English Dictionary: retardent | by the DICT Development Group |
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Starry \Star"ry\, a. 1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. [bd]Above the starry sky.[b8] --Pope. 2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame. Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influence? --Sir W. Scott. 3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes. 4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate. {Starry ray} (Zo[94]l.), a European skate ({Raita radiata}); -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines. | |
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Ruddock \Rud"dock\, n. [AS. ruddic; cf. W. rhuddog the redbreast. [root]113. See {Rud}, n.] [Written also {raddock}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The European robin. [bd]The tame ruddock and the coward kite.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A piece of gold money; -- probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also {red ruddock}, and {golden ruddock}. [Obs.] Great pieces of gold . . . red ruddocks. --Florio. | |
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Redroot \Red"root`\ (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.) A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under {Tea}), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida. | |
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Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort}, {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}. Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. | |
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Redroot \Red"root`\ (r?d"r?t`), n. (Bot.) A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under {Tea}), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida. | |
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Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort}, {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}. Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. | |
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Redthroat \Red"throat`\ (r?d"thr?t`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A small Australian singing bird ({Phyrrhol[91]mus brunneus}). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red. | |
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Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A salmon ({Salmo mykiss}, syn. {S. purpuratus}) marked with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also {black-spotted trout}, {cutthroat trout}, and {redthroat trout}. | |
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Reiterate \Re*it"er*ate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reiterated} (-[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reiterating}.] [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. r[82]it[82]rer, LL. reiterare to question again.] To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat. That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation. --Milton. You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to reiterate were sin. --Shak. Syn: To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse. | |
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Reiterate \Re*it"er*ate\ (-?t), a. Reiterated; repeated. [R.] | |
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Reiterate \Re*it"er*ate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reiterated} (-[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reiterating}.] [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. r[82]it[82]rer, LL. reiterare to question again.] To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat. That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation. --Milton. You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to reiterate were sin. --Shak. Syn: To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse. | |
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Reiteratedly \Re*it"er*a`ted*ly\ (-?`t?d-l?), adv. Repeatedly. | |
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Reiterate \Re*it"er*ate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reiterated} (-[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reiterating}.] [Pref. re- + iterate: cf. F. r[82]it[82]rer, LL. reiterare to question again.] To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat. That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation. --Milton. You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to reiterate were sin. --Shak. Syn: To repeat; recapitulate; rehearse. | |
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Reiteration \Re*it`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. r[82]it[82]ration.] The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated. | |
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Reiterative \Re*it"er*a*tive\ (r?-?t"?r-?-t?v), n. 1. (Gram.) A word expressing repeated or reiterated action. 2. A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally. | |
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Retard \Re*tard"\, v. i. To stay back. [Obs.] --Sir. T. Browne. | |
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Retard \Re*tard"\, n. Retardation; delay. | |
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Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retarding}.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See {Tardy}.] 1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to {accelerate}. 2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations. Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer. | |
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{Retard, [or] Age}, {of the tide}, the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediately proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under {Retardation}. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Retardation \Re`tar*da"tion\, n. [L. retardatio: cf. F. retardation.] 1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to {acceleration}. The retardations of our fluent motion. --De Quinsey. 2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction. Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations. --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Mus.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards. 4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay. {Retardation of the tide}. (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time of high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following. (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under {Retard}, n. | |
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Retardation \Re`tar*da"tion\, n. [L. retardatio: cf. F. retardation.] 1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to {acceleration}. The retardations of our fluent motion. --De Quinsey. 2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction. Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations. --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Mus.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards. 4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay. {Retardation of the tide}. (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time of high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following. (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under {Retard}, n. | |
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Acceleration \Ac*cel`er*a"tion\, n. [L. acceleratio: cf. F. acc[82]l[82]ration.] The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to {retardation}. A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. --I. Taylor. (Astr. & Physics.) {Acceleration of the moon}, the increase of the moon's mean motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its period of revolution is now shorter than in ancient times. {Acceleration} and {retardation of the tides}. See {Priming of the tides}, under {Priming}. {Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars}, the amount by which their apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the meridian of any place about three minutes fifty-six seconds of solar time earlier than on the day preceding. {Acceleration of the planets}, the increasing velocity of their motion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee of their orbits. | |
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Retardative \Re*tard"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. retardatif.] Tending, or serving, to retard. | |
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Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retarding}.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See {Tardy}.] 1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to {accelerate}. 2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations. Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer. | |
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Retarder \Re*tard"er\, n. One who, or that which, retards. | |
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Retarder \Re*tard"er\ (r[esl]*t[aum]r"d[etil]r), n. 1. (Steam Boiler) Any of various devices, as a helix of flat metal strip, introduced into a boiler tube to increase the heating effect of the fire. 2. (Photog.) A substance, as potassium bromide, added to a developer to retard its action. | |
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Retard \Re*tard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retarding}.] [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See {Tardy}.] 1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to {accelerate}. 2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations. Syn: To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer. | |
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Retardment \Re*tard"ment\, n. [Cf. F. retardement.] The act of retarding; retardation. --Cowley. | |
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Retirade \Ret`i*rade"\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. retirada retreat. See {Retire}.] (Fort.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a re[89]ntering angle. | |
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Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retiring}.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See {Tirade}.] 1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively. He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. --Sir P. Sidney. As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. --Sir J. Davies. | |
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Retired \Re*tired"\, a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. -- {Re*tired"ness}, n. | |
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Retired \Re*tired"\, a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. -- {Re*tired"ness}, n. | |
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Retired \Re*tired"\, a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. -- {Re*tired"ness}, n. | |
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Retired \Re*tired"\, a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. -- {Re*tired"ness}, n. | |
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Retired \Re*tired"\, a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. {Retired flank} (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. {Retired list} (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- {Re*tired"ly}, adv. -- {Re*tired"ness}, n. | |
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Retort \Re*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retorting}.] [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re- re- + torquere to turn twist. See {Torsion}, and cf. {Retort}, n., 2.] 1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line. With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. --Southey. 2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect. As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them and they retort that heat again To the first giver. --Shak. 3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity. And with retorted scorn his back he turned. --Milton. | |
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Retort \Re*tort"\, v. i. To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply. --Pope. | |
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Retort \Re*tort"\, n. [See {Retort}, v. t.] 1. The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response. This is called the retort courteous. --Shak. 2. [F. retorte (cf. Sp. retorta), fr. L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere. So named from its bent shape. See {Retort}, v. t.] (Chem. & the Arts) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works. {Tubulated retort} (Chem.), a retort having a tubulure for the introduction or removal of the substances which are to be acted upon. Syn: Repartee; answer. Usage: {Retort}, {Repartee}. A retort is a short and pointed reply, turning back on an assailant the arguments, censure, or derision he had thrown out. A repartee is usually a good-natured return to some witty or sportive remark. | |
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Tubulated \Tu"bu*la`ted\, a. Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or elongated opening. {Tubulated bottle} [or] {retort} (Chem.), a bottle or retort having a stoppered opening for the introduction or removal of materials. | |
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Retort \Re*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retorting}.] [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re- re- + torquere to turn twist. See {Torsion}, and cf. {Retort}, n., 2.] 1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line. With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. --Southey. 2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect. As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them and they retort that heat again To the first giver. --Shak. 3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity. And with retorted scorn his back he turned. --Milton. | |
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Retort \Re*tort"\, v. i. To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply. --Pope. | |
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Retort \Re*tort"\, n. [See {Retort}, v. t.] 1. The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response. This is called the retort courteous. --Shak. 2. [F. retorte (cf. Sp. retorta), fr. L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere. So named from its bent shape. See {Retort}, v. t.] (Chem. & the Arts) A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works. {Tubulated retort} (Chem.), a retort having a tubulure for the introduction or removal of the substances which are to be acted upon. Syn: Repartee; answer. Usage: {Retort}, {Repartee}. A retort is a short and pointed reply, turning back on an assailant the arguments, censure, or derision he had thrown out. A repartee is usually a good-natured return to some witty or sportive remark. | |
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Tubulated \Tu"bu*la`ted\, a. Made in the form of a small tube; provided with a tube, or elongated opening. {Tubulated bottle} [or] {retort} (Chem.), a bottle or retort having a stoppered opening for the introduction or removal of materials. | |
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Retort \Re*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retorting}.] [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re- re- + torquere to turn twist. See {Torsion}, and cf. {Retort}, n., 2.] 1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line. With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. --Southey. 2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect. As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them and they retort that heat again To the first giver. --Shak. 3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity. And with retorted scorn his back he turned. --Milton. | |
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Retorter \Re*tort"er\, n. One who retorts. | |
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Retort \Re*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retorting}.] [L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re- re- + torquere to turn twist. See {Torsion}, and cf. {Retort}, n., 2.] 1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line. With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. --Southey. 2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect. As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them and they retort that heat again To the first giver. --Shak. 3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity. And with retorted scorn his back he turned. --Milton. | |
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Retortion \Re*tor"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]torsion. See {Retort}, v. t.] 1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also {retorsion}.] It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. (Law) Retaliation. --Wharton. | |
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Retortive \Re*tort"ive\, a. Containing retort. | |
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Retrait \Re*trait"\, n. [It. ritratto, fr. ritrarre to draw back, draw, fr. L. retrahere. See {Retract}.] A portrait; a likeness. [Obs.] Whose fair retrait I in my shield do bear. --Spenser. | |
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Retread \Re*tread"\, v. t. & i. To tread again. | |
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Retreat \Re*treat"\, n. [F. retraite, fr. retraire to withdraw, L. retrahere; pref. re- re- + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, and cf. {Retract}, {Retrace}.] 1. The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable. In a retreat he o[?]truns any lackey. --Shak. 2. The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum. He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat. --L'Estrange. That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat. --Dryden. 3. (Mil. & Naval.) (a) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position. (b) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat. (c) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action. Note: A retreat is properly an orderly march, in which circumstance it differs from a flight. 4. (Eccl.) (a) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises. (b) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat. Syn: Retirement; departure; withdrawment; seclusion; solitude; privacy; asylum; shelter; refuge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retreat \Re*treat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retreated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retreating}.] To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field. The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea their furious tide. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retreat \Re*treat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retreated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retreating}.] To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field. The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea their furious tide. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retreatful \Re*treat"ful\, a. Furnishing or serving as a retreat. [R.] [bd]Our retreatful flood.[b8] --Chapman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retreat \Re*treat"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retreated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retreating}.] To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field. The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea their furious tide. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retreatment \Re*treat"ment\, n. The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. [R.] --D'Urfey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retroduction \Re`tro*duc"tion\, n. [L. retroducere, retroductum, to lead or bring back; retro backward + ducere to lead.] A leading or bringing back. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retrude \Re*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retruded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retruding}.] [L. retrudere; re- + trudere to thrust.] To thrust back. [R.] --Dr. H. More. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retrude \Re*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retruded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retruding}.] [L. retrudere; re- + trudere to thrust.] To thrust back. [R.] --Dr. H. More. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retrude \Re*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retruded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retruding}.] [L. retrudere; re- + trudere to thrust.] To thrust back. [R.] --Dr. H. More. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rhodeoretin \Rho`de*o*re"tin\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] the rose + [?][?][?] resin.] (Chem.) Same as {Convolvuln}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rudderhead \Rud"der*head`\, n. (Naut.) The upper end of the rudderpost, to which the tiller is attached. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Retreat, TX (town, FIPS 61616) Location: 32.05130 N, 96.47709 W Population (1990): 334 (131 housing units) Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rotterdam, NY (CDP, FIPS 63924) Location: 42.77835 N, 73.95453 W Population (1990): 21228 (8635 housing units) Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12303 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rotterdam Juncti, NY Zip code(s): 12150 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rudyard, MT Zip code(s): 59540 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ryderwood, WA Zip code(s): 98581 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
rotary debugger n. [Commodore] Essential equipment for those late-night or early-morning debugging sessions. Mainly used as sustenance for the hacker. Comes in many decorator colors, such as Sausage, Pepperoni, and Garbage. See {ANSI standard pizza}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
rotary debugger (Commodore) Essential equipment for those late-night or early-morning debugging sessions. Mainly used as sustenance for the hacker. Comes in many decorator colours, such as Sausage, Pepperoni, and Garbage. (1995-01-11) |