Fair majesty, the refuge and redress Of those whom fate pursues and
wants oppress.
Dryden.
Re*dress"al (r?*dr?s"al), n. Redress.
Re*dress"er (-?r), n. One who redresses.
Re*dress"i*ble (-?*b'l), a. Such as may be redressed.
Re*dress"ive (-?v), a. Tending to redress. Thomson.
Re*dress"less, a. Not having redress; such as can not be redressed;
irremediable. Sherwood.
Re*dress"ment (-ment), n. [Cf. F. redressement.] The act of redressing;
redress. Jefferson.
Red"-rib`and (r?d"r?b`and), n. (Zoöl.) The European red band fish, or
fireflame. See Rend fish.
Red"root` (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.) A name of several plants having red
roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the
bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in
sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.
Red`sear" (r?d`s?r"), v. i. To be brittle when red-hot; to be
red-short. Moxon.
Red"shank` (r?d"sh?nk`), n. 1. (Zoöl.) (a) A common Old World
limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red.
The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs.
Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) The fieldfare.
2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given
to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. Spenser.
Red"-short` (-sh?rt`), a. (Metal.) Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; --
said of certain kinds of iron. -- Red"-short`ness, n.
Red"skin` (-sk?n`), n. A common appellation for a North American
Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin. Cooper.
Red"start` (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small,
handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phœnicurus), allied to the
nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The
black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other
species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India. (b) An
American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black,
with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The
female is olive, with yellow patches.
Red"streak` (-str?k`), n. 1. A kind of apple having the skin streaked
with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple. Mortimer.