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{ Red"-hand` (r?d"h?nd`), Red"-hand`ed (- h?nd`?d), } a. or adv. 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 red-hand or red-handed.
Red"head` (-h?d`), n. 1. A person having red hair.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a
game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and
its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard,
grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard. (b) The red-headed
woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
3. (Bot.) A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers.
It is used in medicine.
Red`hi*bi"tion (r?d`h?*b?sh"?n), n. [L. redhibitio a taking back.]
(Civil Law) The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the
article sold, on account of some defect.
Red*hib"i*to*ry (r?d*h?b"?*t?*r?), a. [L. redhibitorius.] (Civil Law)
Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault.
Red"hoop` (r?d"h??p`), n. (Zoöl.) The male of the European bullfinch.
[Prov. Eng.]
Red"horn` (-h?rn`), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of a tribe of butterflies
(Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage
butterflies. The antennæ are usually red.
Red"-hot` (-h?t`), a. Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot
iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a
red-hot radical. Shak.
||Re"di*a (r?"d?*?), n.; pl. L. Rediæ (-), E. Redias (-&?;z). [NL.; of
||uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.) 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 rediæ, or else cercariæ within its own body. Called
||also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
Re"di*ent (r?"d?-ent), a. [L. rediens, p. pr. of redire to return;
pref. red- + ire to go.] Returning. [R.]
Re`di*gest" (r?`d?*j?st"), v. t. To digest, or reduce to form, a second
time. Kent.
Re`di*min"ish (-m?n"?sh), v. t. To diminish again.
Red"in*gote (rd"n*gt), n. [F., corrupted from E. riding coat.] A long
plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
Re*din"te*grate (r?*d?n"t?*gr?t), a. [L. redintegratus, p. p. of
redintegrare to restore; pref. red-, re-, re- + integrare to make
whole, to renew, fr. integer whole. See Integer.] Restored to wholeness
or a perfect state; renewed. Bacon.
Re*din"te*grate (-gr?t), v. t. To make whole again; a renew; to restore
to integrity or soundness.
The English nation seems obliterated. What could redintegrate us
again?
Coleridge.
Re*din`te*gra"tion (-gr?"sh?n), n. [L. redintegratio.] 1. Restoration
to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation. Dr. H. More.
2. (Chem.) Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature
and state. [Achaic.] Coxe.
3. (Psychology) 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.
Re`di*rect" (r?`d?*r?kt"), a. (Law) Applied to the examination of a
witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.
Re`dis*burse" (r?`d?s*b?rs"), v. t. To disburse anew; to give, or pay,
back. Spenser.
Re`dis*cov"er (-k?v"?r), v. t. To discover again.
Re`dis*pose" (-p?z"), v. t. To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to
rearrange. A. Baxter.
Re`dis*seize" (-s?z"), v. t. (Law) To disseize anew, or a second time.
[Written also redisseise.]
Re`dis*sei"zin (-s?"z?n), n. (Law) 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. Blackstone.
Re`dis*sei"zor (-z?r), n. (Law) One who redisseizes.
Re`dis*solve" (r?`d?z*z?lv"), v. t. To dissolve again.
Re`dis*till" (r?`d?s*t?l"), v. t. To distill again.
Re`dis*train"er (-tr?n"?r), n. One who distrains again.
Re`dis*trib"ute (-tr?b"?t), v. t. To distribute again.
-- Re*dis`tri*bu"tion (-tr&?;*b&?;"sh&?;n), n.
Re*dis"trict (-tr?kt), v. t. To divide into new districts.
Re*di"tion (r?*d?sh"?n), n. [L. reditio, fr. redire. See Redient.] Act
of returning; return. [Obs.] Chapman.
Re`di*vide" (r?`d?*v?d"), v. t. To divide anew.
{ Red"leg` (r?d"l?g`), Red`legs` (-l?gz`), } n. (Zoöl.) (a) The
redshank. (b) The turnstone.
Red"-let`ter (-l?t`t?r), a. Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by
red letters.
Red-letter day, 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.
Red"ly, adv. In a red manner; with redness.
Red"mouth` (-mouth`), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Hæmulon, of the Southern United
States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also
flannelmouth, and grunt.
Red"ness, n. [AS. reádness. See Red.] The quality or state of being
red; red color.
{ Red"o*lence (r?d"?*lens), Red"o*len*cy (-len*s?), } n. The quality of
being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.
Red"o*lent (-lent), a. [L. redolens, -entis, p. pr. of redolere to emit
a scent, diffuse an odor; pref. red-, re-, re- + olere to emit a smell.
See Odor.] Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented;
odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of. "Honey redolent of
spring." Dryden. -- Red"o*lent*ly, adv.
Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth.
Gray.
Re*dou"ble (r?*d?b"'l), v. t. [Pref. re- + double: cf. F. redoubler.
Cf. Reduplicate.] To double again or repeatedly; to increase by
continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
So they Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe.
Shak.
Re*dou"ble, v. i. To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be
multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles.
Re*doubt" (r?*dout"), n. [F. redoute, fem., It. ridotto, LL. reductus,
literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of
reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. réduit, also fr. LL. reductus.
See Reduce, and cf. Reduct, Réduit, Ridotto.] (Fort.) (a) 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. (b) In permanent works, an outwork
placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin.
[Written also redout.]
Re*doubt", v. t. [F. redouter, formerly also spelt redoubter; fr. L.
pref. re- re- + dubitare to doubt, in LL., to fear. See Doubt.] To
stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [R.]
Re*doubt"a*ble (-?*b'l), a. [F. redoutable, formerly also spelt
redoubtable.] Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable
hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written also
redoutable.]
Re*doubt"ed, a. Formidable; dread. "Some redoubted knight." Spenser.
Lord regent, and redoubted Burgandy.
Shak.