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R93le \R[93]le\, n. [F. See {Roll}.] A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the r[93]le of philanthropist. {Title r[93]le}, the part, or character, which gives the title to a play, as the part of Hamlet in the play of that name. | |
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Rail \Rail\, n. A railroad as a means of transportation; as, to go by rail; a place not accesible by rail. | |
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Rail \Rail\, n. [OE. reil, re[f4]el, AS. hr[91]gel, hr[91]gl a garment; akin to OHG. hregil, OFries. hreil.] An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women. --Fairholt. | |
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Rail \Rail\, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To flow forth; to roll out; to course. [Obs.] Streams of tears from her fair eyes forth railing. --Spenser. | |
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Rail \Rail\, n. [Akin to LG. & Sw. regel bar, bolt, G. riegel a rail, bar, or bolt, OHG, rigil, rigel, bar, bolt, and possibly to E. row a line.] 1. A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc. 2. (Arch.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of {Style}. 3. (Railroad) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc. 4. (Naut.) (a) The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks. (b) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed. {Rail fence}. See under {Fence}. {Rail guard}. (a) A device attached to the front of a locomotive on each side for clearing the rail obstructions. (b) A guard rail. See under {Guard}. {Rail joint} (Railroad), a splice connecting the adjacent ends of rails, in distinction from a chair, which is merely a seat. The two devices are sometimes united. Among several hundred varieties, the fish joint is standard. See {Fish joint}, under {Fish}. {Rail train} (Iron & Steel Manuf.), a train of rolls in a rolling mill, for making rails for railroads from blooms or billets. | |
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Rail \Rail\, v. i. [F. railler; cf. Sp. rallar to grate, scrape, molest; perhaps fr. (assumed) LL. radiculare, fr. L. radere to scrape, grate. Cf. {Rally} to banter, {Rase}.] To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; followed by at or against, formerly by on. --Shak. And rail at arts he did not understand. --Dryden. Lesbia forever on me rails. --Swift. | |
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Rail \Rail\, v. t. 1. To rail at. [Obs.] --Feltham. 2. To move or influence by railing. [R.] Rail the seal from off my bond. --Shak. | |
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Rail \Rail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Railed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Railing}.] 1. To inclose with rails or a railing. It ought to be fenced in and railed. --Ayliffe. 2. To range in a line. [Obs.] They were brought to London all railed in ropes, like a team of horses in a cart. --Bacon. | |
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Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[83]le, fr. r[83]ler to have a rattling in the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See {Rattle}, v.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family {Rallid[91]}, especially those of the genus {Rallus}, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds. Note: The common European water rail ({Rallus aquaticus}) is called also {bilcock}, {skitty coot}, and {brook runner}. The best known American species are the clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen ({Rallus lonqirostris}, var. {crepitans}); the king, or red-breasted, rail ({R. elegans}) (called also {fresh-water marshhen}); the lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail ({R. Virginianus}); and the Carolina, or sora, rail ({Porzana Carolina}). See {Sora}. {Land rail} (Zo[94]l.), the corncrake. | |
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Railroad \Rail"road`\, Railway \Rail"way`\, n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure. Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of the older tramway. 2. The road, track, etc., with al the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver. Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the commoner word in the United States. Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and railway are used interchangeably: {Atmospheric railway}, {Elevated railway}, etc. See under {Atmospheric}, {Elevated}, etc. {Cable railway}. See {Cable road}, under {Cable}. {Perry railway}, a submerged track on which an elevated platform runs, fro carrying a train of cars across a water course. {Gravity railway}, a railway, in a hilly country, on which the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an elevated point by stationary engines. {Railway brake}, a brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives. {Railway car}, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.] {Railway carriage}, a railway passenger car. [Eng.] {Railway scale}, a platform scale bearing a track which forms part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars. {Railway slide}. See {Transfer table}, under {Transfer}. {Railway spine} (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till some months after the injury. {Underground railroad} [or] {railway}. (a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as beneath the streets of a city. (b) Formerly, a system of co[94]peration among certain active antislavery people in the United States, by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach Canada. Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was used.] [bd]Their house was a principal entrep[93]t of the underground railroad.[b8] --W. D. Howells. | |
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Underground \Un"der*ground`\, a. 1. Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment. 2. Done or occurring out of sight; secret. [Colloq.] {Underground railroad} [or] {railway}. See under {Railroad}. | |
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Railroad \Rail"road`\, Railway \Rail"way`\, n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure. Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of the older tramway. 2. The road, track, etc., with al the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver. Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the commoner word in the United States. Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and railway are used interchangeably: {Atmospheric railway}, {Elevated railway}, etc. See under {Atmospheric}, {Elevated}, etc. {Cable railway}. See {Cable road}, under {Cable}. {Perry railway}, a submerged track on which an elevated platform runs, fro carrying a train of cars across a water course. {Gravity railway}, a railway, in a hilly country, on which the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an elevated point by stationary engines. {Railway brake}, a brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives. {Railway car}, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.] {Railway carriage}, a railway passenger car. [Eng.] {Railway scale}, a platform scale bearing a track which forms part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars. {Railway slide}. See {Transfer table}, under {Transfer}. {Railway spine} (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till some months after the injury. {Underground railroad} [or] {railway}. (a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as beneath the streets of a city. (b) Formerly, a system of co[94]peration among certain active antislavery people in the United States, by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach Canada. Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was used.] [bd]Their house was a principal entrep[93]t of the underground railroad.[b8] --W. D. Howells. | |
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Underground \Un"der*ground`\, a. 1. Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment. 2. Done or occurring out of sight; secret. [Colloq.] {Underground railroad} [or] {railway}. See under {Railroad}. | |
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Rally \Ral"ly\, n.; pl. {Rallies}. 1. The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word). 2. A political mass meeting. [Colloq. U. S.] | |
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Rally \Ral"ly\, v. t. [F. railler. See {Rail} to scoff.] To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire. Honeycomb . . . rallies me upon a country life. --Addison. Strephon had long confessed his amorous pain, Which gay Corinna rallied with disdain. --Gay. Syn: To banter; ridicule; satirize; deride; mock. | |
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Rally \Ral"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rallied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rallying}.] [OF. ralier, F. rallier, fr. L. pref. re- + ad + ligare to bind. See {Ra-}, and 1st {Ally}.] To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite. | |
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Rally \Ral"ly\, v. i. 1. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite. The Grecians rally, and their powers unite. --Dryden. Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world. --Tillotson. 2. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate. 3. To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc. | |
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Rally \Ral"ly\, v. i. To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment. | |
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Rally \Ral"ly\, n. Good-humored raillery. | |
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Rawly \Raw"ly\, adv. 1. In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience. 2. Without proper preparation or provision. --Shak. | |
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Real \Re"al\, n. [Sp., fr. real royal, L. regalis. See {Regal}, and cf. {Ree} a coin.] A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system. Note: A real of plate (coin) varied in value according to the time of its coinage, from 12[frac12] down to 10 cents, or from 6[frac12] to 5 pence sterling. The real vellon, or money of account, was nearly equal to five cents, or 2[frac12] pence sterling. In 1871 the coinage of Spain was assimilated to that of the Latin Union, of which the franc is the unit. | |
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Real \Re"al\, n. A realist. [Obs.] --Burton. | |
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Real \Re*al"\, a. Royal; regal; kingly. [Obs.] [bd]The blood real of Thebes.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Real \Re"al\, a. [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. r[82]el. Cf. {Rebus}.] 1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes all real, as the dream Had lively shadowed. --Milton. 2. True; genuine; not artificial; counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger. | |
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Re-ally \Re"-al*ly"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + ally, v. t.] To bring together again; to compose or form anew. --Spenser. | |
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Really \Re"al*ly`\, adv. Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Really \Re"al*ly\, adv. In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth. Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. --Swift. Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration. Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young. | |
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Re-ally \Re"-al*ly"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + ally, v. t.] To bring together again; to compose or form anew. --Spenser. | |
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Really \Re"al*ly`\, adv. Royally. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Really \Re"al*ly\, adv. In a real manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth. Whose anger is really but a short fit of madness. --Swift. Note: Really is often used familiarly as a slight corroboration of an opinion or a declaration. Why, really, sixty-five is somewhat old. --Young. | |
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Reel \Reel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reeled} (r?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reeling}. ] 1. To roll. [Obs.] And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reel. --Spenser. 2. To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread. | |
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Reel \Reel\ (r?l), n. [Gael. righil.] A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called {Scotch reel}. {Virginia reel}, the common name throughout the United States for the old English [bd]country dance,[b8] or contradance (contredanse). --Bartlett. | |
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Reel \Reel\, n. [AS. kre[?]l: cf. Icel. kr[?]ll a weaver's reed or sley.] 1. A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel. 2. A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches. --McElrath. 3. (Agric.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives. {Reel oven}, a baker's oven in which bread pans hang suspended from the arms of a kind of reel revolving on a horizontal axis. --Knight. | |
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Reel \Reel\, v. i. [Cf. Sw. ragla. See {2d Reel}.] 1. To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man. --Ps. cvii. 27. He, with heavy fumes oppressed, Reeled from the palace, and retired to rest. --Pope. The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves. --Macaulay. 2. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy. In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled. --Hawthorne. | |
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Reel \Reel\, n. The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel. --Shak. | |
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Relay \Re*lay"\, a. (Mach.) Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an auxiliary apparatus put into action by a feeble force but itself capable of exerting greater force, used to control a comparatively powerful machine or appliance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] | |
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Relay \Re*lay"\ (r?-l?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Relaid} (-l?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relaying}.] [Pref. re- + lay, v.] To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement. | |
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Relay \Re*lay"\ (r?-l?"), n. [F. relais (cf. OF. relais relaxation, discontinuance, It. rilascio release, relief, rilasso relay), fr. OF. relaissier to abandon, release, fr. L. relaxare. See {Relax}.] 1. A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief. Specifically: (a) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay. (b) A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way. (c) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work. 2. (Elec.) In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing. {Relay battery} (Elec.), the local battery which is brought into use by the action of the relay magnet, or relay. | |
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Rely \Re*ly"\ (r?-l?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Relied} (-l?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relying}.] [Pref. re- + lie to rest.] To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in. Go in thy native innocence; rely On what thou hast of virtue. --Milton. On some fond breast the parting soul relies. --Gray. Syn: To trust; depend; confide; repose. | |
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Reule \Reule\, n.& v. Rule. [Obs.] | |
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Rewle \Rewle\, n. & v. Rule. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Rial \Ri"al\, n. A Spanish coin. See {Real}. [Obs.] | |
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Rial \Ri*al"\, a. Royal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Rial \Ri"al\, n. [From {Royal}.] A gold coin formerly current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of Elizabeth. [Spelt also {ryal}.] --Brande & C. | |
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Rile \Rile\ (r[imac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riled} (r[imac]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Riling}.] [See {Roil}.] 1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil. 2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex. Note: In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. | |
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Rill \Rill\ (r[icr]l), n. [Cf. LG. rille a small channel or brook, a furrow, a chamfer, OE. rigol a small brook, F. rigole a trench or furrow for water, W. rhill a row, rhigol a little ditch. [root]11.] 1. A very small brook; a streamlet. 2. (Astron.) See {Rille}. | |
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Rill \Rill\, v. i. To run a small stream. [R.] --Prior. | |
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Rille \Rille\ (r[icr]l), n. [G. rille a furrow.] (Astron.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon. | |
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Rily \Ri"ly\, a. Roily. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] | |
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Roial \Roi"al\, a. Royal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Roil \Roil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roiling}.] [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See {Roll}, v., and cf. {Rile}.] 1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc., in casks or bottles; to roil a spring. 2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. --R. North. Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile. | |
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Roil \Roil\, v. i. 1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.] 2. To romp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Roily \Roil"y\, a. Turbid; as, roily water. | |
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Roll \Roll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rolling}.] [OF. roeler, roler, F. rouler, LL. rotulare, fr. L. royulus, rotula, a little wheel, dim. of rota wheel; akin to G. rad, and to Skr. ratha car, chariot. Cf. {Control}, {Roll}, n., {Rotary}.] 1. To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel. 2. To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball. 3. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel. 4. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean. The flood of Catholic reaction was rolled over Europe. --J. A. Symonds. 5. To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences. Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies. --Tennyson. 6. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc. 7. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels. 8. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon. 9. (Geom.) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal. 10. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve. Full oft in heart he rolleth up and down The beauty of these florins new and bright. --Chaucer. | |
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Roll \Roll\, v. i. 1. To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane. And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls. --Shak. 2. To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street. [bd]The rolling chair.[b8] --Dryden. 3. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well. 4. To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice. 5. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away. 6. To turn; to move circularly. And his red eyeballs roll with living fire. --Dryden. 7. To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression. What different sorrows did within thee roll. --Prior. 8. To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about. Twice ten tempestuous nights I rolled. --Pope. 9. To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls. 10. To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well. 11. To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear. 12. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls. {To roll about}, to gad abroad. [Obs.] Man shall not suffer his wife go roll about. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Roll \Roll\, n. [F. r[93]le a roll (in sense 3), fr. L. rotulus [?] little wheel, LL., a roll, dim. of L. rota a wheel. See {Roll}, v., and cf. {R[93]le}, {Rouleau}, {Roulette}.] 1. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves. 2. That which rolls; a roller. Specifically: (a) A heavy cylinder used to break clods. --Mortimer. (b) One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls. 3. That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc. Specifically: (a) A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll. Busy angels spread The lasting roll, recording what we say. --Prior. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rolley \Roll"ey\ (-[ycr]), n. [Probably fr. roll.] A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine. --Tomlison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rollway \Roll"way`\, n. A place prepared for rolling logs into a stream. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rowel \Row"el\, n. [OF. roele, rouele, properly, a little wheel, F. rouelle collop, slice, LL. rotella a little wheel, dim. of L. rota a wheel. See {Roll}, and cf. {Rota}.] 1. The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points. With sounding whip, and rowels dyed in blood. --Cowper. 2. A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits. The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit. --Spenser. 3. (Far.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rowel \Row"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roweled}or {Rowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roweling} or {Rowelling}.] (Far.) To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse). --Mortimer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Royal \Roy"al\, a. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F. royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See {Rich}, and cf. {regal}, {real} a coin, {Rial}.] 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. 2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely. How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? --Shak. 3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society. {Battle royal}. See under {Battle}. {Royal bay} (Bot.), the classic laurel ({Laurus nobilis}.) {Royal eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Golden eagle}, under {Golden}. {Royal fern} (Bot.), the handsome fern {Osmunda regalis}. See {Osmund}. {Royal mast} (Naut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast. {Royal metal}, an old name for gold. {Royal palm} (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree ({Oreodoxa regia}), lately discovered also in Florida. {Royal pheasant}. See {Curassow}. {Royal purple}, an intense violet color, verging toward blue. {Royal tern} (Zo[94]l.), a large, crested American tern ({Sterna maxima}). {Royal tiger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tiger}. {Royal touch}, the touching of a diseased person by the hand of a king, with the view of restoring to health; -- formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the scrofula, or king's evil. Syn: Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike; princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid; illustrious; noble; magnanimous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Royal \Roy"al\, n. 1. Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under {paper}, n. 2. (Naut.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail. --Totten. 3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag. 4. (Gun.) A small mortar. 5. (Mil.) One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots. 6. An old English coin. See {Rial}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Royal \Roy"al\, n. (Auction Bridge) A royal spade. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Royally \Roy"al*ly\, adv. In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king. His body shall be royally interred. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruelle \Ru*elle"\, n. [F. ruelle a narrow street, a lan[?], ruelle, fr. rue a street.] A private circle or assembly at a private house; a circle. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rule \Rule\, n. [OE. reule, riule, OF. riule, reule, F. r[82]gle, fr. L. regula a ruler, rule, model, fr. regere, rectum, to lead straight, to direct. See {Right}, a., and cf. {Regular}.] 1. That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket. We profess to have embraced a religion which contains the most exact rules for the government of our lives. --Tillotson. 2. Hence: (a) Uniform or established course of things. 'T is against the rule of nature. --Shak. (b) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock. (c) Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions. (d) Conduct in general; behavior. [Obs.] This uncivil rule; she shall know of it. --Shak. 3. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control. Obey them that have the rule over you. --Heb. xiii. 17. His stern rule the groaning land obeyed. --Pope. 4. (Law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit. --Wharton. 5. (Math.) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root. 6. (Gram.) A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es, added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but [bd]man[b8] forms its plural [bd]men[b8], and is an exception to the rule. 7. (a) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler. (b) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly. A judicious artist will use his eye, but he will trust only to his rule. --South. 8. (Print.) (a) A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work. (b) A composing rule. See under {Conposing}. {As a rule}, as a general thing; in the main; usually; as, he behaves well, as a rule. {Board rule}, {Caliber rule}, etc. See under {Board}, {Caliber}, etc. {Rule joint}, a knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when the connected pieces come in line with each other, and thus permit folding in one direction only. {Rule of three} (Arith.), that rule which directs, when three terms are given, how to find a fourth, which shall have the same ratio to the third term as the second has to the first; proportion. See {Proportion}, 5 (b) . {Rule of thumb}, any rude process or operation, like that of using the thumb as a rule in measuring; hence, judgment and practical experience as distinguished from scientific knowledge. Syn: regulation; law; precept; maxim; guide; canon; order; method; direction; control; government; sway; empire. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rule \Rule\, v. i. 1. To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over. By me princes rule, and nobles. --Prov. viii. 16. We subdue and rule over all other creatures. --Ray. 2. (Law) To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule. --Burril. Bouvier. 3. (Com.) To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rule \Rule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruling}.] [Cf. OF. riuler, ruiler, L. regulare. See {Rule}, n., and cf. {Regulate}.] 1. To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage. --Chaucer. A bishop then must be blameless; . . . one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection. --1 Tim. iii. 2, 4. 2. To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive. I think she will be ruled In all respects by me. --Shak. 3. To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice. That's are ruled case with the schoolmen. --Atterbury. 4. (Law) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court. 5. To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book. {Ruled surface} (Geom.), any surface that may be described by a straight line moving according to a given law; -- called also a {scroll}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rule \Rule\, n. {Rule of the road} (Law), any of the various regulations imposed upon travelers by land or water for their mutual convenience or safety. In the United States it is a rule of the road that land travelers passing in opposite directions shall turn out each to his own right, and generally that overtaking persons or vehicles shall turn out to the left; in England the rule for vehicles (but not for pedestrians) is the opposite of this. Run \Run\, n. 1. (Piquet, Cribbage, etc.) A number of cards of the same suit in sequence; as, a run of four in hearts. 2. (Golf) (a) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running. (b) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruly \Rul"y\, a. [From {Rule}.] Orderly; easily restrained; -- opposed to {unruly}. [Obs.] --Gascoigne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rial \Ri"al\, n. [From {Royal}.] A gold coin formerly current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of Elizabeth. [Spelt also {ryal}.] --Brande & C. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ryal \Ry"al\ (? [or] ?), a. Royal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ryal \Ry"al\, n. See {Rial}, an old English coin. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rial \Ri"al\, n. [From {Royal}.] A gold coin formerly current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of Elizabeth. [Spelt also {ryal}.] --Brande & C. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ryal \Ry"al\ (? [or] ?), a. Royal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ryal \Ry"al\, n. See {Rial}, an old English coin. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Raoul, GA (CDP, FIPS 63588) Location: 34.45745 N, 83.60162 W Population (1990): 1666 (216 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rayle, GA (town, FIPS 63756) Location: 33.79083 N, 82.90885 W Population (1990): 107 (63 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Riley, IN (town, FIPS 64512) Location: 39.38980 N, 87.30040 W Population (1990): 232 (100 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Riley, KS (city, FIPS 59875) Location: 39.29825 N, 96.82837 W Population (1990): 804 (359 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66531 Riley, MI Zip code(s): 48041 Riley, OR Zip code(s): 97758 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Roll, AZ Zip code(s): 85347 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rolla, KS (city, FIPS 60900) Location: 37.11934 N, 101.63060 W Population (1990): 387 (177 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67954 Rolla, MO (city, FIPS 62912) Location: 37.94873 N, 91.76576 W Population (1990): 14090 (5866 housing units) Area: 20.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65401 Rolla, ND (city, FIPS 67820) Location: 48.85870 N, 99.61783 W Population (1990): 1286 (613 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58367 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rowley, IA (city, FIPS 69060) Location: 42.36839 N, 91.84484 W Population (1990): 272 (108 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52329 Rowley, MA (CDP, FIPS 58370) Location: 42.71869 N, 70.87465 W Population (1990): 1144 (436 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01969 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Royal, AR Zip code(s): 71968 Royal, IA (city, FIPS 69105) Location: 43.06395 N, 95.28315 W Population (1990): 466 (212 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51357 Royal, IL (village, FIPS 66157) Location: 40.19198 N, 87.97135 W Population (1990): 217 (113 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Royal, NE (village, FIPS 42495) Location: 42.33270 N, 98.12502 W Population (1990): 81 (46 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68773 Royal, TN Zip code(s): 37160 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rule, TX (town, FIPS 63752) Location: 33.18200 N, 99.89294 W Population (1990): 783 (442 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79547 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rulo, NE (village, FIPS 42670) Location: 40.05203 N, 95.42998 W Population (1990): 191 (106 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68431 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
real adj. Not simulated. Often used as a specific antonym to {virtual} in any of its jargon senses. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
RL // n. [MUD community] Real Life. "Firiss laughs in RL" means that Firiss's player is laughing. Compare {meatspace}; oppose {VR}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RAIL robots. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RAL 1. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK). 2. An {expert system}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
real 1. Not simulated. Often used as a specific antonym to {virtual} in any of its jargon senses. 2. [{Jargon File}] (1997-03-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
rl Kent Wittenburg The RL files contain code for defining {relational grammar}s and using them in a bottom-up parser to recognise and/or parse expressions in Relational Languages. The approach is a simplification of that described in Wittenburg, Weitzman, and Talley (1991), Unification-Based Grammars and Tabular Parsing for Graphical Languages, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing 2:347-370. This code is designed to support the definition and parsing of Relational Languages, which are characterised as sets of objects standing in user-defined relations. Correctness and completeness is independent of the order in which the input is given to the parser. Data to be parsed can be in many forms as long as an interface is supported for queries and predicates for the relations used in grammar productions. To date, this software has been used to parse recursive pen-based input such as math expressions and {flow chart}s; to check for data integrity and design conformance in databases; to automatically generate constraints in drag-and-drop style graphical interfaces; and to generate graphical displays by parsing relational data and generating output code. requires: Common Lisp ports: Allegro Common Lisp 4.1, Macintosh Common Lisp 2.0 {(ftp://flash.bellcore.com/rl/)}. (1992/10/31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RL (MUD community) Real Life. "Firiss laughs in RL" means that Firiss's player is laughing. Opposite: {VR}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-05-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
rl Kent Wittenburg The RL files contain code for defining {relational grammar}s and using them in a bottom-up parser to recognise and/or parse expressions in Relational Languages. The approach is a simplification of that described in Wittenburg, Weitzman, and Talley (1991), Unification-Based Grammars and Tabular Parsing for Graphical Languages, Journal of Visual Languages and Computing 2:347-370. This code is designed to support the definition and parsing of Relational Languages, which are characterised as sets of objects standing in user-defined relations. Correctness and completeness is independent of the order in which the input is given to the parser. Data to be parsed can be in many forms as long as an interface is supported for queries and predicates for the relations used in grammar productions. To date, this software has been used to parse recursive pen-based input such as math expressions and {flow chart}s; to check for data integrity and design conformance in databases; to automatically generate constraints in drag-and-drop style graphical interfaces; and to generate graphical displays by parsing relational data and generating output code. requires: Common Lisp ports: Allegro Common Lisp 4.1, Macintosh Common Lisp 2.0 {(ftp://flash.bellcore.com/rl/)}. (1992/10/31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RL (MUD community) Real Life. "Firiss laughs in RL" means that Firiss's player is laughing. Opposite: {VR}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-05-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RLE {run-length encoding} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RLL 1. 2. (2003-07-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RRL {Remote Reference Layer} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Reuel friend of God. (1.) A son of Esau and Bashemath (Gen. 36:4, 10; 1 Chr. 1:35). (2.) "The priest of Midian," Moses' father-in-law (Ex. 2:18)=Raguel (Num. 10:29). If he be identified with Jethro (q.v.), then this may be regarded as his proper name, and Jether or Jethro (i.e., "excellency") as his official title. (3.) Num. 2:14, called also Deuel (1:14; 7:42). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Roll the common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word rendered "roll" or "volume" is _meghillah_, found in Ezra 6:2; Ps. 40:7; Jer. 36:2, 6, 23, 28, 29; Ezek. 2:9; 3:1-3; Zech. 5:1, 2. "Rolls" (Chald. pl. of sephar, corresponding to Heb. sepher) in Ezra 6:1 is rendered in the Revised Version "archives." In the New Testament the word "volume" (Heb. 10:7; R.V., "roll") occurs as the rendering of the Greek kephalis, meaning the head or top of the stick or cylinder on which the manuscript was rolled, and hence the manuscript itself. (See {BOOK}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Reelaiah, shepherd or companion to the Lord | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Reuel, the shepherd or friend of God |