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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bass \Bass\, n.; pl. {Bass}, and sometimes {Basses}. [A corruption of barse.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera {Roccus}, {Labrax}, and related genera. There are many species. Note: The common European bass is {Labrax lupus}. American species are: the striped bass ({Roccus lineatus}); white or silver bass of the lakes. ({R. chrysops}); brass or yellow bass ({R. interruptus}). 2. The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus {Micropterus}). See {Black bass}. 3. Species of {Serranus}, the sea bass and rock bass. See {Sea bass}. 4. The southern, red, or channel bass ({Sci[91]na ocellata}). See {Redfish}. Note: The name is also applied to many other fishes. See {Calico bass}, under {Calico}. | |
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Kinglet \King"let\, n. 1. A little king; a weak or insignificant king. --Carlyle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus {Regulus} and family {Sylviid[91]}. Note: The golden-crowned kinglet ({Regulus satrapa}), and the rubycrowned kinglet ({R. calendula}), are the most common American species. The common English kinglet ({R. cristatus}) is also called {golden-crested wren}, {moonie}, and {marigold finch}. The kinglets are often popularly called {wrens}, both in America and England. | |
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Steamer \Steam"er\, n. 1. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat. 2. A steam fire engine. See under {Steam}. 3. A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations. 4. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The steamer duck. {Steamer duck} (Zo[94]l.), a sea duck ({Tachyeres cinereus}), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also {loggerhead}, {race horse}, and {side wheel duck}. | |
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Race \Race\, n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. r[aemac]s a rush, running; akin to Icel. r[be]s course, race. [root]118.] 1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression. 2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running. The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts. --Bacon. 3. Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races. The race is not to the swift. --Eccl. ix. 11. I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race. --Pope. 4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life. My race of glory run, and race of shame. --Milton. 5. A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney. 6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race. Note: The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes called the headrace, the part below, the tailrace. 7. (Mach.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc. {Race cloth}, a cloth worn by horses in racing, having pockets to hold the weights prescribed. {Race course}. (a) The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which a race is run. (b) Same as {Race way}, below. {Race cup}, a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race. {Race glass}, a kind of field glass. {Race horse}. (a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a horse bred or kept for running races. (b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The steamer duck. (d) (Zo[94]l.) A mantis. {Race knife}, a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as by a pattern, -- used in shipbuilding. {Race saddle}, a light saddle used in racing. {Race track}. Same as {Race course} (a), above. {Race way}, the canal for the current that drives a water wheel. | |
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Steamer \Steam"er\, n. 1. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat. 2. A steam fire engine. See under {Steam}. 3. A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations. 4. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The steamer duck. {Steamer duck} (Zo[94]l.), a sea duck ({Tachyeres cinereus}), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also {loggerhead}, {race horse}, and {side wheel duck}. | |
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Race \Race\, n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. r[aemac]s a rush, running; akin to Icel. r[be]s course, race. [root]118.] 1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression. 2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running. The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts. --Bacon. 3. Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races. The race is not to the swift. --Eccl. ix. 11. I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race. --Pope. 4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life. My race of glory run, and race of shame. --Milton. 5. A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney. 6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race. Note: The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes called the headrace, the part below, the tailrace. 7. (Mach.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc. {Race cloth}, a cloth worn by horses in racing, having pockets to hold the weights prescribed. {Race course}. (a) The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which a race is run. (b) Same as {Race way}, below. {Race cup}, a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race. {Race glass}, a kind of field glass. {Race horse}. (a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a horse bred or kept for running races. (b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The steamer duck. (d) (Zo[94]l.) A mantis. {Race knife}, a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as by a pattern, -- used in shipbuilding. {Race saddle}, a light saddle used in racing. {Race track}. Same as {Race course} (a), above. {Race way}, the canal for the current that drives a water wheel. | |
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Rackarock \Rack"a*rock`\, n. [Rack to stretch, strain + a + rock.] A Sprengel explosive consisting of potassium chlorate and mono-nitrobenzene. | |
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Rackwork \Rack"work`\, n. Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion. | |
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Ragwork \Rag"work`\, n. (Masonry) A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones. | |
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Dust \Dust\, n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [?].] 1. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. --Gen. iii. 19. Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust. --Byron. 2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] [bd]To touch a dust of England's ground.[b8] --Shak. 3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead. For now shall sleep in the dust. --Job vii. 21. 4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. And you may carve a shrine about my dust. --Tennyson. 5. Figuratively, a worthless thing. And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. --Shak. 6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition. [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. --1 Sam. ii. 8. 7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash. {Down with the dust}, deposit the cash; pay down the money. [Slang] [bd]My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading.[b8] --Fuller. {Dust brand} (Bot.), a fungous plant ({Ustilago Carbo}); -- called also {smut}. {Gold dust}, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight. {In dust and ashes}. See under {Ashes}. {To bite the dust}. See under {Bite}, v. t. {To} {raise, [or] kick up, dust}, to make a commotion. [Colloq.] {To throw dust in one's eyes}, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.] | |
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--> 2. (Zo[94]l.) A task of a wild boar. {Razor fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish ({Coryph[91]na novacula}), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. {Razor grass} (Bot.), a West Indian plant ({Scleria scindens}), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. {Razor grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goat-sucker. {Razor shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially {Solen, [or] Ensatella, ensis, [and] Americana}, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also {rasor clam}, {razor fish}, {knife handle}. {Razor stone}. Same as {Novaculite}. {Razor strap}, [or] {razor strop}, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors. | |
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d8Rasores \[d8]Ra*so`res\, n. pl. [{NL}., fr. L. radere, rasum, to scratch. See {Rase}, v. t.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of birds; the Gallin[91]. Note: Formely, the word {Rasores} was used in a wider sense, so as to include other birds now widely separated in classification. | |
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d8Gallinae \[d8]Gal*li"nae\, n.; pl. [NL., fr. L. gallina a hen, gallus a cock.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called {{Rasores}}. | |
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Ray grass \Ray" grass`\, [Etymol. of ray is uncertain.] (Bot.) A perennial European grass ({Lolium perenne}); -- called also {rye grass}, and {red darnel}. See {Darnel}, and {Grass}. {Italian} {ray, [or] rye}, {grass}. See {Darnel}, and {Grass}. | |
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--> 2. (Zo[94]l.) A task of a wild boar. {Razor fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish ({Coryph[91]na novacula}), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. {Razor grass} (Bot.), a West Indian plant ({Scleria scindens}), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. {Razor grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goat-sucker. {Razor shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially {Solen, [or] Ensatella, ensis, [and] Americana}, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also {rasor clam}, {razor fish}, {knife handle}. {Razor stone}. Same as {Novaculite}. {Razor strap}, [or] {razor strop}, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors. | |
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--> 2. (Zo[94]l.) A task of a wild boar. {Razor fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish ({Coryph[91]na novacula}), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. {Razor grass} (Bot.), a West Indian plant ({Scleria scindens}), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. {Razor grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goat-sucker. {Razor shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially {Solen, [or] Ensatella, ensis, [and] Americana}, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also {rasor clam}, {razor fish}, {knife handle}. {Razor stone}. Same as {Novaculite}. {Razor strap}, [or] {razor strop}, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors. | |
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--> 2. (Zo[94]l.) A task of a wild boar. {Razor fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish ({Coryph[91]na novacula}), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. {Razor grass} (Bot.), a West Indian plant ({Scleria scindens}), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. {Razor grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goat-sucker. {Razor shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially {Solen, [or] Ensatella, ensis, [and] Americana}, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also {rasor clam}, {razor fish}, {knife handle}. {Razor stone}. Same as {Novaculite}. {Razor strap}, [or] {razor strop}, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors. | |
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--> 2. (Zo[94]l.) A task of a wild boar. {Razor fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish ({Coryph[91]na novacula}), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. {Razor grass} (Bot.), a West Indian plant ({Scleria scindens}), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. {Razor grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goat-sucker. {Razor shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially {Solen, [or] Ensatella, ensis, [and] Americana}, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also {rasor clam}, {razor fish}, {knife handle}. {Razor stone}. Same as {Novaculite}. {Razor strap}, [or] {razor strop}, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors. | |
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--> 2. (Zo[94]l.) A task of a wild boar. {Razor fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish ({Coryph[91]na novacula}), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. {Razor grass} (Bot.), a West Indian plant ({Scleria scindens}), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. {Razor grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goat-sucker. {Razor shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially {Solen, [or] Ensatella, ensis, [and] Americana}, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also {rasor clam}, {razor fish}, {knife handle}. {Razor stone}. Same as {Novaculite}. {Razor strap}, [or] {razor strop}, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors. | |
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--> 2. (Zo[94]l.) A task of a wild boar. {Razor fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish ({Coryph[91]na novacula}), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. {Razor grass} (Bot.), a West Indian plant ({Scleria scindens}), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. {Razor grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goat-sucker. {Razor shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially {Solen, [or] Ensatella, ensis, [and] Americana}, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also {rasor clam}, {razor fish}, {knife handle}. {Razor stone}. Same as {Novaculite}. {Razor strap}, [or] {razor strop}, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors. | |
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Recarriage \Re*car"riage\, n. Act of carrying back. | |
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Recharge \Re*charge"\, v. t. & i. [Pref. re- + charge: cf. F. recharger.] 1. To charge or accuse in return. 2. To attack again; to attack anew. --Dryden. | |
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Recourse \Re*course"\, v. i. 1. To return; to recur. [Obs.] The flame departing and recoursing. --Foxe. 2. To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket. | |
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Recourse \Re*course"\ (r?*k?rs"), n. [F. recours, L. recursus a running back, return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to run back. See {Recur}.] 1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs.] [bd]Swift recourse of flushing blood.[b8] --Spenser. Unto my first I will have my recourse. --Chaucer. Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort. Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him. --Sir H. Wotton. Our last recourse is therefore to our art. --Dryden. 3. Access; admittance. [Obs.] Give me recourse to him. --Shak. {Without recourse} (Commerce), words sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument to protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent holders. It is a restricted indorsement. | |
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Recourseful \Re*course"ful\ (-f?l), a. Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
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Recross \Re*cross"\ (r?*kr?s";115), v. t. To cross a second time. | |
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Recrystallization \Re*crys`tal*li*za"tion\ (r[emac]*kr[icr]s`t[ait]l*l[icr]*z[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. (Chem. & Min.) The process or recrystallizing. | |
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Recrystallize \Re*crys"tal*lize\ (r[emac]*kr[icr]s"t[ait]l*l[imac]z), v. i. & t. (Chem. & Min.) To crystallize again. --Henry. | |
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Recursant \Re*cur"sant\ (r?*k?r"sant), a. [L. recursans, -antis, p. pr. of recursare to run back, v. freq. of recurrere. See {Recure}.] (Her.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle. | |
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Recursion \Re*cur"sion\ (-sh?n), n. [L. recursio. See {Recur}.] The act of recurring; return. [Obs.] --Boyle. | |
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Regorge \Re*gorge"\ (r?*g?rj"), v. t. [F. regorder; re- + gorger to gorge. Cf. {Regurgitate}.] 1. To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back. --Hayward. 2. To swallow again; to swallow back. Tides at highest mark regorge the flood. --Dryden. | |
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Regress \Re"gress\ (r?"gr?s), n. [L. regressus, fr. regredi, regressus. See {Regrede}.] 1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. [bd]The progress or regress of man[b8]. --F. Harrison. 2. The power or liberty of passing back. --Shak. | |
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Regress \Re*gress"\ (r?*gr?s"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Regressed} (-gr?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Regressing}.] To go back; to return to a former place or state. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Regress \Re*gress"\ (r?*gr?s"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Regressed} (-gr?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Regressing}.] To go back; to return to a former place or state. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Regress \Re*gress"\ (r?*gr?s"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Regressed} (-gr?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Regressing}.] To go back; to return to a former place or state. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Regression \Re*gres"sion\ (r?*gr?sh"?n), n. [L. regressio: cf. F. r[82]gression.] The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. --Sir T. Browne. {Edge of regression} (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a {cuspidal edge}. {Regression point} (Geom.), a cusp. | |
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Regression \Re*gres"sion\ (r?*gr?sh"?n), n. [L. regressio: cf. F. r[82]gression.] The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. --Sir T. Browne. {Edge of regression} (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a {cuspidal edge}. {Regression point} (Geom.), a cusp. | |
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Regressive \Re*gress"ive\ (r?*gr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r[82]gressif.] 1. Passing back; returning. 2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. {Regressive metamorphism}. (a) (Biol.) See {Retrogression}. (b) (Physiol.) See {Katabolism}. | |
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Retrogression \Re`tro*gres"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]trogression. See {Retrograde}, and cf. {Digression}.] 1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation. 2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also {retrograde development}, and {regressive metamorphism}. | |
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Regressive \Re*gress"ive\ (r?*gr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r[82]gressif.] 1. Passing back; returning. 2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. {Regressive metamorphism}. (a) (Biol.) See {Retrogression}. (b) (Physiol.) See {Katabolism}. | |
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Retrogression \Re`tro*gres"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]trogression. See {Retrograde}, and cf. {Digression}.] 1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation. 2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also {retrograde development}, and {regressive metamorphism}. | |
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Regressive \Re*gress"ive\ (r?*gr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r[82]gressif.] 1. Passing back; returning. 2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. {Regressive metamorphism}. (a) (Biol.) See {Retrogression}. (b) (Physiol.) See {Katabolism}. | |
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Regressively \Re*gress"ive*ly\, adv. In a regressive manner. | |
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Regurgitate \Re*gur"gi*tate\ (r?*g?r"j?*t?t), v. t. [LL. regurgitare, regurgitatum; L. pref. re- re- + gurges, -itis, a gulf. Cf. {Regorge}.] To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity. | |
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Regurgitate \Re*gur"gi*tate\, v. i. To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back. The food may regurgitatem the stomach into the esophagus and mouth. --Quain. | |
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Regurgitation \Re*gur`gi*ta"tion\ (-t?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. r[82]gurgitation.] 1. The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance; specifically (Med.), the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body. --Quain. 2. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption. | |
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Re-search \Re-search"\ (r?-s?rch"), v. t. [Pref. re- + search.] To search again; to examine anew. | |
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Research \Re*search"\ (r?-s?rch"), n. [Pref. re- + search: cf OF. recerche, F. recherche.] Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom. The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries. --Macaulay. Syn: Investigation; examination; inquiry; scrutiny. | |
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Research \Re*search"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + search: cf. OF. recerchier, F. rechercher.] To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently. | |
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Re-search \Re-search"\ (r?-s?rch"), v. t. [Pref. re- + search.] To search again; to examine anew. | |
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Research \Re*search"\ (r?-s?rch"), n. [Pref. re- + search: cf OF. recerche, F. recherche.] Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom. The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries. --Macaulay. Syn: Investigation; examination; inquiry; scrutiny. | |
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Research \Re*search"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + search: cf. OF. recerchier, F. rechercher.] To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently. | |
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Researcher \Re*search"er\ (-?r), n. One who researches. | |
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Researchful \Re*search"ful\ (-f?l), a. Making researches; inquisitive. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
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Resirrect \Res`ir*rect"\, v. t. [See {Resurrection}.] 1. To take from the grave; to disinter. [Slang] 2. To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost). [Slang] | |
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Resorcin \Res*or"cin\ (r?z-?r"s?n), n. [Resin + orcin. So called because in its higher homologue it resembles orcin.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthale[8b]n, fluoresce[8b]n, and eosin. | |
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Resorcylic \Res`or*cyl"ic\ (r?z`?r-s?l"?k), a. (Chem.) Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid. | |
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Resource \Re*source"\ (r?*s?rs"), n. [F. ressource, fr. OF. ressourdre, resourdre, to spring forth or up again; pref. re- re- + sourdre to spring forth. See {Source}.] 1. That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient. Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource. --Dryden. 2. pl. Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind. Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources. --Macaulay. Syn: Expedient; resort; means; contrivance. | |
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Resourceful \Re*source"ful\ (-f?l), a. Full of resources. | |
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Resourceless \Re*source"less\, a. Destitute of resources. --Burke. -- {Re*source"less*ness}, n. R. Browning. | |
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Resourceless \Re*source"less\, a. Destitute of resources. --Burke. -- {Re*source"less*ness}, n. R. Browning. | |
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Resurgence \Re*sur"gence\, n. The act of rising again; resurrection. | |
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Resurgent \Re*sur"gent\, a. [L. resurgens, -entis, p. pr. of resurgere. See {Resurrection}.] Rising again, as from the dead. --Coleridge. | |
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Resurgent \Re*sur"gent\, n. One who rises again, as from the dead. [R.] --Sydney Smith. | |
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Resurrection \Res`ur*rec"tion\, n. [F. r[82]surrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See {Source}.] 1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor. 2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. --Milton. 3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. --Matt. xxii. 30. 4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. I am the resurrection, and the life. --John xi. 25. {Cross of the resurrection}, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. {Resurrection plant} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Selaginella} (as {S. convoluta} and {S. lepidophylla}), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under {Rose}. | |
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Resurrection \Res`ur*rec"tion\, n. [F. r[82]surrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See {Source}.] 1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor. 2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. --Milton. 3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. --Matt. xxii. 30. 4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. I am the resurrection, and the life. --John xi. 25. {Cross of the resurrection}, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. {Resurrection plant} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Selaginella} (as {S. convoluta} and {S. lepidophylla}), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under {Rose}. | |
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{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain. {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. {Brilliant}, n. {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}. {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}. {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold. {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See {Bedeguar}. {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. {Rose mallow}. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head. {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose} (b), under {China}. {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection plant}. {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}. {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}. {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}. {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster. | |
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Resurrection \Res`ur*rec"tion\, n. [F. r[82]surrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See {Source}.] 1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor. 2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. --Milton. 3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. --Matt. xxii. 30. 4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. I am the resurrection, and the life. --John xi. 25. {Cross of the resurrection}, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. {Resurrection plant} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Selaginella} (as {S. convoluta} and {S. lepidophylla}), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under {Rose}. | |
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{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain. {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. {Brilliant}, n. {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}. {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}. {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold. {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See {Bedeguar}. {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. {Rose mallow}. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head. {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose} (b), under {China}. {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection plant}. {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}. {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}. {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}. {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster. | |
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Resurrectionist \Res`ur*rec"tion*ist\, n. One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection. [Slang] | |
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Resurrectionize \Res`ur*rec"tion*ize\, v. t. To raise from the dead. [R.] --Southey. | |
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Rickrack \Rick"rack`\, n. A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid. | |
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Rie \Rie\, n. See {Rye}. [Obs.] --Holland. {Rie grass}. (Bot.) (a) A kind of wild barley ({Hordeum pratense}). --Dr. Prior. (b) Ray grass. --Dr. Prior. | |
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Rigorism \Rig"or*ism\, n. 1. Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to {laxity}. 2. Severity, as of style, or the like. --Jefferson. | |
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Rigorism \Rig"or*ism\, n. [Cf. F. rigorisme.] (Ethics) Strictness in ethical principles; -- usually applied to ascetic ethics, and opposed to ethical {latitudinarianism}. | |
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Rigorist \Rig"or*ist\, n. [Cf. F. rigoriste.] One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist. | |
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Rigorous \Rig"or*ous\, a. [F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See {Rigor}.] 1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration. He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock With rigorous hands. --Shak. We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity. --De Quincey. 2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter. 3. Violent. [Obs.] [bd]Rigorous uproar.[b8] --Spenser. Syn: Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere; stern; harsh; strict; exact. -- {Rig"or*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Rig"or*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Rigorous \Rig"or*ous\, a. [F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See {Rigor}.] 1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration. He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock With rigorous hands. --Shak. We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity. --De Quincey. 2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter. 3. Violent. [Obs.] [bd]Rigorous uproar.[b8] --Spenser. Syn: Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere; stern; harsh; strict; exact. -- {Rig"or*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Rig"or*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Rigorous \Rig"or*ous\, a. [F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See {Rigor}.] 1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration. He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock With rigorous hands. --Shak. We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity. --De Quincey. 2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter. 3. Violent. [Obs.] [bd]Rigorous uproar.[b8] --Spenser. Syn: Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere; stern; harsh; strict; exact. -- {Rig"or*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Rig"or*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crystal \Crys"tal\ (kr?s"tal), n. [OE. cristal, F. cristal, L. crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?], fr. [?][?][?][?] icy cold, frost; cf. AS. crystalla, fr. L. crystallum; prob. akin to E. crust. See {Crust}, {Raw}.] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See {Crystallization}. 2. The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also {rock crystal}. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. {Smoky quartz}, {Pebble}; also {Brazilian pebble}, under {Brazilian}. 3. A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See {Flint glass}. 4. The glass over the dial of a watch case. 5. Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc. The blue crystal of the seas. --Byron. {Blood crystal}. See under {Blood}. {Compound crystal}. See under {Compound}. {Iceland crystal}, a transparent variety of calcite, or crystallized calcium carbonate, brought from Iceland, and used in certain optical instruments, as the polariscope. {Rock crystal}, [or] {Mountain crystal}, any transparent crystal of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crystal \Crys"tal\ (kr?s"tal), n. [OE. cristal, F. cristal, L. crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?], fr. [?][?][?][?] icy cold, frost; cf. AS. crystalla, fr. L. crystallum; prob. akin to E. crust. See {Crust}, {Raw}.] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See {Crystallization}. 2. The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also {rock crystal}. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. {Smoky quartz}, {Pebble}; also {Brazilian pebble}, under {Brazilian}. 3. A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See {Flint glass}. 4. The glass over the dial of a watch case. 5. Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc. The blue crystal of the seas. --Byron. {Blood crystal}. See under {Blood}. {Compound crystal}. See under {Compound}. {Iceland crystal}, a transparent variety of calcite, or crystallized calcium carbonate, brought from Iceland, and used in certain optical instruments, as the polariscope. {Rock crystal}, [or] {Mountain crystal}, any transparent crystal of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
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Laving \Lav"ing\, a. [From {Live}, v. i.] 1. Being alive; having life; as, a living creature. 2. Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle. [bd] Living hope. [b8] --Wyclif. 3. Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to {stagnant}. 4. Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening. [bd]Living light.[b8] --Shak. 5. Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live. Then on the living coals wine they pour. --Dryden. {Living force}. See {Vis viva}, under {Vis}. {Living gale} (Naut.), a heavy gale. {Living} {rock [or] stone}, rock in its native or original state or location; rock not quarried. [bd] I now found myself on a rude and narrow stairway, the steps of which were cut out of the living rock.[b8] --Moore. {The living}, those who are alive, or one who is alive. | |
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Rockrose \Rock"rose`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to any species of the genus {Helianthemum}, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European {H. vulgare} and the American frostweed, {H. Canadense}. {Cretan rockrose}, a related shrub ({Cistus Creticus}), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum. | |
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Rockwork \Rock"work`\, n. 1. (Arch.) Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough. 2. (Gardening) A rockery. | |
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Rookery \Rook"er*y\, n.; pl. {Rookeries}. 1. The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves. --Tennyson. 2. A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc. 3. The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals. 4. A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings. 5. A brothel. [Low] | |
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Rosary \Ro"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Rosaries}. [LL. rosarium a string of beads, L. rosarium a place planted with roses, rosa a rose: cf. F. rosaire. See {Rose}.] 1. A bed of roses, or place where roses grow. [bd]Thick rosaries of scented thorn.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. (R.C.Ch.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted. His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his prayers. --Milton. Note: A rosary consists of fifteen decades. Each decade contains ten Ave Marias marked by small beads, preceded by a Paternoster, marked by a larger bead, and concluded by a Gloria Patri. Five decades make a chaplet, a third part of the rosary. --Bp. Fitzpatrick. 3. A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections. Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet of good works to present to God at night. --Jer. Taylor. 4. A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny. {Rosary shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus {Monodonta}. They are top-shaped, bright-colored and pearly. | |
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Rosary \Ro"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Rosaries}. [LL. rosarium a string of beads, L. rosarium a place planted with roses, rosa a rose: cf. F. rosaire. See {Rose}.] 1. A bed of roses, or place where roses grow. [bd]Thick rosaries of scented thorn.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. (R.C.Ch.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted. His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his prayers. --Milton. Note: A rosary consists of fifteen decades. Each decade contains ten Ave Marias marked by small beads, preceded by a Paternoster, marked by a larger bead, and concluded by a Gloria Patri. Five decades make a chaplet, a third part of the rosary. --Bp. Fitzpatrick. 3. A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections. Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet of good works to present to God at night. --Jer. Taylor. 4. A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny. {Rosary shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus {Monodonta}. They are top-shaped, bright-colored and pearly. | |
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d8Roseola \[d8]Ro*se"o*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa a rose.] (med.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also {rose rash}. -- {Ro*se"o*lous}, a. | |
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{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain. {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. {Brilliant}, n. {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}. {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}. {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold. {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See {Bedeguar}. {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. {Rose mallow}. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head. {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose} (b), under {China}. {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection plant}. {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}. {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}. {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}. {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster. | |
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Rash \Rash\, n. [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr. (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See {Rase}, and cf. {Rascal}.] (Med.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. {Canker rash}. See in the Vocabulary. {Nettle rash}. See {Urticaria}. {Rose rash}. See {Roseola}. {Tooth rash}. See {Red-gum}. | |
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d8Roseola \[d8]Ro*se"o*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa a rose.] (med.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also {rose rash}. -- {Ro*se"o*lous}, a. | |
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{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain. {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. {Brilliant}, n. {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}. {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}. {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold. {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See {Bedeguar}. {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. {Rose mallow}. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head. {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose} (b), under {China}. {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection plant}. {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}. {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}. {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}. {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster. | |
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Rash \Rash\, n. [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr. (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See {Rase}, and cf. {Rascal}.] (Med.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. {Canker rash}. See in the Vocabulary. {Nettle rash}. See {Urticaria}. {Rose rash}. See {Roseola}. {Tooth rash}. See {Red-gum}. | |
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Roughwork \Rough"work`\, v. t. To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish. --Moxon. | |
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Roughwrought \Rough"wrought`\, a. Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely. | |
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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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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. | |
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Rye \Rye\, n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. r[86]g, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. 'o`ryza rice. Cf. {Rice}.] 1. (Bot.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass ({Secale cereale}), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man. 2. A disease in a hawk. --Ainsworth. {Rye grass}, {Italian rye grass}, (Bot.) See under {Grass}. See also {Ray grass}, and {Darnel}. {Wild rye} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Elymus}, tall grasses with much the appearance of rye. | |
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Ray grass \Ray" grass`\, [Etymol. of ray is uncertain.] (Bot.) A perennial European grass ({Lolium perenne}); -- called also {rye grass}, and {red darnel}. See {Darnel}, and {Grass}. {Italian} {ray, [or] rye}, {grass}. See {Darnel}, and {Grass}. | |
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Bunch grass, grazing. Far West. {Eriocoma}, {Festuca}, {Stips}, etc. Chess, [or] Cheat, a weed. {Bromus secalinus}, etc. Couch grass. Same as {Quick grass} (below). Crab grass, (a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. {Panicum sanguinale}. (b) Pasture and hay. South. {Eleusine Indica}. Darnel (a) Bearded, a noxious weed. {Lolium temulentum}. (b) Common. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Drop seed, fair for forage and hay. {Muhlenbergia}, several species. English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow grass. (a) Pasture and hay. {Poa serotina}. (b) Hay, on moist land. {Gryceria nervata}. Gama grass, cut fodder. South. {Tripsacum dactyloides}. | |
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Rye \Rye\, n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. r[86]g, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. 'o`ryza rice. Cf. {Rice}.] 1. (Bot.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass ({Secale cereale}), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man. 2. A disease in a hawk. --Ainsworth. {Rye grass}, {Italian rye grass}, (Bot.) See under {Grass}. See also {Ray grass}, and {Darnel}. {Wild rye} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Elymus}, tall grasses with much the appearance of rye. | |
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Ray grass \Ray" grass`\, [Etymol. of ray is uncertain.] (Bot.) A perennial European grass ({Lolium perenne}); -- called also {rye grass}, and {red darnel}. See {Darnel}, and {Grass}. {Italian} {ray, [or] rye}, {grass}. See {Darnel}, and {Grass}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bunch grass, grazing. Far West. {Eriocoma}, {Festuca}, {Stips}, etc. Chess, [or] Cheat, a weed. {Bromus secalinus}, etc. Couch grass. Same as {Quick grass} (below). Crab grass, (a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. {Panicum sanguinale}. (b) Pasture and hay. South. {Eleusine Indica}. Darnel (a) Bearded, a noxious weed. {Lolium temulentum}. (b) Common. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Drop seed, fair for forage and hay. {Muhlenbergia}, several species. English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow grass. (a) Pasture and hay. {Poa serotina}. (b) Hay, on moist land. {Gryceria nervata}. Gama grass, cut fodder. South. {Tripsacum dactyloides}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rye \Rye\, n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. r[86]g, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. 'o`ryza rice. Cf. {Rice}.] 1. (Bot.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass ({Secale cereale}), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man. 2. A disease in a hawk. --Ainsworth. {Rye grass}, {Italian rye grass}, (Bot.) See under {Grass}. See also {Ray grass}, and {Darnel}. {Wild rye} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Elymus}, tall grasses with much the appearance of rye. | |
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Ray grass \Ray" grass`\, [Etymol. of ray is uncertain.] (Bot.) A perennial European grass ({Lolium perenne}); -- called also {rye grass}, and {red darnel}. See {Darnel}, and {Grass}. {Italian} {ray, [or] rye}, {grass}. See {Darnel}, and {Grass}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bunch grass, grazing. Far West. {Eriocoma}, {Festuca}, {Stips}, etc. Chess, [or] Cheat, a weed. {Bromus secalinus}, etc. Couch grass. Same as {Quick grass} (below). Crab grass, (a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. {Panicum sanguinale}. (b) Pasture and hay. South. {Eleusine Indica}. Darnel (a) Bearded, a noxious weed. {Lolium temulentum}. (b) Common. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Drop seed, fair for forage and hay. {Muhlenbergia}, several species. English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow grass. (a) Pasture and hay. {Poa serotina}. (b) Hay, on moist land. {Gryceria nervata}. Gama grass, cut fodder. South. {Tripsacum dactyloides}. | |
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Research Triangl, NC Zip code(s): 27713 | |
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Rock Creek, MN (city, FIPS 54934) Location: 45.75931 N, 92.90775 W Population (1990): 1040 (369 housing units) Area: 111.3 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55067 Rock Creek, OH (village, FIPS 67846) Location: 41.66073 N, 80.85384 W Population (1990): 553 (205 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Rock Creek, WV Zip code(s): 25174 | |
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Rockcreek, OR (CDP, FIPS 63010) Location: 45.55032 N, 122.87592 W Population (1990): 8282 (3167 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rogers, AR (city, FIPS 60410) Location: 36.33125 N, 94.13345 W Population (1990): 24692 (10291 housing units) Area: 57.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72756 Rogers, KY Zip code(s): 41365 Rogers, MN (city, FIPS 55186) Location: 45.19390 N, 93.55170 W Population (1990): 698 (275 housing units) Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55374 Rogers, ND (city, FIPS 67620) Location: 47.07312 N, 98.20209 W Population (1990): 69 (33 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Rogers, NE (village, FIPS 42145) Location: 41.46463 N, 96.91616 W Population (1990): 89 (41 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68659 Rogers, NM Zip code(s): 88132 Rogers, OH (village, FIPS 68084) Location: 40.79021 N, 80.62706 W Population (1990): 247 (98 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44455 Rogers, TX (town, FIPS 62924) Location: 30.93221 N, 97.22845 W Population (1990): 1131 (474 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76569 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rogers City, MI (city, FIPS 69260) Location: 45.41852 N, 83.80645 W Population (1990): 3642 (1617 housing units) Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 10.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49779 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rogers County, OK (county, FIPS 131) Location: 36.36574 N, 95.60291 W Population (1990): 55170 (21455 housing units) Area: 1748.2 sq km (land), 94.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rogerson, ID Zip code(s): 83302 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rogersville, AL (town, FIPS 66216) Location: 34.82624 N, 87.28451 W Population (1990): 1125 (520 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35652 Rogersville, MO (town, FIPS 62894) Location: 37.11590 N, 93.05908 W Population (1990): 995 (390 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65742 Rogersville, PA Zip code(s): 15359 Rogersville, TN (town, FIPS 64820) Location: 36.40674 N, 83.00518 W Population (1990): 4149 (1995 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37857 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rough Rock, AZ (CDP, FIPS 61370) Location: 36.40955 N, 109.86753 W Population (1990): 523 (156 housing units) Area: 30.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
recursion n. See {recursion}. See also {tail recursion}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
recursive acronym n. A hackish (and especially MIT) tradition is to choose acronyms/abbreviations that refer humorously to themselves or to other acronyms/abbreviations. The classic examples were two MIT editors called EINE ("EINE Is Not EMACS") and ZWEI ("ZWEI Was EINE Initially"). More recently, there is a Scheme compiler called LIAR (Liar Imitates Apply Recursively), and {GNU} (q.v., sense 1) stands for "GNU's Not Unix!" -- and a company with the name Cygnus, which expands to "Cygnus, Your GNU Support" (though Cygnus people say this is a {backronym}). See also {mung}, {EMACS}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
recurse To perform {recursion}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
recursion calls itself. Such a function is called "recursive". If the call is via one or more other functions then this group of functions are called "mutually recursive". If a function will always call itself, however it is called, then it will never terminate. Usually however, it first performs some test on its arguments to check for a "base case" - a condition under which it can return a value without calling itself. The {canonical} example of a recursive function is {factorial}: factorial 0 = 1 factorial n = n * factorial (n-1) {Functional programming languages} rely heavily on recursion, using it where a {procedural language} would use {iteration}. See also {recursion}, {recursive definition}, {tail recursion}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
recursion theory solved by either computers or humans. [Proper definition?] (1999-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
recursive {recursion} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
recursive acronym choose acronyms and abbreviations that refer humorously to themselves or to other acronyms or abbreviations. The classic examples were two MIT editors called {EINE} ("EINE Is Not {Emacs}") and {ZWEI} ("ZWEI Was EINE Initially"). More recently, there is a {Scheme} compiler called {LIAR} (Liar Imitates Apply Recursively), and {GNU} stands for "GNU's Not Unix!" - and a company with the name {CYGNUS}, which expands to "Cygnus, Your GNU Support". See also {mung}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-04-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
recursive definition See {recursive definition}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
recursive descent parser {mutually-recursive} procedures or a non-recursive equivalent where each such procedure usually implements one of the {production}s of the {grammar}. Thus the structure of the resulting program closely mirrors that of the grammar it recognises. ["Recursive Programming Techniques", W.H. Burge, 1975, ISBN 0-201-14450-6]. (1995-04-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Recursive Functional Algorithmic Language at {CUNY}?) in Moscow in about 1972. See also {supercompilation}. [V.F. Turchin, "An algorithm of generalisation in the supercompiler", Workshop on partial evaluation and mixed computations, Oct 1987, Denmark, Eds. D. Bjorner, A.P. Ershov, N.D. Jones]. [V. Turchin, "Supercompiler System Based on the Language Refal", V. Turchin, SIGPLAN Notices 14(2):46-54 (Feb 1979)]. (1998-06-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Recursive Macro Actuated Generator A stand-alone macroprocessor for IBM 360/370 under VS or OS. Many built-in features and a library of several hundred macros. Several large systems were written in RMAG to generate source code for languages such as IBM JCL, IBM assembly language, COBOL. There was also a system (SLANG: Structured LANGuage compiler) which would generate 370 assembly language from a pseudo-structured-programming language, based on Michael Kessler's structure programming macros developed at IBM. ["Project RMAG--RMAG22 User's Guide", R.A. Magnuson, NIH-DCRT-DMB-SSS-UG103, NIH, DHEW, Bethesda, MD 20205 (1977)]. (1995-11-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
recursive type A data type which contains itself. The commonest example is the list type, in {Haskell}: data List a = Nil | Cons a (List a) which says a list of a's is either an empty list or a {cons cell} containing an 'a' (the "head" of the list) and another list (the "tail"). Recursion is not allowed in {Miranda} or Haskell {synonym type}s, so the following {Haskell} types are illegal: type Bad = (Int, Bad) type Evil = Bool -> Evil whereas the seeminly equivalent {algebraic data type}s are acceptable: data Good = Pair Int Good data Fine = Fun (Bool->Fine) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
regression 1. function} is derived from a set of experimental data. 2. {regression testing}. (1995-03-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
regression testing where, as new {modules} are integrated into the system and the added functionality is tested, previously tested functionality is re-tested to assure that no new module has corrupted the system. [Bennatan, E.M., "Software Project Management", 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill International, 1992]. (1995-12-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Research Systems, Inc. (RSI) Distributors of {Interactive Data Language} (IDL). {(ftp://gateway.rs.inc.com/pub/)}. E-mail: (1994-10-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) {IBM}'s large system security product. It originally ran only under {MVS} but has since been ported to run under {VM}. (1995-02-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Resource Description Framework being developed in 2000 by the {W3C} as a foundation for processing {meta-data} regarding resources on the {Internet}, including the {World-Wide Web}. Resource Description Framework data consists of resources ({nodes}), and property/value pairs describing the resource. A node is any object which can be pointed to by a {URI}, properties are attributes of the node, and values can be either atomic values for the attribute, or other nodes. For example, information about a particular {web page} (a node), might include the property "Author". The value for the Author property could be either a string giving the name of the author, or a {link} to a resource describing the author. Resource Description Framework only specifies a mechanism for encoding and transferring meta-data. It does not specify what that meta-data should, or can be. RDF does not, for example, define an "Author" attribute. Sets of properties are defined within RDF Vocabularies (or Schemas). Anynone can create an RDF schema, describing a specialized set of properties, by creating a resource, referenced by the Schema URI, which provides a human- and machine-understandable definition of the schema's properties. The description of a node may include properties defined in different schemas. The properties within a resource description are associated with a certain schema definition using the {XML} {namespace} mechanism. Schemas currently being developed include a content screening system modeled after {PICS}, and a bibliographic vocabulary, such as the {Dublin Core Initiative}. {Home (http://www.w3c.org/RDF/)}. {W3C Resource Description Framework-RDF Model and Syntax Specification (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-rdf-syntax/)}. (2000-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
resource fork {Macintosh file system} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Resource Reservation Protocol service}. {(http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,389107,00.html)}. (2001-03-18) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Resurrection of Christ one of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel. If Christ be not risen, our faith is vain (1 Cor. 15:14). The whole of the New Testament revelation rests on this as an historical fact. On the day of Pentecost Peter argued the necessity of Christ's resurrection from the prediction in Ps. 16 (Acts 2:24-28). In his own discourses, also, our Lord clearly intimates his resurrection (Matt. 20:19; Mark 9:9; 14:28; Luke 18:33; John 2:19-22). The evangelists give circumstantial accounts of the facts connected with that event, and the apostles, also, in their public teaching largely insist upon it. Ten different appearances of our risen Lord are recorded in the New Testament. They may be arranged as follows: (1.) To Mary Magdalene at the sepulchre alone. This is recorded at length only by John (20:11-18), and alluded to by Mark (16:9-11). (2.) To certain women, "the other Mary," Salome, Joanna, and others, as they returned from the sepulchre. Matthew (28:1-10) alone gives an account of this. (Comp. Mark 16:1-8, and Luke 24:1-11.) (3.) To Simon Peter alone on the day of the resurrection. (See Luke 24:34; 1 Cor. 15:5.) (4.) To the two disciples on the way to Emmaus on the day of the resurrection, recorded fully only by Luke (24:13-35. Comp. Mark 16:12, 13). (5.) To the ten disciples (Thomas being absent) and others "with them," at Jerusalem on the evening of the resurrection day. One of the evangelists gives an account of this appearance, John (20:19-24). (6.) To the disciples again (Thomas being present) at Jerusalem (Mark 16:14-18; Luke 24:33-40; John 20:26-28. See also 1 Cor. 15:5). (7.) To the disciples when fishing at the Sea of Galilee. Of this appearance also John (21:1-23) alone gives an account. (8.) To the eleven, and above 500 brethren at once, at an appointed place in Galilee (1 Cor. 15:6; comp. Matt. 28:16-20). (9.) To James, but under what circumstances we are not informed (1 Cor. 15:7). (10.) To the apostles immediately before the ascension. They accompanied him from Jerusalem to Mount Olivet, and there they saw him ascend "till a cloud received him out of their sight" (Mark 16:19; Luke 24:50-52; Acts 1:4-10). It is worthy of note that it is distinctly related that on most of these occasions our Lord afforded his disciples the amplest opportunity of testing the fact of his resurrection. He conversed with them face to face. They touched him (Matt. 28:9; Luke 24:39; John 20:27), and he ate bread with them (Luke 24:42, 43; John 21:12, 13). (11.) In addition to the above, mention might be made of Christ's manifestation of himself to Paul at Damascus, who speaks of it as an appearance of the risen Saviour (Acts 9:3-9, 17; 1 Cor. 15:8; 9:1). It is implied in the words of Luke (Acts 1:3) that there may have been other appearances of which we have no record. The resurrection is spoken of as the act (1) of God the Father (Ps. 16:10; Acts 2:24; 3:15; Rom. 8:11; Eph. 1:20; Col. 2:12; Heb. 13:20); (2) of Christ himself (John 2:19; 10:18); and (3) of the Holy Spirit (1 Peter 3:18). The resurrection is a public testimony of Christ's release from his undertaking as surety, and an evidence of the Father's acceptance of his work of redemption. It is a victory over death and the grave for all his followers. The importance of Christ's resurrection will be seen when we consider that if he rose the gospel is true, and if he rose not it is false. His resurrection from the dead makes it manifest that his sacrifice was accepted. Our justification was secured by his obedience to the death, and therefore he was raised from the dead (Rom. 4:25). His resurrection is a proof that he made a full atonement for our sins, that his sacrifice was accepted as a satisfaction to divine justice, and his blood a ransom for sinners. It is also a pledge and an earnest of the resurrection of all believers (Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 6:14; 15:47-49; Phil. 3:21; 1 John 3:2). As he lives, they shall live also. It proved him to be the Son of God, inasmuch as it authenticated all his claims (John 2:19; 10:17). "If Christ did not rise, the whole scheme of redemption is a failure, and all the predictions and anticipations of its glorious results for time and for eternity, for men and for angels of every rank and order, are proved to be chimeras. 'But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.' Therefore the Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation. The kingdom of darkness has been overthrown, Satan has fallen as lightning from heaven, and the triumph of truth over error, of good over evil, of happiness over misery is for ever secured." Hodge. With reference to the report which the Roman soldiers were bribed (Matt. 28:12-14) to circulate concerning Christ's resurrection, "his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept," Matthew Henry in his "Commentary," under John 20:1-10, fittingly remarks, "The grave-clothes in which Christ had been buried were found in very good order, which serves for an evidence that his body was not 'stolen away while men slept.' Robbers of tombs have been known to take away 'the clothes' and leave the body; but none ever took away 'the body' and left the clothes, especially when they were 'fine linen' and new (Mark 15:46). Any one would rather choose to carry a dead body in its clothes than naked. Or if they that were supposed to have stolen it would have left the grave-clothes behind, yet it cannot be supposed they would find leisure to 'fold up the linen.'" | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Resurrection of the dead will be simultaneous both of the just and the unjust (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Rom. 2:6-16; 2 Thess. 1:6-10). The qualities of the resurrection body will be different from those of the body laid in the grave (1 Cor. 15:53, 54; Phil. 3:21); but its identity will nevertheless be preserved. It will still be the same body (1 Cor. 15:42-44) which rises again. As to the nature of the resurrection body, (1) it will be spiritual (1 Cor. 15:44), i.e., a body adapted to the use of the soul in its glorified state, and to all the conditions of the heavenly state; (2) glorious, incorruptible, and powerful (54); (3) like unto the glorified body of Christ (Phil. 3:21); and (4) immortal (Rev. 21:4). Christ's resurrection secures and illustrates that of his people. "(1.) Because his resurrection seals and consummates his redemptive power; and the redemption of our persons involves the redemption of our bodies (Rom. 8:23). (2.) Because of our federal and vital union with Christ (1 Cor. 15:21, 22; 1 Thess. 4:14). (3.) Because of his Spirit which dwells in us making our bodies his members (1 Cor. 6:15; Rom. 8:11). (4.) Because Christ by covenant is Lord both of the living and the dead (Rom. 14:9). This same federal and vital union of the Christian with Christ likewise causes the resurrection of the believer to be similar to as well as consequent upon that of Christ (1 Cor. 15:49; Phil. 3:21; 1 John 3:2)." Hodge's Outlines of Theology. |