||Ri*dot"to (?), n. [It., fr. LL. reductus a retreat. See Redoubt.] A
||favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and
||dancing, -- held generally on fast eves. Brande & C.
There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets.
Walpole.
Ri*dot"to, v. i. To hold ridottos. [R.] J. G. Cooper.
Rie (?), n. See Rye. [Obs.] Holland.
Rie grass. (Bot.) (a) A kind of wild barley (Hordeum pratense). Dr.
Prior. (b) Ray grass. Dr. Prior.