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Sambur \Sam"bur\, n. [Hind. s[be]mbar, s[be]bar.] (Zo[94]l.) An East Indian deer ({Rusa Aristotelis}) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also {gerow}. The name is applied to other species of the genus {Rusa}, as the Bornean sambur ({R. equina}). | |
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Raccoon \Rac*coon"\, n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See {Rat}.] (Zo[94]l.) A North American nocturnal carnivore ({Procyon lotor}) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also {coon}, and {mapach}. {Raccoon dog} (Zo[94]l.), the tanate. {Raccoon fox} (Zo[94]l.), the cacomixle. | |
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Raceme \Ra*ceme"\, n. [L. racemus a bunch of berries, a cluster of grapes. See {Raisin}.] (Bot.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry. {Compound raceme}, one having the lower pedicels developed into secondary racemes. | |
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Raisin \Rai"sin\, n. [F. raisin grape, raisin, L. racemus cluster of grapes or berries; cf. Gr. [?], [?], berry, grape. Cf. {Raceme}.] 1. A grape, or a bunch of grapes. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. 2. A grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat. {Raisin tree} (Bot.), the common red currant, whose fruit resembles the small raisins of Corinth called currants. [Eng.] --Dp. Prior. | |
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Sienna \Si*en"na\, n. [It. terra di Siena, fr. Siena in Italy.] (Chem.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt. {Burnt sienna}, sienna made of a much redder color by the action of fire. {Raw sienna}, sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish brown color. | |
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Reason \Rea"son\, n. [OE. resoun, F. raison, fr. L. ratio (akin to Goth. rapj[?] number, account, garapjan to count, G. rede speech, reden to speak), fr. reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think. Cf. {Arraign}, {Rate}, {Ratio}, {Ration}.] 1. A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument. I'll give him reasons for it. --Shak. The reason of the motion of the balance in a wheel watch is by the motion of the next wheel. --Sir M. Hale. This reason did the ancient fathers render, why the church was called [bd]catholic.[b8] --Bp. Pearson. Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for that goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness. --Tillotson. 2. The faculty of capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty. We have no other faculties of perceiving or knowing anything divine or human, but by our five senses and our reason. --P. Browne. In common and popular discourse, reason denotes that power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood, and right from wrong, and by which we are enabled to combine means for the attainment of particular ends. --Stewart. Reason is used sometimes to express the whole of those powers which elevate man above the brutes, and constitute his rational nature, more especially, perhaps, his intellectual powers; sometimes to express the power of deduction or argumentation. --Stewart. By the pure reason I mean the power by which we become possessed of principles. --Coleridge. The sense perceives; the understanding, in its own peculiar operation, conceives; the reason, or rationalized understanding, comprehends. --Coleridge. | |
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Reason \Rea"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reasoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reasoning}.] [Cf. F. raisonner. See {Reason}, n.] 1. To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts. 2. Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue. Stand still, that I may reason with you, before the Lord, of all the righteous acts of the Lord. --1 Sam. xii. 7. 3. To converse; to compare opinions. --Shak. | |
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Reason \Rea"son\, v. t. 1. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend. When they are clearly discovered, well digested, and well reasoned in every part, there is beauty in such a theory. --T. Burnet. 2. To support with reasons, as a request. [R.] --Shak. 3. To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan. Men that will not be reasoned into their senses. --L'Estrange. 4. To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion. 5. To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon. | |
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Reassume \Re`as*sume"\, v. t. To assume again or anew; to resume. -- {Re`as*sump"tion}, n. | |
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Reckon \Reck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reckoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reckoning}.] [OE. rekenen, AS. gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. See {Reck}, v. t.] 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii. 18. I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. --Addison. 2. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute. He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke xxii. 37. For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton. 3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 9. Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. --Hawthorne. 4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See {Calculate}, {Guess}. | |
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Reckon \Reck"on\, v. i. 1. To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing. --Shak. 2. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty. [bd]Parfay,[b8] sayst thou, [bd]sometime he reckon shall.[b8] --Chaucer. {To reckon for}, to answer for; to pay the account for. [bd]If they fail in their bounden duty, they shall reckon for it one day.[b8] --Bp. Sanderson. {To reckon on} [or] {upon}, to count or depend on. {To reckon with}, to settle accounts or claims with; -- used literally or figuratively. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. --Matt. xxv. 19. {To reckon without one's host}, to ignore in a calculation or arrangement the person whose assent is essential; hence, to reckon erroneously. | |
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Recoin \Re*coin"\, v. t. To coin anew or again. | |
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Regain \Re*gain"\ (r?*g?n"), v. t. [Pref. re- + gain: cf. F. regagner.] To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again. Syn: To recover; reobtain; repossess; retrieve. | |
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Regian \Re"gi*an\ (r?"j?-an), n. [L. regius regal.] An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Region \Re"gion\ (r?"j?n), n. [F. r[82]gion, from L. regio a direction, a boundary line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See {Regimen}.] 1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract. If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world, Or unknown region. --Milton. 2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. [bd]Though the fork invade the region of my heart.[b8] --Shak. Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of Trachonitis. --Luke iii. 1. 3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens. [Obs.] Anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak. 4. The inhabitants of a district. --Matt. iii. 5. 5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or R.] He is of too high a region. --Shak. | |
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Regne \Regne\ (r?n), n. & v. See {Reign}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Reign \Reign\ (r[amac]n), n. [OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F. r[8a]gne, fr. L. regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr. regere to guide, rule. See {Regal}, {Regimen}.] 1. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion. He who like a father held his reign. --Pope. Saturn's sons received the threefold reign Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath. --Prior. 2. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. [Obs.] --Spenser. [God] him bereft the regne that he had. --Chaucer. 3. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth. | |
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Reign \Reign\ (r?n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reigned} (r?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reigning}.] [OE. regnen, reinen, OF. regner, F. r[82]gner, fr. L. regnare, fr. regnum. See {Reign}, n.] 1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. --Chaucer. We will not have this man to reign over us. --Luke xix. 14. Shall Banquo's issue ever Reign in this kingdom? --Shak. 2. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. [bd]Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer.[b8] --Bacon. 3. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body. --Rom. vi. 12. Syn: To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail. | |
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Rejoin \Re*join"\ (r?-join"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rejoined} (-joind"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejoining}.] [F. rejoindre; pref. re- re- + joindre to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Rejoinder}.] 1. To join again; to unite after separation. 2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again. Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot. --Pope. 3. To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause. | |
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Rejoin \Re*join"\, v. i. 1. To answer to a reply. 2. (Law) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication. | |
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Rekne \Rek"ne\ (r?k"ne), v. t. To reckon. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Requiem \Re"qui*em\ (r?"kw?-?m;277), n. [Acc. of L. requies rest, the first words of the Mass being [bd]Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,[b8] give eternal rest to them, O lord; pref. re- re + quies quiet. See {Quiet}, n., and cf. {Requin}.] 1. (R.C.Ch.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul. We should profane the service of the dead To sing a requiem and such rest to her As to peace-parted souls. --Shak. 2. Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person. 3. Rest; quiet; peace. [Obs.] Else had I an eternal requiem kept, And in the arms of peace forever slept. --Sandys. | |
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Requin \Re"quin\ (r?"kw?n), n. [F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See {Requiem}.] (Zo[94]l.) The man-eater, or white shark ({Carcharodon carcharias}); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung. | |
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Resin \Res"in\ (r?z"?n), n. [F. r[82]sine, L. resina; cf. Gr. "rhti`nh Cf. {Rosin}.] Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see {Rosin}). Note: Resins exude from trees in combination with essential oils, gums, etc., and in a liquid or semiliquid state. They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and are supposed to be formed by the oxidation of the essential oils. Copal, mastic, quaiacum, and colophony or pine resin, are some of them. When mixed with gum, they form the gum resins, like asafetida and gamboge; mixed with essential oils, they frorm balsams, or oleoresins. {Highgate resin} (Min.), a fossil resin resembling copal, occuring in blue clay at Highgate, near London. {Resin bush} (Bot.), a low composite shrub ({Euryops speciosissimus}) of South Africa, having smooth pinnately parted leaves and abounding in resin. | |
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Resiny \Res"in*y\ (-?), a. Like resin; resinous. | |
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Resoun \Re*soun"\ (r?*z??n"), n. Reason. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Resoun \Re*soun"\, v. i. & t. To resound. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Resown \Re*sown"\ (r?*zoun"), v. To resound. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Resume \Re*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resumed};p. pr. & vb. n. {Resuming}.] [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F. r[82]sumer. See {Assume}, {Redeem}.] 1. To take back. The sun, like this, from which our sight we have, Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave. --Denham. Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To enter upon, or take up again. Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled. --Dryden. 3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse. | |
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Rhizine \Rhi"zine\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] root.] (Bot.) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid. | |
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Rhizome \Rhi*zome"\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] the mass of roots (of a tree), a stem, race, fr. [?][?][?] to make to root, pass., to take root, fr. [?][?][?] a root: cf. F. rhizome.] (Bot.) A rootstock. See {Rootstock}. | |
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Rhusma \Rhus"ma\, n. [See {Rusma}.] A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, -- used in the depilation of hides. --Knight. | |
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Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. {Rye}.] (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}. {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}. {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc. {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice. {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}. {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule. {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States. {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also {pith paper}. {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink. {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water. {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera. {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or] Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also {black weevil}. | |
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Rise \Rise\, v. i. [imp. {Rose}; p. p. {Risen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rising}.] [AS. r[c6]san; akin to OS. r[c6]san, D. rijzen, OHG. r[c6]san to rise, fall, Icel. r[c6]sa, Goth. urreisan, G. reise journey. CF. {Arise}, {Raise}, {Rear}, v.] 1. To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait. (b) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like. (c) To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air. (d) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet. (e) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer. (f) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall. (g) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early. He that would thrive, must rise by five. --Old Proverb. (h) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea. (i) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction. [bd]A rising ground.[b8] --Dryden. (j) To retire; to give up a siege. He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . . was gone. --Knolles. (k) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like. 2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising. Specifically: (a) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like. [bd]He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good.[b8] --Matt. v. 45. (b) To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore. (c) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower. (d) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs. A scepter shall rise out of Israel. --Num. xxiv. 17. Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope. 3. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax. Specifically: (a) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion. [bd]High winde . . . began to rise, high passions -- anger, hate.[b8] --Milton. (b) To become of higher value; to increase in price. Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . the ounce. --Locke. (c) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like. (d) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat. (e) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice. (f) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations. 4. In various figurative senses. Specifically: (a) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel. At our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection. --Milton. No more shall nation against nation rise. --Pope. (b) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed. Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. --Shak. (c) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest. (d) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur. A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men of contemplative natures. --Spectator. (e) To come; to offer itself. There chanced to the prince's hand to rise An ancient book. --Spenser. 5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life. But now is Christ risen from the dead. --1. Cor. xv. 20. 6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report. It was near nine . . . before the House rose. --Macaulay. 7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone. 8. (Print.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form. Syn: To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale. Usage: {Rise}, {Appreciate}. Some in America use the word appreciate for [bd]rise in value;[b8] as, stocks appreciate, money appreciates, etc. This use is not unknown in England, but it is less common there. It is undesirable, because rise sufficiently expresses the idea, and appreciate has its own distinctive meaning, which ought not to be confused with one so entirely different. | |
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Risen \Ris"en\ 1. p. p. & a. from {Rise}. [bd]Her risen Son and Lord.[b8] --Keble. 2. Obs. imp. pl. of {Rise}. --Chaucer. | |
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Roseine \Ro"se*ine\ (? [or] ?), n. See {Magenta}. | |
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Rosen \Ros"en\, a. Consisting of roses; rosy. [Obs.] | |
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Rosin \Ros"in\, n. [A variant of resin.] The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony. {Rosin oil}, an oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree, -- used by painters and for lubricating machinery, etc. | |
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Rosin \Ros"in\, v. t. To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin. Or with the rosined bow torment the string. --Gay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rosiny \Ros"in*y\, a. like rosin, or having its qualities. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Roughen \Rough"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roughened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roughening}.] [From {Rough}.] To make rough. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Roughen \Rough"en\, v. i. To grow or become rough. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Roughhewn \Rough"hewn`\, a. 1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. [bd]A roughhewn seaman.[b8] --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rug \Rug\, n. [Cf. Sw. rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged, shaggy, probably akin to E. rough. See {Rough}, a.] 1. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments. They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine . . . repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs. The mastiffs, . . . deeming he had been a bear, would fain have baited him. --Holinshed. 2. A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a poti[8a]re, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc. 3. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog. {Rug gown}, a gown made of rug, of or coarse, shaggy cloth. --B. Johnson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rugin \Rug"in\, n. A nappy cloth. [Obs.] --Wiseman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rugine \Ru"gine\, n. [F.] (Surg.) An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rugine \Ru"gine\, v. t. [F. ruginer to scrape.] To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale. [R.] --Wiseman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rusine \Ru"sine\, a. [NL. rusa, the name of the genus, Malay r[umac]sa deer.] (Zo[94]l.) Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus {Rusa}, which includes the sambur deer ({Rusa Aristotelis}) of India. {Rusine antler} (Zo[94]l.), an antler with the brow tyne simple, and the beam forked at the tip. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rusma \Rus"ma\, n. [Corrupt. from Turk. khyryzma a paste used as a depilatory, fr. Gr. [?] an unguent; cf. F. rusma.] A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See {Rhusma}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Russian \Rus"sian\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia. {Russian bath}. See under {Bath}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Racine, MN (city, FIPS 52882) Location: 43.77649 N, 92.48196 W Population (1990): 288 (99 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55967 Racine, OH (village, FIPS 65256) Location: 38.96818 N, 81.91255 W Population (1990): 729 (309 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45771 Racine, PA Zip code(s): 15010 Racine, WI (city, FIPS 66000) Location: 42.72820 N, 87.80710 W Population (1990): 84298 (33156 housing units) Area: 40.0 sq km (land), 8.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53402, 53403, 53404, 53405, 53406 Racine, WV Zip code(s): 25165 | |
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Raisin, CA Zip code(s): 93652 | |
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Reagan, TN Zip code(s): 38368 Reagan, TX Zip code(s): 76680 | |
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Regan, ND (city, FIPS 65980) Location: 47.15733 N, 100.52751 W Population (1990): 51 (29 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58477 | |
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Regina, KY Zip code(s): 41559 Regina, NM Zip code(s): 87046 | |
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Rockham, SD (town, FIPS 55540) Location: 44.90504 N, 98.82287 W Population (1990): 48 (22 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57470 | |
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Roggen, CO Zip code(s): 80652 | |
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Rougon, LA Zip code(s): 70773 | |
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Roxana, IL (village, FIPS 66131) Location: 38.83665 N, 90.05263 W Population (1990): 1562 (675 housing units) Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62084 Roxana, KY Zip code(s): 41848 | |
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Ruskin, FL (CDP, FIPS 62275) Location: 27.71436 N, 82.42908 W Population (1990): 6046 (2800 housing units) Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33570 Ruskin, NE (village, FIPS 42810) Location: 40.14434 N, 97.86652 W Population (1990): 187 (94 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68974 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
RSN /R-S-N/ adj. See {Real Soon Now}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Regina Anders Christensen {platforms} including {Unix}, {Windows 95}, {Windows NT}, {OS/2}. Regina is currently maintained by Mark Hessling. Regina conforms almost completely to Rexx Language Level 4.00, with some Rexx SAA API extensions. It is distributed under the GNU {General Public License}. Current version: 2.0+, as of 2001-03-30. {Home {http://www.lightlink.com/hessling/)}. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.lang.rexx}. (2001-03-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RKM {Rom Kernel Manual} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RSN {Real Soon Now} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rakkon a place upon the shore, a town belonging to Dan (Josh. 19:46). It is now Tell er-Rakkeit, 6 miles north of Joppa, on the sea-shore, near the mouth of the river 'Aujeh, i.e., "yellow water." (See {KANAH}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rekem embroidered; variegated. (1.) One of the five Midianite kings whom the Israelites destroyed (Num. 31:8). (2.) One of the sons of Hebron (1 Chr. 2:43, 44). (3.) A town of Benjamin (Josh. 18:27). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Resen head of the stream; bridle, one of Nimrod's cities (Gen. 10:12), "between Nineveh and Calah." It has been supposed that the four cities named in this verse were afterwards combined into one under the name of Nineveh (q.v.). Resen was on the east side of the Tigris. It is probably identified with the mound of ruins called Karamless. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rezin firm; a prince, a king of Syria, who joined Pekah (q.v.) in an invasion of the kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 15:37; 16:5-9; Isa. 7:1-8). Ahaz induced Tiglath-pileser III. to attack Damascus, and this caused Rezin to withdraw for the purpose of defending his own kingdom. Damascus was taken, and Rezin was slain in battle by the Assyrian king, and his people carried into captivity, B.C. 732 (2 Kings 16:9). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rezon prince, son of Eliadah. Abandoning the service of Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, on the occasion of his being defeated by David, he became the "captain over a band" of marauders, and took Damascus, and became king of Syria (1 Kings 11:23-25; 2 Sam. 8:3-8). For centuries after this the Syrians were the foes of Israel. He "became an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rhegium breach, a town in the south of Italy, on the Strait of Messina, at which Paul touched on his way to Rome (Acts 28:13). It is now called Rheggio. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rosin found only in Authorized Version, margin, Ezek. 27:17, Heb. tsori, uniformly rendered elsewhere "balm" (q.v.), as here in the text. The Vulgate has resinam, rendered "rosin" in the Douay Version. As used, however, by Jerome, the Lat. resina denotes some odoriferous gum or oil. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rakkon, vain; void; mountain of enjoyment | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Regem, that stones or is stoned; purple | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rekem, vain pictures; divers picture | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Resen, a bridle or bit | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rezin, good-will; messenger | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rezon, lean; small; secret; prince | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rhegium, rupture; fracture |