English Dictionary: Robinia viscosa | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Revamp \Re*vamp"\, v. t. To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ribbon \Rib"bon\, n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably of German origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring circle, and band.] [Written also {riband}, {ribband}.] 1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes. 2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons. 3. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Rib-band}. 4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] --London Athen[91]um. 5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide. 6. (Spinning) A silver. Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often used to designate the British orders of the Garter and of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by ribbons of these colors. See {Blue ribbon}, under {Blue}. {Ribbon fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family {Trachypterid[91]}, especially the species of the genus {Trachypterus}, and the oarfish ({Regelecus Banksii}) of the North Atlantic, which is sometimes over twenty feet long. (b) The hairtail, or bladefish. (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus {Cepola}, having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European species ({C. rubescens}) is light red throughout. Called also {band fish}. {Ribbon grass} (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also {Lady's garters}. See {Reed grass}, under {Reed}. {Ribbon seal} (Zo[94]l.), a North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca fasciata}). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white. {Ribbon snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American snake ({Eutainia saurita}). It is conspicuously striped with bright yellow and dark brown. {Ribbon Society}, a society in Ireland, founded in the early part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen. It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge. {Ribborn worm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A tapeworm. (b) A nemertean. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Redbreast \Red"breast`\ (-br?st`), n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European robin. (b) The American robin. See {Robin}. (c) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also {robin breast}, and {robin snipe}. See {Knot}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The long-eared pondfish. See {Pondfish}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Robinia \[d8]Ro*bin"i*a\, n. [NL. So called after Jean Robin, a French herbalist.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America ({Robinia Pseudocacia}). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rephaim, Valley of (Josh. 15:8; 18:16, R.V.). When David became king over all Israel, the Philistines, judging that he would now become their uncompromising enemy, made a sudden attack upon Hebron, compelling David to retire from it. He sought refuge in "the hold" at Adullam (2 Sam. 5:17-22), and the Philistines took up their position in the valley of Rephaim, on the west and south-west of Jerusalem. Thus all communication between Bethlehem and Jerusalem was intercepted. While David and his army were encamped here, there occurred that incident narrated in 2 Sam. 23:15-17. Having obtained divine direction, David led his army against the Philistines, and gained a complete victory over them. The scene of this victory was afterwards called Baalperazim (q.v.). A second time, however, the Philistines rallied their forces in this valley (2 Sam. 5:22). Again warned by a divine oracle, David led his army to Gibeon, and attacked the Philistines from the south, inflicting on them another severe defeat, and chasing them with great slaughter to Gezer (q.v.). There David kept in check these enemies of Israel. This valley is now called el-Bukei'a. |