Red"bud` (-b?d`), n. (Bot.) A small ornamental leguminous tree of the
American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas.
Red"cap`, n. 1. (Zoöl) The European goldfinch.
2. A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles
in Scotland. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Red"coat` (-kt`), n. One who wears a red coat; specifically, a
red-coated British soldier.
Red"de (-de), obs. imp. of Read, or Rede. Chaucer.
Red"den (r?d"d'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reddened (-d'nd); p. pr. & vb.
n. Reddening.] [From Red, a.] To make red or somewhat red; to give a
red color to.
Red"den, v. i. To grow or become red; to blush.
Appius reddens at each word you speak.
Pope.
He no sooner saw that her eye glistened and her cheek reddened than
his obstinacy was at once subbued.
Sir W. SCott.
||Red*den"dum (r?d*d?n"d?m), n. [Neut. of L. reddendus that must be
||given back or yielded, gerundive of reddere. See Reddition.] (Law) 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.
||Cruise.
Red"dish (r?d"d?sh), a. Somewhat red; moderately red. -- Red"dish*ness,
n.
Red*di"tion (r?d*d?sh"?n), n.[L. redditio, fr. reddere to give back, to
return: cf. F. reddition. See Render.]