English Dictionary: Referee | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Raparee \Rap`a*ree"\, n. See {Rapparee}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rapparee \Rap`pa*ree"\, n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [Written also {raparee}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Raparee \Rap`a*ree"\, n. See {Rapparee}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rapparee \Rap`pa*ree"\, n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [Written also {raparee}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rapier \Ra"pi*er\, n. [F. rapi[8a]re, perhaps for raspi[8a]re, and ultimately of German origin, akin to E. rasp, v.] A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting. {Rapier fish} (Zo[94]l.), the swordfish. [Obs.] --Grew. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rapparee \Rap`pa*ree"\, n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [Written also {raparee}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rapper \Rap"per\, n. [From {Rap}.] 1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door. --Sterne. 2. A forcible oath or lie. [Slang] --Bp. Parker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Raver \Rav"er\, n. One who raves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reaper \Reap"er\, n. 1. One who reaps. The sun-burned reapers wiping their foreheads. --Macaulay. 2. A reaping machine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reappear \Re`ap*pear\, v. i. To appear again. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reaver \Reav"er\, n. One who reaves. [Archaic] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rebury \Re*bur"y\, v. t. To bury again. --Ashmole. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reefer \Reef"er\ (-?r), n. 1. (Naut.) One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen. --Marryat. 2. A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Refar \Re*far"\ (r?*f?r"), v. t. [Cf. F. refaire to do over again.] To go over again; to repeat. [Obs.] To him therefore this wonder done refar. --Fairfax. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Refer \Re*fer"\, v. i. 1. To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary. In suits . . . it is to refer to some friend of trust. --Bacon. 2. To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote. Of those places that refer to the shutting and opening the abyss, I take notice of that in Job. --Bp. Burnet. 3. To carry the mind or throught; to direct attention; as, the preacher referrd to the late election. 4. To direct inquiry for information or a quarantes of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story. Syn: To allude; advert; suggest; appeal. Usage: {Refer}, {Allude}, {Advert}. We refer to a thing by specifically and distinctly introducing it into our discourse. We allude to it by introducing it indirectly or indefinitely, as by something collaterally allied to it. We advert to it by turning off somewhat abruptly to consider it more at large. Thus, Macaulay refers to the early condition of England at the opening of his history; he alludes to these statements from time to time; and adverts, in the progress of his work, to various circumstances of pecullar interest, on which for a time he dwells. [bd]But to do good is . . . that that Solomon chiefly refers to in the text.[b8] --Sharp. [bd]This, I doubt not, was that artificial structure here alluded to.[b8] --T. Burnet. Now to the universal whole advert: The earth regard as of that whole a part. --Blackmore. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Refer \Re*fer"\ (r?*f?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Referred} (-f?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Referring}.] [F. r[82]f[82]rer, L. referre; pref. re- re- + ferre to bear. See {Bear} to carry.] 1. To carry or send back. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, infirmation, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal. 3. To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances. {To refer one's self}, to have recourse; to betake one's self; to make application; to appeal. [Obs.] I'll refer me to all things sense. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Referee \Ref`er*ee"\ (-[?]), n. One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it. Syn: Judge; arbitrator; umpire. See {Judge}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reiver \Reiv"er\ (r?v"?r), n. See {Reaver}. --Ruskin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Repair \Re*pair"\ (r?-p?r"), v. i. [OE. repairen, OF. repairier to return, fr. L. repatriare to return to one's contry, to go home again; pref. re- re- + patria native country, fr. pater father. See {Father}, and cf. {Repatriate}.] 1. To return. [Obs.] I thought . . . that he repaire should again. --Chaucer. 2. To go; to betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety. --Chaucer. Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Repair \Re*pair"\, n. 1. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city. Sunk down and sought repair Of sleep, which instantly fell on me. --Milton. 2. Condition with respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair; the book is out of repair. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Repair \Re*pair"\, n. [OF. repaire retreat, asylum, abode. See {Repair} to go.] 1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place. [R.] --Chaucer. The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses. --Clarendon. 2. Place to which one repairs; a haunt; a resort. [R.] There the fierce winds his tender force assail And beat him downward to his first repair. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Repair \Re*pair"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repaired} (-p?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repairing}.] [F. r[82]parer, L. reparare; pref. re- re- + parare to prepare. See {Pare}, and cf. {Reparation}.] 1. To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune. Secret refreshings that repair his strength. --Milton. Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness. --Wordsworth. 2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage. I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. --Shak. Syn: To restore, recover; renew; amend; mend; retrieve; recruit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Repour \Re*pour"\ (r?-p?r"), v. t. To pour again. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Revere \Re*vere"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Revering}.] [L. revereri; pref. re- re- + vereri to fear, perh. akin to E. wary: cf. F. r[82]v[82]rer.] To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation. Marcus Aurelius, whom he rather revered as his father than treated as his partner in the empire. --Addison. Syn: To venerate; adore; reverence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reverie \Rev"er*ie\, Revery \Rev"er*y\, n.; pl. {Reveries}. [F. r[82]verie, fr. r[88]ver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. {Rave}.] 1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. [bd]Rapt in nameless reveries.[b8] --Tennyson. When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. --Locke. 2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.] There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reverry \Rev"er*ry\, n. [See {Revel}, v. i. & n.] The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling. And pomp and feast and revelry. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reverie \Rev"er*ie\, Revery \Rev"er*y\, n.; pl. {Reveries}. [F. r[82]verie, fr. r[88]ver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. {Rave}.] 1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. [bd]Rapt in nameless reveries.[b8] --Tennyson. When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. --Locke. 2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [R.] There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [wise and foolish minds]. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Revery \Rev"er*y\, n. Same as {Reverie}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reviewer \Re*view"er\, n. One who reviews or re[89]xamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rheophore \Rhe"o*phore\, n. [Gr. "rei^n to flow + [?][?][?] to carry.] (Elec.) (a) A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current. (b) One of the poles of a voltaic battery; an electrode. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. {Riper} (-[etil]r); superl. {Ripest}.] [AS. r[c6]pe; akin to OS. r[c6]pi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[c6]ft; cf. AS. r[c6]p harvest, r[c6]pan to reap. Cf. {Reap}.] 1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap. --Milton. 2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. 3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. [bd]Ripe courage.[b8] --Chaucer. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak. 4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc. 5. Ready for action or effect; prepared. While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison. I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies. --Burke. 6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip. --Shak. 7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] [bd]Reeling ripe.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See {Mature}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ripper \Rip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool. 2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates. 3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [Slang.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ripler \Rip"ler\, Ripper \Rip"per\, n. [Cf. {Rip} a basket, or {Riparian}.] (O.E. Law) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. [Obs.] But what's the action we are for now ? Robbing a ripper of his fish. --Beau. & Fl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
River \Riv"er\, n. One who rives or splits. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
River \Riv"er\, n. [F. riv[8a]re a river, LL. riparia river, bank of a river, fr. L. riparius belonging to a bank or shore, fr. ripa a bank or shore; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Arrive}, {Riparian}.] 1. A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook. Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is delightful to drink as they flow. --Macaulay. 2. Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil. {River chub} (Zo[94]l.), the hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes. {River crab} (Zo[94]l.), any species of fresh-water crabs of the genus {Thelphusa}, as {T. depressa} of Southern Europe. {River dragon}, a crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king of Egypt. {River driver}, a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. --Bartlett. {River duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of duck belonging to {Anas}, {Spatula}, and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck. {River god}, a deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity. {River herring} (Zo[94]l.), an alewife. {River hog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus {Potamoch[oe]rus}. They frequent wet places along the rivers. (b) The capybara. {River horse} (Zo[94]l.), the hippopotamus. {River jack} (Zo[94]l.), an African puff adder ({Clotho nasicornis}) having a spine on the nose. {River limpet} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus {Ancylus}, having a limpet-shaped shell. {River pirate} (Zo[94]l.), the pike. {River snail} (Zo[94]l.), any species of fresh-water gastropods of {Paludina}, {Melontho}, and allied genera. See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}. {River tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus {Trionyx} and allied genera. See {Trionyx}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
River \Riv"er\, v. i. To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rivery \Riv"er*y\, a. Having rivers; as, a rivery country. --Drayton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Robber \Rob"ber\, n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton. Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See {Thief}. {Robber crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A purse crab. (b) Any hermit crab. {Robber fly}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Hornet fly}, under {Hornet}. {Robber gull} (Zo[94]l.), a jager gull. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Robbery \Rob"ber*y\, n.; pl. {Robberies}. [OF. roberie.] 1. The act or practice of robbing; theft. Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves. --Shak. 2. (Law) The crime of robbing. See {Rob}, v. t., 2. Note: Robbery, in a strict sense, differs from theft, as it is effected by force or intimidation, whereas theft is committed by stealth, or privately. Syn: Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation; despoilment; plunder; pillage; rapine; larceny; freebooting; piracy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Roofer \Roof"er\, n. One who puts on roofs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Roper \Rop"er\, n. 1. A maker of ropes. --P. Plowman. 2. One who ropes goods; a packer. 3. One fit to be hanged. [Old Slang] --Douce. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ropery \Rop"er*y\, n. 1. A place where ropes are made. 2. Tricks deserving the halter; roguery. [Obs.] [bd]Saucy merchant . . . so full of his ropery.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rover \Rov"er\, n. [D. roover a robber. See {Rove}, v. i.] 1. One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate. Yet Pompey the Great deserveth honor more justly for scouring the seas, and taking from the rovers 846 sail of ships. --Holland. 2. One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler. 3. Hence, a fickle, inconstant person. 4. (Croquet) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball. 5. (Archery) (a) Casual marks at uncertain distances. --Encyc. Brit. (b) A sort of arrow. [Obs.] All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt shafts. --B. Jonson. {At rovers}, at casual marks; hence, at random; as, shooting at rovers. See def. 5 (a) above. --Addison. Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers. --Robynson (More's Utopia). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rubber \Rub"ber\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically: (a) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. (b) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file. (c) A whetstone; a rubstone. (d) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc. (e) The cushion of an electrical machine. (f) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath. (g) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. --Thackeray. 2. In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist. --Beaconsfield. [bd]A rubber of cribbage.[b8] --Dickens. 3. India rubber; caoutchouc. 4. An overshoe made of India rubber. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Sarracenia \[d8]Sar`ra*ce"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant. Note: They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style. {Sarracenia purpurea}, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; {S. flava}, {rubra}, {Drummondii}, {variolaris}, and {psittacina} are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See {Illust}. of Sidesaddle flower, under {Sidesaddle}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Revere, MA (city, FIPS 56585) Location: 42.41825 N, 70.99249 W Population (1990): 42786 (18726 housing units) Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 10.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02151 Revere, MN (city, FIPS 53908) Location: 44.21893 N, 95.36335 W Population (1990): 117 (49 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56166 Revere, MO (town, FIPS 61292) Location: 40.49418 N, 91.67604 W Population (1990): 133 (58 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ribera, NM Zip code(s): 87560 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rio Frio, TX Zip code(s): 78879 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
River, KY Zip code(s): 41254 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Riviera, TX Zip code(s): 78379 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Roper, NC (town, FIPS 57740) Location: 35.87742 N, 76.61709 W Population (1990): 669 (260 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27970 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rover, AR Zip code(s): 72860 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
reaper n. A {prowler} that {GFR}s files. A file removed in this way is said to have been `reaped'. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
reaper A {prowler} that {GFR}s files. A file removed in this way is said to have been "reaped". [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
River (1.) Heb. 'aphik, properly the channel or ravine that holds water (2 Sam. 22:16), translated "brook," "river," "stream," but not necessarily a perennial stream (Ezek. 6:3; 31:12; 32:6; 34:13). (2.) Heb. nahal, in winter a "torrent," in summer a "wady" or valley (Gen. 32:23; Deut. 2:24; 3:16; Isa. 30:28; Lam. 2:18; Ezek. 47:9). These winter torrents sometimes come down with great suddenness and with desolating force. A distinguished traveller thus describes his experience in this matter:, "I was encamped in Wady Feiran, near the base of Jebel Serbal, when a tremendous thunderstorm burst upon us. After little more than an hour's rain, the water rose so rapidly in the previously dry wady that I had to run for my life, and with great difficulty succeeded in saving my tent and goods; my boots, which I had not time to pick up, were washed away. In less than two hours a dry desert wady upwards of 300 yards broad was turned into a foaming torrent from 8 to 10 feet deep, roaring and tearing down and bearing everything upon it, tangled masses of tamarisks, hundreds of beautiful palmtrees, scores of sheep and goats, camels and donkeys, and even men, women, and children, for a whole encampment of Arabs was washed away a few miles above me. The storm commenced at five in the evening; at half-past nine the waters were rapidly subsiding, and it was evident that the flood had spent its force." (Comp. Matt. 7:27; Luke 6:49.) (3.) Nahar, a "river" continuous and full, a perennial stream, as the Jordan, the Euphrates (Gen. 2:10; 15:18; Deut. 1:7; Ps. 66:6; Ezek. 10:15). (4.) Tel'alah, a conduit, or water-course (1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 18:17; 20:20; Job 38:25; Ezek. 31:4). (5.) Peleg, properly "waters divided", i.e., streams divided, throughout the land (Ps. 1:3); "the rivers [i.e., 'divisions'] of waters" (Job 20:17; 29:6; Prov. 5:16). (6.) Ye'or, i.e., "great river", probably from an Egyptian word (Aur), commonly applied to the Nile (Gen. 41:1-3), but also to other rivers (Job 28:10; Isa. 33:21). (7.) Yubhal, "a river" (Jer. 17:8), a full flowing stream. (8.) 'Ubhal, "a river" (Dan. 8:2). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Robbery Practised by the Ishmaelites (Gen. 16:12), the Chaldeans and Sabeans (Job 1:15, 17), and the men of Shechem (Judg. 9:25. See also 1 Sam. 27:6-10; 30; Hos. 4:2; 6:9). Robbers infested Judea in our Lord's time (Luke 10:30; John 18:40; Acts 5:36, 37; 21:38; 2 Cor. 11:26). The words of the Authorized Version, "counted it not robbery to be equal," etc. (Phil. 2:6, 7), are better rendered in the Revised Version, "counted it not a prize to be on an equality," etc., i.e., "did not look upon equality with God as a prize which must not slip from his grasp" = "did not cling with avidity to the prerogatives of his divine majesty; did not ambitiously display his equality with God." "Robbers of churches" should be rendered, as in the Revised Version, "of temples." In the temple at Ephesus there was a great treasure-chamber, and as all that was laid up there was under the guardianship of the goddess Diana, to steal from such a place would be sacrilege (Acts 19:37). |