`tw&auml;r"; E.
r&ebreve;p"&etilde;r*tw&auml;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See
<u>Repertory</u>.] <def>A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc.,
which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to
perform.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"er*to*ry</hw> (r?p"?r-t?-r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repertorium</i>, fr. <i>reperire</i> to find again; pref. <i>re-
</i> re + <i>parire</i>, <i>parere</i>, to bring forth, procure: cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;pertoire</i>.  Cf. <u>Parent</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A place in which things are disposed in an
orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a
book, a commonplace book, or the like.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A treasury; a magazine; a
storehouse.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Same as <u>R&eacute;pertoire</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`pe*rus"al</hw> (r?`p?-r?z"<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A second or repeated perusal.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`pe*ruse"</hw> (-r?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
peruse again.</def>  <i>Ld. Lytton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep`e*tend</hw> (r?p`?-t?nd"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repetendus</i> to be repeated, fr. <i>repetere</i> to repeat.]
<i>(Math.)</i> <def>That part of a circulating decimal which recurs
continually, <i>ad infinitum</i>: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over
the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal
.728328328 + (otherwise .7&2dot;8&3dot;), the <i>repetend</i> is
283.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`e*ti"tion</hw> (r&ebreve;p`&esl;-t&ibreve;sh"&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>repetitio</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;p&eacute;tition</i>. See <u>Repeat</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of repeating; a doing or saying again;
iteration.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults,
with surplus to tire in <i>repetition</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Recital from memory; rehearsal.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The act of repeating,
singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration
of a note.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Rhet.)</i> <def>Reiteration, or repeating
the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose
of making a deeper impression on the audience.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Astron. & Surv.)</i> <def>The measurement of
an angle by successive observations with a repeating
instrument.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Iteration; rehearsal. See <u>Tautology</u>.</p>

<p>{ <hw>Rep`e*ti"tion*al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l).
<hw>Rep`e*ti"tion*a*ry</hw> (-?-r?) }, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of
the nature of, or containing, repetition.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rep`e*ti"tion*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
repeats.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rep`e*ti"tious</hw> (-t?sh"?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Repeating; containing repetition.</def> [U.S.]  <i>Dr. T.
Dwight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pet"i*tive</hw> (r?-p?t"?-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Containing repetition; repeating.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>||Rep"e*ti`tor</hw> (r?p"?-t?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
L. <i>repetitor</i> a reclaimer.] <i>(Ger.Univ.)</i> <def>A private
instructor.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pine"</hw> (r?-p?n"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-
</i> + <i>pine</i> to languish.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To fail; to wane.</def> [Obs.]
"<i>Reppening</i> courage yields no foot to foe."  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To continue pining; to feel inward
discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or
complaint; to murmur.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>But Lachesis thereat gan to <i>repine</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>What if the head, the eye, or ear <i>repined</i><BR>
To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pine"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Vexation;
mortification.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pin"er</hw> (r?-p?n"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
repines.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pin"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>With repening
or murmuring.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rep"kie</hw> (r?p"k?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native
name.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any edible sea urchin.</def>
[Alaska]</p>

<p><hw>Re*place"</hw> (r?-pl?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>place</i>: cf. F. <i>replacer</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To place again; to restore to a former place, position,
condition, or the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The earl . . . was <i>replaced</i> in his
government.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to
<i>replace</i> a sum of money borrowed.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To supply or substitute an equivalent for;
as, to <i>replace</i> a lost document.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>With Israel, religion <i>replaced</i>
morality.</blockquote> <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To take the place of; to supply the want
of; to fulfull the end or office of.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This duty of right intention does not <i>replace</i> or
supersede the duty of consideration.</blockquote> <i>Whewell.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To put in a new or different
place.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The propriety of the use of <i>replace</i> instead of
<i>displace</i>, <i>supersede</i>, <i>take the place of</i>, as in the
third and fourth definitions, is often disputed on account of
etymological discrepancy; but the use has been sanctioned by the
practice of careful writers.</p>

<p><col><b>Replaced crystal</b></col> <i>(Crystallog.)</i>, <cd>a
crystal having one or more planes in the place of its edges or
angles.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*place`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (-?-b?l"?-t?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality, state, or degree of being replaceable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*place"a*ble</hw> (r?-pl?s"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Capable or admitting of being put back into a
place.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Admitting of having its place supplied by a
like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book is
<i>replaceable</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Capable of being replaced
(by), or of being exchanged (for); as, the hydrogen of acids is
<i>replaceable</i> by metals or by basic radicals.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*place"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of replacing.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>The removal of an edge
or an angle by one or more planes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*plait"</hw> (r?-pl?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*plant"</hw> (rE-pl?nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
plant again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*plant"a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That
may be planted again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`plan*ta"tion</hw> (r?`pl?n-t?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of planting again; a replanting.</def> [R.]
<i>Hallywell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*plead"</hw> (r?-pl?d"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To
plead again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*plead"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of
pleading again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Whenever a <i>repleader</i> is granted, the pleadings
must begin <i>de novo</i>.</blockquote> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*plen"ish</hw> (r?-pl?n"?sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Replenished</u> (-?sht); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Replenishing</u>.] [OE. <i>replenissen</i>,
OF. <i>replenir</i>; L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>plenus</i> full. See
<u>Full</u>, <u>-ish</u>, and cf. <u>Replete</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock
anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Multiply and <i>replenish</i> the earth.</blockquote>
<i>Gen. i. 28.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The waters thus<BR>
With fish <i>replenished</i>, and the air with fowl.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To finish; to complete; to perfect.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>We smothered<BR>
The most <i>replenished</i> sweet work of nature.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*plen"ish</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To recover
former fullness.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The humors will not <i>replenish</i> so
soon.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*plen"ish*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
replenishes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*plen"ish*ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of replenishing, or the state of being
replenished.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which replenishes; supply.</def>
<i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*plete"</hw> (r?-pl?t"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repletus</i>, p. p. of <i>replere</i> to fill again, fill up; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>plere</i> to fill, akin to <i>plenus</i> full: cf.
F. <i>replet</i> corpulent. See <u>Plenty</u>, <u>Replenish</u>.]
<def>Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding.</def>
"His words <i>replete</i> with guile."  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When he of wine was <i>replet</i> at his
feast.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In heads <i>replete</i> with thoughts of other
men.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*plete"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To fill
completely, or to satiety.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*plete"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being replete.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ple"tion</hw> (r?-pl?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repletio</i> a filling up: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;pl&eacute;tion</i>.
See <u>Replete</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state of being
replete; superabundant fullness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The tree had too much <i>repletion</i>, and was
oppressed with its own sap.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Repleccioun [overeating] ne made her never
sick.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Fullness of blood;
plethora.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ple"tive</hw> (-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;pl&eacute;tif</i>.] <def>Tending to make replete;
filling.</def> -- <wf>Re*ple"tive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*ple"to*ry</hw> (-t?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Repletive.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*plev"i*a*ble</hw> (r?-pl?v"?-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[See <u>Replevy</u>.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>Capable of being
replevied.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*plev"in</hw> (-?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>replevina</i>. See <u>Replevy</u>, and cf. <u>Plevin</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A personal action which lies to
recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained.
Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress,
but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or
detention.</def>  <i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The writ by which goods and chattels are
replevied.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*plev"in</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To
replevy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*plev"i*sa*ble</hw> (-?-s?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>replevisable</i>.] <def>Repleviable.</def>  <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*plev"y</hw> (-?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Replevied</u> (-?d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Replevying</u>.] [OF. <i>replevir</i>, LL. <i>replevire</i>. See
<u>Pledge</u>, <u>Replevin</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and
chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try
the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined
against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Old Eng. Law)</i> <def>To bail.</def>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*plev"y</hw> (r?-pl?v"?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Replevin.</def>  <i>Mozley & W.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rep"li*ca</hw> (r?p"l?-k?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. See
<u>Reply</u>, <pos><i>v. & n.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Fine Arts)</i> <def>A copy of a work of art,
as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the
original.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Repetition.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"li*cant</hw> (r?p"l?-k<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who replies.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"li*cate</hw> (-?-k?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
reply.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p>{ <hw>Rep"li*cate</hw> (l?-k?t), <hw>Rep"li*ca`ted</hw> (-k?`t?d),
} <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>replicatus</i>, p. p. of
<i>replicare</i>. See <u>Reply</u>.] <def>Folded over or backward;
folded back upon itself; as, a <i>replicate</i> leaf or petal; a
<i>replicate</i> margin of a shell.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`li*ca"tion</hw> (-k?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>replicatio</i>. See <u>Reply</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An
answer; a reply.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Withouten any <i>repplicacioun</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law Pleadings)</i> <def>The reply of the
plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Return or repercussion, as of sound;
echo.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To hear the <i>replication</i> of your
sounds.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A repetition; a copy.</def></p>

<p>  <i>Farrar.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Answer; response; reply; rejoinder.</p>

<p><hw>Re*pli"er</hw> (r?-pl?"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
replies.</def>  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re"plum</hw> (r?"pl?m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., doorcase.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The framework of some pods, as the cress, which
remains after the valves drop off.</def>  <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ply"</hw> (r?-pl?"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Replied</u> (-pl?d"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Replying</u>.] [OE. <i>replien</i>, OF.
<i>replier</i>, F. <i>r&eacute;pliquer</i>, fr. L. <i>replicare</i> to
fold back, make a reply; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>plicare</i> to
fold. See <u>Ply</u>, and cf. <u>Replica</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to
answer.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>O man, who art thou that <i>repliest</i> against
God?</blockquote> <i>Rom. ix. 20.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To answer a defendant's
plea.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Figuratively, to do something in return for
something done; as, to <i>reply</i> to a signal; to <i>reply</i> to
the fire of a battery.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To answer; respond; rejoin.</p>

<p><hw>Re*ply"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To return for an
answer.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Lords, vouchsafe<BR>
To give me hearing what I shall <i>reply</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ply"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Replies</b></plw> (-pl&?;z"). [See <u>Reply</u>, <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Replica</u>.] <def>That which is said,
written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by
another; an answer; a response.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Answer; rejoinder; response.  -- <u>Reply</u>,
<u>Rejoinder</u>, <u>Answer</u>. A <i>reply</i> is a distinct response
to a formal question or attack in speech or writing. A
<i>rejoinder</i> is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a
protracted discussion or controversy. The word <i>answer</i> is used
in two senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere
response; as, the <i>answer</i> to a question; or (2), in the sense of
a decisive and satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as
when we speak of a triumphant <i>answer</i> to the speech or
accusations of an opponent. Here the noun corresponds to a frequent
use of the verb, as when we say. "This will <i>answer</i> (i.e., fully
meet) the end in view;"  "It <i>answers</i> the purpose."</p>

<p><hw>Re*ply"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Replier</u>.</def>  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pol"ish</hw> (r?-p?l"?sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
polish again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pone"</hw> (r?-p?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reponere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>ponere</i> to place.]
<def>To replace.</def>  <i>R. Baillie.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pop`u*la"tion</hw> (r?*p?p`?*l?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population
anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*port"</hw> (r?-p?rt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reported</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
Reporting.] [F. <i>reporter</i> to carry back, carry (cf.
<i>rapporter</i>; see <u>Rapport</u>), L. <i>reportare</i> to bear or
bring back; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>portare</i> to bear or bring.
See <u>Port</u> bearing, demeanor.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
refer.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like
unto him that we <i>report</i> the reader to the character of King
Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description.</blockquote>
<i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To bring back, as an answer; to announce in
return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to
examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger <i>reports</i> to
his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee
<i>reported</i> progress.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There is no man that may <i>reporten</i>
all.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To give an account of; to relate; to tell;
to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is
<i>reported</i>.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>It is <i>reported</i> among the heathen, and Gashmu
saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel.</blockquote> <i>Neh.
vi. 6.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To give an official account or statement
of; as, a treasurer <i>reports</i> the receipts and
expenditures.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To return or repeat, as sound; to
echo.</def> [Obs. or R.] "A church with windows only from above, that
<i>reporteth</i> the voice thirteen times."  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Parliamentary Practice)</i> <def>To return
or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any
matter officially referred; as, the committee <i>reported</i> the bill
witth amendments, or <i>reported</i> a new bill, or <i>reported</i>
the results of an inquiry.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To make minutes of, as a speech, or the
doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a
speaker.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To write an account of for publication, as
in a newspaper; as, to <i>report</i> a public celebration or a horse
race.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>To make a statement of the conduct of,
especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to <i>report</i> a servant to
his employer.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To be reported</b></col>, or <col><b>To be reported
of</b></col>, <cd>to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably
or unfavorably.</cd> <i>Acts xvi. 2.</i> -- <col><b>To report one's
self</b></col>, <cd>to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to
whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do
service.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.</p>

<p><hw>Re*port"</hw> (r?-p?rt"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make a report, or response, in respect of a
matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the
committee will <i>report</i> at twelve o'clock.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To furnish in writing an account of a
speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an
occurrence, etc., for publication.</def></p>

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<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To present one's self, as to a superior
officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for
orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's
address, condition, etc.; as, the officer <i>reported</i> to the
general for duty; to <i>report</i> weekly by letter.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*port"</hw> (r&esl;*p&omacr;rt"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>rapport</i>. See <u>Report</u>.<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which is reported.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An account or statement of the results of
examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.</def>
"From Thetis sent as spies to make <i>report</i>."  <i>Waller.</i>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A story or statement circulating by common
talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It was a true <i>report</i> that I heard in mine own
land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings x.
6.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good
<i>report</i> among all the nation of the Jews.</blockquote> <i>Acts
x. 22.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Sound; noise; as, the <i>report</i> of a
pistol or cannon.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>An official statement
of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of
proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as,
the <i>reports</i> of the heads af departments to Congress, of a
master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body,
and the like.</def> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>An account or statement
of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in
a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes
containing such reports; as, Coke's <i>Reports</i>.</def>
<sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>A sketch, or a fully written account, of a
speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative
body, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rapport; relation; connection;
reference.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The corridors worse, having no <i>report</i> to the
wings they join to.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Account; relation; narration; detail; description;
recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.</p>

<p><hw>Re*port"a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable or admitting of being reported.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*port"age</hw> (-&asl;j), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>SAme as
<u>Report</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*port"er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reports.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An officer or
person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and
decisions, or of legislative debates.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings,
news, etc., for the newspapers.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Of our tales judge and <i>reportour</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*port"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By report or
common fame.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`por*to"ri*al</hw>
(r&emacr;`p&osl;r*t&omacr;"r&ibreve;*<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the
<i>reportorial</i> staff of a newspaper.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pos"al</hw> (r&esl;*p&omacr;z"<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Repose</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act or state of reposing; as, the <i>reposal</i> of a trust.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That on which one reposes.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Burton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pos"ance</hw> (-<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reliance.</def> [Obs.]  <i>John Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pose"</hw> (r&esl;*p&omacr;z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reposed</u> (-p?zd"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reposing</u>.] [F. <i>reposer</i>; L. pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>pausare</i> to pause. See <u>Pause</u>,
<u>Pose</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cause to
stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to
lodge; to reposit.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>But these thy fortunes let us straight
<i>repose</i><BR>
In this divine cave's bosom.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Pebbles <i>reposed</i> in those cliffs amongst the
earth . . . are left behind.</blockquote> <i>Woodward.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or
quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to <i>repose</i>
one's self on a couch.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All being settled and <i>reposed</i>, the lord
archbishop did present his majesty to the lords and
commons.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>After the toil of battle to <i>repose</i><BR>
Your wearied virtue.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To place, have, or rest; to set; to
intrust.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The king <i>reposeth</i> all his confidence in
thee.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pose"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To lie at rest; to rest.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Within a thicket I <i>reposed</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully
without anxiety or alarms.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It is upon these that the soul may
<i>repose</i>.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To lie; to be supported; as, trap
<i>reposing</i> on sand.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To lie; recline; couch; rest; sleep; settle; lodge;
abide.</p>

<p><hw>Re*pose"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>repos</i>. See
<u>Repose</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A lying
at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Shake off the golden slumber of
<i>repose</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from
uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Poetic)</i> <def>A rest; a pause.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Fine Arts)</i> <def>That harmony or
moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the
scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts,
and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want
<i>repose</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Angle of repose</b></col> <i>(Physics)</i>, <cd>the
inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would
remain at rest, or if in motion would roll or slide down with uniform
velocity; the angle at which the various kinds of earth will stand
when abandoned to themselves.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Rest; recumbency; reclination; ease; quiet;
quietness; tranquillity; peace.</p>

<p><hw>Re*posed"</hw> (r&esl;*p&omacr;zd"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest.</def> <i>Bacon.</i> --
<wf>Re*pos"ed*ly</wf> (r&esl;*p&omacr;z"&ebreve;d*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Re*pos"ed*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*pose"ful</hw> (r&esl;*p&omacr;z"f&usdot;l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of repose; quiet.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pos"er</hw> (r&esl;*p&omacr;z"&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who reposes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pos"it</hw> (r&esl;*p&obreve;z"&ibreve;t), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reposited</u>;
<pos><i>p. pr.  & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Repositing</u>.] [L.
<i>repositus</i>, p. p. of <i>reponere</i> to put back; pref. <i>re-
</i> re- +  <i>ponere</i> to put. See <u>Position</u>.] <def>To cause
to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation;
to place; to store.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Others <i>reposit</i> their young in
holes.</blockquote> <i>Derham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`po*si"tion</hw> (r&esl;`p&osl;*z&ibreve;sh"&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>repositio</i>.] <def>The act of
repositing; a laying up.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pos"i*tor</hw> (r&esl;*p&obreve;z"&ibreve;*t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>An instrument employed for
replacing a displaced organ or part.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pos"i*to*ry</hw>
(r&esl;*p&obreve;z"&ibreve;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>repositorium</i>, <i>repostorium</i>: cf. OF.
<i>repositoire</i>.] <def>A place where things are or may be
reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.</def>
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`pos*sess"</hw> (r?"p?z*z?s" or -p?s*s?s"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To possess again; as, to <i>repossess</i> the
land.</def>  <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To repossess one's self of</b></col> (something), <cd>to
acquire again (something lost).</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re`pos*ses"sion</hw> (r?`p?z-z?sh"?n or -p?s s?sh"?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or the state of possessing
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*po"sure</hw> (r?-p?"sh?r; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Rest; quiet.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In the <i>reposure</i> of most soft
content.</blockquote> <i>Marston.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pour"</hw> (r?-p?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To pour
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re*pous`s&eacute;"</hw> (r<i>e</i> -p??`s?"),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., p. p. of <i>repousser</i> to thrust back;
pref <i>re-</i> + <i>pousser</i> to push. See <u>Push</u>.]
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Formed in relief, as a pattern on
metal.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Ornamented with patterns in
relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of
thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Repouss&eacute; work.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Repouss&eacute; work</b></col>, <cd>ornamentation of metal
in relief by pressing or hammering on the reverse side.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*prefe"</hw> (r?-pr?f"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reproof.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*hend"</hw> (r?p`r?-h?nd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reprehended</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. &
vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reprehending</u>.] [L. <i>reprehendere</i>,
<i>reprehensum</i>, to hold back, seize, check, blame; pref. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>prehendere</i> to lay hold of. See <u>Prehensile</u>,
and cf. <u>Reprisal</u>. ] <def>To reprove or reprimand with a view of
restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against;
to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Aristippus being <i>reprehended</i> of luxury by one
that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small
fish.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Pardon me for <i>reprehending</i> thee.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . .
. are severely <i>reprehended</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I nor advise nor <i>reprehend</i> the
choice.</blockquote> <i>J. Philips.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*hend"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reprehends.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*hen"si*ble</hw> (-h?n"s?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reprehensibilis</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;pr&eacute;hensible</i>.]
<def>Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.</def> --
<wf>Rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rep`re*hen"si*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*hen"sion</hw> (-sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reprehensio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;pr&eacute;hension</i>.]
<def>Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him
a secret <i>reprehension</i> that he had not showed more gratefulness
to Dorus.</blockquote> <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Censure; reproof; reprimand. See
<u>Admonition</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*hen"sive</hw> (-h?n"s?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;pr&eacute;hensif</i>.] <def>Containing reprehension;
conveying reproof.</def>  <i>South.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Rep`re*hen"sive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*hen"so*ry</hw> (-s?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, <i>reprehensory</i>
complaint.</def>  <i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`-pre*sent"</hw> (r?`pr?-z?nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To present again; as, to <i>re-present</i> the points of an
argument.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"</hw> (r?p`r?-z?nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>repr&?;senter</i>, L. <i>repraesentare</i>, <i>repraesentatum</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>preesentare</i> to place before, present.
See <u>Present</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To present again or anew; to present by means of something
standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to
typify.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Before him burn<BR>
Seven lamps, as in a zodiac <i>representing</i><BR>
The heavenly fires.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to
delineate; as, to <i>represent</i> a landscape in a picture, a horse
in bronze, and the like.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To portray by mimicry or action of any
kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to
<i>represent</i> Hamlet.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To stand in the place of; to supply the
place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share,
of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of
(another); as, an heir <i>represents</i> his ancestor; an attorney
<i>represents</i> his client in court; a member of Congress
<i>represents</i> his district in Congress.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To exhibit to another mind in language; to
show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before
the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to
describe.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He <i>represented</i> Rizzio's credit with the queen to
be the chief and only obstacle to his success in that
demand.</blockquote> <i>Robertson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>This bank is thought the greatest load on the Genoese,
and the managers of it have been <i>represented</i> as a second kind
of senate.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To serve as a sign or symbol of; as,
mathematical symbols <i>represent</i> quantities or relations; words
<i>represent</i> ideas or things.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To bring a sensation of into the mind or
sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to
present.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Among these. Fancy next<BR>
Her office holds; of all external things<BR>
Which he five watchful senses <i>represent</i>,<BR>
She forms imaginations, aery shapes.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Metaph.)</i> <def>To form or image again in
consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something
which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See
<u>Presentative</u>, 3.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The general capability of knowledge necessarily
requires that, besides the power of evoking out of unconsciousness one
portion of our retained knowledge in preference to another, we posses
the faculty of <i>representing</i> in consciousness what is thus
evoked . . . This representative Faculty is Imagination or
Phantasy.</blockquote> <i>Sir. W. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being represented.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"ance</hw> (-<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Representation; likeness.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Donne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"ant</hw> (-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>repr&?;sentant</i>.] <def>Appearing or acting for another;
representing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"ant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>representant</i>.] <def>A representative.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir H.
Wotton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sen*ta"tion</hw> (-z?n-t?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>repr&?;sentation</i>, L. <i>representatio</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of representing, in any sense of the
verb.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which represents.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a
<i>representation</i> of the human face, or figure, and the
like.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A dramatic performance; as, a
theatrical <i>representation</i>; a <i>representation</i> of
Hamlet.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A description or statement; as,
the <i>representation</i> of an historian, of a witness, or an
advocate.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>The body of those who act as
representatives of a community or society; as, the
<i>representation</i> of a State in Congress.</def>
<sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <i>(Insurance Law)</i> <def>Any collateral
statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of
the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The state of being represented.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Description; show; delineaton; portraiture;
likeness; resemblance; exhibition; sight.</p>

<p><hw>Re-pres`en*ta"tion</hw> (r?-prez`?n-t?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Re-present</u>.] <def>The act of re-
presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation;
as, <i>re-presentation</i> of facts previously stated.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sen*ta"tion*a*ry</hw> (r?p`r?--z?n-t?"sh?n-?-r?),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Implying representation;
representative.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"a*tive</hw> (-z?nt`?-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>repr&?;sentatif</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Fitted to
represent; exhibiting a similitude.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Bearing the character or power of another;
acting for another or others; as, a council <i>representative</i> of
the people.</def>  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Conducted by persons chosen to represent,
or act as deputies for, the people; as, a <i>representative</i>
government.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Nat.Hist.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a
group; typical; as, a <i>representative</i> genus in a family.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Similar in general appearance, structure, and
habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species
and varieties.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Metaph.)</i> <def>Giving, or existing as, a
transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as,
<i>representative</i> faculties; <i>representative</i> knowledge.  See
<u>Presentative</u>, 3 and <u>Represent</u>, 8.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"a*tive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. LL.
<i>repraesentativus</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, represents
(anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who
was the <i>representative</i> of Credulity.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes
that the perfections of God are the <i>representatives</i> to us of
whatever we perceive in the creatures.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An agent, deputy, or substitute, who
supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or
their authority.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>One who represents, or stands
in the place of, another.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the
<i>representative</i> of a deceased person, and is sometimes called
the <i>legal representative</i>, or the <i>personal
representative</i>. The heir is sometimes called the <i>real
representative</i> of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors
or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously
described as his <i>real</i> and <i>personal representatives</i>.
<i>Wharton. Burrill.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A member of the lower or popular house in a
State legislature, or in the national Congress.</def> [U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Nat.Hist.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>That
which presents the full character of the type of a group.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A species or variety which, in any region,
takes the place of a similar one in another region.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
representative manner; vicariously.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"a*tive*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
quality or state of being representative.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended
with consciousness and <i>representativeness</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spectator.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who shows, exhibits, or describes.</def>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A representative.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep`re*sent"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Representation.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*press"</hw> (r?-pr?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>press</i>.] <def>To press again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*press"</hw> (r?-pr?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-  + press</i>: cf. L. <i>reprimere</i>, <i>repressum</i>.  Cf.
<u>Reprimand</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To press back or down
effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress;
as, to <i>repress</i> sedition or rebellion; to <i>repress</i> the
first risings of discontent.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep
back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . <BR>
Thou couldst <i>repress</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain;
quell; curb; check.</p>

<p><hw>Re*press"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
repressing.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*press"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, represses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*press"i*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being repressed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pres"sion</hw> (r?-pr?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;pression</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of repressing, or state of being
repressed; as, the <i>repression</i> of evil and evil doers.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which represses; check;
restraint.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*press"ive</hw> (r?-pr?s"?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;pressif</i>. LL. <i>repressivus</i>.] <def>Having power,
or tending, to repress; as, <i>repressive</i> acts or measures.</def>
-- <wf>Re*press"ive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*prev"a*ble</hw> (r?-pr?v"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Reprovable.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*preve"</hw> (r?-pr?v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See
<u>Reprieve</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>To reprove.</def>
[Obs.] "<i>Repreve</i> him of his vice."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*preve"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Reproof.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*priefe"</hw> (r?-pr?f"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Repreve.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*priev"al</hw> (r?-pr?v"<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reprieve.</def>  <i>Overbury.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*prieve</hw> (r?-pr?v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. &  p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reprieved</u> (-pr?vd");
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reprieving</u>.] [OE.
<i>repreven</i> to reject, disallow, OF. <i>reprover</i> to blame,
reproach, condemn (pres. <i>il reprueve</i>), F.
<i>r&eacute;prouver</i> to disapprove, fr. L. <i>reprobare</i> to
reject, condemn; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>probare</i> to try, prove.
See <u>Prove</u>, <i>and cf</i>. <u>Reprove</u>,
<u>Reprobate</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To delay the punishment of; to suspend the
execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to
<i>reprieve</i> a criminal for thirty days.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He <i>reprieves</i> the sinnner from time to
time.</blockquote> <i>Rogers.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To relieve for a time, or
temporarily.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Company, thought it may <i>reprieve</i> a man from his
melaneholy yet can not secure him from his conscience.</blockquote>
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1222 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*prieve"</hw> (r?-pr?v"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A temporary suspension of the execution of a
sentence, especially of a sentence of death.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a
<i>reprieve</i> was sent to suspend the execution for three
days.</blockquote>  <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Interval of ease or relief;
respite.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All that I ask is but a short <i>reprieve</i>,<BR>
ll I forget to love, and learn to grieve.</blockquote>
<i>Denham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep"ri*mand</hw> (r?p"r?-m?nd), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;primande</i>, <i>fr</i>. L. <i>reprimendus</i>,
<i>reprimenda</i>, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr.
<i>reprimere</i> to check, repress; pref. <i>re-</i> re +
<i>premere</i> to press. See <u>Press</u>, and cf. <u>Repress</u>.]
<def>Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or
public.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp <i>reprimand</i>
for her treatment of him.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep"ri*mand</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reprimanded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reprimanding</u>.] [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;primander</i>. See
<u>Reprimand</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure
formally.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Germanicus was severely <i>reprimanded</i> by Tiberius
for traveling into Egypt without his permission.</blockquote>
<i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To reprove publicly and officially, in
execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be
<i>reprimanded</i>.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure;
blame. See <u>Reprove</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rep"ri*mand`er</hw> (-m?nd`?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who reprimands.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*prim"er</hw> (r?-pr?m"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Firearms)</i> <def>A machine or implement for applying fresh
primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*print"</hw> (r?-pr?nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To print again; to print a second or a new
edition of.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To renew the impression of.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The whole business of our redemption is . . . to
<i>reprint</i> God's image upon the soul.</blockquote>
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"print`</hw> (r?"pr?nt`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second
or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the
publication in one country of a work previously published in
another.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*print"er</hw> (r?-pr?nt"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who reprints.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pris"al</hw> (r?-priz"<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>repr&?;saille</i>, It.  <i>ripresaglia</i>, <i>rappresaglia</i>,
LL. <i>reprensaliae</i>, fr. L. <i>reprehendere</i>,
<i>reprehensum</i>. See <u>Reprehend</u>, <u>Reprise</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of taking from an enemy by way of
reteliation or indemnity.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Debatable ground, on which incursions and
<i>reprisals</i> continued to take place.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Anything taken from an enemy in
retaliation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The act of retorting on an enemy by
inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in
retaliation for an act of inhumanity.</def>  <i>Vattel
(Trans.)</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Any act of retaliation.</def>
<i>Waterland.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Letters of marque and reprisal</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Marque</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*prise"</hw> (r?-pr?z"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>reprise</i>, fr. <i>reprendre</i>, <i>repris</i>, to take back, L.
<i>reprehendere</i>. See <u>Reprehend</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A taking by way of retaliation.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Deductions and
duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent
seck, pensions, annuities, and the like.</def> [Written also
<i>reprizes</i>.]  <i>Burrill.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a
pirate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*prise"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Written also
<i>reprize</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To take again; to
retake.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To recompense; to pay.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*pris"tin*ate</hw> (r?-pr?s"t?n-?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[Pref. <i>re-</i>  + <i>pristine</i>.] <def>To restore to an original
state.</def> [R.]  <i>Shedd.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pris`ti*na"tion</hw> (-t?-n?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity.</def> [R.]
<i>R. Browning.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*prive"</hw> (r?-pr?v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + L. <i>privare</i> to deprive.] <def>To take back or
away.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*prive"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To reprieve.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*prize"</hw> (-pr?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Reprise</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*priz"es</hw> (-pr?z"?z), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>See <u>Reprise</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>,
2.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*proach"</hw> (r?-pr?ch"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reproached</u> (-pr?cht");
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reproaching</u>.] [F.
<i>reprocher</i>, OF. <i>reprochier</i>, (assumed) LL.
<i>reproriare</i>; L. pref. <i>re-</i> again, against, back +
<i>prope</i> near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's
teeth.  Cf. <u>Approach</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To come back to,
or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace
upon; to disgrace.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>I thought your marriage fit; else imputation,<BR>
For that he knew you, might <i>reproach</i> your life.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To attribute blame to; to allege something
disgraceful against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or
contemptuously; to upbraid.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If ye be <i>reproached</i> for the name of
Christ.</blockquote> <i>1 Peter iv. 14.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>That this newcomer, Shame,<BR>
There sit not, and <i>reproach</i> us as unclean.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed<BR>
His fainting friends, <i>reproached</i> their shameful flight.<BR>
Repelled the victors.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn;
revile; vilify.</p>

<p><hw>Re*proach"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>reproche</i>. See
<u>Reproach</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of reproaching; censure mingled
with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person;
abusive reflections; as, severe <i>reproach</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>No <i>reproaches</i> even, even when pointed and barbed
with the sharpest wit, appeared to give him pain.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Give not thine heritage to
<i>reproach</i>.</blockquote> <i>Joel ii. 17.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A cause of blame or censure; shame;
disgrace.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An object of blame, censure, scorn, or
derision.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that
we be no more a <i>reproach</i>.</blockquote> <i>Neh. ii. 17.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Disrepute; discredit; dishonor; opprobrium;
invective; contumely; reviling; abuse; vilification; scurrility;
insolence; insult; scorn; contempt; ignominy; shame; scandal;;
disgrace; infamy.</p>

<p><hw>Re*proach"a*blr</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>reprochable</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Deserving reproach; censurable.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Opprobrius; scurrilous.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*proach"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*proach"a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*proach"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reproaches.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*proach"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding;
opprobrious; abusive.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>reproachful</i> speeches . . . <BR>
That he hath breathed in my dishonor here.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Occasioning or deserving reproach;
shameful; base; as, a <i>reproachful</i> life.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Opprobrious; contumelious; abusive; offensive;
insulting; contemptuous; scornful; insolent; scurrilous; disreputable;
discreditable; dishonorable; shameful; disgraceful; scandalous; base;
vile; infamous.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*proach"ful*ly</wf> (r&?;-pr&?;ch"f&?;l-l&?;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Re*proach"ful*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*proach"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Being without
reproach.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"ro*ba*cy</hw> (r?p"r?-b?-c?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reprobation.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rep"ro*bance</hw> (-b<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reprobation.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep"ro*bate</hw> (-b?t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reprobatus</i>, p. p. of <i>reprobare</i> to disapprove, condemn.
See <u>Reprieve</u>, <u>Reprove</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Not enduring proof or trial; not of
standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reprobate</i> silver shall men call them, because
the Lord hath rejected them.</blockquote> <i>Jer. vi. 30.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally
abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And strength, and art, are easily outdone<BR>
By spirits <i>reprobate</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to one who is given up to
wickedness; as, <i>reprobate</i> conduct.</def> "<i>Reprobate</i>
desire."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked;
profligate; base; vile. See <u>Abandoned</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rep"ro*bate</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One morally
abandoned and lost.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I acknowledge myself for a <i>reprobate</i>, a villain,
a traitor to the king.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep"ro*bate</hw> (-b?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reprobated</u> (-b?`t?d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reprobating</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as
unworthy; to disallow; to reject.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Such an answer as this is <i>reprobated</i> and
disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed
appears.</blockquote> <i>Ayliffe.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them,
was <i>reprobated</i> by the other.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To abandon to punishment without hope of
pardon.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon;
reject.</p>

<p><hw>Rep"ro*bate*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
being reprobate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"ro*ba`ter</hw> (-b?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reprobates.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`ro*ba"tion</hw> (-b?`sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;probation</i>, or L. <i>reprobatio</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of reprobating; the state of being
reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The profligate pretenses upon which he was perpetually
soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with
becoming <i>reprobation</i>.</blockquote> <i>Jeffrey.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Set a brand of <i>reprobation</i> on clipped poetry and
false coin.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>The predestination of a
certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of
condemnation and punishment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep`ro*ba"tion*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Theol.)</i> <def>One who believes in reprobation. See
<u>Reprobation</u>, 2.</def>  <i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep"ro*ba*tive</hw> (-b?-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"ro*ba`to*ry</hw> (-b?`t?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Reprobative.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`pro*duce"</hw> (r?`pr?-d?s"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To produce again.</def> Especially: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To
bring forward again; as, to <i>reproduce</i> a witness; to
<i>reproduce</i> charges; to <i>reproduce</i> a play.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To cause to exist again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Those colors are unchangeable, and whenever all those
rays with those their colors are mixed again they <i>reproduce</i> the
same white light as before.</blockquote> <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To produce again, by generation or the
like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or
nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to
<i>reproduce</i> a rose; some animals are <i>reproduced</i> by
gemmation.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To make an image or other
representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or
imagination; to make a copy of; as, to <i>reproduce</i> a person's
features in marble, or on canvas; to <i>reproduce</i> a
design.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`pro*du"cer</hw> (-d?"s?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who, or that which, reproduces.</def>  <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`pro*duc"tion</hw> (-d?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>reproduction</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act or process of
reproducing; the state of being reproduced</def>; specifically
<i>(Biol.)</i>, <def>the process by which plants and animals give rise
to offspring.</def></p>

<p>&fist; There are two distinct methods of reproduction; viz.:
<i>asexual reproduction</i> (agamogenesis) and <i>sexual
reproduction</i> (gamogenesis). In both cases the new individual is
developed from detached portions of the parent organism. In asexual
reproduction (gemmation, fission, etc.), the detached portions of the
organism develop into new individuals without the intervention of
other living matter. In sexual reproduction, the detached portion,
which is always a single cell, called the <i>female germ cell</i>, is
acted upon by another portion of living matter, the <i>male germ
cell</i>, usually from another organism, and in the fusion of the two
(impregnation) a new cell is formed, from the development of which
arises a new individual.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is reproduced.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`pro*duc"tive</hw> (-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>reproductif</i>.] <def>Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction;
employed in reproduction.</def>  <i>Lyell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`pro*duc"to*ry</hw> (-t?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Reproductive.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*proof"</hw> (r?-pr??f"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>reproef</i>. See <u>Proof</u>, <u>Reprove</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Refutation; confutation; contradiction.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An expression of blame or censure;
especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding;
reproach.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Those best can bear <i>reproof</i> who merit
praise.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Admonition; reprehension; chiding; reprimand;
rebuke; censure; blame. See <u>Admonition</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*prov"a*ble</hw> (r?-pr??v"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;prouvable</i>.] <def>Worthy of reproof or
censure.</def>  <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible;
culpable; rebukable.</p>

<p>--<wf>Re*prov"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*prov"a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re prov"al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reproof.</def>  <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*prove"</hw> (r?-pr??v"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reproved</u> (-pr??vd"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reproving</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;prouver</i>,
OF. <i>reprover</i>, fr. L. <i>reprobare</i>. See <u>Reprieve</u>,
<u>Reprobate</u>, and cf. <u>Reproof</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
convince.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>When he is come, he will <i>reprove</i> the world of
sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.</blockquote> <i>John xvi.
9.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To disprove; to refute.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reprove</i> my allegation, if you can.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To chide to the face as blameworthy; to
accuse as guilty; to censure.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>What if thy son</blockquote></p>

<p><blockquote>Prove disobedient, and, <i>reproved</i>, retort,<BR>
"Wherefore didst thou beget me?"</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To express disapprobation of; as, to
<i>reprove</i> faults.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He neither <i>reproved</i> the ordinance of John,
neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men.</blockquote>
<i>Udall.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure.
-- <u>Reprove</u>, <u>Rebuke</u>, <u>Reprimand</u>. These words all
signufy the expression of disapprobation. To <i>reprove</i> implies
greater calmness and self-possession. To <i>rebuke</i> implies a more
excited and personal feeling. A <i>reproof</i> may be administered
long after the offience is committed, and is usually intended for the
reformation of the offender; a <i>rebuke</i> is commonly given at the
moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of punishment and
condemnation. A <i>reprimand</i> proceeds from a person invested with
authority, and is a formal and offiscial act. A child is
<i>reproved</i> for his faults, and <i>rebuked</i> for his impudence.
A military officer is <i>reprimanded</i> for neglect or violation of
duty.</p>

<p><hw>Re*prov"er</hw> (r?-pr??v"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who, or that which, reproves.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*prov"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a reproving
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*prune"</hw> (r&emacr;*pr&udd;n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To prune again or anew.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Yet soon <i>reprunes</i> her wing to soar
anew.</blockquote> <i>Young.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep"-sil`ver</hw> (r?p"s?l`v?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Reap</u>.] <def>Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their
lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or
grain.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"tant</hw> (r?p"t<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reptans</i>, <i>-antis</i>, p. pr. of <i>reptare</i>, v. intens.
from <i>repere</i> to creep. See <u>Reptile</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Repent</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Creeping; crawling; --
said of reptiles, worms, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rep*tan"ti*a</hw> (r?p-t?n"sh?-?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>
[NL.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A division of gastropods; the
Pectinibranchiata.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep*ta"tion</hw> (r?p-t?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reptatio</i>, from <i>reptare</i>: cf. F. <i>reptation</i>.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The act of creeping.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"ta*to*ry</hw> (r?p"t?-t?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Creeping.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"tile</hw> (r?p"t?l;277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>reptile</i>, L. <i>reptilis</i>, fr. <i>repere</i>, <i>reptum</i>,
to creep; cf. Lith. <i>reploti</i>; perh. akin to L. <i>serpere</i>.
Cf. <u>Serpent</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Creeping; moving on the
belly, or by means of small and short legs.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a
<i>reptile</i> race or crew; <i>reptile</i> vices.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There is also a false, <i>reptile</i> prudence, the
result not of caution, but of fear.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And dislodge their <i>reptile</i> souls<BR>
From the bodies and forms of men.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rep"tile</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly,
as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the
like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>An inadvertent step may crush the snail<BR>
That crawls at evening in the public path;<BR>
But he that has humanity, forewarned,<BR>
Will tread aside, and let the <i>reptile</i> live.</blockquote>
<i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of the Reptilia, or
one of the Amphibia.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and are
still popularly called <i>reptiles</i>, though much more closely
allied to the fishes.</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A groveling or very mean person.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rep*til"i*a</hw> (r?p-t?l"?-?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>
[NL.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A class of air-breathing oviparous
vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart
generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the
young is the same as that of birds.</def></p>

<p>&fist; It is nearly related in many respects to Aves, or birds. The
principal existing orders are Testidunata or Chelonia (turtles),
Crocodilia, Lacertilla (lizards), Ophidia (serpents), and
Rhynchocephala; the chief extinct orders are Dinosauria, Theremorpha,
Mosasauria, Pterosauria, Plesiosauria, Ichtyosauria.</p>

<p><hw>Rep*til"i*an</hw> (-<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Belonging to the reptiles.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reptilian age</b></col> <i>(Geol.)</i>, <cd>that part of
geological time comprising the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous
periods, and distinguished as that era in which the class of reptiles
attained its highest expansion; -- called also the <i>Secondary</i> or
<i>Mezozoic</i> age.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rep*til"i*an</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>One of the Reptilia; a reptile.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pub"lic</hw> (r?-p?b"l?k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;publique</i>, L. <i>respublica</i> commonwealth;
<i>res</i> a thing, an affair + <i>publicus</i>, <i>publica</i>,
public. See <u>Real</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and <u>Public</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Common weal.</def> [Obs.]  <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A state in which the sovereign power
resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by
representatives elected by them; a commonwealth.  Cf.
<u>Democracy</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p>&fist; In some ancient states called republics the sovereign power
was exercised by an hereditary aristocracy or a privileged few,
constituting a government now distinctively called an
<i>aristocracy</i>. In some there was a division of authority between
an aristocracy and the whole body of the people except slaves. No
existing republic recognizes an exclusive privilege of any class to
govern, or tolerates the institution of slavery.</p>

<p><col><b>Republic of letters</b></col>, <cd>The collective body of
literary or learned men.</cd>
</p>

<p><hw>Re*pub"lic*an</hw> (-l?-k<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;publicain</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining
to a republic.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The Roman emperors were <i>republican</i> magistrates
named by the senate.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Consonant with the principles of a
republic; as, <i>republican</i> sentiments or opinions;
<i>republican</i> manners.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Republican party</b></col>. <i>(U.S. Politics)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>An earlier name of the Democratic party when
it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great
leader.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>One of the existing great
parties. It was organized in 1856 by a combination of voters from
other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery,
and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president.</cd></p>

<p><! p. 1223 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*pub"lic*an</hw> (r?-p?b"l?-k<i>a</i>n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who favors or prefers a republican form of
government.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(U.S.Politics)</i> <def>A member of the
Republican party.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by
side, many together.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A South African
weaver bird (<i>Philet&aelig;rus socius</i>). These weaver birds build
many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make
of straw.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Red republican</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Red</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*pub"lic*an*ism</hw> (-?z'm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;publicanisme</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A republican
form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican
government.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a
republican form of government.</def>  <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The principles and policy of the Republican
party, so called</def> [U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*pub"lic*an*ize</hw> (-?z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Republicanized</u> (-?zd);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Republicanizing</u> (-?`z?ng).]
[Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;publicaniser</i>.] <def>To change, as a state,
into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was
<i>republicanized</i>; to <i>republicanize</i> the rising
generation.</def>  <i>D. Ramsay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pub"li*cate</hw> (r?*p?b"l?*k?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[Cf. LL. <i>republicare</i>.] <def>To make public again; to
republish.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*pub`li*ca"tion</hw> (r?-p?b`l?-k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second publication, or a new publication
of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume
already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one
country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If there be many testaments, the last overthrows all
the former; but the <i>republication</i> of a former will revokes one
of a later date, and establishes the first.</blockquote>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pub"lish</hw> (r?-p?b"l?sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Republished</u> (-l?sht);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Republishing</u>.] <def>To
publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first
published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re&?;xecution or
codicil.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Subsecquent to the purchase or contract, the devisor
<i>republished</i> his will.</blockquote> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pub"lish*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
republishes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pu"di*a*ble</hw> (r?-p?"d?-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Repudilate</u>.] <def>Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be
put away.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pu"di*ate</hw> (-?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Repudiated</u> (-?`t?d); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Repudiating</u>.] [L. <i>repudiatus</i>, p. p. of
<i>repudiare</i> to repudiate, reject, fr. <i>repudium</i> separation,
divorce; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>pudere</i> to be ashamed.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to
do with; to renounce; to reject.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Servitude is to be <i>repudiated</i> with greater
care.</blockquote> <i>Prynne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To divorce, put away, or discard, as a
wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His separation from Terentis, whom he <i>repudiated</i>
not long afterward.</blockquote> <i>Bolingbroke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to
disclaim; as, the State has <i>repudiated</i> its debts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pu`di*a"tion</hw> (-&fist;"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf.F. <i>r&eacute;pudiation</i>, L. <i>repudiatio</i>.] <def>The act
of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the
<i>repudiation</i> of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pu`di*a"tion</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who favors
repudiation, especially of a public debt.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pu"di*a`tor</hw> (r?-p?"d?-?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.,
a rejecter, contemner.] <def>One who repudiates.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pugn"</hw> (r?-p?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;pugner</i>, L. <i>repugnare</i>, <i>repugnatum</i>; pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>pugnare</i> to fight. See <u>Pugnacious</u>.] <def>To
fight against; to oppose; to resist.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Stubbornly he did <i>repugn</i> the truth.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pug"na*ble</hw> (r?-p?g"n?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being repugned or resisted.</def> [R.]  <i>Sir T.
North.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*pug"nance</hw> (-n<i>a</i>ns), <hw>Re*pug"nan*cy</hw> (-
n<i>a</i>n-s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;pugnance</i>,
L. <i>repugnantia</i>.] <def>The state or condition of being
repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive
antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions,
principles, qualities, and the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That which causes us to lose most of our time is the
<i>repugnance</i> which we naturally have to labor.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Let the foes quietly cut their throats,<BR>
Without <i>repugnancy</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike;
antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety;
inconsistency. See <u>Dislike</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*pug"nant</hw> (-n<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;pugnant</i>, or L. <i>repugnans</i>, <i>-antis</i>, p. pr.
of <i>repugnare</i>. See <u>Repugn</u>.] <def>Disposed to fight
against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary;
inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high
degree; offensive; -- usually followed by <i>to</i>, rarely and less
properly by <i>with</i>; as, all rudeness was <i>repugnant</i> to her
nature.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[His sword] <i>repugnant</i> to command.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less
<i>repugnant</i> unto the will of the Lawgiver, God
himself.</blockquote> <i>Perkins.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Opposite; opposed; adverse; contrary; inconsistent;
irreconcilable; hostile; inimical.</p>

<p><hw>Re*pug"nant*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a repugnant
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pug"nate</hw> (-n?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [From L.
<i>repugnare</i>. See <u>Repugn</u>.] <def>To oppose; to fight
against.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*pugn"er</hw> (r?-p?n"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
repugns.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pul"lu*late</hw> (r?-p?l"l?-l?t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[L. <i>repullulare</i>, <i>repullulatum</i>. See <u>Pullulate</u>.]
<def>To bud again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Though tares <i>repullulate</i>, there is wheat still
left in the field.</blockquote> <i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pul`lu*la"tion</hw> (r?-p?l`l?-l?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of budding again; the state of
having budded again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pulse"</hw> (r?-p?ls"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Repulsed</u> (-p?lst"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Repulsing</u>.] [L. <i>repulsus</i>, p. p.
of <i>repellere</i>. See <u>Repel</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
repel; to beat or drive back; as, to <i>repulse</i> an assault; to
<i>repulse</i> the enemy.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Complete to have discovered and <i>repulsed</i><BR>
Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or
denial; to reject; to send away; as, to <i>repulse</i> a suitor or a
proffer.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pulse"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>repulsa</i>, fr.
<i>repellere</i>, <i>repulsum</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of repelling or driving back; also,
the state of being repelled or driven back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>By fate repelled, and with <i>repulses</i>
tired.</blockquote> <i>Denham.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He received in the <i>repulse</i> of Tarquin seven
hurts in the body.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection;
failure.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pulse"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Not capable of
being repulsed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*puls"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
repulses, or drives back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pul"sion</hw> (r?-p?l"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repulsio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;pulsion</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed
or repelled.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A feeling of violent offence or disgust;
repugnance.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>The power, either inherent
or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of
bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's
nearer approach; as, molecular <i>repulsion</i>; electrical
<i>repulsion</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pul"sive</hw> (-s?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;pulsif</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Serving, or able, to
repulse; repellent; as, a <i>repulsive</i> force.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Repulsive</i> of his might the weapon
stood.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Cold; forbidding; offensive; as,
<i>repulsive</i> manners.</def></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*pul"sive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*pul"sive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*pul"so*ry</hw> (-s?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>repulsorius</i>.] <def>Repulsive; driving back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pur"chase</hw> (r?*p?r"ch?s; 48), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.</def>  <i>Sir M.
Hale.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pur"chase</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
repurchasing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pu"ri*fy</hw> (r?-p?"r?-f?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
purify again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rep"u*ta*ble</hw> (r?p"?-t?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From
<u>Repute</u>.] <def>Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in
esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a <i>reputable</i> man or
character; <i>reputable</i> conduct.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In the article of danger, it is as <i>reputable</i> to
elude an enemy as defeat one.</blockquote> <i>Broome.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Respectable; creditable; estimable.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Rep"u ta*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rep"u*ta*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rep`u*ta"tion</hw> (-t?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;putation</i>, L. <i>reputatio</i> a reckoning,
consideration. See <u>Repute</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The estimation in which one is held;
character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person,
thing, or action; repute.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The best evidence of <i>reputation</i> is a man's whole
life.</blockquote> <i>Ames.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The character imputed to a
person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in
evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation
is otherwise part of the issue of a case.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Specifically: Good reputation; favorable
regard; public esteem; general credit; good name.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I see my <i>reputation</i> is at stake.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The security of his <i>reputation</i> or good
name.</blockquote> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Account; value.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>[/Christ] made himself of no
<i>reputation</i>.</blockquote> <i>Phil. ii. 7.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Credit; repute; regard; estimation; esteem; honor;
fame.  See the Note under <u>Character</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*put"a*tive*ly</hw> (r?-p?t"?-t?v-l?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>By repute.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pute"</hw> (r?-p?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reputed</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reputing</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;puter</i>, L. <i>reputare</i> to
count over, think over; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>putare</i> to count,
think. See <u>Putative</u>.] <def>To hold in thought; to account; to
estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and <i>reputed</i>
vile in your sight?</blockquote> <i>Job xviii. 3.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The king your father was <i>reputed</i> for<BR>
A prince most prudent.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*pute"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad;
established opinion; public estimate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He who regns<BR>
Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure<BR>
Sat on his throne, upheld by old <i>repute</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically: Good character or reputation;
credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to
<i>disrepute</i>.</def> "Dead stocks, which have been of
<i>repute</i>."  <i>F. Beaumont.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*put"ed*ly</hw> (r?-p?t"?d-l?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>In common opinion or estimation; by repute.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*pute"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Not having good
repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius.</def> [R.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*quere"</hw> (r?--kw?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
require.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*quest"</hw> (r&esl;*kw&fist;st"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>requeste</i>, OF. <i>requeste</i>, F. <i>requ&ecirc;te</i>, LL.
<i>requesta</i>, for <i>requisita</i>, fr. L. <i>requirere</i>,
<i>requisitum</i>, to seek again, ask for. See <u>Require</u>, and cf.
<u>Quest</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of asking for anything
desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer;
petition; entreaty.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I will marry her, sir, at your
<i>request</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is asked for or requested.</def>
"He gave them their <i>request</i>."  <i>Ps. cvi. 15.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I will both hear and grant you your
<i>requests</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A state of being desired or held in such
estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Knowledge and fame were in as great <i>request</i> as
wealth among us now.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Court of Requests</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A
local tribunal, sometimes called <i>Court of Consience</i>, founded by
act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any
inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; -- now mostly
abolished</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A court of equity for the
relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; --
now abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery.</cd> [Eng.]
<i>Brande & C.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer;
supplication; entreaty; suit.</p>

<p><hw>Re*quest"</hw> (r?-kw?st"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Requested</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Requesting</u>.] [Cf. OF. <i>requester</i>, F.
<i>requ&ecirc;ter</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To ask for
(something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to <i>request</i>
his presence, or a favor.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To address with a request; to
ask.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I <i>request</i> you<BR>
To give my poor host freedom.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See
<u>Beg</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*quest"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
requests; a petitioner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*quick"en</hw> (r?-kw?k"'n), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"qui*em</hw> (r?"kw?-?m;277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Acc. of
L. <i>requies</i> rest, the first words of the Mass being
"<i>Requiem</i> aeternam dona eis, Domine," give eternal rest to them,
O lord; pref. <i>re-</i> re + <i>quies</i> quiet. See <u>Quiet</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Requin</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(R. C. Ch.)</i> <def>A mass said or sung for the repose of a
departed soul.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We should profane the service of the dead<BR>
To sing a <i>requiem</i> and such rest to her<BR>
As to peace-parted souls.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any grand musical composition, performed in
honor of a deceased person.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Rest; quiet; peace.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Else had I an eternal <i>requiem</i> kept,<BR>
And in the arms of peace forever slept.</blockquote>
<i>Sandys.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*qui"e*to*ry</hw> (r?-kw?"?-t?-r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>requietorium</i>, fr. <i>requiescere</i>, <i>requietum</i>, to
rest. See <u>Re</u>-, and <u>Quiesce</u>.] <def>A sepulcher.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Weever.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"quin</hw> (r?"kw?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr.
<i>reqiem</i> a Mass sung for the dead. See <u>Requiem</u>.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The man-eater, or white shark (<i>Carcharodon
carcharias</i>); -- so called on account of its causing
<i>requiems</i> to be sung.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*quir"a*ble</hw> (r?-kw?r"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Capable of being required; proper to be required.</def>  <i>Sir
M. Hale.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*quire"</hw> (r?-kw?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Required</u> (-kw?rd"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Requiring</u>.] [OE. <i>requeren</i>,
<i>requiren</i>, OF. <i>requerre</i>, F. <i>requ&?;rir</i>; L. pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>quaerere</i> to ask; cf. L. <i>requirere</i>. See
<u>Query</u>, and cf. <u>Request</u>, <u>Requisite</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as
by right and authority; to exact; as, to <i>require</i> the surrender
of property.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Shall I say to C&aelig;sar<BR>
What you <i>require</i> of him?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>By nature did what was by law
<i>required</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To demand or exact as indispensable; to
need.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Just gave what life <i>required</i>, and gave no
more.</blockquote> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The two last [biographies] <i>require</i> to be
particularly noticed.</blockquote> <i>J. A. Symonds.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To ask as a favor; to request.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I was ashamed to <i>require</i> of the king a band of
soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the
way.</blockquote> <i>Ezra viii. 22.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order;
demand; need.</p>

<p><hw>Re*quire"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of requiring; demand;
requisition.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is required; an imperative or
authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or
necessary; a need.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>One of those who believe that they can fill up every
<i>requirement</i> contained in the rule of
righteousness.</blockquote> <i>J. M. Mason.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive
knowledge of its nature and <i>requirements</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*quir"er</hw> (-kw?r"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
requires.</def></p>

<p><hw>Req"ui*site</hw> (r?k"w?-z?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That
which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>God, on his part, has declared the <i>requisites</i> on
ours; what we must do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us
all to know.</blockquote> <i>Wake.</i></p>

<p><hw>Req"ui*site</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>requisitus</i>,
p. p. <i>requirere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>quaerere</i> to ask.
See <u>Require</u>.] <def>Required by the nature of things, or by
circumstances; so needful that it can not be dispensed with;
necessary; indispensable.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All truth <i>requisite</i> for men to
know.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Req"ui*site*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Req"ui*site*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Req`ui*si"tion</hw> (r?k`w?-z?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>[Cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;quisition</i>, L. <i>requisitio</i> a searching.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or
application made as by authority.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(International Law)</i> <def>A formal demand
made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or
extradition of a fugitive from justice.</def> <i>Kent.</i>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A notarial demand of a
debt.</def> <i>Wharton.</i> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A
demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for
supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.</def>
<i>Farrow.</i> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>A formal application by one
officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a
<i>requisition</i> for clothing, troops, or money.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is required by authority;
especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A written or normal call; an invitation; a
summons; as, a <i>reqisition</i> for a public meeting.</def>
[Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Req`ui*si"tion</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To make a reqisition on or for; as, to <i>requisition</i> a
district for forage; to <i>requisition</i> troops.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To present a requisition to; to summon
request; as, to <i>requisition</i> a person to be a candidate.</def>
[Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Req`ui*si"tion*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
makes or signs a requisition.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*quis"i*tive</hw> (r?-kw?z"?-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Expressing or implying demand.</def> [R.]  <i>Harris.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*quis"i*tive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, makes requisition; a requisitionist.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*quis"i*tor</hw> (-t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate
facts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*quis"i*to*ry</hw> (-t?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Sought
for; demanded.</def> [R.]  <i>Summary on Du Bartas (1621).</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*quit"a*ble</hw> (-kw?t"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>That may be requited.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*quit"al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From
<u>Requite</u>.] <def>The act of requiting; also, that which requites;
return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation;
recompense; as, the <i>requital</i> of services; in a bad sense,
retaliation, or punishment; as, the <i>requital</i> of evil
deeds.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>No merit their aversion can remove,<BR>
Nor ill <i>requital</i> can efface their love.</blockquote>
<i>Waller.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1224 !></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward;
satisfaction; payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal;
punishment.</p>

<p><hw>Re"quite"</hw> (r?-kw?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Requited</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Requiting</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>quit</i>.]
<def>To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an
equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to
return (evil) for evil; to punish.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He can <i>requite</i> thee; for he knows the charma<BR>
That call fame on such gentle acts as these.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and
spite, to <i>requite</i> it with thy hand.</blockquote> <i>Ps. x.
14.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate;
satisfy; recompense; punish; revenge.</p>

<p><hw>Re*quite"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Requital</def> [Obs.]  <i>E. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*quit"er</hw> (-kw?t"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
requites.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rere"brace`</hw> (r?r"br?s"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>arri&egrave;re-bras</i>.] <i>(Anc. Armor)</i> <def>Armor for the
upper part of the arm.</def>  <i>Fairholt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rere`de*main"</hw> (-d?-m?n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>arri&egrave;re</i> back + <i>de</i> of + <i>main</i> hand.] <def>A
backward stroke.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rere"dos</hw> (r?r"d?s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <i>rear</i>
+ F. <i>dos</i> back, L. <i>dorsum</i>.  Cf. <u>Dorsal</u>.]
<i>(Arch.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A screen or partition wall
behind an altar.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The back of a
fireplace.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The open hearth, upon which
fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of
ancient halls.</def> [Also spelt <i>reredosse</i>.]
<i>Fairholt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rere"fief`</hw> (r?r"f?f`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>arri&egrave;re-fief</i>. See <u>Rear</u> hinder, and <u>Fief</u>.]
<i>(Scots Law)</i> <def>A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief
held by an under tenant.</def>  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*reign"</hw> (r?-r?n"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To reign
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`-re*it"er*ate</hw> (r?`r?-?t"?r-?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To reiterate many times.</def> [R.] "My <i>re-reiterated</i>
wish."  <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rere"mouse`</hw> (r?r"mous`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A rearmouse.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`-re*solve"</hw> (r?`r?-z?lv"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>To resolve again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Resolves, and <i>re-resolves</i>, then dies the
same.</blockquote> <i>Young.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rere"ward`</hw> (r?r"w?rd`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Rearward</u>.] <def>The rear guard of an army.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Res</hw> (r?z), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Res</b></plw>. [L.] <def>A thing; the particular thing; a
matter; a point.</def></p>

<p><col><b>||Res gest&aelig;</b></col> [L., things done] <i>(Law)</i>,
<cd>the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue.</cd>
<i>Wharton.</i> -- <col><b>||Res judicata</b></col> [L.] <i>(Law)</i>,
<cd>a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to
controversy.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*sail"</hw> (r?-s?l"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To
sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sale"</hw> (r?-s?l" or r?"s?l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sal"gar</hw> (r?-s?l"g?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Realgar.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`sa*lute"</hw> (r?`s?-l?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
salute again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*saw"</hw> (r&?;-s&?;"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To saw
again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already
been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"cat</hw> (r?s"k?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Sp.
<i>rescattar</i>.] <def>To ransom; to release; to rescue.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"cat</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp. <i>rescate</i>.]
<def>Ransom; release.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*scind"</hw> (r?-s?nd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rescinded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rescinding</u>.] [L. <i>rescindere</i>,
<i>rescissum</i>; pref <i>re-</i> re- + <i>scindere</i> to cut, split:
cf. F. <i>rescinder</i>. See <u>Shism</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
cut off; to abrogate; to annul.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally
<i>rescind</i> the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil
customs.</blockquote> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an
act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal;
as, to <i>rescind</i> a law, a resolution, or a vote; to
<i>rescind</i> a decree or a judgment.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To revoke; repeal; abrogate; annul; recall; reverse;
vacate; void.</p>

<p><hw>Re*scind"a*ble</hw> (-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being rescinded.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*scind"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of rescinding; rescission.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*scis"sion</hw> (r?-s?zh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rescissio</i>: cf. F. <i>rescission</i>. See <u>Rescind</u>.]
<def>The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as,
the <i>rescission</i> of a law, decree, or judgment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*scis"so*ry</hw> (r?-s?z"?-r? or r?-s?s"-),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rescissorius</i>: cf. F.
<i>rescisoire</i>.] <def>Tending to rescind; rescinding.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To pass a general act <i>rescissory</i> (as it was
called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the
year 1633.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"cous</hw> (r?s"k?s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE., fr. OF.
<i>rescousse</i>, fr. <i>rescourre</i>, p. p. <i>rescous</i>, to
rescue. See <u>Rescue</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Rescue;
deliverance.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>See <u>Rescue</u>, 2.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Res"cowe</hw> (r?s"kou), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
rescue.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*scribe"</hw> (r?-skr?b"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rescribere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>scribere</i> to write.
See <u>Scribe</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To write back; to write in
reply.</def>  <i>Ayliffe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To write over again.</def>
<i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"script</hw> (r?"skr?pt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rescriptum</i>: cf. F. <i>rescrit</i>, formerly also spelt
<i>rescript</i>. See <u>Rescribe</u>,<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Rom.Antiq.)</i> <def>The answer of an
emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult
question; hence, an edict or decree.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In their <i>rescripts</i> and other ordinances, the
Roman emperors spoke in the plural number.</blockquote>
<i>Hare.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(R.C.Ch.)</i> <def>The official written
answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A counterpart.</def>  <i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*scrip"tion</hw> (r?-skr?p"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rescriptio</i>: cf. F. <i>rescription</i>. See <u>Rescribe</u>.]
<def>A writing back; the answering of a letter.</def>
<i>Loveday.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*scrip"tive</hw> (-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining
to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding;
settling; determining.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*scrip"tive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By
rescript.</def>  <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"cu*a*ble</hw> (r?s"k?-?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>That may be rescued.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"cue</hw> (r?s"k?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rescued</u> (-k?d);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rescuing</u>.] [OE. <i>rescopuen</i>, OF.
<i>rescourre</i>, <i>rescurre</i>, <i>rescorre</i>; L. pref. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>excutere</i> to shake or drive out; <i>ex</i> out +
<i>quatere</i> to shake. See <u>Qtash</u> to crush,
<u>Rercussion</u>.] <def>To free or deliver from any confinement,
violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to
remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to
<i>rescue</i> a prisoner from the enemy; to <i>rescue</i> seamen from
destruction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Had I been seized by a hungry lion,<BR>
I would have been a breakfast to the best,<BR>
Rather than have false Proteus <i>rescue</i> me.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate;
release; save.</p>

<p><hw>Res"cue</hw> (r?s"k?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From
<u>Rescue</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>; cf. <u>Rescous</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of rescuing; deliverance from
restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Spur to the <i>rescue</i> of the noble
Talbot.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully
distrained.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The forcible liberation of
a person from an arrest or imprisonment.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<def>The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the
enemy.</def>  <i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rescue</i> of a prisoner from the court is
punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of
goods.</blockquote> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rescue grass</b></col>. [Etymol. uncertain.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<cd>A tall grass (<i>Ceratochloa unioloides</i>) somewhat resembling
chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Res"cue*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Without rescue or
release.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"cu*er</hw> (-k?-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
rescues.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`cus*see"</hw> (r?s`k?s-s?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(O.Eng. Law)</i> <def>The party in whose favor a rescue is
made.</def>  <i>Crabb.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res*cus"sor</hw> (r?s-k?s"s?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.]
<i>(O.Eng.Law)</i> <def>One who makes an unlawful rescue; a
rescuer.</def>  <i>Burril.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rese</hw> (r?z), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To shake; to
quake; to tremble.</def> [Obs.] "It made all the gates for to
<i>rese</i>."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re-search"</hw> (r?-s?rch"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>search</i>.] <def>To search again; to examine
anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*search"</hw> (r?-s?rch"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-
</i> + <i>search</i>: cf OF. <i>recerche</i>, F. <i>recherche</i>.]
<def>Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles;
laborious or continued search after truth; as, <i>researches</i> of
human wisdom.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The dearest interests of parties have frequently been
staked on the results of the <i>researches</i> of
antiquaries.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Investigation; examination; inquiry; scrutiny.</p>

<p><hw>Re*search"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> +
<i>search</i>: cf. OF. <i>recerchier</i>, F. <i>rechercher</i>.]
<def>To search or examine with continued care; to seek
diligently.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*search"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
researches.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*search"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Making
researches; inquisitive.</def> [R.]  <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*seat"</hw> (r?-s?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne,
etc.</def>  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to
<i>reseat</i> a theater; to <i>reseat</i> a chair or
trousers.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sect"</hw> (r?-s?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Resected</u>;<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Resecting</u>.] [L. <i>resectus</i>, p. p. of <i>resecare</i> to
cut off; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>secare</i> to cut.] <def>To cut or
pare off; to remove by cutting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sec"tion</hw> (r?-s?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resectio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;section</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of cutting or paring off.</def>  <i>Cotgrave.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>The removal of the articular
extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false
articulation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*se"da</hw> (r?-s?"d?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. , a kind of
plant.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of plants, the
type of which is mignonette.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A grayish green color, like that of the
flowers of mignonette.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*seek"</hw> (r?-s?k"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To seek
again.</def>  <i>J. Barlow.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*seize"</hw> (r?-s?z"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-
+ seize</i>: cf. F. <i>ressaisir</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
seize again, or a second time.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To put in possession again; to
reinstate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And then therein [in his kingdom] <i>reseized</i> was
again.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To take possession of, as
lands and tenements which have been disseized.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The sheriff is commanded to <i>reseize</i> the land and
all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the
arrival of the justices of assize.</blockquote> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*seiz"er</hw> (-s?z"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who seizes again.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eng. Law)</i> <def>The taking of lands into
the hands of the king where a general livery, or <i>oustre le
main</i>, was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of
law.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sei"zure</hw> (r&?;-s&?;"zh&?;r; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A second seizure; the act of seizing again.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sell"</hw> (r?-s?l"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To sell
again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sem"bla*ble</hw> (r?-z?m"bl?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Resemble</u>.] <def>Admitting of being compared; like.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sem"blance</hw> (-bl<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>ressemblance</i>. See <u>Resemble</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude;
similarity.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they
bear a great <i>resemblance</i> to each other.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which resembles, or is similar; a
representation; a likeness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are
<i>resemblances</i> formed according to things spiritual.</blockquote>
<i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A comparison; a simile.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Probability; verisimilitude.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance;
representation; image.</p>

<p><hw>Re*sem"blant</hw> (-bl<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., a
. and p. pr. fr. <i>ressembler</i> to resemble. See <u>Resemble</u>.]
<def>Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling.</def> [R.]
<i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sem"ble</hw> (r?-z?m"b'l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Resembled</u> (-b'ld); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Resembling</u> (-bl?ng).] [F.
<i>ressembler</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>sembler</i> to seem,
resemble, fr. L. <i>similare</i>, <i>simulare</i>, to imitate, fr.
<i>similis</i> like, similar. See <u>Similar</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in
appearance or qualities; as, these brothers <i>resemble</i> each
other.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We will <i>resemble</i> you in that.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To liken; to compare; to represent as
like.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The other . . . <BR>
He did <i>resemble</i> to his lady bright.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To counterfeit; to imitate.</def> [Obs.]
"They can so well <i>resemble</i> man's speech."  <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To cause to imitate or be like.</def> [R.]
<i>H. Bushnell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sem"bler</hw> (r?-z?m"bl?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who resembles.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sem"bling*ly</hw> (-bl?ng-l?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sem"i*nate</hw> (-s?m"?-n?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
pref. <i>re-</i> again + <i>seminatus</i>, p. p. of <i>seminare</i> to
sow.] <def>To produce again by means of seed.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir. T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*send"</hw> (r?-s?nd"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To send again; as, to <i>resend</i> a
message.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To send back; as, to <i>resend</i> a
gift.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Telegraphy)</i> <def>To send on from an
intermediate station by means of a repeater.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sent"</hw> (r?-z?nt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Resented</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Resenting</u>.] [F. <i>ressentir</i>; L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>sentire</i> to feel. See <u>Sense</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
be sensible of; to feel</def>; as: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>In a good
sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Which makes the tragical ends of noble persons more
favorably <i>resented</i> by compassionate readers.</blockquote>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider
as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To express or exhibit displeasure or
indignation at, as by words or acts.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The good prince King James . . . bore dishonorably what
he might have <i>resented</i> safely.</blockquote>
<i>Bolingbroke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To recognize; to perceive, especially as if
by smelling; -- associated in meaning with <i>sent</i>, the older
spelling of <i>scent</i> to smell. See <u>Resent</u>, <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos></def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>This bird of prey <i>resented</i> a worse than earthly
savor in the soul of Saul.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Our King Henry the Seventh quickly <i>resented</i> his
drift.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sent"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To feel resentment.</def>  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To give forth an odor; to smell; to
savor.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The judicious prelate will prefer a drop of the sincere
milk of the word before vessels full of traditionary pottage
<i>resenting</i> of the wild gourd of human invention.</blockquote>
<i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sent"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
resents.</def>  <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sent"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Inclined to
resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.</def> --
<wf>Re*sent"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*sent"i*ment</hw> (-?-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Resentment.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*sent"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>With deep sense or strong perception.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Dr. H.
More.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>With a sense of wrong or affront; with
resentment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sent"ive</hw> (-?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Resentful.</def> [R.]  <i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sent"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>ressentiment</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
resenting.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of holding something in the mind
as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon
something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling;
impression.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He retains vivid <i>resentments</i> of the more solid
morality.</blockquote> <i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with
so little <i>resentment</i> of their danger.</blockquote> <i>Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>In a good sense, satisfaction;
gratitude.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The Council taking notice of the many good services
performed by Mr. John Milton, . . . have thought fit to declare their
<i>resentment</i> and good acceptance of the same.</blockquote> <i>The
Council Book (1651).</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger;
hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Resentment</i> . . . is a deep, reflective
displeasure against the conduct of the offender.</blockquote>
<i>Cogan.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Anger; irritation; vexation; displeasure; grudge;
indignation; choler; gall; ire; wrath; rage; fury.  --
<u>Resentment</u>, <u>Anger</u>. <i>Anger</i> is the broader term,
denoting a keen sense of disapprobation (usually with a desire to
punish) for whatever we feel to be wrong, whether directed toward
ourselves or others. <i>Resentment</i> is anger exicted by a sense of
personal injury. It is, etymologically, that reaction of the mind
which we instinctively feel when we think ourselves wronged. Pride and
selfishness are apt to aggravate this feeling until it changes into a
criminal animosity; and this is now the more common signification of
the term. Being founded in a sense of injury, this feeling is hard to
be removed; and hence the expressions <i>bitter</i> or <i>implacable
resentment</i>. See <u>Anger</u>.</p>

<p><blockquote>Anger is like<BR>
 A full-hot horse, who being allowed his way,<BR>
Self-mettle tires him.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Can heavently minds such high <i>resentment</i>
show,<BR>
Or exercise their spite in human woe?</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"er*ate</hw> (r?s"?r-?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reseratus</i>, p. p. of <i>reserare</i> to unlock.] <def>To unlock;
to open.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*serv"ance</hw> (r?-z?rv"<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reservation.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Res`er*va"tion</hw> (r?z`?r-v?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;servation</i>, LL. <i>reservatio</i>. See
<u>Reserve</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of reserving, or
keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure;
reserve.</def>  <i>A. Smith.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>With <i>reservation</i> of an hundred
knights.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Make some <i>reservation</i> of your
wrongs.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Something withheld, either not expressed or
disclosed, or not given up or brought forward.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A tract of the public land reserved for
some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc.</def>
[U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The state of being reserved, or kept in
store.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A clause
in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing
granted, and not <i>in esse</i> before.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>A proviso.</def>  <i>Kent.</i></p>

<p>&fist; This term is often used in the same sense with
<i>exception</i>, the technical distinction being disregarded.</p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Eccl.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion
and for the communion of the absent and sick.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A term of canon law, which signifies that the
pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Mental reservation</b></col>, <cd>the withholding, or
failing to disclose, something that affects a statement, promise,
etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its
import.</cd></p>

<p><! p. 1225 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*serv"a*tive</hw> (r?-z?rv"?-t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*serv"a*to*ry</hw> (-t?-r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>reservatorium</i>,fr. L. <i>resservare</i>. See <u>Reserve</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Reservior</u>.] <def>A place in
which things are reserved or kept.</def>  <i>Woodward.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*serve"</hw> (r?-z?rv"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reserved</u>. (z&?;rvd");<pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reserving</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;server</i>,
L. <i>reservare</i>, <i>reservatum</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>servare</i> to keep. See <u>Serve</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.</def> "I
have <i>reserved</i> to myself nothing."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to keep in store for future or
special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time;
to keep; to retain.</def>  <i>Gen. xxvii. 35.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have
<i>reserved</i> against the time of trouble?</blockquote> <i>Job
xxxviii. 22,23.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reserve</i> your kind looks and language for private
hours.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To make an exception of; to except.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*serve"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;serve</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of reserving,
or keeping back; reservation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is
still with certain <i>reserves</i> and deviations.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is reserved, or kept back, as
for future use.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried
likewise a <i>reserve</i> in some other vessel for a continual
supply.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is excepted;
exception.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a
<i>reserve</i>.</blockquote> <i>Rogers.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Restraint of freedom in words or actions;
backwardness; caution in personal behavior.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined,<BR>
Left all <i>reserve</i>, and all the sex, behind.</blockquote>
<i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The clergyman's shy and sensitive <i>reserve</i> had
balked this scheme.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for
a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut <i>Reserve</i> in Ohio,
originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy
<i>Reserves</i> in Canada, for the support of the clergy.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A body of troops in the rear
of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as
occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an
exigency.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Banking)</i> <def>Funds kept on hand to meet
liabilities.</def></p>

<p><col><b>In reserve</b></col>, <cd>in keeping for other or future
use; in store; as, he has large quantities of wheat <i>in reserve</i>;
he has evidence or arguments <i>in reserve</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>Reserve air</b></col>. <i>(Physiol.)</i> <cd>Same as
<i>Supplemental air</i>, under <u>Supplemental</u>.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Reservation; retention; limitation; backwardness;
reservedness; coldness; restraint; shyness; coyness; modesty.</p>

<p><hw>Re*served"</hw> (-z?rvd"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Kept for future or special use, or for an
exigency; as, <i>reserved</i> troops; a <i>reserved</i> seat in a
theater.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Restrained from freedom in words or
actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and
feelings; not free or frank.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To all obliging, yet <i>reserved</i> to
all.</blockquote> <i>Walsh.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Nothing <i>reserved</i> or sullen was to
see.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*serv"ed*ly</wf> (r&?;-z&?;rv"&?;d-l&?;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Re*serv"ed*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Res`er*vee"</hw> (r&ebreve;z`&etilde;r*v&emacr;"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -
- contrasted with <i>reservor</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*serv"er</hw> (r&esl;*z&etilde;rv"&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who reserves.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*serv"ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A member of a
reserve force of soldiers or militia.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Res"er*voir`</hw> (r&ebreve;z"&etilde;r*vw&ocirc;r`; 277),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;servoir</i>, fr. LL.
<i>reservatorium</i>. See <u>Reservatory</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place
where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a
fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill
wheel, or the like.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A small intercellular space,
often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted
matter.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Receiving reservoir</b></col> <i>(Water Works)</i>, <cd>a
principal reservoir into which an aqueduct or rising main delivers
water, and from which a distributing reservoir draws its
supply.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*serv"or</hw> (r?-z?rv"?r or r?z`?r-v?r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who reserves; a reserver.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*set"</hw> (r?-s?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To set
again; as, to <i>reset</i> type; to <i>reset</i> copy; to <i>reset</i>
a diamond.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"set</hw> (r?"s?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of resetting.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>That which is reset; matter
set up again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*set"</hw> (r?-s?t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>recete</i>, <i>recepte</i>, a receiving.  Cf. <u>Receipt</u>.]
<i>(Scots Law)</i> <def>The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an
outlaw.</def>  <i>Jamieson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*set"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Scots Law)</i>
<def>To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a
criminal.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and
<i>reset</i> the Southrons here.</blockquote> <i>Sir. W.
Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*set"ter</hw> (-t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Scots Law)</i>
<def>One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or
criminal.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*set"ter</hw> (r?-S?t"t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
resets, or sets again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*set"tle</hw> (r?-s?t"t'l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
settle again.</def>  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*set"tle</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To settle again,
or a second time.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*set"tle*ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the
<i>resettlement</i> of lees.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>resettlement</i> of my discomposed
soul.</blockquote> <i>Norris.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*shape"</hw> (r?-sh?p"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
shape again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ship"</hw> (r?-sh?p"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To ship
again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second
voyage; as, to <i>reship</i> bonded merchandise.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ship"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To engage one's
self again for service on board of a vessel after having been
discharged.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ship"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ship"per</hw> (-p?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reships.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`i*ance</hw> (r?z"?-<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>reseantia</i>, &?;&?; OF. <i>reseance</i>.] <def>Residence;
abode.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"i*ant</hw> (-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>reseant</i>, <i>resseant</i>, L. <i>residens</i>. See
<u>Resident</u>.] <def>Resident; present in a place.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly
<i>resiant</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"i*ant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A resident.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Sir T. More.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*side"</hw> (r?-z?d"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Resided</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Residing</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;sider</i>, L. <i>residere</i>; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>sedere</i> to sit. See <u>Sit</u>. ]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To dwell permanently or for a considerable
time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to
have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>At the moated grange, <i>resides</i> this dejected
Mariana.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In no fixed place the happy souls
<i>reside</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have a seat or fixed position; to
inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness
doth especially <i>reside</i>.</blockquote> <i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To sink; to settle, as sediment.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live;
domiciliate; domicile.</p>

<p><hw>Res"i*dence</hw> (r?z"?-d<i>e</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;sidence</i>. See <u>Resident</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for
some continuance of time; as, the <i>residence</i> of an American in
France or Italy for a year.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The confessor had often made considerable
<i>residences</i> in Normandy.</blockquote> <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The place where one resides; an abode; a
dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or
domicile.</def> "Near the <i>residence</i> of Posthumus."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Johnson took up his <i>residence</i> in
London.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Eng.Eccl.Law)</i> <def>The residing of an
incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to
<i>nonresidence</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The place where anything rests
permanently.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>But when a king sets himself to bandy against the
highest court and <i>residence</i> of all his regal power, he then, .
. . fights against his own majesty and kingship.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Subsidence, as of a sediment.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>That which falls to the bottom of liquors;
sediment; also, refuse; residuum.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling;
habitation; domicile; mansion.</p>

<p><hw>Res"i*den*cy</hw> (-d<i>e</i>n-s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Residence.</def> [Obsoles.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A political agency at a native court in
British India, held by an officer styled the Resident; also, a Dutch
commercial colony or province in the East Indies.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"i*dent</hw> (-d<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;sident</i>, L. <i>residens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of
<i>residere</i>. See <u>Reside</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Dwelling,
or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time;
residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to <i>nonresident</i>; as,
<i>resident</i> in the city or in the country.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fixed; stable; certain.</def> [Obs.]
"Stable and <i>resident</i> like a rock."  <i>Jer. TAylor.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>One there still <i>resident</i> as day and
night.</blockquote> <i>Davenant.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"i*dent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A diplomatic representative who resides at
a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank
inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under <u>Minister</u>,
4.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"i*dent*er</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
resident.</def> [Obs. or Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Res`i*den""tial</hw> (-d?n"sh<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a residence or residents;
as, <i>residential</i> trade.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Residing; residentiary.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Res`i*den"tia*ry</hw> (-d?n"sh?-r?; 277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[LL. <i>residentiaris</i>.] <def>Having residence; as, a canon
<i>residentary</i>; a <i>residentiary</i> guardian.</def>  <i>Dr. H.
More.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res`i*den"tia*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who is resident.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>residentiary</i>, or the frequent visitor of the
favored spot, . . . will discover that both have been
there.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain
residence.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Inhabitant; inhabiter; dweller; sojourner.</p>

<p><hw>Res`i*den"tia*ry*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
office or condition of a residentiary.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"i*dent*ship</hw> (r?z"?-d<i>e</i>nt-sh?p),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The office or condition of a
resident.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sid"er</hw> (r?-z?d"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
resides in a place.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sid"u*al</hw> (r?-z?d"?-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[See <u>Residue</u>.] <def>Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a
part is taken.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Residual air</b></col> <i>(Physiol.)</i>, <cd>that portion
of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the
most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic
inches.  Cf. <i>Supplemental air</i>, under <u>Supplemental</u>.</cd>
-- <col><b>Residual error</b></col>. <i>(Mensuration)</i> <cd>See
<u>Error</u>, 6 <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>.</cd> -- <col><b>Residual
figure</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>the figure which remains after a
less figure has been taken from a greater one.</cd> --
<col><b>Residual magnetism</b></col> <i>(Physics)</i>, <cd>remanent
magnetism. See under <u>Remanent</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Residual
product</b></col>, <cd>a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton
mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Residual
quantity</b></col> <i>(Alg.)</i>, <cd>a binomial quantity the two
parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as <i>a-b</i>.</cd>
-- <col><b>Residual root</b></col> <i>(Alg.)</i>, <cd>the root of a
residual quantity, as <i>&radic;(a-b)</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*sid"u*al</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Math.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The difference of the results obtained by
observation, and by computation from a formula.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The difference between the mean of several
observations and any one of them.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sid"u*a*ry</hw> (-?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Residue</u>.] <def>Consisting of residue; as, <i>residuary</i>
matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the
<i>residuary</i> advantage of an estate.</def>  <i>Ayliffe.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Residuary clause</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>that part of
the testator's will in which the residue of his estate is disposed
of.</cd> -- <col><b>Residuary devise</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>the
person to whom the residue of real estate is devised by a will.</cd> -
- <col><b>Residuary legatee</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>the person to
whom the residue of personal estate is bequeathed.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Res"i*due</hw> (r?z"?-d?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;sidu</i>, L. <i>residuum</i>, fr. <i>residuus</i> that is
left behind, remaining, fr. <i>residere</i> to remain behind. See
<u>Reside</u>, and cf. <u>Residuum</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That
which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or
designated; remnant; remainder.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>residue</i> of them will I deliver to the
sword.</blockquote> <i>Jer. xv. 9.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If church power had then prevailed over its victims,
not a <i>residue</i> of English liberty would have been
saved.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>That part of a testeator's
estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special
legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and
legacies.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>That which remains of a
molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an
atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly
equivalent to <i>radical</i>, but in a more general sense.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The term <i>radical</i> is sometimes restricted to groups
containing carbon, the term <i>residue</i> being applied to the
others.</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Theory of Numbers)</i> <def>Any positive or
negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a
given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the
numbers  -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are <i>residues</i>.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum;
remains; leavings; relics.</p>

<p><hw>Re*sid"u*ous</hw> (r?-z?d"?-?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>residuus</i>.] <def>Remaining; residual.</def>  <i>Landor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sid"u*um</hw> (-?m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. See
<u>Residue</u>.] <def>That which is left after any process of
separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified
deductions are made; residue.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>"I think so," is the whole <i>residuum</i> . . . after
evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot
demagogue.</blockquote> <i>L. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*siege"</hw> (r?-s?j"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-
</i> + <i>siege</i> a seat.] <def>To seat again; to reinstate.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re-sign"</hw> (r?-s?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-
</i> + <i>sign</i>.] <def>To affix one's signature to, a second time;
to sign again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sign"</hw> (r?-z?n"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Resigned</u> (-z?nd"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Resigning</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;signer</i>, L.
<i>resignare</i> to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>signare</i> to seal, stamp. See <u>Sign</u>, <i>and cf</i>.
<u>Resignation</u>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To sign back; to return by a formal act; to
yield to another; to surrender; -- said especially of office or
emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; -- said of the
wishes or will, or of something valued; -- also often used
reflexively.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I here <i>resign</i> my government to
thee.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Lament not, Eve, but patiently <i>resign</i><BR>
What justly thou hast lost.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>What more reasonable, than that we should in all things
<i>resign</i> up ourselves to the will of God?</blockquote>
<i>Tiilotson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To relinquish; to abandon.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He soon <i>resigned</i> his former suit.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To commit to the care of; to consign.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Gentlement of quality have been sent beyong the seas,
<i>resigned</i> and concredited to the conduct of such as they call
governors.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To abdicate; surrender; submit; leave; relinquish;
forego; quit; forsake; abandon; renounce.  -- <u>Resign</u>,
<u>Relinquish</u>. To <i>resign</i> is to give up, as if breaking a
seal and yielding all it had secured; hence, it marks a formal and
deliberate surrender. To <i>relinquish</i> is less formal, but always
implies abandonment and that the thing given up has been long an
object of pursuit, and, usually, that it has been prized and desired.
We <i>resign</i> what we once held or considered as our own, as an
office, employment, etc. We speak of <i>relinquishing</i> a claim, of
<i>relinquishing</i> some advantage we had sought or enjoyed, of
<i>relinquishing</i> seme right, privilege, etc. "Men are weary with
the toil which they bear, but can not find it in their hearts to
<i>relinquish</i> it." <i>Steele.</i> See <u>Abdicate</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re sign"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Resignation.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res`ig*na"tion</hw> (r?z`?g-n?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;signation</i>. See <u>Resign</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,
office, or the like; surrender; as, the <i>resignation</i> of a crown
or comission.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being resigned or submissive;
quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as,
<i>resignation</i> to the will and providence of God.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Patience; surrender; relinquisment; forsaking;
abandonment; abdication; renunciation; submission; acquiescence;
endurance. See <u>Patience</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*signed"</hw> (r?-z?nd"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A firm, yet cautious mind;<BR>
Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet <i>resigned</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sign"ed*ly</hw> (r?-z?n"?d-l?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>With submission.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`ign*ee"</hw> (r?z`?-n?"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One to
whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is
made.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sign"er</hw> (r?-z?n"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
resigns.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sign"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act of resigning.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sile"</hw> (r?-z?l"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Resiled</u> (-z?ld"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Resiling</u>.] [L. <i>resilire</i> to leap or spring
back; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>salire</i> to leap, spring. See
<u>Salient</u>.] <def>To start back; to recoil; to recede from a
purpose.</def>  <i>J. Ellis.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*sil"i*ence</hw> (r?-z?l"?-<i>e</i>ns),
<hw>Re*sil"i*en*cy</hw> (-<i>e</i>n-s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of resiling, springing back, or
rebounding; as, the <i>resilience</i> of a ball or of sound.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mech. & Engyn.)</i> <def>The mechanical work
required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched
spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the
body in recovering from such strain.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sil"i*ent</hw> (-<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resiliens</i>, p. pr.] <def>Leaping back; rebounding;
recoiling.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`i*li"tion</hw> (r?z`?-l?sh"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Resilience.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Res"in</hw> (r?z"?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;sine</i>, L. <i>resina</i>; cf. Gr. <grk>"rhti`nh</grk>
Cf. <u>Rosin</u>.] <def>Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid
inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors
of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether,
alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin
(see <u>Rosin</u>).</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Resins</i> exude from trees in combination with essential
oils, gums, etc., and in a liquid or semiliquid state. They are
composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and are supposed to be
formed by the oxidation of the essential oils. Copal, mastic,
guaiacum, and colophony or pine resin, are some of them. When mixed
with gum, they form the gum resins, like asafetida and gamboge; mixed
with essential oils, they form balsams, or oleoresins.</p>

<p><col><b>Highgate resin</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>a fossil resin
resembling copal, occuring in blue clay at Highgate, near London.</cd>
-- <col><b>Resin bush</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a low composite
shrub (<i>Euryops speciosissimus</i>) of South Africa, having smooth
pinnately parted leaves and abounding in resin.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Res`in*a"ceous</hw> (-?"sh?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having
the quality of resin; resinous.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"in*ate</hw> (r?z"?n-?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Any one of the salts the resinic acids.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1226 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*sin"ic</hw> (r?-z?n"?k), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, resin; as, the <i>resinic</i>
acids.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`in*if"er*ous</hw> (r?z`?n-?f"?r-?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<i>Resin</i> +  <i>-ferous</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;sinif&egrave;re</i>.] <def>Yielding resin; as, a
<i>resiniferous</i> tree or vessel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"in*i*form</hw> (r?z"?n-?-f?rm), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<i>Resin</i> + <i>-form</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;siniforme</i>.]
<def>Having the form of resin.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`in*o-e*lec"tric</hw> (-?-?-l?k"tr?k), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Elec.)</i> <def>Containing or exhibiting resinous
electricity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"in*oid</hw> (r?z"?n-oid), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Somewhat like resin.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"in*ous</hw> (-?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resinous</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;sineux</i>. See <u>Resin</u>.]
<def>Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or
obtained from resin.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Resinous electricity</b></col> <i>(Elec.)</i>,
<cd>electricity which is exited by rubbing bodies of the resinous
kind. See <i>Negative electricity</i>, under <u>Negative</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Res"in*ous*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By means, or in
the manner, of resin.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"in*ous*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of
being resinous.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"in*y</hw> (-?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like resin;
resinous.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`i*pis"cence</hw> (r?s`?-p?s"s<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>resipiscentia</i>, from <i>resipiscere</i>
to recover one's senses: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;sipiscence</i>.]
<def>Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance.</def>
[R.]  <i>Bp. Montagu.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"</hw> (r?-z?st"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Resisted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Resisting</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;sister</i>, L.  <i>resistere</i>,
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>sistere</i> to stand, cause to stand, v.
causative of <i>stare</i> to stand. See <u>Stand</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To stand against; to withstand; to
obstruct.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That mortal dint,<BR>
Save He who reigns above, none can <i>resist</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To strive against; to endeavor to
counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to
oppose.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>God <i>resisteth</i> the proud.</blockquote> <i>James
iv. 6.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Contrary to his high will<BR>
Whom we <i>resist</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To counteract, as a force, by inertia or
reaction.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To be distasteful to.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract;
check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.</p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To make
opposition.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Calico Printing)</i>
<def>A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on
those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting
machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth,
or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of
fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are
called <i>resist pastes</i>.</def>  <i>F. C. Calvert.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"ance</hw> (-<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;sistance</i>, LL. <i>resistentia</i>, fr.
<i>resistens</i>, - <i>entis</i>, p. pr. See <u>Resist</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of resisting; opposition, passive or
active.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When King Demetrius saw that . . . no <i>resistance</i>
was made against him, he sent away all his forces.</blockquote> <i>1.
Macc. xi. 38.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>The quality of not
yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which
acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which
prevents the effect of another power; as, the <i>resistance</i> of the
air to a body passing through it; the <i>resistance</i> of a target to
projectiles.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A means or method of resisting; that which
resists.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Unfold to us some warlike
<i>resistance</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Elec.)</i> <def>A certain hindrance or
opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge
offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the
conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor
conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of
resistance is the ohm.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Resistance box</b></col> <i>(Elec.)</i>, <cd>a rheostat
consisting of a box or case containing a number of resistance coils of
standard values so arranged that they can be combined in various ways
to afford more or less resistance.</cd> -- <col><b>Resistance
coil</b></col> <i>(Elec.)</i>, <cd>a coil of wire introduced into an
electric circuit to increase the resistance.</cd> -- <col><b>Solid of
least resistance</b></col> <i>(Mech.)</i>, <cd>a solid of such a form
as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other
solid having the same base, height, and volume.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"ant</hw> (-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;sistant</i>: cf. L. <i>resistens</i>. See <u>Resist</u>.]
<def>Making resistance; resisting.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>One who, or that which, resists.</def>  <i>Bp. Pearson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
resists.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Making much
resistance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist`i*bil"i*ty</hw> (-?-b?l"?-t?), <pos><i>n..</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality of being resistible;
resistibleness.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The quality of being resistant;
resitstance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The name "body" being the complex idea of extension and
<i>resistibility</i> together in the same subject.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"i*ble</hw> (r?-z?st"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;sistible</i>.] <def>Capable of being resisted; as, a
<i>resistible</i> force.</def> <i>Sir M. Hale.</i> --
<wf>Re*sist"i*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*sist"i*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Making resistance;
opposing; as, a <i>resisting</i> medium.</def> -- <wf>Re*sist"ing
ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"ive</hw> (-?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Serving to
resist.</def>  <i>B. Jonsosn.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sist"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Having no power to resist; making no opposition.</def> [Obs. or
R.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Incapable of being resisted;
irresistible.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Masters' commands come with a power
<i>resistless</i><BR>
To such as owe them absolute subjection.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*sist"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*sist"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*lu*ble</hw> (r?z"?-l?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>[L.
<i>resolubolis</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;soluble</i>. See
<u>Resolve</u>, and cf. <u>Resolvable</u>.] <def>Admitting of being
resolved; resolvable; as, bodies <i>resoluble</i> by fire.</def>
<i>Boyle.</i> -- <wf>Res"o*lu*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*lute</hw> (r?z"?-l?t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;solu</i>. The L. <i>resolutus</i> (p. p. of
<i>resolvere</i>) means, relaxed, enervated, effeminate. See
<u>Resolve</u>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a
determination; hence, bold; firm; steady.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Edward is at hand,<BR>
Ready to fight; therefore be <i>resolute</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Convinced; satisfied; sure.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Resolving, or explaining; as, the
<i>Resolute</i> Doctor Durand.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Determined; decided; fixed; steadfast; steady;
constant; persevering; firm; bold; unshaken.</p>

<p><hw>Res"o*lute</hw> (r?z"?-l?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who is resolute; hence, a desperado.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Redelivery; repayment.</def> [Obs.] "Yearly
<i>resolutes</i>, deductions, and payments."  <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*lute*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a resolute
manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with
perseverance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Some . . . facts he examines, some he <i>resolutely</i>
denies.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*lute*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of
being resolute.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`o*lu"tion</hw> (-l?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;solution</i>. L.  <i>resolutio</i> a loosening, solution.
See <u>Resolve</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act, operation, or
process of resolving. Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> The act of
separating a compound into its elements or component parts.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving
a vexed question or difficult problem.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The unraveling and <i>resolution</i> of the
difficulties that are met with in the execution of the design are the
end of an action.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being relaxed;
relaxation.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The state of being resolved, settled, or
determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Be it with <i>resolution</i> then to
fight.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>That which is resolved or determined; a
settled purpose; determination.  Specifically: A formal expression of
the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted
by vote; as, a legislative <i>resolution</i>; the <i>resolutions</i>
of a public meeting.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The state of being resolved or firm in
opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Little <i>resolution</i> and certainty there is as
touching the islands of Mauritania.</blockquote> <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>The act or process of
solving; solution; as, the <i>resolution</i> of an equation or
problem.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A breaking up, disappearance;
or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The passing of a dissonant
into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which
makes the discord.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Joint resolution</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Joint</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos></cd> -- <col><b>Resolution of a force</b></col>
or <col><b>motion</b></col> <i>(Mech.)</i>, <cd>the separation of a
single force or motion into two or more which have different
directions, and, taken together, are an equivalent for the single one;
-- the opposite of <i>composition of a force</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>Resolution of a nebula</b></col> <i>(Astron.)</i>, <cd>the
exhibition of it to the eye by a telescope of such power as to show it
to be composed of small stars.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Decision; analysis; separation; disentanglement;
dissolution; resolvedness; resoluteness; firmness; constancy;
perseverance; steadfastness; fortitude; boldness; purpose; resolve.
See <u>Decision</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Res`o*lu"tion*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or
resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the
17th century.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He was sequestrated afterwards as a
<i>Resolutioner</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res`o*lu"tion*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who makes
a resolution.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*lu`tive</hw> (r?z"?-lu`t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.F.
<i>r&eacute;solutif</i>.] <def>Serving to dissolve or relax.</def>
[R.]  <i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*lu*to*ry</hw> (r?z"?-l?-t?-r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Resolutive.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*solv`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?-z?lv`?-b?l"?-t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or condition of being
resolvable; resolvableness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*solv"a*ble</hw> (r?-z?lv"?-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Resolve</u>, and cf. <u>Resoluble</u>.] <def>Admitting of being
resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to
first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as,
<i>resolvable</i> compounds; <i>resolvable</i> ideas or
difficulties.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*solv"a*ble*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality
of being resolvable; resolvability.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*solve"</hw> (r?*z?lv"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Resolved</u> (-z?lvd"); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Resolving</u>.] [L. <i>resolvere</i>,
<i>resolutum</i>, to untie, loosen, relax, enfeeble; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>solvere</i> to loosen, dissolve: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;soudare</i> to resolve. See <u>Solve</u>, and cf.
<u>Resolve</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>, <u>Resolute</u>,
<u>Resolution</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To separate the component
parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound
substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,<BR>
Thaw, and <i>resolve</i> itself into a dew!</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Ye immortal souls, who once were men,<BR>
And now <i>resolved</i> to elements again.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To reduce to simple or intelligible
notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear
or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to
explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to
<i>resolve</i> a riddle.</def> "<i>Resolve</i> my doubt."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To the <i>resolving</i> whereof we must first know that
the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving
Gentile.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To cause to perceive or understand; to
acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make
certain.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Sir, be <i>resolved</i>. I must and will
come.</blockquote> <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Resolve</i> me, Reason, which of these is worse,<BR>
Want with a full, or with an empty purse?</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am
<i>resolved</i> it can not be equaled by any region.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We must be <i>resolved</i> how the law can be pure and
perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian
mysteries.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To determine or decide in purpose; to make
ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was <i>resolved</i> by an
unexpected event.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To express, as an opinion or determination,
by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; --
followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by
the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no
money).</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To change or convert by resolution or
formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house <i>resolved</i>
itself into a committee of the whole.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>To solve, as a problem, by
enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is
required; to find the answer to, or the result of.</def>
<i>Hutton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>To dispere or scatter; to
discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>To let the tones (as of a
discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a
concord.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>To relax; to lay at ease.</def> [Obs.]
<i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To resolve a nebula</b></col>.<i>(Astron.)</i> <cd>See
<i>Resolution of a nebula</i>, under <u>Resolution</u>.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To solve; analyze; unravel; disentangle.</p>

<p><hw>Re*solve"</hw> (r?-z?lv"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [The sense
"to be convinced, to determine" comes from the idea of loosening,
breaking up into parts, analyzing, hence, determining.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To be separated into its component parts or
distinct principles; to undergo resolution.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To melt; to dissolve; to become
fluid.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When the blood stagnates in any part, it first
coagulates, then <i>resolves</i>, and turns alkaline.</blockquote>
<i>Arbuthhnot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be settled in opinion; to be
convinced.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Let men <i>resolve</i> of that as they
plaease.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To form a purpose; to make a decision;
especially, to determine after reflection; as, to <i>resolve</i> on a
better course of life.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To determine; decide; conclude; purpose.</p>

<p><hw>Re*solve"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.</def>
"To give a full <i>resolve</i> of that which is so much controverted."
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which has been resolved on or
determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also,
legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a
resolution.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Nor is your firm <i>resolve</i> unknown.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>C&aelig;sar's approach has summoned us together,<BR>
And Rome attends her fate from our <i>resolves</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*solved"</hw> (r?-z?lvd"), <pos><i>p. p. & a.</i></pos>
<def>Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed
after its noun; as, a man <i>resolved</i> to be rich.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That makes him a <i>resolved</i> enemy.</blockquote>
<i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I am <i>resolved</i> she shall not settle
here.</blockquote> <i>Fielding.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*solv"ed*ly</hw> (r?z?lv"?d-l?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>So as to resolve or clear up difficulties;
clearly.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Of that, and all the progress, more or less,<BR>
<i>Resolvedly</i> more leisure shall express.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Resolutely; decidedly; firmly.</def>
<i>Grew.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*solv"ed*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Fixedness of
purpose; firmness; resolution.</def>  <i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*solv"ent</hw> (-<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*solv"ent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>resolvens</i>, p.
pr. of <i>resolvere</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;solvant</i>. See
<u>Resolve</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which has the power of
resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>That which has power to
disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which
aids the absorption of effused products.</def>  <i>Coxe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>An equation upon whose
solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*solv"er</hw> (r?-z?lv"?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which decomposes, or dissolves.</def>
<i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which clears up and removes
difficulties, and makes the mind certain or determined.</def>  <i>Bp.
Burnet.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One who resolves, or formal a firm
purpose.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*nance</hw> (r?z"?-n<i>a</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;sonance</i>, L. <i>resonantia</i> an echo.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of resounding; the quality or state of
being resonant.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Acoustics)</i> <def>A prolongation or
increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or
apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a
distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as
a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Pulmonary resonance</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>the sound
heard on percussing over the lungs.</cd> -- <col><b>Vocal
resonance</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>the sound transmitted to the
ear when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*nan*cy</hw> (-n<i>a</i>n-s?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Resonance.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*nant</hw> (-n<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resonans</i>, p. pr. of <i>resonare</i> to resound: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;sonnant</i>. See <u>Resound</u>.] <def>Returning, or
capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing
back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets
were <i>resonant</i> with female parties of young and
old.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*nant*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a resonant
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"o*na`tor</hw> (-n?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Acoustics)</i> <def>Anything which resounds; specifically, a
vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of
brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a
musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis
of complex sounds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sorb"</hw> (r?-s?rb"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reorbere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>sorbere</i> to suck or
drink in.] <def>To swallow up.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Now lifted by the tide, and now
<i>resorbed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Young.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sorb"ent</hw> (-<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resorbens</i>, p. pr. of <i>resorbere</i>.] <def>Swallowing
up.</def>  <i>Wodhull.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res*or"cin</hw> (r?z-?r"s?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[<i>Res</i>in + <i>orcin</i>. So called because in its higher
homologue it resembles <i>orcin</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A colorless
crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting
certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It
is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as
phthale&iuml;n, fluoresce&iuml;n, and eosin.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`or*cyl"ic</hw> (r?z`?r-s?l"?k), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as,
<i>resorcylic</i> acid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sorp"tion</hw> (r?*s?rp"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again;
reabsorption.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sort"</hw> (r?*z?rt"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>ressort</i>.] <def>Active power or movement; spring.</def> [A
Gallicism] [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Some . . . know the <i>resorts</i> and falls of
business that can not sink into the main of it.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sort"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Resorted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Resorting</u>.] [OF. <i>resortir</i> to withdraw, take refuge, F.
<i>ressortir</i> to be in the jurisdiction, LL. <i>resortire</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + L. <i>sortiri</i> to draw lots, obtain by lot,
from <i>sors</i> lot. See <u>Sort</u>.  The meaning is first to
reobtain (by lot), then to gain by appeal to a higher court (as a law
term), to appeal, go for protection or refuge.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To go; to repair; to betake one's self.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>What men name <i>resort</i> to him?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To fall back; to revert.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The inheritance of the son never <i>resorted</i> to the
mother, or to any of her ancestors.</blockquote> <i>Sir M.
Hale.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1227 !></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To have recourse; to apply; to one's self
for help, relief, or advantage.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The king thought it time to <i>resort</i> to other
counsels.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sort"</hw> (r?*z?rt"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>ressort</i> jurisdiction. See <u>Resort</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of going to, or making application; a
betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a
place of popular <i>resort</i>; -- often figuratively; as, to have
<i>resort</i> to force.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Join with me to forbid him her
<i>resort</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A place to which one betakes himself
habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Far from all <i>resort</i> of mirth.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That to which one resorts or looks for
help; resource; refuge.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Last resort</b></col>, <cd>ultimate means of relief; also,
final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*sort"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
resorts; a frequenter.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*soun"</hw> (r?*z??n"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reason.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*soun"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos> <def>To
resound.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re-sound"</hw> (r?*sound"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-  + sound</i>.] <def>To sound again or anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sound"</hw> (r?*zound"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Resounded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Resounding</u>.] [OE. <i>resounen</i>, OF.
<i>resoner</i>, F. <i>r&eacute;sonner</i>, from L. <i>resonare</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>sonare</i> to sound, <i>sonus</i> sound. See
<u>Sound</u> to make a noise.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To sound
loudly; as, his voice <i>resounded</i> far.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the
woods <i>resound</i> with song.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be echoed; to be sent back, as
sound.</def> "Common fame . . . <i>resounds</i> back to them again."
<i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To be mentioned much and loudly.</def>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as,
the earth <i>resounded</i> with his praise.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sound"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to
reverberate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Albion's cliffs <i>resound</i> the
rur&?;&?;ay.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To praise or celebrate with the voice, or
the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame
of.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The man for wisdom's various arts renowned,<BR>
Long exercised in woes, O muse, <i>resound</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To echo; re&euml;cho; reverberate; sound.</p>

<p><hw>Re*sound"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Return of sound;
echo.</def>  <i>Beaumont.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*source"</hw> (r?*s?rs"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>ressource</i>, fr. OF. <i>ressourdre</i>, <i>resourdre</i>, to
spring forth or up again; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>sourdre</i> to
spring forth. See <u>Source</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That to
which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support;
means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last
<i>resource</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>Pecuniary means; funds; money,
or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means
or capabilities of any kind.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for
every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another
country of greater <i>resources</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Expedient; resort; means; contrivance.</p>

<p><hw>Re*source"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of
resources.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*source"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of
resources.</def>  <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*source"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<pos><i>R.</i></pos> <pos><i>Browning.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*sow"</hw> (r?*s?"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To sow
again.</def>  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sown"</hw> (r?*zoun"), <pos><i>v.</i></pos> <def>To
resound.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*speak"</hw> (r?*sp?k"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To speak or utter again.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To answer; to echo.</def> [Obs. or Poetic]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spect"</hw> (r?*sp?kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Respected</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Respecting</u>.] [L. <i>respectare</i>, v. intens.
from <i>respicere</i>, <i>respectum</i>, to look back, respect; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>specere</i>, <i>spicere</i>, to look, to view: cf.
F. <i>respecter</i>. See <u>Spy</u>, and cf. <u>Respite</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To take notice of; to regard with special
attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to
care for; to heed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou <i>respectest</i> not spilling Edward's
blood.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In orchards and gardens, we do not so much
<i>respect</i> beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and
herbs.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To consider worthy of esteem; to regard
with honor.</def> "I do <i>respect</i> thee as my soul."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To look toward; to front upon or
toward.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so
<i>respect</i> the &?;&?;uth.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To regard; to consider; to deem.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar,<BR>
And as his own <i>respected</i> him to death.</blockquote> <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To have regard to; to have reference to; to
relate to; as, the treaty particularly <i>respects</i> our
commerce.</def></p>

<p><col><b>As respects</b></col>, <cd>as regards; with regard to; as
to.</cd> <i>Macaulay.</i> -- <col><b>To respect the person</b></col>
or <col><b>persons</b></col>, <cd>to favor a person, or persons on
corrupt grounds; to show partiality.</cd> "Ye shall not <i>respect
persons</i> in judgment." <i>Deut. i. 17.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.</p>

<p><hw>Re*spect"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>respectus</i>: cf.
F. <i>respect</i>. See <u>Respect</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>, and cf.
<u>Respite</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of noticing with
attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care;
caution.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>But he it well did ward with wise
<i>respect</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Esteem; regard; consideration;
honor.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Seen without awe, and served without
<i>respect</i>.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little
<i>respect</i>.</blockquote> <i>R. Nelson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>An expression of respect of
deference; regards; as, to send one's <i>respects</i> to
another.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Reputation; repute.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Many of the best <i>respect</i> in Rome.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Relation; reference; regard.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with
<i>respect</i> to the various benefits men received from him, had
several titles.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Particular; point regarded; point of view;
as, in this <i>respect</i>; in any <i>respect</i>; in all
<i>respects</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be
acknowledged in many <i>respects</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Tillotson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In one <i>respect</i> I'll be thy
assistant.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Consideration; motive; interest.</def>
[Obs.] "Whatever secret <i>respects</i> were likely to move them."
<i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To the publik good<BR>
Private <i>respects</i> must yield.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><col><b>In respect</b></col>, <cd>in comparison.</cd> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i> -- <col><b>In respect of</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>In comparison with.</cd> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>As to; in regard to.</cd> [Archaic] "Monsters <i>in respect of</i>
their bodies." <i>Bp. Wilkins.</i> "<i>In respect of</i> these
matters." <i>Jowett. (Thucyd.)</i> -- <col><b>In, or With</b></col>,
<col><b>respect to</b></col>, <cd>in relation to; with regard to; as
respects.</cd> <i>Tillotson.</i> -- <col><b>To have respect of
persons</b></col>, <cd>to regard persons with partiality or undue
bias, especially on account of friendship, power, wealth, etc.</cd>
"It is not good <i>to have respect of persons</i> in judgment."
<i>Prov. xxiv. 23.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Deference; attention; regard; consideration;
estimation. See <u>Deference</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*spect`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*sp?kt`?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state or quality of being respectable;
the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spect"a*ble</hw> (-&?;-b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>respectable</i>, LL. <i>respectabilis</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard;
hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a <i>respectable</i>
citizen.</def> "The <i>respectable</i> quarter of Sicca."  <i>J. H.
Newman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>No government, any more than an individual, will long
be respected, without being truly <i>respectable</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Madison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Moderate in degree of excellence or in
number; as, a <i>respectable</i> performance; a <i>respectable</i>
audience.</def></p>

<p>--<wf>Re*spect"a*ble*ness</wf>,<pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*spect"a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*spect"ant</hw> (-<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., p.
pr. of <i>respecter</i>. See <u>Respect</u>.] <i>(Her.)</i>
<def>Placed so as to face one another; -- said of animals.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spect"er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
respects.</def></p>

<p><col><b>A respecter of persons</b></col>, <cd>one who regards or
judges with partiality.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>Of a truth I perceive that God is no <i>respecter of
persons</i>.</blockquote> <i>Acts x. 34.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spect"ful</hw> (-f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Marked or
characterized by respect; as, <i>respectful</i> deportment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>With humble joi and with <i>respectful</i>
fear.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*spect"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*spect"ful*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*spect"ing</hw>, <pos><i>prep.</i></pos> <def>With regard or
relation to; regarding; concerning; as, <i>respecting</i> his conduct
there is but one opinion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spec"tion</hw> (r?*sp?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.LL.
<i>respectio</i>.] <def>The act of respecting; respect; regard.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Without difference or <i>respection</i> of
persons.</blockquote> <i>Tyndale.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spec"tive</hw> (r?*sp?k"t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>respectif</i>, LL. <i>respectivus</i>. See <u>Respect</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary;
considerate.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>If you look upon the church of England with a
<i>respective</i> eye, you can not . . . refuse this
charge.</blockquote> <i>A&?;p. Sandys.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Looking towardl having reference to;
relative, not absolute; as, the <i>respective</i> connections of
society.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Relating to particular persons or things,
each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their
<i>respective</i> places of abode.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Fitted to awaken respect.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Rendering respect; respectful;
regardful.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>With <i>respective</i> shame, rose, took us by the
hands.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>With thy equals familiar, yet
<i>respective</i>.</blockquote> <i>Lord Burleigh.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spec"tive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as
each refers to each in order; as, let each man <i>respectively</i>
perform his duty.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The impressions from the objects or the senses do
mingle <i>respectively</i> every one with its kind.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Relatively; not absolutely.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Partially; with respect to private
views.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>With respect; regardfully.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spect"less</hw> (r?*sp?kt"l?s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Having no respect; without regard; regardless.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Rather than again<BR>
Endure, <i>respectless</i>, their so moving c&?;ies.</blockquote>
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*spect"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [R.]
<i>Shelton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spec"tu*ous</hw> (r?*sp?k"t?*?s;135), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Respectful; as, a <i>respectuous</i>
silence.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Respectable.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Knolles.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spell"</hw> (r?*sp?l"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
spell again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sperse"</hw> (r?*sp?rs"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>respersus</i>, p. p. of <i>respergere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>spargere</i> to srew, sprinkle.] <def>To sprinkle; to
scatter.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sper"sion</hw> (r?*sp?r"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>respersio</i>.] <def>The act of sprinkling or scattering.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*spir`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*sp?r`?*b?l"?*t? or r?s`p?*r?-),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>respirabilit&?;</i>.] <def>The quality
or state of being respirable; respirableness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spir"a*ble</hw> (r?*sp?r"?*b'l or r?s"p?*r?*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>respirable</i>.] <def>Suitable for
being breathed; adapted for respiration.</def> --
<wf>Re*spir"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Res`pi*ra"tion</hw> (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>respiratio</i>: cf. F. <i>respiration</i>. See <u>Respire</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of respiring or breathing again, or
catching one's breath.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Relief from toil or suffering: rest.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Till the day<BR>
Appear of <i>respiration</i> to the just<BR>
And vengeance to the wicked.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Interval; intermission.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>The act of resping or
breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of
those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and
carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:
(<i>a</i>) <i>Internal respiration</i>, or the interchange of oxygen
and carbonic acid between the cells of the body and the bathing them,
which in one sense is a process of nutrition. (<i>b</i>) <i>External
respiration</i>, or the gaseous interchange taking place in the
special respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes respiration
proper. <i>Gamgee.</i></p>

<p>   In the respiration of plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and
carbonic acid exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by
another process which goes on with more vigor, in which the plant
inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales free oxygen.</p>

<p><hw>Res`pi*ra"tion*al</hw> (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n-<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to respiration; as,
<i>respirational</i> difficulties.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spir"a*tive</hw> (r?*sp?*r?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Of or pertaining to respiration; as, <i>respirative</i>
organs.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"pi*ra`tor</hw> (r?s"p?*r?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>respirateur</i>.] <def>A divice of gauze or wire, covering the
mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as
dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing
through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated
vapors.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spir"a*to*ry</hw> (r?*sp?r"?*t?*r? or r?s"p?*r?-),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to
respiration; serving for respiration; as, the <i>respiratory</i>
organs; <i>respiratory</i> nerves; the <i>respiratory</i> function;
<i>respiratory</i> changes.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Respiratory foods</b></col>. <i>(Physiol.)</i> <cd>See 2d
Note under <u>Food</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 1.</cd> --
<col><b>Respiratory tree</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the
branched internal gill of certain holothurians.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*spire"</hw> (r?*sp?r), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Respired</u> (-sp?rd"); <pos><i>p. pr. & vvb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Respiring</u>.] [L. <i>respirare</i>,
<i>respiratum</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>spirare</i> to breathe:
cf. F. <i>respirer</i>. See <u>Spirit</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.</def>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Here leave me to <i>respire</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>From the mountains where I now
<i>respire</i>.</blockquote> <i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>To breathe; to inhale air
into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose
of maintaining the vitality of the blood.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spire"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to
breathe.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A native of the land where I <i>respire</i><BR>
The clear air for a while.</blockquote> <i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To breathe out; to exhale.</def> [R.]
<i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"pite</hw> (r?s"p?t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>respit</i>, F. <i>r&eacute;pit</i>, from L. <i>respectus</i>
respect, regard, delay, in LL., the deferring of a day. See
<u>Respect</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A putting off of that which
was appointed; a postponement or delay.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I crave but four day's <i>respite</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Temporary intermission of labor, or of any
process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay.</def> "Without
more <i>respite</i>."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Some pause and <i>respite</i> only I
require.</blockquote> <i>Denham.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Temporary
suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The delay of appearance at court granted to a
jury beyond the proper term.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Pause; interval; stop; cessation; delay;
postponement; stay; reprieve.</p>

<p><hw>Res"pite</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Respited</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Respiting</u>.] [OF. <i>respiter</i>, LL. <i>respectare</i>. See
<u>Respite</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>To give or grant a respite
to.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To delay or postpone;
to put off.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To keep back from
execution; to reprieve.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Forty days longer we do <i>respite</i>
you.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To relieve by a pause or interval of
rest.</def> "To <i>respite</i> his day labor with repast."
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"pite*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Without
respite.</def>  <i>Baxter.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*splen"dence</hw> (r?*spl?n"d<i>e</i>ns),
<hw>Re*splen"den*cy</hw> (-d<i>e</i>n*s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resplendentia</i>.] <def>The quality or state of being resplendent;
brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Son! thou in whom my glory I behold<BR>
In full <i>resplendence</i>, heir of all my might.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>resplendency</i> of his own almighty
goodness.</blockquote> <i>Dr. J. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*splen"dent</hw> (-d<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resplendens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>resplendere</i> to
shine brightly; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>splendere</i> to shine. See
<u>Splendid</u>.] <def>Shining with brilliant luster; very
bright.</def> -- <wf>Re*splen"dent*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><blockquote>With royal arras and <i>resplendent</i>
gold.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*splen"dish*ant</hw> (-d?sh*<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Resplendent; brilliant.</def> [R. & Obs.]  <i>Fabyan.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*splen"dish*ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Resplendent.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*split"</hw> (r?*spl?t"), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>
<def>To split again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spond"</hw> (r?*sp?nd"), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Responded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Responding</u>.] [OF. <i>respondre</i>, F.
<i>r&eacute;pondre</i>, fr. L. <i>respondere</i>, <i>responsum</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>spondere</i> to promise. See
<u>Sponsor</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To say somethin in return; to
answer; to reply; as, to <i>respond</i> to a question or an
argument.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To show some effect in return to a force;
to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which
<i>responds</i> to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of
human woe.</blockquote> <i>Buckminster.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To every theme <i>responds</i> thy various
lay.</blockquote> <i>Broome.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To render satisfaction; to be answerable;
as, the defendant is held to <i>respond</i> in damages.</def>
[U.S.]</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To answer; reply; rejoin. See <u>Reply</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*spond"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To answer; to reply.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To suit or accord with; to correspond
to.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>For his great deeds <i>respond</i> his speeches
great.</blockquote> <i>Fairfax.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spond"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An
answer; a response.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>A short anthem sung at
intervals during the reading of a chapter.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A half pier or pillar
attached to a wall to support an arch.</def>  <i>Oxf. Gloss.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*spond"ence</hw> (-<i>?</i>ns), <hw>Re*spond"en*cy</hw> (-
<i>e</i>n*s?), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of responding; the
state of being respondent; an answering.</def>  <i>A.
Chalmers.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The angelical soft trembling voice made<BR>
To the instruments divine <i>respondence</i> meet.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spond"ent</hw> (-<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>respondens</i>, p. pr. of <i>respondere</i>.] <def>Disposed or
expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Wealth <i>respondent</i> to payment and
contributions.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spond"ent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;pondant</i>.] <def>One who responds. It corresponds in
general to <i>defendant</i>.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>One who answers in certain suits or proceedings,
generally those which are not according to the course of the common
law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition,
and the like; -- distinquished from <i>appellant</i>.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One who maintains a thesis in reply, and
whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; --
distinguished from <i>opponent</i>.</def>  <i>I. Watts.  </i></p>

<p><! p. 1228 !></p>

<p><hw>||Re`spon*den"ti*a</hw> (r?`sp?n*d?n"sh?*?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Respondence</u>.] <i>(Commercial
Law)</i> <def>A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from
<i>bottomry</i>, which is a loan on the ship itself.</def>
<i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spon"sal</hw> (r?*sp?n"s<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Answerable.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*spon"sal</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.LL.
<i>resposalis</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who is answerable or
responsible.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Response.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Brevint.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sponse"</hw> (r?*sp?ns"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>response</i>, <i>respons</i>, F. <i>r&eacute;ponse</i>, from L.
<i>responsum</i>, from <i>respondere</i>. See <u>Respond</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of responding.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An answer or reply.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Reply to an objection in formal
disputation.</def> <i>I. Watts.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Eccl.)</i>
<def>The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or
clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(R.C.Ch.)</i> <def>A kind of anthem sung after
the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.</def>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A repetition of the given
subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth
below.</def> <i>Busby.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sponse"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Giving no
response.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>-ties</b></plw> (-t&?;z).
[Cf. F. <i>responsabilit&eacute;</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a
trust, debt, or obligation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That for which anyone is responsible or
accountable; as, the <i>resonsibilities</i> of power.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Ability to answer in payment; means of
paying.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spon"si*ble</hw> (r?*sp?n"s?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>responsable</i>. See <u>Respond</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer;
accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is
<i>responsible</i> to the court for his conduct in the
office.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Able to respond or answer for one's conduct
and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a
<i>responsible</i> man for surety.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Involving responsibility; involving a
degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a
<i>responsible</i> office.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Accountable; answerable; amenable.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*spon"si*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*spon"si*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*spon"sion</hw> (-sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>responsio</i>. See <u>Respond</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act
of answering.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(University of Oxford)</i> <def>The first
university examination; -- called also <i>little go</i>. See under
<u>Little</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Re*spon"sive</hw> (-s?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>resposif</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That responds; ready or
inclined to respond.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Suited to something else;
correspondent.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The vocal lay <i>responsive</i> to the
strings.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Responsible.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*spon"sive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*spon"sive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re`spon*so"ri*al</hw> (r?`sp?n*s?"r?-<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Responsory; antiphonal.</def>  <i>J. H.
Newman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spon"so*ry</hw> (r?*sp?n"s?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Containing or making answer; answering.</def>
<i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*spon"so*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>-
ries</b></plw> (-r&?;z). [LL. <i>responsorium</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Eccl.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The answer of the people to
the priest in alternate speaking, in church service.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or
as a refrain.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers
into <i>responsories</i>, and beget another liturgy.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>An antiphonary; a response
book.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rest</hw> (r?st), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [For <i>arrest</i>.]
<def>To arrest.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rest</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rest</i>,
<i>r&aelig;st</i>, rest; akin to D. <i>rust</i>, G. <i>rast</i>. OHG.
<i>rasta</i>, Dan. & Sw. <i>rast</i> rest, repose, Icel.
<i>r&ouml;st</i> the distance between two resting places, a mole,
Goth. <i>rasta</i> a mile, also to Goth. <i>razn</i> house, Icel.
<i>rann</i>, and perhaps to G. <i>ruhe</i> rest, repose, AS.
<i>r&omacr;w</i>, Gr. <grk>'erwh`</grk>.  Cf. <u>Ransack</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from
motion or labor; tranquillity; as, <i>rest</i> from mental exertion;
<i>rest</i> of body or mind.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Sleep give thee all his <i>rest</i>!</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, freedom from everything which
wearies or disturbs; peace; security.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And the land had <i>rest</i> fourscore
years.</blockquote> <i>Judges iii. 30.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically,
death.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>How sleep the brave who sink to <i>rest</i>,<BR>
By all their country's wishes blest.</blockquote> <i>Collins.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>That on which anything rests or leans for
support; as, a <i>rest</i> in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool
or steadying the work.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He made narrowed <i>rests</i> round about, that the
beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.</blockquote>
<i>1 Kings vi. 6.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Anc. Armor)</i> <def>A projection from the
right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Their visors closed, their lances in the
<i>rest</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A place where one may rest, either
temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.</def>
"Halfway houses and travelers' <i>rests</i>."  <i>J. H.
Newman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In dust our final <i>rest</i>, and native
home.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Ye are not as yet come to the <i>rest</i> and to the
inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.</blockquote> <i>Deut.
xii. 9.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Pros.)</i> <def>A short pause in reading
verse; a c&aelig;sura.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>The striking of a balance at regular
intervals in a running account.</def> "An account is said to be taken
with annual or semiannual <i>rests</i>."  <i>Abbott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>A set or game at tennis.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Silence in music or in one
of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence.
They are named as notes are, <i>whole</i>, <i>half</i>,
<i>quarter</i>,etc.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rest house</b></col>, <cd>an empty house for the
accomodation of travelers; a caravansary.</cd> [India] -- <col><b>To
set, or To set up</b></col>, <col><b>one's rest</b></col>, <cd>to have
a settled determination; -- from an old game of cards, when one so
expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his hand.</cd> [Obs.]
<i>Shak. Bacon.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose;
slumber; quiet; ease; quietness; stillness; tranquillity;
peacefulness; peace.  -- <u>Rest</u>, <u>Repose</u>. <i>Rest</i> is a
ceasing from labor or exertion; <i>repose</i> is a mode of resting
which gives relief and refreshment after toil and labor. The words are
commonly interchangeable.</p>

<p><hw>Rest</hw> (r&ebreve;st), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rested</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Resting</u>.] [AS. <i>restan</i>. See <u>Rest</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cease from action or
motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist
from labor or exertion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>God . . . <i>rested</i> on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made.</blockquote> <i>Gen. ii. 2.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day
thou shalt <i>rest</i>.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xxiii. 12.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be free from whanever wearies or
disturbs; to be quiet or still.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There <i>rest</i>, if any rest can harbor
there.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as,
to <i>rest</i> on a couch.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To stand firm; to be fixed; to be
supported; as, a column <i>rests</i> on its pedestal.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to
be dead.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Fancy . . . then retries<BR>
Into her private cell when Nature <i>rests</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely;
to repose without anxiety; as, to <i>rest</i> on a man's
promise.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>On him I <i>rested</i>, after long debate,<BR>
And not without considering, fixed &?;&?; fate.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To be satisfied; to acquiesce.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>rest</i> in Heaven's determination.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rest with</b></col>, <cd>to be in the power of; to
depend upon; as, it <i>rests with</i> him to decide.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rest</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
lay or place at rest; to quiet.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Your piety has paid<BR>
All needful rites, to <i>rest</i> my wandering shade.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To place, as on a support; to cause to
lean.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Her weary head upon your bosom
<i>rest</i>.</blockquote> <i>Waller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rest</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>reste</i>, fr.
<i>rester</i> to remain, L. <i>restare</i> to stay back, remain; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>stare</i> to stand, stay. See <u>Stand</u>, and
cf. <u>Arrest</u>, <u>Restive</u>.] (With the definite article.)
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which is left, or which remains after the
separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder;
residue.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the present
comfort of having done our duty, and, for the <i>rest</i>, it offers
us the best security that Heaven can give.</blockquote>
<i>Tillotson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Those not included in a proposition or
description; the remainder; others.</def> "Plato and the <i>rest</i>
of the philosophers."  <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Armed like the <i>rest</i>, the Trojan prince
appears.</blockquote> <i>DRyden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>A surplus held as a reserved
fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of
England, the balance of assets above liabilities.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue;
reserve; others.</p>

<p><hw>Rest</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [F. <i>rester</i>. See
<u>Rest</u> remainder.] <def>To be left; to remain; to continue to
be.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The affairs of men <i>rest</i> still
uncertain.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*stag"nant</hw> (r?*st?g"n<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[L. <i>restagnans</i>, p. pr. ] <def>Stagnant; motionless.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*stag"nate</hw> (-n?t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>restagnare</i> to overflow.] <def>To stagnate; to cease to
flow.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Wiseman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`stag*na"tion</hw> (-n?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>restagnatio</i> aninundation.] <def>Stagnation.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Res"tant</hw> (r?s"t<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>restans</i>, p. pr. of <i>restare</i>: cf. F. <i>restant</i>.  See
<u>Rest</u> remainder.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Persistent.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*state"</hw> (r?*st?t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
state anew.</def>  <i>Palfrey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"tau*rant</hw> (r?s"t?*r?nt;277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.,
fr. <i>restaurer</i>. See <u>Restore</u>.] <def>An eating
house.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"tau*rate</hw> (r?s"t?*r?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>restauratus</i>, p. p. of <i>restaurare</i>. See <u>Restore</u>.]
<def>To restore.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Re`stau`ra`teur"</hw> (r?`st?`r?`t?r"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F.] <def>The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`tau*ra"tion</hw> (r?s`t?*r?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[LL. <i>restauratio</i>: cf. F. <i>restauration</i>.]
<def>Restoration.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Cower.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*stem"</hw> (r?*st?m"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To force back against the current; as, to
<i>restem</i> their backward course.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To stem, or move against; as, to
<i>restem</i> a current.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rest"ful</hw> (r?st"f?l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Being at rest; quiet.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble,
etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Tired with all these, for <i>restful</i> death I
cry.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Rest"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rest"ful*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rest"-har`row</hw> (-h?r`r?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A European leguminous plant (<i>Ononis
arvensis</i>) with long, tough roots.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rest"iff</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Restive.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rest"iff</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A restive or stubborn
horse.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rest"iff*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Restiveness.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Res"ti*form</hw> (r?s"t?*f?rm), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>[L.
<i>restis</i> rope + <i>-form</i>.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Formed like a
rope; -- applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of
fibers on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rest"i*ly</hw> (r?st"?*l?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
resty manner.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*stinc"tion</hw> (r?*st?nk"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>[L.
<i>restinctio</i>. See <u>Restinguish</u>.] <def>Act of quenching or
extingishing.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rest"i*ness</hw> (r?st`&ibreve;*n?s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The snake by <i>restiness</i> and lying still all
winter.</blockquote> <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rest"ing</hw>, <def><pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> from <u>Rest</u>,
<pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><col><b>Resting spore</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a spore in
certain orders of alg&aelig;, which remains quiescent, retaining its
vitality, for long periods of time.</cd>  <i>C. E. Bessey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*stin"guish</hw> (r?*st?n"gw?sh), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>restinquere</i>, <i>restinctum</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>stinquere</i> to quench.] <def>To quench or extinguish.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>R. Field.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"ti*tute</hw> (r?s"t?*t?t), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>restitutus</i>, p. p. of <i>restituere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>statuere</i> to put, place. See <u>Statute</u>.] <def>To restore to
a former state.</def> [R.]  <i>Dyer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res"ti*tute</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which is
restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Res`ti*tu"tion</hw> (r?s`t?*t?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>restitution</i>, L. <i>restitutio</i>. See <u>Restitute</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of restoring
anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an
equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A <i>restitution</i> of ancient rights unto the
crown.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He <i>restitution</i> to the value makes.</blockquote>
<i>Sandys.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is offered or given in return
for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>The act of returning to,
or recovering, a former state; as, the <i>restitution</i> of an
elastic body.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The movement of rotetion
which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered,
and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was
directed at the beginning of labor.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Restoration; return; indemnification; reparation;
compensation; amends; remuneration.</p>

<p><hw>Res"ti*tu`tor</hw> (r?s"t?*t?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.:
cf. F. <i>restituteur</i>.] <def>One who makes restitution.</def>
[R].</p>

<p><hw>Rest"ive</hw> (r?st"?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>restif</i>, F. <i>r&eacute;tif</i>, fr. L. <i>restare</i> to stay
back, withstand, resist. See <u>Rest</u> remainder, and cf.
<u>Restiff</u>.] . <def>Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to
move forward; stubborn; drawing back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Restive</i> or resty, drawing back, instead of going
forward, as some horses do.</blockquote> <i>E. Philips (1658).</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts
which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became
<i>restive</i>, and went back.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Inactive; sluggish.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or
opposition; refractory.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still;
fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses.</def>
<i>Trench.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Rest"ive</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rest"ive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rest"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>restle&aacute;s</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Never resting;
unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a <i>restless</i>
child.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i> "<i>Restless</i> revolution day by day."
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace;
averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as,
<i>restless</i> schemers; <i>restless</i> ambition; <i>restless</i>
subjects.</def>  "<i>Restless</i> at home , and ever prone to range."
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Deprived of rest or sleep.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Restless</i> he passed the remnants of the
night.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has
had a <i>restless</i> night.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Not affording rest; as, a <i>restless</i>
chair.</def>  <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Restless thrush</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Grinder</u>, 3.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless;
agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Rest"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>-
<wf>Rest"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*stor"a*ble</hw> (r?*st?r"?*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as,
<i>restorable</i> land.</def> <i>Swift.</i> --
<wf>Re*stor"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*stor"al</hw> (-<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Restoration.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res`to*ra"tion</hw> (r?s`t?*r?"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>restauracion</i>, F. <i>restauration</i>, fr. L.
<i>restauratio</i>. See <u>Restore</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or
condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; re&euml;stablishment;
as, the <i>restoration</i> of friendship between enemies; the
<i>restoration</i> of peace after war.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Behold the different climes agree,<BR>
Rejoicing in thy <i>restoration</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being restored; recovery of
health, strength, etc.; as, <i>restoration</i> from
sickness.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is restored or
renewed.</def></p>

<p><col><b>The restoration</b></col> <i>(Eng. Hist.)</i>, <cd>the
return of King Charles II. in 1660, and the re&euml;stablishment of
monarchy.</cd> -- <col><b>Universal restoration</b></col>
<i>(Theol.)</i>, <cd>the final recovery of all men from sin and
alienation from God to a state of happiness; universal
salvation.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Recovery; replacement; renewal; renovation;
redintegration; reinstatement; re&euml;stablishment; return; revival;
restitution; reparation.</p>

<p><hw>Res`to*ra"tion*er</hw> (-?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
Restorationist.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`to*ra"tion*ism</hw> (-?z'm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
belief or doctrines of the Restorationists.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res`to*ra"tion*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of
all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*stor"a*tive</hw> (r?*st?r"?*t?v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>restoratif</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to restoration; having
power to restore.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Destroys life's enemy,<BR>
Hunger, with sweet <i>restorative</i> delight.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*stor"a*tive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Something which
serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine.</def>
<i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*stor"a*tive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
restorative manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Res"to*ra`tor</hw> (r?s"t?*r?`t?r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
restaurateur.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*stor"a*to*ry</hw> (r?*st?r"?*t?*r?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Restorative.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re-store"</hw> (r?*st?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>store</i>.] <def>To store again; as, the goods taken
out were <i>re-stored</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*store"</hw> (r?*st?r"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Restored</u> (r?-st?rd");
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Restoring</u>.] [OE.
<i>restoren</i>, OF. <i>restorer</i>, F. <i>restaurer</i>, fr. L.
<i>restaurare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + an unused word; cf. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?; an upright pale or stake, Skr. <i>sth&?;vara</i> fixed,
firm.  Cf. <u>Restaurant</u>, <u>Store</u>.] <def>To bring back to its
former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or
the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.</def> "To <i>restore</i>
and to build Jerusalem."  <i>Dan. ix. 25.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Our fortune <i>restored</i> after the severest
afflictions.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And his hand was <i>restored</i> whole as the
other.</blockquote> <i>Mark iii. 5.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To give or bring back, as that which has
been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to
replace.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Now therefore <i>restore</i> the man his
wife.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xx. 7.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Loss of Eden, till one greater man<BR>
<i>Restore</i> us, and regain the blissful seat.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The father banished virtue shall
<i>restore</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To renew; to re&euml;stablish; as, to
<i>restore</i> harmony among those who are variance.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To give in place of, or as satisfaction
for.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He shall <i>restore</i> five oxen for an ox, and four
sheep for a sheep.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xxii. 1.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1229 !></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To make good; to make amends for.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,<BR>
All losses are <i>restored</i>, and sorrows end.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Fine Arts)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To
bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed
condition; as, to <i>restore</i> a painting, statue, etc.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To form a picture or model of, as of
something lost or mutilated; as, to <i>restore</i> a ruined building,
city, or the like.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To return; replace; refund; repay; reinstate;
rebuild; re&euml;stablish; renew; repair; revive; recover; heal;
cure.</p>

<p><hw>Re*store"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Restoration.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*store"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Restoration.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*stor"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, restores.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*strain"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Restrained</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Restraining</u>.] [OE. <i>restreinen</i>, F. <i>restreindre</i>,
fr. L. <i>restringere</i>, <i>restrictum</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>stringere</i> to draw, bind, or press together. See <u>Strain</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Restrict</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or
advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing
obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Restrain</i> in me the cursed thoughts that
nature<BR>
Gives way to in repose!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To draw back toghtly, as a rein.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to
abridge.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Though they two were committed, at least
<i>restrained</i> of their liberty.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To limit; to confine; to restrict.</def>
<i>Trench.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral,
universality also is to be <i>restrained</i> by a part of the
predicate.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To withhold; to forbear.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou <i>restrained</i> prayer before God.</blockquote>
<i>Job. xv. 4.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb;
suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine.</p>

<p><hw>Re*strain"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of
being restrained; controllable.</def>  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*strain"ed*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>With
restraint.</def>  <i>Hammond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*strain"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which, restrains.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*strain"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
restraining.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*straint"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>restraincte</i>, fr. <i>restrainct</i>, F. <i>restreint</i>, p. p.
of <i>restraindre</i>, <i>restrendre</i>. See <u>Restrain</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act or process of restraining, or of
holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner;
hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>No man was altogether above the <i>restrains</i> of
law, and no man altogether below its protection.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being restrained.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which restrains, as a law, a
prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For one <i>restraint</i>, lords of the world
besides.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Repression; hindrance; check; stop; curb;&?;oercion;
confinement; limitation; restriction.</p>

<p><hw>Re*strength"en</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
strengthen again; to fortify anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*strict"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>restrictus</i>, p. p. of <i>restringere</i>. See <u>Restrain</u>.]
<def>Restricted.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*strict"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Restricted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Restricting</u>.] <def>To restrain within bounds; to limit; to
confine; as, to <i>restrict</i> worlds to a particular meaning; to
<i>restrict</i> a patient to a certain diet.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To limit; bound; circumscribe; restrain; repress;
curb; coerce.</p>

<p><hw>Re*stric"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>restriction</i>, L. <i>restrictio</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within
limits or bounds.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This is to have the same <i>restriction</i> with all
other recreations,that it be made a divertisement.</blockquote>
<i>Giv. of Tonque.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which restricts; limitation;
restraint; as, <i>restrictions</i> on trade.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*stric"tion*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Restrictive.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*strict"ive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>restrictif</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Serving or tending to restrict; limiting;
as, a <i>restrictive</i> particle; <i>restrictive</i> laws of
trade.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Astringent or styptic in effect.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Wiseman.</i></p>

<p>--<wf>Re*strict"ive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*strict"ive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*stringe"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Restringed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Restringing</u> (?).] [L. <i>restringere</i>. See
<u>Restrain</u>.] <def>To confine; to contract; to stringe.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*strin"gen*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality or
state of being restringent; astringency.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir W.
Petty.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*strin"gent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>restringens</i>, p. pr.: cf. F. <i>restringent</i>.]
<def>Restringing; astringent; styptic.</def> [Obs.] --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A restringent medicine.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Harvey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*strive"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To strive
anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rest"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Disposed to rest;
indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Burton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Where the master is too <i>resty</i> or too rich to say
his own prayers.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`sub*jec"tion</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second
subjection.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`sub*lime"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To sublime
again.</def> <i>Newton.</i> -- <wf>Re*sub`li*ma"tion</wf> (#),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re`su*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resudare</i> to sweat again. See <u>Sudation</u>.] <def>Act of
sweating again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sult"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Resulted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Resulting</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;sulter</i>, fr. L.
<i>resultare</i>, <i>resultarum</i>, to spring or leap back, v.
intens. fr. <i>resilire</i>. See <u>Resile</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To leap back; to rebound.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The huge round stone, <i>resulting</i> with a
bound.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To come out, or have an issue; to
terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by <i>in</i>; as, this
measure will <i>result</i> in good or in evil.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To proceed, spring, or rise, as a
consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of
circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Pleasure and peace do naturally <i>result</i> from a
holy and good life.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Resulting trust</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>a trust raised
by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The
phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the
benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate,
etc.</cd> <i>Bouvier.</i> -- <col><b>Resulting use</b></col>
<i>(Law)</i>, <cd>a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or
can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it.</cd>
<i>Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue;
terminate.</p>

<p><hw>Re*sult"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A flying back; resilience.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Sound is produced between the string and the air by the
return or the <i>result</i> of the string.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which results; the conclusion or end
to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained
by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the
<i>result</i> of a course of action; the <i>result</i> of a
mathematical operation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If our proposals once again were heard,<BR>
We should compel them to a quick <i>result</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The decision or determination of a council
or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Then of their session ended they bid cry<BR>
With trumpet's regal sound the great <i>result</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue;
event. See <u>Effect</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*sult"ance</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
resulting; that which results; a result.</def>  <i>Donne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sult"ant</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resultans</i>, p. pr. : cf. F. <i>r&eacute;sultant</i>.]
<def>Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as
a result or consequence.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Resultant force</b></col> or <col><b>motion</b></col>
<i>(Mech.)</i>, <cd>a force which is the result of two or more forces
acting conjointly, or a motion which is the result of two or more
motions combined. See <i>Composition of forces</i>, under
<u>Composition</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*sult"ant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which
results.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Mech.)</i> <def>A
reultant force or motion.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Math.)</i>
<def>An eliminant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>resultant</i> of homogeneous general functions
of <i>n</i> variables is that function of their coefficients which,
equaled to zero, expresses in the simplest terms the condition of the
possibility of their existence.</blockquote> <i>Sylvester.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sult"ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resultatus</i>, p. p. ] <def>A result.</def> [Obs.] "The
<i>resultate</i> of their counsil."  <i>BAcon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sult"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>HAving results
or effects.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sult"ive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Resultant.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sult"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Being without
result; as, <i>resultless</i> investigations.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sum"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of, or
admitting of, being resumed.</def>  <i>Sir M. HAle.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re`su"m&eacute;"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See
<u>Resume</u>.] <def>A summing up; a condensed statement; an
abridgment or brief recapitulation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The exellent little <i>r&eacute;sum&eacute;</i> thereof
in Dr. Landsborough's book.</blockquote> <i>C. Kingsley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sume"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Resumed</u> (?);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Resuming</u>.] [L. <i>resumere</i>, <i>resumptum</i>; pref. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>sumere</i> to take: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;sumer</i>. See
<u>Assume</u>, <u>Redeem</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To take
back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The sun, like this, from which our sight we have,<BR>
Gazed on too long, <i>resumes</i> the light he gave.</blockquote>
<i>Denham.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Perhaps God will <i>resume</i> the blessing he has
bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To enter upon, or take up again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Reason <i>resumed</i> her place, and Passion
fled.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To begin again; to recommence, as something
which has been interrupted; as, to <i>resume</i> an argument or
discourse.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sum"mon</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To summon
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sum"mons</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second
summons.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sump"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;sumption</i>, L.  <i>resumptio</i> restoration, recovery,
fr. <i>resumere</i>. See <u>Resume</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of resuming; as, the <i>resumption</i> of a grant, of delegated
powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eng.Law)</i> <def>The taking again into the
king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man
on false suggestions or other error.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sump"tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [cf. L.
<i>resumptivus</i> restorative.] <def>Taking back; resuming, or
tending toward resumption; as, <i>resumptive</i> measures.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*su"pi*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resupinatus</i>, p. p.  of <i>resupinare</i> to bend back. See
<u>Resupine</u>.] <def>Inverted in position; appearing to be upside
down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some
plants.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*su"pi*na`ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Resupinate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*su`pi*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state
of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or
reversed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a
<i>resupination</i> of the figure.</blockquote> <i>Sir H.
Wotton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`su*pine"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resupinus</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>supinus</i> bent backward,
supine.] <def>Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless.</def>
<i>Sir K. Digby.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He spake, and, downward swayed, fell
<i>resupine</i>,<BR>
With his huge neck aslant.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`sup*ply"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To supply
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sur"gence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
rising again; resurrection.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sur"gent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resurgens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>resurgere</i>. See
<u>Resurrection</u>.] <def>Rising again, as from the dead.</def>
<i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sur"gent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who rises
again, as from the dead.</def> [R.]  <i>Sydney Smith.</i></p>

<p><hw>Res`ur*rect"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See
<u>Resurrection</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To take from the grave;
to disinter.</def> [Slang]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring
to view (that which was forgotten or lost).</def> [Slang]</p>

<p><hw>Res`ur*rec"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;surrection</i>, L. <i>resurrectio</i>, fr.
<i>resurgere</i>, <i>resurrectum</i>, to rise again; pref.  <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>surgere</i> to rise. See <u>Source</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A rising again; the resumption of vigor.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Especially, the rising again from the dead;
the resumption of life by the dead; as, the <i>resurrection</i> of
Jesus Christ; the general <i>resurrection</i> of all the dead at the
Day of Judgment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Nor after <i>resurrection</i> shall he stay<BR>
Longer on earth.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>State of being risen from the dead; future
state.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In the <i>resurrection</i> they neither marry nor are
given in marriage.</blockquote> <i>Matt. xxii. 30.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The cause or exemplar of a rising from the
dead.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I am the <i>resurrection</i>, and the
life.</blockquote> <i>John xi. 25.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Cross of the resurrection</b></col>, <cd>a slender cross
with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars.</cd> --
<col><b>Resurrection plant</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a name given
to several species of <i>Selaginella</i> (as <i>S. convoluta</i> and
<i>S. lepidophylla</i>), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up
so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when
moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho.
See under <u>Rose</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Res`ur*rec"tion*ist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection.</def> [Slang]</p>

<p><hw>Res`ur*rec"tion*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
raise from the dead.</def> [R.]  <i>Southey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`sur*vey"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To survey
again or anew; to review.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sur"vey</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second or new
survey.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sus"ci*ta*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of
resuscitation; as, <i>resuscitable</i> plants.</def>
<i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sus"ci*tant</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or
that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sus"ci*tate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resuscitatus</i>, p. p. of <i>resuscitare</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re-
+ <i>suscitare</i> to raise, rouse. See <u>Suscitate</u>.]
<def>Restored to life.</def> [R.]  <i>Bp. Gardiner.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sus"ci*tate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Resuscitated</u> (?);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Resuscitating</u>.] <def>To revivify; to revive;
especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to
<i>resuscitate</i> a drowned person; to <i>resuscitate</i> withered
plants.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sus"ci*tate</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To come to
life again; to revive.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>These projects, however often slain, always
<i>resuscitate</i>.</blockquote> <i>J. S. Mill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sus`ci*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>resuscitatio</i>.] <def>The act of resuscitating, or state of being
resuscitated.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The subject of <i>resuscitation</i> by his
sorceries.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*sus"ci*ta*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tending
to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*sus"ci*ta`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <def>One
who, or that which, resuscitates.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Aret</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ret</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Akin to <i>rot</i>.] <def>To
prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part
by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment.</def>
<i>Ure.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ta"ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>A
shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers,
etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"tail</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>retaille</i>
piece cut off, shred, paring, or OF. <i>retail</i>, from
<i>retailler</i>. See <u>Retail</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>The
sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to
<i>wholesale</i>; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second
hand.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"tail</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Done at retail; engaged
in retailing commodities; as a <i>retail</i> trade; a <i>retail</i>
grocer.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tail"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retailed</u> (?);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retailing</u>.] [Cf. F. <i>retailler</i> to cut again; pref. <i>re-
</i> re + <i>tailler</i> to cut. See <u>Retail</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <u>Tailor</u>, and cf. <u>Detail</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To sell in small quantities, as by the single
yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to
<i>retail</i> cloth or groceries.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To sell at second hand.</def> [Obs. or R.]
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To distribute in small portions or at
second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been told or done); to
report; as, to <i>retail</i> slander.</def> "To whom I will
<i>retail</i> my conquest won."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He is wit's peddler, and <i>retails</i> his wares<BR>
At wakes and wassails.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tail"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who retails
anything; as, a <i>retailer</i> of merchandise; a <i>retailer</i> of
gossip.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tail"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
retailing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tain"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retained</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retaining</u>.] [F. <i>retainir</i>, L. <i>retinere</i>; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>tenere</i> to hold, keep. See <u>Tenable</u>, and
cf. <u>Rein</u> of a bridle, <u>Retention</u>, <u>Retinue</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To continue to hold; to keep in possession;
not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape,
or the like.</def> "Thy shape invisible<i>retain</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Be obedient, and <i>retain</i><BR>
Unalterably firm his love entire.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>An executor may <i>retain</i> a debt due to him from
the testator.</blockquote> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary
fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to <i>retain</i> a
counselor.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A Benedictine convent has now <i>retained</i> the most
learned father of their order to write in its defense.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To restrain; to prevent.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Retaining wall</b></col> <i>(Arch. & Engin.)</i>, <cd>a
wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in
its place; -- called also <i>retain wall</i>.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To keep; hold; retrain. See <u>Keep</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*tain"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To belong; to pertain.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>A somewhat languid relish, <i>retaining</i> to
bitterness.</blockquote> <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To keep; to continue; to remain.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Donne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tain"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of
being retained.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tain"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
retaining; retention.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tain"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, retains.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who is retained or kept in service; an
attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but
occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery.</def>
<i>Cowell.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The act of
a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his
cause.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The act of withholding what one
has in his hands by virtue of some right.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<def>A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause,
or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; --
called also <i>retaining fee</i>.</def>  <i>Bouvier.</i>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1230 !></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The act of keeping dependents, or the state
of being in dependence.</def>  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tain"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
retaining; retention.</def>  <i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*take"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To take or receive again.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to
<i>retake</i> a ship or prisoners.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tak"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who takes
again what has been taken; a recaptor.</def>  <i>Kent.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tal"i*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Retaliated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Retaliating</u>.] [L. <i>retaliatus</i>, p. p. of
<i>retaliare</i> to retaliate; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + a word akin to
<i>talio</i> talion, retaliation.  Cf. <u>Talion</u>.] <def>To return
the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to
return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad
sense.]</def></p>

<p><blockquote>One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his
visit should be <i>retaliated</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir T.
Herbert.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>It is unlucky to be obliged to <i>retaliate</i> the
injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in
danger of appearing the first aggressors.</blockquote>
<i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tal"i*ate</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To return like
for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to
<i>retaliate</i> upon an enemy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tal`i*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now,
specifically, the return of evil for evil; <i>e</i>.<i>g</i>., an eye
for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>God . . . takes what is done to others as done to
himself, and by promise obloges himself to full
<i>retaliation</i>.</blockquote> <i>Calamy.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Requital; reprisal; retribution; punishment.</p>

<p><hw>Re*tal"i*a*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Retaliatory</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tal"i*a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tending
to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as <i>retaliatory</i>
measures.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tard"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retarded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retarding</u>.] [L. <i>retardare</i>, <i>retardatum</i>; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>tardare</i> to make slow, to delay, fr.
<i>tardus</i> slow: cf. F. <i>retarder</i>. See <u>Tardy</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to
prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to
hinder; as, to <i>retard</i> the march of an army; to <i>retard</i>
the motion of a ship; -- opposed to <i>accelerate</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To put off; to postpone; as, to
<i>retard</i> the attacks of old age; to <i>retard</i> a rupture
between nations.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay;
procrastinate; postpone; defer.</p>

<p><hw>Re*tard"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To stay back.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Sir. T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tard"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Retardation;
delay.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Retard, or Age</b></col>, <col><b>of the tide</b></col>,
<cd>the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide
originates and the appearance of the tide itself.  It is found, in
general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's
transit immediately proceeding, but to a transit which has occured
some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The <i>retard
of the tide</i> is thus distinguished from the <i>lunitidal
interval</i>. See under <u>Retardation</u>.</cd> <i>Ham. Nav.
Encyc.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`tar*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retardatio</i>: cf. F. <i>retardation</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the
<i>retardation</i> of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to
<i>acceleration</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>retardations</i> of our fluent
motion.</blockquote> <i>De Quinsey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which retards; an obstacle; an
obstruction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial
<i>retardations</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>The keeping back of an
approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a
previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing
from <i>suspension</i> by resolving upwards instead of
downwards.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The extent to which anything is retarded;
the amount of retarding or delay.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Retardation of the tide</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time
of high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon
and the time of high tide next following</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under
<u>Retard</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*tard"a*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>retardatif</i>.] <def>Tending, or serving, to retard.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tard"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, retards.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tard"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>retardement</i>.] <def>The act of retarding; retardation.</def>
<i>Cowley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Retch</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retched</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retching</u>.] [AS. <i>hr&?;can</i> to clear the throat, hawk, fr.
<i>hraca</i> throat; akin to G. <i>rachen</i>, and perhaps to E.
<i>rack</i> neck.] <def>To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in
vomiting.</def> [Written also <i>reach</i>.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!<BR>
(Here he grew inarticulate with <i>retching</i>.)</blockquote>
<i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><hw>Retch</hw>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [See <u>Reck</u>.]
<def>To care for; to heed; to reck.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Retch"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Careless;
reckless.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p>--- <wf>Retch"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Retch"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Re"te</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a net.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a
network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a
network.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*te"cious</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rete</i> a
net.] <def>Resembling network; retiform.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tec"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>retegere</i>,
<i>retectum</i>, to uncover; pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>tegere</i> to
cover.] <def>Act of disclosing or uncovering something
concealed.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tell</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To tell
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"ene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; pine
resin.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric
with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in
certain fossil resins.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tent"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>retentum</i>,
fr. <i>retentus</i>, p. p. See <u>Retain</u>.] <def>That which is
retained.</def>  <i>Hickok.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ten"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>retentio</i>:
cf. F. <i>r&eacute;tention</i>. See <u>Retain</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The power of retaining;
retentiveness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>No woman's heart<BR>
So big, to hold so much; they lack <i>retention</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which contains something, as a tablet;
a &?;&?;&?;&?; of preserving impressions.</def> [R.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The act of withholding; retraint;
reserve.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Place of custody or confinement.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The right of withholding a
debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming
the right be duly paid; a lien.</def>  <i>Erskine. Craig.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Retention cyst</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a cyst produced
by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the
consequent retention of the natural secretions.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*ten"tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;tentif</i>.] <def>Having power to retain; as, a
<i>retentive</i> memory.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,<BR>
Can be <i>retentive</i> to the strength of spirit.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ten"tive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which retains
or confines; a restraint.</def> [R.]  <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ten"tive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a retentive
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ten"tive*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of
being retentive.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ten*tiv"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The power
of retaining; retentive force; as, the <i>retentivity</i> of a
magnet.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re*ten"tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a retainer.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A muscle which serves to retain an organ or
part in place, esp. when retracted. See <i>Illust.</i> of
<u>Phylactolemata</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`te*pore</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rete</i> a net
+ <i>porus</i> pore.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of several
species of bryozoans of the genus <i>Retepora</i>. They form delicate
calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated
fronds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tex"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L. <i>retexere</i>,
lit., to unweave; pref. <i>re-</i> re + <i>texere</i> to weave. ]
<def>To annual, as orders.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bp. Hacket.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tex"ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
weaving or forming again.</def>  <i>Carlyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reth"or</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rh&eacute;teur</i>. See <u>Rhetor</u>.] <def>A rhetorician; a
careful writer.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>If a <i>rethor</i> couthe fair endite.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reth"o*ryke</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rhetoric.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re`ti*a"ri*us</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr.
<i>rete</i> a net.] <i>(Rom.Antiq.)</i> <def>A gladiator armed with a
net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching
him.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"ti*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Retiarius</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any
spider which spins webs to catch its prey.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A retiarius.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`ti*a*ry</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. LL.
<i>retiarius</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Netlike.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This work is in <i>retiary</i>, or hanging
textures.</blockquote> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Constructing or using a web, or net, to
catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Armed with a net; hence, skillful to
entangle.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Scholastic <i>retiary</i> versatility of
logic.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*cence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reticentia</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;ticence</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the
state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is
suggested; uncommunicativeness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Such fine reserve and noble
<i>reticence</i>.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Rhet.)</i> <def>A figure by which a person
really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say
nothingon the subject.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*cen*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Reticence.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*cent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reticens</i>,
p. pr. of <i>reticere</i> to keep silence; <i>re-</i> + <i>tacere</i>
to be silent. See <u>Tacit</u>.] <def>Inclined to keep silent;
reserved; uncommunicative.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*cle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Reticule</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A small net.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A reticule. See <u>Reticule</u>, 2.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*tic"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;ticulaire</i>. See <u>Reticule</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices;
retiform; as, <i>reticular</i> cartilage; a <i>reticular</i>
leaf.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to a
reticulum.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re*tic`u*la"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Reticular</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An extensive division of
rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and
coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the
shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true
shell.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tic`u*la"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l)</i>. <def>One of the Reticularia.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tic"u*lar*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
reticular manner.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*tic"u*late</hw> (?), <hw>Re*tic"u*la`ted</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reticulatus</i>. See <u>Reticule</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Resembling network; having the form or
appearance of a net; netted; as, a <i>reticulated</i>
structure.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing
like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a <i>reticulate</i> leaf;
a <i>reticulated</i> surface; a <i>reticulated</i> wing of an
insect.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reticulated glass</b></col>, <cd>ornamental ware made from
glass in which one set of white or colored lines seems to meet and
interlace with another set in a different plane.</cd> --
<col><b>Reticulated micrometer</b></col>, <cd>a micrometer for an
optical instrument, consisting of a reticule in the focus of an
eyepiece.</cd> -- <col><b>Reticulated work</b></col> <i>(Masonry)</i>,
<cd>work constructed with diamond-shaped stones, or square stones
placed diagonally.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*tic`u*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is
reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The particular net you occupy in the great
<i>reticulation</i>.</blockquote> <i>Carlyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*cule</hw> (?), <pos><i>n..</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;ticule</i>, L. <i>reticulum</i>, dim. of <i>rete</i> a
net.  Cf.<u>Retina</u>, <u>Reticle</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag
to be carried in the hand.</def>  <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A system of wires or lines in the focus of
a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re*tic`u*lo"sa</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Reticularia</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tic"u*lose`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Forming a
network; characterized by a reticulated sructure.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reticulose rhizopod</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a
rhizopod in which the pseudopodia blend together and form irregular
meshes.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Re*tic"u*lum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>;<i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Reticula</b></plw> (#). [L. dim. of <i>rete</i> a net.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The second stomach of
ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells;
-- also called the <i>honeycomb stomach</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>The neuroglia.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rete</i> a net
+ <i>-form</i>. cf. F. <i>r&eacute;tiforme</i>.] <def>Composed of
crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the
<i>retiform</i> coat of the eye.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., from L.
<i>rete</i> a net.  Cf. <u>Reticule</u>.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The
delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is
lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See
<u>Eye</u>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The fibers of the optic nerve and the retinal blood vessels
spread out upon the front surface of the retina, while the sensory
layer (called <i>Jacob's membrane</i>), containing the rods and cones,
is on the back side, next the choroid coat.</p>

<p><hw>||Ret`i*nac"u*lum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Retinacula</b></plw> (#). [L., a holdfast, a band. See
<u>Retain</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>A connecting band; a fr&aelig;num; as, the <i>retinacula</i> of
the ileoc&aelig;cal and ileocolic valves.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the
bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l)</i> <def>One of the retractor
muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A small gland or process to
which bodies are attached; as, the glandular <i>retinacula</i> to
which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support
the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*nal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of
or pertaining to the retina.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Retinal purple</b></col> <i>(Physiol. Chem.)</i>, <cd>the
visual purple.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*tin"a*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;
resin + <i>-lite</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A translucent variety of
serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy
resinlike luster.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ret`in*as"phalt</hw> (?), <hw>||Ret`in*as*phal"tum</hw> (?),
} <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; resin + &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;
asphalt.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>Retinite.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*nerved`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rete</i> a
net + E. <i>nerve</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having reticulated
veins.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ret`i*ne"um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Retinea</b></plw> (#). [NL. See <u>Retina</u>.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>That part of the eye of an invertebrate which
corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tin"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;
resin.] <i>(Min. Chem.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to resin; derived
from resin; specifically, designating an acid found in certain fossil
resins and hydrocarbons.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*nite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.&?;&?;&?; resin:
cf. F. <i>r&eacute;tinite</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>An inflammable
mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish
masses, sometimes with coal.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret`i*ni"tis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. NL. & E.
<i>retina + -tis</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Inflammation of the
retina.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*noid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; resin
+ <i>-oid</i>.] <def>Resinlike, or resinform; resembling a resin
without being such.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*nol</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; resin +
L. <i>ole</i>um oil.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A hydrocarbon oil obtained
by the distillation of resin, -- used in printer's ink.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ret`i*noph"o*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Retiniphor&aelig;</b></plw> (#). [NL., fr. NL. & E.
<i>retina</i> + Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; to bear.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial
part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and
contain the terminal nerve fibrill&aelig;. See <i>Illust.</i> under
<u>Ommatidium</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret`i*noph"o*ral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to
retinophor&aelig;.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret`i*nos"co*py</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Retina</i> +
<i>-scopy</i>.] <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>The study of the retina of the
eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*nue</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>retinue</i>,
OF. <i>retinue</i>, fr. <i>retenir</i> to retain, engage, hire. See
<u>Retain</u>.] <def>The body of retainers who follow a prince or
other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Others of your insolent <i>retinue</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>What followers, what <i>retinue</i> canst thou
gain?</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To have at one's retinue</b></col>, <cd>to keep or employ
as a retainer; to retain.</cd> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Re*tin"u*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Retinul&aelig;</b></plw> (#). [NL., dim. of NL. & E.
<i>retina</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of the group of pigmented
cells which surround the retinophor&aelig; of invertebrates. See
<i>Illust.</i> under <u>Ommatidium</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tin"u*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having, or characterized by,
retinul&?;.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret`i*ped</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rete</i> a net
+ <i>pes</i>, <i>pedis</i>, a foot: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;tinop&egrave;de</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A bird
having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tir"a*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Retirement; --
mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.</def> [U.S.]
<i>Bartlett.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>What one of our great men used to call dignified
<i>retiracy</i>.</blockquote> <i>C. A. Bristed.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ret`i*rade"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.; cf. Sp.
<i>retirada</i> retreat. See <u>Retire</u>.] <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A
kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be
disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually
consists of two faces which make a re&euml;ntering angle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tire"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retired</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retiring</u>.] [F. <i>retirer</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>tirer</i> to draw. See <u>Tirade</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He . . . <i>retired</i> himself, his wife, and children
into a forest.</blockquote> <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>As when the sun is present all the year,<BR>
And never doth <i>retire</i> his golden ray.</blockquote> <i>Sir J.
Davies.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1231 !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To withdraw from circulation, or from the
market; to take up and pay; as, to <i>retire</i> bonds; to
<i>retire</i> a note.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To cause to retire; specifically, to
designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the
retired list; as, to <i>retire</i> a military or naval
officer.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tire"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to
withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to
<i>retire</i> to his home; to <i>retire</i> from the world, or from
notice.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To Una back he cast him to <i>retire</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The mind contracts herself, and shrinketh in,<BR>
And to herself she gladly doth <i>retire</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir J.
Davies.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To retreat from action or danger; to
withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to <i>retire</i> from
battle.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and
<i>retire</i> ye from him, that he may be smitten, and
die.</blockquote> <i>2 Sam. xi. 15.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To withdraw from a public station, or from
business; as, having made a large fortune, he
<i>retired</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And from Britannia's public posts
<i>retire</i>.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the
shore of the sea <i>retires</i> in bays and gulfs.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To go to bed; as, he usually <i>retires</i>
early.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To withdraw; leave; depart; secede; recede; retreat;
retrocede.</p>

<p><hw>Re*tire"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which
one retires.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The battle and the <i>retire</i> of the English
succors.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>[Eve] discover'd soon the place of her
<i>retire</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A call sounded on a bugle,
announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall
back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tired"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Private; secluded; quiet; as, a <i>retired</i> life; a person of
<i>retired</i> habits.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A <i>retired</i> part of the peninsula.</blockquote>
<i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Withdrawn from active duty or business; as,
a <i>retired</i> officer; a <i>retired</i> physician.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Retired flank</b></col> <i>(Fort.)</i>, <cd>a flank bent
inward toward the rear of the work.</cd> -- <col><b>Retired
list</b></col> <i>(Mil. & Naval)</i>, <cd>a list of officers, who, by
reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active
service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the
government.</cd></p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*tired"ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*tired"ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*tire"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>retirement</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of retiring, or
the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the
<i>retirement</i> of an officer.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>O, blest <i>Retirement</i>, friend of life's
decline.</blockquote> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Retirement</i>, rural quiet, friendship,
books.</blockquote> <i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to
which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.</def> [Archaic]</p>

<p><blockquote>This coast full of princely <i>retirements</i> for the
sumptousness of their buildings and nobleness of the
plantations.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Caprea had been the <i>retirement</i> of
Augustus.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Solitude; withdrawment; departure; retreat;
seclusion; privacy. See <u>Solitude</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*tir"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
retires.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tir"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, <i>retiring</i>
modesty; <i>retiring</i> manners.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to retirement; causing
retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Retiring board</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>a board of
officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an
officer for active service.</cd> -- <col><b>Retiring
pension</b></col>, <cd>a pension granted to a public officer on his
retirement from office or service.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ret"i*stene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from
retene.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ret`i*te"l&aelig;</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.,
fr. <i>rete</i> a net + <i>tela</i> a web.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A
group of spiders which spin irregular webs; -- called also
<i>Retitelari&aelig;</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*told"</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Retell</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tor"sion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Retortion</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tort"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retorted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retorting</u>.] [L. <i>retortus</i>, p. p. of <i>retorquere</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>torquere</i> to turn twist. See
<u>Torsion</u>, and cf. <u>Retort</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To bend or curve back; as, a <i>retorted</i>
line.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>With <i>retorted</i> head, pruned themselves as they
floated.</blockquote> <i>Southey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To throw back; to reverberate; to
reflect.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>As when his virtues, shining upon others,<BR>
Heat them and they <i>retort</i> that heat again<BR>
To the first giver.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To return, as an argument, accusation,
censure, or incivility; as, to <i>retort</i> the charge of
vanity.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And with <i>retorted</i> scorn his back he
turned.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tort"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To return an
argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.</def>  <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tort"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Retort</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The return of, or
reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or
witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This is called the <i>retort</i>
courteous.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [F. <i>retorte</i> (cf. Sp. <i>retorta</i>), fr.
L. <i>retortus</i>, p. p. of <i>retorquere</i>. So named from its bent
shape. See <u>Retort</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <i>(Chem. & the
Arts)</i> <def>A vessel in which substances are subjected to
distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms
and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved
beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a
cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in
gas works.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Tubulated retort</b></col> <i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>a retort
having a tubulure for the introduction or removal of the substances
which are to be acted upon.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Repartee; answer.  -- <u>Retort</u>,
<u>Repartee</u>. A <i>retort</i> is a short and pointed reply, turning
back on an assailant the arguments, censure, or derision he had thrown
out. A <i>repartee</i> is usually a good-natured return to some witty
or sportive remark.</p>

<p><hw>Re*tort"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
retorts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tor"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;torsion</i>. See <u>Retort</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection
or turning back.</def> [Written also <i>retorsion</i>.]</p>

<p><blockquote>It was, however, necessary to possess some single term
expressive of this intellectual <i>retortion</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir
W. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Retaliation.</def>
<i>Wharton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tort"ive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Containing
retort.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*toss"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To toss back or
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*touch"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> +
<i>touch</i>: cf. F. <i>retoucher</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to
<i>retouch</i> a picture or an essay.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Photog.)</i> <def>To correct or change, as a
negative, by handwork.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*touch"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Fine Arts)</i> <def>A
partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the
like.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*touch"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
retouches.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*trace"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> +
<i>trace</i>: cf. F. <i>retracer</i>.  Cf. <u>Retract</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To trace back, as a line.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Then if the line of Turnus you <i>retrace</i>,<BR>
He springs from Inachus of Argive race.</blockquote>
<i>Driden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To go back, in or over (a previous course);
to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to <i>retrace</i> one's
steps; to <i>retrace</i> one's proceedings.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To trace over again, or renew the outline
of, as a drawing; to draw again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tract"</hw> (r&esl;*tr&amacr;kt"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Retracted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Retracting</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;tracter</i>, L.
<i>retractare</i>, <i>retractatum</i>, to handle again, reconsider,
retract, fr. <i>retrahere</i>, <i>retractum</i>, to draw back. See
<u>Retreat</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To draw back; to draw up or
shorten; as, the cat can <i>retract</i> its claws; to <i>retract</i> a
muscle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to
recant; to take back; as, to <i>retract</i> an accusation or an
assertion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I would as freely have <i>retracted</i> this charge of
idolatry as I ever made it.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To take back,, as a grant or favor
previously bestowed; to revoke.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Woodward.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To recall; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay;
disavow; recant; abjure; disown.</p>

<p><hw>Re*tract"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles <i>retract</i> after
amputation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To take back what has been said; to
withdraw a concession or a declaration.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>She will, and she will not; she grants, denies,<BR>
Consents, <i>retracts</i>, advances, and then files.</blockquote>
<i>Granville.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tract"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Far.)</i> <def>The
pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tract"a*ble</hw> (-&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;tractable</i>.] <def>Capable of being retracted;
retractile.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tract"ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retractatus</i>, p. p. of <i>retractare</i>. See <u>Retract</u>.]
<def>To retract; to recant.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`trac*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;tractation</i>, L. <i>retractatio</i> a revision,
reconsideration. ] <def>The act of retracting what has been said;
recantation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tract"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Retractable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tract"ile</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>-
r&eacute;tractile</i>.] <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>Capable of retraction;
capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are
<i>retractile</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*trac"tion</hw> (r&esl;*tr&amacr;k"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;traction</i>, L.
<i>retractio</i> a drawing back, hesitation.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being
retracted; as, the <i>retraction</i> of a cat's claws.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of withdrawing something advanced,
stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion;
recantation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly
beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either
<i>retractions</i> or concessions.</blockquote> <i>Eikon
Basilike.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
act of retracting or shortening; as, the <i>retraction</i> of a
severed muscle; the <i>retraction</i> of a sinew.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The state or condition of a part when drawn
back, or towards the center of the body.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tract"ive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Serving to
retract; of the nature of a retraction.</def> --
<wf>Re*tract"ive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*tract"ive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which
retracts, or withdraws.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*tract"or</hw> (-&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who, or that which, retracts.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge
shell from the barrel.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Surg.)</i>
<def>An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during
amputation.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>A bandage to
protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.</def>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <i>(Anat. & Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A muscle serving
to draw in any organ or part. See <i>Illust.</i> under
<u>Phylactol&aelig;mata</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*traict"</hw> (r&esl;*tr&amacr;t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Retreat.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*trait"</hw> (r&esl;*tr&amacr;t"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.
<i>ritratto</i>, fr. <i>ritrarre</i> to draw back, draw, fr. L.
<i>retrahere</i>. See <u>Retract</u>.] <def>A portrait; a
likeness.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Whose fair <i>retrait</i> I in my shield do
bear.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`trans*form"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
transform anew or back.</def> -- <wf>Re`trans*for*ma"tion</wf> (#),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re`trans*late"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original
language.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re*trax"it</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., (he) has
withdrawn. See <u>Retract</u>.] <i>(O. Eng. Law)</i> <def>The
withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the
plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tread"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To tread
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*treat"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>retraite</i>,
fr. <i>retraire</i> to withdraw, L. <i>retrahere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>trahere</i> to draw. See <u>Trace</u>, and cf.
<u>Retract</u>, <u>Retrace</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous
or disagreeable.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In a <i>retreat</i> he o&?;truns any
lackey.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The place to which anyone retires; a place
or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no
cost to make a delicious <i>retreat</i>.</blockquote>
<i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>That pleasing shade they sought, a soft
<i>retreat</i><BR>
From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mil. & Naval.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy,
or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or
from an advanced position.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The
withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of
avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A signal given in the army or navy, by the
beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when
the roll is called), or for retiring from action.</def></p>

<p>&fist; A <i>retreat</i> is properly an orderly march, in which
circumstance it differs from a <i>flight</i>.</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Eccl.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious
exercises.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A period of several days of
withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation
in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a
<i>retreat</i>.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Retirement; departure; withdrawment; seclusion;
solitude; privacy; asylum; shelter; refuge.</p>

<p><hw>Re*treat"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retreated</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retreating</u>.] <def>To make a retreat; to retire from any
position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army <i>retreated</i>
from the field.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The rapid currents drive<BR>
Towards the <i>retreating</i> sea their furious tide.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*treat"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Furnishing or
serving as a retreat.</def> [R.] "Our <i>retreatful</i> flood."
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*treat"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
retreating; specifically, the Hegira.</def> [R.]  <i>D'Urfey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*trench"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retrenched</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retrenching</u>.] [OF. <i>retrenchier</i>, F. <i>retrancher</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + OF. <i>trenchier</i>, F. <i>trancher</i>, to
cut. See <u>Trench</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cut off; to pare
away.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thy exuberant parts <i>retrench</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Denham.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to
<i>retrench</i> superfluities or expenses.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>But this thy glory shall be soon
<i>retrenched</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To confine; to limit; to restrict.</def>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>These figures, ought they then to receive a
<i>retrenched</i> interpretation?</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>To furnish with a
retrenchment; as, to <i>retrench</i> bastions.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To lesen; diminish; curtail; abridge.</p>

<p><hw>Re*trench"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To cause or
suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it
is more reputable to <i>retrench</i> than to live
embarrassed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*trench"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>retrenchment</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act or process of
retrenching; as, the <i>retrenchment</i> of words in a
writing.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>retrenchment</i> of my expenses will convince
you that &?; mean to replace your fortune as far as I
can.</blockquote> <i>Walpole.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A work constructed within
another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has
gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till
they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Lessening; curtailment; diminution; reduction;
abridgment.</p>

<p><hw>Re*tri"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A secdond trial,
experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused
person.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*trib"ute</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retributus</i>, p. p. of<i>retribuere</i> to retribute; pref <i>re-
</i> + <i>tribuere</i> to bestow, assign, pay. See <u>Tribute</u>.]
<def>To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or
punishment; to requite; as, to <i>retribute</i> one for his kindness;
to <i>retribute</i> just punishment to a criminal.</def> [Obs. or R.]
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*trib"u*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who makes
retribution.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret`ri*bu"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retributio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;tribution</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of retributing; repayment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In good offices and due <i>retributions</i>, we may not
be pinching and niggardly.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is given in repayment or
compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an
action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All who have their reward on earth, . . . <BR>
Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find<BR>
Fit <i>retribution</i>, empty as their deeds.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, reward and punishment, as
distributed at the general judgment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It is a strong argument for a state of
<i>retribution</i> hereafter, that in this world virtuous persons are
very often unfortunate, and vicious persons prosperous.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Repayment; requital; recompense; payment;
retaliation.</p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*trib"u*tive</hw> (?), <hw>Re*trib"u*to*ry</hw>  },
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. LL. <i>retributorius</i> worthy of
retribution.] <def>Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of
retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as,
<i>retributive</i> justice; <i>retributory</i> comforts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*triev"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From
<u>Retrieve</u>.] <def>That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting
of retrieval.</def> -- <wf>Re*triev"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> -- <wf>Re*triev"a*bly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*triev"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act
retrieving.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*trieve"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retrieved</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retrieving</u>.] [OE. <i>retreven</i>, OF. <i>retrover</i> to find
again, recover (<i>il retroeve</i>e finds again), F. <i>retrouver</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + OF. <i>trover</i> to find, F. <i>trouver</i>.
See <u>Trover</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To find again; to recover;
to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to <i>retrieve</i>
one's character; to <i>retrieve</i> independence.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>With late repentance now they would <i>retrieve</i><BR>
The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To recall; to bring back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>retrieve</i> them from their cold, trivial
conceits.</blockquote> <i>Berkeley.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1232 !></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To remedy the evil consequence of, to
repair, as a loss or damadge.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Accept my sorrow, and <i>retrieve</i> my
fall.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>There is much to be done . . . and much to be
<i>retrieved</i>.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To recover; regain; recruit; repair; restore.</p>

<p><hw>Re*trieve"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <i>(Sport.)</i>
<def>To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded;
as, a dog naturally inclined to <i>retrieve</i>.</def>
<i>Walsh.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*trieve"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
seeking again; a discovery.</def> [Obs.]  <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The recovery of game once sprung; -- an old
sporting term.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Nares.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*trieve"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Retrieval.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*triev"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who retrieves.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A dor, or a breed of
dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds
that have been killed or wounded.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*trim"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To trim
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ret"ri*ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retrimentum</i>.] <def>Refuse; dregs.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Retro-</hw>. [L. <i>retro</i>, adv., backward, back.  Cf.
<u>Re</u>-.] <def>A prefix or combining form signifying
<i>backward</i>, <i>back</i>; as, <i>retro</i>act, to act backward;
<i>retro</i>spect, a looking back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*act"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>retro-
+ act</i>.] <def>To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition;
to be retrospective.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*ac"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;troaction</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Action returned,
or action backward.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Operation on something past or
preceding.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*act"ive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;troactif</i>.] <def>Fitted or designed to retroact;
operating by returned action; affecting what is past;
retrospective.</def>  <i>Beddoes.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Retroactive law</b></col> or <col><b>statute</b></col>
<i>(Law)</i>, <cd>one which operates to make criminal or punishable,
or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of
the law.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*act"ive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
retroactive manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*cede</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>retro-
</i> + <i>cede</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;troc&eacute;der</i>.] <def>To
cede or grant back; as, to <i>retrocede</i> a territory to a former
proprietor.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*cede</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retrocedere</i>; <i>retro</i> backward, back + <i>cedere</i> to go.
See <u>Cede</u>.] <def>To go back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*ced"ent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retrocedens</i>, p. pr.] <def>Disposed or likely to retrocede; --
said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the
gout.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*ces"sion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;trocession</i>. See <u>Retrocede</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of retroceding.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being retroceded, or granted
back.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Metastasis of an eruption or
a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*choir</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>retro-
</i> + <i>choir</i>.] <i>(Eccl. Arch.)</i> <def>Any extension of a
church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church,
all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the
altar.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*cop"u*lant</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Retrocopulation</u>.] <def>Copulating backward, or from
behind.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*cop`u*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>retro-</i> + <i>copulation</i>.] <def>Copulation from behind.</def>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*duc"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retroducere</i>, <i>retroductum</i>, to lead or bring back;
<i>retro</i> backward +  <i>ducere</i> to lead.] <def>A leading or
bringing back.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re"tro*flex</hw> (?), <hw>Re"tro*flexed</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>retro-</i> + L. <i>flectere</i>,
<i>flexum</i>, to bend, to turn.] <def>Reflexed; bent or turned
abruptly backward.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*flex"ion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
reflexing; the state of being retroflexed.  Cf.
<u>Retroversion</u>.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Re"tro*fract</hw> (?), <hw>Re"tro*fract`ed</hw>, }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>retro-</i> + L. <i>fractus</i>, p. p.
of <i>frangere</i> to break.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Refracted; as, a
<i>retrofract</i> stem.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*gen"er*a*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>retro- + generative</i>.] <def>Begetting young by
retrocopulation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*gra*da"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;trogradation</i> or L. <i>retrogradatio</i>. See
<u>Retrograde</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of retrograding,
or moving backward.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being retrograde;
decline.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*grade</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retrogradus</i>, from <i>retrogradi</i>, <i>retrogressus</i>, to
retrograde; <i>retro</i> back + <i>gradi</i> to step: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;trograde</i>. See <u>Grade</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Astron.)</i> <def>Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the
succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a
planet.</def>  <i>Hutton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And if he be in the west side in that condition, then
is he <i>retrograde</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Tending or moving backward; having a
backward course; contrary; as, a <i>retrograde</i> motion; -- opposed
to <i>progressive</i>.</def> "Progressive and not <i>retrograde</i>."
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>It is most <i>retrograde</i> to our
desire.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Declining from a better to a worse state;
as, a <i>retrograde</i> people; <i>retrograde</i> ideas, morals,
etc.</def>  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*grade</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retrograded</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retrograding</u>.] [L. <i>retrogradare</i>, <i>retrogradi</i>: cf.
F. <i>r&eacute;trograder</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To go in a
retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a
planet.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to decline from a better to a worse
condition, as in morals or intelligence.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*gra`ding*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By
retrograding; so as to retrograde.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*gress</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. L.
<i>retrogressus</i>.] <def>Retrogression.</def> [R.]  <i>H.
Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*gres"sion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;trogression</i>. See <u>Retrograde</u>, and cf.
<u>Digression</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of retrograding,
or going backward; retrogradation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>Backward development; a
passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure,
as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized
than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship.
Called also <i>retrograde development</i>, and <i>regressive
metamorphism</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*gres"sive</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;trogressif</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Tending to
retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a
worse state.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>Passing from a higher to a
lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization;
regressive.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*gres"sive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
retrogressive manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*min"gen*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
quality or state of being retromingent.</def>  <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*min"gent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>retro-
</i> + L. <i>mingens</i>, p. pr. of <i>mingere</i> to urinate.]
<def>Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An animal that
discharges its urine backward.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*pul"sive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>retro-
</i> + L. <i>pellere</i>, <i>pulsum</i>, to impel.] <def>Driving back;
repelling.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*trorse"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>retrorsus</i>,
<i>retroversus</i>; <i>retro</i> back + <i>vertere</i>, <i>versum</i>,
to turn.  Cf. <u>Retrovert</u>.] <def>Bent backward or downward.</def>
-- <wf>Re*trorse"ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*spect</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retrospicere</i>; <i>retro</i> back + <i>specere</i>,
<i>spectum</i>, to look. See <u>Spy</u>, <i>and cf</i>.
<u>Expect</u>.] <def>To look backward; hence, to affect or concern
what is past.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It may be useful to <i>retrospect</i> to an early
period.</blockquote> <i>A. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*spect</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A looking back on
things past; view or contemplation of the past.</def>
<i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We may introduce a song without <i>retrospect</i> to
the old comedy.</blockquote> <i>Landor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*spec"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act,
or the faculty, of looking back on things past.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*spec"tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;trospectif</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Looking backward;
contemplating things past; -- opposed to <i>prospective</i>; as, a
<i>retrospective</i> view.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The sage, with <i>retrospective</i> eye.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having reference to what is past; affecting
things past; retroactive; as, a <i>retrospective</i> law.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Inflicting death by a <i>retrospective</i>
enactment.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*spec"tive*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By way of
retrospect.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Re*trous`s&eacute;"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., p.p.
of <i>retrousser</i> to turn up.] <def>Turned up; -- said of a pug
nose.</def><BR>
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]</p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*vac`ci*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>The inoculation of a cow with human vaccine
virus.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`tro*ver"sion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;troversion</i>. See <u>Retrovert</u>.] <def>A turning or
bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward;
displacement backwards; as, <i>retroversion</i> of the
uterus.</def></p>

<p>&fist; In <i>retroversion</i> the bending is gradual or curved; in
<i>retroflexion</i> it is abrupt or angular.</p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*vert</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Retroverted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retroverting</u>.] [Pref. <i>retro-</i> + L. <i>vertere</i>,
<i>versum</i>, to turn.  Cf. <u>Retrorse</u>.] <def>To turn
back.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re"tro*vert*ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>In a state of
retroversion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*trude"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Retruded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Retruding</u>.] [L. <i>retrudere</i>; <i>re-</i> + <i>trudere</i>
to thrust.] <def>To thrust back.</def> [R.]  <i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*truse"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>retrusus</i>
concealed, p. p. of <i>retrudere</i>.] <def>Abstruse.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Dr. H. More.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tru"sion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
retruding, or the state of being retruded.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In virtue of an endless remotion or <i>retrusion</i> of
the constituent cause.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*try"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To try (esp.
judicially) a second time; as, to <i>retry</i> a case; to <i>retry</i>
an accused person.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rette</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Aret</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ret"ter*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A place or
establishment where flax is retted. See <u>Ret</u>.</def>
<i>Ure.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ret"ting</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking,
maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called <i>rotting</i>. See
<u>Ret</u>.</def>  <i>Ure.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A place where flax is retted; a
rettery.</def>  <i>Ure.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tund"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>retundere</i>, <i>retusum</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>tundere</i> to beat.] <def>To blunt; to turn, as an edge;
figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to <i>retund</i>
confidence.</def>  <i>Ray. Cudworth.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re-turn"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To turn
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*turn"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Returned</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Returning</u>.] [OE. <i>returnen</i>, <i>retournen</i>, F.
<i>retourner</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>tourner</i> to turn. See
<u>Turn</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To turn back; to go or come
again to the same place or condition.</def> "<i>Return</i> to your
father's house."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>On their embattled ranks the waves
<i>return</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If they <i>returned</i> out of bondage, it must be into
a state of freedom.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
<i>return</i>.</blockquote> <i>Gen. iii. 19.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To come back, or begin again, after an
interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>With the year<BR>
Seasons <i>return</i>; but not me <i>returns</i><BR>
Day or the sweet approach of even or morn.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To speak in answer; to reply; to
respond.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He said, and thus the queen of heaven
<i>returned</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To revert; to pass back into
possession.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom
<i>return</i> to the house of David.</blockquote> <i>1Kings xii.
26.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To go back in thought, narration, or
argument.</def> "But to <i>return</i> to my story."
<i>Fielding.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*turn"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to <i>return</i> a
borrowed book, or a hired horse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Both fled attonce, ne ever back <i>returned</i>
eye.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To repay; as, to <i>return</i> borrowed
money.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To give in requital or recompense; to
requite.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The Lord shall <i>return</i> thy wickedness upon thine
own head.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings ii. 44.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To give back in reply; as, to <i>return</i>
an answer; to <i>return</i> thanks.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To retort; to throw back; as, to
<i>return</i> the lie.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If you are a malicious reader, you <i>return</i> upon
me, that I affect to be thought more impartial than I am.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To report, or bring back and make
known.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And all the people answered together, . . . and Moses
<i>returned</i> the words of the people unto the Lord.</blockquote>
<i>Ex. xix. 8.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To render, as an account, usually an
official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or
statement; as, to <i>return</i> a list of stores, of killed or
wounded; to <i>return</i> the result of an election.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to elect according to the official
report of the election officers.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to
an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to
<i>return</i> a writ.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>To convey into official custody, or to a
general depository.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Instead of a ship, he should levy money, and
<i>return</i> the same to the treasurer for his majesty's
use.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <i>(Tennis)</i> <def>To bat (the ball) back
over the net.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <i>(Card Playing)</i> <def>To lead in response
to the lead of one's partner; as, to <i>return</i> a trump; to
<i>return</i> a diamond for a club.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To return a lead</b></col> <i>(Card Playing)</i>, <cd>to
lead the same suit led by one's partner.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To restore; requite; repay; recompense; render;
remit; report.</p>

<p><hw>Re*turn"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same
place or condition; as, the <i>return</i> of one long absent; the
<i>return</i> of health; the <i>return</i> of the seasons, or of an
anniversary.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>At the <i>return</i> of the year the king of Syria will
come up against thee.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings xx. 22.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>His personal <i>return</i> was most required and
necessary.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of returning (transitive), or
sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment;
requital; retribution; as, the <i>return</i> of anything borrowed, as
a book or money; a good <i>return</i> in tennis.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>You made my liberty your late request:<BR>
Is no <i>return</i> due from a grateful breast?</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is returned.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A payment; a remittance; a
requital.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I do expect <i>return</i><BR>
Of thrice three times the value of this bond.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>An answer; as, a <i>return</i> to one's
question.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>An account, or formal report,
of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics,
and the like; as, election <i>returns</i>; a <i>return</i> of the
amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of
tabulated statistics prepared for general information.</def>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>The profit on, or advantage received from,
labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The fruit from many days of recreation is very little;
but from these few hours we spend in prayer, the <i>return</i> is
great.</blockquote> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>The continuation in a
different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face
of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the
shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty
feet east and west has a <i>return</i> of twenty feet north and
south.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the
proper officer or court.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The
certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a
writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The sending back of a commission with the
certificate of the commissioners.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>A day
in bank. See <i>Return day</i>, below.</def>  <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Mil. & Naval)</i> <def>An official account,
report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior
officer; as, the <i>return</i> of men fit for duty; the <i>return</i>
of the number of the sick; the <i>return</i> of provisions,
etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Fort. & Mining)</i> <def>The
turnings and windings of a trench or mine.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Return ball</b></col>, <cd>a ball held by an elastic string
so that it returns to the hand from which it is thrown, -- used as a
plaything.</cd> -- <col><b>Return bend</b></col>, <cd>a pipe fitting
for connecting the contiguous ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying
alongside or one above another.</cd> -- <col><b>Return day</b></col>
<i>(Law)</i>, <cd>the day when the defendant is to appear in court,
and the sheriff is to return the writ and his proceedings.</cd> --
<col><b>Return flue</b></col>, <cd>in a steam boiler, a flue which
conducts flame or gases of combustion in a direction contrary to their
previous movement in another flue.</cd> -- <col><b>Return
pipe</b></col> <i>(Steam Heating)</i>, <cd>a pipe by which water of
condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back toward the
boiler.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*turn"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Legally required to be
returned, delivered, given, or rendered; as, a writ or precept
<i>returnable</i> at a certain day; a verdict <i>returnable</i> to the
court.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*turn"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
returns.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*turn"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Admitting no
return.</def>  <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*tuse"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>retusus</i>, p.
p. : cf. F. <i>r&eacute;tus</i>. See <u>Retund</u>.] <i>(Bot. &
Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as,
a <i>retuse</i> leaf.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reule</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.& v.</i></pos> <def>Rule.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Reume</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Realm.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*un"ion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-  +
union</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;union</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or
discord; as, a <i>reunion</i> of parts or particles of matter; a
<i>reunion</i> of parties or sects.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An assembling of persons who have been
separated, as of a family, or the members of a disbanded regiment; an
assembly so composed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`u*nite"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To unite
again; to join after separation or variance.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1233 !></p>

<p><hw>Re`u*nit"ed*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
reunited manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`u*ni"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second
uniting.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*urge"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To urge
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vac"ci*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To
vaccinate a second time or again.</def> --
<wf>Re*vac`ci*na"tion</wf>(#), <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rev`a*les"cence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
growing well; the state of being revalescent.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Would this prove that the patient's <i>revalescence</i>
had been independent of the medicines given him?</blockquote>
<i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev`a*les"cent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>revalescens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>revalescere</i>; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>valescere</i>, v. incho. fr. <i>valere</i> to be
well.] <def>Growing well; recovering strength.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*val`u*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second or
new valuation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vamp"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To vamp again;
hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reve</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To reave.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reve</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Reeve</u>.] <def>An
officer, steward, or governor.</def> [Usually written <i>reeve</i>.]
[Obs.]  <i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*veal"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Revealed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Revealing</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;v&eacute;ler</i>, L.
<i>revelare</i>, <i>revelatum</i>, to unveil, reveal; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>velare</i> to veil; fr. <i>velum</i> a veil. See
<u>Veil</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make known (that which has
been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to
show.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown,<BR>
She might not, would not, yet <i>reveal</i> her own.</blockquote>
<i>Waller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, to communicate (that which
could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural
instruction or agency).</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To communicate; disclose; divulge; unveil; uncover;
open; discover; impart; show.  See <u>Communicate</u>. --
<u>Reveal</u>, <u>Divulge</u>. To <i>reveal</i> is literally to
<i>lift the veil</i>, and thus make known what was previously
concealed; to <i>divulge</i> is to scatter abroad among the people, or
make publicly known. A mystery or hidden doctrine may be
<i>revealed</i>; something long confined to the knowledge of a few is
at length <i>divulged</i>. "Time, which <i>reveals</i> all things, is
itself not to be discovered." <i>Locke.</i> "A tragic history of facts
<i>divulged</i>." <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*veal"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
revealing; a disclosure.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>The side of an opening for a
window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame
and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled
with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.</def>
[Written also <i>revel</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*veal`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
quality or state of being revealable; revealableness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*veal"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of
being revealed.</def> -- <wf>Re*veal"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*veal"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, reveals.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*veal"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act of
revealing.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*veg"e*tate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To
vegetate anew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*veil"le</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;veil</i>, fr. <i>r&eacute;veiller</i> to awake; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + pref. <i>es-</i> (L. <i>ex</i>) + <i>veiller</i> to
awake, watch, L. <i>vigilare</i> to watch. The English form was prob.
taken by mistake from the French imper.
<i>r&eacute;veillez</i>,<i>2d</i> pers. pl. See <u>Vigil</u>.]
<i>(Mil.)</i> <def>The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of
day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for
the sentinels to forbear challenging.</def> "Sound a <i>reveille</i>."
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>For at dawning to assail ye<BR>
Here no bugles sound <i>reveille</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev"el</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>See
<u>Reveal</u>.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rev"el</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>revel</i> rebellion,
disorder, feast, sport. See <u>Revel</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>]
<def>A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or
merrymaking; a carousal.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This day in mirth and <i>revel</i> to
dispend.</blockquote>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant
<i>revels</i>.</blockquote> <i>Rambler.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Master of the revels</b></col>, <col><b>Revel
master</b></col>. <cd>Same as <i>Lord of misrule</i>, under
<u>Lord</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rev"el</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reveled</u> (?) or <u>Revelled</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. &
vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Reveling</u> or <u>Revelling</u>.] [OF.
<i>reveler</i> to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. <i>rebellare</i>.
See <u>Rebel</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To feast in a riotous
manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To move playfully; to indulge without
restraint.</def> "Where joy most <i>revels</i>."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vel"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L. <i>revellere</i>;
<i>re-</i> + <i>vellere</i> to pluck, pull.] <def>To draw back; to
retract.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Harvey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev"e*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>revelatus</i>, p. p. of <i>revelare</i> to reveal.] <def>To
reveal.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Frith. Barnes.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev`e*la"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;v&eacute;lation</i>, L. <i>revelatio</i>. See
<u>Reveal</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of revealing,
disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to
them.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is revealed.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The act
of revealing divine truth.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>That which
is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>By <i>revelation</i> he made known unto me the mystery,
as I wrote afore in few words.</blockquote> <i>Eph. iii. 3.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, the last book of the sacred
canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the
Apocalypse.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rev"e*la`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <def>One who
makes a revelation; a revealer.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rev"el*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Written also
<i>reveller</i>.] <def>One who revels.</def> "Moonshine
<i>revelers</i>."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vel"lent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>revellens</i>, p. pr. of <i>revellere</i>. See <u>Revel</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>Causing revulsion; revulsive.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A revulsive
medicine.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rev"el*ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
reveling.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rev"el*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>reveleus</i>.] <def>Fond of festivity; given to merrymaking or
reveling.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Companionable and <i>revelous</i> was she.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev"el-rout`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rout</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Tumultuous festivity; revelry.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Rowe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rev"el*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Revel</u>,
<pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> & <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>The act of
engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And pomp and feast and <i>revelry</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ven"di*cate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Revendicated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Revendicating</u>.][Cf. F. <i>revendiquer</i>. See
<u>Revenge</u>.] <def>To reclaim; to demand the restoration of.</def>
[R.]  <i>Vattel (Trans.).</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ven`di*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>revendication</i>.] <def>The act of revendicating.</def> [R.]
<i>Vattel (Trans.)</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*venge"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Revenged</u> (?), <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Revenging</u> (&?;).] [OF. <i>revengier</i>, F. <i>revancher</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + OF. <i>vengier</i> to avenge, revenge, F.
<i>venger</i>, L. <i>vindicare</i>. See <u>Vindicate</u>,
<u>Vengerance</u>, and cf. <u>Revindicate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to
exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; --
followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing
wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object,
and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>revenge</i> the death of our
fathers.</blockquote> <i>Ld. Berners.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The gods are just, and will <i>revenge</i> our
cause.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come,<BR>
<i>Revenge</i> yourselves alone on Cassius.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To inflict injury for, in a spiteful,
wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for
maliciously.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To avenge; vindicate. See <u>Avenge</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*venge"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To take vengeance;
-- with</def> <i>upon</i>. [Obs.] "A bird that will <i>revenge</i>
upon you all."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*venge"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil
for evil.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Certainly, in taking <i>revenge</i>, a man is even with
his enemy; but in passing it over he is superior.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The disposition to revenge; a malignant
wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Revenge</i> now goes<BR>
To lay a complot to betray thy foes.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The indulgence of <i>revenge</i> tends to make men more
savage and cruel.</blockquote> <i>Kames.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*venge"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of
being revenged; as, <i>revengeable</i> wrong.</def>
<i>Warner.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*venge"ance</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Vengeance;
revenge.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*venge"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of, or
prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking
revenge.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If thy <i>revengeful</i> heart can not
forgive.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>May my hands . . . <BR>
Never brandish more <i>revengeful</i> steel.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Vindictive; vengeful; resentful; malicious.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Re*venge"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*venge"ful*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*venge"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Unrevenged.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Marston.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*venge"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Revenge.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He 'll breed <i>revengement</i> and a scourge for
me.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ven"ger</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
revenges.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ven"ging</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Executing
revenge; revengeful.</def> -- <wf>Re*ven"ging*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev"e*nue</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>revenu</i>, OF.
<i>revenue</i>, fr. <i>revenir</i> to return, L. <i>revenire</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>venire</i> to come. See <u>Come</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which returns, or comes back, from an
investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any
species of property, real or personal; income.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Do not anticipate your <i>revenues</i> and live upon
air till you know what you are worth.</blockquote> <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, return; reward; as, a <i>revenue</i>
of praise.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs,
duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects
and receives into the treasury for public use.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Revenue cutter</b></col>, <cd>an armed government vessel
employed to enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*verb"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To echo.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"ber*ant</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reverberans</i>, p. pr. : cf. F. <i>r&eacute;verb&eacute;rant</i>.
See <u>Reverberate</u>.] <def>Having the quality of reverberation;
reverberating.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"ber*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reverberatus</i>, p. p. of <i>reverberare</i> to strike back,
repel; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>verberare</i> to lash, whip, beat,
fr. <i>verber</i> a lash, whip, rod.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Reverberant.</def> [Obs.] "The <i>reverberate</i> hills."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Driven back, as sound; reflected.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"ber*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reverberated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reverberating</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To return
or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect,
as light, as light or heat.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Who, like an arch, <i>reverberates</i><BR>
The voice again.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To send or force back; to repel from side
to side; as, flame is <i>reverberated</i> in a furnace.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat.</def>
[Obs.] "<i>Reverberated</i> into glass."  <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"ber*ate</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To resound; to echo.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be driven back; to be reflected or
repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as sound.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver`ber*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [CF. F.
<i>r&eacute;verb&eacute;ration</i>.] <def>The act of reverberating;
especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or re&euml;choing
sound; as, the <i>reverberation</i> of rays from a mirror; the
<i>reverberation</i> of rays from a mirror; the <i>reverberation</i>
of voices; the <i>reverberation</i> of heat or flame in a
furnace.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"ber*a*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of the
nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This <i>reverberative</i> influence is that which we
have intended above, as the influence of the mass upon its
centers.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"ber*a`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who,
or that which, produces reverberation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation;
reverberative.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reverberatory furnace</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under
<u>Furnace</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
reverberatory furnace.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"dure</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cover
again with verdure.</def>  <i>Ld. Berners.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vere"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Revered</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Revering</u>.] [L. <i>revereri</i>; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>vereri</i> to fear, perh. akin to E. <i>wary</i>: cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;v&eacute;rer</i>.] <def>To regard with reverence, or
profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate;
to reverence; to honor in estimation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Marcus Aurelius, whom he rather <i>revered</i> as his
father than treated as his partner in the empire.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To venerate; adore; reverence.</p>

<p><hw>Rev"er*ence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;v&eacute;rence</i>, L. <i>reverentia</i>. See
<u>Reverent</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Profound respect and esteem
mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the
disposition to revere; veneration.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If thou be poor, farewell thy
<i>reverence</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reverence</i>, which is the synthesis of love and
fear.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried
openly and audaciously, it is a sign the <i>reverence</i> of
government islost.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p>&fist; Formerly, as in Chaucer, <i>reverence</i> denoted "respect"
"honor", without awe or fear.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of revering; a token of respect or
veneration; an obeisance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Make twenty <i>reverences</i> upon receiving . . .
about twopence.</blockquote> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And each of them doeth all his diligence<BR>
To do unto the feast <i>reverence</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which deserves or exacts
manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity;
state.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I am forced to lay my <i>reverence</i> by.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A person entitled to be revered; -- a title
applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns <i>his</i> or
<i>your</i>; sometimes poetically to a father.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Save your reverence</b></col>, <col><b>Saving your
reverence</b></col>, <cd>an apologetical phrase for an unseemly
expression made in the presence of a priest or clergyman.</cd> --
<col><b>Sir reverence</b></col>, <cd>a contracted form of <i>Save your
reverence</i>.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>Such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say.
"<i>Sir reverence</i>."</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To do reverence</b></col>, <cd>to show reverence or
honor; to perform an act of reverence.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>Now lies he there,<BR>
And none so poor <i>to do</i> him <i>reverence</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Awe; honor; veneration; adoration; dread.  --
<u>Awe</u>, <u>Reverence</u>, <u>Dread</u>, <u>Veneration</u>.
<i>Reverence</i> is a strong sentiment of respect and esteem,
sometimes mingled slightly with fear; as, <i>reverence</i> for the
divine law. <i>Awe</i> is a mixed feeling of sublimity and dread in
view of something great or terrible, sublime or sacred; as, <i>awe</i>
at the divine presence. It does not necessarily imply love.
<i>Dread</i> is an anxious fear in view of an impending evil; as,
<i>dread</i> of punishment. <i>Veneration</i> is reverence in its
strongest manifestations. It is the highest emotion we can exercise
toward human beings. Exalted and noble objects produce
<i>reverence</i>; terrific and threatening objects awaken
<i>dread</i>; a sense of the divine presence fills us with <i>awe</i>;
a union of wisdom and virtue in one who is advanced in years inspires
us with <i>veneration</i>.</p>

<p><hw>Rev"er*ence</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reverenced</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reverencing</u> (?).] <def>To regard or treat with reverence; to
regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to
venerate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let . . . the wife see that she <i>reverence</i> her
husband.</blockquote> <i>Eph. v. 33.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Those that I <i>reverence</i> those I fear, the
wise.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev"er*en*cer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
regards with reverence.</def> "<i>Reverencers</i> of crowned heads."
<i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev"er*end</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;v&eacute;rend</i>, L. <i>reverendus</i>, fr.
<i>revereri</i>. See <u>Revere</u>.] <def>Worthy of reverence;
entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection;
venerable.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A <i>reverend</i> sire among them came.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>They must give good example and <i>reverend</i>
deportment in the face of their children.</blockquote> <i>Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p>&fist; This word is commonly given as a title of respect to
ecclesiastics.  A clergyman is styled the <i>reverend</i>; a dean, the
<i>very reverend</i>; a bishop, the <i>right reverend</i>; an
archbishop, the <i>most reverend</i>.</p>

<p><hw>Rev"er*end*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>Reverently.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev"er*ent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reverens</i>,
<i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>revereri</i>. See <u>Revere</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence;
submissive; humble; respectful; as, <i>reverent</i> disciples.</def>
"They . . . prostrate fell before him <i>reverent</i>."
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion,
or submission; as, <i>reverent</i> words; <i>reverent</i>
behavior.</def>  <i>Joye.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev`er*en"tial</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;v&eacute;renciel</i>. See <u>Reverence</u>.]
<def>Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent
quality; reverent; as, <i>reverential</i> fear or awe.</def> "A
<i>reverential</i> esteem of things sacred."  <i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev`er*en"tial*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
reverential manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rev"er*ent*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a reverent
manner; in respectful regard.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reveres.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rev"er*ie</hw> (?), <hw>Rev"er*y</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Reveries</b></plw> (#). [F.
<i>r&eacute;verie</i>, fr. <i>r&ecirc;ver</i> to dream, rave, be
light-headed.  Cf. <u>Rave</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A loose or
irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep
musing; daydream.</def> "Rapt in nameless <i>reveries</i>."
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or
regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call
<i>revery</i>, our language has scarce a name for it.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a
vision.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>There are infinite <i>reveries</i> and numberless
extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish
minds].</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i>
</p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"sal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Reverse</u>.]
<def>Intended to reverse; implying reversal.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bp.
Burnet.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"sal</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Reverse</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of reversing; the causing to move or
face in an opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted
position; as, the <i>reversal</i> of a rotating wheel; the
<i>reversal</i> of objects by a convex lens.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A change or overthrowing; as, the
<i>reversal</i> of a judgment, which amounts to an official
declaration that it is false; the <i>reversal</i> of an attainder, or
of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*verse"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OE. <i>revers</i>,
OF. <i>revers</i>, L. <i>reversus</i>, p. p. of <i>revertere</i>. See
<u>Revert</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Turned backward; having a
contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind;
as, the <i>reverse</i> order or method.</def> "A vice <i>reverse</i>
unto this."  <i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Turned upside down; greatly
disturbed.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He found the sea diverse<BR>
With many a windy storm <i>reverse</i>.</blockquote> <i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Bot. & Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Reversed; as, a
<i>reverse</i> shell.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reverse bearing</b></col> <i>(Surv.)</i>, <cd>the bearing
of a back station as observed from the station next in advance.</cd> -
- <col><b>Reverse curve</b></col> <i>(Railways)</i>, <cd>a curve like
the letter <universbold>S</universbold>, formed of two curves bending
in opposite directions.</cd> -- <col><b>Reverse fire</b></col>
<i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>a fire in the rear.</cd> -- <col><b>Reverse
operation</b></col> <i>(Math.)</i>, <cd>an operation the steps of
which are taken in a contrary order to that in which the same or
similar steps are taken in another operation considered as
<i>direct</i>; an operation in which that is sought which in another
operation is given, and that given which in the other is sought; as,
finding the length of a pendulum from its time of vibration is the
<i>reverse operation</i> to finding the time of vibration from the
length.</cd></p>

<p><! p. 1234 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*verse"</hw> (r&esl;*v&etilde;rs"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>revers</i>. See <u>Reverse</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which appears or is presented when
anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted
or turned contrary to its natural direction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He did so with the <i>reverse</i> of the
lance.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is directly opposite or contrary
to something else; a contrary; an opposite.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And then mistook <i>reverse</i> of wrong for
right.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To make everything the <i>reverse</i> of what they have
seen, is quite as easy as to destroy.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The act of reversing; complete change;
reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character;
especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or
defeat; as, the enemy met with a <i>reverse</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The strange <i>reverse</i> of fate you see;<BR>
I pitied you, now you may pity me.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>By a <i>reverse</i> of fortune, Stephen becomes
rich.</blockquote> <i>Lamb.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The back side; as, the <i>reverse</i> of a
drum or trench; the <i>reverse</i> of a medal or coin, that is, the
side opposite to the <i>obverse</i>. See <u>Obverse</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A thrust in fencing made with a backward
turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>A turn or fold made in
bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*verse"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reversed</u> (-v&etilde;rst");<pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Reversing</u>.] [See <u>Reverse</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Revert</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause
to depart.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And that old dame said many an idle verse,<BR>
Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to
<i>reverse</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cause to return; to recall.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>And to his fresh remembrance did <i>reverse</i><BR>
The ugly view of his deformed crimes.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To change totally; to alter to the
opposite.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Reverse</i> the doom of death.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>She <i>reversed</i> the conduct of the celebrated vicar
of Bray.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To turn upside down; to invert.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A pyramid <i>reversed</i> may stand upon his point if
balanced by admirable skill.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>These can divide, and these <i>reverse</i>, the
state.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Custom . . . <i>reverses</i> even the distinctions of
good and evil.</blockquote> <i>Rogers.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To overthrow by a contrary
decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to
<i>reverse</i> a judgment, sentence, or decree.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reverse arms</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>a position of a
soldier in which the piece passes between the right elbow and the body
at an angle of 45&deg;, and is held as in the illustration.</cd> --
<col><b>To reverse an engine</b></col> or <col><b>a machine</b></col>,
<cd>to cause it to perform its revolutions or action in the opposite
direction.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To overturn; overset; invert; overthrow; subvert;
repeal; annul; revoke; undo.</p>

<p><hw>Re*verse"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To return; to revert.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To become or be reversed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*versed"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Turned side for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary;
specifically <i>(Bot. & Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, sinistrorse or sinistral; as,
a <i>reversed</i>, or sinistral, spiral or shell.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Annulled and the contrary
substituted; as, a <i>reversed</i> judgment or decree.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reversed positive</b></col> or <col><b>negative</b></col>
<i>(Photog.)</i>, <cd>a picture corresponding with the original in
light and shade, but reversed as to right and left.</cd>
<i>Abney.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vers"ed*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
reversed way.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*verse"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Irreversible.</def> [R.]  <i>A. Seward.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*verse"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a reverse
manner; on the other hand; on the opposite.</def>  <i>Bp.
Pearson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vers"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reverses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vers`i*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
quality of being reversible.</def>  <i>Tyndall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vers"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;versible</i> revertible, reversionary.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a
<i>reversible</i> back; a <i>reversible</i> judgment or
sentence.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, having a pattern or finished surface
on both sides, so that either may be used; -- said of
fabrics.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reversible lock</b></col>, <cd>a lock that may be applied
to a door opening in either direction, or hinged to either jamb.</cd>
-- <col><b>Reversible process</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Process</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*vers"i*bly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a reversible
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vers"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Serving to effect
reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reversing engine</b></col>, <cd>a steam engine having a
reversing gear by means of which it can be made to run in either
direction at will.</cd> -- <col><b>Reversing gear</b></col>
<i>(Mach.)</i>, <cd>gear for reversing the direction of rotation at
will.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"sion</hw> (r&esl;*v&etilde;r"sh&ubreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;version</i>, L. <i>reversio</i> a
turning back. See <u>Revert</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
returning, or coming back; return.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>After his <i>reversion</i> home, [he] was spoiled,
also, of all that he brought with him.</blockquote> <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which reverts or returns;
residue.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The small <i>reversion</i> of this great navy which
came home might be looked upon by religious eyes as
relics.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The returning of an estate to
the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has
terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or
owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law,
after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and
conveyed by him.</def>  <i>Kent.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a right to future possession or
enjoyment; succession.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For even <i>reversions</i> are all begged
before.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Annuities)</i> <def>A payment which is not
to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the happening
of some event, as the death of a living person.</def>  <i>Brande &
C.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>A return towards some
ancestral type or character; atavism.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Reversion of series</b></col> <i>(Alg.)</i>, <cd>the act of
reverting a series. See <i>To revert a series</i>, under
<u>Revert</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos></cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"sion*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be
enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular
estate; as, a <i>reversionary</i> interest or right.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"sion*a*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>That which is to be received in reversion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"sion*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or
tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ver"sis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A certain
game at cards.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vert"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Reverted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reverting</u>.] [L. <i>revertere</i>, <i>reversum</i>; pref. <i>re-
</i> re- + <i>vertere</i> to turn: cf. OF. <i>revertir</i>. See
<u>Verse</u>, and cf. <u>Reverse</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To turn
back, or to the contrary; to reverse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Till happy chance <i>revert</i> the cruel
scence.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The tumbling stream . . . <BR>
<i>Reverted</i>, plays in undulating flow.</blockquote>
<i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To throw back; to reflect; to
reverberate.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>To change back. See
<u>Revert</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><col><b>To revert a series</b></col> <i>(Alg.)</i>, <cd>to treat a
series, as <i>y = a + bx + cx<sup>2</sup>  + etc.</i>, where one
variable <i>y</i> is expressed in powers of a second variable
<i>x</i>, so as to find therefrom the second variable <i>x</i>,
expressed in a series arranged in powers of <i>y</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*vert"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To return; to come back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>So that my arrows<BR>
Would have <i>reverted</i> to my bow again.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To return to the proprietor
after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>To return, wholly or in
part, towards some pre&euml;xistent form; to take on the traits or
characters of an ancestral type.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>To change back, as from a
soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in
certain fertilizers <i>reverts</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vert"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, reverts.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts,
or rather <i>reverts</i>, to the faith.</blockquote>
<i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vert"ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Turned back;
reversed. Specifically: <i>(Her.)</i> Bent or curved twice, in
opposite directions, or in the form of an
<universbold>S</universbold>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vert"ent</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A
remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative
motions in the animal system.</def> [Obs.]  <i>E. Darwin.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vert"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, reverts.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Reversion.</def>
<i>Burrill.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vert"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of,
or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a <i>revertible</i>
estate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vert"ive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Reverting, or
tending to revert; returning.</def> -- <wf>Re*vert"ive*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><blockquote>The tide <i>revertive</i>, unattracted, leaves<BR>
A yellow waste of idle sands behind.</blockquote> <i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Reverie</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vest"</hw> (r&emacr;*v&ebreve;st"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[OF <i>reverstir</i>, F. <i>rev&ecirc;tir</i>, L. <i>revestire</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>vestire</i> to clothe, fr. <i>vestis</i> a
garment. See <u>Vestry</u>, and cf. <u>Revet</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Her, nathless, . . . the enchanter<BR>
Did thus <i>revest</i> and decked with due habiliments.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To vest again with possession or office;
as, to <i>revest</i> a magistrate with authority.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vest"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To take effect or
vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or
right <i>revests</i> in A after alienation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ves"ti*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>revestiarium</i>: cf. F. <i>revestiaire</i>. See <u>Revest</u>.]
<def>The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc.,
are kept; -- now contracted into <i>vestry</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ves"try</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Revestiary</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*vest"ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Vesture.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Rich<i>revesture</i> of cloth of gold.</blockquote>
<i>E. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vet"</hw> (r&esl;*v&ebreve;t"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Revetted</u>;<pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Revetting</u>.] [See <u>Revetment</u>.] <i>(Mil. &
Civil Engineering)</i> <def>To face, as an embankment, with masonry,
wood, or other material.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vet"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rev&ecirc;tement</i> the lining of a ditch, fr.
<i>rev&ecirc;tir</i> to clothe, L. <i>revestire</i>. See
<u>Revest</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <i>(Fort. & Engin.)</i> <def>A
facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment
when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a
retaining wall.</def> [Written also <i>rev&ecirc;tement</i>
(&?;).]</p>

<p><hw>Re*vi"brate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To vibrate
back or in return.</def> -- <wf>Re`vi*bra"tion</wf> (#),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*vict"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L. <i>revictus</i>,
p. p. of <i>revincere</i> to conquer.] <def>To reconquer.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vic"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From L.
<i>revivere</i>, <i>revictum</i>, to live again; pref. <i>re-</i> re-
+ <i>vivere</i> to live.] <def>Return to life.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vict"ual</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To victual
again.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vie"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To vie with, or rival, in return.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Card Playing)</i> <def>To meet a wager on,
as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager.</def> [Obs.]  <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vie"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make a retort; to bandy words.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*view"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Review&?;d</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reveiwing</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>view</i>.  Cf.
<u>Review</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> ] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To view
or see again; to look back on.</def> [R.] "I shall <i>review</i>
Sicilia."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To go over and examine critically or
deliberately.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To
reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book
for a new edition.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To go over with
critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects;
hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to <i>review</i> a new
novel.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To make a formal or official
examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to
<i>review</i> a regiment.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>To re&euml;xamine judically; as, a higher court may <i>review</i>
the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To retrace; to go over again.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Shall I the long, laborious scene
<i>review</i>?</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*view"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To look back; to
make a review.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*view"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>revue</i>, fr.
<i>revu</i>, p. p. of <i>revoir</i> to see again, L. <i>revidere</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>videre</i> to see. See <u>View</u>, <i>and
cf</i>. <u>Revise</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A second or repeated
view; a re&euml;xamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over
again; as, a <i>review</i> of one's studies; a <i>review</i> of
life.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An examination with a view to amendment or
improvement; revision; as, an author's <i>review</i> of his
works.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A critical examination of a publication,
with remarks; a criticism; a critique.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A periodical containing critical essays
upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art,
etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>An inspection, as of troops under arms or
of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining
the state of discipline, equipments, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The judicial examination of
the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>A lesson studied or recited for a second
time.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Bill of review</b></col> <i>(Equity)</i>, <cd>a bill, in
the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination
and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly
signed and enrolled.</cd> <i>Wharton.</i> -- <col><b>Commission of
review</b></col> <i>(Eng. Eccl. Law)</i>, <cd>a commission formerly
granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of
delegates.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Re&euml;xamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey;
reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.</p>

<p><hw>Re*view"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of
being reviewed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*view"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A review.</def>
[R.]  <i>Southey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*view"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who reviews
or re&euml;xamines; an inspector; one who examines publications
critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a
professional critic of books.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vig"or*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>revigoratus</i>, p. p. of <i>revigorare</i>; L. <i>re-</i> +
<i>vigor</i> vigor.] <def>Having new vigor or strength; invigorated
anew.</def> [R.]  <i>Southey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vig"or*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To give
new vigor to.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*vile"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Reviled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reviling</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> + OF. <i>aviler</i> to make vile,
depreciate, F. <i>avilir</i>; &agrave; (L. <i>ad</i>.) + <i>vil</i>
vile. See <u>Vile</u>.] <def>To address or abuse with opprobrious and
contemptuous language; to reproach.</def> "And did not she herself
<i>revile</i> me there?"  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Who, when he was <i>reviled</i>, <i>reviled</i> not
again.</blockquote> <i>1 Pet. ii. 23.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.</p>

<p><hw>Re*vile"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Reproach;
reviling.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The gracious Judge, without <i>revile</i>,
replied.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vile"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.</def>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vil"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
reviles.</def>  <i>1. Cor. vi. 10.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vil"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Reproach; abuse;
vilification.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Neither be ye afraid of their
<i>revilings</i>.</blockquote> <i>Isa. li. 7.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vil"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Uttering reproaches;
containing reproaches.</def> -- <wf>Re*vil"ing*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*vince"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See
<u>Revict</u>.] <def>To overcome; to refute, as error.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vin"di*cate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-
</i> + <i>vindicate</i>.  Cf. <u>Revindicate</u>, <u>Revenge</u>.]
<def>To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.</def>
<i>Mitford.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev`i*res"cence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>revirescens</i>, p. pr. of <i>revirescere</i> to grow green again.]
<def>A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*vis"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That may be
revised.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vis"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Revise</u>.]
<def>The act of revising, or reviewing and re&euml;xamining for
correction and improvement; revision; as, the <i>revisal</i> of a
manuscript; the <i>revisal</i> of a proof sheet; the <i>revisal</i> of
a treaty.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vise"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>   [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Revised</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Revising</u>.] [F. <i>reviser</i>, fr. L. <i>revidere</i>,
<i>revisum</i>, to see again; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>videre</i>,
<i>visum</i>, to see. See <u>Review</u>, <u>View</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To look at again for the detection of errors;
to re&euml;xamine; to review; to look over with care for correction;
as, to <i>revise</i> a writing; to <i>revise</i> a
translation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>To compare (a proof) with a
previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have
not been corrected in the type.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To review, alter, and amend; as, to
<i>revise</i> statutes; to <i>revise</i> an agreement; to
<i>revise</i> a dictionary.</def></p>

<p><col><b>The Revised Version of the Bible</b></col>, <cd>a version
prepared in accordance with a resolution passed, in 1870, by both
houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, England. Both
English and American revisers were employed on the work. It was first
published in a complete form in 1885, and is a revised form of the
Authorized Version. See <i>Authorized Version</i>, under
<u>Authorized</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*vise"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
review; a revision.</def>  <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>A second proof sheet; a
proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent
correction.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vis"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
revises.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vi"sion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;vision</i>, L. revisio.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act
of revising; re&euml;xamination for correction; review; as, the
<i>revision</i> of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a
<i>revision</i> of statutes.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is made by revising.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Re&euml;xamination; revisal; revise; review.</p>

<p>{ <hw>Re*vi"sion*al</hw> (?), <hw>Re*vi"sion*a*ry</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to revision;
revisory.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1235 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*vis"it</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To visit again.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To revise.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Ld.
Berners.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vis`it*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
revisiting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vi"so*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the
power or purpose to revise; revising.</def>  <i>Story.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vi"tal*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To restore
vitality to; to bring back to life.</def>  <i>L. S. Beale.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*viv"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That may be
revived.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*viv"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Revive</u>.]
<def>The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.</def>
Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Renewed attention to something,
as to letters or literature.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Renewed
performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and
literature.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Renewed interest in
religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious
awakening; special religious interest.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd>
<def>Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to
the health, spirits, and the like.</def> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd>
<def>Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of
something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.</def>
<sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>Renewed prevalence of something, as a
practice or a fashion.</def> <sd><i>(g)</i></sd> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the
<i>revival</i> of a debt barred by limitation; the <i>revival</i> of a
revoked will, etc.</def> <sd><i>(h)</i></sd> <def>Revivification, as
of a metal. See <u>Revivification</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*viv"al*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The spirit of
religious revivals; the methods of revivalists.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*viv"al*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A clergyman or
layman who promotes revivals of religion; an advocate for religious
revivals; sometimes, specifically, a clergyman, without a particular
charge, who goes about to promote revivals. Also used
adjectively.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*viv`al*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining
to revivals.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vive"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>   [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Revived</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Reviving</u>.] [F. <i>revivere</i>, L. <i>revivere</i>; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>vivere</i> to live. See <u>Vivid</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To return to life; to recover life or
strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the
child came into again, and he <i>revived</i>.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings
xvii. 22.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion,
obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning
<i>revived</i> in the fifteenth century.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Old Chem.)</i> <def>To recover its natural
or metallic state, as a metal.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vive"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>reviver</i>.
See <u>Revive</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Those bodies, by reason of whose mortality we died,
shall be <i>revived</i>.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Pearson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To raise from coma, languor, depression, or
discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Those gracious words <i>revive</i> my drooping
thoughts.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Your coming, friends, <i>revives</i> me.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to recover from a state of neglect
or disuse; as, to <i>revive</i> letters or learning.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to
recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.</def>
"<i>Revive</i> the libels born to die."  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The mind has a power in many cases to <i>revive</i>
perceptions which it has once had.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Old Chem.)</i> <def>To restore or reduce to
its natural or metallic state; as, to <i>revive</i> a metal after
calcination.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vive"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Revival.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*viv"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, revives.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re`vi*vif"i*cate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref.
<i>re-</i> + <i>vivificate</i>: cf. L. <i>revivificare</i>,
<i>revivificatum</i>.  Cf. <u>Revivify</u>.] <def>To revive; to recall
or restore to life.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*viv`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;vivification</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Renewal of
life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being
recalled, to life.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Old Chem.)</i> <def>The reduction of a metal
from a state of combination to its metallic state.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*viv"i*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;vivifier</i>, L. <i>revivificare</i>. See <u>Vivify</u>.]
<def>To cause to revive.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Some association may <i>revivify</i> it enough to make
it flash, after a long oblivion, into consciousness.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*viv"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> <def>Returning
or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.</def> <i>Milton.</i> --
<wf>Re*viv"ing*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rev`i*vis"cence</hw> (?), <hw>Rev`i*vis"cen*cy</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of reviving, or the state of being
revived; renewal of life.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In this age we have a sort of <i>reviviscence</i>, not,
I fear, of the power, but of a taste for the power, of the early
times.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev`i*vis"cent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>reviviscens</i>, p. pr. of<i>reviviscere</i> to revive; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>viviscere</i>, v. incho. fr. <i>vivere</i> to
live.] <def>Able or disposed to revive; reviving.</def>  <i>E.
Darwin.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*viv"or</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Eng. Law)</i>
<def>Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any
of the parties, -- done by a bill of <i>revivor</i>.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev`o*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
quality of being revocable; as, the <i>revocability</i> of a
law.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rev"o*ca*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>revocabilis</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;vocable</i>. See
<u>Revoke</u>.] <def>Capable of being revoked; as, a <i>revocable</i>
edict or grant; a <i>revocable</i> covenant.</def></p>

<p>-- <wf>Rev"o*ca*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rev"o*ca*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rev"o*cate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>revocatus</i>, p. p. of <i>revocare</i>. See <u>Revoke</u>.]
<def>To recall; to call back.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rev`o*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>revocatio</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;vocation</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled;
recall.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>One that saw the people bent for the <i>revocation</i>
of Calvin, gave him notice of their affection.</blockquote>
<i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act by which one, having the right,
annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or
benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the <i>revocation</i> of an
edict, a power, a will, or a license.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rev"o**ca*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>revocatorius</i>: cf. F. <i>r&eacute;vocatoire</i>.] <def>Of or
pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation;
revoking; recalling.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*voice"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To refurnish
with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its
tone.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*voke"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Revoked</u> (?);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Revoking</u>.] [F. <i>r&eacute;voquer</i>, L. <i>revocare</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>vocare</i> to call, fr. <i>vox</i>,
<i>vocis</i>, voice. See <u>Voice</u>, and cf. <u>Revocate</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To call or bring back; to recall.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The faint sprite he did <i>revoke</i> again,<BR>
To her frail mansion of morality.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking
back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything
granted by a special act; as, , to <i>revoke</i> a will, a license, a
grant, a permission, a law, or the like.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To hold back; to repress; to
restrain.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>[She] still strove their sudden rages to
<i>revoke</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To draw back; to withdraw.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To call back to mind; to recollect.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>A man, by <i>revoking</i> and recollecting within
himself former passages, will be still apt to inculcate these sad
memoris to his conscience.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To abolish; recall; repeal; rescind; countermand;
annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See <u>Abolish</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*voke"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <i>(Card
Playing)</i> <def>To fail to follow suit when holding a card of the
suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege.</def>
<i>Hoyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*voke"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Card Playing)</i>
<def>The act of revoking.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>She [Sarah Battle] never made a
<i>revoke</i>.</blockquote> <i>Lamb.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*voke"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Revocation.</def> [R.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vok"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
revokes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vok"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By way of
revocation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*volt"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Revolted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Revolting</u>.] [Cf. F. <i>r&eacute;voller</i>, It.
<i>rivoltare</i>. See <u>Revolt</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To turn away; to abandon or reject something;
specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>But this got by casting pearl to hogs,<BR>
That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood,<BR>
And still <i>revolt</i> when trith would set them free.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>HIs clear intelligence <i>revolted</i> from the
dominant sophisms of that time.</blockquote> <i>J. Morley.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party
or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or
subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Our discontented counties do
<i>revolt</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Plant those that have <i>revolted</i> in the
van.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly
offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with <i>at</i>; as, the stomach
<i>revolts</i> at such food; his nature <i>revolts</i> at
cruelty.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*volt"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to
flight.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To do violence to; to cause to turn away or
shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to <i>revolt</i> the
feelings.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This abominable medley is made rather to <i>revolt</i>
young and ingenuous minds.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To derive delight from what inflicts pain on any
sentient creatuure <i>revolted</i> his conscience and offended his
reason.</blockquote> <i>J. Morley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*volt"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&eacute;volte</i>,
It. <i>rivolta</i>, fr. <i>rivolto</i>, p. p. fr. L. <i>revolvere</i>,
<i>revolutum</i>. See <u>Revolve</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act
of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a
renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion;
as, the <i>revolt</i> of a province of the Roman empire.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Who first seduced them to that foul
<i>revolt</i>?</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A revolter.</def> [Obs.] "Ingrate
<i>revolts</i>."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Insurrection; sedition; rebellion; mutiny. See
<u>Insurrection</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Re*volt"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
revolts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*volt"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Causing abhorrence
mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as,
<i>revolting</i> cruelty.</def> -- <wf>Re*volt"ing*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rev"o*lu*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>revolubilis</i> that may be rolled back. See <u>Revolve</u>.]
<def>Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Us, then, to whom the thrice three year<BR>
Hath filled his <i>revoluble</i> orb since our arrival here,<BR>
I blame not.</blockquote> <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev"o*lute</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>revolutus</i>,
p. p. of <i>revolvere</i>. See <u>Revolve</u>.] <i>(Bot. &
Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Rolled backward or downward.</def></p>

<p>&fist; A <i>revolute</i> leaf is coiled downwards, with the lower
surface inside the coil. A leaf with <i>revolute</i> margins has the
edges rolled under, as in the <i>Andromeda polifilia</i>.</p>

<p><hw>Rev`o*lu"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;volution</i>, L.  <i>revolutio</i>. See <u>Revolve</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of revolving, or turning round on an
axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line;
rotation; as, the <i>revolution</i> of a wheel, of a top, of the earth
on its axis, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Return to a point before occupied, or to a
point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as,
<i>revolution</i> in an ellipse or spiral.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That fear<BR>
Comes thundering back, with dreadful <i>revolution</i>,<BR>
On my defenseless head.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The space measured by the regular return of
a revolving body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a
measure of time, or by a succession of similar events.</def> "The
short <i>revolution</i> of a day."  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Astron.)</i> <def>The motion of any body, as
a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to
the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; -- designated
as the <i>annual</i>, <i>anomalistic</i>, <i>nodical</i>,
<i>sidereal</i>, or <i>tropical revolution</i>, according as the point
of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly,
the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the <i>revolution</i> of the
earth about the sun; the <i>revolution</i> of the moon about the
earth.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The term is sometimes applied in astronomy to the motion of
a single body, as a planet, about its own axis, but this motion is
usually called <i>rotation</i>.</p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>The motion of a point, line,
or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a
manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface
(called a <i>surface of revolution</i>), and a moving surface a solid
(called a <i>solid of revolution</i>); as, the <i>revolution</i> of a
right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the
<i>revolution</i> of a semicircle about the diameter generates a
sphere.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A total or radical change; as, a
<i>revolution</i> in one's circumstances or way of living.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The ability . . . of the great philosopher speedily
produced a complete <i>revolution</i> throughout the
department.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Politics)</i> <def>A fundamental change in
political organization, or in a government or constitution; the
overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of
another, by the governed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The violence of <i>revolutions</i> is generally
proportioned to the degree of the maladministration which has produced
them.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p>&fist; When used without qualifying terms, the word is often
applied specifically, by way of eminence, to: (<i>a</i>) The English
<i>Revolution</i> in 1689, when William of Orange and Mary became the
reigning sovereigns, in place of James II. (<i>b</i>) The American
<i>Revolution</i>, beginning in 1775, by which the English colonies,
since known as the United States, secured their independence.
(<i>c</i>) The <i>revolution</i> in France in 1789, commonly called
<i>the French Revolution</i>, the subsequent revolutions in that
country being designated by their dates, as the <i>Revolution</i> of
1830, of 1848, etc.</p>

<p><hw>Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;volutionnaire</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to a revolution
in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as,
<i>revolutionary</i> war; <i>revolutionary</i> measures;
<i>revolutionary</i> agitators.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
revolutionist.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a
<i>revolutionary</i>.</blockquote> <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev`o*lu"tion*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who is
engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist.</def>
<i>Smollett.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev`o*lu"tion*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state
of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines or
principles.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rev`o*lu"tion*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One engaged
in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution.</def>
<i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rev`o*lu"tion*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Revolutioniezed</u> (?); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Revolutionizing</u>(?).] <def>To change
completely, as by a revolution; as, to <i>revolutionize</i> a
government.</def>  <i>Ames.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The gospel . . . has <i>revolutionized</i> his
soul.</blockquote> <i>J. M. Mason.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vol"u*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Inclined to
revolve things in the mind; meditative.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Feltham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*volv"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That may be
revolved.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*volve"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Revolved</u>(?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Revolving</u>.] [L. <i>revolvere</i>, <i>revolutum</i>; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>volvere</i> to roll, turn round. See
<u>Voluble</u>, and cf. <u>Revolt</u>, <u>revolution</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis,
like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this
sense.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If the earth <i>revolve</i> thus, each house near the
equator must move a thousand miles an hour.</blockquote> <i>I.
Watts.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To move in a curved path round a center;
as, the planets <i>revolve</i> round the sun.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To pass in cycles; as, the centuries
<i>revolve</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To return; to pass.</def> [R.]
<i>Ayliffe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*volve"</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To cause to turn, as on an axis.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Then in the east her turn she shines,<BR>
<i>Revolved</i> on heaven's great axile.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to turn over and over in the mind;
to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This having heard, straight I again <i>revolved</i><BR>
The law and prophets.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*volve"ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act of
revolving.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*volv"en*cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or
state of revolving; revolution.</def> [Archaic]</p>

<p><blockquote>Its own <i>revolvency</i> upholds the
world.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*volv"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with
several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and
be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*volv"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Making a revolution
or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons,
etc., depending on the revolution of the earth.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>But grief returns with the <i>revolving</i>
year.</blockquote> <i>Shelley.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Revolving</i> seasons, fruitless as they
pass.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Revolving firearm</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Revolver</u>.</cd>
-- <col><b>Revolving light</b></col>, <cd>a light or lamp in a
lighthouse so arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals,
either by being turned about an axis so as to show light only at
intervals, or by having its light occasionally intercepted by a
revolving screen.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Re*vulse"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>revulsus</i>, p. p. of <i>revellere</i>.] <def>To pull back with
force.</def> [R.]  <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*vul"sion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>r&eacute;vulsion</i>, L. <i>revulsio</i>, fr. <i>revellere</i>,
<i>revulsum</i>, to pluck or pull away; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>vellere</i> to pull.  Cf. <u>Convulse</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.</def>
"<i>Revulsions</i> and pullbacks."  <i>SSir T. Brovne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete
change; -- applied to the feelings.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A sudden and violent <i>revulsion</i> of feeling, both
in the Parliament and the country, followed.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The act of turning or
diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It
resembles <i>derivation</i>, but is usually applied to a more active
form of counter irritation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vul"sive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>r&eacute;vulsif</i>.] <def>Causing, or tending to,
revulsion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*vul"sive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which causes
revulsion; specifically <i>(Med.)</i>, a revulsive remedy or
agent.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rew</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Row</u> a series.]
<def>A row.</def> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i> "A <i>rew</i> of sundry
colored stones."  <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*wake""</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To wake
again.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1236 !></p>

<p><hw>Re*ward"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rewarded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rewarding</u>.] [OF. <i>rewarder</i>, another form of
<i>regarder</i>, of German origin. The original sense is, to look at,
regard, hence, to regard as worthy, give a reward to. See <u>Ward</u>,
<u>Regard</u>.] <def>To give in return, whether good or evil; --
commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to
compensate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>After the deed that is done, one doom shall
<i>reward</i>,<BR>
Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord.</blockquote> <i>Piers
Plowman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou hast <i>rewarded</i> me good, whereas I have
<i>rewarded</i> thee evil.</blockquote> <i>1 Sam. xxiv. 17.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will
<i>reward</i> them that hate me.</blockquote> <i>Deut. xxxii.
41.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>God <i>rewards</i> those that have made use of the
single talent.</blockquote> <i>Hammond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*ward"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Reward</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Regard</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Regard; respect; consideration.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Take <i>reward</i> of thine own value.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which is given in return for good or
evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return
for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the
return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou returnest<BR>
From flight, seditious angel, to receive<BR>
Thy merited <i>reward</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rewards</i> and punishments do always presuppose
something willingly done well or ill.</blockquote> <i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, the fruit of one's labor or
works.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The dead know not anything, neither have they any more
a <i>reward</i>.</blockquote> <i>Eccl. ix. 5.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>Compensation or remuneration
for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to
do, some act.</def>  <i>Burrill.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay;
requital; retribution; punishment.</p>

<p><hw>Re*ward"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Worthy of
reward.</def> -- <wf>Re*ward"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*ward"a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Re*ward"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
rewards.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*ward"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Yielding
reward.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Re*ward"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having, or
affording, no reward.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rewe</hw> (r&udd;), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To
rue.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rew"el bone`</hw> (?). [Perh. from F. <i>rouelle</i>, dim. of
<i>roue</i> a wheel, L. <i>rota</i>.] <def>An obsolete phrase of
disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His saddle was of <i>rewel boon</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rew"et</hw> (r&udd;"&ebreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See
<u>Rouet</u>.] <def>A gunlock.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rew"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rueful.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*win"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To win again, or
win back.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The Palatinate was not worth the
<i>rewinning</i>.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rewle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & v.</i></pos> <def>Rule.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rewme</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Realm.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Re*word"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To repeat in the same words; to re&euml;cho.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To alter the wording of; to restate in
other words; as, to <i>reword</i> an idea or a passage.</def></p>

<p><hw>Re*write"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To write
again.</def>  <i>Young.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rewth</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Ruth.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rex</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Reges</b></plw> (#). [L.] <def>A king.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To play rex</b></col>, <cd>to play the king; to
domineer.</cd> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Reyn</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rain or rein.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rey"nard</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An appelation
applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as
<u>Renard</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Reyse</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To raise.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Reyse</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Cf. G. <i>reisen</i> to
travel.] <def>To go on a military expedition.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rha*bar"ba*rate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From NL.
<i>rhabarbarum</i>, an old name of rhubarb. See <u>Rhubarb</u>.]
<def>Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb.</def>  <i>Floyer.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rha*bar"ba*rin</hw> (?), or <hw>Rha*bar"ba*rine</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Chrysophanic acid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhab"dite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ra`bdos</grk> a rod.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the
tissues of many Turbellaria.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of the hard parts
forming the ovipositor of insects.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhab`do*c&oelig;"la</hw>
(r&abreve;b`d&osl;*s&emacr;"l&adot;), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.,
fr. Gr. <grk>"ra`bdos</grk> a rod + <grk>koi^los</grk> hollow.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A suborder of Turbellaria including those
that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an
intestine.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhab`do*c&oelig;"lous</hw> (-l&ubreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Rhabdoc&oelig;la.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhab*doid"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Sagittal</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhab"do*lith</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ra`bdos</grk> a rod + <i>-lith</i>.] <def>A minute calcareous
rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the
ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhab*dol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Rabdology</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhab"dom</hw> (r&abreve;b"d&obreve;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Gr. <grk>"ra`bdwma</grk> a bundle of rods, fr. <grk>"ra`bdos</grk> a
rod.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of numerous minute rodlike
structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the
retinul&aelig; in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See
<i>Illust.</i> under <u>Ommatidium</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhab"do*man`cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Rabdomancy</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhab"do*mere</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhabdom</i> +
<i>-mere</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of the several parts
composing a rhabdom.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhab*doph"o*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. <grk>"ra`bdos</grk> a rod + &?;&?;&?; to bear.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An extinct division of Hydrozoa which
includes the graptolities.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhab`do*pleu"ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>"ra`bdos</grk> a rod + &?;&?;&?;&?; the side.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the
tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne
on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or
Podostomata</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhab"do*sphere</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ra`bdos</grk> a rod + E. <i>sphere</i>.] <def>A minute sphere
composed of rhabdoliths.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rha`chi*al"gi*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.] <def>See
<u>Rachialgia</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rha*chid"i*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to the rhachis; as, the <i>rhachidian</i> teeth of a
mollusk.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhach`i*glos"sa</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Rhachis</u>, and <u>Glossa</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A
division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three
longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the
large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras,
volutes, and whelks. See <i>Illust.</i> in Append.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rha*chil"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>"ra`chis</grk> the spine.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A branch of
inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in
the spikelets of grasses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rha"chi*o*dont</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ra`chis</grk>, <grk>-ios</grk>, the spine + &?;&?;&?;,
&?;&?;&?;, a tooth.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having gular teeth
formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of
the vertebr&aelig;, as certain South African snakes
(<i>Dasypeltis</i>) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular
teeth to crush them.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rha"chis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> E.
<plw><b>Rhachises</b></plw> (#), L. <plw><b>Rhachides</b></plw> (#).
[See <u>Rachis</u>.] [Written also <i>rechis</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The spine.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose
leaf or a fern.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The principal axis in a
raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is
called the <i>hyporhachis</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The
central cord in the stem of a crinoid.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<def>The median part of the radula of a mollusk.</def>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>A central cord of the ovary of
nematodes.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rha*chi"tis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.] <def>See
<u>Rachitis</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhad`a*man"thine</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a
<i>Rhadamanthine</i> judgment.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhad`a*man"thus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;.] <i>(Greek Mythol.)</i> <def>One of the three judges of the
infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rh&aelig;"ti*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a & n.</i></pos>
<def>Rhetain.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rh&aelig;"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>Rhaeticus</i> Rhetian.] <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or of
the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps.
These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the
<i>Chart</i> of <u>Geology</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rh&aelig;"ti*zite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [So called
from L. <i>Rhaetia</i>, <i>Raetia</i>, the Rhetian Alps, where it is
found.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A variety of the mineral cyanite.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rham`a*dan"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Ramadan</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rham*na"ceous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees
(<i>Rhamnace&aelig;</i>, or <i>Rhamne&aelig;</i>) of which the
buckthorn (<i>Rhamnus</i>) is the type. It includes also the New
Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus
(<i>Zizyphus</i>).</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rham"nus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., from Gr.
<grk>"ra`mnos</grk> a kind of prickly shrub; cf. L. <i>rhamnos</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The
California <i>Rhamnus Purshianus</i> and the European <i>R.
catharticus</i> are used in medicine. The latter is used for
hedges.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rham`pho*rhyn"chus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. <grk>"ra`mfos</grk> a beak + &?;&?;&?;&?; snout.] <i>(Paleon.)</i>
<def>A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a
leathery expansion at the tip.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rham`pho*the"ca</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rhamphothec&aelig;</b></plw> (#). [NL., fr. Gr
<grk>"ra`mnos</grk> a beak + &?;&?; a case.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The horny covering of the bill of birds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rha"phe</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;
seam, fr. &?;&?;&?; to sew. ] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The continuation of
the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming
a ridge or seam.</def> [Written also <i>raphe</i>.]  <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rhaph"i*des</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, a needle, F. <i>raphides</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the
tissues of plants.</def> [Written also <i>raphides</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rha*pon"ti*cine</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rhaponticum</i> rhubarb. See <u>Rhubarb</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Chrysophanic acid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhap"sode</hw> (r&abreve;p"s&omacr;d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Gr. <grk>"rapsw,do`s</grk>.  See <u>Rhapsody</u>.] <i>(Gr.
Antiq.)</i> <def>A rhapsodist.</def> [R.]  <i>Grote.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhap"so*der</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rhapsodist.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p>{ <hw>Rhap*sod"ic</hw> (?), <hw>Rhap*sod"ic</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>"rapsw,diko`s</grk>: cf. F.
<i>rhapsodique</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of
rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected.</def> --
<wf>Rhap*sod"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rhap"so*dist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From
<u>Rhapsody</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Anciently, one who recited
or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite
the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a
livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The same populace sit for hours listening to
<i>rhapsodists</i> who recite Ariosto.</blockquote>
<i>Carlyle.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and
with great excitement or affectation of feeling.</def>  <i>I.
Watts.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhap"so*dize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rhapsodized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rhapsodizing</u>.] <def>To utter as a rhapsody, or in
the manner of a rhapsody</def>  <i>Sterne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhap"so*dize</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To utter
rhapsodies.</def>  <i>Jefferson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhap"so*do*man`cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[<i>Rhapsody</i> + <i>-mancy</i>.] <def>Divination by means of
verses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhap"so*dy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rhapsodies</b></plw> (#). [F. <i>rhapsodie</i>, L.
<i>rhapsodia</i>, Gr. <grk>"rapsw,di`a</grk>, fr.
<grk>"rapsw,do`s</grk> a rhapsodist; <grk>"ra`ptein</grk> to sew,
stitch together, unite + <grk>'w,dh`</grk> a song. See <u>Ode</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a
portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at
one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; -- called
also a <i>book</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A disconnected series of sentences or
statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or
natural connection; rambling composition.</def> "A <i>rhapsody</i> of
words." <i>Shak.</i> "A <i>rhapsody</i> of tales."  <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A composition irregular in
form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's "Hungarian
<i>Rhapsodies</i>."</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rhat"a*ny</hw>, <hw>Rhat"an*hy</hw>  } (?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp. <i>ratania</i>, <i>rata&ntilde;a</i>, Peruv.
<i>rata&ntilde;a</i>.] <def>The powerfully astringent root of a half-
shrubby Peruvian plant (<i>Krameria triandra</i>). It is used in
medicine and to color port wine.</def> [Written also
<i>ratany</i>.]</p>

<p><col><b>Savanilla rhatany</b></col>, <cd>the root of <i>Krameria
Ixina</i>, a native of New Granada.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The
ramie or grass-cloth plant. See <i>Grass-cloth plant</i>, under
<u>Grass</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"a</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a proper name.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of three species of large South
American ostrichlike birds of the genera <i>Rhea</i> and
<i>Pterocnemia</i>. Called also the <i>American ostrich</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The common rhea, or nandou (<i>Rhea Americana</i>), ranges
from Brazil to Patagonia. Darwin's rhea (<i>Pterocnemia Darwinii</i>),
of Patagonia, is smaller, and has the legs feathered below the
knee.</p>

<p><hw>||Rhe"&aelig;</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A suborder of struthious birds including the
rheas.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhee"boc</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [D. <i>reebok</i>
roebuck.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The peele.</def> [Written also
<i>reebok</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rhe"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [NL. <i>Rheum</i>
rhubarb, Gr. &?;&?;&?; See <u>Rhubarb</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called
chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (<i>Rheum</i>).</def>
[Obsoles.]</p>

<p><hw>Rhe"in</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Chrysophanic acid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhein"ber*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G.
<i>rheinbeere</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>One of the berries or drupes of
the European buckthorn; also, the buckthorn itself.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhe*mat"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; of
or for a verb, fr. &?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, a sentence. See
<u>Rhetoric</u>.] <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>Having a verb for its base;
derived from a verb; as, <i>rhematic</i> adjectives.</def>  <i>Ftzed.
Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhe*mat"ic</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The doctrine of
propositions or sentences.</def>  <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhemish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
Rheimis, or Reima, in France.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rhemish Testament</b></col>, <cd>the English version of the
New Testament used by Roman Catholics. See <u>Douay
Bible</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rhen"ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Rhenus</i> the
Rhine. ] <def>Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, <i>Rhenish</i>
wine.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rhine wine.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"o*chord</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow + &?;&?;&?; chord.] <i>(Elec.)</i> <def>A
metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or
varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or
less length of it in the circuit.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhe*om"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow + <i>-meter</i>.] [Written also
<i>reometer</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An
instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity
of electrical currents; a galvanometer.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>An instrument for
measuring the velocity of the blood current in the arteries.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhe`o*met"ric</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to a rheometer or rheometry.</def>  <i>Lardner.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhe*om"e*try</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The measurement of the force or intensity of currents.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>The calculus;
fluxions.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rhe"o*mo`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow + E. <i>motor</i>.] <i>(Elec.)</i> <def>Any
apparatus by which an electrical current is originated.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rhe"o*phore</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow + &?;&?;&?; to carry.] <i>(Elec.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic
apparatus, traversed by a current.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One
of the poles of a voltaic battery; an electrode.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"o*scope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow + <i>-scope</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>An
instrument for detecting the presence or movement of currents, as of
electricity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"o*stat</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"rei^n</grk> + <grk>stato`s</grk> standing still.] <i>(Elec.)</i>
<def>A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of
electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of
resistance which can be varied at will.</def> <i>Wheatstone.</i> --
<wf>Rhe`o*stat"ic</wf> (#), <pos><i>a.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"o*tome</hw> (-t&omacr;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.]
<i>(Elec.)</i> <def>An instrument which periodically or otherwise
interrupts an electric current.</def>  <i>Wheatstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"o*trope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow + &?;&?;&?; to turn.] <i>(Elec.)</i> <def>An
instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current.</def>
[Written also <i>reotrope</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>||Rhe"sus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>Rhesus</i>, a
proper name, Gr. &?;&?;&?;.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A monkey; the
bhunder.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1237 !></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"ti*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Rhaetius</i>,
<i>Raetius</i>: cf. F. <i>rh&eacute;tien</i>.] <def>Pertaining to the
ancient Rh&aelig;ti, or Rh&aelig;tians, or to Rh&aelig;tia, their
country; as, the <i>Rhetian</i> Alps, now the country of Tyrol and the
Grisons.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Min.)</i> <def>Same
as <u>Rh&aelig;tic</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"ti*zite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Min.)</i>
<def>Same as <u>Rh&aelig;tizite</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhe"tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;.]
<def>A rhetorician.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Hammond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhet"o*ric</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rh&eacute;torique</i>, L. <i>rhetorica</i>, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; (sc.
&?;&?;&?;), fr. &?;&?;&?; rhetorical, oratorical, fr. &?;&?;&?;
orator, rhetorician; perhaps akin to E. <i>word</i>; cf. &?;&?;&?; to
say.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The art of composition; especially,
elegant composition in prose.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Oratory; the art of speaking with
propriety, elegance, and force.</def>  <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language
or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Fig. : The power of persuasion or
attraction; that which allures or charms.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Sweet, silent <i>rhetoric</i> of persuading
eyes.</blockquote> <i>Daniel.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhe*tor"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rhetoricus</i>, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;. See <u>Rhetoric</u>.] <def>Of or
pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric;
oratorical; as, the <i>rhetorical</i> art; a <i>rhetorical</i>
treatise; a <i>rhetorical</i> flourish.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They permit him to leave their poetical taste
ungratified, provided that he gratifies their <i>rhetorical</i>
sense.</blockquote> <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Rhe*tor"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rhe*tor"ic*al*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rhe*tor"i*cate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rhetoricari</i>. See <u>Rhetoric</u>.] <def>To play the
orator.</def> [Obs.]  <i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhe*tor`i*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rh&eacute;torication</i>.] <def>Rhetorical amplification.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Waterland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhet`o*ri"cian</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rh&eacute;toricien</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One well versed in
the rules and principles of rhetoric.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere
logician and a mere <i>rhetorician</i>.</blockquote> <i>F. W.
Robertson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A teacher of rhetoric.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The ancient sophists and <i>rhetoricians</i>, which
ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years
old.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An orator; specifically, an artificial
orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer.</def>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhet`o*ri"cian</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Suitable to a
master of rhetoric.</def> "With <i>rhetorician</i> pride."
<i>Blackmore.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhet"o*rize</hw> (r&ebreve;t"&osl;*r&imacr;z), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rhetorized</u> (-
r&imacr;zd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rhetorizing</u> (-
r&imacr;`z&ibreve;ng).] <def>To play the orator.</def>
<i>Colgrave.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhet"o*rize</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To represent by
a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rhe"um</hw> (r&emacr;"&ubreve;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.,
from L. <i>Rha</i> the river Volga, on the banks of which it grows.
See <u>Rhubarb</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of plants. See
<u>Rhubarb</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rheum</hw> (r&udd;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>reume</i>,
<i>rheume</i>, F. <i>rhume</i> a cold,, L. <i>rheuma</i> rheum, from
Gr. &?;&?;&?;, fr. <grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow, akin to E.
<i>stream</i>. See <u>Stream</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, and cf.
<u>Hemorrhoids</u>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A serous or mucous discharge,
especially one from the eves or nose.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I have a <i>rheum</i> in mine eyes too.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Salt rheum</b></col>. <i>(Med.)</i> <cd>See <u>Salt
rheum</u>, in the Vocab.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rheu*mat"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;
subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. <i>rheumaticus</i>, F.
<i>rhumatique</i>. See <u>Rheum</u>, <u>Rheumatism</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Derived from, or having the character of,
rheum; rheumic.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to
rheumatism; as, <i>rheumatic</i> pains or affections; affected with
rheumatism; as, a <i>rheumatic</i> old man; causing rheumatism; as, a
<i>rheumatic</i> day.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That <i>rheumatic</i> diseases do abound.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rheu*mat"ic</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One affected with
rheumatism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rheu"ma*tism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rheumatismus</i> rheum, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, fr.&?;&?;&?; to have or
suffer from a flux, fr. &?;&?;&?; rheum: cf. F. <i>rheumatisme</i>.
See <u>2d Rheum</u>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A general disease
characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually
affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the
deeper organs, as the heart.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Inflammatory rheumatism</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>acute
rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger
joints, which become swollen, hot, and very painful.</cd> --
<col><b>Rheumatism root</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Twinleaf</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rheu`ma*tis"mal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to rheumatism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rheu`ma*tis"moid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<i>Rheumatism</i> + <i>-oid</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of or resembling
rheum or rheumatism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rheum"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i>
<def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rheumic diathesis</b></col>. <cd>See <i>Dartrous
diathesis</i>, under <u>Dartrous</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Rheu"mi*des</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Rheum</u>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The class of skin disease developed
by the dartrous diathesis. See under <u>Dartrous</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rheum"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His head and <i>rheumy</i> eyes distill in
showers.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And tempt the <i>rheumy</i> and unpurged air<BR>
To add unto his sickness.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhig"o*lene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; cold
+ L. <i>oleum</i> oil.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A mixture of volatile
hydrocarbons intermediate between gsolene and cymogene. It is obtained
in the purification of crude petroleum, and is used as a
refregerant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhime</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rhyme</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rhi"nal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;,
the nose.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Og or pertaining to the nose or
olfactory organs.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi*nas"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, nose + &?;&?;&?; star.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The borele.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>ryne</i>. See
<u>Run</u>.] <def>A water course; a ditch.</def> [Written also
<i>rean</i>.] [Prov. Eng.]  <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhi`nen*ce*phal"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi`nen*ceph"a*lon</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rhinencephala</b></plw> (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;,
&?;&?;&?;, the nose + &?;&?; the brain.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The
division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of
the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves
arise.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The term is sometimes used for one of the olfactory lobes,
the plural being used for the two taken together.</p>

<p><hw>Rhine"stone`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. G.
<i>rheinkiesel</i> Rhine quartz.] <def>A colorless stone of high
luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive
ornament.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi*ni"tis</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;. &?;&?;&?;, the nose + <i>-itis</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i>
<def>Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous
membrane of the nostrils.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*no</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]
<def>Gold and silver, or money.</def> [Cant]  <i>W. Wagstaffe.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>As long as the <i>rhino</i> lasted.</blockquote>
<i>Marryat.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhi"no-</hw>. <def>A combining form from Greek &?;&?;,
&?;&?;&?;, <i>the nose</i>, as in <i>rhino</i>lith,
<i>rhino</i>logy.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rhi`no*ce"ri*al</hw> (?), <hw>Rhi`no*cer"ic*al</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn.</def>
<i>Tatler.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*noc"e*ros</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;; &?;&?;&?;. &?;&?;&?;, the nose + &?;&?;&?; a
horn: cf. F. <i>rhinoc&eacute;ros</i>. See <u>Horn</u>.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any pachyderm belonging to the genera
<i>Rhinoceros</i>, <i>Atelodus</i>, and several allied genera of the
family <i>Rhinocerotid&aelig;</i>, of which several living, and many
extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually
have either one or two stout conical median horns on the
snout.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses
(<i>Rhinoceros Indicus</i> and <i>R. Sondaicus</i>) have incisor and
canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick skin forms
shieldlike folds. The two or three African species belong to
<i>Atelodus</i>, and have two horns, but lack the dermal folds, and
the incisor and canine teeth. The two Malay, or East Indian, two-
horned species belong to <i>Ceratohinus</i>, in which incisor and
canine teeth are present. See <u>Borele</u>, and <u>Keitloa</u>.</p>

<p><col><b>Rhinoceros auk</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>an auk of
the North Pacific (<i>Cerorhina monocrata</i>) which has a deciduous
horn on top of the bill.</cd> -- <col><b>Rhinoceros beetle</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a very large beetle of the genus
<i>Dynastes</i>, having a horn on the head.</cd> -- <col><b>Rhinoceros
bird</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A large
hornbill (<i>Buceros rhinoceros</i>), native of the East Indies. It
has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill. Called also
<i>rhinoceros hornbill</i></cd>. See <u>Hornbill</u>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>An African beefeater (<i>Buphaga
Africana</i>). It alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of
parasitic insects.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*noc"e*rote</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rhinoceros.</def> [Obs.]  <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*noc`e*rot"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to the rhinoceros.</def> [R.]</p>

<p>{ <hw>Rhi"no*lite</hw> (?), <hw>Rhi"no*lith</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhino-</i> + <i>-lite</i>, <i>-lith</i>.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>A concretion formed within the cavities of the
nose.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi`no*log"ic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to rhinology.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*nol"o*gist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One skilled
in rhinology.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*nol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhino-</i> +
<i>-logy</i>.] <def>The science which treats of the nose, and its
diseases.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*nol"o*phid</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhino-</i> +
Gr. &?;&?;&?; crest.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any species of the
genus <i>Rhinilophus</i>, or family <i>Rhinolophid&aelig;</i>, having
a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*nol"o*phine</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or
horseshoe bats.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi"no*phore</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhino-</i> +
Gr. &?;&?;&?; to bear.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of the two
tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch
or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often
transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory
organs. Called also <i>dorsal tentacles</i>. See <i>Illust.</i>  under
<u>Pygobranchia</u>, and <u>Opisthobranchia</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi`no*plas"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Rhino-</i> +
<i>-plastic</i>: cf. F. <i>rhinoplastique</i>.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>Of
or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a <i>rhinoplastic</i>
operation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi"no*plas`ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhino-</i> +
<i>-plasty</i>: cf. F. <i>rhinoplastie</i>.] <def>Plastic surgery of
the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be
transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even
from another person.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi"no*pome</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhino-</i> + Gr.
<grk>pw^ma</grk> a lid. ] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any old-world bat
of the genus <i>Rhinopoma</i>. The rhinopomes have a long tail
extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi`no*scle*ro"ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhino-
</i> + <i>scleroma</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A rare disease of the
skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less
flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently
upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat.</def>
<i>J. V. Shoemaker.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhi"no*scope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhino-</i> +
<i>-scope</i>.] <def>A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi`no*scop"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Physiol.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*nos"co*py</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhino-</i> +
<i>-scopy</i>.] <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>The examination or study of the
soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror
introduced into the pharynx.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi`no*the"ca</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rhinothec&aelig;</b></plw> (#). [NL., from gr. &?;&?;&?;,
&?;&?;&?;, the nose + &?;&?;&?; case.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The
sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi*pi`do*glos"sa</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.,
fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; a fan + &?;&?;&?;&?; a tongue.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long,
divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes
the scutibranchs. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*pip"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; a fan
+ &?;&?;&?; wing.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of the
<i>Rhipiptera</i>, a group of insects having wings which fold like a
fan; a strepsipter.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*pip"ter*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Rhipipter</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*zan"thous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;
root + &?;&?;&?; flower.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Producing flowers from a
rootstock, or apparently from a root.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi"zine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; root.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems
of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi`zo*car"pous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;
root + &?;&?;&?; fruit.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having perennial
rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; -- said of all
perennial herbs.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi`zo*ceph"a*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. &?;&?;&?; root + &?;&?;&?; head.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A
division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They
adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See <i>Illusration</i> in
Appendix.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhiz"o*dont</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; root
+ &?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, a tooth.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A reptile
whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the crocodile.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhiz"o*gan</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; root +
<i>-gen</i>: cf. F. <i>rhizog&egrave;ne</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Prodicing roots.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhiz"o*gen</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>One of
a proposed class of flowering plants growning on the roots of other
plants and destitute of green foliage.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi"zoid</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; root +
<i>-oid</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A rootlike appendage.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi*zo"ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rhizomata</b></plw> (#). [NL.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>SAme as
<u>Rhizome</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*zo"ma*tous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*zome"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; the
mass of roots (of a tree), a stem, race, fr. &?;&?;&?; to make to
root, pass., to take root, fr. &?;&?;&?; a root: cf. F.
<i>rhizome</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A rootstock. See
<u>Rootstock</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi*zoph"a*ga</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A division of marsupials. The wombat is the
type.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*zoph"a*gous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;;
&?;&?;&?; a root + &?;&?;&?; to eat.] <def>Feeding on roots; root-
eating.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi*zoph"o*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Rhizophorous</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of trees including
the mangrove. See <u>Mangrove</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*zoph"o*rous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; a
root + &?;&?;&?;&?; to bear.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Bearing
roots.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhiz"o*pod</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>One of the Rhizopoda.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The rhizopods belonging to the Radiolaria and Foraminifera
have been of great geological importance, especially in the Cretaceous
and Tertiary periods. Chalk is mostly made from the shells of
Foraminifera. The nummulites are the principal ingredient of a
limestone which is of great extent in Europe and Asia, and is the
material of which some of the pyramids of Egypt are made. The shells
are abundant in deepsea mud, and are mostly minute, seldom larger than
a small grain of sand, except in the case of the nummulities, which
are sometimes an inch in diameter.</p>

<p><hw>||Rhi*zop"o*da</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?; a root + <i>-poda</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An
extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia,
by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal
groups are Lobosa (or Am&oelig;bea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and
Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See <u>Protozoa</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhi*zop"o*dous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the rhizopods.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi`zo*stom"a*ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. &?;&?;&?; a root + &?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;, a mouth.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A suborder of Medus&aelig; which includes
very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth
lobes closely united at the edges. See <i>Illust.</i> in
Appendix.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhiz"o*stome</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>One of the Rhizostomata.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1238 !></p>

<p><hw>||Rhi`zo*tax"is</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?; a root + &?;&?;&?; arrangement.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The
arrangement of the roots of plants.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhob</hw> (r&obreve;b), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See 1st
<u>Rob</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho`dam*mo"ni*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, rhodium and ammonia;
-- said of certain complex compounds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho"da*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>A salt of rhodanic acid; a sulphocyanate.</def> [Obsoles.]</p>

<p><hw>Rho*dan"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; the
rose.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an acid
(commonly called <i>sulphocyanic acid</i>) which frms a red color with
ferric salts.</def> [Obsoles.]</p>

<p><hw>Rho`de*o*re"tin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;
the rose + &?;&?;&?; resin.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Convolvuln</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho"di*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Rhodius</i>:
cf. F. <i>rhodien</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to Rhodes, an island of
the Mediterranean.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A native or
inhabitant of Rhodes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho"dic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of
or pertaining to rhodium; containing rhodium.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho"di*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>"ro`don</grk> the rose. So called from the rose-red color of
certain of its solutions. See <u>Rhododendron</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in
platinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is
very difficult to fuse. Symbol Rh. Atomic weight 104.1.  Specific
gravity 12.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho`di*zon"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; to
be rose-red.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a
colorless crystalline substance (called <i>rhodizonic acid</i>, and
<i>carboxylic acid</i>) obtained from potassium carboxide and from
certain quinones. It forms brilliant red, yellow, and purple
salts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho`do*chro"site</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ro`don</grk> the rose + &?;&?;&?; a coloring.] <i>(Min.)</i>
<def>Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring
crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like
calcite; -- called also <i>dialogite</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho*doc"ri*nite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ro`don</grk> rose + &?;&?;&?; lily.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>A
rose encrinite.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho`do*den"dron</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., fr. Gr.
<grk>"rodo`dendron</grk>, literally, rose tree; <grk>"ro`don</grk>
rose + <grk>de`ndron</grk> tree. See <u>Rose</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen
leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers;
rosebay.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhod`o*mon*tade"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rodomontade</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhod`o*mon*tad"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rodomontador</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho"don*ite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ro`don</grk> the rose. ] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>Manganese spar, or
silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red
masses. It is often used as an ornamental stone.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho"do*phane</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ro`don</grk> the rose + &?;&?;&?; to show.] <i>(Physiol.)</i>
<def>The red pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of
the retina in animals. See <u>Chromophane</u>.</def>  <i>W.
K&Uuml;hne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rho*dop"sin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ro`don</grk> rose + <grk>"w`ps</grk> eye.] <i>(Physiol.)</i>
<def>The visual purple. See under <u>Visual</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho"do*sperm</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ro`don</grk> the rose + <grk>spe`rma</grk> a seed.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Any seaweed with red spores.</def></p>

<p>&fist; As the name of a subclass, <i>Rhodosperms</i>, or
<i>Rhodosperme&aelig;</i>, is synonymous with <i>Floride&aelig;</i>
(which see.)</p>

<p><hw>Rhomb</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rhombus</i>, Gr.
&?;&?;&?; rhomb, a spinning top, magic wheel, fr. &?;&?;&?; to turn or
whirl round, perhaps akin to E. <i>wrench</i>: cf. F. <i>rhombe</i>.
Cf. <u>Rhombus</u>, <u>Rhumb</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i>
<def>An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides
are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal,
two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be
equal, in which case it is usually called a <i>square</i>.</def>
</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>A rhombohedron.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Fresnel's rhomb</b></col> <i>(Opt.)</i>, <cd>a rhomb or
oblique parallelopiped of crown or St. Gobain glass so cut that a ray
of light entering one of its faces at right angles shall emerge at
right angles at the opposite face, after undergoing within the rhomb,
at other faces, two reflections. It is used to produce a ray
circularly polarized from a plane-polarized ray, or the reverse.</cd>
<i>Nichol.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhom"bic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Shaped like a rhomb.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Crystallog.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Orthorhombic</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhom`bo*ga"noid</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhomb</i> +
<i>ganoid</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A ganoid fish having rhombic
enameled scales; one of the Rhomboganoidei.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhom`bo*ga*noi"de*i</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Ginglymodi</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhom"bo*gene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhomb</i> +
root of Gr. &?;&?;&?; to be born.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A dicyemid
which produces infusorialike embryos; -- opposed to <i>nematogene</i>.
See <u>Dicyemata</u>.</def> [Written also <i>rhombogen</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rhom`bo*he"dral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Geom. &
Crystallog.)</i> <def>Related to the rhombohedron; presenting the form
of a rhombohedron, or a form derivable from a rhombohedron; relating
to a system of forms including the rhombohedron and
scalenohedron.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rhombohedral iron ore</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Hematite</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rhombohedral system</b></col>
<i>(Crystallog.)</i>, <cd>a division of the hexagonal system embracing
the rhombohedron, scalenohedron, etc.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rhom`bo*hed"ric</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Geom. &
Crystallog.)</i> <def>Rhombohedral.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhom`bo*he"dron</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?; rhomb + &?;&?;&?; seat, base.] <i>(Geom. & Crystallog.)</i>
<def>A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhom"boid</hw> (r&obreve;m"boid), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
&?;&?;&?; rhomboidal; &?;&?;&?; rhomb + <grk>e'i^dos</grk> shape: cf.
F. <i>rhombo&iuml;de</i>.] <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>An oblique-angled
parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal,
the length and with being different.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhom"boid</hw> (r&obreve;m"boid), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Same as <u>Rhomboidal</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhom*boid"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rhombo&iuml;dal</i>.] <def>Having, or approaching, the shape of a
rhomboid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhom*boid"es</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rhomboid.</def> [R.]  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhom`boid-o"vate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Between
rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhomb" spar`</hw> (?). <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A variety of
dolomite.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhom"bus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <def>Same as
<u>Rhomb</u>, 1.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhon`chal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i>
<def>Rhonchial.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhon"chi*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to a rhonchus; produced by rhonchi.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rhonchial fremitus</b></col>. [L. <i>fremitus</i> a dull
roaring or murmuring.] <i>(Med.)</i> <cd>A vibration of the chest wall
that may be felt by the hand laid upon its surface. It is caused in
the production of rhonchi in the bronchial tubes.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rhon*chis"o*nant</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rhonchus</i> a snoring + <i>sonans</i>, p. pr. of <i>sonare</i> to
sound.] <def>Making a snorting noise; snorting.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>||Rhon"chus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rhonchi</b></plw> (#). [L., a snoring, a croaking.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on
auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially
obstructed. By some writers the term <i>rhonchus</i> is used as
equivalent to <i>r&acirc;le</i> in its widest sense. See
<u>R&acirc;le</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho*pal"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;
club-shaped; fr. &?;&?;&?; a club: cf. F. <i>rhopalique</i>.]
<i>(Pros.)</i> <def>Applied to a line or verse in which each
successive word has one more syllable than the preceding.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rho*pa"li*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rhopalia</b></plw> (#). [NL.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of
the marginal sensory bodies of medus&aelig; belonging to the
Discophora.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhop`a*loc"e*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., from
Gr. &?;&?;&?; a club + &?;&?;&?; ahorn.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A
division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ
from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antenn&aelig;.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rho"ta*cism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"rwtaki`zein</grk> to use the letter <i>r</i> (&rho;) overmuch:
cf. F. <i>rhotacisme</i>.] <def>An oversounding, or a misuse, of the
letter <i>r</i>; specifically <i>(Phylol.)</i>, the tendency,
exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change <i>s</i> to
<i>r</i>, as <i>wese</i> to <i>were</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhu"barb</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rhubarbe</i>,
OF. <i>rubarbe</i>, <i>rheubarbe</i>, <i>reubarbare</i>,
<i>reobarbe</i>, LL. <i>rheubarbarum</i> for <i>rheum barbarum</i>,
Gr. &?;&?;&?; (and &?;&?;) rhubarb, from the river <i>Rha</i> (the
Volga) on whose banks it grew. Originally, therefore, it was the
barbarian plant from the Rha.  Cf. <u>Barbarous</u>,
<u>Rhaponticine</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The name
of several large perennial herbs of the genus <i>Rheum</i> and order
<i>Polygonace&aelig;</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The large and fleshy leafstalks of <i>Rheum
Rhaponticum</i> and other species of the same genus. They are
pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also
<i>pieplant</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The root of several species
of <i>Rheum</i>, used much as a cathartic medicine.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Monk's rhubarb</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Monk</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Turkey rhubarb</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>,
<cd>the roots of <i>Rheum Emodi</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rhu"barb*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like
rhubarb.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhumb</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rumb</i>, Sp.
<i>rumbo</i>, or Pg. <i>rumbo</i>, <i>rumo</i>, probably fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?; a magic wheel, a whirling motion, hence applied to a point
of the compass. See <u>Rhomb</u>.] <i>(Navigation)</i> <def>A line
which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; -- called also
<i>rhumb line</i>, and <i>loxodromic curve</i>. See
<u>Loxodromic</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To sail on a rhumb</b></col>, <cd>to sail continuously on
one course, following a rhumb line.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Rhus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., sumac, fr. Gr.
&?;&?;&?;.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of shrubs and small treets. See
<u>Sumac</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhus"ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rusma</u>.]
<def>A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of
arsenic, -- used in the depilation of hides.</def>  <i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhyme</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>ryme</i>,
<i>rime</i>, AS. <i>r&imacr;m</i> number; akin to OHG.
<i>r&imacr;m</i> number, succession, series, G. <i>reim</i> rhyme. The
modern sense is due to the influence of F. <i>rime</i>, which is of
German origin, and originally the same word.] [The Old English
spelling <i>rime</i> is becoming again common. See Note under
<u>Prime</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An expression of thought in
numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale;
poetry; harmony of language.</def> "Railing <i>rhymes</i>."
<i>Daniel.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A <i>ryme</i> I learned long ago.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He knew<BR>
Himself to sing, and build the lofty <i>rime</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Pros.)</i> <def>Correspondence of sound in
the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one
succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or
syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one
begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel
sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final
consonants if there be any.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For <i>rhyme</i> with reason may dispense,<BR>
And sound has right to govern sense.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Verses, usually two, having this
correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing
rhymes.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A word answering in sound to another
word.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Female rhyme</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Female</u>.</cd> -
- <col><b>Male rhyme</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Male</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rhyme or reason</b></col>, <cd>sound or sense.</cd> --
<col><b>Rhyme royal</b></col> <i>(Pros.)</i>, <cd>a stanza of seven
decasyllabic verses, of which the first and third, the second, fourth,
and fifth, and the sixth and seventh rhyme.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rhyme</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rhymed</u> (?);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rhyming</u>.] [OE. <i>rimen</i>, <i>rymen</i>, AS.
<i>r&imacr;man</i> to count: cf. F. <i>rimer</i> to rhyme. See
<u>Rhyme</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make
rhymes, or verses.</def> "Thou shalt no longer <i>ryme</i>."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>There marched the bard and blockhead, side by side,<BR>
Who <i>rhymed</i> for hire, and patronized for pride.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To accord in rhyme or sound.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And, if they <i>rhymed</i> and rattled, all was
well.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhyme</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
put into rhyme.</def>  <i>Sir T. Wilson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To influence by rhyme.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Hearken to a verser, who may chance<BR>
<i>Rhyme</i> thee to good.</blockquote> <i>Herbert.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhyme"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of
rhyme.</def>  <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhym"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who makes
rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a
poetaster.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This would make them soon perceive what despicaple
creatures our common <i>rhymers</i> and playwriters be.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhym"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The art or habit
of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhyme"ster</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rhymer; a
maker of poor poetry.</def>  <i>Bp. Hall. Byron.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhym"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to
rhyme.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhym"ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rhymer; a
rhymester.</def>  <i>Johnston.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rhyn`chob*del"le*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.,
fr. Gr. <grk>"ry`gchos</grk> snout + &?;&?;&?; a leech.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A suborder of leeches including those that
have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the
type.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhyn`cho*ceph"a*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.,
fr. Gr. <grk>"ry`gchos</grk> snout + <grk>kefalh`</grk> head.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An order of reptiles having biconcave
vertebr&aelig;, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar
osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but
numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest
of reptiles. See <u>Hatteria</u>. Called also
<i>Rhynchocephalia</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhyn`cho*c&oelig;"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.,
fr. Gr. <grk>"ry`gchos</grk> snout + <grk>koi`los</grk> hollow.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Nemertina</u>.</def> --
<wf>Rhyn`cho*c&oelig;"lous</wf> (#), <pos><i>a.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rhyn"cho*lite</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"ry`gchos</grk> snout, beak + <i>-lie</i>: cf. F.
<i>rhyncholithe</i>.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>A fossil cephalopod
beak.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhyn`cho*nel"la</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr.
Gr. <grk>"ry`gchos</grk> snout.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A genus of
brachiopods of which some species are still living, while many are
found fossil.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhyn*choph"o*ra</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.,
fr. Gr. <grk>"ry`gchos</grk> snout + <grk>fe`rein</grk> to carry.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike
head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhyn"cho*phore</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of the Rhynchophora.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhyn*cho"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>"ry`gchos</grk> snout.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Hemiptera</u>.</def> [Written also <i>Rhyncota</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rhy"o*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
<grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow + <i>-lite</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A
quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal
structure.</def> -- <wf>Rhy`o*lit"ic</wf>, (#),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rhy`pa*rog"ra*phy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?; painting foul or mean objects; <grk>"ryparo`s</grk>
filthy, dirty + <grk>gra`fein</grk> to write, paint.] <def>In ancient
art, the painting of genre or still-life pictures.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhy*sim"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;
flow + <i>-meter</i>.] <def>An instrument, acting on the principle of
Pitot's tube, for measuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed
of a ship, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhythm</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rhythme</i>,
<i>rythme</i>, L.  <i>rhythmus</i>, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; measured motion,
measure, proportion, fr. <grk>"rei^n</grk> to flow. See
<u>Stream</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In the widest sense, a
dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions,
impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in
music poetry, the dance, or the like.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Movement in musical time,
with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which
marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement
and accent.</def>  <i>Moore (Encyc.)</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A division of lines into short portions by
a regular succession of <i>arses</i> and <i>theses</i>, or percussions
and remissions of voice on words or syllables.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The harmonious flow of vocal
sounds.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1239 !></p>

<p><hw>Rhyth"mer</hw> (r&ibreve;th"m&etilde;r <i>or</i>
r&ibreve;&thlig;"-), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who writes in
rhythm, esp. in poetic rhythm or meter.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>One now scarce counted a <i>rhythmer</i>, formerly
admitted for a poet.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rhyth"mic</hw> (-m&ibreve;k), <hw>Rhyth"mic*al</hw> (-
m&ibreve;*k<i>a</i>l), } <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;: cf.
L. <i>rhythmicus</i>, F. <i>rhythmique</i>.] <def>Pertaining to, or of
the nature of, rhythm</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Day and night<BR>
I worked my <i>rhythmic</i> thought.</blockquote> <i>Mrs.
Browning.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rhythmical accent</b></col>. <i>(Mus.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Accent</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 6 <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rhyth"mic*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
rhythmical manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhyth"mics</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The department
of musical science which treats of the length of sounds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rhyth"ming</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Writing rhythm;
verse making.</def> "The <i>rhythming</i> monk."  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhythm"less</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Being without
rhythm.</def>  <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rhyth*mom"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rhythm</i> +
<i>-meter</i>.] <def>An instrument for marking time in musical
movements. See <u>Metronome</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhyth"mus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.]
<def>Rhythm.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rhyt"i*na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>See <u>Rytina</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri"al</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A Spanish coin. See
<u>Real</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ri*al"</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Royal.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Royal</u>.]
<def>A gold coin formerly current in England, of the value of ten
shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings
in the reign of Elizabeth.</def> [Spelt also <i>ryal</i>.]  <i>Brande
& C.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ri`ant"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>riant</i>, p.
pr. of <i>rire</i> to laugh, L. <i>ridere</i>.] <def>Laughing;
laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a
landscape.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the
other sources, with a strict caution, howewer, against anything light
and <i>riant</i>.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rib</i>,
<i>ribb</i>; akin to D. <i>rib</i>, G. <i>rippe</i>, OHG.
<i>rippa</i>, <i>rippi</i>, Dan. <i>ribbe</i>, Icel. <i>rif</i>, Russ.
<i>rebro</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>One of the
curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the
lateral walls of the thorax.</def></p>

<p>&fist; In man there are twelve ribs on each side, of which the
upper seven are directly connected with the sternum by cartilages, and
are called <i>sternal</i>, or <i>true</i>, <i>ribs</i>. The remaining
five pairs are called <i>asternal</i>, or <i>false</i>, <i>ribs</i>,
and of these each of the three upper pairs is attached to the
cartilage of the rib above, while the two lower pairs are free at the
ventral ends, and are called <i>floating ribs</i>. See
<u>Thorax</u>.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which resembles a rib in form or
use.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Shipbuilding)</i>
<def>One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward
and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give
shape and strength to the vessel.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Mach.
& Structures)</i> <def>A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder,
beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<def>One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is
extended.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>A prominent line or ridge, as
in cloth.</def> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>A longitudinal strip of metal
uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The chief nerve, or one of
the chief nerves, of a leaf.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Any
longitudinal ridge in a plant.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>In
Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are
strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole
space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of
lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood,
plaster, or the like.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A projecting
mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a
ceiling, ornamental door, or the like.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Solid
coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a
support.</def>  <i>Raymond.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out
of Adam's rib.</def> [Familiar & Sportive]</p>

<p><blockquote>How many have we known whose heads have been broken
with their own <i>rib</i>.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Chuck rib</b></col>, <cd>a cut of beef immediately in front
of the middle rib. See <u>Chuck</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fore
ribs</b></col>, <cd>a cut of beef immediately in front of the
sirloin.</cd> -- <col><b>Middle rib</b></col>, <cd>a cut of beef
between the chuck rib and the fore ribs.</cd> -- <col><b>Rib
grass</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>Same as <u>Ribwort</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rib</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ribbed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ribbing</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To furnish with ribs; to form
with rising lines and channels; as, to <i>rib</i> cloth.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to
shut in.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It [lead] were too gross<BR>
To <i>rib</i> her cerecloth in the obscure grave.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rib land</b></col>, <cd>to leave strips of undisturbed
ground between the furrows in plowing.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rib"ald</hw> (?), <pos><i>n./</i></pos> [OE. <i>ribald</i>,
<i>ribaud</i>, F. <i>ribaud</i>, OF. <i>ribald</i>, <i>ribault</i>,
LL. <i>ribaldus</i>, of German origin; cf. OHG <i>hr&imacr;pa</i>
prostitute. For the ending <i>-ald</i> cf. E. <u>Herald</u>.] <def>A
low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.</def>
<i>Spenser. Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Ribald</i> was almost a class name in the feudal
system . . . He was his patron's parasite, bulldog, and tool . . . It
is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly became a synonym for
everything ruffianly and brutal.</blockquote> <i>Earle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"ald</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Low; base; mean;
filthy; obscene.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The busy day,<BR>
Waked by the lark, hath roused the <i>ribald</i> crows.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"ald*ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like a
ribald.</def>  <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"ald*rous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of a ribald
quality.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rib"ald*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>ribaldrie</i>, <i>ribaudrie</i>, OF. <i>ribalderie</i>,
<i>ribauderie</i>.] <def>The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language;
indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent
language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or
conduct.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>ribaldry</i> of his conversation moved
&?;stonishment even in that age.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Ribbon</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"and</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Ribbon</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Riband jasper</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>a variety of
jasper having stripes of different colors, as red and green.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rib"and</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>See
<u>Rib-band</u>.</def>  <i>Totten.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"and*ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Ribboned.</def>
<i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"aud</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A ribald.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>P. Plowman.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ri*bau"de*quin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An engine of war used in the Middle Ages,
consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in
front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small
cannon.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified
town for casting javelins.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rib"aud*red</hw> (?), <hw>Rib"aud*rous</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Filthy; obscene; ribald.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rib"aud*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Ribaldry.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"aud*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Ribaldry.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"auld</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A ribald.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"band</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A ribbon.</def>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"band`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rib</i> +
<i>band</i>.] [Written also <i>riband</i>, and <i>ribbon</i>.]
<i>(Shipbuilding)</i> <def>A long, narrow strip of timber bent and
bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in
position, and give rigidity to the framework.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rib-band lines</b></col>, <cd>oblique longitudinal sections
of the hull of a vessel.</cd>  <i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ribbed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a <i>ribbed</i> cylinder;
<i>ribbed</i> cloth.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>Intercalated with slate; --
said of a seam of coal.</def>  <i>Raymond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"bing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An assemblage or
arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or
coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the
fabric of cloth, or the like.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rib"bon</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>riban</i>, OF.
<i>riban</i>, F. <i>ruban</i>, probably of German origin; cf. D.
<i>ringband</i> collar, necklace, E. <i>ring</i> circle, and
<i>band</i>.] [Written also <i>riband</i>, <i>ribband</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of
silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and
other decorative purposes.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or
magnesium <i>ribbon</i>; sails torn to <i>ribbons</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Shipbuilding)</i> <def>Same as <u>Rib-
band</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>Driving reins.</def> [Cant]
<i>London Athen&aelig;um.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Her.)</i> <def>A bearing similar to the
bend, but only one eighth as wide.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Spinning)</i> <def>A silver.</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>The blue ribbon</i>, and <i>The red ribbon</i>, are
phrases often used to designate the British orders of the Garter and
of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by
ribbons of these colors. See <i>Blue ribbon</i>, under
<u>Blue</u>.</p>

<p><col><b>Ribbon fish</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped
marine fish of the family <i>Trachypterid&aelig;</i>, especially the
species of the genus <i>Trachypterus</i>, and the oarfish
(<i>Regelecus Banksii</i>) of the North Atlantic, which is sometimes
over twenty feet long</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The hairtail, or
bladefish</cd>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>A small compressed marine fish
of the genus <i>Cepola</i>, having a long, slender, tapering tail. The
European species (<i>C. rubescens</i>) is light red throughout. Called
also <i>band fish</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ribbon grass</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a variety of reed canary grass having the leaves
stripped with green and white; -- called also <i>Lady's garters</i>.
See <i>Reed grass</i>, under <u>Reed</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ribbon
seal</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a North Pacific seal
(<i>Histriophoca fasciata</i>). The adult male is dark brown,
conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white.</cd> --
<col><b>Ribbon snake</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a common North
American snake (<i>Eutainia saurita</i>). It is conspicuously striped
with bright yellow and dark brown.</cd> -- <col><b>Ribbon
Society</b></col>, <cd>a society in Ireland, founded in the early part
of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen. It afterwards
became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent
eviction by landlords. It took its name from the green ribbon worn by
members as a badge.</cd> -- <col><b>Ribborn worm</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A tapeworm</cd>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A nemertean.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rib"bon</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ribboned</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ribboning</u>.] <def>To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark
with stripes resembling ribbons.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rib"bon*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The principles
and practices of the Ribbonmen.  See <i>Ribbon Society</i>, under
<u>Ribbon</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rib"bon*man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>-men</b></plw>. <def>A member of the Ribbon Society. See
<i>Ribbon Society</i>, under <u>Ribbon</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rib"bon*wood`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>A malvaceous tree (<i>Hoheria populnea</i>) of New Zealand, the
bark of which is used for cordage.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ri"bes</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>[NL.; cf. Dan.
<i>ribs</i>, and Ar. <i>r&imacr;b&amacr;s</i> a plant with an acid
juice.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of shrubs including gooseberries
and currants of many kinds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rib"ibe</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rebec</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A sort of stringed instrument; a rebec.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Nares.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An old woman; -- in contempt.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A bawd; a prostitute.</def> [Obs.]  <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Ribibe</u>.]
<def>A small threestringed viol; a rebec.</def>  <i>Moore (Encyc. of
Music).</i></p>

<p><blockquote>All can be play on gittern or
<i>ribible</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rib"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having no
ribs.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rib"roast`</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To beat
soundly.</def> [Slang]</p>

<p><hw>Rib"wort`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
species of plantain (<i>Plantago lanceolata</i>) with long, narrow,
ribbed leaves; -- called also <i>rib grass</i>, <i>ripple grass</i>,
<i>ribwort plantain</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>-ric</hw> (?). [AS <i>r&imacr;ce</i> kingdom, dominion. See
<u>Rich</u>.] <def>A suffix signifying <i>dominion</i>,
<i>jurisdiction</i>; as, bishop<i>ric</i>, the district over which a
bishop exercises authority.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rice</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>riz</i> (cf. Pr.
<i>ris</i>, It. <i>riso</i>), L. <i>oryza</i>, Gr. &?;&?;&?;,
&?;&?;&?;, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. <i>br&imacr;zi</i>,
akin to Skr. <i>vr&imacr;hi</i>; or perh. akin to E. <i>rye</i>.  Cf.
<u>Rye</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A well-known cereal grass (<i>Oryza
sativa</i>) and its seed.  This plant is extensively cultivated in
warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the
inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can
be overflowed.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ant rice</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Ant</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>French rice</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i>
<cd>See <u>Amelcorn</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Indian rice</b></col>., <cd>a
tall reedlike water grass (<i>Zizania aquatica</i>), bearing panicles
of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American
Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called
also <i>water oat</i>, <i>Canadian wild rice</i>, etc.</cd> --
<col><b>Mountain rice</b></col>, <cd>any species of an American genus
(<i>Oryzopsis</i>) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.</cd> --
<col><b>Rice bunting</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>Same as
<u>Ricebird</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rice hen</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the Florida gallinule.</cd> -- <col><b>Rice
mouse</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a large dark-colored field
mouse (<i>Calomys palistris</i>) of the Southern United States.</cd> -
- <col><b>Rice paper</b></col>, <cd>a kind of thin, delicate paper,
brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture
of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb
(<i>Fatsia papyrifera</i>, related to the ginseng) into one roll or
sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also <i>pith
paper</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rice troupial</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the bobolink.</cd> -- <col><b>Rice
water</b></col>, <cd>a drink for invalids made by boiling a small
quantity of rice in water.</cd> -- <col><b>Rice-water
discharge</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a liquid, resembling rice water
in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in
cholera.</cd> -- <col><b>Rice weevil</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>a small beetle (<i>Calandra, or Sitophilus, oryz&aelig;</i>) which
destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; --
called also <i>black weevil</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rice"bird`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The Java sparrow.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>The bobolink.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rice"-shell`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells
of the genus <i>Olivella</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rich</hw>, (r&ibreve;ch), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Richer</u> (&?;);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Richest</u>.] [OE. <i>riche</i>, AS.
<i>r&imacr;ce</i> rich, powerful; akin to OS. <i>r&imacr;ki</i>, D.
<i>rijk</i>, G. <i>reich</i>, OHG. <i>r&imacr;hhi</i>, Icel.
<i>r&imacr;kr</i>, Sw. <i>rik</i>, Dan. <i>rig</i>, Goth.
<i>reiks</i>; from a word meaning, ruler, king, probably borrowed from
Celtic, and akin to L. <i>rex</i>, <i>regis</i>, king, <i>regere</i>
to guide, rule. &radic;283.  See <u>Right</u>, and cf. <u>Derrick</u>,
<u>Enrich</u>, <u>Rajah</u>, <u>Riches</u>, <u>Royal</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having an abundance of material possessions;
possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land,
goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to
<i>poor</i>.</def> "<i>Rich</i> merchants."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rich</i> [person] hath many
friends.</blockquote> <i>Prov. xiv. 20.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash<BR>
Of some <i>rich</i> burgher.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, in general, well supplied;
abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a <i>rich</i> treasury; a
<i>rich</i> entertainment; a <i>rich</i> crop.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If life be short, it shall be glorious;<BR>
Each minute shall be <i>rich</i> in some great action.</blockquote>
<i>Rowe.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The gorgeous East with <i>richest</i> hand<BR>
Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Yielding large returns; productive or
fertile; fruitful; as, <i>rich</i> soil or land; a <i>rich</i>
mine.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Composed of valuable or costly materials or
ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious;
sumptuous; costly; as, a <i>rich</i> dress; <i>rich</i> silk or fur;
<i>rich</i> presents.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Like to <i>rich</i> and various gems.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Abounding in agreeable or nutritive
qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food or drink which
are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet,
luscious, and high-flavored; as, a <i>rich</i> dish; <i>rich</i> cream
or soup; <i>rich</i> pastry; <i>rich</i> wine or fruit.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Sauces and <i>rich</i> spices are fetched from
India.</blockquote> <i>Baker.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a
<i>rich</i> color.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a
<i>rich</i> voice; <i>rich</i> music.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a
<i>rich</i> landscape; <i>rich</i> scenery.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>Abounding in humor; exciting amusement;
entertaining; as, the scene was a <i>rich</i> one; a <i>rich</i>
incident or character.</def> [Colloq.]  <i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Rich</i> is sometimes used in the formation of self-
explaining compounds; as, <i>rich</i>-fleeced, <i>rich</i>-jeweled,
<i>rich</i>-laden, <i>rich</i>-stained.</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Wealthy; affluent; opulent; ample; copious;
abundant; plentiful; fruitful; costly; sumptuous; precious; generous;
luscious.</p>

<p><hw>Rich</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To enrich.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rich"es</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>richesse</i>, F. <i>richesse</i>, from <i>riche</i> rich, of German
origin. See <u>Rich</u>,<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or
other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Riches</i> do not consist in having more gold and
silver, but in having more in proportion, than our
neighbors.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which appears rich, sumptuous,
precious, or the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>riche</i> of heaven's pavement, trodden
gold.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Richesse</i>, the older form of this word, was in the
singular number. The form <i>riches</i>, however, is plural in
appearance, and has now come to be used as a plural.</p>

<p><blockquote>Against the <i>richesses</i> of this world shall they
have misease of poverty.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In one hour so great <i>riches</i> is come to
nought.</blockquote> <i>Rev. xviii. 17.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And for that <i>riches</i> where is my
deserving?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Wealth; opulence; affluence; wealthiness; richness;
plenty; abundance.</p>

<p><! p. 1240 !></p>

<p><hw>Rich"esse</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See
<u>Riches</u>.] <def>Wealth; riches. See the Note under
<u>Riches</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Some man desireth for to have
<i>richesse</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>richesse</i> of all heavenly grace.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rich"ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rich
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rich"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state
of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).</def></p>

<p><hw>Rich"weed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>An
herb (<i>Pilea pumila</i>) of the Nettle family, having a smooth,
juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also <i>clearweed</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ric`in*e`la*id"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<i>Ricin</i>oleic + <i>elaidic</i>.] <def>Pertaining to, or
designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a
white crystalline solid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ric`in*e*la"i*din</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white
crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous
acid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri*cin"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ricinus</i>
castor-oil plant.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from,
castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called <i>ricinoleic</i>
<i>acid.</i></def></p>

<p><hw>Ric"i*nine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ricinus</i>
castor-oil plant.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A bitter white crystalline
alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ric`in*o"le*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called
<i>palmate</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ric`in*o"le*ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic
acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C&?;H&?;O&?; with
a harsh taste. Formerly written <i>ricinolic</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ric`in*o"le*in</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ricinus</i> castor-oil plant + <i>oleum</i> oil.] <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a
characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called
<i>palmin</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ric`i*nol"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Ricinoleic.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ric"i*nus</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., the castor-
oil plant.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of plants of the Spurge family,
containing but one species (<i>R. communis</i>), the castor-oil plant.
The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which
castor oil iss expressed. See <u>Palma Christi</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rick</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>reek</i>,
<i>rek</i>, AS. <i>hre&aacute;c</i> a heap; akin to <i>hryce</i> rick,
Icel. hraukr.] <def>A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in
the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Golden clusters of beehive <i>ricks</i>, rising at
intervals beyond the hedgerows.</blockquote> <i>G. Eliot.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rick</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To heap up in ricks, as
hay, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rick"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A stout pole for
use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rick"et*ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rickety.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rick"ets</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [Of uncertain
origin; but cf. AS. <i>wrigian</i> to bend, D. <i>wrikken</i> to
shake, E.  <i>wriggle</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A disease which affects
children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine
and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses,
tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often
premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears
to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues.
Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called
also <i>rachitis</i>.</def>
</p>

<p><hw>Rick"et*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Affected with rickets.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak;
shaky.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rick"rack`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kind of
openwork edging made of serpentine braid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rick"stand`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A flooring or
framework on which a rick is made.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ric`o*chet"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A rebound
or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a
low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of
water.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ricochet firing</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>the firing of
guns or howitzers, usually with small charges, at an elevation of only
a few degrees, so as to cause the balls or shells to bound or skip
along the ground.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ric`o*chet"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Ricochetted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ricochetting</u>.] <def>To operate upon by ricochet firing. See
<u>Ricochet</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ric`o*chet"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To skip with a
rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a
cannon ball on the ground. See <u>Ricochet</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Ric"tal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, <i>rictal</i>
bristles.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ric"ture</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ringi</i>,
<i>rictus</i>, to open wide the mouth, to gape.] <def>A gaping.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ric"tus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., the aperture of
the mouth.] <def>The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often
resricted to the corners of the mouth.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rid</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Ride</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos></def> [Archaic]</p>

<p><blockquote>He <i>rid</i> to the end of the village, where he
alighted.</blockquote> <i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rid</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rid</u> or <u>Ridded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Ridding</u>.] [OE. <i>ridden</i>, <i>redden</i>, AS.
<i>hreddan</i> to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG. <i>redden</i>,
G. <i>retten</i>, Dan. <i>redde</i>, Sw. <i>r&auml;dda</i>, and
perhaps to Skr. <i>&?;rath</i> to loosen.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with <i>out of</i>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Deliver the poor and needy; <i>rid</i> them out of the
hand of the wicked.</blockquote> <i>Ps. lxxxii. 4.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To free; to clear; to disencumber; --
followed by <i>of</i>.</def> "<i>Rid</i> all the sea of pirates."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In never <i>ridded</i> myself of an overmastering and
brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward
me.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To drive away; to remove by effort or
violence; to make away with; to destroy.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>I will <i>red</i> evil beasts out of the
land.</blockquote> <i>Lev. xxvi. 6.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Death's men, you have <i>rid</i> this sweet young
prince!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to
finish.</def> [R.] "Willingness <i>rids</i> way."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Mirth will make us <i>rid</i> ground faster than if
thieves were at our tails.</blockquote> <i>J. Webster.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To be rid of</b></col>, <cd>to be free or delivered
from.</cd> -- <col><b>To get rid of</b></col>, <cd>to get deliverance
from; to free one's self from.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rid"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Suitable for
riding; as, a <i>ridable</i> horse; a <i>ridable</i> road.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rid"dance</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or
out.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou shalt not make clean <i>riddance</i> of the
corners of thy field.</blockquote> <i>Lev. xxiii. 22.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being rid or free; freedom;
escape.</def> "<i>Riddance</i> from all adversity."
<i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rid"den</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Ride.</u></def></p>

<p><hw>Rid"der</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, rids.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rid"dle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>ridil</i>, AS.
<i>hridder</i>; akin to G. <i>reiter</i>, L. <i>cribrum</i>, and to
Gr. &?;&?;&?; to distinguish, separate, and G. <i>rein</i> clean. See
<u>Crisis</u>, <u>Certain</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A sieve with
coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from
finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from
sand.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A board having a row of pins, set zigzag,
between which wire is drawn to straighten it.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rid"dle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Riddled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Riddling</u> (?).] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To separate, as grain
from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as,
<i>riddle</i> wheat; to <i>riddle</i> coal or gravel.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To perforate so as to make like a riddle;
to make many holes in; as, a house <i>riddled</i> with shot.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rid"dle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [For <i>riddels</i>,
<i>s</i> being misunderstood as the plural ending; OE. <i>ridels</i>,
<i>redels</i>. AS. r&?;dels; akin to D. <i>raadsel</i>, G.
<i>r&auml;thsel</i>; fr. AS. <i>r&?;dan</i> to counsel or advise,
also, to guess. &radic;116.  Cf. <u>Read</u>.] <def>Something proposed
to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an
ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or
puzzling.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To wring from me, and tell to them, my secret,<BR>
That solved the <i>riddle</i> which I had proposed.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>'T was a strange <i>riddle</i> of a lady.</blockquote>
<i>Hudibras.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rid"dle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To explain; to
solve; to unriddle.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Riddle</i> me this, and guess him if you
can.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rid"dle</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To speak ambiguously
or enigmatically.</def> "Lysander <i>riddels</i> very prettily."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rid"dler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who riddles
(grain, sand, etc.).</def></p>

<p><hw>Rid"dler</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who speaks in, or
propounds, riddles.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rid"dling</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Speaking in a
riddle or riddles; containing a riddle.</def> "<i>Riddling</i>
triplets."  <i>Tennyson.</i> -- <wf>Rid"dling</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ride</hw> (r&imacr;d), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp.</i></pos> <u>Rode</u> (r&omacr;d) (<u>Rid</u>
[r&ibreve;d], archaic); <pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> <u>Ridden</u> (&?;)
(<u>Rid</u>, archaic); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Riding</u>
(&?;).] [AS. <i>r&imacr;dan</i>; akin to LG. <i>riden</i>, D.
<i>rijden</i>, G. <i>reiten</i>, OHG. <i>r&imacr;tan</i>, Icel.
<i>r&imacr;&eth;a</i>, Sw. <i>rida</i>, Dan. <i>ride</i>; cf. L.
<i>raeda</i> a carriage, which is from a Celtic word.  Cf.
<u>Road</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To be carried on the back of an
animal, as a horse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To-morrow, when ye <i>riden</i> by the
way.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Let your master <i>ride</i> on before, and do you
gallop after him.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be borne in a carriage; as, to
<i>ride</i> in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym,
below.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by
<i>riding</i> in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with
trains of servants.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to
lie.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Men once walked where ships at anchor
<i>ride</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To be supported in motion; to
rest.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Strong as the exletree<BR>
On which heaven <i>rides</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>On whose foolish honesty<BR>
My practices <i>ride</i> easy!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To manage a horse, as an
equestrian.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He <i>rode</i>, he fenced, he moved with graceful
ease.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To support a rider, as a horse; to move
under the saddle; as, a horse <i>rides</i> easy or hard, slow or
fast.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To ride easy</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to lie at anchor
without violent pitching or straining at the cables.</cd> --
<col><b>To ride hard</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to pitch
violently.</cd> -- <col><b>To ride out</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>To go upon a military expedition.</cd> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To ride in the open air.</cd> [Colloq.] --
<col><b>To ride to hounds</b></col>, <cd>to ride behind, and near to,
the hounds in hunting.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Drive.  -- <u>Ride</u>, <u>Drive</u>. <i>Ride</i>
originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be
carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in
England, <i>drive</i> is the word applied in most cases to progress in
a carriage; as, a <i>drive</i> around the park, etc.; while
<i>ride</i> is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to
sanction this distinction by giving "to <i>travel</i> on horseback" as
the leading sense of <i>ride</i>; though he adds "to <i>travel</i> in
a vehicle" as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still
occurs to some extent; as, the queen <i>rides</i> to Parliament in her
coach of state; to <i>ride</i> in an omnibus.</p>

<p><blockquote>"Will you <i>ride</i> over or <i>drive</i>?" said Lord
Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning.</blockquote>
<i>W. Black.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ride</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
sit on, so as to be carried; as, to <i>ride</i> a horse; to
<i>ride</i> a bicycle.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and <i>ride</i>
the air<BR>
In whirlwind.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To manage insolently at will; to domineer
over.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The nobility could no longer endure to be <i>ridden</i>
by bakers, cobblers, and brewers.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To convey, as by riding; to make or do by
riding.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Tue only men that safe can <i>ride</i><BR>
Mine errands on the Scottish side.</blockquote> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>To overlap (each other); --
said of bones or fractured fragments.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To ride a hobby</b></col>, <cd>to have some favorite
occupation or subject of talk.</cd> -- <col><b>To ride and
tie</b></col>, <cd>to take turn with another in labor and rest; --
from the expedient adopted by two persons with one horse, one of whom
<i>rides</i> the animal a certain distance, and then <i>ties</i> him
for the use of the other, who is coming up on foot.</cd>
<i>Fielding.</i> -- <col><b>To ride down</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To ride over; to trample down in riding; to
overthrow by riding against; as, <i>to ride down</i> an enemy</cd>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>To bear down, as on a halyard
when hoisting a sail.</cd> -- <col><b>To ride out</b></col>
<i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to keep safe afloat during (a storm) while riding
at anchor or when hove to on the open sea; as, <i>to ride out</i> the
gale.</cd>
</p>

<p><hw>Ride</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act
of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A saddle horse.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Wright.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A road or avenue cut in a wood, or through
grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri*deau"</hw> (r&esl;*d&omacr;"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.]
<def>A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small
ridge.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rid"en</hw> (r&imacr;d"'n), obs. <def><pos><i>imp. pl. & p.
p.</i></pos> of <u>Ride</u>.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"dent</hw> (r&imacr;"d<i>e</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ridens</i>, p. pr. of <i>ridere</i> to laugh.] <def>Laughing.</def>
[R.]  <i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rid"er</hw> (r&imacr;d"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, rides.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Formerly, an agent who went out with
samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler.</def>
[Eng.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One who breaks or manages a horse.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>An addition or amendment to a manuscript or
other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in
legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in
course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is
imposed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to
propose a <i>rider</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>This [question] was a <i>rider</i> which Mab found
difficult to answer.</blockquote> <i>A. S. Hardy.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>A problem of more than usual
difficulty added to another on an examination paper.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> [D. <i>rijder</i>.] <def>A Dutch gold coin
having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His moldy money ! half a dozen
<i>riders</i>.</blockquote> <i>J. Fletcher.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>Rock material in a vein of
ore, dividing it.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Shipbuilding)</i> <def>An interior rib
occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the
beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.</def>
<i>Totten.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>The second tier of casks in
a vessel's hold.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>A small forked weight which straddles the
beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the
weight on a steelyard.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <def>A robber.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
<i>Drummond.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rider's bone</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a bony deposit in
the muscles of the upper and inner part of the thigh, due to the
pressure and irritation caused by the saddle in riding.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rid"er*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having no rider;
as, a <i>riderless</i> horse.</def>  <i>H. Kingsley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ridge</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rigge</i> the
back, AS. <i>hrycg</i>; akin to D. <i>rug</i>, G. <i>r&Uuml;cken</i>,
OHG. <i>rucki</i>, <i>hrukki</i>, Icel. <i>hryggr</i>, Sw.
<i>rugg</i>, Dan. <i>ryg</i>. &radic;16.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
back, or top of the back; a crest.</def>  <i>Hudibras.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A range of hills or mountains, or the upper
part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.</def>
"The frozen <i>ridges</i> of the Alps."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Part rise crystal wall, or <i>ridge</i>
direct.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown
up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface
of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>The intersection of two
surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top
between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>The highest portion of the
glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.</def>
<i>Stocqueler.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ridge</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ridged</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ridging</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To form a ridge of; to
furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or
ridges.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Bristles ranged like those that <i>ridge</i> the
back<BR>
Of chafed wild boars.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To form into ridges with the plow, as
land.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To wrinkle.</def> "With a forehead
<i>ridged</i>."  <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ridge"band`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The part of a
harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a
cart; -- called also <i>ridgerope</i>, and <i>ridger</i>.</def>
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ridge"bone`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
backbone.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Blood . . . lying cluttered about the
<i>ridgebone</i>.</blockquote> <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ridg"el</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Same as <u>Ridgelling</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ridge"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A little
ridge.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ridge"ling</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Prov. E.
<i>riggilt</i>, <i>riggot</i>, ananimal half castrated, a sheep having
only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. <i>rigel</i>, <i>rig</i>, a barrow
hog, <i>rigler</i> a cock half castrated.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A
half-castrated male animal.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ridge"piece`</hw> (?), <hw>Ridge"plate`</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Ridgepole</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ridge"pole`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Arch.)</i>
<def>The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters
are secured.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ridge"rope`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>See <i>Life line</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>, under
<u>Life</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ridg"ing*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>So as to form
ridges.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ridg"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a ridge or
ridges; rising in a ridge.</def> "Lifted on a <i>ridgy</i> wave."
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rid"i*cle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Ridicule.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rid"i*cule</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>ridicule</i>,
L. <i>ridiculum</i> a jest, fr. <i>ridiculus</i>. See
<u>Ridiculous</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An object of sport or
laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his
deficiencies made him the <i>ridicule</i> of his
contemporaries.</blockquote> <i>Buckle.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To the people . . . but a trifle, to the king but a
<i>ridicule</i>.</blockquote> <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Remarks concerning a subject or a person
designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that
species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making
a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than
<i>derision</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We have in great measure restricted the meaning of
<i>ridicule</i>, which would properly extend over whole region of the
ridiculous, -- the laughable, -- and we have narrowed it so that in
common usage it mostly corresponds to "derision", which does indeed
involve personal and offensive feelings.</blockquote> <i>Hare.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne,<BR>
Yet touched and shamed by <i>ridicule</i> alone.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Quality of being ridiculous;
ridiculousness.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>To see the <i>ridicule</i> of this
practice.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Derision; banter; raillery; burlesque; mockery;
irony; satire; sarcasm; gibe; jeer; sneer.  -- <u>Ridicule</u>,
<u>Derision</u>, Both words imply disapprobation; but <i>ridicule</i>
usually signifies good-natured, fun-loving opposition without manifest
malice, while <i>derision</i> is commonly bitter and scornful, and
sometimes malignant.</p>

<p><hw>Rid"i*cule</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ridiculed</u> (?);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ridiculing</u>.] <def>To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to
awaken ridicule toward or respecting.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I 've known the young, who <i>ridiculed</i> his
rage.</blockquote> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To deride; banter; rally; burlesque; mock; satirize;
lampoon. See <u>Deride</u>.</p>

<p><! p. 1241 !></p>

<p><hw>Rid"i*cule</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.]
<def>Ridiculous.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>This action . . . became so
<i>ridicule</i>.</blockquote> <i>Aubrey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rid"i*cu`ler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
ridicules.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri*dic"u*lize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make
ridiculous; to ridicule.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri*dic`u*los"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The
quality or state of being ridiculous; ridiculousness; also, something
ridiculous.</def> [Archaic]  <i>Bailey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri*dic"u*lous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ridiculosus</i>, <i>ridiculus</i>, fr. <i>ridere</i> to laigh.  Cf.
<u>Risible</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Fitted to excite ridicule;
absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a
<i>ridiculous</i> dress or behavior.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Agricola, discerning that those little targets and
unwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become <i>ridiculous</i>
against the thrust and close, commanded three Batavian cohorts . . .
to draw up and come to handy strokes.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Involving or expressing ridicule.</def>
[r.]</p>

<p><blockquote>[It] provokes me to <i>ridiculous</i>
smiling.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Ludicrous; laughable; risible; droll; comical;
absurd; preposterous. See <u>Ludicrous</u>.</p>

<p>--- <wf>Ri*dic"u*lous*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Ri*dic"u*lous*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rid"ing</hw> (r&imacr;d"&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [For
<i>thriding</i>, Icel. <i>&thorn;ri&eth;jungr</i> the third part, fr.
<i>&thorn;ri&eth;i</i> third, akin to E. <i>third</i>. See
<u>Third</u>.] <def>One of the three jurisdictions into which the
county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the
government of a reeve. They are called the <i>North</i>, the
<i>East</i>, and the <i>West</i>, <i>Riding</i>.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rid"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Employed to travel; traveling; as, a <i>riding</i> clerk.</def>
"One <i>riding</i> apparitor."  <i>Ayliffe.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Used for riding on; as, a <i>riding</i>
horse.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to
riding; as, a <i>riding</i> whip; a <i>riding</i> habit; a
<i>riding</i> day.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Riding clerk</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A clerk who
traveled for a commercial house</cd>. [Obs. Eng.] <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>One of the "six clerks" formerly attached to the English Court of
Chancery.</cd> -- <col><b>Riding hood</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A hood formerly worn by women when riding</cd>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A kind of cloak with a hood.</cd> --
<col><b>Riding master</b></col>, <cd>an instructor in
horsemanship.</cd> -- <col><b>Riding rhyme</b></col> <i>(Pros.)</i>,
<cd>the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so
called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury
Tales.</cd> <i>Dr. Guest.</i> -- <col><b>Riding school</b></col>,
<cd>a school or place where the art of riding is taught.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rid"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act or state of one who rides.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A festival procession.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>When there any <i>riding</i> was in Cheap.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Same as <u>Ride</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>,
3.</def>  <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A district in charge of an excise
officer.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ri*dot"to</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It., fr. LL.
<i>reductus</i> a retreat. See <u>Redoubt</u>.] <def>A favorite
Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, -- held
generally on fast eves.</def>  <i>Brande & C.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>There are to be <i>ridottos</i> at guinea
tickets.</blockquote> <i>Walpole.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri*dot"to</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To hold
ridottos.</def> [R.]  <i>J. G. Cooper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rie</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Rye</u>.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rie grass</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A kind of wild barley (<i>Hordeum pratense</i>)</cd>. <i>Dr.
Prior.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Ray grass.</cd> <i>Dr.
Prior.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rief</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Reave</u>.]
<def>Robbery.</def> [Obs. or Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Riet"boc</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [D. <i>riet</i> reed +
<i>bok</i> buck.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The reedbuck, a South
African antelope (<i>Cervicapra arundinacea</i>); -- so called from
its frequenting dry places covered with high grass or reeds. Its color
is yellowish brown. Called also <i>inghalla</i>, and
<i>rietbok</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rife</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&imacr;f</i>
abundant, or Icel. <i>r&imacr;fr</i> munificent; akin to OD.
<i>riff</i>, <i>rijve</i>, abundant.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Before the plague of London, inflammations of the lungs
were <i>rife</i> and mortal.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Even now the tumult of loud mirth<BR>
Was <i>rife</i>, and perfect in may listening ear.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having power; active; nimble.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>What! I am <i>rife</i> a little yet.</blockquote> <i>J.
Webster.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Rife"ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Rife"ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rif"fle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [CF. G. <i>riffeln</i>,
<i>riefeln</i>, to groove.  Cf. <u>Rifle</u> a gun.] <i>(Mining)</i>
<def>A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the
bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when
auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps
in such a trough. Also called <i>ripple</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rif"fler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Riffle</u>.]
<def>A curved file used in carving wool and marble.</def></p>

<p><hw>Riff"raff`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rif and
raf</i> every particle, OF. <i>rif et raf</i>. CF. <u>Raff</u>, <i>and
1st</i> <u>Rifle</u>.] <def>Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of
society.</def>  <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"fle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rifled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rifling</u> (?).] [F. <i>rifler</i> to rifle, sweep away; of
uncertain origin. CF. <u>Raff</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To seize
and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Till time shall <i>rifle</i> every youthful
grace.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To strip; to rob; to pillage.</def>
<i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye:<BR>
If not, we'll make you sit and <i>rifle</i> you.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To raffle.</def> [Obs.]  <i>J.
Webster.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"fle</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
raffle.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To commit robbery.</def> [R.]  <i>Bp.
Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"fle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Akin to Dan. <i>rifle</i>,
or <i>riffel</i>, the rifle of a gun, a chamfer (cf. <i>riffel</i>,
<i>riffel</i>b&ouml;sse, a rifle gun, <i>rifle</i> to rifle a gun, G.
<i>riefeln</i>, <i>riefen</i>, to chamfer, groove), and E.
<i>rive</i>. See <u>Rive</u>, and cf. <u>Riffle</u>, <u>Rivel</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved
with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and
insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has
superseded the musket.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A body of soldiers
armed with rifles.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A strip of wood covered with emery or a
similar material, used for sharpening scythes.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rifle pit</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>a trench for
sheltering sharpshooters.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ri"fle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with
spiral channels; as, to <i>rifle</i> a gun barrel or a
cannon.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To whet with a rifle. See <u>Rifle</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 3.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri"fle*bird`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and
New Guinea, of the genera <i>Ptiloris</i> and <i>Craspidophora</i>,
allied to the paradise birds.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The largest and best known species is <i>Ptiloris
paradisea</i> of Australia. Its general color is rich velvety brown,
glossed with lilac; the under parts are varied with rich olive green,
and the head, throat, and two middle tail feathers are brilliant
metallic green.</p>

<p><hw>Ri"fle*man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rifleman</b></plw> (&?;). <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A soldier armed
with a rifle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri"fler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who rifles; a
robber.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri"fling</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or
gun barrel.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The system of grooves in a
rifled gun barrel or cannon.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Shunt rifling</b></col>, <cd>rifling for cannon, in which
one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate
loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of
the grooves.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rift</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Rive</u>.</def>  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rift</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Written also <i>reft</i>.]
[Dan. <i>rift</i>, fr. <i>rieve</i> to rend. See <u>Rive</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An opening made by riving or splitting; a
cleft; a fissure.</def>  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A shallow place in a stream; a
ford.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rift</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rifted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rifting</u>.] <def>To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to <i>rift</i>
an oak or a rock; to <i>rift</i> the clouds.</def>
<i>Longfellow.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To dwell these <i>rifted</i> rocks
between.</blockquote> <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rift</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
burst open; to split.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Timber . . . not apt to <i>rif</i> with
ordnance.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To belch.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Rift"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rafter.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rig</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Ridge</u>.] <def>A
ridge.</def> [Prov. or Scott.]</p>

<p><hw>Rig</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rigged</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rigging</u> (?).] [Norweg. <i>rigga</i> to bind, particularly, to
wrap round, rig; cf. AS. <i>wr&imacr;han</i> to cover.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with
tackling.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially
in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by
<i>out</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Jack was <i>rigged</i> out in his gold and silver
lace.</blockquote> <i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rig a purchase</b></col>, <cd>to adapt apparatus so as
to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle,
capstan, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>To rig a ship</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>,
<cd>to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts
and yards.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rig</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and
arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types of vessels
are distinguished; as, schooner <i>rig</i>, ship <i>rig</i>, etc.  See
<i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Dress; esp., odd or fanciful
clothing.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Rig</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Wriggle</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming
conduct.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A sportive or unbecoming trick; a
frolic.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A blast of wind.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Wright.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>That uncertain season before the <i>rigs</i> of
Michaelmas were yet well composed.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To run a rig</b></col>, <cd>to play a trick; to engage in a
frolic; to do something strange and unbecoming.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>He little dreamt when he set out<BR>
Of <i>running</i> such <i>a rig</i>.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rig</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To play the wanton; to
act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.</def> "<i>Rigging</i> and
rifling all ways."  <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rig</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make free with;
hence, to steal; to pilfer.</def> [Obs. or Prov.]  <i>Tusser.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rig the market</b></col> <i>(Stock Exchange)</i>, <cd>to
raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick.</cd>
[Cant]</p>

<p><hw>Rig`a*doon"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rigadon</i>,
<i>rigaudon</i>.] <def>A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to
have been borrowed from Provence in France.</def>  <i>W.
Irving.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Whose dancing dogs in <i>rigadoons</i>
excel.</blockquote> <i>Wolcott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"ga fir`</hw> (?), [So called from <i>Riga</i>, a city in
Russia.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A species of pine (<i>Pinus
sylvestris</i>), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; --
called also <i>Scotch pine</i>, and <i>red or yellow deal</i>. It
grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in
Siberia.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri*ga"rion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rigatio</i>,
fr. <i>rigare</i> to water.] <def>See <u>Irrigation</u>.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ri"gel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar. <i>rijl</i>,
properly, foot.] <i>(Astron.)</i> <def>A fixed star of the first
magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.</def> [Written
also <i>Regel</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ri*ges"cent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rigescens</i>, p. pr. fr. <i>rigescere</i> to grow stiff.]
<def>Growing stiff or numb.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rig"ger</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the
rigging of a ship.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A cylindrical pulley or drum in
machinery.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rig"ging</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>DRess; tackle;
especially <i>(Naut.)</i>, the ropes, chains, etc., that support the
masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the
sails, etc. See <i>Illustr</i>. of <u>Ship</u> and
<u>Sails</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Running rigging</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>all those
ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc.,
such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.</cd> --
<col><b>Standing rigging</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>the shrouds and
stays.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rig"gish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like a rig or
wanton.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Riggish</i> and unmaidenly."  <i>Bp.
Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rig"gle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Wriggle</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rig"gle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The European lance
fish.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Right</hw> (r&imacr;t), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OE. <i>right</i>,
<i>riht</i>, AS. <i>riht</i>; akin to D. <i>regt</i>, OS. & OHG.
<i>reht</i>, G. <i>recht</i>, Dan. <i>ret</i>, Sw. r&auml;tt, Icel.
<i>r&euml;ttr</i>, Goth. <i>ra&iacute;hts</i>, L. <i>rectus</i>, p. p.
of <i>regere</i> to guide, rule; cf. Skr. <i>&rsdot;ju</i> straight,
right. &radic;115.  Cf. <u>Adroit</u>,<u>Alert</u>, <u>Correct</u>,
<u>Dress</u>, <u>Regular</u>, <u>Rector</u>, <u>Recto</u>,
<u>Rectum</u>, <u>Regent</u>, <u>Region</u>, <u>Realm</u>,
<u>Rich</u>, <u>Royal</u>, <u>Rule</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a <i>right</i> line.</def>
"<i>Right</i> as any line."  <i>Chaucer</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Upright; erect from a base; having an
upright axis; not oblique; as, <i>right</i> ascension; a <i>right</i>
pyramid or cone.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Conformed to the constitution of man and
the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true
and just; according with truth and duty; just; true.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is
absolutely <i>right</i>, and is called <i>right</i> simply without
relation to a special end.</blockquote> <i>Whately.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming;
as, the <i>right</i> man in the <i>right</i> place; the <i>right</i>
way from London to Oxford.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Characterized by reality or genuineness;
real; actual; not spurious.</def> "His <i>right</i> wife."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly
manifested themselves to be <i>right</i> barbarians.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>According with truth; passing a true
judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not
erroneous; correct; as, this is the <i>right</i> faith.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>You are <i>right</i>, Justice, and you weigh this
well.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference
is . . . <i>right</i>, "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we
die."</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Most favorable or convenient;
fortunate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The lady has been disappointed on the <i>right</i>
side.</blockquote> <i>Spectator.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to that side of the body
in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the
other side; -- opposed to <i>left</i> when used in reference to a part
of the body; as, the <i>right</i> side, hand, arm. Also applied to the
corresponding side of the lower animals.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Became the sovereign's favorite, his <i>right</i>
hand.</blockquote> <i>Longfellow.</i></p>

<p>&fist; In designating the banks of a river, <i>right</i> and
<i>left</i> are used always with reference to the position of one who
is facing in the direction of the current's flow.</p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>Well placed, disposed, or adjusted;
orderly; well regulated; correctly done.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>Designed to be placed or worn outward; as,
the <i>right</i> side of a piece of cloth.</def></p>

<p><col><b>At right angles</b></col>, <cd>so as to form a right angle
or right angles, as when one line crosses another
perpendicularly.</cd> -- <col><b>Right and left</b></col>, <cd>in both
or all directions.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col><b>Right and left
coupling</b></col> <i>(Pipe fitting)</i>, <cd>a coupling the opposite
ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw and a left-handed
screw, respectivelly.</cd> -- <col><b>Right angle</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The angle formed by one line meeting another
perpendicularly, as the angles <i>ABD</i>, <i>DBC</i>.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Spherics)</i> <cd>A spherical angle included
between the axes of two great circles whose planes are perpendicular
to each other.</cd> -- <col><b>Right ascension</b></col>. <cd>See
under <u>Ascension</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Right Center</b></col>
<i>(Politics)</i>, <cd>those members belonging to the Center in a
legislative assembly who have sympathies with the Right on political
questions. See <u>Center</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 5.</cd> --
<col><b>Right cone</b></col>, <col><b>Right cylinder</b></col>,
<col><b>Right prism</b></col>, <col><b>Right pyramid</b></col>
<i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of
which is perpendicular to the base.</cd> -- <col><b>Right
line</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Line</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Right
sailing</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>sailing on one of the four
cardinal points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude,
but not both.</cd> <i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i> -- <col><b>Right
sphere</b></col> <i>(Astron. & Geol.)</i>, <cd>a sphere in such a
position that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in
spherical projections, that position of the sphere in which the
primitive plane coincides with the plane of the equator.</cd></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Right</i> is used elliptically for <i>it is right</i>,
<i>what you say is right</i>, <i>true</i>.</p>

<p><blockquote>"<i>Right</i>," cries his lordship.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful;
rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper; suitable;
becoming.</p>

<p><hw>Right</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In a
right manner.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>In a right or straight line; directly;
hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood <i>right</i>
before me; it went <i>right</i> to the mark; he came <i>right</i> out;
he followed <i>right</i> after the guide.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Unto Dian's temple goeth she <i>right</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Let thine eyes look <i>right</i> on.</blockquote>
<i>Prov. iv. 25.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Right</i> across its track there lay,<BR>
Down in the water, a long reef of gold.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Exactly; just.</def> [Obs. or Colloq.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Came he <i>right</i> now to sing a raven's
note?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>According to the law or will of God;
conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to
live <i>right</i>; to judge <i>right</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>According to any rule of art;
correctly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>You with strict discipline instructed
<i>right</i>.</blockquote> <i>Roscommon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>According to fact or truth; actually;
truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story
<i>right</i>.</def> "<i>Right</i> at mine own cost."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Right</i> as it were a steed of
Lumbardye.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>His wounds so smarted that he slept <i>right</i>
naught.</blockquote> <i>Fairfax.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>In a great degree; very; wholly;
unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, <i>right</i> humble;
<i>right</i> noble; <i>right</i> valiant.</def> "He was not
<i>right</i> fat".  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>For which I should be <i>right</i> sorry.</blockquote>
<i>Tyndale.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>[I] return those duties back as are <i>right</i>
fit.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>&fist; In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as,
<i>right</i> honorable; <i>right</i> reverend.</p>

<p><col><b>Right honorable</b></col>, <cd>a title given in England to
peers and peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such
peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy councilors; also,
to certain civic officers, as the lord mayor of London, of York, and
of Dublin.</cd></p>

<p><! p. 1242 !></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Right</i> is used in composition with other adverbs, as
up<i>right</i>, down<i>right</i>, forth<i>right</i>, etc.</p>

<p><col><b>Right along</b></col>, <cd>without cessation; continuously;
as, to work <i>right along</i> for several hours.</cd> [Colloq. U.S.]
-- <col><b>Right away</b></col>, or <col><b>Right off</b></col>,
<cd>at once; straightway; without delay.</cd> [Colloq. U.S.] "We will
. . . shut ourselves up in the office and do the work <i>right
off</i>." <i>D. Webster.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>right</i>. See
<u>Right</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which
is right or correct.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority,
divine or human; freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral
<i>wrong</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A true statement; freedom
from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Seldom your opinions err;<BR>
Your eyes are always in the <i>right</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A just judgment or action; that which is
true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Long love to her has borne the faithful knight,<BR>
And well deserved, had fortune done him <i>right</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That to which one has a just claim.</def>
Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>That which one has a natural
claim to exact.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There are no <i>rights</i> whatever, without
corresponding duties.</blockquote> <i>Coleridge.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>That which one has a legal or social claim
to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a
<i>right</i> to arrest a criminal.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>That
which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or
own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property;
title; claim; interest; ownership.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Born free, he sought his <i>right</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Hast thou not <i>right</i> to all created
things?</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Men have no <i>right</i> to what is not
reasonable.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Privilege or immunity granted by
authority.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The right side; the side opposite to the
left.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Led her to the Souldan's <i>right</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in
France), those members collectively who are conservatives or
monarchists. See <u>Center</u>, 5.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>The outward or most finished surface, as of
a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.</def></p>

<p><col><b>At all right</b></col>, <cd>at all points; in all
respects.</cd> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i> -- <col><b>Bill of
rights</b></col>, <cd>a list of rights; a paper containing a
declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See under
<u>Bill</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>By right</b></col>, <col><b>By
rights</b></col>, or <col><b>By good rights</b></col>, <cd>rightly;
properly; correctly.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>He should himself use it <i>by right</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I should have been a woman <i>by
right</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Divine right</b></col>, or <col><b>Divine right of
kings</b></col>, <cd>a name given to the patriarchal theory of
government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no
dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the
throne, and to the obedience of the people.</cd> -- <col><b>To
rights</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>In a direct line;
straight.</cd> [R.] <i>Woodward.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>At once;
directly.</cd> [Obs. or Colloq.] <i>Swift.</i> -- <col><b>To set to
rights</b></col>, <col><b>To put to rights</b></col>, <cd>to put in
good order; to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order.</cd> --
<col><b>Writ of right</b></col> <i>(Law)</i>, <cd>a writ which lay to
recover lands in fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true
owner.</cd> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Righted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Righting</u>.] [AS. <i>rihtan</i>. See <u>Right</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To bring or restore to
the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or
straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to
restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to <i>right
the oppressed</i>; <i>to right</i> one's self; also, to
vindicate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>So just is God, to <i>right</i> the
innocent.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>All experience hath shown that mankind are more
disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to <i>right</i>
themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are
accustomed.</blockquote> <i>Jefferson.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To right a vessel</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to restore
her to an upright position after careening.</cd> -- <col><b>To right
the helm</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to place it in line with the
keel.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Right</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become
upright.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>Hence, to regain an upright
position, as a ship or boat, after careening.</def></p>

<p><hw>Right"-a*bout`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Right</i>,
adv. + <i>about</i>, adv.] <def>A turning directly about by the right,
so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly
opposite; as, to turn to the <i>right-about</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To send to the right-about</b></col>, <cd>to cause to turn
toward the opposite point or quarter; -- hence, of troops, to cause to
turn and retreat.</cd> [Colloq.]  <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right"-an`gled</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Containing a
right angle or right angles; as, a <i>right-angled</i>
triangle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Right"en</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To do justice
to.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Relieve [marginal reading, <i>righten</i>] the
opressed.</blockquote> <i>Isa. i. 17.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right"eous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>rightways</i>, <i>rightwise</i>, AS. <i>rightw&imacr;s</i>;
<i>riht</i> right + <i>w&imacr;s</i> wise, having wisdom, prudent. See
<u>Right</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, <u>Wise</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]
<def>Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all
their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or
sin; holy; as, a <i>righteous</i> man or act; a <i>righteous</i>
retribution.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Fearless in his <i>righteous</i> cause.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Upright; just; godly; holy; uncorrupt; virtuous;
honest; equitable; rightful.</p>

<p><hw>Right"eoused</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Made
righteous.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Right"eous*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>rightw&imacr;sl&imacr;ce</i>.] <def>In a righteous manner; as, to
judge <i>righteously</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Right"eous*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>rihtw&imacr;snes</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality or state
of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness;
rectitude.</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Righteousness</i>, as used in Scripture and theology, in
which it chiefly occurs, is nearly equivalent to <i>holiness</i>,
comprehending holy principles and affections of heart, and conformity
of life to the divine law.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A righteous act, or righteous
quality.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All our <i>righteousnesses</i> are as filthy
rags.</blockquote> <i>Isa. lxiv. 6.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The act or conduct of one who is
righteous.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth
<i>righteousness</i> at all times.</blockquote> <i>Ps. cvi. 3.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i> <def>The state of being right
with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground of
justification.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There are two kinds of Christian <i>righteousness</i>:
the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us,
which consisteth of faith, hope, and charity, and other Christian
virtues.</blockquote> <i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Only for the <i>righteousness</i> of Christ imputed to
us, and received by faith alone.</blockquote> <i>Westminster
Catechism.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Uprightness; holiness; godliness; equity; justice;
rightfulness; integrity; honesty; faithfulness.</p>

<p><hw>Right"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who sets
right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.</def>
<i>Shelton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Consonant to justice; just; as, a
<i>rightful</i> cause.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Having the right or just claim according to
established laws; being or holding by right; as, the <i>rightful</i>
heir to a throne or an estate; a <i>rightful</i> king.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or
by just claim; as, a <i>rightful</i> inheritance; <i>rightful</i>
authority.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Just; lawful; true; honest; equitable; proper.</p>

<p><hw>Right"ful*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>According to
right or justice.</def></p>

<p><hw>Right"ful*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and
justice.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Moral rectitude; righteousness.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Wyclif.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We fail of perfect <i>rightfulness</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right"-hand`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the
left; as, the <i>right-hand</i> side, room, or road.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Chiefly relied on; almost
indispensable.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their <i>right-hand</i>
man in the troop.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Right-hand rope</b></col>, <cd>a rope which is laid up and
twisted with the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid
rope. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Cordage</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Right"-hand`ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the
left.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having the same direction or course as the
movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion
of a revolving object looked at from a given direction.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having the whorls
rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>Scalaria</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Right-handed screw</b></col>, <cd>a screw, the threads of
which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a
direction that the screw advances away from the observer when turned
with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Right"-hand`ed*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state
or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Right"-heart`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a
right heart or disposition.</def> -- <wf>Right"-heart`ed*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Right"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of
right.</def>  <i>Sylvester.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right"-lined`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Formed by
right lines; rectilineal; as, a <i>right-lined</i> angle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Right"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [AS. <i>richtlice</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Straightly; directly; in front.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>According to justice; according to the
divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty <i>rightly</i>
performed.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Properly; fitly; suitably;
appropriately.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Eve <i>rightly</i> called, Mother of all
mankind.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>According to truth or fact; correctly; not
erroneously; exactly.</def> "I can not <i>rightly</i> say."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou didst not <i>rightly</i> see.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right"-mind`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a
right or honest mind.</def> -- <wf>Right"-mind`ed*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Right"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rihtnes</i>.]
<def>Straightness; as, the <i>rightness</i> of a line.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The quality or state of being right; right
relation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The craving for <i>rightness</i> with God.</blockquote>
<i>J. C. Shairp.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right"-run`ning</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Straight;
direct.</def></p>

<p><hw>Right"ward</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Toward the
right.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rightward</i> and leftward rise the
rocks.</blockquote> <i>Southey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right" whale`</hw> (?). <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (<i>Bal&aelig;na
mysticetus</i>), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Any other whale that produces
valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale
(<i>Bal&aelig;na cisarctica</i>), and the Pacific right whale (<i>B.
Sieboldii</i>); a bone whale.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Pygmy right whale</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a
small New Zealand whale <i>(Neobal&aelig;na marginata)</i> which is
only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and
tough, whalebone.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Right"wise`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Righteous.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Wyclif.</i></p>

<p><hw>Right"wise`</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make
righteous.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Right"wise`ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>Righteously.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Right"wise`ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Righteousness.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>In doom and eke in <i>rightwisnesse</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rig"id</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rigidus</i>, fr.
<i>rigere</i> to be stiff or numb: cf. F. <i>rigide</i>.  Cf.
<u>Rigor</u>. ] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Firm; stiff; unyielding; not
pliant; not flexible.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Upright beams innumerable<BR>
Of <i>rigid</i> spears.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe;
inflexible; strict; as, a <i>rigid</i> father or master; <i>rigid</i>
discipline; <i>rigid</i> criticism; <i>a rigid</i> sentence.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The more <i>rigid</i> order of principles in religion
and government.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict;
exact; severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated.</p>

<p><hw>Ri*gid"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rigiditas</i>: cf. F. <i>rigidit&eacute;</i>. See <u>Rigid</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality or state of being rigid; want of
pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of
resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to
<i>flexibility</i>, <i>ductility</i>, <i>malleability</i>, and
<i>softness</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of
ease or elegance.</def>  <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Severity; rigor.</def> [Obs. orR.]  <i>Bp.
Burnet.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility.</p>

<p><hw>Rig"id*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>v.</i></pos> <def>In a rigid
manner; stiffly.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rig"id*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being rigid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri*gid"u*lous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Dim. from
<i>rigid</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a
<i>rigidulous</i> bristle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rig"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>See
<u>Reglet</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rig"ma*role</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [For <i>ragman
roll</i>. See <u>Ragman's roll</u>.] <def>A succession of confused or
nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Often one's dear friend talks something which one
scruples to call <i>rigmarole</i>.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rig"ma*role</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Consisting of
rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical; foolish.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rig"ol</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. also <i>ringol</i>.
Cf. <u>Ring</u>.] <def>A circle; hence, a diadem.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rig"oll</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Corrupted fr.
<i>regal</i>.] <def>A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting
of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played
with a stick with a ball at its end.</def> <i>Moore (Encyc. of
Music.).</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ri"gor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. See <u>Rigor</u>.,
below.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Rigidity; stiffness.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(ed.)</i> <def>A sense of chilliness, with
contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the
chill preceding a fever.</def></p>

<p><col><b>||Rigor caloris</b></col> (&?;) [L., rigor of heat]
<i>(Physiol.)</i>, <cd>a form of rigor mortis induced by heat, as when
the muscle of a mammal is heated to about 50&deg;C.</cd> --
<col><b>||Rigor mortis</b></col> (&?;) [L. , rigor of death],
<cd>death stiffening; the rigidity of the muscles that occurs at death
and lasts till decomposition sets in. It is due to the formation of
myosin by the coagulation of the contents of the individual muscle
fibers.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rig"or</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rigour</i>, OF.
<i>rigour</i>, F. <i>rigueur</i>, from L. <i>rigor</i>, fr.
<i>rigere</i> to be stiff. See <u>Rigid</u>.] [Written also
<i>rigour</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The becoming stiff or rigid;
the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The rest his look<BR>
Bound with Gorgonian <i>rigor</i> not to move.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>See 1st <u>Rigor</u>,
2.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Severity of climate or season; inclemency;
as, the <i>rigor</i> of the storm; the <i>rigors</i> of
winter.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged
sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness;
cruelty.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All his <i>rigor</i> is turned to grief and
pity.</blockquote> <i>Denham.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If I shall be condemn'd<BR>
Upon surmises, . . . I tell you<BR>
'T is <i>rigor</i> and not law.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Exactness without allowance, deviation, or
indulgence; strictness; as, the <i>rigor</i> of criticism; to execute
a law with <i>rigor</i>; to enforce moral duties with <i>rigor</i>; --
opposed to <i>lenity</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Severity of life; austerity; voluntary
submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The prince lived in this convent with all the
<i>rigor</i> and austerity of a capuchin.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Violence; force; fury.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Whose raging <i>rigor</i> neither steel nor brass could
stay.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility; severity;
austerity; sternness; harshness; strictness; exactness.</p>

<p><hw>Rig"or*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to
<i>laxity</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Severity, as of style, or the like.</def>
<i>Jefferson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rig"or*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rigoriste</i>.] <def>One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to
an extreme Jansenist.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rig"or*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>rigoureux</i>,
LL. <i>rigorosus</i>. See <u>Rigor</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement
or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe;
relentless; as, a <i>rigorous</i> officer of justice; a
<i>rigorous</i> execution of law; a <i>rigorous</i> definition or
demonstration.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock<BR>
With <i>rigorous hands</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their
<i>rigorous</i> unity.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Severe; intense; inclement; as, a
<i>rigorous</i> winter.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Violent.</def> [Obs.] "<i>Rigorous</i>
uproar."  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe;
austere; stern; harsh; strict; exact.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Rig"or*ous*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rig"or*ous*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>||Rigs"da`ler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Dan. See <u>Rix-
dollar</u>.] <def>A Danish coin worth about fifty-four cents. It was
the former unit of value in Denmark.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rig`-Ve"da</hw> (?). <def>See <u>Veda</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Riks"da`ler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sw. See <u>Rix-
dollar</u>.] <def>A Swedish coin worth about twenty-seven cents. It
was formerly the unit of value in Sweden.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rile</hw> (r&imacr;l), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Riled</u> (r&imacr;ld); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Riling</u>.] [See <u>Roil</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to
vex.</def></p>

<p>&fist; In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the
United States.</p>

<p><hw>||Ri*lie"vo</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>[It. See
<u>Relief</u>.] <i>(Sculp. & Arch.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Relief</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 5.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rill</hw> (r&ibreve;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. LG.
<i>rille</i> a small channel or brook, a furrow, a chamfer, OE.
<i>rigol</i> a small brook, F. <i>rigole</i> a trench or furrow for
water, W. <i>rhill</i> a row, <i>rhigol</i> a little ditch.
&radic;11.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A very small brook; a
streamlet.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Astron.)</i> <def>See
<u>Rille</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rill</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To run a small
stream.</def> [R.]  <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rille</hw> (r&ibreve;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G. <i>rille</i>
a furrow.] <i>(Astron.)</i> <def>One of certain narrow, crooked
valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the
moon.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rill"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A little
rill.</def>  <i>Burton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Roily.</def> [Prov.
Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]</p>

<p><! p. 1243 !></p>

<p><hw>Rim</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [As. <i>rima</i>,
<i>reoma</i>, edge; cf. W. <i>rhim</i>, <i>rhimp</i>, a rim, edge,
boundary, termination, Armor, <i>rim</i>.  Cf. <u>Rind</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The border, edge, or margin of a thing,
usually of something circular or curving; as, the <i>rim</i> of a
kettle or basin.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The lower part of the abdomen.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Arch rim</b></col> <i>(Phonetics)</i>, <cd>the line between
the gums and the palate.</cd> -- <col><b>Rim-fire cartridge</b></col>.
<i>(Mil.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Cartridge</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rim
lock</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Lock</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rim</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rimmed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rimming</u>.] <def>To furnish with a rim; to border.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ri"ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rim&aelig;</b></plw> (#). [L.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>A narrow
and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ri"mau da"han</hw> (?). [From the native Oriental name.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The clouded tiger cat (<i>Felis
marmorata</i>) of Southern Asia and the East Indies.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rim"base`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A
short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon. See
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>Cannon</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rime</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rima</i>.] <def>A
rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.</def>  <i>Sir T.
Browne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rime</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hr&imacr;m</i>; akin to
D. <i>rijm</i>, Icel. <i>hr&imacr;m</i>, Dan. <i>rim</i>, Sw.
<i>rim</i>; cf. D. <i>rijp</i>, G. <i>reif</i>, OHG.
<i>r&imacr;fo</i>, <i>hr&imacr;fo</i>.] <def>White frost; hoarfrost;
congealed dew or vapor.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The trees were now covered with
<i>rime</i>.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rime</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rimed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Riming</u>.] <def>To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rime</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.] <def>A
step or round of a ladder; a rung.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rime</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rhyme. See
<u>Rhyme</u>.</def>  <i>Coleridge.</i> <i>Landor.</i></p>

<p>&fist; This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming
into use again.</p>

<p><hw>Rime</hw>, <pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos> <def>To rhyme. See
<u>Rhyme</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rim"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rhymer; a
versifier.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rim"er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tool for shaping the
rimes of a ladder.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rim"ey</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. OF.
<i>rimoier</i>. See <u>Ryime</u>.] <def>To compose in rhyme; to
versify.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>[Lays] <i>rimeyed</i> in their first Breton
tongue.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rim"mer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An implement for
cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of
pies, etc.; also, a reamer.</def>  <i>Knight.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri*mose"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rimosus</i>, fr.
<i>rima</i> a chink: cf. F. <i>rimeux</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Nat. Hist.)</i> <def>Having long and nearly
parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri*mose"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rimose
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri*mos"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>State of being
rimose.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rim"ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rimose.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rim"ple</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hrimpele</i>, or
<i>rimpel</i>. See Rumple.] <def>A fold or wrinkle. See
<u>Rumple</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rim"ple</hw>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rimpled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rimpling</u> (?).] <def>To rumple; to wrinkle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rim"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Abounding with rime;
frosty.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rind</hw> (r&imacr;nd), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rind</i>
bark, crust of bread; akin to OHG. <i>rinta</i>, G. <i>rinde</i>, and
probably to E. <i>rand</i>, <i>rim</i>; cf. Skr. <i>ram</i> to end,
rest.] <def>The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees,
etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind<BR>
With all thy charms, although this corporal <i>rind</i><BR>
Thou hast immanacled.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Sweetest nut hath sourest <i>rind</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rind</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To remove the rind of;
to bark.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rin"der*pest</hw> (r&ibreve;n"d&etilde;r*p&ebreve;st),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G., fr. <i>rind</i>, pl. <i>rinder</i>, cattle +
<i>pest</i> pest, plague.] <def>A highly contagious distemper or
murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; --
called also <i>cattle plague</i>, <i>Russian cattle plague</i>, and
<i>steppe murrain</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rin"dle</hw> (r&ibreve;n"d'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>rynele</i>. &radic;11.  See <u>Run</u>.] <def>A small water course
or gutter.</def>  <i>Ash.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rind"less</hw> (r&imacr;nd"l&ebreve;s), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Destitute of a rind.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rind"y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a
rind or skin.</def>  <i>Ash.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rine</hw> (r&imacr;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rind</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rined</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a rind</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rin`for*zan"do</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [It., fr.
<i>rinforzare</i> to re&euml;nforce, strengthen.] <i>(Mus.)</i>
<def>Increasing; strengthening; -- a direction indicating a sudden
increase of force (abbreviated <i>rf</i>., <i>rfz</i>.) Cf.
<u>Forzando</u>, and <u>Sforzando</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring</hw> (r&ibreve;ng), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp.</i></pos> <u>Rang</u> (r&abreve;ng) or <u>Rung</u>
(r&ubreve;ng); <pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rung</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. &
vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Ringing</u>.] [AS. <i>hringan</i>; akin to Icel.
<i>hringja</i>, Sw. <i>ringa</i>, Dan. <i>ringe</i>, OD.
<i>ringhen</i>, <i>ringkelen</i>. &radic;19.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body;
as, to <i>ring</i> a bell.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to
sound.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums,<BR>
Hath <i>rung</i> night's yawning peal.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To repeat often, loudly, or
earnestly.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To ring a peal</b></col>, <cd>to ring a set of changes on a
chime of bells.</cd> -- <col><b>To ring the changes upon</b></col>.
<cd>See under <u>Change</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To ring in</b></col> or
<col><b>out</b></col>, <cd>to usher, attend on, or celebrate, by the
ringing of bells; as, <i>to ring out</i> the old year and <i>ring
in</i> the new.</cd> <i>Tennyson</i>. -- <col><b>To ring the bells
backward</b></col>, <cd>to sound the chimes, reversing the common
order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger.</cd> <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ring</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic
one.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Now <i>ringen</i> trompes loud and
clarion.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Why <i>ring</i> not out the bells?</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To practice making music with bells.</def>
<i>Holder.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To sound loud; to resound; to be filled
with a ringing or reverberating sound.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>With sweeter notes each rising temple
<i>rung</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The hall with harp and carol <i>rang</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>My ears still <i>ring</i> with noise.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To continue to sound or vibrate; to
resound.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The assertion is still <i>ringing</i> in our
ears.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To be filled with report or talk; as, the
whole town <i>rings</i> with his fame.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the <i>ring</i>
of a bell.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any loud sound; the sound of numerous
voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>ring</i> of acclamations fresh in his
ears.</blockquote> <i>Bacon</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A chime, or set of bells harmonically
tuned.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>As great and tunable a <i>ring</i> of bells as any in
the world.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ring</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hring</i>,
<i>hrinc</i>; akin to Fries. <i>hring</i>, D. & G. <i>ring</i>, OHG.
<i>ring</i>, <i>hring</i>, Icel. <i>hringr</i>, DAn. & SW.
<i>ring</i>; cf. Russ. <i>krug'</i>.  Cf. <u>Harangue</u>, <u>Rank</u>
a row,<u>Rink</u>.] <def>A circle, or a circular line, or anything in
the form of a circular line or hoop.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, a circular ornament of gold
or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear,
the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding
<i>ring</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Upon his thumb he had of gold a
<i>ring</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The dearest <i>ring</i> in Venice will I give
you.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A circular area in which races are or run
or other sports are performed; an arena.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Place me, O, place me in the dusty <i>ring</i>,<BR>
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory.</blockquote> <i>E.
Smith.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>An inclosed space in which pugilists fight;
hence, figuratively, prize fighting.</def> "The road was an
institution, the <i>ring</i> was an institution."
<i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A circular group of persons.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And hears the Muses in a <i>ring</i><BR>
Aye round about Jove's alter sing.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric
circles.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The solid generated by the
revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight
line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
figure.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Astron. & Navigation)</i> <def>An
instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of
a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated
inner surface opposite.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>An elastic band partly or
wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See <i>Illust.</i> of
<u>Sporangium</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>A clique; an exclusive combination of
persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
offices, obtain contracts, etc.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The ruling <i>ring</i> at Constantinople.</blockquote>
<i>E. A. Freeman.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Ring armor</b></col>, <cd>armor composed of rings of metal.
See <i>Ring mail</i>, below, and <i>Chain mail</i>, under
<u>Chain</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring blackbird</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the ring ousel.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring
canal</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the circular water tube which
surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring
dotterel</b></col>, or <col><b>Ringed dotterel</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See <u>Dotterel</u>, and <i>Illust.</i> of
<u>Pressiroster</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring dropper</b></col>, <cd>a
sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and
tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being
worthless.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring fence</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Fence</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring finger</b></col>, <cd>the third
finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the
ring is placed in marriage.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring formula</b></col>
<i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>a graphic formula in the shape of a closed ring,
as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See <i>Illust.</i> under
<u>Benzene</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring mail</b></col>, <cd>a kind of
mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment of leather or of
cloth.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring micrometer</b></col>. <i>(Astron.)</i>
<cd>See <i>Circular micrometer</i>, under <u>Micrometer</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Saturn's rings</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Saturn</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Ring ousel</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Ousel</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring parrot</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any one of several species of Old World
parrakeets having a red ring around the neck, especially
<i>Pal&aelig;ornis torquatus</i>, common in India, and <i>P.
Alexandri</i> of <u>Java</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring plover</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The ringed dotterel</cd>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Any one of several small American plovers
having a dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
(<i>&AElig;gialitis semipalmata</i>).</cd> -- <col><b>Ring
snake</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a small harmless American
snake (<i>Diadophis punctatus</i>) having a white ring around the
neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of an orange
red.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring stopper</b></col>. <i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>See
under <u>Stopper</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring thrush</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the ring ousel.</cd> -- <col><b>The prize
ring</b></col>, <cd>the ring in which prize fighters contend; prize
fighters, collectively.</cd> -- <col><b>The ring</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The body of sporting men who bet on horse
races</cd>. [Eng.] <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The prize ring.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ring</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ringed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ringing</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To surround with a ring, or
as with a ring; to encircle.</def> "<i>Ring</i> these fingers."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Hort.)</i> <def>To make a ring around by
cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to <i>ring</i> branches or
roots.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To fit with a ring or with rings, as the
fingers, or a swine's snout.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <i>(Falconry)</i> <def>To
rise in the air spirally.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"bill`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also <i>ring-billed
blackhead</i>. See <u>Scaup</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"bird`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also
<i>ring bunting</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"bolt`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An eyebolt
having a ring through the eye.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"bone`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Far.)</i> <def>A
morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small
pastern and the great pastern bones.</def>  <i>J. H. Walsh.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ring"dove`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A European wild pigeon (<i>Columba palumbus</i>) having a white
crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also
<i>wood pigeon</i>, and <i>cushat</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ringed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully
wedded.</def> "A <i>ringed</i> wife."  <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Ringed seal</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a North
Pacific seal (<i>Phoca f&oelig;tida</i>) having ringlike spots on the
body.</cd> -- <col><b>Ringed snake</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>a harmless European snake (<i>Tropidonotus natrix</i>) common in
England.</cd> -- <col><b>Ringed worm</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>an annelid.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rin"gent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ringens</i>,
<i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>ringi</i> to open wide the mouth: cf. F.
<i>ringent</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the lips widely separated
and gaping like an open mouth; as a <i>ringent</i> bilabiate
corolla.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes
on bells.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>A crowbar.</def>
<i>Simmonds.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ring"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Horse Racing)</i>
<def>A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is
fraudulently got into it.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"head`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Cloth Manuf.)</i>
<def>An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"ing</hw>, <def><pos><i>a & n.</i></pos> from <u>Ring</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><col><b>Ringing engine</b></col>, <cd>a simple form of pile driver
in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ring"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a ringing
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"lead`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number
of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A primacy of order, such an one as the
<i>ringleader</i> hath in a dance.</blockquote> <i>Barrow.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men
engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as
rioters, mutineers, or the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>ringleaders</i> were apprehended, tried, fined,
and imprisoned.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rin"gle*stone`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The ringed dotterel, or ring plover.</def>
[Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Ring"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Ring</i> + <i>-
let</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A small ring; a small circle;
specifically, a fairy ring.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>You demi-puppets, that<BR>
By moonshine do the green sour <i>ringlets</i> make,<BR>
Whereof the ewe not bites.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A curl; especially, a curl of
hair.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[Her golden tresses] in wanton <i>ringlets</i>
waved.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ring"man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Ringmen</b></plw> (&?;). <def>The ring finger.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Ascham</i></p>

<p><hw>Ring"mas`ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One in charge
of the performances (as of horses) within the ring in a
circus.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"neck`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of several species of small plovers
of the genus <i>&AElig;gialitis</i>, having a ring around the neck.
The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The
semipalmated plover (<i>&AElig;. semipalmata</i>) and the piping
plover (<i>&AElig;. meloda</i>) are common North American species.
Called also <i>ring plover</i>, and <i>ring-necked
plover</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The ring-necked
duck.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"-necked`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having a well defined ring of color around
the neck.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ring-necked duck</b></col> <i>(Zool.)</i>, <cd>an American
scaup duck (<i>Aythya collaris</i>). The head, neck, and breast of the
adult male are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring
encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female. Called also
<i>ring-neck</i>, <i>ring-necked blackhead</i>, <i>ringbill</i>,
<i>tufted duck</i>, and <i>black jack</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ring"sail`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>See <u>Ringtail</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"straked`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Ring-
streaked.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Cattle <i>ringstraked</i>, speckled, and
spotted.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xxx. 39.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ring"-streaked`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having
circular streaks or lines on the body; as, <i>ring-streaked</i>
goats.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"tail`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A bird having a distinct band of color across
the tail, as the hen harrier.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A light sail set abaft and
beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also
<i>ringsail</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ringtail boom</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a spar which is
rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ring"-tailed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands
of color.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ring-tailed cat</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the
cacomixle.</cd> -- <col><b>Ring-tailed eagle</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a young golden eagle.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ring"toss`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A game in which
the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright
stick.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ring"worm"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A
contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable
parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with
vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or
the scalp.  Different varieties are distinguished as <i>Tinea
circinata</i>, <i>Tinea tonsurans</i>, etc., but all are caused by the
same parasite (a species of <i>Trichophyton</i>).</def></p>

<p><hw>Rink</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Scot. <i>renk</i>,
<i>rink</i>, <i>rynk</i>, a course, a race; probably fr. AS.
<i>hring</i> a ring. See <u>Ring</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of
curling.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An artificial sheet of ice, generally under
cover, used for skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with
roller skates, or a building with such a floor.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rink"er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who skates at a
rink.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Rink"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Skating in a
rink.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Rinse</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rinsed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rinsing</u>.] [OE., fr. OF. <i>rincer</i>, <i>rimser</i>,
<i>reinser</i>, <i>ra&iuml;ncier</i>, F. <i>rincer</i>; of uncertain
origin.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To wash lightly; to cleanse with a
second or repeated application of water after washing.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cleancse by the introduction of water; -
- applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to <i>rinse</i> a
bottle.</def> "Like a glass did break i' the <i>rinsing</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rinse</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
rinsing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rins"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, rinses.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1244 !></p>

<p><hw>Ri"ot</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>riote</i>, of
uncertain origin; cf. OD. <i>revot</i>, <i>ravot</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar;
tumult.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His headstrong <i>riot</i> hath no curb.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and
loose festivity; revelry.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Venus loveth <i>riot</i> and dispense.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The lamb thy <i>riot</i> dooms to bleed to-
day.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The tumultuous disturbance of
the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in
the execution of some private object.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To run riot</b></col>, <cd>to act wantonly or without
restraint.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ri"ot</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rioted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rioting</u>.] [OF. <i>rioter</i>; cf. OD. <i>ravotten</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained
or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the
like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Now he exact of all, wastes in delight,<BR>
<i>Riots</i> in pleasure, and neglects the law.</blockquote>
<i>Daniel.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>No pulse that <i>riots</i>, and no blood that
glows.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To disturb the peace; to raise
an uproar or sedition. See <u>Riot</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 3.</def>
<i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"ot</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To spend or pass in
riot.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[He] had <i>rioted</i> his life out.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"ot*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>One who engages in a riot. See
<u>Riot</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 3.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri"ot*ise</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Excess; tumult;
revelry.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>His life he led in lawless <i>riotise</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"ot*our</hw> (-&oomac;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rioter.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"ot*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF. <i>rioteux</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton;
unrestrained; luxurious.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The younger son . . . took his journey into a far
country, and there wasted his substance with <i>riotous</i>
living.</blockquote> <i>Luke xv. 13.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Partaking of the nature of an unlawful
assembly or its acts; seditious.</def></p>

<p>-- <wf>Ri"ot*ous*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Ri"ot*ous*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ri"ot*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or
practice of rioting; riot.</def> "Electioneering <i>riotry</i>."
<i>Walpole.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rip</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Icel. <i>hrip</i> a box
or basket; perhaps akin to E. <i>corb</i>.  Cf. <u>Ripier</u>.] <def>A
wicker fish basket.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ripped</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ripping</u>.] [Cf. AS. <i>r&ymacr;pan</i>, also Sw. <i>repa</i> to
ripple flax, D. <i>repelen</i>, G. <i>reffen</i>, <i>riffeln</i>, and
E. <i>raff</i>, <i>raffle</i>.  Cf. <u>Raff</u>, <u>Ripple</u> of
flax.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To divide or separate the parts of, by
cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by
violence; as, to <i>rip</i> a garment by cutting the stitches; to
<i>rip</i> off the skin of a beast; to <i>rip</i> up a floor; --
commonly used with <i>up</i>, <i>open</i>, <i>off</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To get by, or as by, cutting or
tearing.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He 'll <i>rip</i> the fatal secret from her
heart.</blockquote> <i>Granville.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To tear up for search or disclosure, or for
alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; --
usually with <i>up</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They <i>ripped</i> up all that had been done from the
beginning of the rebellion.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>For brethern to debate and <i>rip</i> up their falling
out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor
comely.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or
fiber.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ripping chisel</b></col> <i>(Carp.)</i>, <cd>a crooked
chisel for cleaning out mortises.</cd> <i>Knight.</i> --
<col><b>Ripping iron</b></col>. <i>(Shipbuilding)</i> <cd>Same as
<u>Ravehook</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ripping saw</b></col>. <i>(Carp.)</i>
<cd>See <u>Ripsaw</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To rip out</b></col>, <cd>to
rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, <i>to rip out</i> an
oath.</cd> [Colloq.] See <i>To rap out</i>, under <u>Rap</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rip</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A rent
made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn;
laceration.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of
<i>rep</i>robate.] <def>A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or
person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out
horse.</def> [Slang.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A body of water made rough by the meeting
of opposing tides or currents.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri*pa"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>riparius</i>, fr. <i>ripa</i> a bank. See <u>River</u>, and cf.
<u>Arrive</u>.] <def>Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as,
<i>riparian</i> rights.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri*pa"ri*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>riparius</i>.] <def>Growing along the banks of rivers;
riparian.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ripe</hw> (r&imacr;p), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ripa</i>.]
<def>The bank of a river.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ripe</hw> (r&imacr;p), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Riper</u> (-&etilde;r);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Ripest</u>.] [AS. <i>r&imacr;pe</i>; akin
to OS. <i>r&imacr;pi</i>, D. <i>rijp</i>, G. <i>rief</i>, OHG.
<i>r&imacr;ft</i>; cf. AS. <i>r&imacr;p</i> harvest,
<i>r&imacr;pan</i> to reap.  Cf. <u>Reap</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection;
mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, <i>ripe</i>
grain.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>So mayst thou live, till, like <i>ripe</i> fruit, thou
drop<BR>
Into thy mother's lap.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Advanced to the state of fitness for use;
mellow; as, <i>ripe</i> cheese; <i>ripe</i> wine.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Having attained its full development;
mature; perfected; consummate.</def> "<i>Ripe</i> courage."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He was a scholar, and a <i>ripe</i> and good
one.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Maturated or suppurated; ready to
discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Ready for action or effect;
prepared.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>While things were just <i>ripe</i> for a
war.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I am not <i>ripe</i> to pass sentence on the gravest
public bodies.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and
plumpness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Those happy smilets,<BR>
That played on her <i>ripe</i> lip.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Intoxicated.</def> [Obs.] "Reeling
<i>ripe</i>."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Mature; complete; finished. See <u>Mature</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Ripe</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&imacr;pian</i>.]
<def>To ripen; to grow ripe.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ripe</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To mature; to
ripen.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ripe"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Maturely; at the fit
time.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rip"en</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ripened</u> (?);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ripening</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To grow ripe; to become
mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes
<i>ripen</i> in the sun.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To approach or come to
perfection.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip"en</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days <i>ripened</i> the
corn.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to
perfection; as, to <i>ripen</i> the judgment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When faith and love, which parted from thee never,<BR>
Had <i>ripined</i> thy iust soul to dwell with God.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ripe"ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>r&imacr;pness</i>.] <def>The state or quality of being ripe;
maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the <i>ripeness</i> of grain;
<i>ripeness</i> of manhood; <i>ripeness</i> of judgment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Time, which made them their fame outlive,<BR>
To Cowley scarce did <i>ripeness</i> give.</blockquote>
<i>Denham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri*pid"o*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?;.
&?;&?;&?;. fan + <i>-lite</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A translucent
mineral of a green color and micaceous structure, belonging to the
chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron; --
called also <i>clinochlore</i>.</def>
</p>

<p><hw>Ri*pi*e"nist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Mus.)</i>
<def>A player in the <i>ripieno</i> portion of an orchestra. See
<u>Ripieno</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ri*pi*e"no</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [It.] <i>(Mus.)</i>
<def>Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to
those instruments which only swell the mass or <i>tutti</i> of an
orchestra, but are not obbligato.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rip"ler</hw> (?), <hw>Rip"per</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Rip</u> a basket, or <u>Riparian</u>.]
<i>(O.E. Law)</i> <def>One who brings fish from the seacoast to
markets in inland towns.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>But what's the action we are for now ?<BR>
Robbing a <i>ripper</i> of his fish.</blockquote> <i>Beau. &
Fl.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri*post"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>riposte</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In fencing, a return thrust after a
parry.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A quick and sharp refort; a repartee.</def>
<i>J. Morley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rip"per</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A tool for trimming the edges of roofing
slates.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Anything huge, extreme, startling,
etc.</def> [Slang.]</p>

<p><hw>Rip"ple</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [FRom <u>Rip</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>An implement, with teeth like those of a
comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn,
etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip"ple</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of
a ripple.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to scratch or tear.</def>
<i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rip"ple</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rippled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rippling</u> (?).] [Cf. <u>Rimple</u>, <u>Rumple</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To become fretted or dimpled on the surface,
as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered
with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make a sound as of water running gently
over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the
shore.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip"ple</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To fret or dimple,
as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or
undulations; as, the breeze <i>rippled</i> the lake.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip"ple</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little
curling waves.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A little wave or undulation; a sound such
as is made by little waves; as, a <i>ripple</i> of laughter.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(physics)</i> <def>a small wave on the
surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not
gravity, but surface tension.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Electrical engineering)</i> <def>the
residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier,
expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the
current.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ripple grass</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Ribwort</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Ripple marks</b></col>, <cd>a system
of parallel ridges on sand, produced by wind, by the current of a
steam, or by the agitation of wind waves; also <i>(Geol.)</i>, a
system of parallel ridges on the surface of a sandstone
stratum.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rip"ple-marked`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having
ripple marks.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip"plet</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A small
ripple.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip"pling*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
rippling manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip"ply</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having ripples; as,
<i>ripply</i> water; hence, resembling the sound of rippling water;
as, <i>ripply</i> laughter; a <i>ripply</i> cove.</def>
<i>Keats.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rip"rap`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Rap</u>.]
<i>(Masonry)</i> <def>A foundation or sustaining wall of stones thrown
together without order, as in deep water or on a soft
bottom.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip"rap`</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Riprapped</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Riprapping</u>.] <def>To form a riprap in or <i>upon</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip"saw`</hw> (?), [See <u>Rip</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>,
4.] <i>(Carp.)</i> <def>A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a
slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; --
called also <i>ripping saw</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rip"tow*el</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>r&imacr;p</i>. harvest + a word of uncertain etymology.] <i>(Feud.
Law)</i> <def>A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their
lord's corn.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ris</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hr&imacr;s</i>; akin
to D. <i>rils</i>, G. <i>reis</i>, OHG. <i>hr&imacr;s</i>.] <def>A
bough or branch; a twig.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>As white as is the blossom upon the
<i>ris</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rise</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.</i></pos>
<u>Rose</u> (?); <pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> <u>Risen</u> (?); <pos><i>p.
pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rising</u>.] [AS. <i>r&imacr;san</i>; akin
to OS. <i>r&imacr;san</i>, D. <i>rijzen</i>, OHG. <i>r&imacr;san</i>
to rise, fall, Icel. <i>r&imacr;sa</i>, Goth. ur<i>reisan</i>, G.
<i>reise</i> journey. CF. <u>Arise</u>, <u>Raise</u>, <u>Rear</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To move from a lower
position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: --
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any
other voluntary motion; as, a bird <i>rises</i> in the air; a fish
<i>rises</i> to the bait.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or
vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To move upward under the influence of a
projecting force; as, a bullet <i>rises</i> in the air.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To grow upward; to attain a certain
height; as, this elm <i>rises</i> to the height of seventy
feet.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>To reach a higher level by increase of
quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river <i>rises</i> in its bed; the
mercury <i>rises</i> in the thermometer.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>To become erect; to assume an upright
position; as, to <i>rise</i> from a chair or from a fall.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(g)</i></sd> <def>To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to
<i>rise</i> early.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He that would thrive, must <i>rise</i> by
five.</blockquote> <i>Old Proverb.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(h)</i></sd> <def>To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps
<i>rise</i> far above the sea.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(i)</i></sd> <def>To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or
surface <i>rises</i> in this direction.</def> "A <i>rising</i>
ground."  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(j)</i></sd> <def>To retire; to give up a siege.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He, <i>rising</i> with small honor from Gunza, . . .
was gone.</blockquote> <i>Knolles.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(k)</i></sd> <def>To swell or puff up in the process of
fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To have the aspect or the effect of
rising.</def> Specifically: --</p>

<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To appear above the horizont, as the sun,
moon, stars, and the like.</def> "He maketh his sun to <i>rise</i> on
the evil and the good."  <i>Matt. v. 45.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To become apparent; to emerge into sight;
to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption <i>rises</i> on the skin;
the land <i>rises</i> to view to one sailing toward the
shore.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To become perceptible to other senses than
sight; as, a noise <i>rose</i> on the air; odor <i>rises</i> from the
flower.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To have a beginning; to proceed; to
originate; as, rivers <i>rise</i> in lakes or springs.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A scepter shall <i>rise</i> out of Israel.</blockquote>
<i>Num. xxiv. 17.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Honor and shame from no condition
<i>rise</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To increase in size, force, or value; to
proceed toward a climax.</def> Specifically: --</p>

<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To increase in power or fury; -- said of
wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.</def>  "High winde . . . began
to <i>rise</i>, high passions -- anger, hate."  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To become of higher value; to increase in
price.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Bullion is <i>risen</i> to six shillings . . . the
ounce.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To become larger; to swell; -- said of a
boil, tumor, and the like.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To increase in intensity; -- said of
heat.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>To become louder, or higher in pitch, as
the voice.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his
expenses <i>rose</i> beyond his expectations.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>In various figurative senses.</def>
Specifically: --</p>

<p><sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to
go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>At our heels all hell should <i>rise</i><BR>
With blackest insurrection.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>No more shall nation against nation
<i>rise</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To attain to a better social position; to
be promoted; to excel; to succeed.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Some <i>rise</i> by sin, and some by virtue
fall.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To become more and more dignified or
forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought,
or discourse; as, to <i>rise</i> in force of expression; to
<i>rise</i> in eloquence; a story <i>rises</i> in interest.</def></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To come to mind; to be suggested; to
occur.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A thought <i>rose</i> in me, which often perplexes men
of contemplative natures.</blockquote> <i>Spectator.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>To come; to offer itself.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There chanced to the prince's hand to <i>rise</i><BR>
<i>An ancient book</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To ascend from the grave; to come to
life.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>But now is Christ <i>risen</i> from the
dead.</blockquote> <i>1. Cor. xv. 20.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To terminate an official sitting; to
adjourn; as, the committee <i>rose</i> after agreeing to the
report.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It was near nine . . . before the House
<i>rose</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To ascend on a musical scale; to take a
higher pith; as, to <i>rise</i> a tone or semitone.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>To be lifted, or to admit
of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the
type; -- said of a form.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale.  --
<u>Rise</u>, <u>Appreciate</u>. Some in America use the word
<i>appreciate</i> for "rise in value;" as, stocks <i>appreciate</i>,
money <i>appreciates</i>, etc. This use is not unknown in England, but
it is less common there. It is undesirable, because <i>rise</i>
sufficiently expresses the idea, and <i>appreciate</i> has its own
distinctive meaning, which ought not to be confused with one so
entirely different.</p>

<p><hw>Rise</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of rising, or the state of being risen.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The distance through which anything rises;
as, the <i>rise</i> of the thermometer was ten degrees; the
<i>rise</i> of the river was six feet; the <i>rise</i> of an arch or
of a step.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Land which is somewhat higher than the
rest; as, the house stood on a <i>rise</i> of land.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Spring; source; origin; as, the <i>rise</i>
of a stream.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All wickednes taketh its <i>rise</i> from the
heart.</blockquote> <i>R. Nelson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Appearance above the horizon; as, the
<i>rise</i> of the sun or of a planet.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Increase; advance; augmentation, as of
price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rise</i> or fall that may happen in his constant
revenue by a Spanish war.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Increase of sound; a swelling of the
voice.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The ordinary <i>rises</i> and falls of the
voice.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward
change of key; as, a <i>rise</i> of a tone or semitone.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>The spring of a fish to seize food (as a
fly) near the surface of the water.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ris"en</hw> (?). <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def><pos><i>p. p. &
a.</i></pos> from <u>Rise</u>.</def> "Her <i>risen</i> Son and Lord."
<i>Keble.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def><pos><i>Obs. imp. pl.</i></pos> of
<u>Rise</u>.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ris"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who rises; as, an early <i>riser</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
upright piece of a step, from tread to tread.</def> Hence:
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Any small upright face, as of a seat,
platform, veranda, or the like.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>A shaft excavated from
below upward.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Founding)</i> <def>A feed head. See under
<u>Feed</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Rish</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rush (the
plant).</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ris`i*bil"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [CF. F.
<i>risibilit&eacute;</i>.] <def>The quality of being risible; as,
<i>risibility</i> is peculiar to the human species.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A strong and obvious disposition to
<i>risibility</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ris"i*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., fr. L.
<i>risibilis</i>, fr. <i>ridere</i>, <i>risum</i>, to laugh.  Cf.
<u>Ridiculous</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having the faculty or
power of laughing; disposed to laugh.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Laughing is our busines, . . . it has been made the
definition of man that he is <i>risible</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dr. H.
More.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at;
amusing.</def> "<i>Risible</i> absurdities."  <i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I hope you find nothing <i>risible</i> in my
complaisance.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Used in, or expressing, laughter; as,
<i>risible</i> muscles.</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Risible</i> is sometimes used as a noun, in the plural,
for the feeling of amusement and for the muscles and other organs used
in laughing, collectively; as, unable to control one's
<i>risibles</i>.</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Ludicrous; laughable; amusing; ridiculous --
<u>Risible</u>, <u>Ludicrous</u>, <u>Ridiculous</u>.  <i>Risible</i>
differs from <i>ludicrous</i> as species from genus; <i>ludicrous</i>
expressing that which is playful and sportive; <i>risible</i>, that
which may excite laughter. <i>Risible</i> differs from
<i>ridiculous</i>, as the latter implies something contemptuous, and
<i>risible</i> does not.</p>

<p><! p. 1245 !></p>

<p>--<wf>Ris"i*ble*ness</wf>(#), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Ris"i*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ris"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward
direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the
<i>rising</i> moon.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Increasing in wealth, power, or
distinction; as, a <i>rising</i> state; a <i>rising</i>
character.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Among the <i>rising</i> theologians of
Germany.</blockquote> <i>Hare.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Growing; advancing to adult years and to
the state of active life; as, the <i>rising</i> generation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ris"ing</hw>, <pos><i>prep.</i></pos> <def>More than;
exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse <i>rising</i> six years of
age.</def> [Colloq. & Low, U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Ris"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense).</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which rises; a tumor; a boil.</def>
<i>Lev. xiii. 10.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rising main</b></col> <i>(Waterworks)</i>, <cd>the pipe
through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated
reservoir.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Risk</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>risque</i>; cf. It.
<i>risco</i>, <i>risico</i>, <i>rischio</i>, Pg. <i>risco</i>, Sp.
<i>riesgo</i>, and also Sp. <i>risco</i> a steep rock; all probably
fr. L. <i>resceare</i> to cut off; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>secare</i> to cut; -- the word having been probably first used
among sailors. See <u>Section</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Hazard;
danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The imminent and constant <i>risk</i> of assassination,
a <i>risk</i> which has shaken very strong nerves.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>Hazard of loss; liabillity to
loss in property.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To run a risk</b></col>, <cd>to incur hazard; to encounter
danger.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See
<u>Danger</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Risk</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Risked</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Risking</u>.] [CF. F. <i>risquer</i>. See <u>Risk</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To expose to risk,
hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to <i>risk</i> goods on board of a
ship; to <i>risk</i> one's person in battle; to <i>risk</i> one's fame
by a publication.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To incur the risk or danger of; as, to
<i>risk</i> a battle.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To hazard; peril; endanger; jeopard.</p>

<p><hw>Risk"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who risks or
hazards.</def>  <i>Hudibras.</i></p>

<p><hw>Risk"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Risky.</def> [R.]
<i>Geddes.</i></p>

<p><hw>Risk"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Attended with risk
or danger; hazardous.</def> "A <i>risky</i> matter."  <i>W.
Collins.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Generalization are always <i>risky</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Lowell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri*so"ri*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>[L. <i>ridere</i>,
<i>risum</i>, to laugh.] <def>Pertaining to, or producing, laughter;
as, the <i>risorial</i> muscles.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ri*sot"to</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.] <def>A kind of
pottage.</def></p>

<p><hw>Risse</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of
<u>Rise</u>.</def>  <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ris"soid</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. <i>Rissoa</i>, the
typical genus ( fr. A. <i>Risso</i>, an Italian naturalist) + <i>-
oid</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of very numerous species of
small spiral gastropods of the genus <i>Rissoa</i>, or family
<i>Rissoid&aelig;</i>, found both in fresh and salt water.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ris`sole"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr.
<i>rissoler</i> to fry meat till it is brown.] <i>(Cookery)</i> <def>A
small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and
fried.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rist</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos><i>3d pers. sing. pres.</i></pos>
of <u>Rise</u>, contracted from <i>riseth</i>.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rit</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos><i>3d pers. sing. pres.</i></pos>
of <u>Ride</u>, contracted from <i>rideth</i>.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ri`tar*dan"do</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [It.]
<i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Retarding; -- a direction for slower time;
rallentado.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ritus</i>; cf. Skr.
<i>r&imacr;ti</i> a stream, a running, way, manner, <i>ri</i> to flow:
cf. F. <i>rit</i>, <i>rite</i>. CF. <u>Rivulet</u>.] <def>The act of
performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept,
or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn
observance; a ceremony; as, the <i>rites</i> of freemasonry.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He looked with indifference on <i>rites</i>, names, and
forms of ecclesiastical polity.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Form; ceremony; observance; ordinance.</p>

<p><hw>||Ri`te*nu"to</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [It.]
<i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Held back; holding back; ritardando.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rit`or*nelle"</hw> (?), <hw>||Ri`tor*nel"lo</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>ritornello</i>, dim. of <i>ritorno</i>
return, fr. <i>ritornare</i> to return: cf. F. <i>ritournelle</i>.]
<i>(Mus.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A short return or repetition; a
concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the
song.</def> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A short intermediate symphony, or
instrumental passage, in the course of a vocal piece; an
interlude.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ri*trat"to</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>[It.] <def>A
picture.</def>  <i>Sterne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rit"u*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>[L. <i>ritualis</i>, fr.
<i>ritus</i> a rite: cf. F. <i>rituel</i>.] <def>Of or pertaining to
rites or ritual; as, <i>ritual</i> service or sacrifices; the
<i>ritual</i> law.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rit"u*al</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.  <i>rituel</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A prescribed form of performing divine service
in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish
<i>ritual</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by
an organization; as, the <i>ritual</i> of the freemasons.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A book containing the rites to be
observed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rit"u*al*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>ritualisme</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A system founded upon a
ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or
observance of, a ritual.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Specifically :<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> The
principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the
development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a
return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar
cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in
the second year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden
by competennt authority, although generally disused. <i>Schaff-Herzog
Encyc</i>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> Also, the principles and practices of
those in the Protestant Episcopal Church who sympathize with this
party in the Church of England.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rit"u*al*ist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [CF. F.
<i>ritualiste</i>.] <def>One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one
who advocates or practices ritualism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rit`u*al*is"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining
to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rit"u*al*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>By rites, or by a
particular rite.</def></p>

<p><hw>Riv"age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>ripa</i>
bank, shore.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A bank, shore, or coast.</def>
[Archaic]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>From the green <i>rivage</i> many a fall<BR>
Of diamond rillets musical.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(O.Eng.Law)</i> <def>A duty paid to the crown
for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ri"val</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rival</i> (cf. It.
<i>rivale</i>), L. <i>rivales</i> two neigbors having the same brook
in common, rivals, fr. <i>rivalis</i> belonging to a brook, fr.
<i>rivus</i> a brook.  Cf. <u>Rivulet</u>, <u>Rete</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A person having a common right or privilege
with another; a partner.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus,<BR>
The <i>rivals</i> of my watch, bid them make haste.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who is in pursuit of the same object as
another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is
attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as,
<i>rivals</i> in love; <i>rivals</i> for a crown.</def></p>

<p>&fist; "<i>Rivals</i>, in the primary sense of the word, are those
who dwell on the banks of the same stream. But since, as all
experience shows, there is no such fruitful source of coutention as a
water right, it would continually happen that these occupants of the
opposite banks would be at strife with one another in regard of the
periods during which they severally had a right to the use of the
stream . . . And thus <i>'rivals'</i> . . . came to be used of any who
were on any grounds in more or less unfriendly competition with one
another."  <i>Trench.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Competitor; emulator; antagonist.</p>

<p><hw>Ri"val</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the same
pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as,
rival lovers; <i>rival</i> claims or pretensions.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The strenuous conflicts and alternate victories of two
<i>rival</i> confederacies of statesmen.</blockquote>
<i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"val</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rivaled</u> (?) or <u>Rivalled</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. &
vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rivaling</u> or <u>Rivalling</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To stand in competition with; to strive to
gain some object in opposition to; as, to <i>rival</i> one in
love.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To strive to equal or exel; to
emulate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>rival</i> thunder in its rapid
course.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"val</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be in
rivalry.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"val*ess</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A female
rival.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Richardson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri*val"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rivalitas</i>: cf. F. <i>rivalit&eacute;</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Rivalry; competition.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Equality, as of right or rank.</def> [Obs.]
<i>hak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ri"val*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rivalries</b></plw> (&?;). <def>The act of rivaling, or the
state of being a rival; a competition.</def> "Keen contention and
eager <i>rivalries</i>."  <i>Jeffrey.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Emulation; competition. See <u>Emulation</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Ri"val*ship</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rivalry.</def> [R.]
<i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rive</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.</i></pos>
<u>Rived</u> (?); <pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rived</u> or <u>Riven</u>
(&?;); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Riving</u>.] [Icel.
<i>r&imacr;fa</i>, akin to Sw. <i>rifva</i> to pull asunder, burst,
tear, Dan. <i>rive</i> to rake, pluck, tear.  Cf. <u>Reef</u> of land,
<u>Rifle</u> a gun, <u>Rift</u>, <u>Rivel</u>.] <def>To rend asunder
by force; to split; to cleave; as, to <i>rive</i> timber for rails or
shingles.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I shall <i>ryve</i> him through the sides
twain.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The scolding winds have <i>rived</i> the knotty
oaks.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Brutus hath <i>rived</i> my heart.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rive</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To be split or rent
asunder.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Freestone <i>rives</i>, splits, and breaks in any
direction.</blockquote> <i>Woodward.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rive</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A place torn; a rent; a
rift.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Riv"el</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Riveled</u> (?);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Riveling</u>.] [AS. <i>gerifled</i>, <i>geriflod</i>,
<i>gerifod</i>, wrinkled, <i>geriflian</i>, <i>gerifian</i>, to
wrinkle. See <u>Rifle</u> a gun, <u>Rive</u>.] <def>To contract into
wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, <i>riveled</i> fruit;
<i>riveled</i> flowers.</def> [Obs.] <i>Pope.</i> "<i>Riveled</i>
parchments." <i>Walpole.</i></p>

<p><hw>Riv"el</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A wrinkle; a
rimple.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Riv"en</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>p. p. & a.</i></pos> from
<u>Rive</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Riv"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who rives or
splits.</def></p>

<p><hw>Riv"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>riv&egrave;re</i>
a river, LL. <i>riparia</i> river, bank of a river, fr. L.
<i>riparius</i> belonging to a bank or shore, fr. <i>ripa</i> a bank
or shore; of uncertain origin.  Cf. <u>Arrive</u>, <u>Riparian</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A large stream of water flowing in a bed or
channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream;
a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Transparent and sparkling <i>rivers</i>, from which it
is delightful to drink as they flow.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: A large stream; copious flow;
abundance; as, <i>rivers</i> of blood; <i>rivers</i> of oil.</def></p>

<p><col><b>River chub</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the hornyhead
and allied species of fresh-water fishes.</cd> -- <col><b>River
crab</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any species of fresh-water
crabs of the genus <i>Thelphusa</i>, as <i>T. depressa</i> of Southern
Europe.</cd> -- <col><b>River dragon</b></col>, <cd>a crocodile; --
applied by Milton to the king of Egypt.</cd> -- <col><b>River
driver</b></col>, <cd>a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down
rivers.</cd> <i>Bartlett.</i> -- <col><b>River duck</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any species of duck belonging to <i>Anas</i>,
<i>Spatula</i>, and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute
of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to
<i>sea duck</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>River god</b></col>, <cd>a deity
supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity.</cd> --
<col><b>River herring</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>an
alewife.</cd> -- <col><b>River hog</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>Any species of African wild hogs of the genus
<i>Potamoch&oelig;rus</i>. They frequent wet places along the
rivers.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The capybara.</cd> --
<col><b>River horse</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the
hippopotamus.</cd> -- <col><b>River jack</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>an African puff adder (<i>Clotho
nasicornis</i>) having a spine on the nose.</cd> -- <col><b>River
limpet</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a fresh-water, air-breathing
mollusk of the genus <i>Ancylus</i>, having a limpet-shaped
shell.</cd> -- <col><b>River pirate</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>the pike.</cd> -- <col><b>River snail</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any species of fresh-water gastropods of
<i>Paludina</i>, <i>Melontho</i>, and allied genera. See <i>Pond
snail</i>, under <u>Pond</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>River tortoise</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises
inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus <i>Trionyx</i> and
allied genera. See <u>Trionyx</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Riv"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To hawk by the
side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Riv"ered</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Supplied with
rivers; as, a well <i>rivered</i> country.</def></p>

<p><hw>Riv"er*et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rivulet.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Riv"er*hood</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being a river.</def> "Useful <i>riverhood</i>."  <i>H.
Miller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Riv"er*ling</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rivulet.</def> [R.]  <i>Sylvester.</i></p>

<p><hw>Riv"er*side`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The side or
bank of a river.</def></p>

<p><hw>Riv"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having rivers; as,
a <i>rivery</i> country.</def>  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Riv"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. <i>river</i> to
rivet; perh. fr. Icel. <i>rifa</i> to fasten together.  Cf.
<u>Reef</u> part of a sail.] <def>A metallic pin with a head, used for
uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it
through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it
shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or
clinched at both ends.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>With busy hammers closing <i>rivets</i>
up.</blockquote>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rivet joint</b></col>, or <col><b>Riveted joint</b></col>,
<cd>a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Riv"et</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Riveted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Riveting</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To fasten with a rivet, or
with rivets; as, to <i>rivet</i> two pieces of iron.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To spread out the end or point of, as of a
metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a
sort of head.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm,
strong, or immovable; as, to <i>rivet</i> friendship or
affection.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rivet</i> and nail me where I stand, ye
powers!</blockquote> <i>Congreve.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Thus his confidence was <i>riveted</i> and
confirmed.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Riv"et*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
rivets.</def></p>

<p><hw>Riv"et*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and
clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The whole set of rivets,
collectively.</def>  <i>Tomlinsin.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Butt riveting</b></col>, <cd>riveting in which the ends or
edges of plates form a butt joint, and are fastened together by being
riveted to a narrow strip which covers the joint.</cd> --
<col><b>Chain riveting</b></col>, <cd>riveting in which the rivets, in
two or more rows along the seam, are set one behind the other.</cd> --
<col><b>Crossed riveting</b></col>, <cd>riveting in which the rivets
in one row are set opposite the spaces between the rivets in the next
row.</cd> -- <col><b>Double riveting</b></col>, <cd>in lap riveting,
two rows of rivets along the seam; in butt riveting, four rows, two on
each side of the joint.</cd> -- <col><b>Lap riveting</b></col>,
<cd>riveting in which the ends or edges of plates overlap and are
riveted together.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ri*vose"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From L. <i>rivus</i> a
brook, channel.] <def>Marked with sinuate and irregular
furrows.</def></p>

<p><hw>Riv"u*let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Earlier
<i>rivolet</i>, It. <i>rivoletto</i>, a dim. fr. <i>rivolo</i>, L.
<i>rivulus</i>, dim. of <i>rivus</i> a brook. CF. <u>Rival</u>,
<u>Rite</u>.] <def>A small stream or brook; a streamlet.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>By fountain or by shady <i>rivulet</i><BR>
He sought them.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rix*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rixari</i>, p.
p. <i>rixatus</i>, to brawl, fr. <i>rixa</i> a quarrel.] <def>A brawl
or quarrel.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Rix*a"trix</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <i>(Old Eng.
Law)</i> <def>A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold.</def>
<i>Burrill.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rix"da`ler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A Dutch silver
coin, worth about $1.00.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rix"-dol`lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sw.
<i>riksdaler</i>, or Dan. <i>rigsdaler</i>, or D. <i>rijksdaalder</i>,
or G. <i>reichsthaler</i>, literally, dollar of the empire or realm,
fr. words akin to E. <i>rich</i>, and <i>dollar</i>. See <u>Rich</u>,
<u>Dollar</u>.] <def>A name given to several different silver coins of
Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about
30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in
Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See <u>Rigsdaler</u>,
<u>Riksdaler</u>, and <u>Rixdaler</u>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some
remain in circulation.</p>

<p><hw>Riz"zar</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]
<def>To dry in the sun; as, <i>rizzared</i> haddock.</def> [Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Roach</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A
cockroach.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roach</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rroche</i>; cf. AS.
<i>reohha</i>, D. <i>rog</i>, <i>roch</i>, G. <i>roche</i>, LG.
<i>ruche</i>, Dan. <i>rokke</i> ray, Sw. <i>rocka</i>, and E.
<i>ray</i> a fish.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A European fresh-water fish of the Carp
family (<i>Leuciscus rutilus</i>). It is silver-white, with a greenish
back.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>An American chub (<i>Semotilus
bullaris</i>); the fallfish.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The
redfin, or shiner.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A convex curve or arch cut
in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better
fit.</def></p>

<p><col><b>As sound as a roach</b></col> [<i>roach</i> perhaps being a
corruption of a F. <i>roche</i> a rock], <cd>perfectly sound.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Roach</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
cause to arch.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the
part left shall stand upright.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roach"-backed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a
back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex
instead of a concave curve.</def></p>

<p><hw>Road</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&amacr;d</i> a
riding, that on which one rides or travels, a road, fr.
<i>r&imacr;dan</i> to ride. See <u>Ride</u>, and cf. <u>Raid</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A journey, or stage of a journey.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>With easy <i>roads</i> he came to
Leicester.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An inroad; an invasion; a raid.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A place where one may ride; an open way or
public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel,
forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and
another.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The most villainous house in all the London
<i>road</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>&fist; The word is generally applied to highways, and as a generic
term it includes <i>highway</i>, <i>street</i>, and <i>lane</i>.</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> [Possibly akin to Icel. <i>rei&eth;i</i> the
rigging of a ship, E. <i>ready</i>.] <def>A place where ships may ride
at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in
the plural; as, Hampton <i>Roads</i>.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1246 !></p>

<p><blockquote>Now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners,<BR>
For we be come unto a quiet <i>rode</i> [road].</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><col><b>On</b></col>, or <col><b>Upon</b></col>, <col><b>the
road</b></col>, <cd>traveling or passing over a road; coming or going;
on the way.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>My hat and wig will soon be here,<BR>
They are <i>upon the road</i>.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Road agent</b></col>, <cd>a highwayman, especially on
the stage routes of the unsettled western parts of the United States;
-- a humorous euphemism.</cd> [Western U.S.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The highway robber -- <i>road agent</i> he is quaintly
called.</blockquote> <i>The century.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Road book</b></col>, <cd>a guidebook in respect to roads
and distances.</cd> -- <col><b>Road metal</b></col>, <cd>the broken,
stone used in macadamizing roads.</cd> -- <col><b>Road
roller</b></col>, <cd>a heavy roller, or combinations of rollers, for
making earth, macadam, or concrete roads smooth and compact.</cd> --
often driven by steam. -- <col><b>Road runner</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the chaparral cock.</cd> -- <col><b>Road
steamer</b></col>, <cd>a locomotive engine adapted to running on
common roads.</cd> -- <col><b>To go on the road</b></col>, <cd>to
engage in the business of a commercial traveler.</cd> [Colloq.] --
<col><b>To take the road</b></col>, <cd>to begin or engage in
traveling.</cd> -- <col><b>To take to the road</b></col>, <cd>to
engage in robbery upon the highways.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Way; highway; street; lane; pathway; route; passage;
course. See <u>Way</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Road"bed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>In railroads, the
bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.)
rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for
travel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Road"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of
roads.</def></p>

<p><hw>Road"mak`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who makes
roads.</def></p>

<p><hw>Road"side`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Land adjoining a
road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the
traveled part. Also used ajectively.</def></p>

<p><hw>Road"stead</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Road</i>, 4 +
<i>stead</i> a place.] <def>An anchorage off shore. Same as
<u>Road</u>, 4.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Moored in the neighboring
<i>roadstead</i>.</blockquote> <i>Longfellow.</i></p>

<p><hw>Road"ster</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A clumsy vessel that works its way from one
anchorage to another by means of the tides.</def>  <i>Ham. Nav.
Encyc.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A horse that is accustomed to traveling on
the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary roads.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A sound, swift, well-fed hunter and
<i>roadster</i>.</blockquote> <i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A bicycle or tricycle adapted for common
roads rather than for the racing track.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>One who drives much; a coach driver.</def>
[Eng.]</p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of
following the hounds across country.</def> [Eng. Slang.]</p>

<p><hw>Road"way`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A road;
especially, the part traveled by carriages.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roam</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roamed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Roaming</u>.] [OE. <i>romen</i>, <i>ramen</i>; cf. AS.
<i>&amacr;r&?;man</i> to raise, rise, D. <i>ramen</i> to hit, plan,
aim, OS. <i>r&?;m&?;n</i> to strive after, OHG. <i>r&amacr;men</i>.
But the word was probably influenced by <i>Rome</i>; cf. OF.
<i>romier</i> a pilgrim, originally, a pilgrim going to Rome, It.
<i>romeo</i>, Sp. <i>romero</i>.  Cf. <u>Ramble</u>.] <def>To go from
place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to
wander.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He <i>roameth</i> to the carpenter's
house.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Daphne <i>roaming</i> through a thorny
wood.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.</p>

<p><hw>Roam</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To range or wander
over.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And now wild beasts came forth the woods to
<i>roam</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roam</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of roaming; a
wandering; a ramble; as, he began his <i>roam</i> o'er hill amd
dale.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roam"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who roams; a
wanderer.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roan</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>rouan</i>; cf. Sp.
<i>roano</i>, <i>ruano</i>, It. <i>rovano</i>, <i>roano</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color,
with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Give my <i>roan</i> a drench.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Made of the leather called roan; as,
<i>roan</i> binding.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Roan antelope</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a very
large South African antelope (<i>Hippotragus equinus</i>). It has long
sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also <i>mahnya</i>,
<i>equine antelope</i>, and <i>bastard gemsbok</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Roan</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
color of a roan horse; a roan color.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A roan horse.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A kind of leather used for slippers,
bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored
to imitate ungrained morocco.</def>  <i>DeColange.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Roan tree</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See <u>Rowan
tree</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Roar</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roared</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vvb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Roaring</u>.] [OE. <i>roren</i>, <i>raren</i>, AS.
<i>r&amacr;rian</i>; akin to G. <i>r&ouml;hten</i>, OHG.
<i>r&?;r&?;n</i>. &radic;112.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cry with a
full, loud, continued sound.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other
beast.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Roaring</i> bulls he would him make to
tame.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or
anger.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief<BR>
<i>Roared</i> out for anguish, and indulged his grief.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He scorned to <i>roar</i> under the impressions of a
finite anger.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To make a loud, confused sound, as winds,
waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or
the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The brazen throat of war had ceased to
<i>roar</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>How oft I crossed where carts and coaches
<i>roar</i>.</blockquote> <i>Gay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be boisterous; to be
disorderly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It was a mad, <i>roaring</i> time, full of
extravagance.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To laugh out loudly and continuously; as,
the hearers <i>roared</i> at his jokes.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To make a loud noise in breathing, as
horses having a certain disease. See <u>Roaring</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Roaring boy</b></col>, <cd>a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name
given, at the latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous
fellows who raised disturbances in the street.</cd> "Two <i>roaring
boys</i> of Rome, that made all split." <i>Beau. & Fl.</i> --
<col><b>Roaring forties</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a sailor's name
for the stormy tract of ocean between 40&deg; and 50&deg; north
latitude.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Roar</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cry aloud; to
proclaim loudly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This last action will <i>roar</i> thy
infamy.</blockquote> <i>Ford.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The sound of
roaring.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The deep, loud
cry of a wild beast; as, the <i>roar</i> of a lion.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or
the like.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A loud, continuous, and
confused sound; as, the <i>roar</i> of a cannon, of the wind, or the
waves; the <i>roar</i> of ocean.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening
<i>roar</i>!</blockquote> <i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in
mirth.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant
<i>roar</i> of laughter.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roar"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, roars.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A riotous fellow; a roaring boy.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A lady to turn <i>roarer</i>, and break
glasses.</blockquote> <i>Massinger.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Far.)</i> <def>A horse subject to roaring.
See <u>Roaring</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The barn owl.</def>
[Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Roar"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in
distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Far.)</i> <def>An affection of the windpipe
of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under
exertion; the making of the noise so caused. See <u>Roar</u>,
<pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>, 5.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roar"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a roaring
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roast</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roasted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Roasting</u>.] [OE. <i>rosten</i>, OF. <i>rostir</i>, F.
<i>r&ocirc;tir</i>; of German origin; cf. OHG. <i>r&omacr;sten</i>, G.
<i>r&ouml;sten</i>, fr. OHG. <i>r&omacr;st</i>, <i>r&omacr;sta</i>,
gridiron, G. <i>rost</i>; cf. AS. <i>hyrstan</i> to roast.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a
fire; as, to <i>roast</i> meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward
the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a
close oven.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cook by surrounding with hot embers,
ashes, sand, etc.; as, to <i>roast</i> a potato in ashes.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In eggs boiled and <i>roasted</i> there is scarce
difference to be discerned.</blockquote> <i>BAcon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as,
to <i>roast</i> coffee; to <i>roast</i> chestnuts, or
peanuts.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to heat to excess; to heat
violently; to burn.</def> "<i>Roasted</i> in wrath and fire."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>To dissipate by heat the
volatile parts of, as ores.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To banter severely.</def> [Colloq.]
<i>Atterbury.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roast</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an
oven.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He could <i>roast</i>, and seethe, and broil, and
fry.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To undergo the process of being
roasted.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roast</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>That which is roasted; a
piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being
roasted.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A fat swan loved he best of any <i>roost</i>
[roast].</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rule the roast</b></col>, <cd>to be at the head of
affairs.</cd> "The new-made duke that <i>rules the roast</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roast</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [For <i>roasted</i>.]
<def>Roasted; as, <i>roast</i> beef.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roast"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who roasts meat.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A contrivance for roasting.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A pig, or other article of food fit for
roasting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roast"ing</hw>, <def><pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos>, from
<u>Roast</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><col><b>Roasting ear</b></col>, <cd>an ear of Indian corn at that
stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.</cd> --
<col><b>Roasting jack</b></col>, <cd>a machine for turning a spit on
which meat is roasted.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rob</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.; cf. Sp. <i>rob</i>, It.
<i>rob</i>, <i>robbo</i>, Pg. <i>robe</i>, <i>arrobe</i>, Ar.
<i>rubb</i>, <i>robb</i>, Per. <i>rub</i>.] <def>The inspissated juice
of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till
it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with
honey or sugar.</def> [Written also <i>rhob</i>, and
<i>rohob</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rob</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Robbed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Robbing</u>.] [OF. <i>rober</i>, of German origin; cf. OHG.
<i>roub&?;n</i>, G. <i>rauben</i>, and OHG. <i>roub</i> robbing,
booty, G. <i>raub</i>. &radic;114.  See <u>Reave</u>,and cf.
<u>Robe</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To take (something) away from by
force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal
from.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Who would <i>rob</i> a hermit of his weeds,<BR>
His few books, or his beads, or maple dish?</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He that is <i>robbed</i>, not wanting what is
stolen,<BR>
Let him not know it, and he's not <i>robbed</i> at all.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To be executed for <i>robbing</i> a
church.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To take the property of (any
one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his
will, by violence or by putting him in fear.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly
or injuriously; to defraud; as, to <i>rob</i> one of his rest, or of
his good name; a tree <i>robs</i> the plants near it of
sunlight.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I never <i>robbed</i> the soldiers of their
pay.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rob</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To take that which
belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by
violence.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I am accursed to <i>rob</i> in that thief's
company.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rob"and</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>See
<u>Roperand</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rob"ber</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who robs; in
law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of
another by violence or by putting him in fear.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Some roving <i>robber</i> calling to his
fellows.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager;
rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See <u>Thief</u>.</p>

<p><col><b>Robber crab</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A purse crab</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Any
hermit crab.</cd> -- <col><b>Robber fly</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<cd>Same as <i>Hornet fly</i>, under <u>Hornet</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Robber gull</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a jager
gull.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rob"ber*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Robberies</b></plw> (#). [OF. <i>roberie</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act or practice of robbing;
theft.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thieves for their <i>robbery</i> have authority<BR>
When judges steal themselves.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The crime of robbing. See
<u>Rob</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, 2.</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Robbery</i>, in a strict sense, differs from
<i>theft</i>, as it is effected by force or intimidation, whereas
<i>theft</i> is committed by stealth, or privately.</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation;
despoilment; plunder; pillage; rapine; larceny; freebooting;
piracy.</p>

<p><hw>Rob"bin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>A
kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are
sometimes exported from the East Indies. The <i>robbin</i> of rice in
Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.</def>  <i>Simmonds.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rob"bin</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>See
<u>Ropeband</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Robe</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. LL. <i>rauba</i> a
gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See <u>Rob</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Rubbish</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style
or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;<BR>
<i>Robes</i> and furred gowns hide all.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of
the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.</def>
[U.S.]</p>

<p><col><b>Master of the robes</b></col>, <cd>an officer of the
English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is
supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes.</cd> --
<col><b>Mistress of the robes</b></col>, <cd>a lady who enjoys the
highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign
(when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Robe</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Robed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Robing</u>.] <def>To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to
array; as, fields <i>robed</i> with green.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The sage Chaldeans <i>robed</i> in white
appeared.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Such was his power over the expression of his
countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the sternness of
winter, and <i>robe</i> it in the brightest smiles of
spring.</blockquote> <i>Wirt.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Robe`-de-cham"bre</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., lit., a
chamber gown.] <def>A dressing gown, or morning gown.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rob"erds*man</hw> (?), <hw>Rob"erts*man</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>-men</b></plw>. (&?;) <i>(Old
Statutes of Eng.)</i> <def>A bold, stout robber, or night thief; --
said to be so called from <i>Robin</i> Hood.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rob"ert</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>See
<i>Herb Robert</i>, under <u>Herb</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rob"in</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Properly a pet name for
<i>Robert</i>, originally meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG.
<i>Roudperht</i>; <i>ruod</i> (in comp.; akin to AS. <i>hr&?;&?;</i>
glory, fame, Goth. <i>hr&?;peigs</i> victorius) + <i>beraht</i>
bright. See <u>Bright</u>, <u>Hob</u> a clown.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A small European singing bird (<i>Erythacus
rubecula</i>), having a reddish breast; -- called also <i>robin
redbreast</i>, <i>robinet</i>, and <i>ruddock</i>.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>An American singing bird (<i>Merula
migratoria</i>), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper
parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also <i>robin
redbreast</i>, and <i>migratory thrush</i>.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<def>Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera
<i>Petroica</i>, <i>Melanadrays</i>, and allied genera; as, the
scarlet-breasted <i>robin</i> (<i>Petroica mullticolor</i>).</def>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the
Indian <i>robins</i>. See <i>Indian robin</i>, below.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Beach robin</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the robin
snipe, or knot. See <u>Knot</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Blue-throated
robin</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See <u>Bluethroat</u>.</cd> -
- <col><b>Canada robin</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the cedar
bird.</cd> -- <col><b>Golden robin</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>the Baltimore oriole.</cd> -- <col><b>Ground robin</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the chewink.</cd> -- <col><b>Indian
robin</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any one of several species of
Asiatic saxoline birds of the genera <i>Thamnobia</i> and
<i>Pratincola</i>. They are mostly black, usually with some white on
the wings.</cd> -- <col><b>Magrie robin</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>an Asiatic singing bird (<i>Corsycus saularis</i>), having the
back, head, neck, and breast black glossed with blue, the wings black,
and the belly white.</cd> -- <col><b>Ragged robin</b></col>.
<i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Ragged</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Robin
accentor</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a small Asiatic singing
bird (<i>Accentor rubeculoides</i>), somewhat resembling the European
robin.</cd> -- <col><b>Robin redbreast</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The European robin</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>The American robin</cd>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>The American
bluebird.</cd> -- <col><b>Robin snipe</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher</cd>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot.</cd> --
<col><b>Robin's plantain</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Plantain</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Sea robin</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>Any one of several species
of American gurnards of the genus <i>Prionotus</i>. They are excellent
food fishes. Called also <i>wingfish</i>. The name is also applied to
a European gurnard.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The red-breasted
merganser, or sheldrake</cd>. [Local, U.S.] -- <col><b>Water
robin</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a redstart (<i>Ruticulla
fuliginosa</i>), native of India.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rob"i*net</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The chaffinch; -- called
also <i>roberd</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The European
robin.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A military engine formerly used for
throwing darts and stones.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rob"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of putting
on a robe.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Robing room</b></col>, <cd>a room where official robes are
put on, as by judges, etc.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rob"in Good"fel`low</hw> (?). <def>A celebrated fairy; Puck.
See <u>Puck</u>.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ro*bin"i*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. So called
after Jean <i>Robin</i>, a French herbalist.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America
(<i>Robinia Pseudocacia</i>).</def></p>

<p><hw>Rob"o*rant</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>roborans</i>,
p. pr. See <u>Roborate</u>.] <def>Strengthening.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A strengthening medicine; a
tonic.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rob"o*rate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [L.
<i>roboratus</i>, p. pr. of <i>roborare</i> to strengthen, fr.
<i>robur</i>, <i>roboris</i>, strength.] <def>To give strength or
support to; to confirm.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rob`o*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>roboratio</i>.] <def>The act of strengthening.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Coles.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ro*bo"re*an</hw> (?), <hw>Ro*bo"re*ous</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>roboreus</i>.] <def>Made of oak.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro*bust"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>robustus</i>
oaken, hard, strong, fr. <i>robur</i> strength, a very hard kind of
oak; cf. Skr. <i>rabhas</i> violence: cf. F. <i>robuste</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health;
strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a <i>robust</i> body;
<i>robust</i> youth; <i>robust</i> health.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1247 !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Violent; rough; rude.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>While romp-loving miss<BR>
Is hauled about in gallantry <i>robust</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Requiring strength or vigor; as,
<i>robust</i> employment.</def>  <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Strong; lusty; sinewy; sturdy; muscular; hale;
hearty; vigorous; forceful; sound.  -- <u>Robust</u>, <u>Strong</u>.
<i>Robust</i> means, literally, made of <i>oak</i>, and hence implies
great compactness and toughness of muscle, connected with a thick-set
frame and great powers of endurance. <i>Strong</i> denotes the power
of exerting great physical force. The <i>robust</i> man can bear heat
or cold, excess or privation, and toil on through every kind of
hardship; the <i>strong</i> man can lift a great weight, can give a
heavy blow, and a hard gripe. "<i>Robust</i>, tough sinews bred to
toil." <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Then 'gan the villain wax so fierce and
<i>strong</i>,<BR>
<i>That nothing may sustain his furious force</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*bus"tious</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. L.
<i>robusteus</i> of oak.] <def>Robust.</def> [Obs. or Humorous]  <i>W.
Irving.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more
<i>robustious</i> manner.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Ro*bus"tious*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Ro*bus"tious*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ro*bust"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a robust
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*bust"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being robust.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roc</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar. & Per. <i>rokh</i> or
<i>rukh</i>.  Cf. <u>Rook</u> a castle.] <def>A monstrous bird of
Arabian mythology.</def> [Written also <i>rock</i>, and <i>rukh</i>.]
<i>Brande & C.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roc"am*bole</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] [Written also
<i>rokambole</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name of <i>Allium
Scorodoprasum</i> and <i>A. Ascalonium</i>, two kinds of garlic, the
latter of which is also called <i>shallot</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roc*cel"lic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>roccellique</i>, fr. <i>roccelle</i> archil, It. & NL.
<i>roccella</i>, fr. It. <i>rocca</i> a rock, because archil grows on
rock.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic
acid of the oxalic series found in archil (<i>Roccella tinctoria</i>,
etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline
substance C<sub>17</sub>H<sub>32</sub>O<sub>4</sub>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roc*cel"lin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A red dyestuff,
used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc.  It consists of the
sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roche</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rock</u>.]
<def>Rock.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roche" al`um</hw> (?). <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A kind of alum
occuring in small fragments; -- so called from <i>Rocca</i>, in Syria,
whence alum is said to have been obtained; -- also called <i>rock
alum</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roche"lime`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>roche</i>
rock + E. <i>lime</i>.] <def>Lime in the lump after it is burned;
quicklime.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro*chelle"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A seaport town
in France.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rochelle powders</b></col>. <cd>Same as <u>Seidlitz
powders</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rochelle salt</b></col> <i>(Chem.)</i>,
<cd>the double tartrate of sodium and potassium, a white crystalline
substance. It has a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is
employed as a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an
apothecary of Rochelle, and is called also <i>Seignete's
salt</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>||Roche" mou`ton`n&eacute;e"</hw> (?). [F., sheep-shaped rock.]
<i>(Geol.)</i> <def>See <u>Sheepback</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roch"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., dim. fr. OHG.
<i>rocch</i> coat, G. <i>rock</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Eccl.)</i>
<def>A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower
sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other
ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They see no difference between an idler with a hat and
national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a
<i>rochet</i>.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A frock or outer garment worn in the
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Rom. of
R.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roch"et</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Probably corrupted fr. F.
<i>rouget</i> the red gurnet, from <i>rouge</i> red. CF.
<u>Rouge</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The red gurnard, or gurnet.
See <u>Gurnard</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roch"ing cask`</hw> (?). [Probably from F. <i>roche</i> a
rock.] <def>A tank in which alum is crystallized from a
solution.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Roc</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rocke</i>; akin to D.
<i>rok</i>, <i>rokken</i>, G. <i>rocken</i>, OHG. <i>roccho</i>, Dan.
<i>rok</i>, Icel. <i>rokkr</i>.  Cf. <u>Rocket</u> a firework.] <def>A
distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is
arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.</def>
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Sad Clotho held the <i>rocke</i>, the whiles the
thread<BR>
By grisly Lachesis was spun with pain,<BR>
That cruel Atropos eftsoon undid.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rock</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>roke</i>, F.
<i>roche</i>; cf. Armor. <i>roc'h</i>, and AS. <i>rocc</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A large concreted mass of stony material; a
large fixed stone or crag. See <u>Stone</u>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Come one, come all! this <i>rock</i> shall fly<BR>
From its firm base as soon as I.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>Any natural deposit forming
a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including
sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which resembles a rock in firmness; a
defense; a support; a refuge.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The Lord is my <i>rock</i>, and my
fortress.</blockquote> <i>2 Sam. xxii. 2.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or
wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The striped bass. See
under <u>Bass</u>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; This word is frequently used in the formation of self-
explaining compounds; as, <i>rock</i>-bound, <i>rock</i>-built,
<i>rock</i>-ribbed, <i>rock</i>-roofed, and the like.</p>

<p><col><b>Rock alum</b></col>. [Probably so called by confusion with
F. <i>roche</i> a rock.] <cd>Same as <u>Roche alum</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rock barnacle</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a barnacle
(<i>Balanus balanoides</i>) very abundant on rocks washed by
tides.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock bass</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The stripped bass</cd>. See under <u>Bass</u>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The goggle-eye.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<cd>The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called <i>rock
bass</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock builder</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of
rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock
butter</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>native alum mixed with clay and
oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color,
occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate.</cd> --
<col><b>Rock candy</b></col>, <cd>a form of candy consisting of
crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name.</cd> --
<col><b>Rock cavy</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Moco</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock cod</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A small, often reddish or brown, variety of
the cod found about rocks andledges</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A
California rockfish.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock cook</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A European wrasse
(<i>Centrolabrus exoletus</i>)</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A
rockling.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock cork</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>a
variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It
resembles cork in its texture.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock crab</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any one of several species of large crabs of
the genus <i>Cancer</i>, as the two species of the New England coast
(<i>C. irroratus</i> and <i>C. borealis</i>). See <i>Illust.</i> under
<u>Cancer</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock cress</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>,
<cd>a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as
<i>Arabis petr&aelig;a</i>, <i>A. lyrata</i>, etc.</cd> --
<col><b>Rock crystal</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>limpid quartz. See
<u>Quartz</u>, and under <u>Crystal</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock
dove</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the rock pigeon; -- called
also <i>rock doo</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock drill</b></col>, <cd>an
implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by
steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc.</cd> --
<col><b>Rock duck</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the harlequin
duck.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock eel</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Gunnel</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock goat</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a wild goat, or ibex.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock
hopper</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a penguin of the genus
<i>Catarractes</i>. See under <u>Penguin</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock
kangaroo</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See <u>Kangaroo</u>, and
<u>Petrogale</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock lobster</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any one of several species of large spinose
lobsters of the genera <i>Panulirus</i> and <i>Palinurus</i>. They
have no large claws. Called also <i>spiny lobster</i>, and <i>sea
crayfish</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock meal</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>a
light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence.</cd> --
<col><b>Rock milk</b></col>. <i>(Min.)</i> <cd>See <i>Agaric
mineral</i>, under <u>Agaric</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock moss</b></col>,
<cd>a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See <u>Cudbear</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rock oil</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Petroleum</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rock parrakeet</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a small
Australian parrakeet (<i>Euphema petrophila</i>), which nests in holes
among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep
blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock
pigeon</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the wild pigeon (<i>Columba
livia</i>) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See <i>Illust.</i> under <u>Pigeon</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock
pipit</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See the Note under
<u>Pipit</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock plover</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>The black-bellied, or
whistling, plover</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The rock snipe.</cd> -
- <col><b>Rock ptarmigan</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>an arctic
American ptarmigan (<i>Lagopus rupestris</i>), which in winter is
white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the
back.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock rabbit</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>the hyrax. See <u>Cony</u>, and <u>Daman</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock
ruby</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>a fine reddish variety of
garnet.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock salt</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>cloride
of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral
salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is
sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from
sea water in large basins or cavities.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock
seal</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the harbor seal. See
<u>Seal</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock shell</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera.</cd> --
<col><b>Rock snake</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any one of
several large pythons; as, the royal <i>rock snake</i> (<i>Python
regia</i>) of Africa, and the <i>rock snake</i> of India (<i>P.
molurus</i>). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied
genus <i>Morelia</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock snipe</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the purple sandpiper (<i>Tringa
maritima</i>); -- called also <i>rock bird</i>, <i>rock plover</i>,
<i>winter snipe</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock soap</b></col>
<i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and
adhering to the tongue.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock sparrow</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>Any one of several species
of Old World sparrows of the genus <i>Petronia</i>, as <i>P.
stulla</i>, of Europe.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A North American
sparrow (<i>Puc&aelig;a ruficeps</i>).</cd> -- <col><b>Rock
tar</b></col>, <cd>petroleum.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock thrush</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any Old World thrush of the genus
<i>Monticola</i>, or <i>Petrocossyphus</i>; as, the European <i>rock
thrush</i> (<i>M. saxatilis</i>), and the blue <i>rock thrush</i> of
India (<i>M. cyaneus</i>), in which the male is blue throughout.</cd>
-- <col><b>Rock tripe</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a kind of lichen
(<i>Umbilicaria Dillenii</i>) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish
expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity.</cd> --
<col><b>Rock trout</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any one of
several species of marine food fishes of the genus <i>Hexagrammus</i>,
family <i>Chirad&aelig;</i>, native of the North Pacific coasts; --
called also <i>sea trout</i>, <i>boregat</i>, <i>bodieron</i>, and
<i>starling</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock warbler</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a small Australian singing bird (<i>Origma
rubricata</i>) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; --
called also <i>cataract bird</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rock wren</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any one of several species of wrens of the
genus <i>Salpinctes</i>, native of the arid plains of Lower California
and Mexico.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rock</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rocked</u> (?);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rocking</u>.] [AS. <i>roccian</i>; akin to Dan. <i>rokke</i> to
move, to snake; cf. Icel. <i>rukkja</i> to pull, move, G.
<i>r&uuml;cken</i> to move, push, pull.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support
beneath; as, to <i>rock</i> a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to
cause to reel or totter.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A rising earthquake <i>rocked</i> the
ground.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to
sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.</def> "Sleep <i>rock</i> thy
brain."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Rock</i> differs from <i>shake</i>, as denoting a slower,
less violent, and more uniform motion, or larger movements. It differs
from <i>swing</i>, which expresses a vibratory motion of something
suspended.</p>

<p><hw>Rock</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to
reel; to totter.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rocking</i> town<BR>
Supplants their footsteps.</blockquote> <i>J. Philips .</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To roll or saway backward and forward upon
a support; as, to <i>rock</i> in a rocking-chair.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"a*way</hw> (?), [Probably from <i>Rockaway</i> beach,
where it was used.] <def>Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled
carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof
curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a
somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front,
and having a door at each side.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rock"e*lay</hw> (?), <hw>Rock"lay</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Rokelay</u>.</def> [Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Rock"er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One
who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It was I, sir, said the <i>rocker</i>, who had the
honor, some thirty years since, to attend on your highness in your
infancy.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One of the curving pieces of wood or metal
on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Any implement or machine working with a
rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold
dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A play horse on rockers; a rocking-
horse.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-
chair.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A skate with a curved blade, somewhat
resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Rock
shaft</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rocker arm</b></col> <i>(Mach.)</i>, <cd>an arm borne by a
rock shaft.</cd>
</p>

<p><hw>Rock"ered</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a <i>rockered</i>
keel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Gardening)</i>
<def>A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with
plants.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>roquette</i> (cf.
Sp. <i>ruqueta</i>, It <i>ruchetta</i>), fr. L. <i>eruca</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A cruciferous plant (<i>Eruca
sativa</i>) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Damewort.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<def>Rocket larkspur. See below.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Dyer's Rocket</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See <i>Dyer's
broom</i>, under <u>Broom</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rocket
larkspur</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>an annual plant with showy
flowers in long racemes (<i>Delphinium Ajacis</i>).</cd> --
<col><b>Sea rocket</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>either of two fleshy
cruciferous plants (<i>Cakile maritima</i> and <i>C. Americana</i>)
found on the seashore of Europe and America.</cd> -- <col><b>Yellow
rocket</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a common cruciferous weed with
yellow flowers (<i>Barbarea vulgaris</i>).</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rock"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>rocchetta</i>,
fr. <i>rocca</i> a distaff, of German origin. Named from the
resemblance in shape to a distaff. See <u>Rock</u> a distaff.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An artificial firework consisting of a
cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of
combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened
to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the
force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion
of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various
purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A blunt lance head used in the
joust.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Congreve rocket</b></col>, <cd>a powerful form of rocket
for use in war, invented by Sir William Congreve. It may be used
either in the field or for bombardment; in the former case, it is
armed with shells or case shot; in the latter, with a combustible
material inclosed in a metallic case, which is inextinguishable when
kindled, and scatters its fire on every side.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rock"et</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rocketed</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rocketing</u>.] <i>(Sporting)</i> <def>To rise straight up; said of
birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.</def>
[Eng.]</p>

<p><blockquote>An old cock pheasant came <i>rocketing</i> over
me.</blockquote> <i>H. R. Haggard.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rock"et*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Sporting)</i>
<def>A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises
straight in the air like a rocket.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Rock"fish`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Any one of several California
scorp&aelig;noid food fishes of the genus <i>Sebastichthys</i>, as the
red <i>rockfish</i> (<i>S. ruber</i>). They are among the most
important of California market fishes. Called also <i>rock cod</i>,
and <i>garrupa</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The striped bass.
See <u>Bass</u>.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Any one of several
species of Florida and Bermuda groupers of the genus
<i>Epinephelus</i>.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>An American fresh-
water darter; the log perch.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The term is locally applied to various other fishes.</p>

<p><hw>Rock"i*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Rocky</u>.]
<def>The state or quality of being rocky.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a swaying,
rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rocking shaft</b></col>. <i>(Mach.)</i> <cd>See <u>Rock
shaft</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rock"ing-chair`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A chair
mounted on rockers, in which one may rock.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"ing-horse`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The figure
of a horse, mounted upon rockers, for children to ride.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"ing-stone`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A stone,
often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so
exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but
little force.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Being without
rocks.</def>  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rock"ling</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Any species of small marine fishes of the genera <i>Onos</i> and
<i>Rhinonemus</i> (formerly <i>Motella</i>), allied to the cod. They
have three or four barbels.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"rose`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
name given to any species of the genus <i>Helianthemum</i>, low shrubs
or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European <i>H.
vulgare</i> and the American frostweed, <i>H. Canadense</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Cretan rockrose</b></col>, <cd>a related shrub (<i>Cistus
Creticus</i>), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called
<i>ladanum</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rock" shaft`</hw> (?). [Cf. <u>Rock</u>, <i>v. i.</i>]
<i>(Mach.)</i> <def>A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead
of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives
and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some
steam engines; -- called also <i>rocker</i>, <i>rocking shaft</i>, and
<i>way shaft</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock" staff`</hw> (?). [Cf. <u>Rock</u>, <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos>] <def>An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of
the bellows of a forge.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"suck`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A lamprey.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"weed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially
Fucus.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1248 !></p>

<p><hw>Rock"wood`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Min.)</i>
<def>Ligniform asbestus; also, fossil wood.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"work`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Arch.)</i> <def>Stonework in which the surface is left broken and
rough.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Gardening)</i> <def>A rockery.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rock"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a
<i>rocky</i> mountain; a <i>rocky</i> shore.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Like a rock; as, the <i>rocky</i> orb of a
shield.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected;
hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a <i>rocky</i> bosom.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rocky Mountain locust</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>the Western locust, or grasshopper. See <u>Grasshopper</u>.</cd> -
- <col><b>Rocky Mountain sheep</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Bighorn</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ro"coa</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rocou</i>,
<i>roicou</i>, Pg. & Braz, <i>uruc&uacute;</i>.] <def>The orange-
colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant <i>Bixa
Orellana</i>, from which annotto is prepared. See
<u>Annoto</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*co"co</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.; of uncertain
etymology.] <def>A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in
Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*co"co</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rod</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [The same word as
<i>rood</i>. See <u>Rood</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A straight and
slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal
(applied to various purposes).</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively,
chastisement.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He that spareth his <i>rod</i> hateth his
son.</blockquote> <i>Prov. xiii. 24.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A kind of sceptor, or badge of office;
hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.</def> "The
<i>rod</i>, and bird of peace." <i>Shak.</i> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<def>A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.</def> <i>Gay.</i>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <i>(Mach. & Structure)</i> <def>A member used in
tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and
compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a
connecting bar. </def> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>An instrument for
measuring.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A measure of length containing sixteen and
a half feet; -- called also <i>perch</i>, and <i>pole</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Black rod</b></col>. <cd>See in the Vocabulary.</cd> --
<col><b>Rods and cones</b></col> <i>(Anat.)</i>, <cd>the elongated
cells or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which
are cylindrical, others somewhat conical.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rod"dy</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of rods or
twigs.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rod"dy</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Ruddy.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rode</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rud</u>.]
<def>Redness; complexion.</def> [Obs.] "His <i>rode</i> was red."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rode</hw>, <def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of
<u>Ride</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rode</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Rood</u>, the
cross.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro"dent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rodens</i>, <i>-
entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>rodere</i> to gnaw. See <u>Rase</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Rostrum</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Gnawing; biting; corroding; <i>(Med.)</i> applied to a
destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>Gnawing.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Rodentia.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"dent</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One
of the Rodentia.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ro*den"ti*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Rodent</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An order
of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw,
distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots,
and beavers belong to this order.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The incisor teeth are long, curved, and strongly enameled on
the outside, so as to keep a cutting edge. They have a persistent pulp
and grow continuously.</p>

<p><hw>||Ro*de"o</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [SP., a going round.]
<def>A round-up. See <u>Round-up</u>.</def> [Western U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rodge</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The gadwall.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Rod"o*mel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. &?;&?;&?; rose +
&?;&?;&?; honey.] <def>Juice of roses mixed with honey.</def>
<i>Simmonds.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rod"o*mont</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rodomont</i>,
It. <i>rodomonte</i>, fr. <i>Rodomonte</i>, <i>Rodamonte</i>, a
boasting hero in the "Orlando Furioso" of Ariosto, and the "Orlando
Innamorato" of Bojardo; properly, one who rolls away mountains; Prov.
It. <i>rodare</i> to roll away (fr. L. <i>rota</i> a wheel) + It.
<i>monte</i> a mountain, L. <i>mons</i>. See <u>Rotary</u>,
<u>Mount</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>A vain or blustering boaster;
a braggart; a braggadocio.</def>  <i>Sir T. Herbert.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rod"o*mont</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Bragging; vainly
boasting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rod`o*mon*tade"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. It.
<i>rodomontana</i>. See <u>Rodomont</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<def>Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I could show that the <i>rodomontades</i> of Almanzor
are neither so irrational nor impossible.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rod`o*mon*tade"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To boast; to
brag; to bluster; to rant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rod`o*mon*tad"ist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
boasts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rod`o*mon*ta"do</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Rodomontade.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rod`o*mon*ta"dor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
rodomontadist.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rods"man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rodsmen</b></plw> (&?;). <def>One who carries and holds a
leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party.</def>  <i>G. W.
Cable.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro"dy</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Ruddy.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roe</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>ro</i>, AS.
<i>r&amacr;h</i>; akin to D. <i>ree</i>, G. <i>reh</i>, Icel.
<i>r&amacr;</i>, SW. <i>r&aring;</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A roebuck. See <u>Roebuck</u>.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The female of any species of deer.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roe</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [For <i>roan</i>, OE.
<i>rowne</i>, akin to G. <i>rogen</i>, OHG. <i>rogan</i>, Icel.
<i>hrogn</i>, Dan. <i>rogn</i>, <i>ravn</i>, Sw. <i>rom</i>; of
uncertain origin; cf. Gr. &?;&?;&?; pebble, Skr.
<i>&?;arkar&amacr;</i> gravel.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still
inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the
sperm and the testes of the male.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A mottled appearance of light and shade in
wood, especially in mahogany.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roe"buck`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [1st <i>roe</i> +
<i>buck</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A small European and Asiatic
deer (<i>Capreolus capr&aelig;a</i>) having erect, cylindrical,
branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European
deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous
country, or high grounds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Filled with roe.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roe"deer`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The roebuck.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roe"stone`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Min.)</i>
<def>Same as <u>O&ouml;lite</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*ga"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rogatio</i>,
fr. <i>rogare</i>, <i>rogatum</i>, to ask, beg, supplicate: cf. F.
<i>rogation</i>.  Cf. <u>Abrogate</u>, <u>Arrogant</u>,
<u>Probogue</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Rom. Antiq.)</i> <def>The
demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the
people; a proposed law or decree.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>Litany;
supplication.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He perfecteth the <i>rogations</i> or litanies before
in use.</blockquote> <i>Hooker.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rogation days</b></col> <i>(Eccl.)</i>, <cd>the three days
which immediately precede Ascension <u>Day</u>; -- so called as being
days on which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of
special supplication.</cd> -- <col><b>Rogation flower</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a European species of milkwort (<i>Polygala
vulgaris</i>); -- so called from its former use for garlands in
Rogation week.</cd> <i>Dr. Prior.</i> -- <col><b>Rogation
week</b></col>, <cd>the second week before Whitsunday, in which the
Rogation days occur.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rog"a*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Rogation</u>.] <def>Seeking information; authorized to examine
witnesses or ascertain facts; as, a <i>rogatory</i> commission.</def>
<i>Woolsey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rogue</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rogue</i> proud,
haughty, supercilious; cf. Icel. <i>hr&?;kr</i> a rook, croaker (cf.
<u>Rook</u> a bird), or Armor. <i>rok</i>, <i>rog</i>, proud,
arogant.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Eng.Law)</i> <def>A vagrant; an idle,
sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The phrase <i>rogues and vagabonds</i> is applied to a large
class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons. They were
formerly punished by being whipped and having the gristle of the right
ear bored with a hot iron.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a
cheat.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rogue</i> and fool by fits is fair and
wise.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One who is pleasantly mischievous or
frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Ah, you sweet little <i>rogue</i>, you!</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>An elephant that has separated from a herd
and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Hort.)</i> <def>A worthless plant occuring
among seedlings of some choice variety.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rogues' gallery</b></col>, <cd>a collection of portraits of
rogues or criminals, for the use of the police authorities.</cd> --
<col><b>Rogue's march</b></col>, <cd>derisive music performed in
driving away a person under popular indignation or official sentence,
as when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment.</cd> --
<col><b>Rogue's yarn</b></col>, <cd>yarn of a different twist and
color from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to
identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case
of defect. Different makers are required to use yarns of different
colors.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rogue</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To wander; to play the
vagabond; to play knavish tricks.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rogue</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Cudworth.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Hort.)</i> <def>To destroy (plants that do
not come up to a required standard).</def></p>

<p><hw>Rogu"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The life of a vargant.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks;
cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>'Tis no scandal grown,<BR>
For debt and <i>roguery</i> to quit the town.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Arch tricks; mischievousness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rogue"ship</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being a rogue.</def> [Jocose] "Your <i>rogueship</i>."
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rogu"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Vagrant.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>His <i>roguish</i> madness<BR>
Allows itself to anything.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue;
knavish.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Pleasantly mischievous; waggish;
arch.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most
<i>roguish</i> cast.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Rogu"ish*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rogu"ish*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rogu"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Roguish.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro"hob</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An inspissated
juice. See <u>Rob</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roi"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Royal.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roil</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roiled</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Roiling</u>.] [Cf. OE. <i>roilen</i> to wander; possibly fr. OF.
<i>roeler</i> to roll, equiv. to F. <i>rouler</i>. See <u>Roll</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Rile</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to
<i>roil</i> wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to <i>roil</i> a
spring.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the
temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to
perplex.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That his friends should believe it, was what
<i>roiled</i> him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly.</blockquote> <i>R.
North.</i></p>

<p>&fist; Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A
commoner, but less approved, form is <i>rile</i>.</p>

<p><hw>Roil</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
wander; to roam.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To romp.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roil"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Turbid; as,
<i>roily</i> water.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roin</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Royne</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Roin</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rogne</i>. See
<u>Roynish</u>.] <def>A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Roin"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Roynish</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Roint</hw> (?), <pos><i>interj.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Aroint</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roist</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Roister</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roist"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Probably fr. F.
<i>rustre</i> boor, a clown, clownish, fr. L. <i>rustucus</i> rustic.
See <u>Rustic</u>.] <def>To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold,
noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I have a <i>roisting</i> challenge sent amongst<BR>
The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roist"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Roisterer</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roist"er*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A blustering,
turbulent fellow.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If two <i>roisterers</i> met, they cocked their hats in
each other faces.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roist"er*ly</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Blustering;
violent.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Roist"er*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a roistering
manner.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rok"am*bole</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rocambole</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roke</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Reek</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Mist; smoke; damp</def> [Prov. Eng.] [Written
also <i>roak</i>, <i>rook</i>, and <i>rouk</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A vein of ore.</def> [Pov.Eng.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Roke"age</hw> (?), <hw>Rok"ee</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Nocake</u>.] <def>Parched Indian corn,
pounded up and mixed with sugar; -- called also <i>yokeage</i>.</def>
[Local, U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rok"e*lay</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
<u>Roquelaure</u>.] <def>A short cloak.</def> [Written also
<i>rockelay</i>, <i>rocklay</i>, etc.] [Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Rok"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Roke</u>.]
<def>Misty; foggy; cloudy.</def> [Prov. Eng.]  <i>Ray.</i></p>

<p><hw>R&ocirc;le</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See <u>Roll</u>.]
<def>A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a
part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the
<i>r&ocirc;le</i> of philanthropist.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Title r&ocirc;le</b></col>, <cd>the part, or character,
which gives the title to a play, as the part of Hamlet in the play of
that name.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Roll</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rolled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rolling</u>.] [OF. <i>roeler</i>, <i>roler</i>, F. <i>rouler</i>,
LL. <i>rotulare</i>, fr. L. <i>royulus</i>, <i>rotula</i>, a little
wheel, dim. of <i>rota</i> wheel; akin to G. <i>rad</i>, and to Skr.
<i>ratha</i> car, chariot.  Cf. <u>Control</u>, <u>Roll</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <u>Rotary</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cause
to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to
impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting
surface; as, to <i>roll</i> a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To wrap round on itself; to form into a
spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to
<i>roll</i> a sheet of paper; to <i>roll</i> parchment; to <i>roll</i>
clay or putty into a ball.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To bind or involve by winding, as in a
bandage; to inwrap; -- often with <i>up</i>; as, to <i>roll</i> up a
parcel.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To drive or impel forward with an easy
motion, as of rolling; as, a river <i>rolls</i> its waters to the
ocean.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The flood of Catholic reaction was <i>rolled</i> over
Europe.</blockquote> <i>J. A. Symonds.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To utter copiously, esp. with sounding
words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with <i>forth</i>, or
<i>out</i>; as, to <i>roll</i> forth some one's praises; to
<i>roll</i> out sentences.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Who <i>roll'd</i> the psalm to wintry
skies.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To press or level with a roller; to spread
or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to <i>roll</i> a field;
to <i>roll</i> paste; to <i>roll</i> steel rails, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by
means of, rollers or small wheels.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as
a drum; to sound a roll upon.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>To apply (one line or
surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one
line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner
that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are
equal.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>To turn over in one's mind; to
revolve.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Full oft in heart he <i>rolleth</i> up and down<BR>
The beauty of these florins new and bright.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To roll one's self</b></col>, <cd>to wallow.</cd> --
<col><b>To roll the eye</b></col>, <cd>to direct its axis hither and
thither in quick succession.</cd> -- <col><b>To roll one's
r's</b></col>, <cd>to utter the letter <i>r</i> with a trill.</cd>
[Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Roll</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without
sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or
wheel <i>rolls</i> on the earth; a body <i>rolls</i> on an inclined
plane.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical
stone, which <i>rolls</i>, and <i>rolls</i>, and
<i>rolls</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To move on wheels; as, the carriage
<i>rolls</i> along the street.</def> "The <i>rolling</i> chair."
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be wound or formed into a cylinder or
ball; as, the cloth <i>rolls</i> unevenly; the snow <i>rolls</i>
well.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To fall or tumble; -- with <i>over</i>; as,
a stream <i>rolls</i> over a precipice.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To perform a periodical revolution; to move
onward as with a revolution; as, the <i>rolling</i> year; ages
<i>roll</i> away.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To turn; to move circularly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And his red eyeballs <i>roll</i> with living
fire.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To move, as waves or billows, with
alternate swell and depression.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>What different sorrows did within thee
<i>roll</i>.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To incline first to one side, then to the
other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about
<i>rolling</i>; in a general semse, to be tossed about.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Twice ten tempestuous nights I
<i>rolled</i>.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>To turn over, or from side to side, while
lying down; to wallow; as, a horse <i>rolls</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>To spread under a roller or rolling-pin;
as, the paste <i>rolls</i> well.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <def>To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that
they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <def>To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise;
as, the thunder <i>rolls</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To roll about</b></col>, <cd>to gad abroad.</cd> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Man shall not suffer his wife go <i>roll
about</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roll</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>r&ocirc;le</i> a roll
(in sense 3), fr. L. <i>rotulus &?;</i> little wheel, LL., a roll,
dim. of L. <i>rota</i> a wheel. See <u>Roll</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>,
and cf. <u>R&ocirc;le</u>, <u>Rouleau</u>, <u>Roulette</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of rolling, or state of being rolled;
as, the <i>roll</i> of a ball; the <i>roll</i> of waves.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which rolls; a roller.</def>
Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A heavy cylinder used to break
clods.</def> <i>Mortimer.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>One of a set of
revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed,
formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through
the <i>rolls</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is rolled up; as, a <i>roll</i>
of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A document written on a piece of parchment,
paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Busy angels spread<BR>
The lasting <i>roll</i>, recording what we say.</blockquote>
<i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1249 !></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Hence, an official or public document; a
register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rolls</i> of Parliament, the entry of the
petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are
extant.</blockquote> <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>roll</i> and list of that army doth
remain.</blockquote> <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A quantity of cloth wound into a
cylindrical form; as, a <i>roll</i> of carpeting; a <i>roll</i> of
ribbon.</def>  <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>A cylindrical twist of
tobacco.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A kind of shortened raised biscuit or
bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>The oscillating movement of
a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the
alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called
<i>pitching</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the
<i>roll of</i> cannon, or of thunder.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>The uniform beating of a drum with strokes
so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Part; office; duty; r&ocirc;le.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Long roll</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>a prolonged roll of
the drums, as the signal of an attack by the enemy, and for the troops
to arrange themselves in line.</cd> -- <col><b>Master of the
rolls</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Master</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Roll
call</b></col>, <cd>the act, or the time, of calling over a list
names, as among soldiers.</cd> -- <col><b>Rolls of court</b></col>,
<col><b>of parliament</b></col> (or of any public body), <cd>the
parchments or rolls on which the acts and proceedings of that body are
engrossed by the proper officer, and which constitute the records of
such public body.</cd> -- <col><b>To call the roll</b></col>, <cd>to
call off or recite a list or roll of names of persons belonging to an
organization, in order to ascertain who are present or to obtain
responses from those present.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- List; schedule; catalogue; register; inventory. See
<u>List</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Roll"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being
rolled.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roll"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes
grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the
arts.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and
broad bandage used in surgery.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>One of series of long, heavy
waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended
on a rolling cylinder; -- called also <i>roller towel</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>A cylinder coated with a
composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms
of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them.</def>
<i>W. Savage.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A long cylinder on which something is
rolled up; as, the <i>roller</i> of a man.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller
skate, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>ANy insect whose larva
rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see <u>Tortrix</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> [CF. F. <i>rollier</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the
family <i>Coraciad&aelig;</i>. The name alludes to their habit of
suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common
European species (<i>Coracias garrula</i>) has the head, neck, and
under parts light blue varied with green, the scapulars chestnut
brown, and the tail blue, green, and black. The broad-billed rollers
of India and Africa belong to the genus <i>Eurystomus</i>, as the
oriental roller (<i>E. orientalis</i>), and the Australian roller, or
dollar bird (<i>E. Pacificus</i>). The latter is dark brown on the
head and neck, sea green on the back, and bright blue on the throat,
base of the tail, and parts of the wings. It has a silvery-white spot
on the middle of each wing.</p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any species of small
ground snakes of the family <i>Tortricid&aelig;</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ground roller</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any one of
several species of Madagascar rollers belonging to <i>Atelornis</i>
and allied genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the
ground.</cd> -- <col><b>Roller bolt</b></col>, <cd>the bar in a
carriage to which the traces are attached; a whiffletree.</cd> [Eng.]
-- <col><b>Roller gin</b></col>, <cd>a cotton gin inn which rolls are
used for separating the seeds from the fiber.</cd> -- <col><b>Roller
mill</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Mill</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Roller
skate</b></col>, <cd>a skate which has small wheels in the place of
the metallic runner; -- designed for use in skating upon a smooth,
hard surface, other than ice.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Roll"ey</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Probably fr.
<i>roll</i>.] <def>A small wagon used for the underground work of a
mine.</def> <i>Tomlison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rol"lic</hw> (r&obreve;l"l&ibreve;k), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rollicked</u> (-l&ibreve;kt);
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Rollicking</u>.] [Corrupt. fr.
<i>frolic</i>, under the influence of <i>roll</i>.] <def>To move or
play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a frolicsome air; to
frolic; to sport; commonly in the form <i>rollicking</i>.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>

<p><blockquote>He described his friends as <i>rollicking</i>
blades.</blockquote> <i>T. Hook.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roll"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation;
turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a
<i>rolling</i> wheel or ball.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on
wheels or rollers; as, a <i>rolling</i> chair.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Having gradual, rounded undulations of
surface; as, a <i>rolling</i> country; <i>rolling</i> land.</def>
[U.S.]</p>

<p><col><b>Rolling bridge</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under
<u>Drawbridge</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rolling circle of a paddle
wheel</b></col>, <cd>the circle described by the point whose velocity
equals the velocity of the ship.</cd> <i>J. Bourne.</i> --
<col><b>Rolling fire</b></col> <i>(Mil.)</i>, <cd>a discharge of
firearms by soldiers in line, in quick succession, and in the order in
which they stand.</cd> -- <col><b>Rolling friction</b></col>, <cd>that
resistance to motion experienced by one body rolling upon another
which arises from the roughness or other quality of the surfaces in
contact.</cd> -- <col><b>Rolling mill</b></col>, <cd>a mill furnished
with heavy rolls, between which heated metal is passed, to form it
into sheets, rails, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Rolling press</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A machine for calendering cloth by pressure
between revolving rollers</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A printing
press with a roller, used in copperplate printing.</cd> --
<col><b>Rolling stock</b></col>, or <col><b>Rolling plant</b></col>,
<cd>the locomotives and vehicles of a railway.</cd> -- <col><b>Rolling
tackle</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>tackle used to steady the yards
when the ship rolls heavily.</cd> <i>R. H. Dana, Jr.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roll"ing-pin`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A cylindrical
piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be
rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roll"way`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A place prepared
for rolling logs into a stream.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roll"y-po`ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kind of
pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled into a cylindrical
form, and boiled or steamed.</def> -- <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Shaped
like a rolly-poly; short and stout.</def> [Written also <i>roly-
poly</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Roll"y-pool`y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol.
uncertain.] <def>A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place,
wins.</def> [Written also <i>rouly-pouly</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro"ly-po`ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & a.</i></pos> <def>Rolly-
poly.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rom"age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. & v.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rummage</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*ma"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [NGr. &?;&?;&?;&?;: cf.
F. <i>roma&iuml;que</i>. See <u>Roman</u>.] <def>Of or relating to
modern Greece, and especially to its language.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The modern Greek language, now usually
called by the Greeks <i>Hellenic</i> or <i>Neo-Hellenic</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The Greeks at the time of the capture of Constantinople were
proud of being <grk>"Romai^oi</grk>, or Romans . . . Hence the term
<i>Romaic</i> was the name given to the popular language. . . . The
Greek language is now spoken of as the Hellenic language.  <i>Encyc.
Brit.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro"man</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Romanus</i>, fr.
<i>Roma</i> Rome: cf. F. <i>romain</i>.  Cf. <u>Romaic</u>,
<u>Romance</u>, <u>Romantic</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or
pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of
Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, <i>Roman</i>
fortitude; a <i>Roman</i> aqueduct; <i>Roman</i> art.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic
religion; professing that religion.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily
used, as distinguished from <i>Italic</i> characters.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I.,
IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the
<i>Arabic</i> numerals, 1, 4, etc.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Roman alum</b></col> <i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>a cubical
potassium alum formerly obtained in large quantities from Italian
alunite, and highly valued by dyers on account of its freedom from
iron.</cd> -- <col><b>Roman balance</b></col>, <cd>a form of balance
nearly resembling the modern steelyard. See the Note under
<u>Balance</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 1.</cd> -- <col><b>Roman
candle</b></col>, <cd>a kind of firework (generally held in the hand),
characterized by the continued emission of shower of sparks, and the
ejection, at intervals, of brilliant balls or stars of fire which are
thrown upward as they become ignited.</cd> -- <col><b>Roman
Catholic</b></col>, <cd>of, pertaining to, or the religion of that
church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a <i>Roman
Catholic</i> priest; the <i>Roman Catholic</i> Church.</cd> --
<col><b>Roman cement</b></col>, <cd>a cement having the property of
hardening under water; a species of hydraulic cement.</cd> --
<col><b>Roman law</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Law</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Roman nose</b></col>, <cd>a nose somewhat aquiline.</cd> --
<col><b>Roman ocher</b></col>, <cd>a deep, rich orange color,
transparent and durable, used by artists.</cd> <i>Ure.</i> --
<col><b>Roman order</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>the composite order.
See <u>Composite</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, 2.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ro"man</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon
whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were
conferred.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Roman type, letters, or print,
collectively; -- in distinction from <i>Italics</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*mance"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>romance</i>,
<i>romant</i>, <i>romaunt</i>, OF. <i>romanz</i>, <i>romans</i>,
<i>romant</i>, <i>roman</i>, F. <i>roman</i>, <i>romance</i>, fr. LL.
<i>Romanice</i> in the Roman language, in the vulgar tongue, <i>i.
e.</i>, in the vulgar language which sprang from Latin, the language
of the Romans, and hence applied to fictitious compositions written in
this vulgar tongue; fr. L. <i>Romanicus</i> Roman, fr. <i>Romanus</i>.
See <u>Roman</u>, and cf. <u>Romanic</u>, <u>Romaunt</u>,
<u>Romansch</u>, <u>Romanza</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A species of
fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance
dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of
Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful
tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising
adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of
extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.</def> "<i>Romances</i>
that been royal."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Upon these three columns -- chivalry, gallantry, and
religion -- repose the fictions of the Middle Ages, especially those
known as <i>romances</i>. These, such as we now know them, and such as
display the characteristics above mentioned, were originally metrical,
and chiefly written by nations of the north of France.</blockquote>
<i>Hallam.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An adventure, or series of extraordinary
events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or
his life, was a <i>romance</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a
disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of
<i>romance</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The languages, or rather the several
dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and
have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the
<i>Romanic languages</i>).</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A short lyric tale set to
music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a
romanza.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Fable; novel; fiction; tale.</p>

<p><hw>Ro*mance"</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
the language or dialects known as <i>Romance</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*mance"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Romanced</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Romancing</u> (?).] <def>To write or tell romances; to indulge in
extravagant stories.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A very brave officer, but apt to
<i>romance</i>.</blockquote> <i>Walpole.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"cer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
romances.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"cist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
romancer.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Romantic.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro`man*esque"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>romanesque</i>; cf. It. <i>romanesco</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Arch.)</i> <def>Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied
sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to
the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the
12th.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to romance or fable;
fanciful.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Romanesque style</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>that which
grew up from the attempts of barbarous people to copy Roman
architecture and apply it to their own purposes. This term is loosely
applied to all the styles of Western Europe, from the fall of the
Western Roman Empire to the appearance of Gothic
architecture.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ro`man*esque"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Romanesque
style.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>Romanicus</i>.
See <u>Romance</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of
or pertaining to Rome or its people.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to any or all of the
various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old
Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese,
French, Provencal, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Related to the Roman people by descent; --
said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic
tongues.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Romanic spelling</b></col>, <cd>spelling by means of the
letters of the Roman alphabet, as in English; -- contrasted with
<i>phonetic spelling</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ro"man*ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to
Romanism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"man*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The tenets of
the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"man*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who adheres to
Romanism.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"man*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Romanized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Romanizing</u> (?).] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To Latinize; to fill
with Latin words or idioms.</def> [R.]  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To convert to the Roman Catholic
religion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"man*ize</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To use Latin words and idioms.</def> "Apishly <i>Romanizing</i>."
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To conform to Roman Catholic opinions,
customs, or modes of speech.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"man*i`zer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
Romanizes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*mansch"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Grisons
<i>rumansch</i>, <i>rumonsch</i>, <i>romonsch</i>. See
<u>Romance</u>.] <def>The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a
corruption of the Latin.</def> [Written also <i>Romansch</i>, and
<i>Rumonsch</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro*mant"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A romaunt.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.
<i>romantique</i>, fr. OF. <i>romant</i>. See <u>Romance</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to romance; involving or
resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal;
as, a <i>romantic</i> tale; a <i>romantic</i> notion; a
<i>romantic</i> undertaking.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and
impious, more absurd, and undeed <i>romantic</i>, than such a
persuasion?</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men have
represented as chimerical and <i>romantic</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Entertaining ideas and expectations suited
to a romance; as, a <i>romantic</i> person; a <i>romantic</i>
mind.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the style of the
Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the
classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style;
as, the <i>romantic</i> school of poets.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Characterized by strangeness or variety;
suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; --
applied to scenery; as, a <i>romantic</i> landscape.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious;
extravagant; wild; chimerical. See <u>Sentimental</u>.</p>

<p><col><b>The romantic drama</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Drama</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"tic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Romantic.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"tic*al*y</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a romantic
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"ti*cism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [CF. It.
<i>romanticismo</i>, F. <i>romantisme</i>, <i>romanticisme</i>.]
<def>A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities;
specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; --
applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive
certain medi&?;val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called
classical style.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from
pseudo-classicism in poetry, and to have been thus unconsciously the
founder of <i>romanticism</i>.</blockquote> <i>Lowell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"ti*cist</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
advocates romanticism in modern literature.</def>  <i>J. R.
Seeley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"tic*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>Romantically.</def> [R.]  <i>Strype.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*man"tic*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state
or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness.</def>
<i>Richardson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rom"a*ny</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gypsy <i>romano</i>,
<i>romani</i>, adj., gypsy; cf. <i>rom</i> husband.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A gypsy.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The language spoken among themselves by the
gypsies.</def> [Written also <i>Rommany</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ro*man"za</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It.] <def>See
<u>Romance</u>, 5.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*maunt"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Romance</u>.]
<def>A romantic story in verse; as, the "<i>Romaunt</i> of the
Rose."</def></p>

<p><blockquote>O, hearken, loving hearts and bold,<BR>
Unto my wild <i>romaunt</i>.</blockquote> <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rom"ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>v.& n.</i></pos> <def>Rumble.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rom*bow"line</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol.
uncertain.] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc.,
unfit for use except in chafing gear.</def> [Written also
<i>rumbowline</i>.]</p>

<p>{ <hw>Ro"me*ine</hw> (?), <hw>Ro"me*ite</hw> (?), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rom&eacute;ine</i>. So calledafter the
French mineralogist <i>Rom&eacute;</i> L'Isle.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A
mineral of a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in square
octahedrons. It is an antimonate of calcium.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rome"kin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [CF. <u>Rummer</u>.]
<def>A drinking cup.</def> [Written also <i>romkin</i>.] [Obs.]
<i>Halliwell.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rome" pen`ny</hw> (?), or <hw>Rome" scot`</hw> (?) }.
<def>See <i>Peter pence</i>, under <u>Peter</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rome"ward</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Toward Rome, or
toward the Roman Catholic Church.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rome"ward</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Tending or directed
toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To analyze the crisis in its Anglican rather than in
its <i>Romeward</i> aspect.</blockquote> <i>Gladstone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rom"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A method of notation
for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr. Sweet; -- so called because it
is based on the common <i>Roman</i>-letter alphabet. It is like the
pal&aelig;otype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan, but
simpler.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rom"ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Belonging or
relating to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic Church; -- frequently used
in a disparaging sense; as, the <i>Romish</i> church; the
<i>Romish</i> religion, ritual, or ceremonies.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rom"ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A Roman Catholic.</def>
[R.]  <i>South.</i></p>

<p><hw>Romp</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Romped</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Romping</u>.] [A variant of <i>ramp</i>. See <u>Ramp</u> to leap,
<u>Rampallian</u>.] <def>To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and
frisk about in play.</def></p>

<p><hw>Romp</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A girl
who indulges in boisterous play.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1250 !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rude, boisterous play or frolic; rough
sport.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>While <i>romp</i>-loving miss<BR>
Is hauled about in gallantry robust.</blockquote> <i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Romp"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Inclined to romp;
indulging in romps.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A little <i>romping</i> girl from boarding
school.</blockquote> <i>W. Irving.</i></p>

<p><hw>Romp"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a romping
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Romp"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Given to rude play;
inclined to romp.</def></p>

<p>--- <wf>Romp"ish</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Romp"ish*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rom"pu</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>rompu</i>, p. p.
of <i>rompre</i> to breeak, L. <i>rumpere</i>. See <u>Rupture</u>.]
<i>(Her.)</i> <def>Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the
top, as a chevron, a bend, or the like.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ron`ca*dor"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp., a snorer, fr.
<i>roncar</i> to snore. So called in allusion to the grunting noise
made by them on being taken from the water. ] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Any one of several species of California sci&aelig;noid food
fishes, especially <i>Roncador Stearnsi</i>, which is an excellent
market fish, and the red roncador (<i>Corvina, or Johnius,
saturna</i>).</def></p>

<p><hw>Ron"chil</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Sp.
<i>ronquillo</i> slightly hoarse.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An
American marine food fish (<i>Bathymaster signatus</i>) of the North
Pacific coast, allied to the tilefish.</def> [Written also
<i>ronquil</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ron"co</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp. <i>ronco</i>
hoarse.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>See <u>Croaker</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>.</def> [Texas]</p>

<p><hw>||Ron`dache"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Anc.
Armor.)</i> <def>A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ronde</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Print.)</i>
<def>A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright,
giving the characters when taken together a round look.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ron*deau"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. See
<u>Roundel</u>.] [Written also <i>rondo</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or
repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number
of rhymes recurring also by rule.</def></p>

<p>&fist; When the <i>rondeau</i> was called the <i>rondel</i> it was
mostly written in fourteen octosyllabic lines of two rhymes, as in the
<i>rondels</i> of Charles d'Orleans. . . . In the 17th century the
approved form of the <i>rondeau</i> was a structure of thirteen verses
with a refrain.  <i>Encyc. Brit.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>See <u>Rondo</u>,
1.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ron"del</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Rondeau</u>,
<u>Roundel</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A small round
tower erected at the foot of a bastion.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [F.] <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Same as
<u>Rondeau</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Specifically, a
particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes,
the refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the
seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth.</def>
<i>E. W. Gosse.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ron`de*le"ti*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. So named
after William <i>Rondelet</i>, a French naturalist.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant
flowers.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ron"dle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Rondel</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A rondeau.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A round mass, plate, or disk; especially
<i>(Metal.)</i>, the crust or scale which forms upon the surface of
molten metal in the crucible.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ron"do</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>rond&ograve;</i>,
fr. F. <i>rondeau</i>. See <u>Rondeau</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a
lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after
each of the other strains.</def> "The <i>Rondo</i>-form was the
earliest and most frequent definite mold for musical construction."
<i>Grove.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Poetry)</i> <def>See <u>Rondeau</u>,
1.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ron"dure</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rondeur</i>
roundness.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A round; a circle.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Roundness; plumpness.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>High-kirtled for the chase, and what was shown<BR>
Of maiden <i>rondure</i>, like the rose half-blown.</blockquote>
<i>Lowell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rong</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Ring</u>.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rong</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rung (of a ladder).</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ron`geur"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr.
<i>ronger</i> to gnaw.] <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>An instrument for removing
small rough portions of bone.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ron"ion</hw>, <hw>Ron"yon</hw>  } (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>rogne</i> scab, mange.] <def>A mangy or scabby
creature.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>"Aroint thee, with!" the rump-fed <i>ronyon</i>
cries.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ron"ne</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>obs. imp. pl.</i></pos></def>,
and <hw>Ron"nen</hw> (&?;), <def><pos><i>obs. p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Renne</u>, to run.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ront</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Runt</u>.] <def>A
runt.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rood</hw> (r&oomac;d), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>r&omacr;d</i> a cross; akin to OS. <i>r&omacr;da</i>, D.
<i>roede</i> rod, G. <i>ruthe</i>, <i>rute</i>, OHG. <i>ruota</i>.
Cf. <u>Rod</u> a measure.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A representation in
sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on
it.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an
elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his head, and holding
the cross on which the Son is represented as crucified, the Holy
Spirit descending in the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures
of the Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the principal
figures.</p>

<p><blockquote>Savior, in thine image seen<BR>
Bleeding on that precious <i>rood</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Wordsworth.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A measure of five and a half yards in
length; a rod; a perch; a pole.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The fourth part of an acre, or forty square
rods.</def></p>

<p><col><b>By the rood</b></col>, <cd>by the cross; -- a phrase
formerly used in swearing.</cd> "No, <i>by the rood</i>, not so."
<i>Shak.</i> -- <col><b>Rood beam</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>a beam
across the chancel of a church, supporting the rood.</cd> --
<col><b>Rood loft</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>a loft or gallery, in
a church, on which the rood and its appendages were set up to
view.</cd> <i>Gwilt.</i> -- <col><b>Rood screen</b></col>
<i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>a screen, between the choir and the body of the
church, over which the rood was placed.</cd> <i>Fairholt.</i> --
<col><b>Rood tower</b></col> <i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>a tower at the
intersection of the nave and transept of a church; -- when crowned
with a spire it was called also <i>rood steeple</i>.</cd>
<i>Weale.</i> -- <col><b>Rood tree</b></col>, <cd>the cross.</cd>
[Obs.] "Died upon the <i>rood tree</i>." <i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roo"de*bok</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [D. <i>rood</i> red +
<i>bok</i> buck.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The pallah.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rood"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rank in
growth.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Roof</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rof</i>, AS.
<i>hr&?;f</i> top, roof; akin to D. <i>roef</i> cabin, Icel.
<i>hr&?;f</i> a shed under which ships are built or kept; cf. OS.
<i>hr&?;st</i> roof, Goth. <i>hr&?;t</i>.  Cf. <u>Roost</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>The cover of any building,
including the roofing (see <u>Roofing</u>) and all the materials and
construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls
or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings
protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the
<i>roof</i>, and the outer protection the <i>roof mask</i>. It is
better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases
where it has farther covering.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which resembles, or corresponds to,
the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the <i>roof</i> of a
cavern; the <i>roof</i> of the mouth.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The flowery <i>roof</i><BR>
Showered roses, which the morn repaired.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mining.)</i> <def>The surface or bed of rock
immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Bell roof</b></col>, <col><b>French roof</b></col>,
<cd>etc. <i>(Arch.)</i> See under <u>Bell</u>, <u>French</u>,
etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Flat roof</b></col>. <i>(Arch.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A roof actually horizontal and level, as in
some Oriental buildings</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>A roof nearly
horizontal, constructed of such material as allows the water to run
off freely from a very slight inclination.</cd> -- <col><b>Roof
plate</b></col>. <i>(Arch.)</i> <cd>See <u>Plate</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 10.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Roof</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roofed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Roofing</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cover with a
roof.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that
have not been <i>roofed</i> with vaults or arches.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To inclose in a house; figuratively, to
shelter.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Here had we now our country's honor
<i>roofed</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roof"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who puts on
roofs.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roof"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of covering with a roof.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The materials of which a roof is composed;
materials for a roof.</def>  <i>Gwilt.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, the roof itself; figuratively,
shelter.</def> "Fit <i>roofing</i> gave."  <i>Southey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>The wedging, as of a horse
or car, against the top of an underground passage.</def>
<i>Raymond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roof"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Having no roof; as, a <i>roofless</i> house.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having no house or home; shelterless;
homeless.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roof"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A small roof,
covering, or shelter.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roof"tree`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The beam in the
angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the
<i>rooftree</i> fall.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roof`y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having roofs.</def>
[R.]  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rook</hw> (r&oocr;k), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Mist; fog. See
<u>Roke</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rook</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To squat; to
ruck.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rook</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>roc</i> (cf. Sp.
<i>roque</i>), fr. Per. & Ar. <i>rokh</i>, or <i>rukh</i>, the rook or
castle at chess, also the bird <i>roc</i> (in this sense perhaps a
different word); cf. Hind. <i>rath</i> a war chariot, the castle at
chess, Skr. <i>ratha</i> a car, a war car.  Cf. <u>Roll</u>.]
<i>(Chess)</i> <def>One of the four pieces placed on the corner
squares of the board; a castle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rook</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hr&omacr;c</i>; akin to
OHG. <i>hruoh</i>, <i>ruoh</i>, <i>ruoho</i>, Icel.
<i>hr&omacr;kr</i>, Sw. <i>roka</i>, Dan. raage; cf. Goth.
<i>hrukjan</i> to crow.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A
European bird (<i>Corvus frugilegus</i>) resembling the crow, but
smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of
the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous
skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits.
The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>The rook</i> . . . should be treated as the farmer's
friend.</blockquote> <i>Pennant.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a
sharper.</def>  <i>Wycherley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rook</hw>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rooked</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rooking</u>.] <def>To cheat; to defraud by cheating.</def> "A band
of <i>rooking</i> officials."  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rook"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rookeries</b></plw> (&?;). <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves.</def>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A breeding place of other gregarious birds,
as of herons, penguins, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the
fur seals.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A dilapidated building with many rooms and
occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A brothel.</def> [Low]</p>

<p><hw>Rook"y</hw> (-&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Roky</u>.] <def>Misty; gloomy.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Light thickens, and the crow<BR>
Makes wing to the <i>rooky</i> wood.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>&fist; Some make this Shakespearean word mean "abounding in
rooks."</p>

<p><hw>Room</hw> (r&oomac;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>roum</i>,
<i>rum</i>, space, AS. <i>r&umacr;m</i>; akin to OS., OFries. & Icel.
<i>r&umacr;m</i>, D. <i>ruim</i>, G. <i>raum</i>, OHG.
<i>r&umacr;m</i>, Sw. & Dan. <i>rum</i>, Goth. <i>r&umacr;ms</i>, and
to AS. <i>r&umacr;m</i>, adj., spacious, D. <i>ruim</i>, Icel.
<i>r&umacr;mr</i>, Goth. <i>r&umacr;ms</i>; and prob. to L. <i>rus</i>
country (cf. <u>Rural</u>), Zend <i>rava&ndot;h</i> wide, free, open,
<i>ravan</i> a plain.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Unobstructed spase;
space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass;
extent of place, great or small; as, there is not <i>room</i> for a
house; the table takes up too much <i>room</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there
is <i>room</i>.</blockquote> <i>Luke xiv. 22.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>There was no <i>room</i> for them in the
inn.</blockquote> <i>Luke ii. 7.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A particular portion of space appropriated
for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give
it for the best <i>room</i> in a playhouse.</blockquote>
<i>Overbury.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not
down in the highest <i>room</i>.</blockquote> <i>Luke xiv. 8.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Especially, space in a building or ship
inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or
chamber.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I found the prince in the next
<i>room</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Place or position in society; office; rank;
post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied
by, another, and vacated.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the
<i>room</i> of his father Herod.</blockquote> <i>Matt. ii. 22.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Neither that I look for a higher <i>room</i> in
heaven.</blockquote> <i>Tyndale.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Let Bianca take her sister's <i>room</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Possibility of admission; ability to admit;
opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave <i>room</i> for
hope.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There was no prince in the empire who had <i>room</i>
for such an alliance.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Room and space</b></col> <i>(Shipbuilding)</i>, <cd>the
distance from one side of a rib to the corresponding side of the next
rib; <i>space</i> being the distance between two ribs, in the clear,
and <i>room</i> the width of a rib.</cd> -- <col><b>To give
room</b></col>, <cd>to withdraw; to leave or provide space unoccupied
for others to pass or to be seated.</cd> -- <col><b>To make
room</b></col>, <cd>to open a space, way, or passage; to remove
obstructions; to give room.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Make room</i>, and let him stand before our
face.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i>
</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Space; compass; scope; latitude.</p>

<p><hw>Room</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roomed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rooming</u>.] <def>To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they
arranged to <i>room</i> together.</def></p>

<p><hw>Room</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&umacr;m</i>.]
<def>Spacious; roomy.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>No <i>roomer</i> harbour in the place.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Room"age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Room</u>. CF.
<u>Rummage</u>.] <def>Space; place; room.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Sir H.
Wotton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Room"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A lodger.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Room"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> [See <u>Room</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>At a greater distance; farther off.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Sir J. Harrington.</i></p>

<p><hw>Room"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Abounding with
room or rooms; roomy.</def> "A <i>roomful</i> house." [R.]
<i>Donne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Room"ful</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Roomfuls</b></plw> (&?;). <def>As much or many as a room will
hold; as, a <i>roomful</i> of men.</def>  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Room"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>Spaciously.</def></p>

<p><hw>Room"i*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the <i>roominess</i> of a
hall.</def></p>

<p><hw>Room"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Being without room or
rooms.</def>  <i>Udall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Room"mate`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One of twe or
more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of
a room or rooms; a chum.</def></p>

<p><hw>Room"some</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Roomy.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roomth</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Room; space.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roomth"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Roomy;
spacious.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Room"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having ample room;
spacious; large; as, a <i>roomy</i> mansion; a <i>roomy</i>
deck.</def>  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roon</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> <def>Vermilion red;
red.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Her face was like the lily <i>roon</i>.</blockquote>
<i>J. R. Drake.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roop</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Roup</u>.</def>
[Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p>{ <hw>Roor"back</hw>, <hw>Roor"bach</hw>  } (?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A defamatory forgery or falsehood published
for purposes of political intrigue.</def> [U.S.]</p>

<p>&fist; The word originated in the election canvass of 1844, when
such a forgery was published, to the detriment of James K. Polk, a
candidate for President, purporting to be an extract from the "Travels
of Baron <i>Roorbach</i>."</p>

<p><hw>Roo"sa oil`</hw> (?). <def>The East Indian name for grass oil.
See under <u>Grass</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roost</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Roast.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roost</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Roust</u>,
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Roost</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hr&omacr;st</i>; akin
to OD. <i>roest</i> roost, <i>roesten</i> to roost, and probably to E.
<i>roof</i>.  Cf. <u>Roof</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The pole or
other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He clapped his wings upon his
<i>roost</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A collection of fowls roosting
together.</def></p>

<p><col><b>At roost</b></col>, <cd>on a perch or roost; hence, retired
to rest.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Roost</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roosted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Roosting</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To sit, rest, or sleep, as
fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.</def>
<i>Wordsworth.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to
sleep.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,<BR>
O, let me <i>roost</i> and nestle there.</blockquote>
<i>Herbert.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roost"cock`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The male of the
domestic fowl; a cock.</def> [Prov. Eng.]  <i>Halliwell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roost"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The male of the
domestic fowl; a cock.</def> [U.S.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Nor, when they [the Skinners and Cow Boys] wrung the
neck of a <i>rooster</i>, did they trouble their heads whether he
crowed for Congress or King George.</blockquote> <i>W. Irving.</i></p>

<p><hw>Root</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>wr&omacr;tan</i>; akin to <i>wr&omacr;t</i> a snout, trunk, D.
<i>wroeten</i> to root, G. <i>r&uuml;ssel</i> snout, trunk, proboscis,
Icel. <i>r&omacr;ta</i> to root, and perhaps to L. <i>rodere</i> to
gnaw (E. <i>rodent</i>) or to E. <i>root</i>, n.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by
low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely.</def></p>

<p><hw>Root</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To turn up or to dig
out with the snout; as, the swine <i>roots</i> the earth.</def></p>

<p><hw>Root</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Icel. <i>r&omacr;t</i> (for
<i>vr&omacr;t</i>); akin to E. <i>wort</i>, and perhaps to <i>root</i>
to turn up the earth. See <u>Wort</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The underground portion of a
plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the
potato, the onion, or the sweet flag.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant,
increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into
joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix
the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble
matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future
growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be
attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the
air, as in some epiphytic orchids.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1251 !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>An edible or esculent root, especially of
such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as,
the <i>root</i> crop.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which resembles a root in position or
function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which
anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the <i>root</i>
of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an
early race; a stem.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They were the <i>roots</i> out of which sprang two
distinct people.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A primitive form of speech; one of the
earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are
formed; a radix, or radical.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The cause
or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source.</def> "She
herself . . . is <i>root</i> of bounty."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The love of money is a <i>root</i> of all kinds of
evil.</blockquote> <i>1 Tim. vi. 10 (rev. Ver.)</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>That factor of a quantity
which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3
is a <i>root</i> of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3
is the cube <i>root</i> of 27.</def> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <i>(Mus.)</i>
<def>The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics,
or overtones, a chord is composed.</def>  <i>Busby.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>The lowest place, position, or part.</def>
"Deep to the <i>roots</i> of hell." <i>Milton.</i>  "The <i>roots</i>
of the mountains." <i>Southey.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Astrol.)</i> <def>The time which to reckon
in making calculations.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When a <i>root</i> is of a birth yknowe
[known].</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><col><b>A&euml;rial roots</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>Small roots emitted from the stem of a plant
in the open air, which, attaching themselves to the bark of trees,
etc., serve to support the plant.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Large
roots growing from the stem, etc., which descend and establish
themselves in the soil. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Mangrove</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Multiple primary root</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a name
given to the numerous roots emitted from the radicle in many plants,
as the squash.</cd> -- <col><b>Primary root</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>,
<cd>the central, first-formed, main root, from which the rootlets are
given off.</cd> -- <col><b>Root and branch</b></col>, <cd>every part;
wholly; completely; as, to destroy an error <i>root and
branch</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Root-and-branch men</b></col>, <cd>radical
reformers; -- a designation applied to the English Independents
(1641). See Citation under <u>Radical</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>,
2.</cd> -- <col><b>Root barnacle</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>one of the Rhizocephala.</cd> -- <col><b>Root hair</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>one of the slender, hairlike fibers found on the
surface of fresh roots. They are prolongations of the superficial
cells of the root into minute tubes.</cd> <i>Gray.</i> -- <col><b>Root
leaf</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a radical leaf.</cd> See
<u>Radical</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, 3 <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>. --
<col><b>Root louse</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any plant louse,
or aphid, which lives on the roots of plants, as the Phylloxera of the
grapevine.</cd> See <u>Phylloxera</u>. -- <col><b>Root of an
equation</b></col> <i>(Alg.)</i>, <cd>that value which, substituted
for the unknown quantity in an equation, satisfies the equation.</cd>
-- <col><b>Root of a nail</b></col> <sd><i>(Anat.)</i></sd>, <cd>the
part of a nail which is covered by the skin.</cd> -- <col><b>Root of a
tooth</b></col> <i>(Anat.)</i>, <cd>the part of a tooth contained in
the socket and consisting of one or more fangs.</cd> --
<col><b>Secondary roots</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>roots emitted
from any part of the plant above the radicle.</cd> -- <col><b>To
strike root</b></col>, <col><b>To take root</b></col>, <cd>to send
forth roots; to become fixed in the earth, etc., by a root; hence, in
general, to become planted, fixed, or established; to increase and
spread; as, an opinion <i>takes root</i>.</cd>  "The bended twigs
<i>take root</i>." <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Root</hw> (r&oomac;t), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rooted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rooting</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To fix the root; to enter the
earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In deep grounds the weeds <i>root</i>
deeper.</blockquote> <i>Mortimer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be firmly fixed; to be
established.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause
misappehensions, he gave them not leave to <i>root</i> and fasten by
concealment.</blockquote> <i>Bp. Fell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Root</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant
firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly
in the participle; as, <i>rooted</i> trees or forests; <i>rooted</i>
dislike.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to
extirpate; -- with <i>up</i>, <i>out</i>, or <i>away</i>.</def> "I
will go <i>root</i> away the noisome weeds."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The Lord <i>rooted</i> them out of their land . . . and
cast them into another land.</blockquote> <i>Deut. xxix. 28.</i></p>

<p><hw>Root"cap`</hw> (r&oomac;t"k&abreve;p`), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A mass of parenchymatous cells which covers and
protects the growing cells at the end of a root; a
pileorhiza.</def></p>

<p><hw>Root"ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having taken root;
firmly implanted; fixed in the heart.</def> "A <i>rooted</i> sorrow."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Root"ed*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Root"ed*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rooter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.</def></p>

<p><hw>Root"er*y</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A pile of roots, set
with plants, mosses, etc., and used as an ornamental object in
gardening.</def></p>

<p><hw>Root"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of
roots.</def></p>

<p><hw>Root"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A radicle; a
little root.</def></p>

<p><hw>Root"stock`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
perennial underground stem, producing leafly s&?;ems or flower stems
from year to year; a rhizome.</def></p>

<p><hw>Root"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of roots; as,
<i>rooty</i> ground.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*pal"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rhopalic</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&amacr;p</i>; akin
to D. <i>reep</i>, G. <i>reif</i> ring hoop, Icel. <i>reip</i> rope,
Sw. <i>rep</i>, Dan. <i>reb</i>, <i>reeb</i> Goth. skauda<i>raip</i>
latchet.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A large, stout cord, usually one not
less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided
together. It differs from <i>cord</i>, <i>line</i>, and <i>string</i>,
only in its size. See <u>Cordage</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A row or string consisting of a number of
things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a <i>rope</i> of
onions.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>The small intestines; as, the
<i>ropes</i> of birds.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rope ladder</b></col>, <cd>a ladder made of ropes.</cd> --
<col><b>Rope mat</b></col>., <cd>a mat made of cordage, or strands of
old rope.</cd> -- <col><b>Rope of sand</b></col>, <cd>something of no
cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied
upon.</cd> -- <col><b>Rope pump</b></col>, <cd>a pump in which a
rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated
to the water by its adhesion to the rope.</cd> -- <col><b>Rope
transmission</b></col> <i>(Mach.)</i>, <cd>a method of transmitting
power, as between distant places, by means of endless ropes running
over grooved pulleys.</cd> -- <col><b>Rope's end</b></col>, <cd>a
piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash in inflicting
punishment.</cd> -- <col><b>To give one rope</b></col>, <cd>to give
one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rope</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roped</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Roping</u>.] <def>To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend
into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive
quality.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Let us not hang like <i>roping</i>icicles<BR>
Upon our houses' thatch.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rope</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to <i>rope</i> a bale of
goods.</def> Hence: --</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To connect or fasten together, as a party
of mountain climbers, with a rope.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To partition, separate, or divide off, by
means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to <i>rope
in</i>, <i>or rope</i> off, a plot of ground; to <i>rope</i> out a
crowd.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To lasso (a steer, horse).</def> [Colloq.
U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to
inveigle; to decoy; as, to <i>rope in customers or voters</i>.</def>
[Slang, U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To prevent from winning (as a horse), by
pulling or curbing.</def> [Racing Slang, Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Rope"band`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A
small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the
sail to the spar.</def> [Written also <i>roband</i>, and
<i>robbin</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rope"dan`cer</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through
the air at some height.</def> -- <wf>Rope"dan`cing</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rop"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
maker of ropes.</def>  <i>P. Plowman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who ropes goods; a packer.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One fit to be hanged.</def> [Old Slang]
<i>Douce.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rop"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A place where ropes are made.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Tricks deserving the halter; roguery.</def>
[Obs.] "Saucy merchant . . . so full of his <i>ropery</i>."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rope's"-end`</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To punish
with a rope's end.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rope"walk`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>A long, covered
walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are
manufactured.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rope"walk`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
ropedancer.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rope"-yarn`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>the yarn or
thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rop"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a ropy
manner; in a viscous or glutinous manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rop"i*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Quality of being
ropy; viscosity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rop"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat
ropy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rop"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>capable of being
drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous;
tenacious; glutinous; as <i>ropy</i> sirup; <i>ropy</i>
lees.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roq"ue*laure</hw> (?; 277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.; so called
after Duc de <i>Roquelaure</i>, in the reign of Louis XIV.] <def>A
cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th
century.</def> [Written also <i>roquelo</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro*quet"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain]
<i>(Croquet)</i> <def>To hit, as another's ball, with one's own
ball.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*quet"</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To hit another's
ball with one's own.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ros</i>,
<i>roris</i>, dew.] <def>Of or pertaining to dew; consisting of dew;
dewy.</def> [R.]  <i>M. Green.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*ra"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>roratio</i>,
fr.  <i>rorare</i> to drop dew, fr. <i>ros</i> dew.] <def>A falling of
dew.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro"ric</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ros</i>,
<i>roris</i>, dew.] <def>Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew;
dewy.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Roric figures</b></col> <i>(Physics)</i>, <cd>figures which
appear upon a polished surface, as glass, when objects which have been
near to, or in contact with, the surface are removed and the surface
breathed upon; -- called also <i>Moser's images</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ro"rid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>roridus</i>, fr.
<i>ros</i>, <i>roris</i>, dew.] <def>Dewy; bedewed.</def> [R.]  <i>T.
Granger.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*rif"er*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rorifer</i>; <i>ros</i>, <i>roris</i>, dew + <i>ferre</i> to bear:
cf. F. <i>rorif&egrave;re</i>.] <def>generating or producing
dew.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro*rif"lu*ent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ros</i>,
<i>roris</i>, dew + <i>fluens</i>, p. pr. of <i>fluere</i> to flow.]
<def>Flowing with dew.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ror"qual</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Norw. <i>rorqualus</i>
a whale with folds.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A very large North
Atlantic whalebone whale (<i>Physalus antiquorum</i>, or
<i>Bal&aelig;noptera physalus</i>). It has a dorsal fin, and strong
longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also
<i>razorback</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; It is one of the largest of the whales, somethimes becoming
nearly one hundred feet long, but it is more slender than the right
whales, and is noted for its swiftness. The name is sometimes applied
to other related species of finback whales.</p>

<p><hw>Ro"ru*lent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rorulentus</i>, from <i>ros</i>, <i>roris</i>, dew.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Full of, or abounding in, dew.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having the surface
appearing as if dusty, or covered with fine dew.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ros</i>,
<i>roris</i>, dew.] <def>Dewy.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>And shook his wings with <i>rory</i> May-dew
wet.</blockquote> <i>Fairfax.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*sa"ceous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rosaceus</i>,
fr. <i>rosa</i> rose.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
(<i>Rosace&aelig;</i>) of which the rose is the type. It includes also
the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the
hawthorn, applies, pears, service trees, and quinces.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a
<i>rosaceous</i> corolla.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of a pure purpish pink color.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*sac"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See
<u>Rosaceous</u>.] <i>(Old med. Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or
designating, an acid (called also <i>lithic acid</i>) found in certain
red precipitates of urine. See <u>Uric</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro*sal"gar</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>realgar.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ro*sa"li*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rosalie</i>.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A form of melody in which a phrase
or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step
higher; a melodic sequence.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros*an"i*line</hw> (? or ?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rose</i>
+ <i>aniline</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A complex nitrogenous base,
C<sub>20</sub>H<sub>21</sub>N<sub>3</sub>O, obtained by oxidizing a
mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystalline substance
which forms red salts. These salts are essential components of many of
the socalled aniline dyes, as <i>fuchsine</i>, <i>aniline red</i>,
etc. By extension, any one of the series of substances derived from,
or related to, rosaniline proper.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*sa"ri*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A cultivator of
roses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"sa*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rosaries</b></plw> (#). [LL. <i>rosarium</i> a string of
beads, L. <i>rosarium</i> a place planted with roses, <i>rosa</i> a
rose: cf. F. <i>rosaire</i>. See <u>Rose</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.</def> "Thick
<i>rosaries</i> of scented thorn."  <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(R.C.Ch.)</i> <def>A series of prayers (see
Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string
of beads by which the prayers are counted.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His idolized book, and the whole <i>rosary</i> of his
prayers.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p>&fist; A <i>rosary</i> consists of fifteen decades. Each decade
contains ten <i>Ave Marias</i> marked by small beads, preceded by a
<i>Paternoster</i>, marked by a larger bead, and concluded by a
<i>Gloria Patri</i>. Five decades make a <i>chaplet</i>, a third part
of the rosary.  <i>Bp. Fitzpatrick.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A chapelet; a garland; a series or
collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary
selections.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Every day propound to yourself a <i>rosary</i> or
chaplet of good works to present to God at night.</blockquote> <i>Jer.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A coin bearing the figure of a rose,
fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a
penny.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rosary shell</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any marine
gastropod shell of the genus <i>Monodonta</i>. They are top-shaped,
bright-colored and pearly.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ros"cid</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>roscidus</i>, fr.
<i>ros</i>, <i>roris</i>, dew.] <def>Containing, or consisting of,
dew; dewy.</def> [R.]  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ros"coe*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From an English
chemist, H.E. <i>Roscoe</i> + <i>-lite</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A
green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially
a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of
<u>Rise</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rose</i>, L.
<i>rosa</i>, probably akin to Gr. &?;, Armor. <i>vard</i>, OPer.
<i>vareda</i>; and perhaps to E. <i>wort</i>: cf. F. <i>rose</i>, from
the Latin.  Cf. <u>Copperas</u>, <u>Rhododendron</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A flower and shrub of any species of the genus
<i>Rosa</i>, of which there are many species, mostly found in the
morthern hemispere</def></p>

<p>&fist; Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually prickly
stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild state have five petals
of a color varying from deep pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By
cultivation and hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased
and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many distinct classes of
roses have been formed, as the <i>Banksia</i>, <i>Baurbon</i>,
<i>Boursalt</i>, <i>China</i>, <i>Noisette</i>, <i>hybrid
perpetual</i>, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly every
class.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose
knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe.</def>  <i>Sha.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A rose window. See <i>Rose
window</i>, below.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout,
etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer
at the foot of a pump.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>The erysipelas.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>The card of the mariner's compass; also, a
circular card with radiating lines, used in other
instruments.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>The color of a rose; rose-red;
pink.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>A diamond. See <i>Rose diamond</i>,
below.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Cabbage rose</b></col>, <col><b>China rose</b></col>,
<cd>etc. See under <u>Cabbage</u>, <u>China</u>, etc.</cd> --
<col><b>Corn rose</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See <i>Corn poppy</i>,
under <u>Corn</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Infantile rose</b></col>
<i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a variety of roseola.</cd> -- <col><b>Jamaica
rose</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Jamaica</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rose acacia</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a low American
leguminous shrub (<i>Robinia hispida</i>) with handsome clusters of
rose-colored blossoms.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose aniline</b></col>.
<i>(Chem.)</i> <cd>Same as <u>Rosaniline</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose
apple</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the fruit of the tropical
myrtaceous tree <i>Eugenia Jambos</i>. It is an edible berry an inch
or more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong roselike
perfume.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose beetle</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle
(<i>Macrodactylus subspinosus</i>), which eats the leaves of various
plants, and is often very injurious to rosebushes, apple trees,
grapevines, etc. Called also <i>rose bug</i>, and <i>rose
chafer</i>.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The European chafer.</cd> --
<col><b>Rose bug</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>same as <i>Rose
beetle</i>, <i>Rose chafer</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose burner</b></col>,
<cd>a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped flame.</cd> --
<col><b>Rose camphor</b></col> <i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>a solid odorless
substance which separates from rose oil.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose
campion</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Campion</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rose catarrh</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>rose cold.</cd> --
<col><b>Rose chafer</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A common European beetle (<i>Cetonia aurata</i>) which is often
very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also <i>rose beetle</i>, and
<i>rose fly</i>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> The rose beetle
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose cold</b></col>
<i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a variety of hay fever, sometimes attributed to the
inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See <i>Hay fever</i>, under
<u>Hay</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose color</b></col>, <cd>the color of a
rose; pink; hence, a beautiful hue or appearance; fancied beauty,
attractiveness, or promise.</cd> <! p. 1252 !> -- <col><b>Rose de
Pompadour</b></col>, <col><b>Rose du Barry</b></col>, <cd>names
succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S&egrave;vres
porcelain.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose diamond</b></col>, <cd>a diamond, one
side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular
facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top.  Cf.
<u>Brilliant</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd> -- <col><b>Rose
ear</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Ear</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose
elder</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the Guelder-rose.</cd> --
<col><b>Rose engine</b></col>, <cd>a machine, or an appendage to a
turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved
with a variety of curved lines.</cd> <i>Craig.</i> -- <col><b>Rose
family</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>the <i>Rosece&aelig;</i>.</cd> See
<u>Rosaceous</u>. -- <col><b>Rose fever</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>,
<cd>rose cold.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose fly</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>,
<cd>a rose betle, or rose chafer.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose gall</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any gall found on rosebushes.</cd> See
<u>Bedeguar</u>. -- <col><b>Rose knot</b></col>, <cd>a ribbon, or
other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette.</cd> --
<col><b>Rose lake</b></col>, <col><b>Rose madder</b></col>, <cd>a rich
tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy
basis.</cd> <i>Fairholt.</i> -- <col><b>Rose mallow</b></col>.
<i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A name of several malvaceous
plants of the genus <i>Hibiscus</i>, with large rose-colored
flowers.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>the hollyhock</cd>. --
<col><b>Rose nail</b></col>, <cd>a nail with a convex, faceted
head.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose noble</b></col>, <cd>an ancient English
gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the
reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d.</cd> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i>
-- <col><b>Rose of China</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See <i>China
rose</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>, under <u>China</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose
of Jericho</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a Syrian cruciferous plant
(<i>Anastatica Hierochuntica</i>) which rolls up when dry, and expands
again when moistened; -- called also <i>resurrection plant</i>.</cd> -
- <col><b>Rose of Sharon</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>an ornamental
malvaceous shrub (<i>Hibiscus Syriacus</i>). In the Bible the name is
used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or
possibly the great lotus flower.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose oil</b></col>
<i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>the yellow essential oil extracted from various
species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of
roses.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose pink</b></col>, <cd>a pigment of a rose
color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood
and alum; also, the color of the pigment.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose
quartz</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>a variety of quartz which is rose-
red.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose rash</b></col>. <i>(Med.)</i> <cd>Same as
<u>Roseola</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose slug</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the small green larva of a black sawfly
(<i>Selandria ros&aelig;</i>).  These larv&aelig; feed in groups on
the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and
very destructive.</cd> -- <col><b>Rose window</b></col>
<i>(Arch.)</i>, <cd>a circular window filled with ornamental tracery.
Called also <i>Catherine wheel</i>, and <i>marigold window</i>.  Cf.
<i>wheel window</i>, under <u>Wheel</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Summer
rose</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i>, <cd>a variety of roseola. See
<u>Roseola</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Under the rose</b></col> [a
translation of L. <i>sub rosa</i>], <cd>in secret; privately; in a
manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients
the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that
nothing there said was to be divulged.</cd> -- <col><b>Wars of the
Roses</b></col> <i>(Eng. Hist.)</i>, <cd>feuds between the Houses of
York and Lancaster, the <i>white rose</i> being the badge of the House
of York, and the <i>red rose</i> of the House of Lancaster.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rose</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush.</def> [Poetic] "A
maid yet <i>rosed</i> over with the virgin crimson of modesty."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To perfume, as with roses.</def> [Poetic]
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro"se*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>roseus</i>, fr.
<i>rosa</i> a rose.] <def>resembling a rose in smell or color.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Sir T. Elyot.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro"se*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. L. <i>roseus</i>,
<i>rosatus</i>, prepared from roses. See <u>Roseal</u>, <u>Rose</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Full of roses; rosy; as, <i>roseate</i>
bowers.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>resembling a rose in color or fragrance;
esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, <i>roseate</i> beauty; her
<i>roseate</i> lips.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Roseate tern</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>an American
and European tern (<i>Sterna Dougalli</i>) whose breast is roseate in
the breeding season.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rose"bay`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>the oleander.</def> [Obs.]
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Any shrub of the genus
<i>Rhododendron</i>.</def> [U.S.] <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>An herb
(<i>Epilobium spicatum</i>) with showy purple flowers, common in
Europe and North America; -- called also <i>great willow
herb</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"bud`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The flower of a
rose before it opens, or when but partially open.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"bush`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The bush or
shrub which bears roses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"-col`ored</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of
a delicate pink color.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly
fine or pleasing; alluring; as, <i>rose-colored</i>
anticipations.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"-cut`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Cut flat on the
reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -
- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See <i>Rose diamond</i>,
under <u>Rose</u>.  Cf. <u>Brilliant</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"drop`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
lozenge having a rose flavor.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A kind of earring.</def>
<i>Simmonds.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A ruddy eruption upon the
nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"finch</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera
<i>Carpodacus</i>, and <i>Propasser</i>, and allied genera, in which
the male is more or less colored with rose red.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"fish`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A large marine scorp&aelig;noid food fish (<i>Sebastes
marinus</i>) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America.
called also <i>red perch</i>, <i>hemdurgan</i>, <i>Norway haddok</i>,
and also, erroneously, <i>snapper</i>, <i>bream</i>, and
<i>bergylt</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red;
the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.</p>

<p><hw>Rose"head`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>See <u>Rose</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 4.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail;
also a nail with such a head.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"se*ine</hw> (? or ?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Magenta</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"se*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the German
mineralogist G. <i>Rose</i> + <i>-lite</i>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A
hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to
erythrite.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ro"sel"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., dim. of L.
<i>rosa</i> rose.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A beautiful Australian
parrakeet (<i>Platycercus eximius</i>) often kept as a cage bird. The
head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back
dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*selle"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>a
malvaceous plant (<i>Hibiscus Sabdariffa</i>) cultivated in the east
and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making
tarts and jelly and an acid drink.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose`mal"oes</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the native
name; cf. Malay <i>rasam&amacr;la</i> the name of the tree.] <def>The
liquid storax of the East Indian <i>Liquidambar
orientalis</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"ma*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>rosmarine</i>, L. <i>rosmarinus</i>; <i>ros</i> dew (cf. Russ.
<i>rosa</i>, Lith. <i>rasa</i>, Skr. <i>rasa</i> juice) +
<i>marinus</i> marine: cf. F. <i>romarin</i>. In English the word has
been changed as if it meant the <i>rose of Mary</i>. See
<u>Marine</u>.] <def>A labiate shrub (<i>Rosmarinus officinalis</i>)
with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of
France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a
fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in
cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or
constancy.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There's <i>rosemary</i>, that's for
remembrance.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Marsh rosemary</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A little
shrub <i>(Andromeda polifolia)</i> growing in cold swamps and having
leaves like those of the rosemary</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>See
under <u>Marsh</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rosemary pine</b></col>, <cd>the
loblolly pine. See under <u>Loblolly</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ros"en</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Consisting of roses;
rosy.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro"sen*m&uuml;l`ler's or"gan</hw> (?). [So named from its first
describer, J. C. <i>Rosenm&uuml;ller</i>, a German anatomist.]
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The parovarium.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"se*o-</hw> (?). <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A prefix (also used
adjectively) signifying <i>rose-red</i>; specifically used to
designate certain rose-red compounds (called <i>roseo-cobaltic
compounds</i>) of cobalt with ammonia.  Cf. <u>Luteo</u>-.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ro*se"o*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., dim. of L.
<i>rosa</i> a rose.] <i>(med.)</i> <def>A rose-colored efflorescence
upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no
elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute
specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this
character; -- called also <i>rose rash</i>.</def> --
<wf>Ro*se"o*lous</wf> (#), <pos><i>a.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rose"-pink`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment
called <i>rose pink</i>. See <i>Rose pink</i>, under
<u>Rose</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Disposed to clothe everything with roseate
hues; hence, sentimental.</def> "<i>Rose-pink</i> piety."  <i>C.
Kingsley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ros"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rosier; a
rosebush.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rose"-red`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Red as a rose;
specifically <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, of a pure purplish red color.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rose"-ri`al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rose</u>,
and <u>Royal</u>.] <def>A name of several English gold coins struck in
different reigns and having having different values; a rose
noble.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"root`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
fleshy-leaved herb (<i>Rhodiola rosea</i>); rosewort; -- so called
because the roots have the odor of roses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"er*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A place where
roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See <u>Rosary</u>,
1.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"set</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rosette</i>. See
<u>Rosette</u>.] <def>A red color used by painters.</def>
<i>Peacham.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro-set"ta stone`</hw> (?). <def>A stone found at
<i>Rosetta</i>, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of
which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the
hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt.</def>  <i>Brande & C.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*set"ta wood`</hw> (?). <def>An east Indian wood of a reddish
orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally
used for cabinetwork.</def>  <i>Ure.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*sette</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., dim. of
<i>rose</i> a rose.  Cf. <u>Roset</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An
imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as
an ornament or a badge.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>An ornament in the form of a
rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A red color. See <u>Roset</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A rose burner. See under
<u>Rose</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Any
structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five
broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid
sea urchins. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Spicule</u>, and <i>Sand
dollar</i>, under <u>Sand</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A
flowerlike color marking; as, the <i>rosettes</i> on the
leopard.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose" wa`ter</hw> (?). <def>Water tinctured with roses by
distillation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"-wa`ter</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the odor of
rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental.</def>
"<i>Rose-water</i> philanthropy."  <i>Carlyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rose"wood</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A valuable
cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black,
obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera
<i>Dalbergia</i> and <i>Mach&aelig;rium</i>. The finest kind is from
Brazil, and is said to be from the <i>Dalbergia nigra</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>African rosewood</b></col>, <cd>the wood of the leguminous
tree <i>Pterocarpus erinaceus</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Jamaica
rosewood</b></col>, <cd>the wood of two West Indian trees (<i>Amyris
balsamifera</i>, and <i>Linocieria ligustrina</i>).</cd> --
<col><b>New South Wales rosewood</b></col>, <cd>the wood of
<i>Trichilia glandulosa</i>, a tree related to the margosa.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rose"worm`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects
which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially
<i>Cac&aelig;cia rosaceana</i>, which rolls up the leaves for a nest,
and devours both the leaves and buds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rose"wort`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Roseroot.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Any
plant nearly related to the rose.</def>  <i>Lindley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ros`i*cru"cian</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [The name is
probably due to a German theologian, Johann Valentin Andre&auml;, who
in anonymous pamphlets called himself a knight of the <i>Rose
Cross</i> (G. <i>Rosenkreuz</i>), using a seal with a St. Andrew's
cross and four roses.)] <def>One who, in the 17th century and the
early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of
philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature, -- the alleged
society having existed, it was stated, several hundred
years.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The Rosicrucians also called <i>brothers of the Rosy
Cross</i>, <i>Rosy-cross Knights</i>, <i>Rosy-cross philosophers</i>,
etc. Among other pretensions, they claimed to be able to transmute
metals, to prolong life, to know what is passing in distant places,
and to discover the most hidden things by the application of the
Cabala and science of numbers.</p>

<p><hw>Ros`i*cru"cian</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"ied</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Decorated with
roses, or with the color of roses.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"sier</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L.
<i>rosarius</i> of roses.  Cf. <u>Rosary</u>.] <def>A rosebush; roses,
collectively.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Crowned with a garland of sweet
<i>rosier</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ros"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rosy
manner.</def>  <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ros"in</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [A variant of
<i>resin</i>.] <def>The hard, amber-colored resin left after
distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rosin oil</b></col>, <cd>an oil obtained from the resin of
the pine tree, -- used by painters and for lubricating machinery,
etc.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ros"in</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To rub with rosin, as
musicians rub the bow of a violin.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Or with the <i>rosined</i> bow torment the
string.</blockquote> <i>Gay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ros"i*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of
being rosy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"in*weed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The compass plant. See under
<u>Compass</u>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A name given in
California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a
resinous smell.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"in*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>like rosin, or
having its qualities.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"land</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [W. <i>rhos</i> a
meadow, a moor + E. <i>land</i>.] <def>heathy land; land full of
heather; moorish or watery land.</def> [prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Ros"ma*rine`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. See
<u>Rosemary</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Dew from the sea; sea
dew.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>That purer brine<BR>
And wholesome dew called <i>rosmarine</i>.</blockquote> <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rosemary.</def> [Obs.] <i>Spenser.</i>
"Biting on anise seed and <i>rosmarine</i>." <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ros"ma*rine</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Norw. <i>rosmar</i> a
walrus; <i>ros</i> a horse (akin to E. <i>horse</i>) + (probably)
<i>mar</i> the sea.] <def>A fabulous sea animal which was reported to
climb by means of its teeth to the tops of rocks to feed upon the
dew.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And greedly <i>rosmarines</i> with visages
deforme.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*sol"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Rose</i> +
carbo<i>lic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a
complex red dyestuff (called <i>rosolic acid</i>) which is analogous
to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of
phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass,
C<sub>20</sub>H<sub>16</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, which forms weak salts with
bases, and stable ones with acids.  Called also <i>methyl aurin</i>,
and, formerly, <i>corallin</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ross</hw> (?); 115), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]
<def>The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of
trees.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Ross</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To divest of the ross,
or rough, scaly surface; as, to <i>ross</i> bark.</def> [Local,
U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Ros"sel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Light land;
rosland.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]  <i>Mortimer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ros"sel cur`rent</hw> (?). [From <i>Rossel</i> Island, in the
Louisiade Archipelago.] <i>(Oceanography)</i> <def>A portion of the
southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to
New Guinea.</def><BR>
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]</p>

<p><hw>Ros"sel*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Loose;
light.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Mortimer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rost</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Roust</u>.</def> [Scot.]  <i>Jamieson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ros"tel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rostellum</i>,
dim. of <i>rostrum</i> a beak: cf. F. <i>rostelle</i>.] <def>same as
<u>Rostellum</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros*tel"lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to a
rostellum.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"tel*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [NL.
<i>rostellatus</i>.] <def>Having a rostellum, or small beak;
terminating in a beak.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros*tel"li*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the
form of a rostellum, or small beak.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ros*tel"lum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rostella</b></plw> (#). [L. See <u>Rostel</u>.] <def>A small
beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the
<i>rostellum</i> of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many
mosses; the <i>rostellum</i> on the head of a tapeworm.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Perhaps a corruption of
<i>register</i>; or cf. <i>roll</i>.] <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A register or
roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or
regiments are called on to serve.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"tra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rostrum</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"tral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rostralis</i>,
fr. <i>rostrum</i> a beak; cf. F. <i>rostral</i>.] <def>Of or
pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship;
resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their
decorations.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[Monuments] adorned with <i>rostral</i> crowns and
naval ornaments.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ros"trate</hw> (?), <hw>Ros"tra*ted</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rostratus</i>, fr. <i>rostrum</i> a beak.
See <u>Rostrum</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having a process
resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Furnished or adorned with beaks; as,
<i>rostrated</i> galleys.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ros*trif"e*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>rostrum</i> beak + <i>ferre</i> to bear.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head
prolonged into a snout which is not retractile.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"tri*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rostrum</i>
a beak + <i>-form</i>: cf. F. <i>rostrifarme</i>.] <def>Having the
form of a beak.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ros"tru*lum</hw> (-tr&usdot;*l&ubreve;m),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rostrula</b></plw> (#). [NL.,
dim. of L. <i>rostrum</i> a beak.] <def>A little rostrum, or beak, as
of an insect.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"trum</hw> (-tr&ubreve;m), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
L. <plw><b>Rostra</b></plw> (#), E. <plw><b>Rostrums</b></plw> (#).
[L., beak, ship's beak, fr. <i>rodere</i>, <i>rosum</i>, to gnaw. See
<u>Rodent</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The beak or head of a
ship.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1253 !></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> (<u>Rostra</u>) <i>(Rom. Antiq.)</i>
<def>The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations,
pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called
because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured
vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for
the use of public orators.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a stage for public speaking; the
pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Myself will mount the <i>rostrum</i> in his
favor.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Any
beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of
birds.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The beak, or sucking mouth
parts, of Hemiptera.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>The snout of a
gastropod mollusk. See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Littorina</u>.</def>
<sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation
of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the
prawn.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rostellum</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Old Chem.)</i> <def>The pipe to convey the
distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.</def>
<i>Quincy.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>A pair of forceps of various
kinds, having a beaklike form.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Coxe.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro"su*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [NL.
<i>rosulatus</i>, fr. L. <i>rosa</i> a rose.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Arranged in little roselike clusters; -- said of leaves and
bracts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ros"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Rosier</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Rosiest</u>.]
<def>Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red;
blushing; also, adorned with roses.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A smile that glowed<BR>
Celestial <i>rosy</i>-red, love's proper hue.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>While blooming youth and gay delight<BR>
Sit thy <i>rosy</i> cheeks confessed.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Rosy</i> is sometimes used in the formation of
self&?;xplaining compounde; as, <i>rosy</i>-bosomed, <i>rosy</i>-
colored, <i>rosy</i>-crowned, <i>rosy</i>-fingered, <i>rosy</i>-
tinted.</p>

<p><col><b>Rosy cross</b></col>. <cd>See the Note under
<u>Rosicrucian</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></cd></p>

<p><hw>Rot</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rotted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rotting</u>.] [OE. <i>rotien</i>, AS. <i>rotian</i>; akin to D.
<i>rotten</i>, Prov. G. <i>rotten</i>, OHG. <i>rozz&?;n</i>, G.
<i>r&ouml;sten</i> to steep flax, Icel. <i>rotna</i> to rot, Sw.
<i>ruttna</i>, Dan. <i>raadne</i>, Icel. <i>rottin</i> rotten.
&radic;117.  Cf. <u>Ret</u>, <u>Rotten</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they
lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical
changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less
offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to
putrefy; to decay.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot,<BR>
To draw nutrition, propagate, and <i>rot</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay;
to die; to become corrupt.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Four of the sufferers were left to <i>rot</i> in
irons.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rot</i>, poor bachelor, in your club.</blockquote>
<i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil.</p>

<p><hw>Rot</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural
processes; as, to <i>rot</i> vegetable fiber.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To expose, as flax, to a process of
maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to
ret.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rot</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Process
of rotting; decay; putrefaction.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A disease or decay in fruits,
leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See <i>Bitter
rot</i>, <i>Black rot</i>, etc., below.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> [Cf. G. <i>rotz</i> glanders.] <def>A fatal
distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due
to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See
1st <u>Fluke</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His cattle must of <i>rot</i> and murrain
die.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Bitter rot</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a disease of
apples, caused by the fungus <i>Gl&aelig;osporium
fructigenum</i>.</cd> <i>F. L. Scribner.</i> -- <col><b>Black
rot</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a disease of grapevines, attacking
the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus <i>L&aelig;stadia
Bidwellii</i>.</cd> <i>F. L. Scribner.</i> -- <col><b>Dry
rot</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Dry</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Grinder's rot</b></col> <i>(Med.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Grinder</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Potato rot</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i>
<cd>See under <u>Potato</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>White rot</b></col>
<i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish
pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus <i>Coniothyrium
diplodiella</i>.</cd> <i>F. L. Scribner.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ro"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rota</i> wheel.
The name is said to allude to the design of the floor of the room in
which the court used to sit, which was that of a wheel. See
<u>Rotary</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An ecclesiastical court of
Rome, called also <i>Rota Romana</i>, that takes cognizance of suits
by appeal. It consists of twelve members.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Eng. Hist.)</i> <def>A short-lived political
club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic
doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot,
and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A
species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in
church music; -- written also <i>rotta</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ta*cism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rhotacism</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"tal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Relating to wheels
or to rotary motion; rotary.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ro"ta*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rota</i> wheel
+ <i>-lite</i>.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>Any fossil foraminifer of the
genus <i>Rotalia</i>, abundant in the chalk formation. See
<i>Illust.</i> under <u>Rhizopod</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rota</i> a
wheel. See <u>Roll</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>barouche</u>,
<u>Rodomontade</u>, <u>Rou&eacute;</u>, <u>Round</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>, <u>Rowel</u>.] <def>Turning, as a wheel on its
axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis;
rotatory; as, <i>rotary</i> motion.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rotary engine</b></col>, <cd>steam engine in which the
continuous rotation of the shaft is produced by the direct action of
the steam upon rotating devices which serve as pistons, instead of
being derived from a reciprocating motion, as in the ordinary engine;
a steam turbine; -- called also <i>rotatory engine</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rotary pump</b></col>, <cd>a pump in which the fluid is
impelled by rotating devices which take the place of reciprocating
buckets or pistons.</cd> -- <col><b>Rotary shears</b></col>,
<cd>shears, as for cloth, metal, etc., in which revolving sharp-edged
or sharp-cornered wheels do the cutting.</cd> -- <col><b>Rotary
valve</b></col>, <cd>a valve acting by continuous or partial rotation,
as in the four-way cock.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ta*scope</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rota</i> a
wheel + <i>-scope</i>.] <def>Same as <u>Gyroscope</u>, 1.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"tate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rotatus</i>, p.
p. of <i>rotare</i> to turn round like a wheel, fr. <i>rota</i> wheel.
See <u>Rotary</u>, and cf. <u>Roue</u>.] <def>Having the parts
spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a <i>rotate</i> spicule
or scale; a <i>rotate</i> corolla, <i>i.e.</i>, a monopetalous corolla
with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"tate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rotated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rotating</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To turn, as a wheel, round
an axis; to revolve.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To perform any act, function, or operation
in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to <i>rotate</i> in
office.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"tate</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an
axle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause
to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.</def>
[Colloq.] "Both, after a brief service, were <i>rotated</i> out of
office."  <i>Harper's Mag.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ta*ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Turned round, as
a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rotatio</i>:
cf. F. <i>rotation</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of turning,
as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the
progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant
point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a
<i>rotation</i>; its annual motion round the sun is a
<i>revolution</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any return or succesion in a
series.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Moment of rotation</b></col>. <cd>See <i>Moment of
inertia</i>, under <u>Moment</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rotation in
office</b></col>, <cd>the practice of changing public officers at
frequent intervals by discharges and substitutions.</cd> --
<col><b>Rotation of crops</b></col>, <cd>the practices of cultivating
an orderly succession of different crops on the same land.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ro*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to,
or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by,
rotation; as, <i>rotational</i> velocity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ta*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rotatif</i>.] <def>turning, as a wheel; rotary;
rotational.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This high <i>rotative</i> velocity of the sun must
cause an equatorial rise of the solar atmosphere.</blockquote>
<i>Siemens.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rotative engine</b></col>, <cd>a steam engine in which the
reciprocating motion of the piston is transformed into a continuous
rotary motion, as by means of a connecting rod, a working beam and
crank, or an oscillating cylinder.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ro*ta"tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>that which gives a rotary or
rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part
on its axis.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>A revolving reverberatory
furnace.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ro`ta*to"ri*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Same as <u>Rotifera</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ta*to*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rotatoire</i>. See <u>Rotate</u>, <u>Rotary</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Turning as on an axis; rotary.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Going in a circle; following in rotation or
succession; as, <i>rotatory</i> assembles.</def>  <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Opt.)</i> <def>Producing rotation of the
plane of polarization; as, the <i>rotatory</i> power of bodies on
light. See the Note under <u>polarization</u>.</def>
<i>Nichol.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ta*to*ry</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A rotifer.</def> [R.]  <i>Kirby.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rotche</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A very small arctic sea bird (<i>Mergulus alle</i>, or <i>Alle
alle</i>) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called
also <i>little auk</i>, <i>dovekie</i>, <i>rotch</i>, <i>rotchie</i>,
and <i>sea dove</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rotch"et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The European red gurnard (<i>Trigla pini</i>).</def></p>

<p><hw>Rote</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A root.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rote</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rote</i>, probably
of German origin; cf. MHG. <i>rotte</i>, OHG. <i>rota</i>,
<i>hrota</i>, LL. <i>chrotta</i>.  Cf. <u>Crowd</u> a kind of violin.]
<i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced
by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to
the hurdy-gurdy.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Well could he sing and play on a
<i>rote</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds,
and <i>rotes</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rote</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Rut</u> roaring.]
<def>The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore.
See <u>Rut</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rote</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>rote</i>, F.
<i>route</i>, road, path. See <u>Route</u>, and cf. <u>Rut</u> a
furrow, <u>Routine</u>.] <def>A frequent repetition of forms of speech
without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules
by <i>rote</i>.</def>  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>till he the first verse could [<i>i. e.</i>, knew] all
by <i>rote</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Thy love did read by <i>rote</i>, and could not
spell.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rote</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Roting</u>.] <def>To learn or repeat by rote.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rote</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To go out by rotation
or succession; to rotate.</def> [Obs.]
  <i>Z. Grey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*tel"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., dim. of
<i>rota</i> wheel; cf. LL. <i>rotella</i> a little whell.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of numerous species of small,
polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus <i>Rotella</i>, native
of tropical seas.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rot"gut</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Bad small beer.</def> [Slang]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any bad spirituous liquor, especially when
adulterated so as to be very deleterious.</def> [Slang]</p>

<p><hw>Roth"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hry&eth;er</i>;
cf. D. <i>rund</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Bovine.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A bovine beast.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rother beasts</b></col>, <cd>cattle of the bovine genus;
black cattle.</cd> [Obs.] <i>Golding.</i> -- <col><b>Rother
soil</b></col>, <cd>the dung of rother beasts.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Roth"er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. See <u>Rudder</u>.]
<def>A rudder.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rother nail</b></col>, <cd>a nail with a very full head,
used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by
shipwrights.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ti*fer</hw> (?; 277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. see
<u>Rotifera</u>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of the Rotifera. See
<i>Illust.</i> in Appendix.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ro*tif"e*ra</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> [NL.,
from L. <i>rota</i> &?; wheel + <i>ferre</i> to bear.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>An order of minute worms which usually have
one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in
motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels.  The
species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in
form and habits.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro"ti*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rota</i> wheel
+ <i>-form</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Wheel-shaped; as,
<i>rotiform</i> appendages.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rotate</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rot"ta</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>See
<u>Rota</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rot"ten</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Icel. <i>rotinn</i>;
akin to Sw. <i>rutten</i>, Dan. <i>radden</i>. See <u>Rot</u>.]
<def>Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a <i>rotten</i> apple;
<i>rotten</i> meat.</def> Hence: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Offensive to
the smell; fetid; disgusting.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate<BR>
As reek of the <i>rotten</i> fens.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective;
treacherous; unsafe; as, a <i>rotten</i> plank, bone, stone.</def>
"The deepness of the <i>rotten</i> way."  <i>Knolles.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rotten borough</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Borough</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rotten stone</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>,
<cd>a soft stone, called also <i>Tripoli</i> (from the country from
which it was formerly brought), used in all sorts of finer grinding
and polishing in the arts, and for cleaning metallic substances. The
name is also given to other friable siliceous stones applied to like
uses.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Putrefied; decayed; carious; defective; unsound;
corrupt; deceitful; treacherous.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Rot"ten*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rot"ten*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>||Rot"u*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a little wheel;
cf. It. <i>rotula</i>.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The patella, or
kneepan.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rot"u*lar</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rotula</i>,
dim. of <i>rota</i> wheel.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to
the rotula, or kneepan.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*tund"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rotundus</i>.
See <u>Round</u>, and cf. <u>Rotunda</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Round; circular; spherical.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, complete; entire.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Orbicular, or nearly
so.</def>  <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*tund"</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rotunda.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*tun"da</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. It.
<i>rotonda</i>, F. <i>rotonde</i>; both fr. L. <i>rotundus</i> round.
See <u>Rotund</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>A round
building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and
inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly,
used for a large round room; as, the <i>rotunda</i> of the Capitol at
Washington.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*tund"ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rounded;
especially, rounded at the end or ends, or at the corners.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*tund`i*fo"li*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rotundus</i> round + <i>folium</i> a leaf.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Having round leaves.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*tund"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rotunditas</i>: cf. F. <i>rotondit&eacute;</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The state or quality of being rotu&?;; roundness; sphericity;
circularity.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Smite flat the thick <i>rotundity</i> o'the
world!</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, completeness; entirety;
roundness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For the more <i>rotundity</i> of the number and grace
of the matter, it passeth for a full thousand.</blockquote>
<i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A boldness and <i>rotundity</i> of speech.</blockquote>
<i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ro*tund"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Roundness;
rotundity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*tun"do</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rotunda</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ro*tur"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A roturier.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ro`tu`rier"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A person
who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the
prevalence of feudalism held allodial land.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rot"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [See <u>Rot</u>.]
<def>To make rotten.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Well bet is rotten apple out of hoard,<BR>
Than that it <i>roty</i> all the remenant.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Rou"ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A coin. See
<u>Ruble</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rouche</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Ruche</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rou`&eacute;"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., properly p.
p. of <i>rouer</i> to break upon the wheel, fr. <i>roue</i> a wheel,
L. <i>rota</i>. See <u>Rotate</u>, <u>Rotary</u>.] <def>One devoted to
a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rou`et"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A small
wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging
them.</def>  <i>Crabb.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rouge</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>rubeus</i>
red, akin to <i>rubere</i> to be red, <i>ruber</i> red. See
<u>Red</u>.] <def>red.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><col><b>||Rouge et noir</b></col> (&?;) [F., red and black], <cd>a
game at cards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; --
so called because the table around which the players sit has certain
compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are
deposited.</cd>  <i>Hoyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rouge</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide.
It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc.
Called also <i>crocus</i>, <i>jeweler's rouge</i>, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A cosmetic used for giving a red color to
the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the
safflower, but it is often made from carmine.</def>  <i>Ure.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rouge</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rouged</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rouging</u> .] <def>To paint the face or cheeks with
rouge.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rouge</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To tint with rouge;
as, to <i>rouge</i> the face or the cheeks.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rouge`croix"</hw> (? or ?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.,
literally, red cross.] <i>(Her.)</i> <def>One of the four pursuivants
of the English college of arms.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rouge" drag`on</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., literally,
red dragon.] <i>(Her.)</i> <def>One of the four pursuivants of the
English college of arms.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1254 !></p>

<p><hw>Rough</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Rougher</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Roughest</u>.] [OE.
<i>rou&?;</i>, <i>rou</i>, <i>row</i>, <i>rugh</i>, <i>ruh</i>, AS.
<i>r&?;h</i>; akin to LG. <i>rug</i>, D. <i>rug</i>, D. <i>ruig</i>,
<i>ruw</i>, OHG. <i>r&?;h</i>, G. <i>rauh</i>, <i>rauch</i>; cf. Lith.
<i>raukas</i> wrinkle, <i>rukti</i> to wrinkle. &radic; 18.  Cf.
<u>Rug</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having
inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or
plain; as, a <i>rough</i> board; a <i>rough</i> stone; <i>rough</i>
cloth.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Not level; having
a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a
road.</def> "Rough, uneven ways."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as,
a <i>rough</i> diamond.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Tossed in
waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of
water.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>More unequal than the <i>roughest</i> sea.</blockquote>
<i>T. Burnet.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged;
disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a
<i>rough</i> coat.</def>  "A visage <i>rough</i>." <i>Dryden.</i>
"<i>Rough</i>satyrs." <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement,
gentleness, or polish.</def> Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a <i>rough</i>
temper.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A fiend, a fury, pitiless and
<i>rough</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A surly boatman, <i>rough</i> as wayes or
winds.</blockquote> <i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Marked by severity or violence; harsh;
hard; as, <i>rough</i> measures or actions.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>On the <i>rough</i> edge of battle.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A quicker and <i>rougher</i> remedy.</blockquote>
<i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness
which <i>rough</i> and imperious usage often produces.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear;
harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a
<i>rough</i> tone; <i>rough</i> numbers.</def>  <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Austere; harsh to the taste; as,
<i>rough</i> wine.</def> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>Tempestuous;
boisterous; stormy; as, <i>rough</i> weather; a <i>rough</i>
day.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He stayeth his <i>rough</i> wind.</blockquote> <i>Isa.
xxvii. 8.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Time and the hour runs through the <i>roughest</i>
day.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>Hastily or carelessly done; wanting
finish; incomplete; as, a <i>rough</i> estimate; a <i>rough</i>
draught.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rough diamond</b></col>, <cd>an uncut diamond; hence,
colloquially, a person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior.</cd>
-- <col><b>Rough and ready</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>Acting
with offhand promptness and efficiency</cd>. "The <i>rough and
ready</i> understanding."  <i>Lowell.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Produced offhand.</def> "Some <i>rough and
ready</i> theory."  <i>Tylor.</i>
</p>

<p><hw>Rough</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Boisterous weather.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Fletcher.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a
rowdy.</def></p>

<p><col><b>In the rough</b></col>, <cd>in an unwrought or rude
condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch <i>in the
rough</i>.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>Contemplating the people <i>in the
rough</i>.</blockquote> <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rough</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rough manner;
rudely; roughly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Sleeping <i>rough</i> on the trenches, and dying
stubbornly in their boats.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rough</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
render rough; to roughen.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To break in, as a horse, especially for
military purposes.</def>  <i>Crabb.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; --
with <i>out</i>; as, to <i>rough</i> out a carving, a
sketch.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Roughing rolls</b></col>, <cd>rolls for reducing, in a
rough manner, a bloom of iron to bars.</cd> -- <col><b>To rough
it</b></col>, <cd>to endure hard conditions of living; to live without
ordinary comforts.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rough`cast"</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To form in its first rudiments, without
revision, correction, or polish.</def>  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To mold without nicety or elegance; to form
with asperities and inequalities.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To plaster with a mixture of lime and
shells or pebbles; as, to <i>roughcast</i> a building.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"cast`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a
thing.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A kind of plastering made of lime, with a
mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rough"cast`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
roughcasts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"draw`</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To draw or
delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"dry`</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>in laundry
work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"en</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roughened</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Roughening</u>.] [From <u>Rough</u>.] <def>To make rough.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"en</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To grow or become
rough.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"-foot`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Feather-footed; as, a <i>rough-footed</i>
dove.</def> [R.]  <i>Sherwood.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rough"-grained</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a
rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of
character; not polished; brisque.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"head`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>The redfin.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"hew`</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to <i>roughhew</i>
timber.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To give the first form or shape to; to form
rudely; to shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>There's a divinity that shapes our ends,<BR>
<i>Roughhew</i> them how we will.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rough"hew`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
roughhews.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"hewn`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not
polished.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated;
rough-grained.</def> "A <i>roughhewn</i> seaman."  <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rough"ing-in`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The first
coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying
it.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"ings</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> <def>Rowen.</def>
[Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Rough"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat
rough.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"leg`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus
<i>Archibuteo</i>, having the legs feathered to the toes.  Called also
<i>rough-legged hawk</i>, and <i>rough-legged buzzard</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The best known species is <i>Archibuteo lagopus</i> of
Northern Europe, with its darker American variety (<i>Sancti-
johannis</i>). The latter is often nearly or quite black. The
ferruginous roughleg (<i>Archibuteo ferrugineus</i>) inhabits Western
North America.</p>

<p><hw>Rough"-legged`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Having the legs covered with feathers; --
said of a bird.</def></p>

<p><col><b>rough-legged hawk</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Roughleg</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rough"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rough manner;
unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state
of being rough.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"rid`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who breaks
horses; especially <i>(Mil.)</i>, a noncommissioned officer in the
British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"scuff</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rough</i> +
<i>scuff</i>.] <def>A rough, coarse fellow; collectively, the lowest
class of the people; the rabble; the riffraff.</def> [Colloq.
U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rough"set`ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A mason who
builds rough stonework.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"shod</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Shod with shoes
armed with points or calks; as, a <i>roughshod</i> horse.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To ride roughshod</b></col>, <cd>to pursue a course
regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.</cd>
</p>

<p><hw>Rough"strings`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>
<i>(Capr.)</i> <def>Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of
a wooden stair for their support.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rought</hw> (?), obs. <def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of
<u>Reach</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rought</hw>, obs. <def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of <u>Reck</u>,
to care.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rough"tail`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Any species of small ground snakes of the family
<i>Uropeltid&aelig;</i>; -- so called from their <i>rough
tails</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rough"work`</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To work over
coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.</def>
<i>Moxon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rough"wrought`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Wrought in a
rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rouk</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>See 5th
<u>Ruck</u>, and <u>Roke</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Rou`lade"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Mus.)</i>
<def>A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or
sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in
Handel's oratorios.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Rou`leau"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> F.
<plw><b>Rouleaux</b></plw> (F. &?;; E. &?;), E.
<plw><b>Rouleaus</b></plw> (#). [F., a roll, dim. fr. fr.
<i>r&ocirc;le</i>, formerly also spelt <i>roulle</i>. See
<u>Roll</u>.] <def>A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or
something resembling such a roll.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rou*lette"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., properly, a
little wheel or ball. See <u>Rouleau</u>, <u>Roll</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A game of chance, in which a small ball is
made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red
and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a
variety of wagers permitted by the game.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Fine Arts)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to
order to produce rows of dots.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A
similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making
alterations in a mezzotint.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>the curve traced by any
point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without
sliding, over another fixed curve. See <u>Cycloid</u>, and
<u>Epycycloid</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rou"ly-pou`ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Rolly-
pooly</u>.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Roun</hw>, <hw>Rown</hw> (?) }, <pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos>
[AS. <i>r&?;nian</i>, fr. <i>r&?;n</i> a rune, secret, mystery; akin
to G. <i>raunen</i> to whisper. See <u>Rune</u>.] <def>To
whisper.</def> [obs.]  <i>Gower.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Another <i>rouned</i> to his fellow low.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rounce</hw> (rouns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>ronce</i>
bramble, brier, thorn, <i>ranche</i> a round, step, rack, or E.
<i>round</i>.] <i>(Print.)</i> <def>The handle by which the bed of a
hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen
and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which
the form is moved under the platen.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roun"ce*val</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>Ronceval</i>,
<i>Roncevaux</i>, a town at the foot of the foot of the Pyrenees, Sp.
<i>Roncesvalles</i>.] <def>Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones
shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Roun"ce*val</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A giant; anything
large; a kind of pea called also <i>marrowfat</i>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Roun"cy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A common hackney
horse; a nag.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>he rode upon a <i>rouncy</i> as he could.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos> [From
<u>Roun</u>.] <def>To whisper.</def> [obs.]  <i>Shak. Holland.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The Bishop of Glasgow <i>rounding</i> in his ear, "Ye
are not a wise man," . . . he <i>rounded</i> likewise to the bishop,
and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here?"</blockquote>
<i>Calderwood.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OF. <i>roond</i>,
<i>roont</i>, <i>reond</i>, F. <i>rond</i>, fr. L. <i>rotundus</i>,
fr. <i>rota</i> wheel. See <u>Rotary</u>, and cf. <u>Rotund</u>,
<u>roundel</u>, <u>Rundlet</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Having every
portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from
the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical
or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a <i>round</i>
ball.</def> "The big, <i>round</i> tears."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Upon the firm opacous globe<BR>
Of this <i>round</i> world.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical;
as, the barrel of a musket is <i>round</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Having a curved outline or form;
especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion
of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular
or pointed; as, a <i>round</i> arch; <i>round</i> hills.</def> "Their
<i>round</i> haunches gored."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Full; complete; not broken; not fractional;
approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said
of numbers.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Pliny put a <i>round</i> number near the truth, rather
than the fraction.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous;
free; as, a <i>round</i> price.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good <i>round</i>
sum.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Round</i> was their pace at first, but slackened
soon.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a
<i>round</i> voice; a <i>round</i> note.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Phonetics)</i> <def>Modified, as a vowel, by
contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round
in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See <i>Guide to
Pronunciation</i>, &sect; 11.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved;
unqualified; not mincing; as, a <i>round</i> answer; a <i>round</i>
oath.</def> "The <i>round</i> assertion."  <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Sir Toby, I must be <i>round</i> with you.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>Full and smoothly expanded; not defective
or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with
reference to their style.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>In his satires Horace is quick, <i>round</i>, and
pleasant.</blockquote> <i>Peacham.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>Complete and consistent; fair; just; --
applied to conduct.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Round</i> dealing is the honor of man's
nature.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><col><b>At a round rate</b></col>, <cd>rapidly.</cd> <i>Dryden.</i>
-- <col><b>In round numbers</b></col>, <cd>approximately in even
units, tens, hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may
be said to hold <i>in round numbers</i> 100 bushels.</cd> --
<col><b>Round bodies</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>the sphere right
cone, and right cylinder.</cd> -- <col><b>Round clam</b></col>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the quahog.</cd> -- <col><b>Round
dance</b></col> <cd>one which is danced by couples with a whirling or
revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Round
game</b></col>, <cd>a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his
own account.</cd> -- <col><b>Round hand</b></col>, <cd>a style of
penmanship in which the letters are formed in nearly an upright
position, and each separately distinct; -- distinguished from
<i>running hand</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Round robin</b></col>. [Perhaps
F. <i>round</i> round + <i>ruban</i> ribbon.] <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest, etc., the
signatures to which are made in a circle so as not to indicate who
signed first.</cd>  "No <i>round robins</i> signed by the whole main
deck of the Academy or the Porch." <i>De Quincey.</i>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>The cigar fish.</cd> --
<col><b>Round shot</b></col>, <cd>a solid spherical projectile for
ordnance.</cd> -- <col><b>Round Table</b></col>, <cd>the table about
which sat King Arthur and his knights. See <i>Knights of the Round
Table</i>, under <u>Knight</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Round tower</b></col>,
<cd>one of certain lofty circular stone towers, tapering from the base
upward, and usually having a conical cap or roof, which crowns the
summit, -- found chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and
vary in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet.</cd> --
<col><b>Round trot</b></col>, <cd>one in which the horse throws out
his feet roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot.</cd> <i>Addison.</i> --
<col><b>Round turn</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>one turn of a rope
round a timber, a belaying pin, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>To bring up with
a round turn</b></col>, <cd>to stop abruptly.</cd> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular;
orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.</p>

<p><hw>Round</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden
<i>round</i>" [the crown].</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In labyrinth of many a <i>round</i> self-
rolled.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A series of changes or events ending where
it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a
periodical revolution; as, the <i>round</i> of the seasons; a
<i>round</i> of pleasures.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A course of action or conduct performed by
a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a
circle.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Women to cards may be compared: we play<BR>
A <i>round</i> or two; which used, we throw away.</blockquote>
<i>Granville.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The feast was served; the bowl was crowned;<BR>
To the king's pleasure went the mirthful <i>round</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Prior.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A series of duties or tasks which must be
performed in turn, and then repeated.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>the trivial <i>round</i>, the common task.</blockquote>
<i>Keble.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A circular dance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Come, knit hands, and beat the ground,<BR>
In a light fantastic <i>round</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>That which goes round a whole circle or
company; as, a <i>round</i> of applause.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Rotation, as in office; succession.</def>
<i>Holyday.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung;
also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a
chair.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All the <i>rounds</i> like Jacob's ladder
rise.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>A course ending where it began; a circuit;
a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the
act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's <i>round</i>; the
<i>rounds</i> of the postman.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A walk
performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or
among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things
safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs
this duty; -- usually in the plural.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A
general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each
soldier fires once.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Ammunition for
discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty <i>rounds</i> of
ammunition were given out.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A short vocal piece,
resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other
round in a species of canon in the unison.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <def>The time during which prize fighters or
boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by
their rules; a bout.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <def>A brewer's vessel in which the
fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the
bunghole.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>14.</b></sn> <def>A vessel filled, as for drinking.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><sn><b>15.</b></sn> <def>An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a
<i>round</i> of politicians.</def>  <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>16.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>See
<u>Roundtop</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>17.</b></sn> <def>Same as <i>Round of beef</i>,
below.</def></p>

<p> </p>

<p><col><b>Gentlemen of the round</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds. See 10
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd>, above.</cd>  <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>Disbanded
soldiers who lived by begging.</cd> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Worm-eaten <i>gentlemen of the round</i>, such as have
vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let your provost and his half
dozen of halberdiers do what they can.</blockquote> <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Round of beef</b></col>, <cd>the part of the thigh below
the aitchbone, or between the rump and the leg.</cd> See
<i>Illust.</i> of <u>beef</u>. -- <col><b>Round steak</b></col>, <cd>a
beefsteak cut from the round.</cd> -- <col><b>Sculpture in the
round</b></col>, <cd>sculpture giving the full form, as of man;
statuary, distinguished from relief.</cd></p>

<p><! p. 1255 !></p>

<p><hw>Round</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>On
all sides; around.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Round</i> he throws his baleful eyes.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Circularly; in a circular form or manner;
by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head
<i>round</i>; a wheel turns <i>round</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches
<i>round</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>From one side or party to another; as to
come or turn <i>round</i>, -- that is, to change sides or
opinions.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>By or in a circuit; by a course longer than
the direct course; back to the starting point.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Through a circle, as of friends or
houses.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The invitations were sent <i>round</i>
accordingly.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Roundly; fully; vigorously.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><col><b>All round</b></col>, <cd>over the whole place; in every
direction.</cd> -- <col><b>All-round</b></col>, <cd>of general
capacity; as, an <i>all-round</i> man.</cd> [Colloq.] -- <col><b>To
bring one round</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To cause one to
change his opinions or line of conduct</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>To restore one to health</cd>. [Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Round</hw> (?), <pos><i>prep.</i></pos> <def>On every side of,
so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood
<i>round</i> him; to go <i>round</i> the city; to wind a cable
<i>round</i> a windlass.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The serpent Error twines <i>round</i> human
hearts.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Round about</b></col>, <cd>an emphatic form for
<i>round</i> or <i>about</i>.</cd> "Moses . . . set them [The elders]
<i>round about</i> the tabernacle." <i>Num. xi. 24.</i> -- <col><b>To
come round</b></col>, <cd>to gain the consent of, or circumvent, (a
person) by flattery or deception.</cd> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Round</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rounded</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rounding</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make circular, spherical,
or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to
<i>round</i> a silver coin; to <i>round</i> the edges of
anything.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Worms with many feet, which <i>round</i> themselves
into balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The figures on our modern medals are raised and
<i>rounded</i> to a very great perfection.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To surround; to encircle; to
encompass.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The inclusive verge<BR>
Of golden metal that must <i>round</i> my brow.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To bring to fullness or completeness; to
complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We are such stuff<BR>
As dreams are made on, and our little life<BR>
Is <i>rounded</i> with a sleep.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To go round wholly or in part; to go about
(a corner or point); as, to <i>round</i> a corner; to <i>round</i>
Cape Horn.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to
<i>round</i> periods in writing.</def>  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To round in</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>To haul up;
usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or
to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall.</cd>
<i>Totten.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To collect together (cattle) by
riding around them, as on cattle ranches</cd>. [Western U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Round</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or
perfection.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The queen your mother <i>rounds</i> apace.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>So <i>rounds</i> he to a separate mind,<BR>
From whence clear memory may begin.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To go round, as a guard.</def> [Poetic]</p>

<p><blockquote>They . . . nightly <i>rounding</i> walk.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To go or turn round; to wheel about.</def>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To round to</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to turn the head
of a ship toward the wind.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Round"a*bout`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, <i>roundabout</i>
speech.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We have taken a terrible <i>roundabout</i>
road.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Encircling; enveloping;
comprehensive.</def> "Large, sound, <i>roundabout</i> sense."
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round"a*bout`</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc.,
on which children ride; a merry-go-round.</def>  <i>Smart.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A dance performed in a circle.</def>
<i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A short, close jacket worn by boys,
sailors, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A state or scene of constant change, or of
recurring labor and vicissitude.</def>  <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round"a*bout`ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality
of being roundabout; circuitousness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"-arm`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Cricket)</i>
<def>Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging
the arm horizontally.</def>  <i>R. A. Proctor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round"-backed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a
round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Phonetics)</i>
<def>Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial.
See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &sect; 11.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roun"del</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>rondel</i> a
roundelay, F. <i>rondel</i>, <i>rondeau</i>, a dim. fr. <i>rond</i>;
for sense 2, cf. F. <i>rondelle</i> a round, a round shield. See
<u>Round</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Rondel</u>,
<u>Rondelay</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A
rondelay.</def>  "Sung all the <i>roundel</i> lustily."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Come, now a <i>roundel</i> and a fairy
song.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Anything having a round form; a round
figure; a circle.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The Spaniards, casting themselves into <i>roundels</i>,
. . . made a flying march to Calais.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p>Specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A small circular shield,
sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Her.)</i> <def>A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small
circle.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Fort.)</i> <def>A bastion of a
circular form.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"e*lay</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF.
<i>rondelet</i>, dim. of <i>rondel</i>. See <u>Roundel</u>,
<u>Roundeau</u>, and cf. <u>Roundlet</u>, <u>Rundlet</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Poetry)</i> <def>See <u>Rondeau</u>, and
<u>Rondel</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A tune in
which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which
is short and lively.</def> <i>Spenser.</i>  <i>Tennyson.</i>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A dance in a circle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Anything having a round form; a
roundel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or
regularly.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A tool for making an edge or surface
round.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>An English game somewhat
resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of
fives, but played with a football.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Now we play <i>rounders</i>, and then we played
prisoner's base.</blockquote> <i>Bagehot.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round"fish</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of
flounders, sole, halibut, and other <i>flatfishes</i>.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A lake whitefish (<i>Coregonus
quadrilateralis</i>), less compressed than the common species.  It is
very abundant in British America and Alaska.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"head`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Eng. Hist.)</i>
<def>A nickname for a Puritan. See <i>Roundheads</i>, <i>the</i>, in
the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.</def>  <i>Toone.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round"head`ed</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having a round
head or top.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"house`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station
house.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A cabin
or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop
for its roof; -- sometimes called the <i>coach</i>.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A privy near the bow of the vessel.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A house for locomotive engines, built
circularly around a turntable.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Round or nearly
round; becoming round; roundish.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn,
wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also
<i>service</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Phonetics)</i> <def>Modifying a speech sound
by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See
<i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &sect; 11.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat round; as, a
<i>roundish</i> seed; a <i>roundish</i> figure.</def> --
<wf>Round"ish*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Round"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A little
circle.</def>  <i>J. Gregory.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round"ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>In a round form or manner.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Openly; boldly; peremptorily;
plumply.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He affirms everything <i>roundly</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Briskly; with speed.</def>
<i>locke.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Two of the outlaws walked <i>roundly</i>
forward.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Completely; vigorously; in earnest.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Without regard to detail; in gross;
comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers
<i>roundly</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In speaking <i>roundly</i> of this period.</blockquote>
<i>H. Morley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round"ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the
<i>roundness</i> of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a
bowl, a column, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the
<i>roundness</i> of a period; the <i>roundness</i> of a note;
<i>roundness</i> of tone.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness;
as, the <i>roundness</i> of an assertion.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity;
globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness; plumpness;
rotundity.</p>

<p><hw>Round"ridge`</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Agric.)</i>
<def>To form into round ridges by plowing.</def>  <i>B.
Edwards.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round"-shoul`dered</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having
the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rounds"man</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Roundsmen</b></plw> (&?;). <def>A patrolman; also, a policeman
who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"top`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A
top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in
shape.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"-up`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around
them and driving them in.</def> [Western U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Roun"dure</hw> (?; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
<u>Rondure</u>.] <def>Roundness; a round or circle.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Round"worm`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A nematoid worm.</def></p>

<p><hw>Round"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Round.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roup</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos> [Cf. AS. hr&?;pan
to cry out, G. <i>rufen</i>, Goth. <i>hr&?;pian</i>.  Cf.
<u>Roop</u>.] <def>To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction.</def>
[Scot.]  <i>Jamieson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roup</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An
outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction.</def> [Scot.]
<i>Jamieson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>roup</i>, that is, the sale of his crops, was
over.</blockquote> <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A disease in poultry. See
<u>Pip</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rous"ant</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(her.)</i>
<def>Rising; -- applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also,
sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rouse</hw> (rouz or rous), <pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos>
[Perhaps the same word as <i>rouse</i> to start up, "buckle to."]
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon
a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rouse</hw> (rouz), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. D. <i>roes</i>
drunkeness, icel. <i>r&?;ss</i>, Sw. <i>rus</i>, G. <i>rauchen</i>,
and also E. <i>rouse</i>, v.t., <i>rush</i>, v.i.  Cf. <u>Row</u> a
disturbance.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A bumper in honor of a toast or
health.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A carousal; a festival; a drinking
frolic.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Fill the cup, and fill the can,<BR>
Have a <i>rouse</i> before the morn.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rouse</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roused</u> (rouzd); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rousing</u>.] [Probably of Scan. origin; cf. Sw. <i>rusa</i> to
rush, Dan. <i>ruse</i>, AS. <i>hre&oacute;san</i> to fall, rush.  Cf.
<u>Rush</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To cause to
start from a covert or lurking place; as, to <i>rouse</i> a deer or
other animal of the chase.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Like wild boars late <i>roused</i> out of the
brakes.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rouse</i> the fleet hart, and cheer the opening
hound.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To wake from sleep or repose; as, to
<i>rouse</i> one early or suddenly.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To excite to lively thought or action from
a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to
<i>rouse</i> the faculties, passions, or emotions.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>rouse</i> up a people, the most phlegmatic of any
in Christendom.</blockquote> <i>Atterbury.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To put in motion; to stir up; to
agitate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Blustering winds, which all night long<BR>
Had <i>roused</i> the sea.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To raise; to make erect.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser. Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rouse</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
get or start up; to rise.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Night's black agents to their preys do
<i>rouse</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To awake from sleep or repose.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Morpheus <i>rouses</i> from his bed.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be exited to thought or action from a
state of indolence or inattention.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rous"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, rouses.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Something very exciting or great.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Brewing)</i> <def>A stirrer in a copper for
boiling wort.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rous"ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I begin to feel<BR>
Some <i>rousing</i> motions in me.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Very great; violent; astounding; as, a
<i>rousing</i> fire; a <i>rousing</i> lie.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Rous"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rousing
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rous*sette"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.; -- so called in
allusion to the color. See <u>Russet</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A fruit bat, especially the large species
(<i>Pieropus vulgaris</i>) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean.
It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any small shark of the
genus <i>Scyllium</i>; -- called also <i>dogfish</i>. See
<u>Dogfish</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roust</hw> (roust), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To rouse; to
disturb; as, to <i>roust</i> one out.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Local,
U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Roust</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Icel. <i>r&ouml;st</i> an
estuary.] <def>A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow
channel.</def> [Written also <i>rost</i>, and <i>roost</i>.]
<i>Jamieson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roust"a*bout`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol.
uncertain.] <def>A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river
steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like;
in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance
jobs.</def> [Western U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rout</hw> (rout), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [AS.
<i>hr&umacr;tan</i>.] <def>To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore
loudly.</def> [Obs. or Scot.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rout</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A bellowing; a shouting;
noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>This new book the whole world makes such a <i>rout</i>
about.</blockquote> <i>Sterne.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>"My child, it is not well," I said,<BR>
"Among the graves to shout;<BR>
To laugh and play among the dead,<BR>
And make this noisy <i>rout</i>."</blockquote> <i>Trench.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rout</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [A variant of <i>root</i>.]
<def>To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To rout out</b></col> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To turn up to
view, as if by rooting; to discover; to find</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>To turn out by force or compulsion; as, <i>to rout</i> people
<i>out</i> of bed.</cd> [Colloq.]
</p>

<p><hw>Rout</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To search or root in
the ground, as a swine.</def>  <i>Edwards.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rout</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>route</i>, LL.
<i>rupta</i>, properly, a breaking, fr. L. <i>ruptus</i>, p. p. of
<i>rumpere</i> to break. See <u>Rupture</u>, <u>reave</u>, and cf.
<u>Rote</u> repetition of forms, <u>Route</u>. In some senses this
word has been confused with <i>rout</i> a bellowing, an uproar.]
[Formerly spelled also <i>route</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A troop;
a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or
throng.</def> [Obs.] "A <i>route</i> of ratones [rats]." <i>Piers
Plowman.</i>  "A great solemn <i>route</i>." <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And ever he rode the hinderest of the
<i>route</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A <i>rout</i> of people there assembled
were.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob;
hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>the endless <i>routs</i> of wretched
thralls.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The ringleader and head of all this
<i>rout</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Nor do I name of men the common
<i>rout</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The state of being disorganized and thrown
into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in
pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of
defeating and breaking up an army; as, the <i>rout</i> of the enemy
was complete.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>thy army . . . <BR>
Dispersed in <i>rout</i>, betook them all to fly.</blockquote>
<i>Daniel.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To these giad conquest, murderous <i>rout</i> to
those.</blockquote> <i>pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A disturbance of the peace by
persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if
executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward
the executing thereof.</def>  <i>Wharton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>A fashionable assembly, or large evening
party.</def> "At <i>routs</i> and dances."  <i>Landor.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To put to rout</b></col>, <cd>to defeat and throw into
confusion; to overthrow and put to flight.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rout</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Routed</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Routing</u>.] <def>To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them
to flight in disorder; to put to rout.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That party . . . that charged the Scots, so totally
<i>routed</i> and defeated their whole army, that they
fied.</blockquote> <i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To defeat; discomfit; overpower; overthrow.</p>

<p><hw>Rout</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To assemble in a crowd,
whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.</def> [obs.]
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>In all that land no Christian[s] durste
<i>route</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Route</hw> (r&oomac;t or  rout; 277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
& F. <i>route</i>, OF. <i>rote</i>, fr. L. <i>rupta</i> (sc.
<i>via</i>), fr. <i>ruptus</i>, p. p. of <i>rumpere</i> to break;
hence, literally, a broken or beaten way or path. See <u>Rout</u>, and
cf. <u>Rut</u> a track.] <def>The course or way which is traveled or
passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a
march.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Wide through the furzy field their <i>route</i> they
take.</blockquote> <i>Gay.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rout"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Carp.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A plane made like a spokeshave, for working
the inside edges of circular sashes.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A
plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing
the bottom of a cavity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Routhe</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Ruth; sorrow.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rou"ti*na*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Involving, or
pertaining to, routine; ordinary; customary.</def> [R.]
<i>Emerson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rou*tine"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. <i>route</i>
a path, way, road. See <u>Route</u>, <u>Rote</u>repetition.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A round of business, amusement, or pleasure,
daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or
offical duties regularly or frequently returning.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Any regular course of action or procedure
rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rou*tin""ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>the practice
of doing things with undiscriminating, mechanical
regularity.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rou*tin"ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who habituated
to a routine.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rout"ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Uproarious;
riotous.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rout"ous*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i>
<def>With that violation of law called a rout. See 5th <u>Rout</u>,
4.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Roux</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. beurre <i>roux</i>
brown butter.] <i>(Cookery)</i> <def>A thickening, made of flour, for
soups and gravies.</def></p>

<p><! p. 1256 !></p>

<p><hw>Rove</hw> (r&omacr;v), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [perhaps fr. or
akin to <i>reeve</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To draw through an eye
or aperture.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To draw out into flakes; to card, as
wool.</def>  <i>Jamieson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To twist slightly; to bring together, as
slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before
spinning.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rove</hw> (r&omacr;v), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat
building.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn
out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a
roving.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rove</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roved</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Roving</u>.] [Cf. D. <i>rooven</i> to rob; akin to E. <i>reave</i>.
See <u>Reave</u>, <u>Rob</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To practice
robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Hakluyt.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to
go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing,
walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For who has power to walk has power to
<i>rove</i>.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Archery)</i> <def>To shoot at rovers; hence,
to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually
being beyond the point-blank range).</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Fair Venus' son, that with thy cruel dart<BR>
At that good knight so cunningly didst <i>rove</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- To wander; roam; range; ramble stroll.</p>

<p><hw>Rove</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
wander over or through.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Roving</i> the field, I chanced<BR>
A goodly tree far distant to behold.</blockquote> <i>milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To plow into ridges by turning the earth of
two furrows together.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rove</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of wandering; a
ramble.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In thy nocturnal <i>rove</i> one moment
halt.</blockquote> <i>Young.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rove beetle</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any one of
numerous species of beetles of the family <i>Staphylinid&aelig;</i>,
having short elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely.
They are rapid runners, and seldom fly.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rov"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [D. <i>roover</i> a
robber. See <u>Rove</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Yet Pompey the Great deserveth honor more justly for
scouring the seas, and taking from the <i>rovers</i> 846 sail of
ships.</blockquote> <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One who wanders about by sea or land; a
wanderer; a rambler.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Hence, a fickle, inconstant
person.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Croquet)</i> <def>A ball which has passed
through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is
continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Archery)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Casual
marks at uncertain distances.</def>  <i>Encyc. Brit.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A sort of arrow.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>All sorts, flights, <i>rovers</i>, and butt
shafts.</blockquote> <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><col><b>At rovers</b></col>, <cd>at casual marks; hence, at random;
as, shooting <i>at rovers</i>. See def. 5 <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
above.</cd> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Bound down on every side with many bands because it
shall not run <i>at rovers</i>.</blockquote> <i>Robynson (More's
Utopia).</i>
</p>

<p><hw>Rov"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of
wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a
<i>roving frame</i>, or <i>roving machine</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn
out and slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d <u>Rove</u>, 2.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Roving frame</b></col>, <col><b>Roving machine</b></col>,
<cd>a machine for drawing and twisting roves and twisting roves and
winding them on bobbin for the spinning machine.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rov"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of one who
roves or wanders.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rov"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a wandering
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rov"ing*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state of
roving.</def></p>

<p><hw>Row</hw> (?), <pos><i>a. & adv.</i></pos> [See <u>Rough</u>.]
<def>Rough; stern; angry.</def> [Obs.] "Lock he never so <i>row</i>."
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Row</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Abbrev. fr. <i>rouse</i>, n.]
<def>A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.</def>
[Colloq.]  <i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><hw>Row</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rowe</i>,
<i>rawe</i>, <i>rewe</i>, AS. <i>r&amacr;w</i>, <i>r&?;w</i>; probably
akin to D. <i>rij</i>, G. <i>reihe</i>; cf. Skr. <i>r&?;kh&amacr;</i>
a line, stroke.] <def>A series of persons or things arranged in a
continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a <i>row</i> of trees; a
<i>row</i> of houses or columns.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And there were windows in three
<i>rows</i>.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings vii. 4.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The bright seraphim in burning <i>row</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Row culture</b></col> <i>(Agric.)</i>, <cd>the practice of
cultivating crops in drills.</cd> -- <col><b>Row of points</b></col>
<i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>the points on a line, infinite in number, as the
points in which a pencil of rays is intersected by a line.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Row</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rowed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rowing</u>.] [AS. <i>r&?;wan</i>; akin to D. <i>roeijen</i>, MHG.
<i>r&uuml;ejen</i>, Dan. <i>roe</i>, Sw. <i>ro</i>, Icel.
<i>r&?;a</i>, L. <i>remus</i> oar, Gr. &?;, Skr. <i>aritra</i>.
&radic;8.  Cf. <u>Rudder</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To propel with
oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to
<i>row</i> a boat.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To transport in a boat propelled with oars;
as, to <i>row</i> the captain ashore in his barge.</def></p>

<p><hw>Row</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
use the oar; as, to <i>row</i> well.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be moved by oars; as, the boat
<i>rows</i> easily.</def></p>

<p><hw>Row</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of rowing;
excursion in a rowboat.</def></p>

<p><hw>Row"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That may be
rowed, or rowed upon.</def> "That long barren fen, once
<i>rowable</i>."  <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Row"an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rowan
tree.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rowan barry</b></col>, <cd>a barry of the rowan
tree.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Row"an tree`</hw> (?). [Cf. Sw. <i>r&ouml;nn</i>, Dan.
<i>r&ouml;nne</i>, Icel. <i>reynir</i>, and L. <i>ornus</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A european tree (<i>Pyrus aucuparia</i>) related to
the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white
flowers followed by little bright red berries.  Called also <i>roan
tree</i>, and <i>mountain ash</i>.  The name is also applied to two
American trees of similar habit (<i>Pyrus Americana</i>, and <i>P.
sambucifolia</i>).</def></p>

<p><hw>Row"boat`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A boat designed
to be propelled by oars instead of sails.</def></p>

<p><hw>Row"dy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rowdies</b></plw> (#). [From <u>Rout</u>, or Row a brawl.]
<def>One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly
fellow.</def>  <i>M. Arnold.</i></p>

<p><hw>Row"dy*dow</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Hubbub;
uproar.</def> [Vulgar]</p>

<p><hw>Row"dy*dow`dy</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Uproarious.</def> [Vulgar]</p>

<p><hw>Row"dy*ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Resembling a rowdy
in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Row"dy*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>the conduct of a
rowdy.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rowed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Formed into a row, or
rows; having a row, or rows; as, a twelve-<i>rowed</i> ear of
corn.</def></p>

<p><hw>Row"el</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OF. <i>roele</i>,
<i>rouele</i>, properly, a little wheel, F. <i>rouelle</i> collop,
slice, LL. <i>rotella</i> a little wheel, dim. of L. <i>rota</i> a
wheel. See <u>Roll</u>, and cf. <u>Rota</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>With sounding whip, and <i>rowels</i> dyed in
blood.</blockquote> <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A little flat ring or wheel on horses'
bits.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The iron <i>rowels</i> into frothy foam he
bit.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Far.)</i> <def>A roll of hair, silk, etc.,
passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human
surgery.</def></p>

<p><hw>Row"el</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Roweled</u> (?) or <u>Rowelled</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. &
vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Roweling</u> or <u>Rowelling</u>.] <i>(Far.)</i>
<def>To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of
a horse).</def>  <i>Mortimer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Row"el bone`</hw> (?). <def>See <u>rewel bone</u>.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Row"en</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. E. <i>rough</i>, OE.
<i>row</i>, <i>rowe</i>.] [Called also <i>rowet</i>, <i>rowett</i>,
<i>rowings</i>, <i>roughings</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A stubble
field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by
cattle.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Turn your cows, that give milk, into your <i>rowens</i>
till snow comes.</blockquote> <i>Mortimer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The second growth of grass in a season;
aftermath.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Row"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who rows with an
oar.</def></p>

<p><hw>Row"ett</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rowen</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Row"lock</hw> (? <i>colloq.</i> &?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [For
<i>oarlock</i>; AS. &fist;<i>rloc</i>, where the second part is skin
to G. <i>loch</i> a hole, E. <i>lock</i> a fastening. See <u>Oar</u>,
and <u>Lock</u>.] <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A contrivance or arrangement
serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a
notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between
which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single
pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in
the gunwale and suporting the oar.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rown</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos> <def>see
<u>Roun</u>.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Row"port</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>An
opening in the side of small vessels of war, near the surface of the
water, to facilitate rowing in calm weather.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rox"burgh</hw> (?; Scot. &?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From the
third duke of <i>Roxburgh</i> (Scotland), a noted book collector who
had his books so bound.] <def>A style of bookbinding in which the back
is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but
the front and bottom left uncut.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roy</hw> (roi), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>roi</i>.] <def>A
king.</def> [obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Roy</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Royal.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roy"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [OE. <i>roial</i>,
<i>riall</i>, <i>real</i>, OF. <i>roial</i>. <i>reial</i>, F.
<i>royal</i>, fr. L. <i>regalis</i>, fr. <i>rex</i>, <i>regis</i>,
king. See <u>Rich</u>, and cf. <u>regal</u>, <u>real</u> a coin,
<u>Rial</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Kingly; pertaining to the crown
or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as,
<i>royal</i> power or prerogative; <i>royal</i> domains; the
<i>royal</i> family; <i>royal</i> state.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Noble; generous; magnificent;
princely.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>How doth that <i>royal</i> merchant, good
Antonio?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Under the patronage of royality; holding a
charter granted by the sovereign; as, the <i>Royal</i> Academy of
Arts; the <i>Royal</i> Society.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Battle royal</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Battle</u>.</cd> -
- <col><b>Royal bay</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>, <cd>the classic laurel
(<i>Laurus nobilis</i>.)</cd> -- <col><b>Royal eagle</b></col>.
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See <i>Golden eagle</i>, under
<u>Golden</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Royal fern</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>,
<cd>the handsome fern <i>Osmunda regalis</i>. See <u>Osmund</u>.</cd>
-- <col><b>Royal mast</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>the mast next
above the topgallant mast and usually the highest on a square-rigged
vessel. The <i>royal yard</i> and <i>royal sail</i> are attached to
the <i>royal mast</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Royal metal</b></col>, <cd>an
old name for gold.</cd> -- <col><b>Royal palm</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>,
<cd>a magnificent West Indian palm tree (<i>Oreodoxa regia</i>),
lately discovered also in Florida.</cd> -- <col><b>Royal
pheasant</b></col>. <cd>See <u>Curassow</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Royal
purple</b></col>, <cd>an intense violet color, verging toward
blue.</cd> -- <col><b>Royal tern</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a
large, crested American tern (<i>Sterna maxima</i>).</cd> --
<col><b>Royal tiger</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>See
<u>Tiger</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Royal touch</b></col>, <cd>the touching
of a diseased person by the hand of a king, with the view of restoring
to health; -- formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the
scrofula, or king's evil.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike;
princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid; illustrious; noble;
magnanimous.</p>

<p><hw>Roy"al</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under
<u>paper</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A small sail immediately
above the topgallant sail.</def>  <i>Totten.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>One of the upper or
distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the
antlers of a stag.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Gun.)</i> <def>A small mortar.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>One of the soldiers of the
first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the
<i>Royals</i>, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe;
-- now called the <i>Royal Scots</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>An old English coin. See
<u>Rial</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roy"al*et</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A petty or
powerless king.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>there were at this time two other <i>royalets</i>, as
only kings by his leave.</blockquote> <i>Fuller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roy"al*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>royalisme</i>.] <def>the principles or conduct of
royalists.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roy"al*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>royaliste</i>.] <def>An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in
England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical
government.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Where Ca'ndish fought, the <i>Royalists</i>
prevailed.</blockquote> <i>Waller.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roy`al*i*za"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
making loyal to a king.</def> [R.]  <i>Saintsbury.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roy"al*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>to make
royal.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roy"al*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a royal or
kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His body shall be <i>royally</i> interred.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roy"al*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Royalties</b></plw> (#). [OF. <i>roialt&eacute;</i>,
<i>royault&eacute;</i>, F. <i>royaut&eacute;</i>. See <u>Royal</u>,
and cf. <u>Regality</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state of being
royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly
office; sovereignty.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Royalty</i> by birth was the sweetest way of
majesty.</blockquote> <i>Holyday.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The person of a king or sovereign; majesty;
as, in the presence of <i>royalty</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For thus his <i>royalty</i> doth speak.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An emblem of royalty; -- usually in the
plural, meaning <i>regalia</i>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Wherefore do I assume<BR>
These <i>royalties</i>, and not refuse to reign?</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Kingliness; spirit of regal
authority.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In his <i>royalty</i> of nature<BR>
Reigns that which would be fear'd.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Domain; province; sphere.</def>  <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>That which is due to a sovereign, as a
seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from
mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share;
imperiality.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>A share of the product or profit (as of a
mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to
use the property.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Hence <i>(Com.)</i>, a duty paid by a
manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate
for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of
an article by one who hires the use of it.</def></p>

<p><hw>Royne</hw> (roin), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F. <i>rogner</i>,
OF. <i>rooignier</i>, to clip, pare, scare, fr. L. <i>rotundus</i>
round See <u>Rotund</u>.] <def>To bite; to gnaw.</def> [Written also
<i>roin</i>.] [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Royn"ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>rogneux</i>, from
<i>rogne</i> scab, mange, itch.] <def>Mangy; scabby; hence, mean;
paltry; troublesome.</def> [Written also <i>roinish</i>.] [Obs.] "The
<i>roynish</i> clown."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Roys"ter</hw> (?), <hw>Roys"ter*er</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>same as <u>Roister</u>,
<u>Roisterer</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roys"ton crow`</hw> (?). [So called from <i>Royston</i>, a town
in England.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>See <i>Hooded crow</i>, under
<u>Hooded</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Roy"te*let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>roitelet</i>,
dim. of <i>roi</i> king.] <def>A little king.</def> [Archaic]
<i>Heylin.  Bancroft.</i></p>

<p><hw>Roy"tish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Prob. for
<i>riotish</i>, from <i>riot</i>, like Scot. <i>roytous</i> for
<i>riotous</i>.] <def>Wild; irregular.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rub</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rubbed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rubbing</u>.] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. <i>rhwbiaw</i>,
gael. <i>rub</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To subject (a body) to the
action of something moving over its surface with pressure and
friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth;
as, to <i>rub</i> the flesh with the hand; to <i>rub</i> wood with
sandpaper.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It shall be expedient, after that body is cleaned, to
<i>rub</i> the body with a coarse linen cloth.</blockquote> <i>Sir T.
Elyot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To move over the surface of (a body) with
pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat <i>rubs</i>
the ground.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To cause (a body) to move with pressure and
friction along a surface; as, to <i>rub</i> the hand over the
body.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Two bones <i>rubbed</i> hard against one
another.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To spread a substance thinly over; to
smear.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The smoothed plank, . . .<BR>
New <i>rubbed</i> with balm.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To scour; to burnish; to polish; to
brighten; to cleanse; -- often with <i>up</i> or <i>over</i>; as, to
<i>rub</i> up silver.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The whole business of our redemption is to <i>rub</i>
over the defaced copy of the creation.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To hinder; to cross; to thwart.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>'T is the duke's pleasure,<BR>
Whose disposition, all the world well knows,<BR>
Will not be <i>rubbed</i> nor stopped.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><col><b>To rub down</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To clean by
rubbing; to comb or curry; as, <i>to down</i> a horse</cd>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To reduce or remove by rubbing; as, <i>to rub
down</i> the rough points.</cd> -- <col><b>To rub off</b></col>,
<cd>to clean anything by rubbing; to separate by friction; as, <i>to
rub off</i> rust.</cd> -- <col><b>To rub out</b></col>, <cd>to remove
or separate by friction; to erase; to obliterate; as, <i>to rub
out</i> a mark or letter; <i>to rub out</i> a stain.</cd> --
<col><b>To rub up</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To burnish; to
polish; to clean</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To excite; to awaken;
to rouse to action; as, <i>to rub up</i> the memory.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rub</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel
<i>rubs</i> against the gatepost.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To fret; to chafe; as, to <i>rub</i> upon a
sore.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To move or pass with difficulty; as, to
<i>rub</i> through woods, as huntsmen; to <i>rub</i> through the
world.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To rub along</b></col> or <col><b>on</b></col>, <cd>to go
on with difficulty; as, they manage, with strict economy, <i>to rub
along</i>.</cd> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Rub</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. W. <i>rhwb</i>. See Rub,
v,t,] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of rubbing; friction.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which rubs; that which tends to hinder
or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment;
especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a
pinch.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Every <i>rub</i> is smoothed on our way.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To sleep, perchance to dream; ay, there's the
<i>rub</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Upon this <i>rub</i>, the English ambassadors thought
fit to demur.</blockquote> <i>Hayward.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>One knows not, certainly, what other <i>rubs</i> might
have been ordained for us by a wise Providence.</blockquote> <i>W.
Besant.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Inequality of surface, as of the ground in
the game of bowls; unevenness.</def>  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm;
joke; as, a hard <i>rub</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Imperfection; failing; fault.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>A chance.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Flight shall leave no Greek a <i>rub</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen
cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also <i>rubstone</i>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rub iron</b></col>, <cd>an iron guard on a wagon body,
against which a wheel rubs when cramped too much.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rub"a-dub</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The sound of a
drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a
clatter.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rubadub</i> of the abolition
presses.</blockquote> <i>D. Webster.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1257 !></p>

<p><hw>||Ru*ba"to</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [It.] <def>Robbed;
borrowed.</def></p>

<p><col><b>||Temple rubato</b></col>. [It.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <cd>Borrowed
time; -- a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones
are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are
proportionally curtailed.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rub"bage</hw> (?; 48), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rubbish.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rub"ber</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, rubs.</def> Specifically:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An instrument or thing used in rubbing,
polishing, or cleaning.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A coarse file,
or the rough part of a file.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A
whetstone; a rubstone.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>An eraser,
usually made of caoutchouc.</def> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>The cushion
of an electrical machine.</def> <sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>One who
performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath.</def>
<sd><i>(g)</i></sd> <def>Something that chafes or annoys; hence,
something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub.</def>
<i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>In some games, as whist, the odd game, as
the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as,
to play the <i>rubber</i>; also, a contest determined by the winning
of two out of three games; as, to play a <i>rubber</i> of whist.</def>
<i>Beaconsfield.</i>  "A <i>rubber</i> of cribbage."
<i>Dickens.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>India rubber; caoutchouc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>An overshoe made of India rubber.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>

<p><col><b>Antimony rubber</b></col>, <cd>an elastic durable variety
of vulcanized caoutchouc of a red color. It contains antimony sulphide
as an important constituent.</cd> -- <col><b>Hard rubber</b></col>,
<cd>a kind of vulcanized caoutchouc which nearly resembles horn in
texture, rigidity, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>India rubber</b></col>,
<cd>caoutchouc. See <u>Caoutchouc</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rubber
cloth</b></col>, <cd>cloth covered with caoutchouc for excluding water
or moisture.</cd> -- <col><b>Rubber dam</b></col> <i>(Dentistry)</i>,
<cd>a shield of thin sheet rubber clasped around a tooth to exclude
saliva from the tooth.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rub"bidge</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rubbish.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rub"bing</hw>, <def><pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> from <u>Rub</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Rub"bish</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>robows</i>,
<i>robeux</i>, rubble, originally an Old French plural from an assumed
dim. of <i>robe</i>, probably in the sense of trash; cf. It.
<i>robaccia</i> trash, <i>roba</i> stuff, goods, wares, robe.  Thus,
etymologically <i>rubbish</i> is the pl. of <i>rubble</i>. See
<u>Robe</u>, and cf. <u>Rubble</u>.] <def>Waste or rejected matter;
anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of
building materials or fallen buildings; ruins;
d&eacute;bris.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>What <i>rubbish</i> and what offal!</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>he saw the town's one half in <i>rubbish</i>
lie.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rubbish pulley</b></col>. <cd>See <i>Gin block</i>, under
<u>Gin</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rub"bish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining
to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.</def>  <i>De
Quincey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rub"ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From an assumed Old
French dim. of <i>robe</i> See <u>Rubbish</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in
coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of
walls.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Inside [the wall] there was <i>rubble</i> or
mortar.</blockquote> <i>Jowett (Thucyd.).</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rough stone as it comes from the quarry;
also, a quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed
portion of a mass of stone; brash.</def>  <i>Brande & C.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Geol.)</i> <def>A mass or stratum of
fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the
neighboring rock.</def>  <i>Lyell.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>The whole of the bran of wheat
before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.</def> [Prov. Eng.]
<i>Simmonds.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Coursed rubble</b></col>, <cd>rubble masonry in which
courses are formed by leveling off the work at certain
heights.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rub"ble*stone`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rubble</u>, 1 and 2.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rub"ble*work`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Masonry
constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and
shape.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rub"bly</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Relating to, or
containing, rubble.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*bed"i*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rubedo</i>
redness, fr. <i>rubere</i> to be red.] <def>Reddish.</def> [R.]  <i>M.
Stuart.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru`be*fa"cient</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rubefaciens</i>, p. pr. of <i>rubefacere</i> to make red;
<i>rubere</i> to be red + <i>facere</i> to make.] <def>Making
red.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>An external
application which produces redness of the skin.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru`be*fac"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or
process of making red.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"be*let</hw> (r&udd;"b&esl;*l&ebreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A little ruby.</def>  <i>Herrick.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ru*bel"la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>rubellus</i> reddish.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>An acute specific disease
with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but
unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also <i>German
measles</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*belle"</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rubellus</i>
reddish.] <def>A red color used in enameling.</def>  <i>Weale.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bel*lite</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rubellus</i>
reddish, dim. of <i>ruber</i> red.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A variety of
tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and
containing lithium.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ru*be"o*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>ruber</i> red.] <i>(Med.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>the
measles.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Rubella.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru`ber*y*thrin"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ruber</i> red + <i>erythrin</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid extracted from madder root. It is a yellow
crystalline substance from which alizarin is obtained.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*bes"cence</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being rubescent; a reddening; a flush.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*bes"cent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rubescens</i>, <i>-entis</i>, p. pr. of <i>rubescere</i> to grow
red, v. incho from <i>rubere</i> to be red: cf. F. <i>rubescent</i>.
See <u>Ruby</u>.] <def>Growing or becoming red; tending to
redness.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru`bi*a"ceous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rubia</i>
madder, fr. <i>rubeus</i> red.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to
a very large natural order of plants (<i>Rubiace&aelig;</i>) named
after the madder (<i>Rubia tinctoria</i>), and including about three
hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them
are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the
madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits
called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for
the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bi*a*cin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rubia</i>
madder, fr. <i>rubeus</i> red.] <i>(Chem)</i> <def>A substance found
in madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic
acid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bi*an</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rubia</i>
madder, fr. <i>rubeus</i> red.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>One of several
color-producing glycosides found in madder root.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru`bi*an"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically, designating
an acid called also <i>ruberythrinic</i> acid.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ru" bi*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A ribble.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bi*can</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.] <def>Colored a
prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially
on the flanks; -- said of horses.</def>  <i>Smart.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bi*celle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rubacelle</i>, <i>rubicelle</i>, fr. L. <i>rubeus</i> red,
reddish.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A variety of ruby of a yellowish red
color, from Brazil.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bi*con</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Anc. geog.)</i>
<def>A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the
province alloted to Julius C&aelig;sar.</def></p>

<p>&fist; By leading an army across this river, contrary to the
prohibition of the civil government at Rome, C&aelig;sar precipitated
the civil war which resulted in the death of Pompey and the overthrow
of the senate; hence, the phrase <i>to pass</i> or <i>cross the
Rubicon</i> signifies to take the decisive step by which one is
committed to a hazardous enterprise from which there is no
retreat.</p>

<p><hw>Ru"bi*cund</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rubicundus</i>, fr. <i>rubere</i> to be red, akin to <i>ruber</i>
red. See <u>Red</u>.] <def>Inclining to redness; ruddy; red.</def>
"His <i>rubicund</i> face."  <i>Longfellow.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru`bi*cun"di*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>rubicunditas</i>.] <def>The quality or state of being rubicund;
ruddiness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To parade your <i>rubicundity</i> and gray
hairs.</blockquote> <i>Walpole.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru*bid"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Of
or pertaining to rubidium; containing rubidium.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bi*dine</hw> (? or ?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coal
tar as an oily liquid, C<sub>11</sub>H<sub>17</sub>N; also, any one of
the group od metameric compounds of which rubidine is the
type.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*bid"i*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>rubidus</i> red, fr. <i>rubere</i> to be red. So called from two
<i>dark red</i> spectroscopic lines by means of which it was
discovered in the lepidolite from Rozena, Moravia. See
<u>Rubicund</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A rare metallic element. It
occurs quite widely, but in small quantities, and always combined. It
is isolated as a soft yellowish white metal, analogous to potassium in
most of its properties.  Symbol Rb.  Atomic weight, 85.2.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*bif"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ruber</i> red +
<i>facere</i> to make.] <def>Making red; as, <i>rubific</i>
rays.</def>  <i>Grew.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru`bi*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rubification</i>.] <def>The act of making red.</def>
<i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bi*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ruber</i> red
+ <i>-form</i>.] <def>Having the nature or quality of red; as, the
<i>rubiform</i> rays of the sun.</def> [R.]  <i>Sir I. newton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bi*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rub&eacute;fier</i>. See <u>Rubific</u>.] <def>To redden.</def>
[R.] "Waters <i>rubifying</i>."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ru*big"i*nose`</hw> (?), <hw>Ru*big"i*nous</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rubiginosus</i>, fr. <i>rubigo</i>,
<i>robigo</i>, rust: cf. F. <i>rubigineux</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Having the appearance or color of iron rust; rusty-
looking.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ru*bi"go</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rubigo</i>,
<i>robigo</i>, rust of metals, rust, blight.] <i>(bot.)</i> <def>same
as <u>Rust</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. LL. <i>rubinus</i>,
It. <i>rubino</i>. See <u>Ruby</u>.] <def>A ruby.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bi*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rubeus</i>, fr.
<i>rubere</i> to be red. See <u>Rouge</u>.] <def>Red; ruddy.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru`bi*re"tin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rubi</i>an +
Gr. &?; resin.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>One of the red dye products
extracted from madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic
acid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Russ. <i>ruble</i>.]
<def>The unit of monetary value in Russia.  It is divided into 100
copecks, and in the gold coin of the realm (as in the five and ten
ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The silver ruble is a coin
worth about 60 cents.</def> [Written also <i>rouble</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Ru"bric</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rubriche</i>,
OF. <i>rubriche</i>, F. <i>rubrique</i> ( cf. it. <i>rubrica</i>), fr.
L. <i>rubrica</i> red earth for coloring, red chalk, the title of a
law (because written in red), fr. <i>ruber</i> red. See <u>red</u>.]
<def>That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography
which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.</def>
Hence, specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A titlepage, or part of
it, especially that giving the date and place of printing; also, the
initial letters, etc., when printed in red.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Law books)</i> <def>The title of a statute; -- so called as being
anciently written in red letters.</def> <i>Bell.</i>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Liturgies)</i> <def>The directions and rules
for the conduct of service, formerly written or printed in red; hence,
also, an ecclesiastical or episcopal injunction; -- usually in the
plural.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to
observe the <i>rubrics</i>.</blockquote> <i>Hook.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Hence, that which is established or
settled, as by authority; a thing definitely settled or fixed.</def>
<i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human
conceptions before Christianity.</blockquote> <i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bric</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To adorn ith red; to
redden; to rubricate.</def> [R.]  <i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ru"bric</hw> (?), <hw>Ru"bric*al</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Colored in, or marked
with, red; placed in rubrics.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>What though my name stood <i>rubric</i> on the
walls<BR>
Or plaistered posts, with claps, in capitals?</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the rubric or
rubrics.</def> "<i>Rubrical</i> eccentricities."  <i>C.
Kingsley.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bri*cate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rubricatus</i> p. p. of <i>rubricare</i> to color red. See
<u>Rubric</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>Marked with red.</def>
<i>Sp&?;lmman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"bri*cate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To mark or
distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a
settled and unchangeable form.</def>  <i>Foxe.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A system . . . according to which the thoughts of men
were to be classed and <i>rubricated</i> forever after.</blockquote>
<i>Hare.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ru*bri"cian</hw> (?), <hw>Ru"bri*cist</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to,
the rubric or rubrics.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*bric"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Redness.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rub"stone`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A stone for
scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ru"bus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and
blackberry.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"by</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rubies</b></plw> (#). [F. <i>rubis</i> (cf. Pr. <i>robi</i>),
LL. <i>rubinus</i>, <i>robinus</i>, fr. L. <i>rubeus</i> red, reddish,
akin to <i>ruber</i>. See <u>Rouge</u>, <u>red</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A precious stone of a carmine
red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between
carmine and hyacinth red.  It is a red crystallized variety of
corundum.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Besides the true or <i>Oriental ruby</i> above defined,
there are the <i>balas ruby</i>, or <i>ruby spinel</i>, a red variety
of spinel, and the <i>rock</i> ruby, a red variety of garnet.
</p>

<p><blockquote>Of <i>rubies</i>, sapphires, and pearles
white.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red
tint.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The natural <i>ruby</i> of your cheeks.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which has the color of the ruby, as
red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <def>See <u>Agate</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2.</def> [Eng.]</p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any species of South
American humming birds of the genus <i>Clytol&aelig;ma</i>. The males
have a ruby-colored throat or breast.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ruby of arsenic</b></col>, <col><b>Ruby of
sulphur</b></col> <i>(Chem.)</i>, <cd>a glassy substance of a red
color and a variable composition, but always consisting chiefly of the
disulphide of arsenic; -- called also <i>ruby sulphur</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>Ruby of zinc</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>zinc sulphide; the
mineral zinc blende or sphalerite.</cd> -- <col><b>Ruby
silver</b></col> <i>(Min.)</i>, <cd>red silver. See under
<u>Red</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ru"by</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Ruby-colored; red; as,
<i>ruby</i> lips.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"by</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rubied</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rubying</u>.] <def>To make red; to redden.</def> [R.]
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"by*tail`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A European gold wasp (<i>Chrysis ignita</i>) which has the under
side of the abdomen bright red, and the other parts deep bluish green
with a metallic luster. The larva is parasitic in the nests of other
wasps and of bees.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"by-tailed`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the
tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"by*throat`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any one of numerous species of humming birds
belonging to <i>Trochilus</i>, <i>Calypte</i>, <i>Stellula</i>, and
allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red
feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of
the Eastern United States (<i>Trochilus colubris</i>).</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"by*wood`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>red sandalwood.
See under <u>Sandalwood</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*cer"vine</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [NL.
<i>Rucervus</i>, the genus, fr. NL. <i>Ru</i>sa a certain genus of
deer (Malay <i>r&?;sa</i> deer) + <i>Cervus</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus <i>Rucervus</i>,
which includes the swamp deer of India.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruche</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>ruche</i> ruche,
beehive, OF. <i>rusche</i> a beehive, which was formerly made of the
bark of trees; cf. W. <i>rhisg</i>, <i>rhisgl</i>, bark, gael.
<i>rusg</i> bark, rind.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A plaited, quilled,
or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in
place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and
bonnets.</def> [Written also <i>rouche</i>.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and
retain oyster spawn.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruch"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A ruche, or ruches
collectively.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruck</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A roc.</def> [Obs. or
prov. Eng.]  <i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruck</hw>, <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rucked</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rucking</u>.] [Icel <i>hrukkast</i> to wrinkle, <i>hrukka</i>
wrinkle, fold.] <def>To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to
crease; as, to <i>ruck</i> up a carpet.</def>  <i>Smart.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruck</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Icel. <i>hrukka</i>.  Cf.
<u>Ruck</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>A wrinkle or crease in a
piece of cloth, or in needlework.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruck</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Cf. Dan. <i>ruge</i> to
brood, to hatch.] <def>To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit,
as a hen on eggs.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]  <i>Gower. South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The sheep that <i>rouketh</i> in the fold.</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruck</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Ruck</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A heap; a rick.</def> [Prov Eng. & Scot.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The common sort, whether persons or things;
as, the <i>ruck</i> in a horse race.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>ruck</i> in society as a whole.</blockquote>
<i>Lond. Sat. Rev.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruc*ta"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ructatio</i>,
fr. <i>ructare</i> to belch: cf. F. <i>ructation</i>.] <def>The act of
belching wind.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruc"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An uproar; a
quarrel; a noisy outbreak.</def> [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</p>

<p><hw>Rud</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rudu</i>, akin to
<i>re&aacute;d</i> red. &radic;113.  See <u>Red</u>, and cf.
<u>Ruddy</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Redness; blush.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Ruddle; red ocher.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The rudd.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make red.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rudd</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rud</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A fresh-water European
fish of the Carp family (<i>Leuciscus erythrophthalmus</i>). It is
about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin
farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also
<i>redeye</i>, <i>roud</i>, <i>finscale</i>, and <i>shallow</i>.  A
blue variety is called <i>azurine</i>, or <i>blue roach</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud"der</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A riddle or
sieve.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><! p. 1258 !></p>

<p><hw>Rud"der</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rother</i>, AS.
<i>r&omacr;&eth;er</i> a paddle; akin to D. <i>roer</i> rudder, oar,
G. <i>ruder</i>, OHG.  <i>roadar</i>, Sw. <i>roder</i>, <i>ror</i>,
Dan. <i>roer</i>, <i>ror</i>. &radic; 8. See <u>Row</u> to propel with
an oar, and cf. <u>Rother</u>. ] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or
steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or
iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position,
usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that
it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller,
wheel, or other attachment.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a
guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>For rhyme the <i>rudder</i> is of verses.</blockquote>
<i>Hudibras.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Balance rudder</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a rudder
pivoted near the middle instead of at the edge, -- common on
sharpies.</cd> -- <col><b>Drop rudder</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a
rudder extending below the keel so as to be more effective in
steering.</cd> -- <col><b>Rudder chain</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>,
<cd>one of the loose chains or ropes which fasten the rudder to the
quarters to prevent its loss in case it gets unshipped, and for
operating it in case the tiller or the wheel is broken.</cd> --
<col><b>Rudder coat</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>a covering of tarred
canvas used to prevent water from entering the rudderhole.</cd> --
<col><b>Rudder fish</b></col>. <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<cd>The pilot fish</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>The amber fish
(<i>Seriola zonata</i>), which is bluish having six broad black
bands</cd>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>A plain greenish black American
fish (<i>Leirus perciformis</i>); -- called also <i>black rudder
fish</i>, <i>logfish</i>, and <i>barrel fish</i>. The name is also
applied to other fishes which follow vessels.</cd> -- <col><b>Rudder
pendants</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>ropes connected with the rudder
chains.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rud"der*head`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>The upper end of the rudderpost, to which the tiller is
attached.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud"der*hole</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>The hole in the deck through which the rudderpost
passes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud"der*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Without a
rudder.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud"der*post</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the
attachments for operating it at the other.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud"der*stock`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by
hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud"died</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Made ruddy or
red.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud"di*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a ruddy
manner.</def>  <i>Byron.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rud"di*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being ruddy; as, the <i>ruddiness</i> of the cheeks or the
sky.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud"dle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To raddle or
twist.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rud"dle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A riddle or
sieve.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rud"dle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rud</u>; cf.
<u>Reddle</u>.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A species of red earth colored by
iron sesquioxide; red ocher.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud"dle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To mark with ruddle;
to raddle; to rouge.</def> "Their <i>ruddled</i> cheeks."
<i>Thackeray.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A fair sheep newly <i>ruddled</i>.</blockquote> <i>Lady
M. W. Montagu.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rud"dock</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>ruddic</i>; cf.
W. <i>rhuddog</i> the redbreast. &radic;113. See <u>Rud</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] [Written also <i>raddock</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The European robin.</def>
"The tame <i>ruddock</i> and the coward kite."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A piece of gold money; -- probably because
the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also
<i>red ruddock</i>, and <i>golden ruddock</i>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Great pieces of gold . . . red
<i>ruddocks</i>.</blockquote> <i>Florio.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rud"dy</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Ruddier</u> (?);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Ruddiest</u>.] [AS. <i>rudig</i>. See
<u>Rud</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of a red
color; red, or reddish; as, a <i>ruddy</i> sky; a <i>ruddy</i>
flame.</def>  <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>They were more <i>ruddy</i> in body than
rubies.</blockquote> <i>Lam. iv. 7.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of a lively flesh color, or the color of
the human skin in high health; as, <i>ruddy</i> cheeks or lips.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Ruddy duck</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>an American
duck (<i>Erismatura rubida</i>) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped
tail composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich
brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the
head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The female and
young male are dull brown mixed with blackish on the back; grayish
below. Called also <i>dunbird</i>, <i>dundiver</i>, <i>ruddy
diver</i>, <i>stifftail</i>, <i>spinetail</i>, <i>hardhead</i>,
<i>sleepy duck</i>, <i>fool duck</i>, <i>spoonbill</i>, etc.</cd> --
<col><b>Ruddy plover</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <cd>the
sanderling.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rud"dy</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make ruddy.</def>
[R.]  <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rude</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos>
<u>Ruder</u> (?); <pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Rudest</u>.] [F., fr.
L. <i>rudis</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Characterized by roughness;
umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Such gardening tools as art, yet <i>rude</i>, . . . had
formed.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Hence, specifically: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or
polished; -- said especially of material things; as, <i>rude</i>
workmanship.</def>  "<i>Rude</i> was the cloth."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rude</i> and unpolished stones.</blockquote> <i>Bp.
Stillingfleet.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The heaven-born child<BR>
All meanly wrapt in the <i>rude</i> manger lies.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low
rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of
persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.</def> "Mine ancestors
were <i>rude</i>."
  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>He was but <i>rude</i> in the profession of
arms.</blockquote> <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>the <i>rude</i> forefathers of the hamlet
sleep.</blockquote> <i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Violent; tumultuous; boisterous;
inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the
like; as, the <i>rude</i> winter.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[Clouds] pushed with winds, <i>rude</i> in their
shock.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rude</i> agitation [of water] breaks it into
foam.</blockquote> <i>Boyle.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; --
said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the <i>rude</i> shock of
armies.</def> <sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>Not finished or complete;
inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste;
unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language,
style, and the like.</def> "The <i>rude</i> Irish books."
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rude</i> am I in my speech.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Unblemished by my <i>rude</i> translation.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Impertinent; rough; uneven; shapeless; unfashioned;
rugged; artless; unpolished; uncouth; inelegant; rustic; coarse;
vulgar; clownish; raw; unskillful; untaught; illiterate; ignorant;
uncivil; impolite; saucy; impudent; insolent; surly; currish;
churlish; brutal; uncivilized; barbarous; savage; violent; fierce;
tumultuous; turbulent; impetuous; boisterous; harsh; inclement;
severe. See <u>Impertiment</u>.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Rude"ly</wf> (#), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rude"ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ru"den*ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. L.
<i>rudens</i> a rope.] <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>Cabling. See
<u>Cabling</u>.</def>  <i>gwilt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"de*ra*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ruderarius</i>, fr. <i>rudus</i>, <i>ruderis</i>, stones crushed
and mixed with lime, old rubbish.] <def>Of or pertaining to
rubbish..</def> [Obs.]  <i>Bailey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rudes"by</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]
<def>An uncivil, turbulent fellow.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>R&uuml;"des*heim`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A
German wine made near <i>R&uuml;desheim</i>, on the Rhine.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"di*ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rudimentum</i>, fr. <i>rudis</i> unwrought, ignorant, rude: cf. F.
<i>rudiment</i>. See <u>Rude</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which
is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of
any development; an unfinished beginning.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit<BR>
Those <i>rudiments</i>, and see before thine eyes<BR>
The monarchies of the earth.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>the single leaf is the <i>rudiment</i> of beauty in
landscape.</blockquote> <i>I. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Hence, an element or first principle of any
art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This boy is forest-born,<BR>
And hath been tutored in the <i>rudiments</i><BR>
of many desperate studies.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>There he shall first lay down the <i>rudiments</i><BR>
Of his great warfare.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>An imperfect organ or part,
or one which is never developed.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"di*ment</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To furnish with
first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.</def>
<i>Gayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru`di*men"tal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Rudimentary.</def>  <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru`di*men"ta*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>rudimentaire</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to
rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as,
<i>rudimental</i> essays.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Biol.)</i> <def>Very imperfectly developed;
in an early stage of development; embryonic.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rud"ish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat
rude.</def>  <i>Foote.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru*dis"tes</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>rudis</i> rough.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>An extinct order or
suborder of bivalve mollusks characteristic of the Cretaceous period;
-- called also <i>Rudista</i>. See <i>Illust.</i> under
<u>Hippurite</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"di*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ruditas</i>
ignorance, fr. <i>rudis</i> rude, illiterate.] <def>Rudeness;
ignorance.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Rud"mas*day</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rood</u>,
<u>Mass</u>, <u>Day</u>.] <i>(R.C.Ch.)</i> <def>Either of the feasts
of the Holy Cross, occuring on May 3 and September 14,
annually.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*dolph"ine</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Pertaining to,
or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and
founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from
<i>Rudolph</i> II., emperor of Germany.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rue</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rue</i>, L.
<i>ruta</i>, akin to Gr. &?;; cf. AS. <i>r&?;de</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A perennial suffrutescent plant
(<i>Ruta graveolens</i>), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter
taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Then purged with euphrasy and <i>rue</i><BR>
The visual nerve, for he had much to see.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy
water, incense, sulphur, <i>rue</i>, which from thence, as we suppose,
came to be called herb of grace.</blockquote> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief;
regret.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Goat's rue</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Goat</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rue anemone</b></col>, <cd>a pretty springtime flower
(<i>Thalictrum anemonides</i>) common in the United States.</cd> --
<col><b>Wall rue</b></col>, <cd>a little fern (<i>Asplenium Ruta-
muraria</i>) common on walls in Europe.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rue</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rued</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ruing</u>.] [OE. <i>rewen</i>, <i>reouwen</i>, to grive, make
sorry, AS. <i>hre&oacute;wan</i>; akin to OS. <i>hrewan</i>, D.
<i>rouwen</i>, OHG. <i>hriuwan</i>, G. <i>reun</i>, Icel.
<i>hruggr</i> grieved, <i>hrug&eth;</i> sorrow. &radic; 18.  Cf.
<u>Ruth</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To lament; to regret extremely;
to grieve for or over.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I wept to see, and <i>rued</i> it from my
heart.</blockquote> <i>Chapmen.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Thy will<BR>
Chose freely what it now so justly <i>rues</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cause to grieve; to afflict.</def>
[Obs.] "God wot, it <i>rueth</i> me."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To repent of, and withdraw from, as a
bargain; to get released from.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Rue</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
have compassion.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>God so wisly [<i>i. e.</i>, truly] on my soul
<i>rue</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Which stirred men's hearts to <i>rue</i> upon
them.</blockquote> <i>Ridley.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To feel sorrow and regret; to
repent.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Work by counsel and thou shalt not
<i>rue</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Old year, we'll dearly <i>rue</i> for you.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rue</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>hre&oacute;w</i>. See
<u>Rue</u>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>] <def>Sorrow; repetance.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rue"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful;
sorrowful.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Expressing sorrow.</def> "<i>Rueful</i>
faces."  <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Two <i>rueful</i> figures, with long black
cloaks.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Rue"ful*ly</wf>, adv. -- <wf>Rue"ful*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ell bone`</hw> (?). <def>See <u>rewel bone</u>.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ru*elle"</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>ruelle</i> a
narrow street, a lan&?;, ruelle, fr. <i>rue</i> a street.] <def>A
private circle or assembly at a private house; a circle.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru*fes"cent</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rufescens</i>, p. pr. of <i>rufescere</i> to become reddish, fr.
<i>rufus</i> red: cf. F. <i>rufescent</i>.] <def>Reddish; tinged with
red.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruff</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>ronfle</i>; cf. It.
<i>ronfa</i>, Pg. <i>rufa</i>, <i>rifa</i>.] <i>(Card Playing)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A game similar to whist, and the predecessor
of it.</def>  <i>Nares.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The act of trumping, especially when one
has no card of the suit led.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruff</hw>, <pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos> <i>(Card Playing)</i>
<def>To trump.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruff</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Of uncertain origin: cf. Icel.
<i>r&?;finn</i> rough, uncombed, Pr. <i>ruf</i> rude, rough, Sp.
<i>rufo</i> frizzed, crisp, curled, G. <i>raufen</i> to pluck, fight,
<i>rupfen</i> to pluck, pull, E. <i>rough</i>. &radic;18.  Cf.
<u>Ruffle</u> to wrinkle.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A muslin or linen
collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now
only by women and children.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Here to-morrow with his best <i>ruff</i>
on.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>His gravity is much lessened since the late
proclamation came out against <i>ruffs</i>; . . . they were come to
that height of excess herein, that twenty shillings were used to be
paid for starching of a <i>ruff</i>.</blockquote> <i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Something formed with plaits or flutings,
like the collar of this name.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I reared this flower; . . . <BR>
Soft on the paper <i>ruff</i> its leaves I spread.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>An exhibition of pride or
haughtiness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>How many princes . . . in the <i>ruff</i> of all their
glory, have been taken down from the head of a conquering army to the
wheel of the victor's chariot!</blockquote> <i>L'Estrange.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Wanton or tumultuous procedure or
conduct.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>To ruffle it out in a riotous <i>ruff</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Latimer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A low, vibrating beat of a
drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>A collar on a shaft ot other
piece to prevent endwise motion. See <i>Illust.</i> of
<u>Collar</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A set of lengthened or
otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a
bird.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (<i>Pavoncella, or Philommachus,
pugnax</i>) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding
season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their
colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They
are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding
season. The female is called <i>reeve</i>, or <i>rheeve</i>.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a
ruff of its neck.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruff</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ruffed</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ruffing</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To ruffle; to disorder.</def>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>To beat with the ruff or
ruffle, as a drum.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Hawking)</i> <def>To hit, as the prey,
without fixing it.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ruff</hw>, <hw>Ruffe</hw>  } (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE.
<i>ruffe</i>.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A small freshwater European
perch (<i>Acerina vulgaris</i>); -- called also <i>pope</i>,
<i>blacktail</i>, and <i>stone, or striped, perch</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruffed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Furnished with a
ruff.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ruffed grouse</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a North
American grouse (<i>Bonasa umbellus</i>) common in the wooded
districts of the Northern United States. The male has a ruff of brown
or black feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud
drumming sound he makes during the breeding season. Called also
<i>tippet grouse</i>, <i>partridge</i>, <i>birch partridge</i>,
<i>pheasant</i>, <i>drummer</i>, and <i>white-flesher</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>ruffed lemur</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a species of
lemur (<i>lemur varius</i>) having a conspicuous ruff on the sides of
the head. Its color is varied with black and white.  Called also
<i>ruffed maucaco</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fian</hw> (? or ?; 277), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>rufien</i>, OF. <i>ruffen</i>, <i>ruffian</i>, pimp. libertine,
ake; cf. pr. & Sp. <i>rufian</i>, It. <i>ruffiano</i>; all perhaps of
German or Dutch origin; cf. G. <i>raufen</i> to pluck, scuffle, fight,
OD. <i>roffen</i> to pander.  Cf. <i>Ruffle</i> to grow
<i>urbulent</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A pimp; a pander; also, a
paramour.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>he [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is
instantly at home, reveling with her <i>ruffians</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Bp. Reynolds.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a
desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a
cutthroat.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Wilt thou on thy deathbed play the
<i>ruffian</i>?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fian</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>brutal; cruel;
savagely boisterous; murderous; as, <i>ruffian</i> rage.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fian</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To play the
ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.</def> [R.]  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fian*age</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Ruffians,
collectively; a body of ruffians.</def> "The vilest
<i>ruffianage</i>."  <i>Sir F. Palgrave.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fian*ish</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the
qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fian*like`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Ruffianly.</def>  <i>Fulke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fian*ly</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like a ruffian;
bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent;
brutal.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fian*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Ruffianly.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fin</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <i>Ruffian</i>.]
<def>Disordered.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>His <i>ruffin</i> rainment all was stained with
blood.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1259 !></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ruffled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ruffling</u> (?).] [From <u>Ruff</u> a plaited collar, a drum beat,
a tumult: cf. OD. <i>ruyffelen</i> to wrinkle.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or
folds; to wrinkle.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To furnish with ruffles; as, to
<i>ruffle</i> a shirt.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To oughen or disturb the surface of; to
make uneven by agitation or commotion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The fantastic revelries . . . that so often
<i>ruffled</i> the placid bosom of the Nile.</blockquote> <i>I.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>She smoothed the <i>ruffled</i> seas.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To erect in a ruff, as feathers.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>[the swan] <i>ruffles</i> her pure cold
plume.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>To beat with the ruff or
ruffle, as a drum.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To discompose; to agitate; to
disturb.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>These <i>ruffle</i> the tranquillity of the
mind.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>But, ever after, the small violence done<BR>
Rankled in him and <i>ruffled</i> all his heart.</blockquote>
<i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To throw into disorder or
confusion.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Where best<BR>
He might the <i>ruffled</i> foe infest.</blockquote>
<i>Hudibras.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To throw together in a disorderly
manner.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>I <i>ruffled</i> up falen leaves in heap.</blockquote>
<i>Chapman</i></p>

<p><col><b>To ruffle the feathers of</b></col>, <cd>to exite the
resentment of; to irritate.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [Perhaps of different
origin from <i>ruffle</i> to wrinkle; cf. OD. <i>roffeln</i>,
<i>roffen</i>, to pander, LG. <i>raffein</i>, Dan. <i>ruffer</i> a
pimp.  Cf. <u>Rufflan</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To grow rough,
boisterous, or turbulent.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The night comes on, and the bleak winds<BR>
Do sorely <i>ruffle</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To become disordered; to play loosely; to
flutter.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>On his right shoulder his thick mane reclined,<BR>
<i>Ruffles</i> at speed, and dances in the wind.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To be rough; to jar; to be in contention;
hence, to put on airs; to swagger.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They would <i>ruffle</i> with jurors.</blockquote>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Gallants who <i>ruffled</i> in silk and
embroidery.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Ruffle</u>,
<pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>That which is
ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth,
plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a
trimming; a frill.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A state of being ruffled or disturbed;
disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a
<i>ruffle</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A low, vibrating beat of a
drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also <i>ruff</i>.</def>  <i>H.
L. Scott.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The connected series of
large egg capsules, or o&ouml;thec&aelig;, of any one of several
species of American marine gastropods of the genus <i>Fulgur</i>. See
<u>O&ouml;theca</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ruffle of a boot</b></col>, <cd>the top turned down, and
scalloped or plaited.</cd>  <i>Halliwell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fle*less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having no
ruffle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fle*ment</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of
ruffling.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ruf"fler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Assaults, if not murders, done at his own doors by that
crew of <i>rufflers</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing
machine attachment for making ruffles.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru`fi*gal"lic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Rufi</i>opin +
<i>gallic</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an
acid which is obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline
substance, and is related to rufiopin and anthracene.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru`fi*o"pin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rufus</i>
reddish + <i>op</i>ianic.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A yellowish red
crystalline substance related to anthracene, and obtained from opianic
acid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"fol</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rufus</i> reddish
+ <i>-ol</i>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A phenol derivative of anthracene
obtained as a white crystalline substance, which on oxidation produces
a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"fous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rufus</i>.]
<def>Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color;
tawny.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruft</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i>
<def>Eructation; belching.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ruf"ter*hood</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Ruff</u> a
plaited collar.] <i>(Falconry)</i> <def>A kind of hood for a
hawk.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rug</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. Sw. <i>rugg</i>
entanglend hair, <i>ruggig</i> rugged, shaggy, probably akin to E.
<i>rough</i>. See <u>Rough</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used
for garments.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They spin the choicest <i>rug</i> in Ireland. A friend
of mine . . . repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford
<i>rugs</i>.  The mastiffs, . . . deeming he had been a bear, would
fain have baited him.</blockquote> <i>Holinshed.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly
made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and
ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a
poti&egrave;re, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to
protect the legs from cold, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rug gown</b></col>, <cd>a gown made of rug, of or coarse,
shaggy cloth.</cd>  <i>B. Johnson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rug</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To pull roughly or
hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.</def> [Scot.]  <i>Sir W.
Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ru"ga</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rug&aelig;</b></plw> (#). [L.] <i>(Nat. Hist.)</i> <def>A
wrinkle; a fold; as, the <i>rug&aelig;</i> of the stomach.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"gate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rugatus</i>, p.
p. of <i>rugare</i> to wrinkle, fr. <i>ruga</i> a wrinkle.]
<def>Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled.</def>
<i>Dana.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rug"ged</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Rug</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Full of asperities on
the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise
uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a <i>rugged</i> mountain; a
<i>rugged</i> road.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rugged</i> bark of some broad elm.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Not neat or regular; uneven.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>His well-proportioned beard made rough and
<i>rugged</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.</def>
"The <i>rugged</i> Russian bear."  <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of
temper, character, and the like, or of persons.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Neither melt nor endear him, but leave him as hard,
<i>rugged</i>, and unconcerned as ever.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.</def>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said
of sound, style, and the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Through the harsh cadence of a <i>rugged</i>
line.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of
looks, etc.</def> "Sleek o'er your <i>rugged</i> looks."
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of
conduct, manners, etc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health,
physique, etc.</def> [Colloq. U.S.]</p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Rough; uneven; wrinkled; cragged; coarse; rude;
harsh; hard; crabbed; severe; austere; surly; sour; frowning; violent;
boisterous; tumultuous; turbulent; stormy; tempestuous; inclement.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Rug"ged*ly</wf> (#), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rug"ged*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rug"ging</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A coarse kind of
woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rug"-gowned</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Wearing a
coarse gown or shaggy garment made of rug.</def>  <i>Beau. &
Fl.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rug"gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rugged; rough.</def>
[Obs.] "With <i>ruggy</i>, ashy hairs."  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rug"-head`ed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having shaggy
hair; shock-headed.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Those rough <i>rug-headed</i> kerns.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rug"in</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A nappy cloth.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Wiseman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"gine</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Surg.)</i>
<def>An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a
raspatory.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"gine</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [F. <i>ruginer</i> to
scrape.] <def>To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale.</def> [R.]
<i>Wiseman.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ru*go"sa</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL. See
<u>Rugose</u>.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>An extinct tribe of fossil
corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size.  They
are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs,
when present, are usually in multiples of four.  See
<u>Cyathophylloid</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*gose"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rugosus</i>, r.
<i>ruga</i> a wrinkle.] <def>Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically
<i>(Bot.)</i>, having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them
elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*gos"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rugositas</i>: cf. F. <i>rugosit&eacute;</i>.] <def>The quality or
state of being rugose.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"gous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rugueux</i>.]
<def>Wrinkled; rugose.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru`gu*lose"</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Somewhat
rugose.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruhm"korff's coil`</hw> (?). [So called from its inventor,
<i>Ruhmkorff</i>, a german physicist.] <i>(Elec.)</i> <def>See
<i>Induction coil</i>, under <u>Induction</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"in</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>ruine</i>, F.
<i>ruine</i>, fr. L. <i>ruina</i>, fr. ruere, rutum, to fall with
violence, to rush or tumble down.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
falling or tumbling down; fall.</def> [Obs.] "His <i>ruin</i> startled
the other steeds."  <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Such a change of anything as destroys it,
or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction;
overthrow; as, the <i>ruin</i> of a ship or an army; the <i>ruin</i>
of a constitution or a government; the <i>ruin</i> of health or
hopes.</def>  "<i>Ruin</i> seize thee, ruthless king!"
<i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which is fallen down and become
worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a <i>ruin</i>;
especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or
desolate house, fortress, city, or the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The Veian and the Gabian towers shall fall,<BR>
And one promiscuous ruin cover all;<BR>
Nor, after length of years, a stone betray<BR>
The place where once the very <i>ruins</i> lay.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The labor of a day will not build up a virtuous habit
on the <i>ruins</i> of an old and vicious character.</blockquote>
<i>Buckminster.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The state of being dcayed, or of having
become ruined or worthless; as, to be in <i>ruins</i>; to go to
<i>ruin</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>That which promotes injury, decay, or
destruction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The errors of young men are the <i>ruin</i> of
business.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Destruction; downfall; perdition; fall; overthrow;
subversion; defeat; bane; pest; mischief.</p>

<p><hw>Ru"in</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ruined</u> (?);<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ruining</u>.] [Cf. F. <i>ruiner</i>, LL. <i>ruinare</i>. See
<u>Ruin</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <def>To bring to ruin; to cause to
fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction;
to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage
essentially; to overthrow.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>this mortal house I'll <i>ruin</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>By thee raised, I <i>ruin</i> all my foes.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The eyes of other people are the eyes that <i>ruin</i>
us.</blockquote> <i>Franklin.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>By the fireside there are old men seated,<BR>
Seeling <i>ruined</i> cities in the ashes.</blockquote>
<i>Longfellow.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"in</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To fall to ruins; to
go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Though he his house of polished marble build,<BR>
Yet shall it <i>ruin</i> like the moth's frail cell.</blockquote>
<i>Sandys.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>If we are idle, and disturb the industrious in their
business, we shall <i>ruin</i> the faster.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"in*a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of
being ruined.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"in*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>ruinatus</i>, p. p. of <i>ruinare</i> to ruin. See <u>Ruin</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce
to poverty; to ruin.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I will not <i>ruinate</i> my f&?;ther's
house.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Ruinating</i> thereby the health of their
bodies.</blockquote> <i>Burton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To cause to fall; to cast down.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>On the other side they saw that perilous rock<BR>
Threatening itself on them to <i>ruinate</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"in*ate</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To fall; to
tumble.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ru"in*ate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ruinatus</i>,
p. p.] <def>Involved in ruin; ruined.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>My brother Edward lives in pomp and state,<BR>
I in a mansion here all <i>ruinate</i>.</blockquote> <i>J.
Webster.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru`in*a"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.
<i>ruinatio</i>.] <def>The act of ruining, or the state of being
ruined.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"in*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, ruins.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"in*i*form</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Ruin</i> + <i>-
form</i>: cf. F. <i>ruiniforme</i>.] <def>Having the appearance of
ruins, or of the ruins of houses; -- said of certain
minerals.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"in*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ruinosus</i>:
cf. F. <i>ruineux</i>. See <u>Ruin</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful;
pernicious; as, a <i>ruinous</i> project.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>After a night of storm so <i>ruinous</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated;
as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a <i>ruinous</i> state.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Composed of, or consisting in,
ruins.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a <i>ruinous</i>
heap.</blockquote> <i>Isa. xvii. 1.</i></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious;
destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous.</p>

<p>-- <wf>Ru"in*ous*ly</wf> (#), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Ru"in*ous*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rukh</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Srr <u>Roc</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The roc.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A large bird, supposed
by some to be the same as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rul"a*ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>That may be
ruled; subject to rule; accordant or conformable to rule.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rule</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>reule</i>,
<i>riule</i>, OF. <i>riule</i>, <i>reule</i>, F. <i>r&eacute;gle</i>,
fr. L. <i>regula</i> a ruler, rule, model, fr. <i>regere</i>,
<i>rectum</i>, to lead straight, to direct. See <u>Right</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>, and cf. <u>Regular</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or
action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative
enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the
<i>rules</i> of various societies; the <i>rules</i> governing a
school; a <i>rule</i> of etiquette or propriety; the <i>rules</i> of
cricket.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>We profess to have embraced a religion which contains
the most exact <i>rules</i> for the government of our
lives.</blockquote> <i>Tillotson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Hence: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Uniform or
established course of things.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>'T is against the <i>rule</i> of nature.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Systematic method or practice; as, my
<i>ule</i> is to rise at six o'clock.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<def>Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition
of things; as, it is a <i>rule</i> to which there are many
exeptions.</def> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>Conduct in general;
behavior.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>This uncivil <i>rule</i>; she shall know of
it.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The act of ruling; administration of law;
government; empire; authority; control.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Obey them that have the <i>rule</i> over
you.</blockquote> <i>Heb. xiii. 17.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>His stern <i>rule</i> the groaning land
obeyed.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>An order regulating the
practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action
or a suit.</def>  <i>Wharton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Math.)</i> <def>A determinate method
prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain
result; as, a <i>rule</i> for extracting the cube root.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Gram.)</i> <def>A general principle
concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement
thereof; thus, it is a <i>rule</i> in England, that <i>s</i> or
<i>es</i> , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural
of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to
the <i>rule</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A straight strip of
wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a
straight line; a ruler.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A measuring
instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the
like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an
inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A judicious artist will use his eye, but he will trust
only to his <i>rule</i>.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A thin
plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and
used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in
tabular work.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A composing rule. See
under <u>Conposing</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>As a rule</b></col>, <cd>as a general thing; in the main;
usually; as, he behaves well, <i>as a rule</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Board
rule</b></col>, <col><b>Caliber rule</b></col>, etc. <cd>See under
<u>Board</u>, <u>Caliber</u>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Rule
joint</b></col>, <cd>a knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when
the connected pieces come in line with each other, and thus permit
folding in one direction only.</cd> -- <col><b>Rule of three</b></col>
<i>(Arith.)</i>, <cd>that rule which directs, when three terms are
given, how to find a fourth, which shall have the same ratio to the
third term as the second has to the first; proportion. See
<u>Proportion</u>, 5 <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rule of
thumb</b></col>, <cd>any rude process or operation, like that of using
the thumb as a rule in measuring; hence, judgment and practical
experience as distinguished from scientific knowledge.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- regulation; law; precept; maxim; guide; canon;
order; method; direction; control; government; sway; empire.</p>

<p><hw>Rule</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ruled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ruling</u>.] [Cf. <i>OF</i>. <i>riuler</i>, <i>ruiler</i>, L.
<i>regulare</i>. See <u>Rule</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, and cf.
<u>Regulate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To control the will and
actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to
manage.</def>  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A bishop then must be blameless; . . . one that
<i>ruleth</i> well his own house, having his children in
subjection.</blockquote> <i>1 Tim. iii. 2, 4.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To control or direct by influence, counsel,
or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I think she will be <i>ruled</i><BR>
In all respects by me.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To establish or settle by, or as by, a
rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common
practice.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>That's are <i>ruled</i> case with the
schoolmen.</blockquote> <i>Atterbury.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To require or command by rule;
to give as a direction or order of court.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil,
etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means
of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to
<i>rule</i> a sheet of paper of a blank book.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Ruled surface</b></col> <i>(Geom.)</i>, <cd>any surface
that may be described by a straight line moving according to a given
law; -- called also a <i>scroll</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rule</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often
followed by <i>over</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>By me princes <i>rule</i>, and nobles.</blockquote>
<i>Prov. viii. 16.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>We subdue and <i>rule</i> over all other
creatures.</blockquote> <i>Ray.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>To lay down and settle a rule
or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a
rule.</def>  <i>Burril. Bouvier.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Com.)</i> <def>To keep within a (certain)
range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices
<i>ruled</i> lower yesterday than the day before.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rule"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of rule;
lawless.</def>  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rule"-mon`ger</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A stickler
for rules; a slave of rules</def> [R.]  <i>Hare.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1260 !></p>

<p><hw>Rul"er</hw> (r&udd;l"&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who rules; one who exercises sway or
authority; a governor.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>And he made him <i>ruler</i> over all the
land.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xli. 43.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A prince and <i>ruler</i> of the land.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A straight or curved strip of wood, metal,
etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing
lines.  Cf. <u>Rule</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 7
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Parallel ruler</b></col>. <cd>See under
<u>Parallel</u>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rul"ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a <i>ruling</i>
passion; a <i>ruling</i> sovereign.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a
<i>ruling</i> machine or pen.</def></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Predominant; chief; controlling; directing; guiding;
governing; prevailing; prevalent.</p>

<p><hw>Rul"ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of one who rules; ruled lines.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i> <def>A decision or rule of a judge
or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding
evidence.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rul"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a ruling
manner; so as to rule.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rul"li*chies</hw> (r&ubreve;l"l&ibreve;*ch&ibreve;z),
<pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [Cf. D. <i>rolletje</i> a little roll.]
<def>Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in
slices and fried.</def> [Local, New York]</p>

<p><hw>Rul"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [From <u>Rule</u>.]
<def>Orderly; easily restrained; -- opposed to <i>unruly</i>.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Gascoigne.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [probably shortened from
Prov. E. <i>rumbullion</i> a great tumult, formerly applied in the
island of Barbadoes to an intoxicating liquor.] <def>A kind of
intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings
of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of
former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic
or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rum bud</b></col>, <cd>a grog blossom.</cd> [Colloq.] --
<col><b>Rum shrub</b></col>, <cd>a drink composed of rum, water,
sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring
extract.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rum</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Formerly <i>rome</i>, a slang
word for good; possibly of Gypsy origin; cf. Gypsy <i>rom</i> a
husband, a gypsy.] <def>Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a <i>rum</i>
idea; a <i>rum</i> fellow.</def> [Slang]  <i>Dickens.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A queer or odd person or
thing; a country parson.</def> [Slang, Obs.] <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum"ble</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [OE. <i>romblen</i>,
akin to D. <i>rommelen</i>, G. <i>rumpeln</i>, Dan. <i>rumle</i>; cf.
Icel. <i>rymja</i> to roar.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make a low,
heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder <i>rumbles</i> at a
distance.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In the mean while the skies 'gan <i>rumble</i>
sore.</blockquote> <i>Surrey.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The people cried and <i>rombled</i> up and
down.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To murmur; to ripple.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>rumble</i> gently down with murmur
soft.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum"ble</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
noisy report; rumor.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Delighting ever in <i>rumble</i> that is
new.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A low, heavy, continuous sound like that
made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused
noise; as, the <i>rumble</i> of a railroad train.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Clamor and <i>rumble</i>, and ringing and
clatter.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Merged in the <i>rumble</i> of awakening
day.</blockquote> <i>H. James.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A seat for servants, behind the body of a
carriage.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the <i>rumble</i>
behind.</blockquote> <i>Dickens.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A rotating cask or box in which small
articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each
other.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rum"ble</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cause to pass
through a rumble, or shaking machine. See <u>Rumble</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 4.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rum"bler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that
which, rumbles.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rum"bling</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>a. & n.</i></pos> from
<u>Rumble</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos></def></p>

<p><hw>Rum"bling*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rumbling
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rum"bo</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Grog.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum*bow"line</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Naut.)</i>
<def>Same as <u>Rombowline</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ru"men</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rumen</i>, <i>-
inis</i>, the throat.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The
first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See
<i>Illust.</i> below. </def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The cud of a ruminant.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"mi*cin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock
(<i>Rumex crispus</i>) and identical with <i>chrysophanic
acid</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rumi*nal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ruminalis</i>.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Ruminant; ruminating.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ru"mi*nant</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ruminans</i>,
<i>-antis</i>, p. pr.: cf. F. <i>ruminant</i>. See <u>Ruminate</u>.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing
again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the
Ruminantia.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"mi*nant</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>A ruminant animal; one of the Ruminantia.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ru`mi*nan"ti*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A division of Artiodactyla having four
stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats,
sheep, neat cattle, and allies.</def></p>

<p><BR>
&fist; The vegetable food, after the first mastication, enters the
first stomach (<i>r</i>). It afterwards passes into the second
(<i>n</i>), where it is moistened, and formed into pellets which the
animal has the power of bringing back to the mouth to be chewed again,
after which it is swallowed into the third stomach (<i>m</i>), whence
it passes to the fourth (<i>s</i>), where it is finally digested.</p>

<p><hw>Ru"mi*nant*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a
ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ruminated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ruminating</u>.] [L. <i>ruminatus</i>, p. p. of <i>ruminari</i>,
<i>ruminare</i>, fr. <i>rumen</i>, <i>-inis</i>, throat, akin to
<i>ructare</i> to belch, <i>erugere</i> to belch out, Gr. &?;, AS.
<i>roccettan</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To chew the cud; to chew
again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.</def> "Cattle free
to <i>ruminate</i>." <i>Wordsworth.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Fig.: <def>To think again and again; to muse; to
meditate;  to ponder; to reflect.</def>  <i>Cowper.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that
<i>ruminates</i> on the felicity of heaven?</blockquote> <i>I.
Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"mi*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To chew over again.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Fig.: <def>To meditate or ponder over; to muse
on.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Mad with desire, she <i>ruminates</i> her
sin.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>What I know<BR>
Is <i>ruminated</i>, plotted, and set down.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p>{ <hw>Ru"mi*nate</hw> (?), <hw>Ru"mi*na`ted</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having a hard albumen
penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the
nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru`mi*na"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ruminatio</i>: cf. F. <i>rumination</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit
of chewing the cud.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rumination</i> is given to animals to enable them at
once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew
it.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The state of being disposed to ruminate or
ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Retiring full of <i>rumination</i> sad.</blockquote>
<i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>The regurgitation of food
from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed
as a morbid phenomenon in man.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"mi*na*tive</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Inclined to,
or engaged in, rumination or meditation.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"mi*na`tor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.] <def>One who
ruminates or muses; a meditator.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rum"kin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Rummer</u>, and
see <u>-kin</u>.] <def>A popular or jocular name for a drinking
vessel.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rum"mage</hw> (?; 48), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [For
<i>roomage</i>, fr. <i>room</i>; hence originally, a making room, a
packing away closely. See <u>Room</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a
ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of
packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written
<i>romage</i>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A searching carefully by looking into every
corner, and by turning things over.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He has made such a general <i>rummage</i> and reform in
the office of matrimony.</blockquote> <i>Walpole.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rummage sale</b></col>, <cd>a clearance sale of unclaimed
goods in a public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated in
a shop.</cd> <i>Simmonds.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum"mage</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rummaged</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rummaging</u> (?).] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To make
room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages,
ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; --
formerly written <i>roomage</i>, and <i>romage</i>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>They might bring away a great deal more than they do,
if they would take pain in the <i>romaging</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Hakluyt.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To search or examine thoroughly by looking
into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things;
to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after
leaf.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys,
and so <i>rummageth</i> all his closets and trunks.</blockquote>
<i>Howell.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>What schoolboy of us has not <i>rummaged</i> his Greek
dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account!</blockquote> <i>M.
Arnold.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum"mage</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To search a place
narrowly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>I have often <i>rummaged</i> for old books in Little
Britain and Duck Lane.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>[His house] was haunted with a jolly ghost, that . .
.<BR>
. . . <i>rummaged</i> like a rat.</blockquote> <i>Tennyson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum"ma*ger</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who rummages.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A person on shipboard whose
business was to take charge of stowing the cargo; -- formerly written
<i>roomager</i>, and <i>romager</i>.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The master must provide a perfect mariner, called a
<i>romager</i>, to range and bestow all merchandise.</blockquote>
<i>Hakluyt.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum"mer</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [D. <i>roemer</i>,
<i>romer</i>, akin to G. <i>r&ouml;mer</i>, Sw. <i>remmare</i>;
perhaps properly, Roman.] <def>A large and tall glass, or drinking
cup.</def> [Obs.]  <i>J. Philips.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum"my</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
rum; characteristic of rum; as a <i>rummy</i> flavor.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rum"my</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i>
<plw><b>Rummies</b></plw> (&?;). <def>One who drinks rum; an
habitually intemperate person.</def> [Low]</p>

<p><hw>Rum"my</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Rum</u>,
<pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>Strange; odd.</def> [Slang]</p>

<p><hw>Rum"ney</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A sort of Spanish
wine.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ru"mor</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rumeur</i>, L.
<i>rumor</i>; cf. <i>rumificare</i>, <i>rumitare</i> to rumor, Skr.
<i>ru</i> to cry.] [Written also <i>rumour</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame;
notoriety.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>This <i>rumor</i> of him went forth throughout all
Judea, and throughout all the region round about.</blockquote> <i>Luke
vii. 17.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Great is the <i>rumor</i> of this dreadful
knight.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A current story passing from one person to
another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense
often personified.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Rumor</i> next, and Chance,<BR>
And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A prolonged, indistinct noise.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"mor</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rumored</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rumoring</u>.] <def>To report by rumor; to tell.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>'T was <i>rumored</i><BR>
My father 'scaped from out the citadel.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"mor*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A teller of news;
especially, one who spreads false reports.</def>   <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"mor*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. OF.
<i>rumoreux</i>, It. <i>rumoroso</i>, <i>romoroso</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of
rumors.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Famous; notorious.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Bale.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Murmuring.</def> [Obs. or Poetic]
<i>Drayton.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rump</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rumpe</i>; akin to
D. <i>romp</i> trunk, body, LG. <i>rump</i>, G. <i>rumpf</i>, Dan.
<i>rumpe</i> rump, Icel. <i>rumpr</i>, Sw. <i>rumpa</i> rump, tail.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The end of the backbone of an animal, with the
parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Among butchers, the piece of beef between
the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See <i>Illust.</i> of
<u>Beef</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> Fig.: <def>The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a
remnant.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rump Parliament</b></col>, or <col><b>The Rump</b></col>
<i>(Eng. Hist.)</i>, <cd>the remnant of the Long Parliament after the
expulsion by Cromwell in 1648 of those who opposed his purposes.  It
was dissolved by Cromwell in 1653, but twice revived for brief
sessions, ending finally in 1659.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>Rump</i> abolished the House of Lords, the army
abolished the <i>Rump</i>, and by this army of saints Cromwell
governed.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Rump steak</b></col>, <cd>a beefsteak from the
rump.</cd> <i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rump"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A member or a
supporter of the Rump Parliament.</def>  <i>I. Disraeli.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rump"-fed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>A Shakespearean
word of uncertain meaning.  Perhaps "fattened in the rump,
pampered."</def> "The <i>rump-fed</i> ronyon."</p>

<p><hw>Rum"ple</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rumpled</u> <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rumpling</u> (&?;).] [Cf. <i>rimple</i>, and D. <i>rimpelen</i> to
wrinkle, <i>rompelig</i> rough, uneven, G. <i>r&uuml;mpfen</i> to
wrinkle, MHG. <i>r&uuml;mphen</i>, OHG. <i>rimpfan</i>, Gr.
<grk>"ra`mfos</grk> the crooked beak of birds of prey, &?; to roam.]
<def>To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle;
to crumple; as, to <i>rumple</i> an apron or a cravat.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They would not give a dog's ear of their most
<i>rumpled</i> and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest
assignats.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum"ple</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A fold or plait; a
wrinkle.</def> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum"pled</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Wrinkled;
crumpled.</def> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rump"less</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Destitute of a
rump.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rum"ply</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rumpled.</def>
<i>Carlyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rum"pus</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A disturbance;
noise and confusion; a quarrel.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><hw>Rum"sell`er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who sells
rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells
spirituous beverages at retail.</def></p>

<p><hw>Run</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.</i></pos>
<u>Ran</u> (?) or <u>Run</u>; <pos><i>p. p.</i></pos> <u>Run</u>;
<pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos> <u>Running</u>.] [OE. <i>rinnen</i>,
<i>rennen</i> (imp. <i>ran</i>, p. p. <i>runnen</i>, <i>ronnen</i>).
AS. <i>rinnan</i> to flow (imp. <i>ran</i>, p. p. <i>gerunnen</i>),
and <i>iernan</i>, <i>irnan</i>, to run (imp. <i>orn</i>, <i>arn</i>,
<i>earn</i>, p. p. <i>urnen</i>); akin to D. <i>runnen</i>,
<i>rennen</i>, OS. & OHG. <i>rinnan</i>, G. <i>rinnen</i>,
<i>rennen</i>, Icel. <i>renna</i>, <i>rinna</i>, Sw. rinna,
r&auml;nna, Dan. <i>rinde</i>, <i>rende</i>, Goth. <i>rinnan</i>, and
perh. to L. <i>oriri</i> to rise, Gr. &?; to stir up, rouse, Skr. &?;
(cf. <u>Origin</u>), or perh. to L. <i>rivus</i> brook (cf.
<u>Rival</u>). &radic;11.  Cf. <u>Ember</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>,
<u>Rennet</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To move, proceed, advance,
pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said
of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward,
as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in
walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.</def> Specifically: --</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Of voluntary or personal action:
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to
hasten.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>"Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they
<i>ran</i>.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To flee, as from fear or danger.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>As from a bear a man would <i>run</i> for
life.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To steal off; to depart
secretly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>My conscience will serve me to <i>run</i> from this
jew.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To contend in a race; hence, to enter into
a contest; to become a candidate; as, to <i>run</i> for
Congress.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Know ye not that they which <i>run</i> in a race
<i>run</i> all, but one receiveth the prize? So <i>run</i>, that ye
may obtain.</blockquote> <i>1 Cor. ix. 24.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>To pass from one state or condition to
another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with <i>in</i> or
<i>into</i>; as, to <i>run</i> into evil practices; to <i>run</i> in
debt.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast, to rend my
heart with grief and <i>run</i> distracted?</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(f)</i></sd> <def>To exert continuous activity; to proceed;
as, to <i>run</i> through life; to <i>run</i> in a circle.</def>
<sd><i>(g)</i></sd> <def>To pass or go quickly in thought or
conversation; as, to <i>run</i> from one subject to another.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Virgil, in his first Georgic, has <i>run</i> into a set
of precepts foreign to his subject.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(h)</i></sd> <def>To discuss; to continue to think or speak
about something; -- with <i>on</i>.</def> <sd><i>(i)</i></sd> <def>To
make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with
<i>on</i>.</def> <sd><i>(j)</i></sd> <def>To creep, as
serpents.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> Of involuntary motion: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd>
<def>To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers
<i>run</i> to the sea; sap <i>runs</i> up in the spring; her blood
<i>ran</i> cold.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>To proceed along a
surface; to extend; to spread.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The fire <i>ran</i> along upon the ground.</blockquote>
<i>Ex. ix. 23.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>To become fluid; to melt; to
fuse.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>As wax dissolves, as ice begins to
<i>run</i>.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Sussex iron ores <i>run</i> freely in the
fire.</blockquote> <i>Woodward.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <def>To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis
or pivot; as, a wheel <i>runs</i> swiftly round.</def>
<sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <def>To travel; to make progress; to be moved by
mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat <i>runs</i> regularly to
Albany; the train <i>runs</i> to Chicago.</def> <sd><i>(f)</i></sd>
<def>To extend; to reach; as, the road <i>runs</i> from Philadelphia
to New York; the memory of man <i>runneth</i> not to the
contrary.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>She saw with joy the line immortal <i>run</i>,<BR>
Each sire impressed, and glaring in his son.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(g)</i></sd> <def>To go back and forth from place to place;
to ply; as, the stage <i>runs</i> between the hotel and the
station.</def> <sd><i>(h)</i></sd> <def>To make progress; to proceed;
to pass.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>As fast as our time <i>runs</i>, we should be very glad
in most part of our lives that it <i>ran</i> much faster.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(i)</i></sd> <def>To continue in operation; to be kept in
action or motion; as, this engine <i>runs</i> night and day; the mill
<i>runs</i> six days in the week.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When we desire anything, our minds <i>run</i> wholly on
the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run
wholly on the bad ones.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(j)</i></sd> <def>To have a course or direction; as, a line
<i>runs</i> east and west.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Where the generally allowed practice <i>runs</i>
counter to it.</blockquote> <i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Little is the wisdom, where the flight<BR>
So <i>runs</i> against all reason.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(k)</i></sd> <def>To be in form thus, as a combination of
words.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The king's ordinary style <i>runneth</i>, "Our
sovereign lord the king."</blockquote> <i>Bp. Sanderson.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(l)</i></sd> <def>To be popularly known; to be generally
received.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Men gave them their own names, by which they <i>run</i>
a great while in Rome.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Neither was he ignorant what report <i>ran</i> of
himself.</blockquote> <i>Knolles.</i></p>

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<p><sd><i>(m)</i></sd> <def>To have growth or development; as, boys
and girls <i>run</i> up rapidly.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If the richness of the ground cause turnips to
<i>run</i> to leaves.</blockquote> <i>Mortimer.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(n)</i></sd> <def>To tend, as to an effect or consequence;
to incline.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A man's nature <i>runs</i> either to herbs or
weeds.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Temperate climates <i>run</i> into moderate
governments.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(o)</i></sd> <def>To spread and blend together; to unite;
as, colors <i>run</i> in washing.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>In the middle of a rainbow the colors are . . .
distinguished, but near the borders they <i>run</i> into one
another.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(p)</i></sd> <def>To have a legal course; to be attached; to
continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company;
as, certain covenants <i>run</i> with the land.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Customs <i>run</i> only upon our goods imported or
exported, and that but once for all; whereas interest <i>runs</i> as
well upon our ships as goods, and must be yearly paid.</blockquote>
<i>Sir J. Child.</i></p>

<p><sd><i>(q)</i></sd> <def>To continue without falling due; to hold
good; as, a note has thirty days to <i>run</i>.</def>
<sd><i>(r)</i></sd> <def>To discharge pus or other matter; as, an
ulcer <i>runs</i>.</def> <sd><i>(s)</i></sd> <def>To be played on the
stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece <i>ran</i>
for six months.</def> <sd><i>(t)</i></sd> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>To sail
before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled;
-- said of vessels.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly
in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a
supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in
the air under the body.</def>  <i>Stillman (The Horse in
Motion).</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Athletics)</i> <def>To move rapidly by
springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither
foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from <i>walking</i> in
athletic competition.</def></p>

<p><col><b>As things run</b></col>, <cd>according to the usual order,
conditions, quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or
specification.</cd> -- <col><b>To let run</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>,
<cd>to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen.</cd> --
<col><b>To run after</b></col>, <cd>to pursue or follow; to search
for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as, <i>to run after</i>
similes.</cd> <i>Locke.</i> -- <col><b>To run away</b></col>, <cd>to
flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance.</cd> --
<col><b>To run away with</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To convey
away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse
<i>runs away with</i> a carriage.</cd> -- <col><b>To run
down</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To cease to work or operate on
account of the exhaustion of the motive power; -- said of clocks,
watches, etc.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To decline in condition;
as, <i>to run down</i> in health.</cd> -- <col><b>To run down a
coast</b></col>, <cd>to sail along it.</cd> -- <col><b>To run for an
office</b></col>, <cd>to stand as a candidate for an office.</cd> --
<col><b>To run in</b></col> or <col><b>into</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To enter; to step in</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>To come in collision with.</cd> -- <col><b>To run in
trust</b></col>, <cd>to run in debt; to get credit.</cd> [Obs.] --
<col><b>To run in with</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To close; to
comply; to agree with.</cd> [R.] <i>T. Baker.</i> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
<i>to run in with</i> the land.</cd> -- <col><b>To run mad</b></col>,
<col><b>To run mad after</b></col> or <col><b>on</b></col>. <cd>See
under <u>Mad</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>To run on</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To be continued; as, their accounts had <i>run
on</i> for a year or two without a settlement.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To talk incessantly</cd>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd>
<cd>To continue a course</cd>. <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To press with
jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on</cd>.
<sd><i>(e)</i></sd> <i>(Print.)</i> <cd>To be continued in the same
lines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph</cd>. --
<col><b>To run out</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To come to an
end; to expire; as, the lease <i>runs out</i> at Michaelmas.</cd>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To extend; to spread</cd>. "Insectile animals
. . . <i>run</i> all <i>out</i> into legs." <i>Hammond.</i>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To expatiate; as, <i>to run out</i> into
beautiful digressions.</cd> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To be wasted or
exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed
without economy will soon <i>run out</i>.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>And had her stock been less, no doubt<BR>
She must have long ago <i>run out</i>.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To run over</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To
overflow; as, a cup <i>runs over</i>, or the liquor <i>runs
over</i>.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To go over, examine, or
rehearse cursorily</cd>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To ride or drive
over; as, <i>to run over</i> a child.</cd> -- <col><b>To run
riot</b></col>, <cd>to go to excess.</cd> -- <col><b>To run
through</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To go through hastily; as
<i>to run through</i> a book.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To spend
wastefully; as, to run through an estate.</cd> -- <col><b>To run to
seed</b></col>, <cd>to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed,
as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose
vital force, as the body or mind.</cd> -- <col><b>To run up</b></col>,
<cd>to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accounts of goods
credited <i>run up</i> very fast.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
<i>run up</i> into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To run with</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To be
drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the streets <i>ran with</i>
blood.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To flow while charged with some
foreign substance</cd>. "Its rivers <i>ran with</i> gold." <i>J. H.
Newman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Run</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To cause to run (in the various senses of <u>Run</u>, <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos>); as, to <i>run</i> a horse; to <i>run</i> a stage; to
<i>run</i> a machine; to <i>run</i> a rope through a block.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To pursue in thought; to carry in
contemplation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To <i>run</i> the world back to its first
original.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>I would gladly understand the formation of a soul, and
<i>run</i> it up to its "punctum saliens."</blockquote>
<i>Collier.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to
<i>run</i> a sword into or through the body; to <i>run</i> a nail into
the foot.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>You <i>run</i> your head into the lion's
mouth.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Having <i>run</i> his fingers through his
hair.</blockquote> <i>Dickens.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to
be driven.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They <i>ran</i> the ship aground.</blockquote> <i>Acts
xxvii. 41.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>A talkative person <i>runs</i> himself upon great
inconveniences by blabbing out his own or other's
secrets.</blockquote> <i>Ray.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Others, accustomed to retired speculations, <i>run</i>
natural philosophy into metaphysical notions.</blockquote>
<i>Locke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to
<i>run</i> bullets, and the like.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The purest gold must be <i>run</i> and
washed.</blockquote> <i>Felton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to
indicate; to determine; as, to <i>run</i> a line.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>To cause to pass, or evade, offical
restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or dutiable
goods.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Heavy impositions . . . are a strong temptation of
<i>running</i> goods.</blockquote> <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>To go through or accomplish by running; as,
to <i>run</i> a race; to <i>run</i> a certain career.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>To cause to stand as a candidate for
office; to support for office; as, to <i>run</i> some one for
Congress.</def> [Colloq. U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>To encounter or incur, as a danger or
risk; as, to <i>run</i> the risk of losing one's life. See <i>To run
the chances</i>, below.</def> "He <i>runneth</i> two dangers."
<i>Bacon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <def>To put at hazard; to venture; to
risk.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He would himself be in the Highlands to receive them,
and <i>run</i> his fortune with them.</blockquote>
<i>Clarendon.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <def>To discharge; to emit; to give forth
copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet <i>runs</i> hot
water.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>At the base of Pompey's statua,<BR>
Which all the while <i>ran</i> blood, great C&aelig;sar
fell.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <def>To be charged with, or to contain much of,
while flowing; as, the rivers <i>ran</i> blood.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>14.</b></sn> <def>To conduct; to manage; to carry on; as, to
<i>run</i> a factory or a hotel.</def> [Colloq. U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>15.</b></sn> <def>To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>

<p><sn><b>16.</b></sn> <def>To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle
through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of
stitches on the needle at the same time.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>17.</b></sn> <def>To migrate or move in schools; -- said of
fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.</def></p>

<p><col><b>To run a blockade</b></col>, <cd>to get to, or away from, a
blockaded port in safety.</cd> -- <col><b>To run down</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Hunting)</i> <cd>To chase till the object
pursued is captured or exhausted; as, <i>to run down</i> a stag</cd>.
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>To run against and sink, as a
vessel</cd>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To crush; to overthrow; to
overbear</cd>. "Religion is <i>run down</i> by the license of these
times." <i>Berkeley.</i> <sd><i>(d)</i></sd> <cd>To disparage; to
traduce.</cd> <i>F. W. Newman.</i> -- <col><b>To run hard</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To press in competition; as, <i>to run</i> one
<i>hard</i> in a race.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To urge or press
importunately</cd>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To banter severely.</cd> -
- <col><b>To run into the ground</b></col>, <cd>to carry to an absurd
extreme; to overdo.</cd> [Slang, U.S.]  -- <col><b>To run
off</b></col>, <cd>to cause to flow away, as a charge of molten metal
from a furnace.</cd> -- <col><b>To run on</b></col> <i>(Print.)</i>,
<cd>to carry on or continue, as the type for a new sentence, without
making a break or commencing a new paragraph.</cd> -- <col><b>To run
out</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To thrust or push out; to
extend.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To waste; to exhaust; as, <i>to
run out</i> an estate.</cd> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <i>(Baseball)</i>
<cd>To put out while running between two bases.</cd> -- <col><b>To
run</b></col> <col><b>the chances, or one's chances</b></col>, <cd>to
encounter all the risks of a certain course.</cd> -- <col><b>To run
through</b></col>, <cd>to transfix; to pierce, as with a sword.</cd>
"[He] was <i>run through</i> the body by the man who had asked his
advice." <i>Addison.</i> -- <col><b>To run up</b></col>.
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>To thrust up, as anything long and
slender.</cd> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <cd>To increase; to enlarge by
additions, as an account</cd>. <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <cd>To erect
hastily, as a building</cd>.</p>

<p><hw>Run</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of running; as, a long <i>run</i>; a good <i>run</i>; a quick
<i>run</i>; to go on the <i>run</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A small stream; a brook; a creek.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which runs or flows in the course of a
certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a <i>run</i> of must
in wine making; the first <i>run</i> of sap in a maple
orchard.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A course; a series; that which continues in
a certain course or series; as, a <i>run</i> of good or bad
luck.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They who made their arrangements in the first
<i>run</i> of misadventure . . . put a seal on their
calamities.</blockquote> <i>Burke.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>State of being current; currency;
popularity.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>It is impossible for detached papers to have a general
<i>run</i>, or long continuance, if not diversified with
humor.</blockquote> <i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Continued repetition on the stage; -- said
of a play; as, to have a <i>run</i> of a hundred successive
nights.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense
<i>run</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>A continuing urgent demand; especially, a
pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <def>A range or extent of ground for feeding
stock; as, a sheep <i>run</i>.</def>  <i>Howitt.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>The
aftermost part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern,
under the quarter.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The distance sailed
by a ship; as, a good <i>run</i>; a <i>run</i> of fifty miles.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>A voyage; as, a <i>run</i> to
China.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <def>A pleasure excursion; a trip.</def>
[Colloq.]</p>

<p><blockquote>I think of giving her a <i>run</i> in
London.</blockquote> <i>Dickens.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <i>(Mining)</i> <def>The horizontal distance to
which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a
mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a
vein of ore or other substance takes.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A roulade, or series of
running tones.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>The greatest degree of
swiftness in marching.  It is executed upon the same principles as the
double-quick, but with greater speed.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>14.</b></sn> <def>The act of migrating, or ascending a river
to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage or school of fishes
which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of
spawning.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>15.</b></sn> <def>In baseball, a complete circuit of the
bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a
passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored;
as, a player made three <i>runs</i>; the side went out with two
hundred <i>runs</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The "<i>runs</i>" are made from wicket to wicket, the
batsmen interchanging ends at each <i>run</i>.</blockquote> <i>R. A.
Proctor.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>16.</b></sn> <def>A pair or set of millstones.</def></p>

<p><col><b>At the long run</b></col>, <i>now, commonly</i>, <col><b>In
the long run</b></col>, <cd>in or during the whole process or course
of things taken together; in the final result; in the end;
finally.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>[Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he
surpasses them <i>in the long run</i>.</blockquote> <i>J. H.
Newman.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>Home run</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>A running or
returning toward home, or to the point from which the start was
made.</cd> Cf. <i>Home stretch</i>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<i>(Baseball)</i> <cd>See under <u>Home</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>The
run</b></col>, or <col><b>The common run</b></col>, etc., <cd>ordinary
persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that
which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind.</cd></p>

<p><blockquote>I saw nothing else that is superior to <i>the common
run</i> of parks.</blockquote> <i>Walpole.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as
beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast
superiority to <i>the common run</i> of men.</blockquote> <i>Prof.
Wilson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>His whole appearance was something out of <i>the common
run</i>.</blockquote> <i>W. Irving.</i></p>

<p>-- <col><b>To let go by the run</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>to
loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as
a sail.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Run</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Melted,
or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, <i>run</i> butter;
<i>run</i> iron or lead.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Smuggled; as, <i>run</i> goods.</def>
[Colloq.]  <i>Miss Edgeworth.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Run steel</b></col>, <cd>malleable iron castings. See under
<u>Malleable</u>.</cd>  <i>Raymond.</i></p>

<p><hw>Run"a*gate</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>ren&eacute;gat</i>, Prov. <i>renegat</i>. LL. <i>renegatus</i>;
confused with E. <i>run</i> and <i>gate</i> a way. See
<u>Renegade</u>.] <def>A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a
renegade. See <u>Renegade</u>.</def>  <i>Bunyan.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Wretched <i>runagates</i> from the jail.</blockquote>
<i>De Quincey.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Who has not been a <i>runagate</i> from
duty?</blockquote> <i>Hare.</i></p>

<p><hw>Run"a*way`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.;
a fugitive.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Thou <i>runaway</i>, thou coward, art thou
fled?</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The act of running away, esp. of a horse or
teams; as, there was a <i>runaway</i> yesterday.</def></p>

<p><hw>Run"a*way`</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as,
<i>runaway</i> soldiers; a <i>runaway</i> horse.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Accomplished by running away or elopement,
or during flight; as, a <i>runaway</i> marriage.</def></p>

<p> </p>

<p><hw>Run*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>runcatio</i>,
fr. <i>runcare</i> to weed out.] <def>A weeding.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><hw>Runch</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The
wild radish.</def>  <i>Dr. Prior.</i></p>

<p><hw>Run"ci*nate</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>runcinatus</i>, p. p. of <i>runcinare</i> to plane off, fr.
<i>runcina</i> a plane.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Pinnately cut with the
lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.</def></p>

<p><hw>Run"del</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Rindle</u>.]
<def>A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet.</def>
[Prov. Eng.] <i>Halliwell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Run"del</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <u>Rundle</u>.] <def>A
circle.</def> [Prov. Eng.]</p>

<p><hw>Run"dle</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [E. <i>round</i>.  Cf.
<u>Rondle</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A round; a step of a ladder; a
rung.</def> <i>Duppa.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A ball.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Something which rotates about an axis, as a
wheel, or the drum of a capstan.</def> "An axis or cylinder having a
<i>rundle</i> about it."  <i>Bp. Wilkins.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>One of the pins or trundles
of a lantern wheel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rund"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Dim. of OF.
<i>rondele</i> a little tun, fr. <i>rond</i> round. See <u>Round</u>,
and cf. <u>Roundlet</u>, <u>Runlet</u>.] <def>A small barrel of no
certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it
usually holds about 14&frac12; gallons.</def> [Written also
<i>runlet</i>.]</p>

<p><hw>Rune</hw> (r&udd;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>r&umacr;n</i>
a rune, a secret, a mystery; akin to Icel. <i>r&umacr;n</i>, OHG. &
Goth. <i>r&umacr;na</i> a secret, secret colloquy, G. & Dan.
<i>rune</i> rune, and probably to Gr. <grk>'ereyna^n</grk> to search
for.  Cf. <u>Roun</u> to whisper.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A letter,
or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient
Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters
of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The Norsemen had a peculiar alphabet, consisting of sixteen
letters, or characters, called <i>runes</i>, the origin of which is
lost in the remotest antiquity. The signification of the word
<i>rune</i> (mystery) seems to allude to the fact that originally only
a few were acquainted with the use of these marks, and that they were
mostly applied to secret tricks, witchcrafts and enchantments. But the
runes were also used in communication by writing.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>pl.</i> <def>Old Norse poetry expressed in
runes.</def></p>

<p><blockquote><i>Runes</i> were upon his tongue,<BR>
As on the warrior's sword.</blockquote> <i>Longfellow.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rune stone</b></col>, <cd>a stone bearing a runic
inscription.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ner</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A bard, or learned
man, among the ancient Goths.</def>  <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rung</hw> (?), <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos> of
<u>Ring</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rung</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>ronge</i>, AS.
<i>hrung</i>, a staff, rod, pole; akin to G. <i>runge</i> a short,
thick piece of iron or wood, OD. <i>ronghe</i> a prop, support, Icel.
<i>r&ouml;ng</i> a rib in a ship, Goth. <i>Hrugga</i> a staff.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Shipbuilding)</i> <def>A floor timber in a
ship.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>One of the rounds of a ladder.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a
heavy staff.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>One of the radial handles
projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or
trundles of a lantern wheel.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rung"head`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Shipbuilding)</i>
<def>The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"nic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to
a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, <i>runic</i> verses;
<i>runic</i> letters; <i>runic</i> names; <i>runic</i>
rhyme.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Runic staff</b></col>. <cd>See <i>Clog almanac</i>, under
<u>Clog</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Runic wand</b></col>, <cd>a willow wand
bearing runes, formerly thought to have been used by the heathen
tribes of Northern Europe in magical ceremonies.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Run"let</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Run</i> + <i>-
let</i>.] <def>A little run or stream; a streamlet; a brook.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>To trace out to its marshy source every <i>runlet</i>
that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.</blockquote>
<i>Lowell.</i></p>

<p><hw>Run"let</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Same as
<u>Rundlet</u>.</def> "A stoup of sack, or a <i>runlet</i> of canary."
<i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Run"nel</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Run</u>.  Cf.
<u>Rindle</u>.] <def>A rivulet or small brook.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Bubbling <i>runnels</i> joined the sound.</blockquote>
<i>Collins.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>By the very sides of the way . . . there are slow
<i>runnels</i>, in which one can see the minnows
swimming.</blockquote> <i>Masson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Run"ner</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Run</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>One who, or that which, runs; a
racer.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A detective.</def> [Slang, Eng.]
<i>Dickens.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A messenger.</def>  <i>Swift.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A smuggler.</def> [Colloq.]  <i>R.
North.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>One employed to solicit patronage, as for a
steamboat, hotel, shop, etc.</def> [Cant, U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A slender trailing branch
which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as
in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <def>The rotating stone of a set of
millstones.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A rope rove through a block
and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.</def>
<i>Totten.</i></p>

<p><! p. 1262 !></p>

<p><sn><b>9.</b></sn> <def>One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh
slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the
ice.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>10.</b></sn> <i>(Founding)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the
cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a
channel.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A trough or channel for
leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig
bed.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>11.</b></sn> <def>The movable piece to which the ribs of an
umbrella are attached.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>12.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A food fish
(<i>Elagatis pinnulatus</i>) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called
also <i>skipjack</i>, <i>shoemaker</i>, and <i>yellowtail</i>. The
name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>13.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any cursorial
bird.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>14.</b></sn> <i>(Mech.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of
stone.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A tool on which lenses are
fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.</def></p>

<p><hw>Run"net</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rennet</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Run"ning</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Moving or advancing by running.</def> Specifically, of a horse;
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Having a running gait; not a trotter or
pacer.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>trained and kept for running
races; as, a <i>running</i> horse.</def>  <i>Law.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Successive; one following the other without
break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two
days <i>running</i>; to sow land two years <i>running</i>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a
<i>running</i> hand.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Continuous; keeping along step by step; as,
he stated the facts with a <i>running</i> explanation.</def> "A
<i>running</i> conquest." <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>What are art and science if not a <i>running</i>
commentary on Nature?</blockquote> <i>Hare.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Extending by a slender
climbing or trailing stem; as, a <i>running</i> vine.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Discharging pus; as, a
<i>running</i> sore.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Running block</b></col> <i>(Mech.)</i>, <cd>a block in an
arrangement of pulleys which rises or sinks with the weight which is
raised or lowered.</cd> -- <col><b>Running board</b></col>, <cd>a
narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive.</cd> --
<col><b>Running bowsprit</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i> <cd>Same as
<i>Reefing bowsprit</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Running days</b></col>
<i>(Com.)</i>, <cd>the consecutive days occupied on a voyage under a
charter party, including Sundays and not limited to the working
days.</cd> <i>Simmonds.</i> -- <col><b>Running fire</b></col>, <cd>a
constant fire of musketry or cannon.</cd> -- <col><b>Running
gear</b></col>, <cd>the wheels and axles of a vehicle, and their
attachments, in distinction from the body; all the working parts of a
locomotive or other machine, in distinction from the framework.</cd> -
- <col><b>Running hand</b></col>, <cd>a style of rapid writing in
which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed without
lifting the pen; -- distinguished from <i>round hand</i>.</cd> --
<col><b>Running part</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>, <cd>that part of a rope
that is hauled upon, -- in distinction from the <i>standing
part</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Running rigging</b></col> <i>(Naut.)</i>,
<cd>that part of a ship's rigging or ropes which passes through
blocks, etc.; -- in distinction from <i>standing rigging</i>. </cd> --
<col><b>Running title</b></col> <i>(Print.)</i>, <cd>the title of a
book or chapter continued from page to page on the upper
margin.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Run"ning</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of one who, or
of that which runs; as, the <i>running</i> was slow.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which runs or flows; the quantity of a
liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation;
as, the first <i>running</i> of a still.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>The discharge from an ulcer or other
sore.</def></p>

<p><col><b>At long running</b></col>, <cd>in the long run.</cd> [Obs.]
<i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>

<p><hw>Run"ning*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a running
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Run"nion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Ronion.</u></def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*nol"o*gy</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Rune</i> + <i>-
logy</i>.] <def>The science of runes.</def> -- <wf>Ru*nol"o*gist</wf>
(#), <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Run"round`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A felon or
whitlow.</def> [Colloq. U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Runt</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Written also <i>rant</i>.]
[Scot. <i>runt</i> an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem
or stalk, the trunk of a tree; cf. D. <i>rund</i> a bullock, an ox or
cow, G. <i>rind</i>.  Cf. <u>Rother</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any animal which is
unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied
particularly to domestic animals.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A variety of domestic
pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish
person; -- used opprobriously.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Before I buy a bargain of such <i>runts</i>,<BR>
I'll buy a college for bears, and live among 'em.</blockquote>
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of
a plant.</def> [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]  <i>Halliwell.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Neither young poles nor old <i>runts</i> are
durable.</blockquote> <i>Holland.</i></p>

<p><hw>Runt"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like a runt;
diminutive; mean.</def></p>

<p><hw>Run"way`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The channel of a stream.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The beaten path made by deer or other
animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*pee"</hw> (r&usdot;*p&emacr;"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Hind.
<i>r&umacr;piyah</i>, fr. Skr. <i>r&umacr;pya</i> silver, coined
silver or gold, handsome.] <def>A silver coin, and money of account,
in the East Indies.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The valuation of the rupee of sixteen annas, the standard
coin of India, by the United States Treasury department, varies from
time to time with the price of silver. In 1889 it was rated at about
thirty-two cents.</p>

<p><hw>Ru"pel*la*ry</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From L.
<i>rupes</i> a rock.] <def>Rocky.</def> [Obs.] "This <i>rupellary</i>
nidary."  <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p>
<hw>Ru"pert's drop`</hw> (?). <def>A kind of glass drop with a long
tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for
bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail
broken; -- so called from Prince <i>Rupert</i>, nephew of Charles I.,
by whom they were first brought to England. Called also <i>Rupert's
ball</i>, and <i>glass tear</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ru"pi*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. G. &?;
filth, dirt.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>An eruption upon the skin, consisting
of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or
bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"pi*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining
to rupia.</def></p>

<p><hw>||Ru*pic"o*la</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. L.
<i>rupes</i>, gen. <i>rupis</i>, a rock + <i>colere</i> to inhabit.]
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A genus of beautiful South American passerine
birds, including the cock of the rock.</def></p>

<p>&fist; The species are remarkable for having an elevated fan-shaped
crest of feathers on the head, and for the beautiful color of their
plumage, which is mostly some delicate shade of yellow or orange.</p>

<p><hw>Ru*pic"o*line</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Rock-inhabiting.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rup"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ruptio</i>, fr.
<i>rumpere</i>, <i>ruptum</i>, to break.] <def>A breaking or bursting
open; breach; rupture.</def> "By <i>ruption</i> or apertion."
<i>Wiseman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rup"tu*a*ry</hw> (?; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
<i>Roturier</i>.] <def>One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a
roturier.</def> [R.]</p>

<p><blockquote>The exclusion of the French <i>ruptuaries</i>
("roturiers," for history must find a word for this class when it
speaks of other nations) from the order of nobility.</blockquote>
<i>Chenevix.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rup"ture</hw> (?; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ruptura</i>, fr. <i>rumpere</i>, <i>ruptum</i> to break: cf. F.
<i>rupture</i>. See <u>Reave</u>, and cf. <u>Rout</u> a defeat.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of breaking apart, or separating; the
state of being broken asunder; as, the <i>rupture</i> of the skin; the
<i>rupture</i> of a vessel or fiber; the <i>rupture</i> of a
lutestring.</def>  <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Hatch from the egg, that soon,<BR>
Bursting with kindly <i>rupture</i>, forth disclosed<BR>
Their callow young.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Breach of peace or concord between
individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of
friendly relations; as, the parties came to a
<i>rupture</i>.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a
<i>rupture</i> with his family.</blockquote> <i>E. Everett.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <i>(Med.)</i> <def>Hernia. See
<u>Hernia</u>.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a
less sudden manner than by explosion. See <u>Explosion</u>.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Modulus of rupture</b></col>. <cd>(Engin.) See under
<u>Modulus</u>.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption;
dissolution. See <u>Fracture</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rup"ture</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ruptured</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rupturing</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To part by violence; to
break; to burst; as, to <i>rupture</i> a blood vessel.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To produce a hernia in.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rup"ture</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To suffer a breach
or disruption.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rup"tured</hw> (?; 135), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Med.)</i>
<def>Having a rupture, or hernia.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rup"ture*wort"</hw> (?; 135), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Same as <u>Burstwort</u>.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A West Indian plant (<i>Alternanthera
polygonoides</i>) somewhat resembling burstwort.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ral</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., fr. L.
<i>ruralis</i>, fr. <i>rus</i>, <i>ruris</i>, the country.  Cf.
<u>Room</u> space, <u>Rustic</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or
pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town;
living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country;
rustic; as, <i>rural</i> scenes; a <i>rural</i> prospect.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Here is a <i>rural</i> fellow; . . . <BR>
He brings you figs.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to agriculture; as,
<i>rural</i> economy.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rural dean</b></col>. <i>(Eccl.)</i> <cd>See under
<u>Dean</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rural deanery</b></col> <i>(Eccl.)</i>,
<cd>the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Rustic.  -- <u>Rural</u>, <u>Rustic</u>.
<i>Rural</i> refers to the country itself; as, <i>rural</i> scenes,
prospects, delights, etc. <i>Rustic</i> refers to the character,
condition, taste, etc., of the original inhabitants of the country,
who were generally uncultivated and rude; as, <i>rustic</i> manners; a
<i>rustic</i> dress; a <i>rustic</i> bridge; rustic architecture,
etc.</p>

<p><blockquote>We turn<BR>
To where the silver Thames first <i>rural</i> grows.</blockquote>
<i>Thomson.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Lay bashfulness, that <i>rustic</i> virtue, by;<BR>
To manly confidence thy throughts apply.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>||Ru*ra"les</hw> (r&usdot;*r&amacr;"l&emacr;z), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [NL.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>The gossamer-winged
butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks,
violets, and theclas.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ral*ism</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A rural idiom or expression.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ral*ist</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who leads a
rural life.</def> <i>Coventry.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru*ral"i*ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> -
<plw><b>ties</b></plw> (#). [Cf. LL. <i>ruralitas</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality or state of being rural.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A rural place.</def> "Leafy
<i>ruralities</i>." <i>Carlyle.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ral*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Ruralized</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Ruralizing</u> (?).] <def>To render rural; to give a rural
appearance to.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ral*ize</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To become rural;
to go into the country; to rusticate.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ral*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rural manner;
as in the country.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ral*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being rural.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*ric"o*list</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ruricola</i>; <i>rus</i>, <i>ruris</i>, the country + <i>colere</i>
to inhabit.] <def>An inhabitant of the country.</def> [R.]
<i>Bailey.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru`ri*dec"a*nal</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rus</i>,
<i>ruris</i> the country + <i>decanus</i> the chief of ten. See
<u>Dean</u>.] <def>Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a
<i>ruridecanal</i> district; the <i>ruridecanal</i> intellect.</def>
[R.]</p>

<p><hw>Ru*rig"e*nous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rurigena</i>; <i>rus</i>, <i>ruris</i>, the country +
<i>genere</i>, <i>gignere</i>, to bring forth, pass., to be born.]
<def>Born in the country.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Ruse</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. OF.
<i>re&uuml;ser</i>, <i>rehuser</i>, to turn aside, to shuffle,
retreat, fr. L. <i>recusare</i> to refuse; pref. <i>re-</i> again +
<i>causa</i> cause. See <u>Cause</u>, and cf. <u>Recusant</u>.]
<def>An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.</def></p>

<p><col><b>||Ruse de guerre</b></col> (&?;) [F.], <cd>a stratagem of
war.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rush</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rusche</i>,
<i>rische</i>, <i>resche</i>, AS. <i>risce</i>, akin to LG.
<i>rusk</i>, <i>risch</i>, D. & G. <i>rusch</i>; all probably fr. L.
<i>ruscum</i> butcher's broom; akin to Goth. <i>raus</i> reed, G.
<i>rohr</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A name given to
many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender
stems, as the species of <i>Juncus</i> and <i>Scirpus</i>.</def></p>

<p>&fist; Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats,
and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and
rushlights.</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The merest trifle; a straw.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>John Bull's friendship is not worth a
<i>rush</i>.</blockquote> <i>Arbuthnot.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Bog rush</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Bog</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Club rush</b></col>, <cd>any rush of the genus
<i>Scirpus</i>.</cd> -- <col><b>Flowering rush</b></col>. <cd>See
under <u>Flowering</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Nut rush</b></col>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <cd>Any plant of the genus <i>Scleria</i>,
rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<cd>A name for several species of <i>Cyperus</i> having tuberous
roots.</cd> -- <col><b>Rush broom</b></col>, <cd>an Australian
leguminous plant (<i>Viminaria denudata</i>), having long, slender
branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under <u>Spanish</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rush candle</b></col>, <cd>See under <u>Candle</u>.</cd> --
<col><b>Rush grass</b></col>, <cd>any grass of the genus <i>Vilfa</i>,
grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets.</cd> --
<col><b>Rush toad</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>the
natterjack.</cd> -- <col><b>Scouring rush</b></col>. <i>(Bot.)</i>
<cd>Same as <i>Dutch rush</i>, under <u>Dutch.</u> -- <col><b>Spike
rush</b></col>, any rushlike plant of the genus <i>Eleocharis</i>, in
which the flowers grow in dense spikes.</cd> -- <col><b>Sweet
rush</b></col>, <cd>a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc.
(<i>Andropogon sch&oelig;nanthus</i>), used in Oriental medical
practice.</cd> -- <col><b>Wood rush</b></col>, <cd>any plant of the
genus <i>Luzula</i>, which differs in some technical characters from
<i>Juncus</i>.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rush</hw> (r&ubreve;sh), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp.
& p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rushed</u> (r&ubreve;sht); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rushing</u>.] [OE. <i>ruschen</i>; cf. AS.
<i>hryscan</i> to make a noise, D. <i>ruischen</i> to rustle, G.
<i>rauschen</i>, MHG. <i>r&umacr;schen</i> to rush, to rustle, LG.
<i>rusken</i>, OSw. <i>ruska</i>, Icel. & Sw. <i>ruska</i> to shake,
Dan. <i>ruske</i> to shake, and E. <i>rouse</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous
rapidity or haste; as, armies <i>rush</i> to battle; waters
<i>rush</i> down a precipice.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Like to an entered tide, they all <i>rush</i>
by.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To enter into something with undue haste
and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to
<i>rush</i> business or speculation.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>They . . . never think it to be a part of religion to
<i>rush</i> into the office of princes and ministers.</blockquote>
<i>Sprat.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rush</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry
forward.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To recite (a lesson) or pass (an
examination) without an error.</def> [College Cant, U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rush</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion
or course; as, a <i>rush</i> of troops; a <i>rush</i> of winds; a
<i>rush</i> of water.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and,
with a violent <i>rush</i>, severed him from the duke.</blockquote>
<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Great activity with pressure; as, a
<i>rush</i> of business.</def> [Colloq.]</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A perfect recitation.</def> [College Cant,
U.S.]</p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <i>(Football)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A
rusher; as, the center <i>rush</i>, whose place is in the center of
the rush line; the end <i>rush</i>.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The
act of running with the ball.</def> </p>

<p><col><b>Bunt rush</b></col> <i>(Football)</i>, <cd>a combined rush
by main strength.</cd> -- <col><b>Rush line</b></col>
<i>(Football)</i>, <cd>the line composed of rushers.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rush"-bear`ing</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kind of
rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners
brought rushes to strew the church.</def> [Eng.]  <i>Nares.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rush"buc`kler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A bullying
and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>That flock of stout, bragging
<i>rushbucklers</i>.</blockquote> <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></p>

<p><hw>Rushed</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Abounding or covered
with rushes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rush"er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who
rushes.</def> <i>Whitlock.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rush"er</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who strewed rushes
on the floor at dances.</def> [Obs.]  <i>B. Jonson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rush"i*ness</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Rushy</u>.]
<def>The quality or state of abounding with rushes.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rush"ing*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rushing
manner.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rush"light`</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rush candle,
or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rush"like`</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Resembling a
rush; weak.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rush"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Abounding with rushes.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Made of rushes.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>My <i>rushy</i> couch and frugal fare.</blockquote>
<i>Goldsmith.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"sine</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [NL. <i>rusa</i>, the
name of the genus, Malay <i>r&umacr;sa</i> deer.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>
<def>Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus <i>Rusa</i>,
which includes the sambur deer (<i>Rusa Aristotelis</i>) of
India.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Rusine antler</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>an antler
with the brow tyne simple, and the beam forked at the tip.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rusk</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp. <i>rosca de mar</i>
sea rusks, a kind of biscuit, <i>rosca</i> properly meaning, a screw,
spiral.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A kind of light, soft bread made with
yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of
sweetened biscuit.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for
stores.</def> <i>Smart.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Bread or cake which has been made brown and
crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rus"ma</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Corrupt. from Turk.
<i>khyryzma</i> a paste used as a depilatory, fr. Gr. &?; an unguent;
cf. F. <i>rusma</i>.] <def>A depilatory made of orpiment and
quicklime, and used by the Turks. See <u>Rhusma</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Russ</hw> (?), <pos><i>n. sing. & pl.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A Russian, or the Russians.</def> [Rare,
except in poetry.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>The language of the Russians.</def></p>

<p><hw>Russ</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Russians.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rus"set</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>rousset</i>, dim.
of <i>roux</i> red, L. <i>russus</i> (for <i>rudtus</i>,
<i>rudhtus</i>), akin to E. <i>red</i>. See <u>Red</u>, and cf.
<u>Roussette</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of a reddish brown color,
or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red,
and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two
parts of red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish
brown color.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The morn, in <i>russet</i> mantle clad.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Our summer such a <i>russet</i> livery
wears.</blockquote> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Coarse; homespun; rustic.</def> [R.]
<i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rus"set</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
russet color; a pigment of a russet color.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Cloth or clothing of a russet
color.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>A country dress; -- so called because often
of a russet color.</def> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as,
the <i>English russet</i>, and the <i>Roxbury russet</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rus"set*ing</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Russet</u>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, 2 and 4.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rus"set*y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of a russet
color; russet.</def></p>



<p><hw>Rus"sia</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A country of Europe
and Asia.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Russia iron</b></col>, <cd>a kind of sheet iron made in
Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface.</cd> -- <col><b>Russia
leather</b></col>, <cd>a soft kind of leather, made originally in
Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being
impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in
bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being
proof against insects.</cd> -- <col><b>Russia matting</b></col>,
<cd>matting manufactured in Russia from the inner bark of the linden
(<i>Tilia Europ&aelig;a</i>).</cd></p>

<p><! p. 1263. !></p>

<p><hw>Rus"sian</hw> (? or ?; 277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or
pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Russia; the
language of Russia.</def></p>

<p><col><b>Russian bath</b></col>. <cd>See under <u>Bath</u>.</cd>
</p>

<p><hw>Rus"sian*ize</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make
Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, to <i>Russianize</i>
the Poles.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rus"si*fi*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Russia</i>
+ L. <i>-ficare</i> (in comp.) to make. See <u>-fy</u>.] <def>The act
or process of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rus"si*fy</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>russifier.</i> See <u>-fy</u>.] <def>To Russianize; as, to
<i>Russify</i> conquered tribes.</def></p>

<p>{ <hw>Rus"so*phile</hw> (?), <hw>Rus*soph"i*list</hw> (?) },
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Russia</i> + Gr. <grk>filei^n</grk> to love:
cf. F. <i>russophile</i>.] <def>One who, not being a Russian, favors
Russian policy and aggrandizement.</def> -- <wf>Rus*soph"ilism</wf>
(#),  <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Chiefly newspaper words.]</p>

<p>{ <hw>Rus"so*phobe</hw> (?), <hw>Rus*soph"o*bist</hw> (?) },
[<i>Russia</i> + Gr. <grk>fobei^n</grk> to fear.] <def>One who dreads
Russia or Russian influence.</def> [Words sometimes found in the
newspapers.]</p>

<p><hw>Rus`so*pho"bi*a</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Morbid
dread of Russia or of Russian influence.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rust</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rust</i>; akin to
D. <i>roest</i>, G. & Sw. <i>rost</i>, Icel. <i>ry&eth;</i>; -- named
from its color, and akin to E. <i>red</i>. &radic;113. See
<u>Red</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>The reddish yellow
coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric
oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of
corrosion.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A minute mold or fungus
forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and
other grasses (<i>Trichobasis Rubigo-vera</i>), now usually believed
to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (<i>Puccinia
graminis</i>). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn
mildew, the spores are double and blackish.</def></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Rust</i> is also applied to many other minute fungi which
infest vegetation, such as the species of <i>Ustilago</i>,
<i>Uredo</i>, and <i>Lecythea</i>.</p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>That which resembles rust in appearance or
effects.</def> Specifically: (a) <def>A composition used in making a
rust joint. See <i>Rust joint</i>, below.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, <i>rust</i> on salted
meat.</def> <sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Corrosive or injurious accretion
or influence.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Sacred truths cleared from all <i>rust</i> and dross of
human mixtures.</blockquote> <i>Eikon Basilike.</i></p>

<p>&fist; <i>Rust</i> is used in the formation of compounds of obvious
meaning; as, <i>rust</i>-colored, <i>rust</i>-consumed, <i>rust</i>-
eaten, and the like.</p>

<p><col><b>Rust joint</b></col>, <cd>a joint made between surfaces of
iron by filling the space between them with a wet mixture of cast-iron
borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by oxidation becomes hard,
and impervious to steam, water, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Rust
mite</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>a minute mite (<i>Phytopius
oleivorus</i>) which, by puncturing the rind, causes the rust-colored
patches on oranges.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rust</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rusted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rusting</u>.] [AS. <i>rustian</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
contract rust; to be or become oxidized.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>If gold <i>ruste</i>, what shall iron do?</blockquote>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Our armors now may <i>rust</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To be affected with the parasitic fungus
called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> Fig.: <def>To degenerate in idleness; to become
dull or impaired by inaction.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Must I <i>rust</i> in Egypt? never more<BR>
Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece?</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rust</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To
cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of
any kind.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will
<i>rust</i> them.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> Fig.: <def>To impair by time and
inactivity.</def> <i>Johnson.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rust"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of rust;
resembling rust; causing rust; rusty.</def> "<i>Rustful</i> sloth."
<i>Quarles.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rus"tic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rusticus</i>, fr.
<i>rus</i>, <i>ruris</i>, the country: cf. F. <i>rustique</i>. See
<u>Rural</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the
country; rural; as, the <i>rustic</i> gods of antiquity.</def>
"<i>Rustic</i> lays." <i>Milton.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>And many a holy text around she strews,<BR>
That teach the <i>rustic</i> moralist to die.</blockquote>
<i>Gray.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>She had a <i>rustic</i>, woodland air.</blockquote>
<i>Wordsworth.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as,
<i>rustic</i> manners.</def> "A <i>rustic</i> muse."
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Coarse; plain; simple; as, a <i>rustic</i>
entertainment; <i>rustic</i> dress.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Simple; artless; unadorned;
unaffected.</def> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rustic moth</b></col> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i>, <cd>any moth
belonging to <i>Agrotis</i> and allied genera. Their larv&aelig; are
called <i>cutworms</i>. See <u>Cutworm</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Rustic
work</b></col>. <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <i>(Arch.)</i> <cd>Cut stone
facing which has the joints worked with grooves or channels, the face
of each block projecting beyond the joint, so that the joints are very
conspicuous</cd>. <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <i>(Arch. & Woodwork)</i>
<cd>Summer houses, or furniture for summer houses, etc., made of rough
limbs of trees fancifully arranged.</cd></p>

<p><b>Syn.</b> -- Rural; rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught;
awkward; rough;  coarse; plain; unadorned; simple; artless; honest.
See <u>Rural</u>.</p>

<p><hw>Rus"tic</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>An
inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or
dull; a clown.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Hence to your fields, you <i>rustics</i>! hence,
away.</blockquote> <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A rural person having a natural simplicity
of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person.</def>
[Poetic]</p>

<p><hw>Rus`tic*al</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rustic.</def>
"<i>Rustical</i> society."  <i>Thackeray.</i> --
<wf>Rus"tic*al*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Rus"tic*al*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rus"ti*cate</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. &
p. p.</i></pos> <u>Rusticated</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb.
n.</i></pos> <u>Rusticating</u>.] [L. <i>rusticaticus</i>, p. p. of
<i>rusticari</i> to rusticate. See <u>Rustic</u>.] <def>To go into or
reside in the country; to ruralize.</def>  <i>Pope.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rus"ti*cate</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To require or
compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily;
to impose rustication on.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The town is again beginning to be full, and the
<i>rusticated</i> beauty sees an end of her banishment.</blockquote>
<i>Idler.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rus"ti*ca`ted</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Arch.)</i>
<def>Resembling rustic work. See <i>Rustic work</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd>, under <u>Rustic</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rus`ti*ca"tion</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rusticatio</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of rusticating, or
the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a
student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution
for a time.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Arch.)</i> <def>Rustic work.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rus*tic"ity</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rusticitas</i>: cf. F. <i>rusticit&eacute;</i>.] <def>The quality
or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity;
artlessness.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The sweetness and <i>rusticity</i> of a pastoral can
not be so well expressed in any other tongue as in the Greek, when
rightly mixed and qualified with the Doric dialect.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>The Saxons were refined from their
<i>rusticity</i>.</blockquote> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rus"tic*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rustic
manner; rustically.</def>  <i>Chapman.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rust"i*ly</hw> (?), <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rusty
state.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rust"i*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or
state of being rusty.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rus"tle</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rustled</u> (?); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rustling</u> (?).] [AS. <i>hristlan</i> to rustle; or cf. Sw.
<i>rusta</i> to stir, make a riot, or E. <i>rush</i>, v.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make a quick succession of small sounds,
like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>He is coming; I hear his straw
<i>rustle</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>Prouder than <i>rustling</i> in unpaid-for
silk.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To stir about energetically; to strive to
succeed; to bustle about.</def> [Slang, Western U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rus"tle</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cause to rustle;
as, the wind <i>rustles</i> the leaves.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rus"tle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A quick succession or
confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw,
by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>When the noise of a torrent, the <i>rustle</i> of a
wood, the song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill the
attention, and suspend all perception of the course of
time.</blockquote> <i>Idler.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rus"tler</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>One who, or that which, rustles.</def> </p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A bovine animal that can care for itself in
any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person.</def>
[Slang, Western U.S.]</p>

<p><hw>Rust"less</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Free from
rust.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rust"y</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [AS. <i>rustig</i>.]
[<pos><i>Compar.</i></pos> <u>Rustier</u> (&?;);
<pos><i>superl.</i></pos> <u>Rustiest.</u>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Covered or affected with rust; as, a <i>rusty</i> knife or sword;
<i>rusty</i> wheat.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Impaired by inaction, disuse, or
neglect.</def> </p>

<p><blockquote>[Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce,<BR>
Is <i>rusty</i> grown.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>3.</b></sn> <def>Discolored and rancid; reasty; as,
<i>rusty</i> bacon.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>4.</b></sn> <def>Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.</def> [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.] "<i>Rusty</i> words."  <i>Piers Plowman.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>5.</b></sn> <def>Rust-colored; dark.</def> "<i>Rusty</i>
blood." <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>6.</b></sn> <def>Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept;
filthy.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>The <i>rusty</i> little schooners that bring firewood
from the British provinces.</blockquote> <i>Hawthorne.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Resembling, or covered with a
substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rut</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rut</i>, OF.
<i>ruit</i>, L. <i>rugitus</i> a roaring, fr. <i>rugire</i> to roar; -
- so called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Physiol.)</i> <def>Sexual desire or
&oelig;strus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also,
the period during which the &oelig;strus exists.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the
shore; rote. See <u>Rote</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rut</hw>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p.
p.</i></pos> <u>Rutted</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Rutting</u>.] <def>To have a strong sexual impulse at the
reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rut</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cover in
copulation.</def> <i>Dryden.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rut</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [variant of <i>route</i>.]
<def>A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a
groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rut</hw>, <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To make a rut or ruts
in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a
<i>rutted</i> road.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru`ta-ba"ga</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root;
a Swedish turnip. See <u>Turnip</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*ta"ceous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rutaceous</i>, from <i>ruta</i> rue. See <u>Rue</u> the plant.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order
(<i>Rutace&aelig;</i>) of which the rue is the type, and which
includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"tate</hw> (r&udd;"t&asl;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A salt of rutic acid.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruth</hw> (r&udd;th), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Rue</u>,
<pos><i>v.</i></pos>: cf. Icel. <i>hrygg&eth;</i>, <i>hryg&eth;</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Sorrow for the misery of another; pity;
tenderness.</def> [Poetic] "They weep for <i>ruth</i>."
<i>Chaucer.</i>  "Have <i>ruth</i> of the poor." <i>Piers
Plowman.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>To stir up gentle <i>ruth</i>,<BR>
Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth.</blockquote>
<i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>That which causes pity or compassion;
misery; distress; a pitiful sight.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>It had been hard this <i>ruth</i> for to
see.</blockquote> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><blockquote>With wretched miseries and woeful
<i>ruth</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru*then"ic</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically,
designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as
contrasted with <i>ruthenious</i> compounds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*the"ni*ous</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically,
designating those compounds in  which it has a lower valence as
contrasted with <i>ruthenic</i> compounds.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*the"ni*um</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. So named from
the <i>Ruthenians</i>, a Little Russian people, as coming from Russia,
the metal having been found in the Ural mountains.] <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with
platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which
is very infusible.  Symbol Ru.  Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity
12.26. See <i>Platinum metals</i>, under <u>Platinum</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ruth"ful</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of
ruth</def>; as: <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>Pitiful; tender.</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>Full of sorrow; woeful.</def>
<sd><i>(c)</i></sd> <def>Causing sorrow.</def>  <i>Shak.</i> --
<wf>Ruth"ful*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ruth"less</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having no ruth;
cruel; pitiless.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Their rage the hostile bands restrain,<BR>
All but the <i>ruthless</i> monarch of the main.</blockquote>
<i>Pope.</i></p>

<p>-- <wf>Ruth"less*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Ruth"less*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Ru"tic</hw> (r&udd;"t&ibreve;k), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf.
<u>Rutaceous</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained
from, rue (<i>Ruta</i>); as, <i>rutic</i> acid, now commonly called
<i>capric acid</i>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ti*lant</hw> (&?;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rutilans</i>, p. pr. of <i>rutilare</i> to have a reddish glow, fr.
<i>rutilus</i> red: cf. F. <i>rutilant</i>.] <def>Having a reddish
glow; shining.</def></p>

<p><blockquote>Parchments . . . colored with this <i>rutilant</i>
mixture.</blockquote> <i>Evelyn.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ti*late</hw> (?), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rutilare</i>, <i>rutilatum</i>.] <def>To shine; to emit rays of
light.</def> [Obs.] <i>Ure.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"tile</hw> (r&udd;"t&ibreve;l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>rutilus</i> red, inclining to golden yellow.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A
mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic
adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it
is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru*til"i*an</hw> (r&usdot;*t&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Any species of
lamellicorn beetles belonging to <i>Rutila</i> and allied genera, as
the spotted grapevine beetle (<i>Pelidnota punctata</i>).</def></p>

<p><hw>Ru"tin</hw> (r&udd;"t&ibreve;n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A glucoside resembling, but distinct from,
quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (<i>Ruta
graveolens</i>) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow
crystalline substance which yields quercitin on
decomposition.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rut"ter</hw> (r&ubreve;t"t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [D.
<i>ruiter</i> a rider.  Cf. <u>Ruttier</u>.] <def>A horseman or
trooper.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><blockquote>Such a regiment of <i>rutters</i><BR>
Never defied men braver.</blockquote> <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rut"ter</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Rut</u>.] <def>That
which ruts.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rut"ter*kin</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>An old crafty
fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Cotgrave.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rut"ti*er</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>routier</i>,
fr. <i>route</i> a road. See <u>Route</u>.] <def>A chart of a course,
esp. at sea.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rut"tish</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Inclined to rut;
lustful; libidinous; salacious.</def>  <i>Shak.</i> --
<wf>Rut"tish*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>

<p><hw>Rut"tle</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A rattling sound in the
throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>Rut"ty</hw> (?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Ruttish;
lustful.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rut"ty</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of ruts; as, a
<i>rutty</i> road.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rut"ty</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Root</u>.]
<def>Rooty.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Spenser.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ru"ty*lene</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A
liquid hydrocarbon, C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>18</sub>, of the acetylene
series. It is produced artificially.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ry"al</hw> (? or ?), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Royal.</def>
[Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ry"al</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Rial</u>, an
old English coin.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ry"der</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
clause added to a document; a rider. See <u>Rider</u>.</def>
[Obs.]</p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> [D. <i>rijder</i>, properly, a rider.] <def>A
gold coin of Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $
5.60.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rye</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>rie</i>,
<i>reie</i>, AS. <i>ryge</i>; akin to Icel. <i>rugr</i>, Sw.
<i>r&aring;g</i>, Dan. <i>rug</i>, D. <i>rogge</i>, OHG. <i>rocco</i>,
<i>roggo</i>, G. <i>rocken</i>, <i>roggen</i>, Lith. <i>rugei</i>,
Russ. <i>roje</i>, and perh. to Gr. <grk>'o`ryza</grk> rice.  Cf.
<u>Rice</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A grain yielded by
a hardy cereal grass (<i>Secale cereale</i>), closely allied to wheat;
also, the plant itself.  Rye constitutes a large portion of the
breadstuff used by man.</def></p>

<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>A disease in a hawk.</def>
<i>Ainsworth.</i></p>

<p><col><b>Rye grass</b></col>, <col><b>Italian rye grass</b></col>,
<i>(Bot.)</i> <cd>See under <u>Grass</u>. See also <u>Ray grass</u>,
and <u>Darnel</u>.</cd> -- <col><b>Wild rye</b></col> <i>(Bot.)</i>,
<cd>any plant of the genus <i>Elymus</i>, tall grasses with much the
appearance of rye.</cd></p>

<p><hw>Rynd</hw> (? or ?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.]
<def>A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which
the stone is supported on the spindle.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ry"ot</hw> (r&imacr;"&obreve;t), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar. &
Hind. <i>ra'iyat</i>, the same word as <i>ra'iyah</i>, a subject,
tenant, peasant. See <u>Rayah</u>.] <def>A peasant or cultivator of
the soil.</def> [India]</p>

<p><blockquote>The Indian <i>ryot</i> and the Egyptian fellah work for
less pay than any other laborers in the world.</blockquote> <i>The
Nation.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ry*poph"a*gous</hw> (r&isl;*p&obreve;f"&adot;*g&ubreve;s),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>"ry`pos</grk> filth +
<grk>fagei^n</grk> to eat.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>Eating, or
subsisting on, filth.</def></p>

<p><hw>Rys</hw> (r&imacr;s <i>or</i> r&ibreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>A branch.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Rysh</hw> (r&ibreve;sh), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rush, a
plant.</def> [Obs.]  <i>Chaucer.</i></p>

<p><hw>Ry*sim"e*ter</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See
<u>Rhysimeter</u>.</def></p>

<p><hw>Ryth</hw> (r&ibreve;th), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. AS.
<i>ri&eth;</i> brook.] <def>A ford.</def> [Obs.]</p>

<p><hw>||Ryt"i*na</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr.
<grk>"ryti`s</grk> a wrinkle.] <i>(Zo&ouml;l.)</i> <def>A genus of
large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee,
including but one species (<i>R. Stelleri</i>); -- called also
<i>Steller's sea cow</i>.</def> [Written also <i>Rhytina</i>.]</p>

<p>&fist; It is now extinct, but was formerly abundant at Behring's
Island, near Behring's Straits. It was twenty-five feet or more in
length, with a thick, blackish, naked skin. The last were killed in
1768 for their oil and flesh.</p>