Being once chafed, he can not Be reined again to temperance.
Shak.
To rein in or rein up, to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by
drawing the reins.
Rein, v. i. To be guided by reins. [R.] Shak.
Re`in*au"gu*rate, v. t. To inaugurate anew.
Re"in*cit" (-s?t"), v. t. To incite again.
Re`in*cor"po*rate, v. t. To incorporate again.
Re`in*crease" (-kr?s"), v. t. To increase again.
Re`in*cur" (-k?r"), v. t. To incur again.
Rein"deer` (r?n"d?r), n. [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn
is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly
written also raindeer, and ranedeer.] (Zool.) Any ruminant of the genus
Rangifer, 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.
The common European species (R. tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland.
The woodland reindeer or caribou (R. caribou) is found in Canada and
Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou (R.
Grœnlandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic
Ocean, in both hemispheries.
Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen (Cladonia rangiferina)
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. -- Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part
of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central
Europe.
Re`in*duce" (r?`?n*d?s"), v. t. To induce again.
Rei*nette" (r?*n?t"), n. [F. See 1st Rennet.] (Bot.) A name given to
many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.
Re`in*fect" (r?`?n*f?kt), v. t. [Pref. re- + infect: cf. F.
réinfecter.] To infect again.
Re`in*fec"tious (-f?k"sh?s), a. Capable of reinfecting.
Re`in*force" (-f?rs"), v. t. See Reënforce, v. t.
Re`in*force", n. See Reënforce, n.
Re`in*force"ment (-ment), n. See Reënforcement.
Re`in*fund" (-f?nd"), v. i. [Pref. re- + L. infundere to pour in.] To
flow in anew. [Obs.] Swift.
Re`in*gra"ti*ate (-gr?"sh?*?t), v. t. To ingratiate again or anew. Sir.
T. Herbert.
Re`in*hab"it (-h?b"?t), v. t. To inhabit again. Mede.
Rein"less (r?n"l?s), a. Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence,
not checked or restrained.
Reins (rnz), n. pl. [F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L. ren, pl. renes.] 1. The
kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.
2. 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.
My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Prov. xxiii. 16.