Rick"rack` (?), n. A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.
Rick"stand` (?), n. A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.
Ric`o*chet" (?), n. [F.] A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the
ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat
stone thrown along the surface of water.
Ricochet firing (Mil.), the firing of guns or howitzers, usually with
small charges, at an elevation of only a few degrees, so as to cause
the balls or shells to bound or skip along the ground.
Ric`o*chet" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ricochetted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ricochetting.] To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n.
[R.]
Ric`o*chet", v. i. To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone
on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet,
n.
Ric"tal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal
bristles.
Ric"ture (?), n. [L. ringi, rictus, to open wide the mouth, to gape.] A
gaping. [Obs.]
||Ric"tus (?), n. [L., the aperture of the mouth.] The gape of the
||mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth.