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   rehearsal
         n 1: a practice session in preparation for a public performance
               (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many
               rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the
               wedding" [syn: {rehearsal}, {dry run}]
         2: (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information
            (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory

English Dictionary: rorqual by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rorqual
n
  1. any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
    Synonym(s): rorqual, razorback
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rehearsal \Re*hears"al\ (r?*h?rs"a), n.
      The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition;
      specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of
      practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise.
      --Chaucer.
  
               In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer.         --Hooker.
  
               Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Dress rehearsal} (Theater), a private preparatory
            performance of a drama, opera, etc., in costume.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Re-resolve \Re`-re*solve"\ (r?`r?-z?lv"), v. t. & i.
      To resolve again.
  
               Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rorqual \Ror"qual\, n. [Norw. rorqualus a whale with folds.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale ({Physalus
      antiquorum}, or {Bal[91]noptera physalus}). It has a dorsal
      fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly.
      Called also {razorback}.
  
      Note: It is one of the largest of the whales, somethimes
               becoming nearly one hundred feet long, but it is more
               slender than the right whales, and is noted for its
               swiftness. The name is sometimes applied to other
               related species of finback whales.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruricolist \Ru*ric"o*list\, n. [L. ruricola; rus, ruris, the
      country + colere to inhabit.]
      An inhabitant of the country. [R.] --Bailey.
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