English Dictionary: ray flower | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. 2. The acid fruit or berry of the {Ribes rubrum} or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. 3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus {Ribes} (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the {Ribes rubrum}. {Black currant},a shrub or bush ({Ribes nigrum} and {R. floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. {Cherry currant}, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. {Currant borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[92]geria tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus supernotatus}). {Currant worm} (Zo[94]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly ({Nematus ventricosus}), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm ({Eufitchia ribearia}). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly ({Epochra Canadensis}), and a spanworm ({Eupithecia}). {Flowering currant}, {Missouri currant}, a species of {Ribes} ({R. aureum}), having showy yellow flowers. | |
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Rabble-rout \Rab"ble-rout`\, n. A tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng. | |
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Rabblor \Rab"blor\, n. [See 2d {Rabble}.] (Mech.) A scraping tool for smoothing metal. | |
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Raffler \Raf"fler\, n. One who raffles. | |
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Raveler \Rav"el*er\, n. [Also raveller.] One who ravels. | |
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Ray \Ray\, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Radius}.] 1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. 2. (Bot.) A radiating part of the flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See {Radius}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes. (b) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran. 4. (Physics) (a) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray. (b) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under {Light}. 5. Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen. All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze. --Pope. 6. (Geom.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See {Half-ray}. {Bundle of rays}. (Geom.) See {Pencil of rays}, below. {Extraordinary ray} (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which does not follow the ordinary law of refraction. {Ordinary ray} (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which follows the usual or ordinary law of refraction. {Pencil of rays} (Geom.), a definite system of rays. {Ray flower}, [or] {Ray floret} (Bot.), one of the marginal flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed. {Ray point} (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays. {R[94]ntgen ray}(Phys.), a kind of ray generated in a very highly exhausted vacuum tube by the electrical discharge. It is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to light, and producing photographic and fluorescent effects by which means pictures showing the internal structure of opaque objects are made, called radiographs, or sciagraphs | |
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Ray \Ray\, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Radius}.] 1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. 2. (Bot.) A radiating part of the flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See {Radius}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes. (b) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran. 4. (Physics) (a) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray. (b) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under {Light}. 5. Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen. All eyes direct their rays On him, and crowds turn coxcombs as they gaze. --Pope. 6. (Geom.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See {Half-ray}. {Bundle of rays}. (Geom.) See {Pencil of rays}, below. {Extraordinary ray} (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which does not follow the ordinary law of refraction. {Ordinary ray} (Opt.) that one of the two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which follows the usual or ordinary law of refraction. {Pencil of rays} (Geom.), a definite system of rays. {Ray flower}, [or] {Ray floret} (Bot.), one of the marginal flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed. {Ray point} (Geom.), the common point of a pencil of rays. {R[94]ntgen ray}(Phys.), a kind of ray generated in a very highly exhausted vacuum tube by the electrical discharge. It is capable of passing through many bodies opaque to light, and producing photographic and fluorescent effects by which means pictures showing the internal structure of opaque objects are made, called radiographs, or sciagraphs | |
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Rebeller \Re*bel"ler\, n. One who rebels; a rebel. | |
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Reflorescence \Re`flo*res"cence\ (r?`fl?*r?s"sens), n. (Bot.) A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the season. | |
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Reflourish \Re*flour"ish\ (r?*fl?r"?sh), v. t. & i. To flourish again. | |
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Reflower \Re*flow"er\ (r[emac]*flou"[etil]r), v. i. & t. To flower, or cause to flower, again. --Sylvester. | |
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Repealer \Re*peal"er\ (-?r), n. One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland. | |
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Repeller \Re*pel"ler\ (-l?r), n. One who, or that which, repels. | |
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Replier \Re*pli"er\ (r?-pl?"?r), n. One who replies. --Bacon. | |
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Replyer \Re*ply"er\ (-?r), n. See {Replier}. --Bacon. | |
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Revealer \Re*veal"er\, n. One who, or that which, reveals. | |
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Reveler \Rev"el*er\, n. [Written also reveller.] One who revels. [bd]Moonshine revelers.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Revel-rout \Rev"el-rout`\, n. [See {Rout}.] 1. Tumultuous festivity; revelry. [Obs.] --Rowe. 2. A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob. [Obs.] | |
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Reviler \Re*vil"er\, n. One who reviles. --1. Cor. vi. 10. | |
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Riffler \Rif"fler\, n. [See {Riffle}.] A curved file used in carving wool and marble. | |
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Rifler \Ri"fler\, n. One who rifles; a robber. | |
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Ripler \Rip"ler\, Ripper \Rip"per\, n. [Cf. {Rip} a basket, or {Riparian}.] (O.E. Law) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. [Obs.] But what's the action we are for now ? Robbing a ripper of his fish. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Rivalry \Ri"val*ry\, n.; pl. {Rivalries}. The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition. [bd]Keen contention and eager rivalries.[b8] --Jeffrey. Syn: Emulation; competition. See {Emulation}. | |
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Rivalry \Ri"val*ry\, n.; pl. {Rivalries}. The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition. [bd]Keen contention and eager rivalries.[b8] --Jeffrey. Syn: Emulation; competition. See {Emulation}. | |
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Rubblework \Rub"ble*work`\, n. Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape. | |
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Ruffler \Ruf"fler\, n. 1. One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian. Assaults, if not murders, done at his own doors by that crew of rufflers. --Milton. 2. That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles. | |
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Rupellary \Ru"pel*la*ry\, n. [From L. rupes a rock.] Rocky. [Obs.] [bd]This rupellary nidary.[b8] --Evelyn. | |
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