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R.
2. To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
Rab"bet, n. [See Rabbet, v., and cf. Rebate, n.]
2. Same as Rabbet joint, below.
2. The teachings and traditions of the rabbins.
2. A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.
3. To rumple; to crumple. [Scot.]
4. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.
2. Company; herd; breed.
5. Hence, characteristic quality or disposition. [Obs.]
2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race.
2. To run a race with.
2. Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes. [R.] Bp. Burnet.
2. (Zoöl.) The common American black snake.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Same as Rhachis.
C. Kingsley.
3. That which is extorted; exaction. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
2. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
4. (Mining) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.
2. A horse that has a racking gait.
Rack"et, n. [Gael. racaid a noise, disturbance.]
1. Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
2. A carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang]
2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. Sterne.
3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang]
2. One who exacts rack-rent.
M. Arnold.
Rad"dock (-dk), n. (Zoöl.) The ruddock. [Prov. Eng.]
Rade (rd), n. A raid. [Scot.]
2. pl. (Zoöl.) Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid.
3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face.
Ra"di*a*ry (-*r), n. [Cf. F. radiaire.] (Zoöl.) A radiate. [Obs.]
3. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Radiata.
3. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Radiata.
4. (Alg.) A radical quantity. See under Radical, a.
Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.)
5. (Anat.) A radical vessel. See under Radical, a.
2. Radicalness; relation to a root in essential nature or principle.
2. Without derivation; primitively; essentially. [R.]
2. (Bot.) The disposition of the roots of a plant.
2. Radiating; radiant. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
5. The movable limb of a sextant or other angular instrument. Knight.
3. (Bot.) The root of a plant.
3. A low fellow; a churl.
Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To furnish with rafters, as a house.
2. pl. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
5. (Metal Working) A ragged edge.
6. A sail, or any piece of canvas. [Nautical Slang]
2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
2. A person who wears ragged clothing. [Colloq.]
3. (Zoöl.) The long-tailed titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.
Raid"er (-r), n. One who engages in a raid. [U.S.]
2. To range in a line. [Obs.]
2. To move or influence by railing. [R.]
2 Pet. ii. 11.
2. Rails in general; also, material for making rails.
2. An article of dress. [R. or Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Rain"deer` (-dr`), n. (Zoöl.) See Reindeer. [Obs.]
I will raise forts against thee.
2. A grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat.
Rai"vel (r"vel), n. (Weaving) A separator. [Scot.]
4. To search through; to scour; to ransack.
2. To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
2. (Zoöl.) See Gill rakers, under 1st Gill.
2. A political mass meeting. [Colloq. U. S.]
4. A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
6. The plunger of a hydraulic press.
2. To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
Ram"age (rm"j; 48), n. [F., fr. L. ramus a branch.]
1. Boughs or branches. [Obs.] Crabb.
2. Warbling of birds in trees. [Obs.] Drummond.
Ra*mage" (r*mj"), a. Wild; untamed. [Obs.]
Ra*ma"gi*ous (-m"j*s), a. Wild; not tame. [Obs.]
2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
3. To extend or grow at random. Thomson.
2. [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond.
Ram"e*kin (rm"*kn), n. See Ramequin. [Obs.]
Ram"ent (rm"ent), n. [L. ramenta, pl.] 1. A scraping; a shaving. [Obs.]
2. pl. (Bot.) Ramenta.
4. The production of branchlike figures. Crabb.
2. To be divided or subdivided, as a main subject.
Ram"mel (rm"ml), n. Refuse matter. [Obs.]
3. To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
2. A highwayman; a robber. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A romping woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] Lyly.
2. Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.
I. Taylor.
Ram"pier (rm"pr), n. See Rampart. [Obs.]
Ram"pire (-pr), n. A rampart. [Archaic]
Ram"pler, a. Roving; rambling. [Scot.]
Ram"shac*kle, v. t. To search or ransack; to rummage. [Prov. Eng.]
Rance (rns), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] 1. A prop or shore. [Scot.]
2. A round between the legs of a chair.
2. The owner and occupant of a ranch or rancho.
1. A border; edge; margin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Rand, v. i. [See Rant.] To rant; to storm. [Obs.]
I wept, . . . and raved, and randed, and railed.
2. (Mil.) A kind of basket work used in gabions.
4. (Mining) The direction of a rake- vein. Raymond.
Ran"don, v. i. To go or stray at random. [Obs.]
Rane"deer` (rn"dr`), n. See Reindeer. [Obs.]
2 Macc. xii. 20.
3. To separate into parts; to sift. [Obs.] Holland.
5. To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.
7. (Biol.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
3. The step of a ladder; a rung. Clarendon.
4. A kitchen grate. [Obs.]
6. A bolting sieve to sift meal. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
10. (Biol.) The region within which a plant or animal naturally lives.
13. (Naut.) See Range of cable, below.
3. A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
Ran"ger*ship, n. The office of the keeper of a forest or park. [Eng.]
6. Inflamed with venereal appetite. [Obs.] Shak.
Rank, adv. Rankly; stoutly; violently. [Obs.]
I. Watts.
3. To take rank of; to outrank. [U.S.]
Ran"nel (rn"nl), n. A prostitute. [Obs.]
2. To plunder; to pillage completely.
3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.]
2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.]
Rant"i*pole, a. Wild; roving; rakish. [Low]
Rant"i*pole, v. i. To act like a rantipole. [Low]
2. To hasten. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
I 'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Low]
3. That which is snatched away. [Obs.]
4. Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. [Obs.]
Rape"ful (rp"fl), a. 1. Violent. [Obs.]
2. Given to the commission of rape. Byron.
Rap"ful*ly (rp"fl*l), adv. Violently. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.) Same as Rhaphe.
3. Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman.
2. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] Shak.
Rap"i*nous (rp"*ns), a. Given to rapine. [Obs.]
2. A forcible oath or lie. [Slang] Bp. Parker.
2. Rapidity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. To carry away by force. [Obs.] Daniel.
3. A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium. [Obs.] Shak.
Rare (râr), a. [Cf. Rather, Rath.] Early. [Obs.]
3. Thinly scattered; dispersed.
2. Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2.
Ras"cal*ess, n. A female rascal. [Humorous]
2. The poorer and lower classes of people. [Obs.]
2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]
Rase, n. 1. A scratching out, or erasure. [Obs.]
2. A slight wound; a scratch. [Obs.] Hooker.
2. To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice. [Obs.]
2. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. [Obs.]
I scarce have leisure to salute you, My matter is so rash.
2. (Zoöl.) A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).
Rash"ful (-fl), a. Rash; hasty; precipitate. [Obs.]
Rash"ling (-lng), n. A rash person. [Obs.]
Rasp, n. [OE. raspe, OF. raspe, F. râpe. See Rasp, v.]
2. To catch or kill rats.
2. Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.
Ratch"el (-l), n. Gravelly stone. [Prov. Eng.]
5. Order; arrangement. [Obs.]
6. Ratification; approval. [R.] Chapman.
2. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
4. To ratify. [Obs.] "To rate the truce." Chapman.
2. To make an estimate.
2. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
Rath"er (r"r), a. [Compar. of Rath, a.] Prior; earlier; former. [Obs.]
1. Earlier; sooner; before. [Obs.]
2. More readily or willingly; preferably.
5. More properly; more correctly speaking.
Ra`ti*oc"i*na*to*ry (-n*t*r), a. Ratiocinative. [R.]
2. To interpret in the manner of a rationalist.
3. To form a rational conception of.
4. (Alg.) To render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities.
2. A rattan cane. [Obs.] Pepys.
2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
4. To scold; to rail at. L'Estrange.
2. Noisy, rapid talk.
4. A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
5. A scolding; a sharp rebuke. [Obs.] Heylin.
2. To rush wildly or furiously. Spenser.
2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
2. To fall into perplexity and confusion. [Obs.]
2. That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.
2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
1. To obtain or seize by violence. Hakewill.
2. To devour with great eagerness.
2. A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture. [Obs.] Holland.
2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.
3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
2. Without proper preparation or provision. Shak.
Ray, n. Array; order; arrangement; dress. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) A tusk of a wild boar.
2. An erasure; a change made by erasing.
Reach, n. An effort to vomit. [R.]
2 Esd. xiv. 39.
7. To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] South.
2. To strain after something; to make efforts.
5. An artifice to obtain an advantage.
2. An exaggeration. [Obs.] Fuller.
Read (rd), n. Rennet. See 3d Reed. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.]
5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
Read, v. i. 1. To give advice or counsel. [Obs.]
2. To tell; to declare. [Obs.] Spenser.
4. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
5. To learn by reading.
2. [Read, v.] Reading. [Colloq.] Hume.
2. One who reads much; one who is studious.
3. A lecture or prelection; public recital.
2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
3. Relating to things, not to persons. [Obs.]
3. [See 1st Realty, 2.] Loyalty; devotion. [Obs.]
4. (Law) See 2d Realty, 2.
5. To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets.
2. Loyalty; faithfulness. [R.] Milton.
Ream, v. i. To cream; to mantle. [Scot.]
3. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] Shak.
2. A reaping machine.
Rear (rr), adv. Early; soon. [Prov. Eng.]
Rear (rr), v. t. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. [R.]
3. To lift and take up. [Obs. or R.]
5. To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.
6. To rouse; to stir up. [Obs.]
I 'll give him reasons for it.
I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme.
4. (Math.) Ratio; proportion. [Obs.] Barrow.
1 Sam. xii. 7.
3. To converse; to compare opinions. Shak.
2. To support with reasons, as a request. [R.] Shak.
Rea"son*a*ble, adv. Reasonably; tolerably. [Obs.]
I have a reasonable good ear in music.
2. Moderately; tolerably. "Reasonably perfect in the language." Holder.
Rea"son*ist, n. A rationalist. [Obs.]
2. Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable.
2. (Law) Same as Reinsurance.
2. To reinsure.
Reav"er (rv"r), n. One who reaves. [Archaic]
2. A contemptuous term applied to an old woman. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.
2. Fig.: To make or to become hot. [Obs.]
2. To give back an echo. [R.] T. Warton.
3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope.
Re*bu"cous (r*b"ks), a. Rebuking. [Obs.]
2. Check; rebuff. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
3. To compute, or cast up, a second time.
2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.]
3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.]
4. Place of receiving. [Obs.]
1 Kings viii. 64.
7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served.
2. A receptible thing. [R.] Glanvill.
2. The state of being received.
4. Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine.
5. A retaking; a recovery. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
7. (Bot. & Zoöl.) A sinus.
2. To attack again; to attack anew. Dryden.
3. Mutually interchangeable.
I. Watts.
2. (Math.) In the manner of reciprocals.
2. Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation.
Re*cip"ro*cous (r*sp"r*ks), a. Reciprocal. [Obs.]
3. That which is recited; a story; a narration.
3. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
4. (Law) To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
2. To concern; -- used impersonally. [Poetic]
I reck not though I end my life to- day.
M. Arnold.
2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.
1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
3. Esteem; account; estimation.
6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.]
7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.] Fuller.
2. To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
3. To draw back; to give way. [R. & Obs.] Spenser.
2. Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.
2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] Foxe.
Re*cluse", v. t. To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.]
2. A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.
Re*cog`ni*za"tion (-z"shn), n. Recognition. [R.]
4. To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.
5. To review; to reëxamine. [Obs.] South.
6. To reconnoiter. [Obs.] R. Monro.
2. The state or condition of having recoiled.
Re*coil"ment, n. [Cf. F. reculement.] Recoil. [R.]
2. That which is coined anew.
Re*com"fort*less, a. Without comfort. [Obs.]
2. To begin anew to be; to act again as. [Archaic.]
2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
3. To commit; to give in charge; to commend.
3. The state of being recommended; esteem. [R.]
2 Cor. v. 20.
4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
Rec"on*cile`, v. i. To become reconciled. [Obs.]
D. Rogers.
2. To recognize. [Obs.] Sir H. Walpole.
2. To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.
2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]
1 Esd. i. 42.
Re*cord", v. i. 1. To reflect; to ponder. [Obs.]
2. To sing or repeat a tune. [Obs.] Shak.
3. Testimony; witness; attestation.
Re*cord"ance (r?*k?rd"?ns), n. Remembrance. [Obs.]
3. Access; admittance. [Obs.]
Re*course", v. i. 1. To return; to recur. [Obs.]
2. To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
1. Sam. xxx. 18.
4. To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.
I do hope to recover my late hurt.
5. To rescue; to deliver.
2. Tim. ii. 26.
2 Kings i. 2.
2. To make one's way; to come; to arrive. [Obs.]
Re cov"er*ance (-ans), n. Recovery. [Obs.]
2. Apostate; false; unfaithful.
1. The state or condition of being recrudescent.
Rec"tan`gle, a. Rectangular. [R.]
I meant to rectify my conscience.
3. Right judgment. [R.] Sir G. C. Lewis.
1. A ruler or governor. [R.]
3. The head master of a public school. [Scot.]
2. The wife of a rector. Thackeray.
2. The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
2. A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
I. Watts.
3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
2. To recover; to regain; to repossess. [Obs.]
3. To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair.
4. To be a cure for; to remedy. [Obs.]
Re*cure", n. Cure; remedy; recovery. [Obs.]
I. Taylor.
2. A red pigment.
4. pl. (Med.) The menses. Dunglison.
Red"back` (r?d"b?k`), n. (Zoöl.) The dunlin. [U. S.]
2. (Zoöl.) The long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish.
1. Restoration: restitution: surrender. Howell.
2. Explanation; representation. [R.]
I rede that our host here shall begin.
2. To interpret; to explain. [Obs.]
I will redeem all this on Percy's head.
2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
Rede"less (r?d"l?s), a. Without rede or counsel. [Obs.]
2. To deliver or liberate a second time or again.
2. A second or new delivery or liberation.
Re*demp"ture (-t?r; 135), n. Redemption. [Obs.]
2. A name of rust on grain. See Rust.
Re*doubt"ing, n. Reverence; honor. [Obs.]
2. Rebound; reverberation. [R.] Codrington.
1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [R.]
3. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
2. Cider pressed from redstreak apples.
I. Watts.
Re*du"pli*cate (-k?t), v. t. [Cf. LL. reduplicare.]
1. To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.
3. An arrow, as made of a reed. Prior.
4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.]
8. (Arch.) Same as Reeding.
2. Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.
2. The nurling on the edge of a coin; -- commonly called milling.
2. A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.
2. Emitting reek. "Reeky fen." Sir W. Scott.
2. To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.
2. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
3. Relation; regard; respect.
6. Appeal. [R.] "Make your full reference." Shak.
2. To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
2. To fit out or supply a second time.
2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
2. To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
4. To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.
3. Bent backward or outward; reflexed.
2. Reflecting; as, a reflectent body. Sir K. Digby.
2. Shining; brightness, as of the sun. [Obs.] Shak.
4. Censure; reproach cast.
4. (Gram.) Reflexive; reciprocal.
2. Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return.
2. (Physiol.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.
2. To bend back; to turn back. J. Gregory.
Ref"lu*eus (-?s), a. [L. refluus.] Refluent. [Obs.]
Ref`or*made" (r?f`?r*m?d"), n. A reformado. [Obs.]
2. Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.
2. To found or establish again; to re&?;stablish.
2. Refractoriness. [Obs.] Jer. TAylor.
2. To abstain from [Obs.]
Re*frain"ment (-ment), n. Act of refraining. [R.]
1 Cor. xvi. 18.
2. To make as if new; to repair; to restore.
Re*freyd" (r?*fr?d"), v. t. [OF. refreidier.] To chill; to cool. [Obs.]
I. Taylor.
1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
Ref"uge (r?f"?j), v. t. To shelter; to protect. [Obs.]
2. To give back; to repay; to restore.
3. To supply again with funds; to reimburse. [Obs.]
L. Wallace.
4. To disown. [Obs.] "Refuse thy name." Shak.
1. Sam. xv. 9.
Re*fu"sion (r?*f?"zh?n), n. [Pref. re-+ fusion.]
1. New or repeated melting, as of metals.
3. Sumptuous food; delicacies. [Obs.] Cotton.
1. Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
2. An ensign or badge of royalty. [Obs.]
2. Hence, to look or front toward; to face. [Obs.]
5. Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.
7. Respect; relation; reference.
I. Watts.
8. Object of sight; scene; view; aspect. [R.]
9. (O.Eng.Law) Supervision; inspection.
2. (Her.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant.
3. (O.Eng.Law) Annexed to the land or manor; as, a villain regardant.
2. Not regarded; slighted. [R.] Spectator.
2. Exercising vicarious authority. Milton.
2. The killing or the murder of a king.
I dream . . . of the new régime which is to come.
2. A region or district governed. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.]
4. The inhabitants of a district. Matt. iii. 5.
5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.]
2. To enroll; to enter in a list.
Reg"is*tra*ry (- tr?*r?), n. A registrar. [Obs.]
Reg"is*trate (-tr?t), v. t. To register. [R.]
2. The place where a register is kept.
3. A record; an account; a register. Sir W. Temple.
Reg"na*tive (-n?*t?v), a. Ruling; governing. [Obs.]
2. To swallow again; to swallow back.
2. A renewed of a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly.
2. To offend; to shock. [Obs.] Derham.
2. The power or liberty of passing back. Shak.
Re*gress"ive (r?*gr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. régressif.]
1. Passing back; returning.
2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.
2. Dislike; aversion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
The snail had power to regrow them all [horns, tongue, etc.]
Reg"u*la*ble (r?g"?*l?*b'l), a. Capable of being regulated. [R.]
5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug. [Colloq.]
7. (Crystallog.) Same as Isometric.
2. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.
1 Sam. xvii. 31.
2. To narrate; to relate; to tell.
4. To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal. [R.]
2. To revive; to cheer; to cherish. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Reif (r?f), n. [AS. re&?;f.] Robbery; spoil. [Obs.]
Rei"gle, v. t. To regulate; to govern. [Obs.]
3. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
Reign"er (r?n"?r), n. One who reigns. [R.]
2. To restrain; to control; to check.
I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.
Re`in*sta"tion (-st?"sh?n), n. Reinstatement. [R.]
Re`in*thron"ize (-?z), v. t. To enthrone again. [Obs.]
Reit (r?t), n. Sedge; seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Re*it"er*ate (-?t), a. Reiterated; repeated. [R.]
1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy.
2. To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden.
I me rejoysed of my liberty.
Re*joice"ment (-ment), n. Rejoicing. [Obs.]
2. The expression of joy or gladness.
3. That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
3. To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
2. (Law) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
2. (Law) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
Re*join"der, v. i. To make a rejoinder. [Archaic]
Re*journ"ment (-ment), n. Adjournment. [Obs.]
2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obs. or R.]
3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over.
4. To ally by connection or kindred.
To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words. [R.]
2. To make reference; to take account. [R.& Obs.]
3. Narrated; told.
4. (Mus.) Same as Relative, 4.
I. Taylor.
3. Reference; respect; regard.
2. Indicating or specifying some relation.
Re*la"tion*ist, n. A relative; a relation. [Obs.]
I. Watts.
2. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
2. Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
Re*lent", v. t. 1. To slacken; to abate. [Obs.]
2. To soften; to dissolve. [Obs.]
3. To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe. [Obs.]
Re*lent" (r?-l?nt"), n. Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.]
2. (Scots Law) Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.
3. (Scots Law) Sufficient to support the cause.
Rel"ic*ly, adv. In the manner of relics. [Obs.]
Re*lief"ful (r?-l?f"f?l), a. Giving relief. [Obs.]
C. P. Tiele (Encyc. Brit.).
J. Köstlin (Schaff-Herzog Encyc.)
2. Affectation or pretense of religion.
Mlton
3. Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
4. Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
Re*lin"quent, n. One who relinquishes. [R.]
1. Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.
2. (Bot.) Same as Induviæ.
2. To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
2. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
3. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
Re*live", v. t. To recall to life; to revive. [Obs.]
2. (Roman & Scots Law) Renewal of a lease.
I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume.
2. To illuminate again.
1 Cor. xv. 6.
Re*main", v. t. To await; to be left to. [Archaic]
Re*main" n. 1. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.]
I. Taylor.
2. Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual. [Obs.]
I will remedy this gear ere long.
I. Watts.
Re*mem"brance (-brans), n. [OF. remembrance.]
3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak.
Rem"e*nant (r?m"?-nant), n. A remnant. [Obs.]
Rem`i*nis"cen*cy (-sen-s?), n. Reminiscence. [Obs.]
3. Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
5. The act of sending back. [R.] Stackhouse.
6. Act of sending in payment, as money; remittance.
2. To restore. [Obs.]
5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
2. To send money, as in payment. Addison.
2. The sum or thing remitted. Addison.
Rem"nant, n. [OF. remanant. See Remnant, a.]
2. A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.
2. (R.C.Ch.) Same as Monstrance.
I will remonstrate to you the third door.
1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] Milton.
2. Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.
Re*morsed" (r?-m?rst"), a. Feeling remorse. [Obs.]
2. Compassionate; feeling tenderly. [Obs.] Shak.
3. Exciting pity; pitiable. [Obs.] Chapman.
3. (Bot.) Separated by intervals greater than usual.
2. The state of being remote; remoteness. [R.]
3. The state of being removed. Locke.
6. (Far.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe. Swift.
2. Dismissed from office.
4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed.
2. Same as Renaissance.
M. Arnold.
2. See Renaissant.
2. To attack hand to hand. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
I will surely rend the kingdom from thee.
1 Kings xi. 11.
2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
I will render vengeance to mine enemies.
3. To give up; to yield; to surrender.
I 'll make her render up her page to me.
4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute.
I. Watts.
10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.
2. A return; a payment of rent.
3. An account given; a statement. [Obs.] Shak.
2. A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered.
3. A meeting by appointment. Sprat.
4. Retreat; refuge. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Translation; rendering; version.
Rend"rock` (r?nd"r?k`), n. A kind of dynamite used in blasting. [U.S.]
2. (Card Playing) To revoke. [R.]
3. To begin again; to recommence.
4. To repeat; to go over again.
5. (Theol.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
Re*new"ed*ly, adv. Again; once more. [U.S.]
2. A rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Persistently opposed.
Ren"ning (r?n"n?ng), n. See 2d Rennet. [Obs.]
Re*nounce", v. i. 1. To make renunciation. [Obs.]
Re*nowme" (r?-noum"), n. Renown. [Obs.]
Re*nowmed" (r?-noumd"), a. Renowned. [Obs.]
2. Report of nobleness or exploits; praise.
Re*nown"er (-?r), n. One who gives renown. [R.]
2. Pay; reward; share; toll. [Obs.]
Rent"age (-?j), n. [Cf. OF. rentage.] Rent. [Obs.]
Ren*verse"ment (-ment), n. [F.] A reversing. [Obs.]
Ren*voy", n. [F. renvoi.] A sending back. [Obs.]
Re*o"ri*ent (r?-?"r?-ent), a. Rising again. [R.]
I thought . . . that he repaire should again.
2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [R.]
I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear.
Re*past"er (-?r), n. One who takes a repast. [Obs.]
3. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.
2. The money or other thing repaid.
3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.]
Re*peal", n. 1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.]
Re*peal"ment (-ment), n. Recall, as from banishment. [Obs.]
3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received).
3. A kind of waterproof cloth. Knight.
2. (Zoöl.) Same as Reptant.
I do repent it from my very soul.
2. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
2. Cor. vii. 20.
Re*pent"less, a. Unrepentant. [R.]
2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
Re`per*cuss"ive (-k?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. répercussif.]
2. A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.
3. Same as Répertoire.
2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.
Rep`e*ti"tion*er (-?r), n. One who repeats. [Obs.]
Re*pet"i*tive (r?-p?t"?-t?v), a. Containing repetition; repeating. [R.]
Re*pine" (r?-p?n"), v. i. [Pref. re- + pine to languish.]
M. Arnold.
5. To put in a new or different place.
2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.]
Re*plen"ish, v. i. To recover former fullness. [Obs.]
2. That which replenishes; supply. Cowper.
Re*plete", v. t. To fill completely, or to satiety. [R.]
2. (Med.) Fullness of blood; plethora.
Re*ple"to*ry (-t?-r?), a. Repletive. [R.]
2. The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.
2. (Old Eng. Law) To bail. Spenser.
2. (Mus.) Repetition.
Rep"li*cate (-?-k?t), v. t. To reply. [Obs.]
3. Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo.
4. A repetition; a copy.
2. (Law) To answer a defendant's plea.
1 Kings x. 6.
2. Rapport; relation; connection; reference. [Obs.]
Re*port"age (-j), n. SAme as Report. [Obs.]
2. That on which one reposes. [Obs.] Burton.
3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
I. Taylor.
3. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
3. (Poetic) A rest; a pause.
I nor advise nor reprehend the choice.
3. The state of being represented.
Rep`re*sent"a*tive, n. [Cf. LL. repraesentativus.]
3. (Law) One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.
2. A representative. [Obs.] Swift.
Rep`re*sent"ment (-ment), n. Representation. [Obs.]
2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
Re*press", n. The act of repressing. [Obs.]
Re*pres"sion (r?-pr?sh"?n), n. [Cf. F. répression.]
2. That which represses; check; restraint.
Re*prev"a*ble (r?-pr?v"?-b'l), a. Reprovable. [Obs.]
2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily.
2. Interval of ease or relief; respite.
2. To renew the impression of.
2. Anything taken from an enemy in retaliation.
4. Any act of retaliation. Waterland.
1. A taking by way of retaliation. [Obs.] Dryden.
3. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
2. To recompense; to pay. [Obs.]
1 Peter iv. 14.
Re*proach", n. [F. reproche. See Reproach, v.]
2. A cause of blame or censure; shame; disgrace.
3. An object of blame, censure, scorn, or derision.
Re*proach"a*blr (-?-b'l), a. [Cf. F. reprochable.]
1. Deserving reproach; censurable.
2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
Rep"ro*ba*cy (r?p"r?-b?-c?), n. Reprobation. [R.]
2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
2. That which is reproduced.
2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.]
What if thy son
4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
1. (Bot.) Same as Repent.
2. (Zoöl.) Creeping; crawling; -- said of reptiles, worms, etc.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
3. A groveling or very mean person.
1. Common weal. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. (U.S.Politics) A member of the Republican party.
3. The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called [U.S.]
Re*pulse", n. [L. repulsa, fr. repellere, repulsum.]
2. Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
2. Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
I see my reputation is at stake.
4. Account; value. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Re*quere" (r?--kw?r"), v. t. To require. [Obs.]
I will marry her, sir, at your request.
I will both hear and grant you your requests.
2. To address with a request; to ask.
I request you To give my poor host freedom.
3. Rest; quiet; peace. [Obs.]
2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
3. To ask as a favor; to request.
Res"cat, n. [Sp. rescate.] Ransom; release. [Obs.]
2. (Law) See Rescue, 2. [Obs.]
2. To write over again. Howell.
3. A counterpart. Bouvier.
Res"cue (r?s"k?), n. [From Rescue, v.; cf. Rescous.]
2. A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.
2. To put in possession again; to reinstate.
2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.]
4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] H. Bushnell.
2. To send back; as, to resend a gift. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor. [Obs.]
Re*sent"i*ment (-?-ment), n. Resentment. [Obs.]
2. With a sense of wrong or affront; with resentment.
3. In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude. [Obs.]
Re*serv"ance (r?-z?rv"ans), n. Reservation. [R.]
4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. Shak.
3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]
2. That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.
3. That which is excepted; exception.
7. (Banking) Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.
2. (Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.
3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] Boyle.
4. The place where anything rests permanently.
5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] Bacon.
Res"i*den*cy (-den-s?), n. 1. Residence. [Obsoles.]
Res"i*dent*er (-r), n. A resident. [Obs. or Colloq.]
2. Residing; residentiary. [R.]
2. An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.
I. Taylor.
L. Taylor.
I here resign my government to thee.
2. To relinquish; to abandon.
3. To commit to the care of; to consign. [Obs.]
Res`i*li"tion (r?z`?-l?sh"?n), n. Resilience. [R.]
3. To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
4. To be distasteful to. [Obs.] Shak.
1. Macc. xi. 38.
3. A means or method of resisting; that which resists.
2. The quality of being resistant; resitstance.
2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.
2. Convinced; satisfied; sure. [Obs.]
3. Resolving, or explaining; as, the Resolute Doctor Durand. [Obs.]
2. The state of being relaxed; relaxation. [Obs.]
Res"o*lu*to*ry (r?z"?-l?-t?-r?), a. Resolutive. [R.]
10. To relax; to lay at ease. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.
3. To be settled in opinion; to be convinced. [R.]
I am resolved she shall not settle here.
2. Resolutely; decidedly; firmly. Grew.
3. One who resolves, or formal a firm purpose.
2. To fall back; to revert. [Obs.]
3. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.
4. To be mentioned much and loudly. Milton.
2. To answer; to echo. [Obs. or Poetic] Shak.
3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.]
4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.]
2. Esteem; regard; consideration; honor.
4. Reputation; repute. [Obs.]
5. Relation; reference; regard.
4. Fitted to awaken respect. [Obs.] Shak.
5. Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. [Obs.]
2. Relatively; not absolutely. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
3. Partially; with respect to private views. [Obs.]
4. With respect; regardfully. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Respectable. [Obs.] Knolles.
2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]
3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
2. To breathe out; to exhale. [R.] B. Jonson.
I crave but four day's respite.
Re*splen"dish*ing, a. Resplendent. [Obs.]
2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.]
Re*spond", n. 1. An answer; a response. [R.]
Re*spon"sal (r?*sp?n"sal), a. Answerable. [Obs.]
2. Response. [Obs.] Brevint.
3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
2. Suited to something else; correspondent.
3. Responsible. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book.
Rest (r?st), v. t. [For arrest.] To arrest. [Obs.]
3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.
1 Kings vi. 6.
7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a cæsura.
9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]
2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.
3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.
5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.
2. To stem, or move against; as, to restem a current.
2. Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc.
Rest"iff, a. Restive. [Obs.]
Rest"iff, n. A restive or stubborn horse. [Obs.]
Rest"iff*ness, n. Restiveness. [Obs.]
Rest"i*ly (r?st"?*l?), adv. In a resty manner. [Obs.]
2. Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.
3. Deprived of rest or sleep.
4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.
5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. Cowper.
3. That which is restored or renewed.
Re*stor"a*to*ry (r?*st?r"?*t?*r?), a. Restorative. [R.]
4. To give in place of, or as satisfaction for.
5. To make good; to make amends for.
Re*store"ment (?), n. Restoration. [Obs.]
2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
4. To limit; to confine; to restrict. Trench.
I. Watts.
5. To withhold; to forbear.
2. The state of being restrained.
Re*stric"tion*a*ry (?), a. Restrictive. [R.]
Re*strict"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. restrictif.]
2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] Wiseman.
Re*sult" (?), n. 1. A flying back; resilience. [Obs.]
C. Kingsley.
2. To enter upon, or take up again.
3. State of being risen from the dead; future state.
4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.
I am the resurrection, and the life.
2. To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] Pope.
3. To restrain; to prevent. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.
Re*tain", v. i. 1. To belong; to pertain. [Obs.]
2. To keep; to continue; to remain. [Obs.] Donne.
2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
2. The power of retaining; retentiveness.
4. The act of withholding; retraint; reserve. Shak.
5. Place of custody or confinement.
2. A retiarius.
3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.
2. A reticule. See Reticule, 2. [R.]
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a reticulum.
C. A. Bristed.
2 Sam. xi. 15.
5. To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
2. (Law) Retaliation. Wharton.
2. (Photog.) To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.
3. To confine; to limit; to restrict. Addison.
I. Taylor.
4. (Fort.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
Dryden
2. To recall; to bring back.
3. To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.
Ret"ri*ment (?), n. [L. retrimentum.] Refuse; dregs. [R.]
2. Operation on something past or preceding.
2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back.
2. The state of being retrograde; decline.
2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. Ure.
3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
4. To revert; to pass back into possession.
2. To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
3. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
1 Kings ii. 44.
4. To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks.
5. To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.
6. To report, or bring back and make known.
10. To convey into official custody, or to a general depository.
11. (Tennis) To bat (the ball) back over the net.
1 Kings xx. 22.
I do expect return Of thrice three times the value of this bond.
7. pl. (Fort. & Mining) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
Reule (?), n.& v. Rule. [Obs.]
Reume (?), n. Realm. [Obs.]
Re`u*ni"tion (?), n. A second uniting. [R.]
Re*veal", n. 1. A revealing; a disclosure. [Obs.]
Re*veal"ment (?), n. Act of revealing. [R.]
Rev"el (?), n. (Arch.) See Reveal. [R.]
2. That which is revealed.
Rev"e*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who makes a revelation; a revealer. [R.]
2. A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob. [Obs.]
Re*venge"ance (?), n. Vengeance; revenge. [Obs.]
Re*venge"ment (?), n. Revenge. [Obs.]
2. Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] Drayton.
I. Taylor.
2. The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance.
I am forced to lay my reverence by.
2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.]
2. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed. [Obs.]
3. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Reversed; as, a reverse shell.
2. To cause to return; to recall. [Obs.]
3. To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
4. To turn upside down; to invert.
5. Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.
2. To become or be reversed.
2. That which reverts or returns; residue. [Obs.]
4. Hence, a right to future possession or enjoyment; succession.
6. (Biol.) A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
3. (Chem.) To change back. See Revert, v. i.
2. (Law) Reversion. Burrill.
Re*ves"try (?), n. Same as Revestiary. [Obs.]
Re*vest"ture (?), n. Vesture. [Obs.]
2. To make a retort; to bandy words. [Obs.]
3. To retrace; to go over again.
7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time.
Re*vig"or*ate (?), v. t. To give new vigor to. [Obs.]
1 Pet. ii. 23.
Re*vile", n. Reproach; reviling. [Obs.]
2. That which is made by revising.
2. To revise. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
1 Kings xvii. 22.
3. (Old Chem.) To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
Re*vive"ment (?), n. Revival. [R.]
3. To hold back; to repress; to restrain. [Obs.]
4. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.] Spenser.
5. To call back to mind; to recollect. [Obs.]
2. A revolter. [Obs.] "Ingrate revolts." Shak.
Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry, n. A revolutionist. [R.]
I. Watts.
3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
4. To return; to pass. [R.] Ayliffe.
Re*volve"ment (?), n. Act of revolving. [R.]
1 Sam. xxiv. 17.
3. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
Re*ward"ful (?), a. Yielding reward. [R.]
Rew"et (r"t), n. [See Rouet.] A gunlock. [R.]
To play rex, to play the king; to domineer. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.
Rhap"so*der (?), n. A rhapsodist. [Obs.]
2. (Math.) The calculus; fluxions. [R.]
M. Arnold.
2. A teacher of rhetoric.
I have a rheum in mine eyes too.
Rhime (?), n. See Rhyme. [Obs.]
Rhi*noc`e*rot"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros. [R.]
2. (Geom.) A rhombohedron.
2. (Crystallog.) Same as Orthorhombic.
4. A word answering in sound to another word.
2. To accord in rhyme or sound.
2. To influence by rhyme.
4. The harmonious flow of vocal sounds.
Ri"al (&?;), n. A Spanish coin. See Real. [Obs.]
2. To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
Rib"ald*rous (?), a. Of a ribald quality. [R.]
3. (Shipbuilding) Same as Rib- band.
4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] London Athenæum.
5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
6. (Spinning) A silver.
2. An old woman; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. A bawd; a prostitute. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Rib"roast` (?), v. t. To beat soundly. [Slang]
6. Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.
7. Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.
8. Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.
2. That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like.
2. Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.
Rid (?), imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. [Archaic]
I will red evil beasts out of the land.
3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
4. To be supported in motion; to rest.
5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian.
2. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
3. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
2. A saddle horse. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
3. One who breaks or manages a horse. Shak.
7. (Mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it.
9. (Naut.) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold.
11. A robber. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Drummond.
2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
3. To wrinkle. "With a forehead ridged." Cowper.
Ridge"bone` (?), n. The backbone. [Obs.]
3. Quality of being ridiculous; ridiculousness. [Obs.]
I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage.
Rid"i*cule (?), a. [F.] Ridiculous. [Obs.]
2. Involving or expressing ridicule. [r.]
2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse.
2. A festival procession. [Obs.]
3. Same as Ride, n., 3. Sir P. Sidney.
4. A district in charge of an excise officer. [Eng.]
Rief (?), n. [See Reave.] Robbery. [Obs. or Scot.]
2. Having power; active; nimble. [Obs.]
2. To strip; to rob; to pillage. Piers Plowman.
3. To raffle. [Obs.] J. Webster.
2. To commit robbery. [R.] Bp. Hall.
2. pl. (Mil.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.
2. To whet with a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.
2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Rig (?), n. [See Ridge.] A ridge. [Prov. or Scott.]
2. Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing. [Colloq.]
2. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
3. A blast of wind. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
2. A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery. [R.]
Rig"gle, n. The European lance fish. [Prov. Eng.]
7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.
3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.]
5. According to any rule of art; correctly.
3. The right side; the side opposite to the left.
I should have been a woman by right.
Right"en (?), v. t. To do justice to. [Obs.]
Right"eoused (?), a. Made righteous. [Obs.]
2. A righteous act, or righteous quality.
3. The act or conduct of one who is righteous.
2. Consonant to justice; just; as, a rightful cause.
2. Moral rectitude; righteousness. [Obs.] Wyclif.
2. Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.
3. Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately.
2. The quality or state of being right; right relation.
Right"wise`, v. t. To make righteous. [Obs.]
Right"wise`ly, adv. Righteously. [Obs.]
Right"wise`ness, n. Righteousness. [Obs.]
3. Severity; rigor. [Obs. orR.] Bp. Burnet.
2. (Med.) See 1st Rigor, 2.
7. Violence; force; fury. [Obs.]
2. Severity, as of style, or the like. Jefferson.
2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
3. Violent. [Obs.] "Rigorous uproar." Spenser.
2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.
2. (Astron.) See Rille.
Ri"ly (?), a. Roily. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
2. The lower part of the abdomen. [Obs.] Shak.
Rind, v. t. To remove the rind of; to bark. [R.]
2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
2. To practice making music with bells. Holder.
4. To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.
Bacon
3. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
5. A circular group of persons.
2. (Mining) A crowbar. Simmonds.
2. A curl; especially, a curl of hair.
Ring"man (?), n.; pl. Ringmen (&?;). The ring finger. [Obs.] Ascham
2. (Zoöl.) The ring-necked duck.
Rink"er, n. One who skates at a rink. [Colloq.]
Rink"ing, n. Skating in a rink. [Colloq.]
2. (Law) One who engages in a riot. See Riot, n., 3.
Ri"ot*ise (?), n. Excess; tumult; revelry. [Obs.]
2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
Ripe (rp), n. [L. ripa.] The bank of a river. [Obs.]
5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] "Reeling ripe." Shak.
Ripe, v. i. [AS. rpian.] To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.]
2. To approach or come to perfection.
2. A quick and sharp refort; a repartee. J. Morley.
2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [Slang.]
2. Hence, to scratch or tear. Holland.
2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising. Specifically: --
4. In various figurative senses. Specifically: --
5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
1. Cor. xv. 20.
4. Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
7. Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
2. Obs. imp. pl. of Rise. Chaucer.
3. (Mining) A shaft excavated from below upward.
4. (Founding) A feed head. See under Feed, n.
I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance.
3. Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles.
2. That which rises; a tumor; a boil. Lev. xiii. 10.
2. (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
2. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
3. A book containing the rites to be observed.
2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
2. Equality, as of right or rank. [Obs.] hak.
I shall ryve him through the sides twain.
Rive, n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
2. The whole set of rivets, collectively. Tomlinsin.
2. An inroad; an invasion; a raid. [Obs.] Spenser.
4. One who drives much; a coach driver. [Eng.]
2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
2. A roan horse.
3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
2. (Zoöl.) The barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] Atterbury.
2. To undergo the process of being roasted.
2. A contrivance for roasting.
3. A pig, or other article of food fit for roasting.
I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.
I am accursed to rob in that thief's company.
2. (Law) The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2.
2. A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.
2. Violent; rough; rude.
3. Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment. Locke.
2 Sam. xxii. 2.
5. (Zoöl.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
4. A play horse on rockers; a rocking- horse.
5. A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking- chair.
7. (Mach.) Same as Rock shaft.
2. A blunt lance head used in the joust.
2. (Gardening) A rockery.
2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. Milton.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Gnawing. (b) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.
Rodge (?), n. (Zoöl.) The gadwall. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Eccl.) Litany; supplication.
2. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
Rogu"er*y (?), n. 1. The life of a vargant. [Obs.]
3. Arch tricks; mischievousness.
2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch.
Roil, v. i. 1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.]
2. To romp. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Roin (?), v. t. See Royne. [Obs.]
Roin"ish, a. See Roynish. [Obs.]
Roist"er*ly, a. Blustering; violent. [R.]
Roist"er*ly, adv. In a roistering manner. [R.]
2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] Halliwell.
10. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
6. To turn; to move circularly.
7. To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
10. To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.
12. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.
To roll about, to gad abroad. [Obs.]
6. A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.
8. Part; office; duty; rôle. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
Ro*man"cist (?), n. A romancer. [R.]
Ro*man"cy (?), a. Romantic. [R.]
2. Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
2. To convert to the Roman Catholic religion.
2. To conform to Roman Catholic opinions, customs, or modes of speech.
Ro*mant" (?), n. A romaunt. [Obs.]
2. Rude, boisterous play or frolic; rough sport.
2. (Mus.) See Rondo, 1.
2. (Poetry) See Rondeau, 1.
2. Roundness; plumpness. [R.]
3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
Rood"y (?), a. Rank in growth. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.
2. Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless.
Rook (rk), n. Mist; fog. See Roke. [Obs.]
2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper. Wycherley.
3. The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
5. A brothel. [Low]
Rook"y (-), a. [See Roky.] Misty; gloomy. [Obs.]
Some make this Shakespearean word mean "abounding in rooks."
I found the prince in the next room.
Room, a. [AS. rm.] Spacious; roomy. [Obs.]
Room"er (?), n. A lodger. [Colloq.]
Roon (?), a. & n. Vermilion red; red. [R.]
Roop (?), n. See Roup. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A collection of fowls roosting together.
2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
Roost"er (?), n. The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [U.S.]
1 Tim. vi. 10 (rev. Ver.)
4. (Astrol.) The time which to reckon in making calculations.
2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.]
2. One who ropes goods; a packer.
3. One fit to be hanged. [Old Slang] Douce.
Ro"ry (?), a. [L. ros, roris, dew.] Dewy. [R.]
2. Of a pure purpish pink color.
3. (Arch.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.
5. (Med.) The erysipelas. Dunglison.
7. The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
8. A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.
2. To perfume, as with roses. [Poetic] Tennyson.
2. A kind of earring. Simmonds.
Ros"en (?), a. Consisting of roses; rosy. [Obs.]
Ros"er (?), n. A rosier; a rosebush. [Obs.]
3. A red color. See Roset.
4. A rose burner. See under Rose.
2. Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.
5. (Bot.) Same as Rostellum.
2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.
Ro"tal (?), a. Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary. [R.]
2. Any return or succesion in a series.
2. (Metal.) A revolving reverberatory furnace.
Rot"gut (?), n. 1. Bad small beer. [Slang]
2. (Bot.) Same as Rotate.
2. Hence, complete; entire.
3. (Bot.) Orbicular, or nearly so. Gray.
2. Hence, completeness; entirety; roundness.
Rot"y (?), v. t. [See Rot.] To make rotten. [Obs.]
2. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
2. To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes. Crabb.
Rough"ings (?), n. pl. Rowen. [Prov. Eng.]
Rouk (?), v. i. See 5th Ruck, and Roke. [Obs.]
Roun"cy (?), n. A common hackney horse; a nag. [Obs.]
5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.
10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
5. A circular dance.
7. Rotation, as in office; succession. Holyday.
14. A vessel filled, as for drinking. [R.]
16. (Naut.) See Roundtop.
17. Same as Round of beef, below.
3. In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
6. Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
7. Roundly; fully; vigorously. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
2. To go round, as a guard. [Poetic]
3. To go or turn round; to wheel about. Tennyson.
2. A dance performed in a circle. Goldsmith.
3. A short, close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc.
2. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.
2. A tool for making an edge or surface round.
3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.
2. Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply.
3. Briskly; with speed. locke.
4. Completely; vigorously; in earnest. Shak.
2. A disease in poultry. See Pip.
2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
5. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.
Rouse, v. i. 1. To get or start up; to rise. [Obs.]
2. To awake from sleep or repose.
2. Something very exciting or great. [Colloq.]
3. (Brewing) A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.
I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me.
Rout"ish (?), a. Uproarious; riotous. [Obs.]
2. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. Jamieson.
2. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
2. One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.
3. Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.
5. (Archery) (a) Casual marks at uncertain distances. Encyc. Brit.
1 Kings vii. 4.
2. To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.
Row"dy*dow (?), n. Hubbub; uproar. [Vulgar]
Row"dy*dow`dy (?), a. Uproarious. [Vulgar]
2. A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits.
Row"el bone` (?). See rewel bone. [Obs.]
Roy (roi), n. [F. roi.] A king. [obs.]
2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.
2. (Naut.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail. Totten.
4. (Gun.) A small mortar.
6. An old English coin. See Rial.
Roy"al*et (?), n. A petty or powerless king. [R.]
4. Kingliness; spirit of regal authority.
5. Domain; province; sphere. Sir W. Scott.
4. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart. [R.]
2. To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.
4. Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.
5. Imperfection; failing; fault. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
6. A chance. [Obs.]
D. Webster.
Rub"bage (?; 48), n. Rubbish. [Obs.]
3. India rubber; caoutchouc.
4. An overshoe made of India rubber. [Colloq.]
Ru*bric"i*ty (?), n. Redness. [R.]
2. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
4. (Print.) See Agate, n., 2. [Eng.]
2. A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
Ruck, n. [Cf. Ruck.] 1. A heap; a rick. [Prov Eng. & Scot.]
2. Ruddle; red ocher.
3. (Zoöl.) The rudd.
Rud"der (?), n. A riddle or sieve. [Prov. Eng.]
Rud"dle (?), v. t. To raddle or twist. [Obs.]
I. Taylor.
3. (Biol.) An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.
2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
I wept to see, and rued it from my heart.
Rue, v. i. 1. To have compassion. [Obs.]
2. To feel sorrow and regret; to repent.
2. Expressing sorrow. "Rueful faces." Dryden.
Ru"ell bone` (?). See rewel bone. [Obs.]
3. An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.
4. Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. [Obs.]
2. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
3. (Hawking) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it.
Ruf"fin (?), a. [See Ruffian.] Disordered. [Obs.]
2. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
I. Taylor.
4. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
5. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
7. To throw into disorder or confusion.
8. To throw together in a disorderly manner. [R.]
I ruffled up falen leaves in heap.
Chapman
2. To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
Ruf"fle*ment (?), n. The act of ruffling. [R.]
Ruft (?), n. (Med.) Eructation; belching. [Obs.]
3. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
2. Not neat or regular; uneven.
5. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. Milton.
8. Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
Rug"-head`ed (?), a. Having shaggy hair; shock-headed. [Obs.]
5. That which promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
I will not ruinate my f&?;ther's house.
2. To cause to fall; to cast down.
Ru"in*ate, v. i. To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]
3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.
2. Hence: (a) Uniform or established course of things.
1 Tim. iii. 2, 4.
I think she will be ruled In all respects by me.
2. Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.
2. To murmur; to ripple.
Rum"ble, n. 1. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.]
3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
2. The cud of a ruminant.
Rumi*nal (?), a. [L. ruminalis.] (Zoöl.) Ruminant; ruminating. [R.]
I. Taylor.
2. Fig.: To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
M. Arnold.
Rum"my, a. [See Rum, a.] Strange; odd. [Slang]
Rum"ney (?), n. A sort of Spanish wine. [Obs.]
3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Famous; notorious. [Obs.] Bale.
3. Murmuring. [Obs. or Poetic] Drayton.
3. Fig.: The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant.
1 Cor. ix. 24.
The king's ordinary style runneth, "Our sovereign lord the king."
I. Watts.
2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
4. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
11. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
15. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule. [Colloq.]
2. A small stream; a brook; a creek.
5. State of being current; currency; popularity.
10. A pleasure excursion; a trip. [Colloq.]
I think of giving her a run in London.
12. (Mus.) A roulade, or series of running tones.
16. A pair or set of millstones.
I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks.
2. Smuggled; as, run goods. [Colloq.] Miss Edgeworth.
Run"del, n. [Cf. Rundle.] A circle. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A ball. [Obs.] Holland.
4. (Mach.) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
2. pl. Old Norse poetry expressed in runes.
2. One of the rounds of a ladder.
3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
2. A detective. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
3. A messenger. Swift.
4. A smuggler. [Colloq.] R. North.
7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones.
11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
13. (Zoöl.) Any cursorial bird.
3. Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
6. (Med.) Discharging pus; as, a running sore.
3. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
Run"round` (?), n. A felon or whitlow. [Colloq. U.S.]
3. (Med.) Hernia. See Hernia.
2. To produce a hernia in.
2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
2. A rural idiom or expression.
2. A rural place. "Leafy ruralities." Carlyle.
2. The merest trifle; a straw.
2. Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business. [Colloq.]
3. A perfect recitation. [College Cant, U.S.]
2. Made of rushes.
2. A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores. Smart.
2. The language of the Russians.
2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] Shak.
2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
2. Fig.: To impair by time and inactivity. Johnson.
3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.
4. Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected. Pope.
2. (Arch.) Rustic work.
2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
5. Rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." Spenser.
6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
2. A disease in a hawk. Ainsworth.
Ryth (rth), n. [Cf. AS. rið brook.] A ford. [Obs.]