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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Radiopticon \Ra`di*op"ti*con\, n. [Radio- + stereopticon.] See {Projector}, above. | |
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Projector \Pro*jec"tor\, n. An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen, as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects, etc., in the colors of the object itself. In this latter form the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific instruments have been called by different names, such as {radiopticon}, {mirrorscope}, {balopticon}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Radiopticon \Ra`di*op"ti*con\, n. [Radio- + stereopticon.] See {Projector}, above. | |
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Projector \Pro*jec"tor\, n. An optical instrument for projecting a picture upon a screen, as by a magic lantern or by an instrument for projecting (by reflection instead of transmission of light) a picture of an opaque object, as photographs, picture post-cards, insects, etc., in the colors of the object itself. In this latter form the projection is accomplished by means of a combination of lenses with a prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific instruments have been called by different names, such as {radiopticon}, {mirrorscope}, {balopticon}, etc. | |
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Rat \Rat\, n. [AS. r[91]t; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. r[86]tta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf. {Raccoon}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the several species of small rodents of the genus {Mus} and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat ({M. Alexandrinus}). These were introduced into Anerica from the Old World. 2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair. [Local, U.S.] 3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union. [Cant] Note: [bd]It so chanced that, not long after the accession of the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this country (in some timber as is said); and being much stronger than the black, or, till then, the common, rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter. The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first, as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the government of George the First, but has by degrees obtained a wide meaning, and come to be applied to any sudden and mercenary change in politics.[b8] --Lord Mahon. {Bamboo rat} (Zo[94]l.), any Indian rodent of the genus {Rhizomys}. {Beaver rat}, {Coast rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Beaver} and {Coast}. {Blind rat} (Zo[94]l.), the mole rat. {Cotton rat} (Zo[94]l.), a long-haired rat ({Sigmodon hispidus}), native of the Southern United States and Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious to the crop. {Ground rat}. See {Ground Pig}, under {Ground}. {Hedgehog rat}. See under {Hedgehog}. {Kangaroo rat} (Zo[94]l.), the potoroo. {Norway rat} (Zo[94]l.), the common brown rat. See {Rat}. {Pouched rat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Pocket Gopher}, under {Pocket}. (b) Any African rodent of the genus {Cricetomys}. {Rat Indians} (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to Athabascan stock. {Rat mole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mole rat}, under {Mole}. {Rat pit}, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be killed by a dog for sport. {Rat snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large colubrine snake ({Ptyas mucosus}) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc. {Spiny rat} (Zo[94]l.), any South America rodent of the genus {Echinomys}. {To smell a rat}. See under {Smell}. {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any American rat of the genus {Neotoma}, especially {N. Floridana}, common in the Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white. | |
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Ratify \Rat"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ratified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ratifying}.] [F. ratifier, fr. L. ratus fixed by calculation, firm, valid + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Rate}, n., and {-fy}.] To approve and sanction; to make valid; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination. It is impossible for the divine power to set a seal to a lie by ratifying an imposture with such a miracle. --South. | |
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Ratihabition \Rat`i*ha*bi"tion\, n. [L. ratihabitio; ratus fixed, valid + habere to hold.] Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract. [Obs.] --Jer. Tailor. | |
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Readept \Re`a*dept\, v. t. [Pref. re- + L. adeptus. p. p. of adipisci to obtain.] To regain; to recover. [Obs.] | |
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Readeption \Re`a*dep"tion\, n. A regaining; recovery of something lost. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Readopt \Re`a*dopt"\, v. t. To adopt again. --Young. | |
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Burrel \Bur"rel\, n. [Cf. OF. burel reddish (cf. {Borel}, n.), or F. beurr[82] butter pear, fr. beurre butter. Cf. {Butter}.] A sort of pear, called also the {red butter pear}, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp. | |
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Vitriol \Vit"ri*ol\, n. [F. vitriol; cf. Pr. vitriol, vetriol, Sp. & Pg. vitriolo, It. vitriuolo; fr. L. vitreolus of glass, vitreus vitreous. See {Vitreous}.] (Chem.) (a) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster. (b) Sulphuric acid; -- called also {oil of vitriol}. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}. [Colloq.] {Blue vitriol}. See under {Blue}. {Green vitriol}, ferrous sulphate; copperas. See under {Green}. {Oil of vitriol}, sulphuric or vitriolic acid; -- popularly so called because it has the consistency of oil. {Red vitriol}, a native sulphate of cobalt. {Vitriol of Mars}, ferric sulphate, a white crystalline substance which dissolves in water, forming a red solution. {White vitriol}, zinc sulphate, a white crystalline substance used in medicine and in dyeing. It is usually obtained by dissolving zinc in sulphuric acid, or by roasting and oxidizing certain zinc ores. Formerly called also {vitriol of zinc}. | |
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Judas \Ju"das\, n. The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. -- a. Treacherous; betraying. {Judas hole}, a peephole or secret opening for spying. {Judas kiss}, a deceitful and treacherous kiss. {Judas tree} (Bot.), a leguminous tree of the genus {Cercis}, with pretty, rose-colored flowers in clusters along the branches. Judas is said to have hanged himself on a tree of this genus ({C. Siliquastrum}). {C. Canadensis} and {C. occidentalis} are the American species, and are called also {redbud}. | |
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Redbud \Red"bud`\ (-b?d`), n. (Bot.) A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus {Cercis}. See {Judas tree}, under {Judas}. | |
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Judas \Ju"das\, n. The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. -- a. Treacherous; betraying. {Judas hole}, a peephole or secret opening for spying. {Judas kiss}, a deceitful and treacherous kiss. {Judas tree} (Bot.), a leguminous tree of the genus {Cercis}, with pretty, rose-colored flowers in clusters along the branches. Judas is said to have hanged himself on a tree of this genus ({C. Siliquastrum}). {C. Canadensis} and {C. occidentalis} are the American species, and are called also {redbud}. | |
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Redbud \Red"bud`\ (-b?d`), n. (Bot.) A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus {Cercis}. See {Judas tree}, under {Judas}. | |
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Redhibition \Red`hi*bi"tion\ (r?d`h?*b?sh"?n), n. [L. redhibitio a taking back.] (Civil Law) The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect. | |
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Redhibitory \Red*hib"i*to*ry\ (r?d*h?b"?*t?*r?), a. [L. redhibitorius.] (Civil Law) Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault. | |
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Redivide \Re`di*vide"\ (r?`d?*v?d"), v. t. To divide anew. | |
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Redoubt \Re*doubt"\ (r?*dout"), n. [F. redoute, fem., It. ridotto, LL. reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. r[82]duit, also fr. LL. reductus. See {Reduce}, and cf. {Reduct}, {R[82]duit}, {Ridotto}.] (Fort.) (a) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory. (b) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of {Ravelin}. [Written also {redout}.] | |
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Redoubt \Re*doubt"\, v. t. [F. redouter, formerly also spelt redoubter; fr. L. pref. re- re- + dubitare to doubt, in LL., to fear. See {Doubt}.] To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [R.] | |
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Redoubtable \Re*doubt"a*ble\ (-?*b'l), a. [F. redoutable, formerly also spelt redoubtable.] Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written also {redoutable}.] | |
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Redoubted \Re*doubt"ed\, a. Formidable; dread. [bd]Some redoubted knight.[b8] --Spenser. Lord regent, and redoubted Burgandy. --Shak. | |
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Redoubting \Re*doubt"ing\, n. Reverence; honor. [Obs.] In redoutyng of Mars and of his glory. --Chaucer. | |
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Reduvid \Red"u*vid\ (r?d"?*v?d), n. [L. reduvia a hangnail.] (Zo[94]l.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus {Redivius}, or family {Reduvid[91]}. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man. | |
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Retiped \Ret`i*ped\, n. [L. rete a net + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F. r[82]tinop[8a]de.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi. | |
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Roadbed \Road"bed`\, n. In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel. | |
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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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Red Bud, IL (city, FIPS 63043) Location: 38.21016 N, 89.99639 W Population (1990): 2918 (1174 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62278 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Red Feather Lake, CO Zip code(s): 80545 |