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d8Rytina \[d8]Ryt"i*na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ryti`s a wrinkle.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species ({R. Stelleri}); -- called also {Steller's sea cow}. [Written also {Rhytina}.] Note: [b5] It is now extinct, but was formerly abundant at Behring's Island, near Behring's Straits. It was twenty-five feet or more in length, with a thick, blackish, naked skin. The last were killed in 1768 for their oil and flesh. | |
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Racket-tall \Rack"et-tall\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus {Steganura}, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped. | |
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Racket-talled \Rack"et-talled`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. | |
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Racktail \Rack"tail`\, n. (Horol.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock. | |
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Ragged \Rag"ged\, a. [From {Rag}, n.] 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. 2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks. 3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.] [bd]A ragged noise of mirth.[b8] --Herbert. 4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow. 5. Rough; shaggy; rugged. What shepherd owns those ragged sheep ? --Dryden. {Ragged lady} (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella Damascena}). {Ragged robin} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Lychnis} ({L. Flos-cuculi}), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes. {Ragged sailor} (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum orientale}). {Ragged school}, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] -- {Rag"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rag"ged*ness}, n. | |
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Ragged \Rag"ged\, a. [From {Rag}, n.] 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail. 2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks. 3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.] [bd]A ragged noise of mirth.[b8] --Herbert. 4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow. 5. Rough; shaggy; rugged. What shepherd owns those ragged sheep ? --Dryden. {Ragged lady} (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella Damascena}). {Ragged robin} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Lychnis} ({L. Flos-cuculi}), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes. {Ragged sailor} (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum orientale}). {Ragged school}, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] -- {Rag"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rag"ged*ness}, n. | |
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Recital \Re*cit"al\, n. [From {Recite}.] 1. The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony. 2. A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration. --Addison. 3. That which is recited; a story; a narration. 4. (Mus.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital. 5. (Law) The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation. --Burn. Syn: Account; rehearsal; recitation; narration; description; explanation; enumeration; detail; narrative. See {Account}. | |
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Rectal \Rec"tal\ (r?k"tal), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum. | |
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Rectilineal \Rec`ti*lin"e*al\ (-l?n"?*al), Rectilinear \Rec`ti*lin"e*ar\ (-l?n"?*?r), a. [Recti- + lineal, linear.] Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- {Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly}, adv. -- {Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly}, adv. | |
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Angle \An"gle\ ([acr][nsm]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton. 2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden. 4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological [bd]houses.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope. {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg common to both angles. {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}. {Angle bar}. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}. {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight. {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines. {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}. {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined figure. {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved line. {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg]. {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}. {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right lines. {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle). {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence}, {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction}, see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection}, {Refraction}, etc. | |
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Rectilineal \Rec`ti*lin"e*al\ (-l?n"?*al), Rectilinear \Rec`ti*lin"e*ar\ (-l?n"?*?r), a. [Recti- + lineal, linear.] Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- {Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly}, adv. -- {Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly}, adv. | |
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Rectilineal \Rec`ti*lin"e*al\ (-l?n"?*al), Rectilinear \Rec`ti*lin"e*ar\ (-l?n"?*?r), a. [Recti- + lineal, linear.] Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- {Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly}, adv. -- {Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly}, adv. | |
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Note: Co[94]rdinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of the different cases, of the following elements, namely: (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the co[94]rdinate axes AY and AX. (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P. (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to three co[94]rdinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from the corresponding co[94]rdinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is thereby determined with respect to these planes and axes. (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which means any point in space at the free extremity of the radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole of the radius vector. {Cartesian co[94]rdinates}. See under {Cartesian}. {Geographical co[94]rdinates}, the latitude and longitude of a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a third co[94]rdinate. {Polar co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates made up of a radius vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line and plane; as those defined in (b) and (d) above. {Rectangular co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates the axes of which intersect at right angles. {Rectilinear co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates made up of right lines. Those defined in (a) and (c) above are called also {Cartesian co[94]rdinates}. {Trigonometrical} [or] {Spherical co[94]rdinates}, elements of reference, by means of which the position of a point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to two great circles of the sphere. {Trilinear co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates of a point in a plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to another. | |
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Rectilinearity \Rec`ti*lin`e*ar"i*ty\ (-?r"?*t?), n. The quality or state of being rectilinear. --Coleridge. | |
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Rectilineal \Rec`ti*lin"e*al\ (-l?n"?*al), Rectilinear \Rec`ti*lin"e*ar\ (-l?n"?*?r), a. [Recti- + lineal, linear.] Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- {Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly}, adv. -- {Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly}, adv. | |
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Rectilineous \Rec`ti*lin"e*ous\ (-?s), a. Rectilinear. [Obs.] --Ray. | |
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Requital \Re*quit"al\ (-al), n. [From {Requite}.] The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds. No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface their love. --Waller. | |
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Luteolin \Lu"te*o*lin\, n. [From NL. Reseda luteola, fr. L. luteolus yellowish, fr. luteus: cf. F. lut[82]oline. See {Luteous}.] (Chem.) A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom ({Reseda luteola}). | |
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Luteic \Lu*te"ic\, a. (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or derived from, weld ({Reseda luteola}). (b) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of {Euphorbia cyparissias}. | |
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Weld \Weld\, n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] 1. (Bot.) An herb ({Reseda luteola}) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also {woald}, {wold}, and {would}.] 2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant. | |
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Woad \Woad\, n. [OE. wod, AS. w[be]d; akin to D. weede, G. waid, OHG. weit, Dan. vaid, veid, Sw. veide, L. vitrum.] [Written also {wad}, and {wade}.] 1. (Bot.) An herbaceous cruciferous plant ({Isatis tinctoria}). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves. 2. A blue dyestuff, or coloring matter, consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the Isatis tinctoria. It is now superseded by indigo, but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing. Their bodies . . . painted with woad in sundry figures. --Milton. {Wild woad} (Bot.), the weld ({Reseda luteola}). See {Weld}. {Woad mill}, a mill grinding and preparing woad. | |
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Broom \Broom\, n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[d3]m; akin to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[be]mo broom, thorn[?]bush, G. brombeere blackberry. Cf. {Bramble}, n.] 1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. --Wordsworth. 2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom. {Butcher's broom}, a plant ({Ruscus aculeatus}) of the Smilax family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks; -- called also {knee holly}. See {Cladophyll}. {Dyer's broom}, a species of mignonette ({Reseda luteola}), used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket. {Spanish broom}. See under {Spanish}. | |
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Resettle \Re*set"tle\ (r?-s?t"t'l), v. t. To settle again. --Swift. | |
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Resettle \Re*set"tle\, v. i. To settle again, or a second time. | |
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Resettlement \Re*set"tle*ment\ (-ment), n. Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees. The resettlement of my discomposed soul. --Norris. | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\, n. (Math.) (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them. | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b). | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b). | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b). | |
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Error \Er"ror\, n. [OF. error, errur, F. erreur, L. error, fr. errare to err. See {Err}.] 1. A wandering; a roving or irregular course. [Obs.] The rest of his journey, his error by sea. --B. Jonson. 2. A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error. 3. A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension. H[?] judgment was often in error, though his candor remained unimpaired. --Bancroft. 4. A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault. --Ps. xix. 12. 5. (Math.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position. 6. (Mensuration) (a) The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity. (b) The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called {residual error}. 7. (Law.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact. 8. (Baseball) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base. {Law of error}, [or] {Law of frequency of error} (Mensuration), the law which expresses the relation between the magnitude of an error and the frequency with which that error will be committed in making a large number of careful measurements of a quantity. {Probable error}. (Mensuration) See under {Probable}. {Writ of error} (Law), an original writ, which lies after judgment in an action at law, in a court of record, to correct some alleged error in the proceedings, or in the judgment of the court. --Bouvier. Burrill. Syn: Mistake; fault; blunder; failure; fallacy; delusion; hallucination; sin. See {Blunder}. | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b). | |
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Error \Er"ror\, n. [OF. error, errur, F. erreur, L. error, fr. errare to err. See {Err}.] 1. A wandering; a roving or irregular course. [Obs.] The rest of his journey, his error by sea. --B. Jonson. 2. A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error. 3. A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension. H[?] judgment was often in error, though his candor remained unimpaired. --Bancroft. 4. A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault. --Ps. xix. 12. 5. (Math.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position. 6. (Mensuration) (a) The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity. (b) The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called {residual error}. 7. (Law.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact. 8. (Baseball) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base. {Law of error}, [or] {Law of frequency of error} (Mensuration), the law which expresses the relation between the magnitude of an error and the frequency with which that error will be committed in making a large number of careful measurements of a quantity. {Probable error}. (Mensuration) See under {Probable}. {Writ of error} (Law), an original writ, which lies after judgment in an action at law, in a court of record, to correct some alleged error in the proceedings, or in the judgment of the court. --Bouvier. Burrill. Syn: Mistake; fault; blunder; failure; fallacy; delusion; hallucination; sin. See {Blunder}. | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b). | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b). | |
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Remanent \Rem"a*nent\, a. [L. remanens, p. pr. of remanere. See {Remain}, and cf. {Remnant}.] Remaining; residual. That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit. --Jer. Taylor. {Remanent magnetism} (Physics), magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; -- called also {residual magnetism}. | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b). | |
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Remanent \Rem"a*nent\, a. [L. remanens, p. pr. of remanere. See {Remain}, and cf. {Remnant}.] Remaining; residual. That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit. --Jer. Taylor. {Remanent magnetism} (Physics), magnetism which remains in a body that has little coercive force after the magnetizing force is withdrawn, as soft iron; -- called also {residual magnetism}. | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b). | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b). | |
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Residual \Re*sid"u*al\ (r?-z?d"?-al), a. [See {Residue}.] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. {Residual air} (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. {Supplemental air}, under {Supplemental}. {Residual error}. (Mensuration) See {Error}, 6 (b) . {Residual figure} (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. {Residual magnetism} (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under {Remanent}. {Residual product}, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. {Residual quantity} (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. {Residual root} (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as [root](a-b). | |
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Restily \Rest"i*ly\ (r?st"?*l?), adv. In a resty manner. [Obs.] | |
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Restless \Rest"less\, a. [AS. restle[a0]s.] 1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. --Chaucer. [bd]Restless revolution day by day.[b8] --Milton. 2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. [bd]Restless at home, and ever prone to range.[b8] --Dryden. 3. Deprived of rest or sleep. Restless he passed the remnants of the night. --Dryden. 4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night. 5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. --Cowper. {Restless thrush}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Grinder}, 3. Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. -- {Rest"less*ly}, adv.- {Rest"less*ness}, n. | |
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Restless \Rest"less\, a. [AS. restle[a0]s.] 1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. --Chaucer. [bd]Restless revolution day by day.[b8] --Milton. 2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. [bd]Restless at home, and ever prone to range.[b8] --Dryden. 3. Deprived of rest or sleep. Restless he passed the remnants of the night. --Dryden. 4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night. 5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. --Cowper. {Restless thrush}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Grinder}, 3. Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. -- {Rest"less*ly}, adv.- {Rest"less*ness}, n. | |
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Grinder \Grind"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, grinds. 2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The restless flycatcher ({Seisura inquieta}) of Australia; -- called also {restless thrush} and {volatile thrush}. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes. | |
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Restless \Rest"less\, a. [AS. restle[a0]s.] 1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. --Chaucer. [bd]Restless revolution day by day.[b8] --Milton. 2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. [bd]Restless at home, and ever prone to range.[b8] --Dryden. 3. Deprived of rest or sleep. Restless he passed the remnants of the night. --Dryden. 4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night. 5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. --Cowper. {Restless thrush}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Grinder}, 3. Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. -- {Rest"less*ly}, adv.- {Rest"less*ness}, n. | |
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Grinder \Grind"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, grinds. 2. One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The restless flycatcher ({Seisura inquieta}) of Australia; -- called also {restless thrush} and {volatile thrush}. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes. | |
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Restless \Rest"less\, a. [AS. restle[a0]s.] 1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. --Chaucer. [bd]Restless revolution day by day.[b8] --Milton. 2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. [bd]Restless at home, and ever prone to range.[b8] --Dryden. 3. Deprived of rest or sleep. Restless he passed the remnants of the night. --Dryden. 4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night. 5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. --Cowper. {Restless thrush}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Grinder}, 3. Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. -- {Rest"less*ly}, adv.- {Rest"less*ness}, n. | |
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Restless \Rest"less\, a. [AS. restle[a0]s.] 1. Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child. --Chaucer. [bd]Restless revolution day by day.[b8] --Milton. 2. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless subjects. [bd]Restless at home, and ever prone to range.[b8] --Dryden. 3. Deprived of rest or sleep. Restless he passed the remnants of the night. --Dryden. 4. Passed in unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night. 5. Not affording rest; as, a restless chair. --Cowper. {Restless thrush}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Grinder}, 3. Syn: Unquiet; uneasy; disturbed; disquieted; sleepless; agitated; unsettled; roving; wandering. -- {Rest"less*ly}, adv.- {Rest"less*ness}, n. | |
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Rictal \Ric"tal\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles. | |
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Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as upright, downright, forthright, etc. {Right along}, without cessation; continuously; as, to work right along for several hours. [Colloq. U.S.] {Right away}, [or] {Right off}, at once; straightway; without delay. [Colloq. U.S.] [bd]We will . . . shut ourselves up in the office and do the work right off.[b8] --D. Webster. | |
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{Right line}, a straight line; the shortest line that can be drawn between two points. {Ship of the line}, formerly, a ship of war large enough to have a place in the line of battle; a vessel superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker; -- called also {line of battle ship}. | |
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Right \Right\ (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[84]tt, Icel. r[89]ttr, Goth. ra[a1]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule; cf. Skr. [rsdot]ju straight, right. [root]115. Cf. {Adroit},{Alert}, {Correct}, {Dress}, {Regular}, {Rector}, {Recto}, {Rectum}, {Regent}, {Region}, {Realm}, {Rich}, {Royal}, {Rule}.] 1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. [bd]Right as any line.[b8] --Chaucer 2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone. 3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true. That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is absolutely right, and is called right simply without relation to a special end. --Whately. 2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford. 5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious. [bd]His right wife.[b8] --Chaucer. In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians. --Milton. 6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith. You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well. --Shak. If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the inference is . . . right, [bd]Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.[b8] --Locke. 7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate. The lady has been disappointed on the right side. --Spectator. 8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals. Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand. --Longfellow. Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are used always with reference to the position of one who is facing in the direction of the current's flow. 9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done. 10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth. {At right angles}, so as to form a right angle or right angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly. {Right and left}, in both or all directions. [Colloq.] {Right and left coupling} (Pipe fitting), a coupling the opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw and a left-handed screw, respectivelly. {Right angle}. (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC. (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the axes of two great circles whose planes are perpendicular to each other. {Right ascension}. See under {Ascension}. {Right Center} (Politics), those members belonging to the Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with the Right on political questions. See {Center}, n., 5. {Right cone}, {Right cylinder}, {Right prism}, {Right pyramid} (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the axis of which is perpendicular to the base. {Right line}. See under {Line}. {Right sailing} (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude, but not both. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Right sphere} (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in spherical projections, that position of the sphere in which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the equator. Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you say is right, true. [bd]Right,[b8] cries his lordship. --Pope. Syn: Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful; rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper; suitable; becoming. | |
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Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Bal[91]na mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale ({Bal[91]na cisarctica}), and the Pacific right whale ({B. Sieboldii}); a bone whale. {Pygmy right whale} (Zo[94]l.), a small New Zealand whale {(Neobal[91]na marginata)} which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone. | |
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Rightless \Right"less\, a. Destitute of right. --Sylvester. | |
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Right-lined \Right"-lined`\, a. Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle. | |
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Angle \An"gle\ ([acr][nsm]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton. 2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden. 4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological [bd]houses.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope. {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg common to both angles. {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}. {Angle bar}. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}. {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight. {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines. {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}. {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined figure. {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved line. {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg]. {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}. {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right lines. {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle). {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence}, {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction}, see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection}, {Refraction}, etc. | |
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Rightly \Right"ly\, adv. [AS. richtlice.] 1. Straightly; directly; in front. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed. 3. Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately. Eve rightly called, Mother of all mankind. --Milton. 4. According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly. [bd]I can not rightly say.[b8] --Shak. Thou didst not rightly see. --Dryden. | |
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Rigidly \Rig"id*ly\, v. In a rigid manner; stiffly. | |
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Rigidulous \Ri*gid"u*lous\, a. [Dim. from rigid.] (Bot.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle. | |
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Rix-dollar \Rix"-dol`lar\, n. [Sw. riksdaler, or Dan. rigsdaler, or D. rijksdaalder, or G. reichsthaler, literally, dollar of the empire or realm, fr. words akin to E. rich, and dollar. See {Rich}, {Dollar}.] A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See {Rigsdaler}, {Riksdaler}, and {Rixdaler}. Note: Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some remain in circulation. | |
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Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.) (a) A cruciferous plant ({Eruca sativa}) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. (b) Damewort. (c) Rocket larkspur. See below. {Dyer's Rocket}. (Bot.) See {Dyer's broom}, under {Broom}. {Rocket larkspur} (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers in long racemes ({Delphinium Ajacis}). {Sea rocket} (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants ({Cakile maritima} and {C. Americana}) found on the seashore of Europe and America. {Yellow rocket} (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow flowers ({Barbarea vulgaris}). | |
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Rostel \Ros"tel\, n. [L. rostellum, dim. of rostrum a beak: cf. F. rostelle.] same as {Rostellum}. | |
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d8Rostellum \[d8]Ros*tel"lum\, n.; pl. {Rostella}. [L. See {Rostel}.] A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm. | |
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Rostellar \Ros*tel"lar\, a. Pertaining to a rostellum. | |
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Rostellate \Ros"tel*late\, a. [NL. rostellatus.] Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak. | |
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Rostelliform \Ros*tel"li*form\, a. Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak. | |
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Roughtail \Rough"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family {Uropeltid[91]}; -- so called from their rough tails. | |
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Rugged \Rug"ged\, a. [See {Rug}, n.] 1. Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road. The rugged bark of some broad elm. --Milton. 2. Not neat or regular; uneven. His well-proportioned beard made rough and rugged. --Shak. 3. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. [bd]The rugged Russian bear.[b8] --Shak. 4. Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons. Neither melt nor endear him, but leave him as hard, rugged, and unconcerned as ever. --South. 5. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. --Milton. 6. Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like. Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. --Dryden. 7. Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc. [bd]Sleek o'er your rugged looks.[b8] --Shak. 8. Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc. 9. Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc. [Colloq. U.S.] Syn: Rough; uneven; wrinkled; cragged; coarse; rude; harsh; hard; crabbed; severe; austere; surly; sour; frowning; violent; boisterous; tumultuous; turbulent; stormy; tempestuous; inclement. -- {Rug"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rug"ged*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rustily \Rust"i*ly\, adv. In a rusty state. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. t. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rustle \Rus"tle\, n. A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling. When the noise of a torrent, the rustle of a wood, the song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill the attention, and suspend all perception of the course of time. --Idler. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rustling}.] [AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to stir, make a riot, or E. rush, v.] 1. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves. He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. --Shak. Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. --Shak. 2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rustling}.] [AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to stir, make a riot, or E. rush, v.] 1. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves. He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. --Shak. Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. --Shak. 2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rustler \Rus"tler\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rustles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rustless \Rust"less\, a. Free from rust. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rustled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rustling}.] [AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to stir, make a riot, or E. rush, v.] 1. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves. He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. --Shak. Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. --Shak. 2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Raquette Lake, NY Zip code(s): 13436 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Roachdale, IN (town, FIPS 64980) Location: 39.84878 N, 86.80041 W Population (1990): 902 (395 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46172 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rochdale, MA Zip code(s): 01542 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rockdale, IL (village, FIPS 64902) Location: 41.50550 N, 88.11825 W Population (1990): 1709 (740 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60436 Rockdale, TX (city, FIPS 62672) Location: 30.65531 N, 97.00769 W Population (1990): 5235 (2358 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76567 Rockdale, WI (village, FIPS 68725) Location: 42.97246 N, 89.03263 W Population (1990): 235 (92 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rockdale County, GA (county, FIPS 247) Location: 33.65017 N, 84.02657 W Population (1990): 54091 (19963 housing units) Area: 338.5 sq km (land), 3.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rosedale, CA (CDP, FIPS 62854) Location: 35.39446 N, 119.20353 W Population (1990): 4673 (1523 housing units) Area: 98.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Rosedale, IN (town, FIPS 65934) Location: 39.62315 N, 87.28210 W Population (1990): 783 (330 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47874 Rosedale, KS Zip code(s): 66103 Rosedale, LA (village, FIPS 66060) Location: 30.44494 N, 91.45710 W Population (1990): 807 (293 housing units) Area: 20.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70772 Rosedale, MD (CDP, FIPS 68400) Location: 39.32761 N, 76.50842 W Population (1990): 18703 (7057 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21237 Rosedale, MS (city, FIPS 63720) Location: 33.85348 N, 91.03218 W Population (1990): 2595 (844 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38769 Rosedale, NY Zip code(s): 11422 Rosedale, OK (town, FIPS 64000) Location: 34.91872 N, 97.18457 W Population (1990): 48 (24 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Rosedale, VA Zip code(s): 24280 Rosedale, WV Zip code(s): 26636 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Recital {dBASE}-like language and {DBMS} from Recital Corporation. Versions include {Vax} {VMS}. |