Re*cur"rent (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere:
cf.F. récurrent. See Recur.] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring;
as, recurrent pains.
2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or
artery.
Recurrent fever. (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under Relapsing. --
Recurrent pulse (Physiol.), 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. --
Recurrent sensibility (Physiol.), 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.
Re*cur"sant (r?*k?r"sant), a. [L. recursans, -antis, p. pr. of
recursare to run back, v. freq. of recurrere. See Recure.] (Her.)
Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an
eagle.
Re*cur"sion (-sh?n), n. [L. recursio. See Recur.] The act of recurring;
return. [Obs.] Boyle.
Re*cur"vate (r?*k?r"v?t), a. [L. recurvatus, p. p. of recurvare. See
Re-, and Curvate.] (Bot.) Recurved.
Re*cur"vate (-v?t), v. t. To bend or curve back; to recurve. Pennant.
Re`cur*va"tion (r?`k?r*v?"sh?n), n. The act of recurving, or the state
of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward.
Re*curve" (r?*k?rv"), v. t. To curve in an opposite or unusual
direction; to bend back or down.
Re*curved" (r?*k?rvd"), a. Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction;
bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved
petals.
Re*cur`vi*ros"ter (r?*k?r`v?*r?s"t?r), n. [L. recurvus bent back +
rostrum beack; cf. F. récurvirostre.] (Zool.) A bird whose beak bends
upward, as the avocet.
Re*cur`vi*ros"tral (-tral), a. [See Recurviroster.] (Zoöl.) Having the
beak bent upwards.
Re*cur"vi*ty (r?*k?r"v?*t?), n. Recurvation.
Re*cur"vous (-v?s), a. [L. recurvus; pref. re- re + curvus curved.]
Recurved. Derham.
Re*cu"san*cy (r?*k?"zan*s? or r?k"?-), n. The state of being recusant;
nonconformity. Coke.
Re*cu"sant (-zat; 277), a.[L. recusans, -antis, p. pr. of recure to
refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: cf. F.
récusant. See Cause, and cf. Ruse.] 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 recusant lord.
It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the
Countess of Derby, a recusant papist.
Sir W. Scott.
Re*cu"sant, n. 1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out
stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations.
De Quincey.
2. (Eng. Hist.) A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of
the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who
acknowledges the supremacy of the pope. Brande & C.
3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a
nonconformist.
All that are recusants of holy rites.
Holyday.
Rec`u*sa"tion (r?k`?*z?"sh?n), n. [L. recusatio: cf. F. récusation.] 1.
Refusal. [Obs.]
2. (Old Law) The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall
not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality. Blackstone.
Re*cu"sa*tive (r?*k?"z?*t?v), a. Refusing; denying; negative. [R.] Jer.
Taylor.
Re*cuse" (r?*k?z"), v. t. [F. récuser, or L. recusare. See Recusant.]
(Law) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge
shall not try the cause. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
Re*cus"sion (r?*k?sh"?n), n. [L. recutire, recussum, to beat back;
pref. re- re- + quatere to shake.] The act of beating or striking back.
Red (rd), obs. . imp. & p. p. of Read. Spenser.
Red, v. t. To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from
entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a
house. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Red, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE. red, reed, AS.
reád, reód; akin to OS. rd, OFries. rd, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. rt,
Dan. & Sw. röd, Icel. rauðr, rjðr, Goth. ráuds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz,
Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. 'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira,
rohita; cf. L. rutilus. √113. Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric,
Ruby, Ruddy, Russet, Rust.] 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. "Fresh
flowers, white and reede." Chaucer.
Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
Shak.
Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as
scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like.
Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
red-breasted, red-cheeked, red- faced, red-haired, red-headed,
red-skinned, red-tailed, red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
Red admiral (Zoöl.), a beautiful butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) common in
both Europe and America. The front wings are crossed by a broad orange
red band. The larva feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly,
and nettle butterfly. -- Red ant. (Zoöl.) (a) A very small ant (Myrmica
molesta) which often infests houses. (b) A larger reddish ant (Formica
sanguinea), native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species. -- Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral (b),
under Kermes. -- Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. Cray. -- Red
bass. (Zoöl.) See Redfish (d). - - Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea
Caroliniensis) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the
Southern United States. -- Red beard (Zoöl.), a bright red sponge
(Microciona prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.] -- Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra) having
reddish brown bark, and compact, light- colored wood. Gray. -- Red
blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism. -- Red book, a book containing the
names of all the persons in the service of the state. [Eng.] -- Red
book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are registered the
names of all that held lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II.
Brande & C. -- Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc. -- Red bug. (Zoöl.) (a) A very small mite which in
Florida attacks man, and produces great irritation by its bites. (b) A
red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris, especially the
European species (P. apterus), which is bright scarlet and lives in
clusters on tree trunks. (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton. -- Red
cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree (Juniperus Virginiana)
having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of India and
Australia (Cedrela Toona) having fragrant reddish wood; -- called also
toon tree in India. <! p. 1203 !> -- Red chalk. See under Chalk. -- Red
copper (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite. -- Red coral (Zoöl.), the
precious coral (Corallium rubrum). See Illusts. of Coral and
Gorgonlacea. -- Red cross. The cross of St. George, the national emblem
of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention, and Geneva
cross, under Geneva. -- Red currant. (Bot.) See Currant. -- Red deer.
(Zoöl.) (a) The common stag (Cervus elaphus), native of the forests of
the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar to the
American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer. -- Red duck
(Zoöl.), a European reddish brown duck (Fuligula nyroca); -- called
also ferruginous duck. -- Red ebony. (Bot.) See Grenadillo. -- Red
empress (Zoöl.), a butterfly. See Tortoise shell. -- Red fir (Bot.), a
coniferous tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) 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
Abies magnifica and A. nobilis. -- Red fire. (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire,
under Fire. -- Red flag. See under Flag. -- Red fox (Zoöl.), the common
American fox (Vulpes fulvus), which is usually reddish in color. -- Red
grouse (Zoöl.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under Ptarmigan.
-- Red gum, or Red gum-tree (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian
species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus amygdalina, resinifera, etc.) which
yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus. -- Red hand (Her.), a left
hand appaumé, fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of
a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
also Badge of Ulster. -- Red herring, the common herring dried and
smoked. -- Red horse. (Zoöl.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water
sucker, especially Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species. (b) See
the Note under Drumfish. -- Red lead. (Chem) See under Lead, and
Minium. -- Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite. -- Red liquor
(Dyeing), 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 red
mordant. -- Red maggot (Zoöl.), the larva of the wheat midge. -- Red
manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite. -- Red man, one of the
American Indians; -- so called from his color. -- Red maple (Bot.), a
species of maple (Acer rubrum). See Maple. -- Red mite. (Zoöl.) See Red
spider, below. -- Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark
purple color (Morus rubra). -- Red mullet (Zoöl.), the surmullet. See
Mullet. -- Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color. -- Red perch (Zoöl.), the rosefish. -- Red phosphorus.
(Chem.) See under Phosphorus. -- Red pine (Bot.), an American species
of pine (Pinus resinosa); -- so named from its reddish bark. -- Red
precipitate. See under Precipitate. -- Red Republican (European
Politics), 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. [Cant] -- Red ribbon, the ribbon of
the Order of the Bath in England. -- Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
-- Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone. -- Red scale (Zoöl.), a
scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii) very injurious to the orange tree in
California and Australia. -- Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a
ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver. -- Red snapper (Zoöl.), a
large fish (Lutlanus aya or Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico
and about the Florida reefs. -- Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic
unicellular alga (Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. -- Red softening
(Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are
red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. -- Red
spider (Zoöl.), a very small web-spinning mite (Tetranychus telarius)
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 red mite. -- Red
squirrel (Zoöl.), the chickaree. -- Red tape, the tape used in public
offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and
delay. -- Red underwing (Zoöl.), any species of noctuid moths belonging
to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous species are mostly large
and handsomely colored. The under wings are commonly banded with bright
red or orange. -- Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
Red (r?d), n. 1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum
farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these. "Celestial rosy red,
love's proper hue." Milton.