English Dictionary: Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Raduliform \Ra*du"li*form\, a. [L. radula a scraper + -form.] Rasplike; as, raduliform teeth. | |
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2. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine fish of the genus {Macrurus}, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also {onion fish}, and {rat-tail fish}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A bright-colored South African grosbeak ({Pyromelana orix}), having the back red and the lower parts black. | |
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Rattlebox \Rat"tle*box`\, n. 1. A toy that makes a rattle sound; a rattle. 2. (Bot.) (a) An American herb ({Crotalaria sagittalis}), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod. (b) Any species of {Crotalaria}, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods. | |
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Rattle-brained \Rat"tle-brained`\, a. Giddy; rattle-headed. | |
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Rattlepate \Rat"tle*pate`\, n. A rattlehead. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Rattle-pated \Rat"tle-pat`ed\, a. Rattle-headed. [bd]A noisy, rattle-pated fellow.[b8] --W. Irving. | |
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Redeliberate \Re`de*lib"er*ate\ (r?`d?*l?b"?r*?t), v. t. & i. To deliberate again; to reconsider. | |
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Redeliver \Re`de*liv"er\ (r?`d?*l?v"?r), v. t. 1. To deliver or give back; to return. --Ay[?]iffe. 2. To deliver or liberate a second time or again. 3. To report; to deliver the answer of. [R.] [bd]Shall I redeliver you e'en so?[b8] --Shak. | |
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Redeliverance \Re`de*liv"er*ance\ (-ans), n. A second deliverance. | |
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Redelivery \Re`de*liv"er*y\ (-?), n. 1. Act of delivering back. 2. A second or new delivery or liberation. | |
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Rood \Rood\ (r[oomac]d), n. [AS. r[omac]d a cross; akin to OS. r[omac]da, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. {Rod} a measure.] 1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it. Note: Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his head, and holding the cross on which the Son is represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending in the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures of the Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the principal figures. Savior, in thine image seen Bleeding on that precious rood. --Wordsworth. 2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole. [Prov. Eng.] 3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods. {By the rood}, by the cross; -- a phrase formerly used in swearing. [bd]No, by the rood, not so.[b8] --Shak. {Rood beam} (Arch.), a beam across the chancel of a church, supporting the rood. {Rood loft} (Arch.), a loft or gallery, in a church, on which the rood and its appendages were set up to view. --Gwilt. {Rood screen} (Arch.), a screen, between the choir and the body of the church, over which the rood was placed. --Fairholt. {Rood tower} (Arch.), a tower at the intersection of the nave and transept of a church; -- when crowned with a spire it was called also {rood steeple}. --Weale. {Rood tree}, the cross. [Obs.] [bd]Died upon the rood tree.[b8] --Gower. | |
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2. An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop. 3. That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like. Specifically: (a) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem. They were the roots out of which sprang two distinct people. --Locke. (b) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical. (c) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source. [bd]She herself . . . is root of bounty.[b8] --Chaucer. The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. --1 Tim. vi. 10 (rev. Ver.) (d) (Math.) That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27. (e) (Mus.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed. --Busby. (f) The lowest place, position, or part. [bd]Deep to the roots of hell.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The roots of the mountains.[b8] --Southey. 4. (Astrol.) The time which to reckon in making calculations. When a root is of a birth yknowe [known]. --Chaucer. {A[89]rial roots}. (Bot.) (a) Small roots emitted from the stem of a plant in the open air, which, attaching themselves to the bark of trees, etc., serve to support the plant. (b) Large roots growing from the stem, etc., which descend and establish themselves in the soil. See Illust. of {Mangrove}. {Multiple primary root} (Bot.), a name given to the numerous roots emitted from the radicle in many plants, as the squash. {Primary root} (Bot.), the central, first-formed, main root, from which the rootlets are given off. {Root and branch}, every part; wholly; completely; as, to destroy an error root and branch. {Root-and-branch men}, radical reformers; -- a designation applied to the English Independents (1641). See Citation under {Radical}, n., 2. {Root barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), one of the Rhizocephala. {Root hair} (Bot.), one of the slender, hairlike fibers found on the surface of fresh roots. They are prolongations of the superficial cells of the root into minute tubes. --Gray. {Root leaf} (Bot.), a radical leaf. See {Radical}, a., 3 (b) . {Root louse} (Zo[94]l.), any plant louse, or aphid, which lives on the roots of plants, as the Phylloxera of the grapevine. See {Phylloxera}. {Root of an equation} (Alg.), that value which, substituted for the unknown quantity in an equation, satisfies the equation. {Root of a nail} (Anat.), the part of a nail which is covered by the skin. {Root of a tooth} (Anat.), the part of a tooth contained in the socket and consisting of one or more fangs. {Secondary roots} (Bot.), roots emitted from any part of the plant above the radicle. {To strike root}, {To take root}, to send forth roots; to become fixed in the earth, etc., by a root; hence, in general, to become planted, fixed, or established; to increase and spread; as, an opinion takes root. [bd]The bended twigs take root.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Rudolphine \Ru*dolph"ine\, a. Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ratliff City, OK (town, FIPS 61900) Location: 34.44863 N, 97.51196 W Population (1990): 157 (74 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73081 | |
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Red Level, AL (town, FIPS 63768) Location: 31.40418 N, 86.60820 W Population (1990): 588 (257 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36474 | |
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Riddleville, GA (town, FIPS 65156) Location: 32.90776 N, 82.66748 W Population (1990): 79 (34 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Ridley Park, PA (borough, FIPS 64832) Location: 39.87765 N, 75.32564 W Population (1990): 7592 (3152 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19078 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rudolph, OH Zip code(s): 43462 Rudolph, WI (village, FIPS 70000) Location: 44.49724 N, 89.80177 W Population (1990): 451 (166 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54475 |