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Reindeer \Rein"deer`\ (r?n"d?r), n. [Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage.] [Formerly written also {raindeer}, and {ranedeer}.] (Zool.) Any ruminant of the genus {Rangifer}, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate. Note: The common European species ({R. tarandus}) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou ({R. caribou}) is found in Canada and Maine (see {Caribou}.) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou ({R. Gr[d2]nlandicus}), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries. {Reindeer moss} (Bot.), a gray branching lichen ({Cladonia rangiferina}) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter. {Reindeer period} (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe. | |
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Rag \Rag\, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. r[94]gg rough hair. Cf. {Rug}, n.] 1. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment. Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed, And fluttered into rags. --Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller. 2. pl. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress. And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. --Dryden. 3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B. Jonson. Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag. --Spenser. 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] Our ship was a clipper with every rag set. --Lowell. {Rag bolt}, an iron pin with barbs on its shank to retain it in place. {Rag carpet}, a carpet of which the weft consists of narrow of cloth sewed together, end to end. {Rag dust}, fine particles of ground-up rags, used in making papier-mach[82] and wall papers. {Rag wheel}. (a) A chain wheel; a sprocket wheel. (b) A polishing wheel made of disks of cloth clamped together on a mandrel. {Rag wool}, wool obtained by tearing woolen rags into fine bits, shoddy. | |
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Rasorable \Ra"sor*a*ble\, a. Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved. [R.] --Shak. | |
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--> 2. (Zo[94]l.) A task of a wild boar. {Razor fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish ({Coryph[91]na novacula}), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. {Razor grass} (Bot.), a West Indian plant ({Scleria scindens}), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. {Razor grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goat-sucker. {Razor shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially {Solen, [or] Ensatella, ensis, [and] Americana}, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also {rasor clam}, {razor fish}, {knife handle}. {Razor stone}. Same as {Novaculite}. {Razor strap}, [or] {razor strop}, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors. | |
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--> 2. (Zo[94]l.) A task of a wild boar. {Razor fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish ({Coryph[91]na novacula}), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. {Razor grass} (Bot.), a West Indian plant ({Scleria scindens}), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. {Razor grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goat-sucker. {Razor shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially {Solen, [or] Ensatella, ensis, [and] Americana}, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also {rasor clam}, {razor fish}, {knife handle}. {Razor stone}. Same as {Novaculite}. {Razor strap}, [or] {razor strop}, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors. | |
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Rorqual \Ror"qual\, n. [Norw. rorqualus a whale with folds.] (Zo[94]l.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale ({Physalus antiquorum}, or {Bal[91]noptera physalus}). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also {razorback}. Note: It is one of the largest of the whales, somethimes becoming nearly one hundred feet long, but it is more slender than the right whales, and is noted for its swiftness. The name is sometimes applied to other related species of finback whales. | |
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Razorback \Ra"zor*back"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The rorqual. | |
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Rorqual \Ror"qual\, n. [Norw. rorqualus a whale with folds.] (Zo[94]l.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale ({Physalus antiquorum}, or {Bal[91]noptera physalus}). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also {razorback}. Note: It is one of the largest of the whales, somethimes becoming nearly one hundred feet long, but it is more slender than the right whales, and is noted for its swiftness. The name is sometimes applied to other related species of finback whales. | |
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Razorback \Ra"zor*back"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The rorqual. | |
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Razor-backed \Ra"zor-backed"\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc. | |
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Razorbill \Ra"zor*bill\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A species of auk ({Alca torda}) common in the Arctic seas. See {Auk}, and Illust. in Appendix. (b) See {Cutwater}, 3. | |
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Cutwater \Cut"wa`ter\ (k[ucr]t"w[add]`t[etil]r), n. (Naut.) 1. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water. 2. A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A sea bird of the Atlantic ({Rhynchops nigra}); -- called also {black skimmer}, {scissorsbill}, and {razorbill}. See {Skimmer}. | |
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Razorbill \Ra"zor*bill\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A species of auk ({Alca torda}) common in the Arctic seas. See {Auk}, and Illust. in Appendix. (b) See {Cutwater}, 3. | |
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Cutwater \Cut"wa`ter\ (k[ucr]t"w[add]`t[etil]r), n. (Naut.) 1. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water. 2. A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A sea bird of the Atlantic ({Rhynchops nigra}); -- called also {black skimmer}, {scissorsbill}, and {razorbill}. See {Skimmer}. | |
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Reaggravation \Re*ag`gra*va"tion\, n. (R. C. Ch.) The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication. | |
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Recarbonize \Re*car"bon*ize\, v. t. (Metal.) To restore carbon to; as, to recarbonize iron in converting it into steel. | |
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Recorporification \Re`cor*por`i*fi*ca"tion\ (r?`k?r*p?r`?*f?*k?"sh?n), n. The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body. [R.] --Boyle. | |
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Recurvate \Re*cur"vate\ (r?*k?r"v?t), a. [L. recurvatus, p. p. of recurvare. See {Re-}, and {Curvate}.] (Bot.) Recurved. | |
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Recurvate \Re*cur"vate\ (-v?t), v. t. To bend or curve back; to recurve. --Pennant. | |
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Recurvation \Re`cur*va"tion\ (r?`k?r*v?"sh?n), n. The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward. | |
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Recurve \Re*curve"\ (r?*k?rv"), v. t. To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down. | |
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Recurved \Re*curved"\ (r?*k?rvd"), a. Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals. | |
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Recurviroster \Re*cur`vi*ros"ter\ (r?*k?r`v?*r?s"t?r), n. [L. recurvus bent back + rostrum beack; cf. F. r[82]curvirostre.] (Zool.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet. | |
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Bluestocking \Blue"stock`ing\, n. 1. A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq.] Note: As explained in Boswell's [bd]Life of Dr. Johnson[b8], this term is derived from the name given to certain meetings held by ladies, in Johnson's time, for conversation with distinguished literary men. An eminent attendant of these assemblies was a Mr. Stillingfleet, who always wore blue stockings. He was so much distinguished for his conversational powers that his absence at any time was felt to be a great loss, so that the remark became common, [bd]We can do nothing without the blue stockings.[b8] Hence these meetings were sportively called bluestocking clubs, and the ladies who attended them, bluestockings. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The American avocet ({Recurvirostra Americana}). | |
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Recurvirostral \Re*cur`vi*ros"tral\ (-tral), a. [See {Recurviroster}.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the beak bent upwards. | |
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Recurvity \Re*cur"vi*ty\ (r?*k?r"v?*t?), n. Recurvation. | |
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Recurvous \Re*cur"vous\ (-v?s), a. [L. recurvus; pref. re- re + curvus curved.] Recurved. --Derham. | |
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Regraft \Re*graft"\ (r?*gr?ft"), v. t. To graft again. | |
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Requirable \Re*quir"a*ble\ (r?-kw?r"?-b'l), a. Capable of being required; proper to be required. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Rescribe \Re*scribe"\ (r?-skr?b"), v. t. [L. rescribere; pref. re- re- + scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] 1. To write back; to write in reply. --Ayliffe. 2. To write over again. --Howell. | |
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Rescript \Re"script\ (r?"skr?pt), n. [L. rescriptum: cf. F. rescrit, formerly also spelt rescript. See {Rescribe},v. t.] 1. (Rom.Antiq.) The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree. In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman emperors spoke in the plural number. --Hare. 2. (R.C.Ch.) The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals. 3. A counterpart. --Bouvier. | |
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Rescription \Re*scrip"tion\ (r?-skr?p"sh?n), n. [L. rescriptio: cf. F. rescription. See {Rescribe}.] A writing back; the answering of a letter. --Loveday. | |
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Rescriptive \Re*scrip"tive\ (-t?v), a. Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining. | |
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Rescriptively \Re*scrip"tive*ly\, adv. By rescript. --Burke. | |
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Reservance \Re*serv"ance\ (r?-z?rv"ans), n. Reservation. [R.] | |
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Reservation \Res`er*va"tion\ (r?z`?r-v?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. r[82]servation, LL. reservatio. See {Reserve}.] 1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve. --A. Smith. With reservation of an hundred knights. --Shak. Make some reservation of your wrongs. --Shak. 2. Something withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward. --Dryden. 3. A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.] 4. The state of being reserved, or kept in store. --Shak. 5. (Law) (a) A clause in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted, and not in esse before. (b) A proviso. --Kent. Note: This term is often used in the same sense with exception, the technical distinction being disregarded. 6. (Eccl.) (a) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick. (b) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices. {Mental reservation}, the withholding, or failing to disclose, something that affects a statement, promise, etc., and which, if disclosed, would materially change its import. | |
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Reservative \Re*serv"a*tive\ (r?-z?rv"?-t?v), a. Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving. | |
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Reservatory \Re*serv"a*to*ry\ (-t?-r?), n. [LL. reservatorium,fr. L. resservare. See {Reserve}, v. t., and cf. {Reservior}.] A place in which things are reserved or kept. --Woodward. | |
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Reserve \Re*serve"\ (r?-z?rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reserved}. (z[?]rvd");p. pr. & vb. n. {Reserving}.] [F. r[82]server, L. reservare, reservatum; pref. re- re- + servare to keep. See {Serve}.] 1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. [bd]I have reserved to myself nothing.[b8] --Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. --Gen. xxvii. 35. Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble? --Job xxxviii. 22,23. Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours. --Swift. 3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.] | |
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Reserve \Re*serve"\, n. [F. r[82]serve.] 1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation. However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations. --Addison. 2. That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use. The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a continual supply. --Tillotson. 3. That which is excepted; exception. Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a reserve. --Rogers. 4. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined, Left all reserve, and all the sex, behind. --Prior. The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme. --Hawthorne. 5. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy. 6. (Mil.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency. 7. (Banking) Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities. {In reserve}, in keeping for other or future use; in store; as, he has large quantities of wheat in reserve; he has evidence or arguments in reserve. {Reserve air}. (Physiol.) Same as {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. Syn: Reservation; retention; limitation; backwardness; reservedness; coldness; restraint; shyness; coyness; modesty. | |
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Reserve \Re*serve"\, n. 1. (Finance) (a) That part of the assets of a bank or other financial institution specially kept in cash in a more or less liquid form as a reasonable provision for meeting all demands which may be made upon it; specif.: (b) (Banking) Usually, the uninvested cash kept on hand for this purpose, called the {real reserve}. In Great Britain the ultimate real reserve is the gold kept on hand in the Bank of England, largely represented by the notes in hand in its own banking department; and any balance which a bank has with the Bank of England is a part of its reserve. In the United States the reserve of a national bank consists of the amount of lawful money it holds on hand against deposits, which is required by law to be not less than 15 per cent (--U. S. Rev. Stat. secs. 5191, 5192), three fifths of which the banks not in a reserve city (which see) may keep deposited as balances in national banks that are in reserve cities (--U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5192). (c) (Life Insurance) The amount of funds or assets necessary for a company to have at any given time to enable it, with interest and premiums paid as they shall accure, to meet all claims on the insurance then in force as they would mature according to the particular mortality table accepted. The reserve is always reckoned as a liability, and is calculated on net premiums. It is theoretically the difference between the present value of the total insurance and the present value of the future premiums on the insurance. The reserve, being an amount for which another company could, theoretically, afford to take over the insurance, is sometimes called the {reinsurance fund} or the {self-insurance fund}. For the first year upon any policy the net premium is called the {initial reserve}, and the balance left at the end of the year including interest is the {terminal reserve}. For subsequent years the initial reserve is the net premium, if any, plus the terminal reserve of the previous year. The portion of the reserve to be absorbed from the initial reserve in any year in payment of losses is sometimes called the {insurance reserve}, and the terminal reserve is then called the {investment reserve}. 2. In exhibitions, a distinction which indicates that the recipient will get a prize if another should be disqualified. 3. (Calico Printing) A resist. 4. A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit. 5. See {Army organization}, above. | |
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Reserve \Re*serve"\, n. [F. r[82]serve.] 1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation. However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations. --Addison. 2. That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use. The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a continual supply. --Tillotson. 3. That which is excepted; exception. Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a reserve. --Rogers. 4. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined, Left all reserve, and all the sex, behind. --Prior. The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme. --Hawthorne. 5. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy. 6. (Mil.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency. 7. (Banking) Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities. {In reserve}, in keeping for other or future use; in store; as, he has large quantities of wheat in reserve; he has evidence or arguments in reserve. {Reserve air}. (Physiol.) Same as {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. Syn: Reservation; retention; limitation; backwardness; reservedness; coldness; restraint; shyness; coyness; modesty. | |
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Reserve city \Reserve city\ (Banking) In the national banking system of the United States, any of certain cities in which the national banks are required (--U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5191) to keep a larger reserve (25 per cent) than the minimum (15 per cent) required of all other banks. The banks in certain of the reserve cities (specifically called {central reserve cities}) are required to keep their reserve on hand in cash; banks in other reserve cities may keep half of their reserve as deposits in these banks (--U. S. Rev. Stat. sec. 5195). | |
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Reserve \Re*serve"\ (r?-z?rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reserved}. (z[?]rvd");p. pr. & vb. n. {Reserving}.] [F. r[82]server, L. reservare, reservatum; pref. re- re- + servare to keep. See {Serve}.] 1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. [bd]I have reserved to myself nothing.[b8] --Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. --Gen. xxvii. 35. Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble? --Job xxxviii. 22,23. Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours. --Swift. 3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.] | |
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Reserved \Re*served"\ (-z?rvd"), a. 1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater. 2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank. To all obliging, yet reserved to all. --Walsh. Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. --Dryden. -- {Re*serv"ed*ly} (r[?]-z[?]rv"[?]d-l[?]), adv. -- {Re*serv"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Reserved \Re*served"\ (-z?rvd"), a. 1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater. 2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank. To all obliging, yet reserved to all. --Walsh. Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. --Dryden. -- {Re*serv"ed*ly} (r[?]-z[?]rv"[?]d-l[?]), adv. -- {Re*serv"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Reserved \Re*served"\ (-z?rvd"), a. 1. Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater. 2. Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank. To all obliging, yet reserved to all. --Walsh. Nothing reserved or sullen was to see. --Dryden. -- {Re*serv"ed*ly} (r[?]-z[?]rv"[?]d-l[?]), adv. -- {Re*serv"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Reservee \Res`er*vee"\ (r[ecr]z`[etil]r*v[emac]"), n. One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor. | |
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Reserver \Re*serv"er\ (r[esl]*z[etil]rv"[etil]r), n. One who reserves. | |
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Reserve \Re*serve"\ (r?-z?rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reserved}. (z[?]rvd");p. pr. & vb. n. {Reserving}.] [F. r[82]server, L. reservare, reservatum; pref. re- re- + servare to keep. See {Serve}.] 1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. [bd]I have reserved to myself nothing.[b8] --Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. --Gen. xxvii. 35. Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble? --Job xxxviii. 22,23. Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours. --Swift. 3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.] | |
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Reservist \Re*serv"ist\, n. A member of a reserve force of soldiers or militia. [Eng.] | |
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Reservoir \Res"er*voir`\ (r[ecr]z"[etil]r*vw[ocir]r`; 277), n. [F. r[82]servoir, fr. LL. reservatorium. See {Reservatory}.] 1. A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like. 2. (Bot.) A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter. {Receiving reservoir} (Water Works), a principal reservoir into which an aqueduct or rising main delivers water, and from which a distributing reservoir draws its supply. | |
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Reservor \Re*serv"or\ (r?-z?rv"?r [or] r?z`?r-v?r), n. One who reserves; a reserver. | |
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Resorb \Re*sorb"\ (r?-s?rb"), v. t. [L. reorbere; pref. re- re- + sorbere to suck or drink in.] To swallow up. Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed. --Young. | |
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Resorbent \Re*sorb"ent\ (-ent), a. [L. resorbens, p. pr. of resorbere.] Swallowing up. --Wodhull. | |
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Resorption \Re*sorp"tion\ (r?*s?rp"sh?n), n. The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption. | |
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Resorption \Re*sorp"tion\ (r[esl]*s[ocir]rp"sh[ucr]n), n. (Petrography) The redissolving wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed. The dissolved material may again solidify, giving rise to a mass of small crystals, usually of a different kind. | |
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Resurvey \Re`sur*vey"\, v. t. To survey again or anew; to review. --Shak. | |
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Resurvey \Re*sur"vey\, n. A second or new survey. | |
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
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Klipdas \Klip"das\, Klipdachs \Klip"dachs`\, n. [D. klip cliff + das badger, akin to G. dachs.] (Zo[94]l.) A small mammal ({Hyrax Capensis}), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also {rock rabbit}. | |
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
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{Rabbit warren}, a piece of ground appropriated to the breeding and preservation of rabbits. --Wright. {Rock rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Daman}, and {Klipdas}. {Welsh rabbit}, a dish of which the chief constituents are toasted bread and toasted cheese, prepared in various ways. The name is said to be a corruption of {Welsh rare bit}, but perhaps it is merely a humorous designation. | |
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Daman \Da"man\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small herbivorous mammal of the genus {Hyrax}. The species found in Palestine and Syria is {Hyrax Syriacus}; that of Northern Africa is {H. Brucei}; -- called also {ashkoko}, {dassy}, and {rock rabbit}. See {Cony}, and {Hyrax}. | |
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Klipdas \Klip"das\, Klipdachs \Klip"dachs`\, n. [D. klip cliff + das badger, akin to G. dachs.] (Zo[94]l.) A small mammal ({Hyrax Capensis}), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also {rock rabbit}. | |
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
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{Rabbit warren}, a piece of ground appropriated to the breeding and preservation of rabbits. --Wright. {Rock rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Daman}, and {Klipdas}. {Welsh rabbit}, a dish of which the chief constituents are toasted bread and toasted cheese, prepared in various ways. The name is said to be a corruption of {Welsh rare bit}, but perhaps it is merely a humorous designation. | |
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Daman \Da"man\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small herbivorous mammal of the genus {Hyrax}. The species found in Palestine and Syria is {Hyrax Syriacus}; that of Northern Africa is {H. Brucei}; -- called also {ashkoko}, {dassy}, and {rock rabbit}. See {Cony}, and {Hyrax}. | |
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Klipdas \Klip"das\, Klipdachs \Klip"dachs`\, n. [D. klip cliff + das badger, akin to G. dachs.] (Zo[94]l.) A small mammal ({Hyrax Capensis}), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also {rock rabbit}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Rabbit warren}, a piece of ground appropriated to the breeding and preservation of rabbits. --Wright. {Rock rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Daman}, and {Klipdas}. {Welsh rabbit}, a dish of which the chief constituents are toasted bread and toasted cheese, prepared in various ways. The name is said to be a corruption of {Welsh rare bit}, but perhaps it is merely a humorous designation. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Daman \Da"man\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small herbivorous mammal of the genus {Hyrax}. The species found in Palestine and Syria is {Hyrax Syriacus}; that of Northern Africa is {H. Brucei}; -- called also {ashkoko}, {dassy}, and {rock rabbit}. See {Cony}, and {Hyrax}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweetbrier \Sweet"bri`er\, n. (Bot.) A kind of rose ({Rosa rubiginosa}) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is {Rosa micrantha}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\, n. [OE. brere, brer, AS. br[c7]r, br[91]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.] 1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of {Rosa}, {Rubus}, and {Smilax}. 2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. The thorns and briers of reproof. --Cowper. {Brier root}, the root of the southern {Smilax laurifolia} and {S. Walteri}; -- used for tobacco pipes. {Cat brier}, {Green brier}, several species of Smilax ({S. rotundifolia}, etc.) {Sweet brier} ({Rosa rubiginosa}). See {Sweetbrier}. {Yellow brier}, the {Rosa Eglantina}. | |
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Rucervine \Ru*cer"vine\, a. [NL. Rucervus, the genus, fr. NL. Rusa a certain genus of deer (Malay r[?]sa deer) + Cervus.] (Zo[94]l.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus {Rucervus}, which includes the swamp deer of India. | |
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Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing} (b) . {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage. {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Duvaucelli}) of India. {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus}); -- called also {goollema}. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis}); -- called also {little swamp hen}. (c) The European purple gallinule. {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or] Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also {swamp pink}. {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. {Cant hook}. {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}. {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}), swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}). {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite. {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria}, allied to the European partridges. {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Thamyn \[d8]Tha"myn\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Eldi}) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also {Eld's deer}. | |
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Reserve, KS (city, FIPS 59050) Location: 39.97729 N, 95.56543 W Population (1990): 108 (74 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66434 Reserve, LA (CDP, FIPS 64310) Location: 30.07544 N, 90.56056 W Population (1990): 8847 (3325 housing units) Area: 48.2 sq km (land), 3.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70084 Reserve, MT Zip code(s): 59258 Reserve, NM (village, FIPS 62620) Location: 33.70844 N, 108.76117 W Population (1990): 319 (160 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 87830 Reserve, WI (CDP, FIPS 67050) Location: 45.82834 N, 91.36012 W Population (1990): 371 (227 housing units) Area: 136.9 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) | |
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Rock Rapids, IA (city, FIPS 68160) Location: 43.42582 N, 96.16608 W Population (1990): 2601 (1157 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51246 | |
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Rock River, WY (town, FIPS 67090) Location: 41.73120 N, 105.97273 W Population (1990): 190 (128 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 82083 | |
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Rocky Ripple, IN (town, FIPS 65556) Location: 39.84890 N, 86.17320 W Population (1990): 751 (332 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rocky River, OH (city, FIPS 68056) Location: 41.47305 N, 81.85426 W Population (1990): 20410 (9691 housing units) Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44116 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rogue River, OR (city, FIPS 63450) Location: 42.43579 N, 123.16715 W Population (1990): 1759 (929 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97537 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rosaryville, MD (CDP, FIPS 68300) Location: 38.77610 N, 76.83449 W Population (1990): 8976 (3009 housing units) Area: 36.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rouzerville, PA (CDP, FIPS 66448) Location: 39.73400 N, 77.52484 W Population (1990): 1188 (462 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
reserved memory PC}, reserved for {BIOS}, {video cards}, and add-on cards. Depending on the configuration some of the address space may be unused in which case it can be used by {EMS} or {UMB}. (1996-01-10) |