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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS. m[91]dere; akin to Icel. ma[?]ra.] (Bot.) A plant of the {Rubia} ({R. tinctorum}). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}. Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors; as. madder yellow. {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia arvensis}) resembling madder. {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}. {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw. | |
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Radiance \Ra"di*ance\, Radiancy \Ra"di*an*cy\, n. The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun. Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. --Milton. What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare ! --Neale. Syn: Luster; brilliancy; splendor; glare; glitter. | |
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Radiance \Ra"di*ance\, Radiancy \Ra"di*an*cy\, n. The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun. Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. --Milton. What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare ! --Neale. Syn: Luster; brilliancy; splendor; glare; glitter. | |
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Radiomicrometer \Ra`di*o*mi*crom"e*ter\, n. [Radio- + micrometer.] (Physics) A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature. | |
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Radium \Ra`di*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. radius ray.] (Chem.) An intensely radioactive metallic element found (combined) in minute quantities in pitchblende, and various other uranium minerals. Symbol, Ra; atomic weight, 226.4. Radium was discovered by M. and Mme. Curie, of Paris, who in 1902 separated compounds of it by a tedious process from pitchblende. Its compounds color flames carmine and give a characteristic spectrum. It resembles barium chemically. Radium preparations are remarkable for maintaining themselves at a higher temperature than their surroundings, and for their radiations, which are of three kinds: alpha rays, beta rays, and gamma rays (see these terms). By reason of these rays they ionize gases, affect photographic plates, cause sores on the skin, and produce many other striking effects. Their degree of activity depends on the proportion of radium present, but not on its state of chemical combination or on external conditions.The radioactivity of radium is therefore an atomic property, and is explained as result from a disintegration of the atom. This breaking up occurs in at least seven stages; the successive main products have been studied and are called {radium emanation} or exradio, {radium A}, {radium B}, {radium C}, etc. (The emanation is a heavy gas, the later products are solids.) These products are regarded as unstable elements, each with an atomic weight a little lower than its predecessor. It is possible that lead is the stable end product. At the same time the light gas helium is formed; it probably consists of the expelled alpha particles. The heat effect mentioned above is ascribed to the impacts of these particles. Radium, in turn, is believed to be formed indirectly by an immeasurably slow disintegration of uranium. | |
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Raid \Raid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raiding}.] To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties. | |
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Rate \Rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rating}.] 1. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree. To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible. --South. You seem not high enough your joys to rate. --Dryden. 2. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax. 3. To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension. 4. To ratify. [Obs.] [bd]To rate the truce.[b8] --Chapman. {To rate a chronometer}, to ascertain the exact rate of its gain or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an allowance or computation depended thereon. Syn: To value; appraise; estimate; reckon. | |
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Rat \Rat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ratted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ratting}.] 1. In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union. Coleridge . . . incurred the reproach of having ratted, solely by his inability to follow the friends of his early days. --De Quincey. 2. To catch or kill rats. | |
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Ratting \Rat"ting\, n. 1. The conduct or practices of one who rats. See {Rat}, v. i., 1. --Sydney Smith. 2. The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time. | |
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Readiness \Read"i*ness\, n. The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness. They received the word with all readiness of mind. --Acts xvii. 11. Syn: Facility; quickness; expedition; promptitude; promptness; aptitude; aptness; knack; skill; expertness; dexterity; ease; cheerfulness. See {Facility}. | |
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Read \Read\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Read}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reading}.] [OE. reden, r[91]den, AS. r[aemac]dan to read, advice, counsel, fr. r[aemac]d advise, counsel, r[aemac]dan (imperf. reord) to advice, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. r[be][edh]a, Goth. r[emac]dan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. r[be]dh to succeed. [root]116. Cf. Riddle.] 1. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See {Rede}. Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. --Tyndale. 2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. 3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.] But read how art thou named, and of what kin. --Spenser. 4. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book. Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. --Chaucer. Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer. 5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. Who is't can read a woman? --Shak. 6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read great magnanimity. --Spenser. Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. --Shak. 7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. {To read one's self in}, to read about the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice. | |
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Reading \Read"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read. 2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading. 3. A lecture or prelection; public recital. The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. --Hooker. 4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version. 5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant] 6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer. {Reading of a bill} (Legislation), its normal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it. | |
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Reading \Read"ing\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. {Reading book}, a book for teaching reading; a reader. {Reading desk}, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. {Reading glass}, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. {Reading man}, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. {Reading room}, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort. | |
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Reading \Read"ing\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. {Reading book}, a book for teaching reading; a reader. {Reading desk}, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. {Reading glass}, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. {Reading man}, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. {Reading room}, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort. | |
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Reading \Read"ing\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. {Reading book}, a book for teaching reading; a reader. {Reading desk}, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. {Reading glass}, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. {Reading man}, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. {Reading room}, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort. | |
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Reading \Read"ing\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. {Reading book}, a book for teaching reading; a reader. {Reading desk}, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. {Reading glass}, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. {Reading man}, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. {Reading room}, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort. | |
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Reading \Read"ing\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. {Reading book}, a book for teaching reading; a reader. {Reading desk}, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. {Reading glass}, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. {Reading man}, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. {Reading room}, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort. | |
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Reading \Read"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read. 2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading. 3. A lecture or prelection; public recital. The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. --Hooker. 4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version. 5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant] 6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer. {Reading of a bill} (Legislation), its normal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it. | |
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Reading \Read"ing\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. {Reading book}, a book for teaching reading; a reader. {Reading desk}, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. {Reading glass}, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. {Reading man}, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. {Reading room}, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort. | |
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Readmission \Re`ad*mis"sion\, n. The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary. | |
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{Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species. (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}. {Red lead}. (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}. {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}. {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}. {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge. {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}. {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See {Maple}. {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below. {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color ({Morus rubra}). {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}. {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish. {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}. {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark. {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}. {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}. {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}. {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver. {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or] Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also {red mite}. {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree. {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. | |
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Redemise \Re`de*mise"\ (-m?z"), v. t. To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate. | |
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Redemise \Re`de*mise"\, n. (Law) The transfer of an estate back to the person who demised it; reconveyance; as, the demise and redemise of an estate. See under {Demise}. | |
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Redan \Re*dan"\ (r?*d?n"), n. [F., for OF. redent a double notching or jagging, as in the teeth of a saw, fr. L. pref. re- re- + dens, dentis, a tooth. Cf. {Redented}.] [Written sometimes {redent} and {redens}.] 1. (Fort.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy. 2. A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level. | |
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Redingote \Red"in*gote\ (r[ecr]d"[icr]n*g[omac]t), n. [F., corrupted from E. riding coat.] A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women. | |
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{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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Redness \Red"ness\, n. [AS. re[aacute]dness. See {Red}.] The quality or state of being red; red color. | |
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Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A European thrush ({Turdus iliacus}). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also {redwinged thrush}. (b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius ph[oe]niceus}) of the family {Icterid[91]}. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged blackbird}, {red-winged troupial}, {marsh blackbird}, and {swamp blackbird}. | |
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Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A European thrush ({Turdus iliacus}). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also {redwinged thrush}. (b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius ph[oe]niceus}) of the family {Icterid[91]}. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged blackbird}, {red-winged troupial}, {marsh blackbird}, and {swamp blackbird}. | |
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Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A European thrush ({Turdus iliacus}). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also {redwinged thrush}. (b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius ph[oe]niceus}) of the family {Icterid[91]}. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged blackbird}, {red-winged troupial}, {marsh blackbird}, and {swamp blackbird}. | |
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Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A European thrush ({Turdus iliacus}). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also {redwinged thrush}. (b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius ph[oe]niceus}) of the family {Icterid[91]}. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged blackbird}, {red-winged troupial}, {marsh blackbird}, and {swamp blackbird}. | |
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Reeding \Reed"ing\ (r?d"?ng), n. [From 4th {Reed}.] 1. (Arch.) A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of {Molding}); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting. Note: Several reedings are often placed together, parallel to each other, either projecting from, or inserted into, the adjining surface. The decoration so produced is then called, in general, reeding. 2. The nurling on the edge of a coin; -- commonly called milling. | |
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Reed-mace \Reed"-mace`\ (-m?s`), n. (Bot.) The cat-tail. | |
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d8Retinaculum \[d8]Ret`i*nac"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Retinacula}. [L., a holdfast, a band. See {Retain}.] 1. (Anat.) (a) A connecting band; a fr[91]num; as, the retinacula of the ileoc[91]cal and ileocolic valves. (b) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle. 2. (Zo[94]l) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms. 3. (Bot.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants. | |
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Retinasphalt \Ret`in*as"phalt\, d8Retinasphaltum \[d8]Ret`in*as*phal"tum\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] resin + [?][?][?][?][?] asphalt.] (Min.) Retinite. | |
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Retinic \Re*tin"ic\, a. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] resin.] (Min. Chem.) Of or pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically, designating an acid found in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons. | |
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Retinoscopy \Ret`i*nos"co*py\, n. [Retina + -scopy.] (Physiol.) The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope. | |
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Retting \Ret"ting\, n. 1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called {rotting}. See {Ret}. --Ure. 2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. --Ure. | |
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Rhodanic \Rho*dan"ic\, a. [Gr. [?][?][?] the rose.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called sulphocyanic acid) which frms a red color with ferric salts. [Obsoles.] | |
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Rhythmic \Rhyth"mic\ (-m[icr]k), Rhythmical \Rhyth"mic*al\ (-m[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [Gr. [?][?][?][?]: cf. L. rhythmicus, F. rhythmique.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm Day and night I worked my rhythmic thought. --Mrs. Browning. {Rhythmical accent}. (Mus.) See {Accent}, n., 6 (c) . | |
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Rhythmic \Rhyth"mic\ (-m[icr]k), Rhythmical \Rhyth"mic*al\ (-m[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [Gr. [?][?][?][?]: cf. L. rhythmicus, F. rhythmique.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm Day and night I worked my rhythmic thought. --Mrs. Browning. {Rhythmical accent}. (Mus.) See {Accent}, n., 6 (c) . | |
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Rhythmic \Rhyth"mic\ (-m[icr]k), Rhythmical \Rhyth"mic*al\ (-m[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [Gr. [?][?][?][?]: cf. L. rhythmicus, F. rhythmique.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm Day and night I worked my rhythmic thought. --Mrs. Browning. {Rhythmical accent}. (Mus.) See {Accent}, n., 6 (c) . | |
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Time signature \Time signature\ (Music) A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called {rhythmical signature}. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as time unit for the beat, and the numerator, the number of these to the measure. | |
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Rhythmically \Rhyth"mic*al*ly\, adv. In a rhythmical manner. | |
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Rhythmics \Rhyth"mics\, n. The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds. | |
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Riddance \Rid"dance\, n. 1. The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out. Thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field. --Lev. xxiii. 22. 2. The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. [bd]Riddance from all adversity.[b8] --Hooker. | |
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Rid \Rid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rid} [or] {Ridded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridding}.] [OE. ridden, redden, AS. hreddan to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG. redden, G. retten, Dan. redde, Sw. r[84]dda, and perhaps to Skr. [?]rath to loosen.] 1. To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of. [Obs.] Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked. --Ps. lxxxii. 4. 2. To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of. [bd]Rid all the sea of pirates.[b8] --Shak. In never ridded myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me. --De Quincey. 3. To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy. [Obs.] I will red evil beasts out of the land. --Lev. xxvi. 6. Death's men, you have rid this sweet young prince! --Shak. 4. To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. [R.] [bd]Willingness rids way.[b8] --Shak. Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails. --J. Webster. {To be rid of}, to be free or delivered from. {To get rid of}, to get deliverance from; to free one's self from. | |
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Ride \Ride\, v. i. [imp. {Rode} (r[omac]d) ({Rid} [r[icr]d], archaic); p. p. {Ridden}({Rid}, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. {Riding}.] [AS. r[c6]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. r[c6]tan, Icel. r[c6][edh]a, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word. Cf. {Road}.] 1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. To-morrow, when ye riden by the way. --Chaucer. Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him. --Swift. 2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below. The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants. --Macaulay. 3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. Men once walked where ships at anchor ride. --Dryden. 4. To be supported in motion; to rest. Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides. --Shak. On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy! --Shak. 5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian. He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease. --Dryden. 6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast. {To ride easy} (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables. {To ride hard} (Naut.), to pitch violently. {To ride out}. (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.] {To ride to hounds}, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting. Syn: Drive. Usage: {Ride}, {Drive}. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving [bd]to travel on horseback[b8] as the leading sense of ride; though he adds [bd]to travel in a vehicle[b8] as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. [bd]Will you ride over or drive?[b8] said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning. --W. Black. | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\, n. 1. The act or state of one who rides. 2. A festival procession. [Obs.] When there any riding was in Cheap. --Chaucer. 3. Same as {Ride}, n., 3. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. A district in charge of an excise officer. [Eng.] | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\ (r[imac]d"[icr]ng), n. [For thriding, Icel. [thorn]ri[edh]jungr the third part, fr. [thorn]ri[edh]i third, akin to E. third. See {Third}.] One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding. --Blackstone. | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\, a. 1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. [bd]One riding apparitor.[b8] --Ayliffe. 2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse. 3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. {Riding clerk}. (a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs. Eng.] (b) One of the [bd]six clerks[b8] formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery. {Riding hood}. (a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding. (b) A kind of cloak with a hood. {Riding master}, an instructor in horsemanship. {Riding rhyme} (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. --Dr. Guest. {Riding school}, a school or place where the art of riding is taught. | |
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Trithing \Tri"thing\, n. [See Ist {Riding}.] One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; -- now called {riding}. [Written also {riding}.] --Blackstone. | |
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Ride \Ride\, v. i. [imp. {Rode} (r[omac]d) ({Rid} [r[icr]d], archaic); p. p. {Ridden}({Rid}, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. {Riding}.] [AS. r[c6]dan; akin to LG. riden, D. rijden, G. reiten, OHG. r[c6]tan, Icel. r[c6][edh]a, Sw. rida, Dan. ride; cf. L. raeda a carriage, which is from a Celtic word. Cf. {Road}.] 1. To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse. To-morrow, when ye riden by the way. --Chaucer. Let your master ride on before, and do you gallop after him. --Swift. 2. To be borne in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym, below. The richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth, not by riding in gilden carriages, but by walking the streets with trains of servants. --Macaulay. 3. To be borne or in a fluid; to float; to lie. Men once walked where ships at anchor ride. --Dryden. 4. To be supported in motion; to rest. Strong as the exletree On which heaven rides. --Shak. On whose foolish honesty My practices ride easy! --Shak. 5. To manage a horse, as an equestrian. He rode, he fenced, he moved with graceful ease. --Dryden. 6. To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard, slow or fast. {To ride easy} (Naut.), to lie at anchor without violent pitching or straining at the cables. {To ride hard} (Naut.), to pitch violently. {To ride out}. (a) To go upon a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer. (b) To ride in the open air. [Colloq.] {To ride to hounds}, to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting. Syn: Drive. Usage: {Ride}, {Drive}. Ride originally meant (and is so used throughout the English Bible) to be carried on horseback or in a vehicle of any kind. At present in England, drive is the word applied in most cases to progress in a carriage; as, a drive around the park, etc.; while ride is appropriated to progress on a horse. Johnson seems to sanction this distinction by giving [bd]to travel on horseback[b8] as the leading sense of ride; though he adds [bd]to travel in a vehicle[b8] as a secondary sense. This latter use of the word still occurs to some extent; as, the queen rides to Parliament in her coach of state; to ride in an omnibus. [bd]Will you ride over or drive?[b8] said Lord Willowby to his quest, after breakfast that morning. --W. Black. | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\, n. 1. The act or state of one who rides. 2. A festival procession. [Obs.] When there any riding was in Cheap. --Chaucer. 3. Same as {Ride}, n., 3. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. A district in charge of an excise officer. [Eng.] | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\ (r[imac]d"[icr]ng), n. [For thriding, Icel. [thorn]ri[edh]jungr the third part, fr. [thorn]ri[edh]i third, akin to E. third. See {Third}.] One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; -- formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding. --Blackstone. | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\, a. 1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. [bd]One riding apparitor.[b8] --Ayliffe. 2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse. 3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. {Riding clerk}. (a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs. Eng.] (b) One of the [bd]six clerks[b8] formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery. {Riding hood}. (a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding. (b) A kind of cloak with a hood. {Riding master}, an instructor in horsemanship. {Riding rhyme} (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. --Dr. Guest. {Riding school}, a school or place where the art of riding is taught. | |
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Trithing \Tri"thing\, n. [See Ist {Riding}.] One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; -- now called {riding}. [Written also {riding}.] --Blackstone. | |
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Buckler \Buc"kler\, n. [OE. bocler, OF. bocler, F. bouclier, a shield with a boss, from OF. bocle, boucle, boss. See {Buckle}, n.] 1. A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body. Note: In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used, not to cover the body, but to stop or parry blows. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes. (b) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites. 3. (Naut.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches. {Blind buckler} (Naut.), a solid buckler. {Buckler mustard} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Biscutella}) with small bright yellow flowers. The seed vessel on bursting resembles two bucklers or shields. {Buckler thorn}, a plant with seed vessels shaped like a buckler. See {Christ's thorn}. {Riding buckler} (Naut.), a buckler with a hole for the passage of a cable. | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\, a. 1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. [bd]One riding apparitor.[b8] --Ayliffe. 2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse. 3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. {Riding clerk}. (a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs. Eng.] (b) One of the [bd]six clerks[b8] formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery. {Riding hood}. (a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding. (b) A kind of cloak with a hood. {Riding master}, an instructor in horsemanship. {Riding rhyme} (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. --Dr. Guest. {Riding school}, a school or place where the art of riding is taught. | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\, a. 1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. [bd]One riding apparitor.[b8] --Ayliffe. 2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse. 3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. {Riding clerk}. (a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs. Eng.] (b) One of the [bd]six clerks[b8] formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery. {Riding hood}. (a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding. (b) A kind of cloak with a hood. {Riding master}, an instructor in horsemanship. {Riding rhyme} (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. --Dr. Guest. {Riding school}, a school or place where the art of riding is taught. | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\, a. 1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. [bd]One riding apparitor.[b8] --Ayliffe. 2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse. 3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. {Riding clerk}. (a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs. Eng.] (b) One of the [bd]six clerks[b8] formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery. {Riding hood}. (a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding. (b) A kind of cloak with a hood. {Riding master}, an instructor in horsemanship. {Riding rhyme} (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. --Dr. Guest. {Riding school}, a school or place where the art of riding is taught. | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\, a. 1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. [bd]One riding apparitor.[b8] --Ayliffe. 2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse. 3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. {Riding clerk}. (a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs. Eng.] (b) One of the [bd]six clerks[b8] formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery. {Riding hood}. (a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding. (b) A kind of cloak with a hood. {Riding master}, an instructor in horsemanship. {Riding rhyme} (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. --Dr. Guest. {Riding school}, a school or place where the art of riding is taught. | |
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Riding \Rid"ing\, a. 1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. [bd]One riding apparitor.[b8] --Ayliffe. 2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse. 3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day. {Riding clerk}. (a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs. Eng.] (b) One of the [bd]six clerks[b8] formerly attached to the English Court of Chancery. {Riding hood}. (a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding. (b) A kind of cloak with a hood. {Riding master}, an instructor in horsemanship. {Riding rhyme} (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. --Dr. Guest. {Riding school}, a school or place where the art of riding is taught. | |
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Riot \Ri"ot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rioted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rioting}.] [OF. rioter; cf. OD. ravotten.] 1. To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess. Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law. --Daniel. No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows. --Pope. 2. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See {Riot}, n., 3. --Johnson. | |
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Roadmaker \Road"mak`er\, n. One who makes roads. | |
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Trackmaster \Track"mas`ter\, n. (Railroad) One who has charge of the track; -- called also {roadmaster}. | |
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Root \Root\ (r[oomac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rooted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rooting}.] 1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow. In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. --Mortimer. 2. To be firmly fixed; to be established. If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment. --Bp. Fell. | |
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Rote \Rote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roting}.] To learn or repeat by rote. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Rotten \Rot"ten\, a. [Icel. rotinn; akin to Sw. rutten, Dan. radden. See {Rot}.] Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence: (a) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate As reek of the rotten fens. --Shak. (b) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone. [bd]The deepness of the rotten way.[b8] --Knolles. {Rotten borough}. See under {Borough}. {Rotten stone} (Min.), a soft stone, called also {Tripoli} (from the country from which it was formerly brought), used in all sorts of finer grinding and polishing in the arts, and for cleaning metallic substances. The name is also given to other friable siliceous stones applied to like uses. Syn: Putrefied; decayed; carious; defective; unsound; corrupt; deceitful; treacherous. -- {Rot"ten*ly}, adv. -- {Rot"ten*ness}, n. | |
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Rotten \Rot"ten\, a. [Icel. rotinn; akin to Sw. rutten, Dan. radden. See {Rot}.] Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Hence: (a) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting. You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate As reek of the rotten fens. --Shak. (b) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone. [bd]The deepness of the rotten way.[b8] --Knolles. {Rotten borough}. See under {Borough}. {Rotten stone} (Min.), a soft stone, called also {Tripoli} (from the country from which it was formerly brought), used in all sorts of finer grinding and polishing in the arts, and for cleaning metallic substances. The name is also given to other friable siliceous stones applied to like uses. Syn: Putrefied; decayed; carious; defective; unsound; corrupt; deceitful; treacherous. -- {Rot"ten*ly}, adv. -- {Rot"ten*ness}, n. | |
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Retting \Ret"ting\, n. 1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called {rotting}. See {Ret}. --Ure. 2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. --Ure. | |
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Rot \Rot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rotting}.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov. G. rotten, OHG. rozz[?]n, G. r[94]sten to steep flax, Icel. rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten. [root]117. Cf. {Ret}, {Rotten}.] 1. To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay. Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. --Pope. 2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt. Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons. --Macaulay. Rot, poor bachelor, in your club. --Thackeray. Syn: To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retting \Ret"ting\, n. 1. The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called {rotting}. See {Ret}. --Ure. 2. A place where flax is retted; a rettery. --Ure. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rot \Rot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rotting}.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov. G. rotten, OHG. rozz[?]n, G. r[94]sten to steep flax, Icel. rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten. [root]117. Cf. {Ret}, {Rotten}.] 1. To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay. Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. --Pope. 2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt. Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons. --Macaulay. Rot, poor bachelor, in your club. --Thackeray. Syn: To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rout \Rout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Routed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Routing}.] To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout. That party . . . that charged the Scots, so totally routed and defeated their whole army, that they fied. --Clarendon. Syn: To defeat; discomfit; overpower; overthrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Routinism \Rou*tin""ism\, n. the practice of doing things with undiscriminating, mechanical regularity. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Routinist \Rou*tin"ist\, n. One who habituated to a routine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruddiness \Rud"di*ness\, n. The quality or state of being ruddy; as, the ruddiness of the cheeks or the sky. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
--Chaucer. He was but rude in the profession of arms. --Sir H. Wotton. the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. --Gray. (c) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter. [Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock. --Milton. The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam. --Boyle. (d) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies. (e) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like. [bd]The rude Irish books.[b8] --Spenser. Rude am I in my speech. --Shak. Unblemished by my rude translation. --Dryden. Syn: Impertinent; rough; uneven; shapeless; unfashioned; rugged; artless; unpolished; uncouth; inelegant; rustic; coarse; vulgar; clownish; raw; unskillful; untaught; illiterate; ignorant; uncivil; impolite; saucy; impudent; insolent; surly; currish; churlish; brutal; uncivilized; barbarous; savage; violent; fierce; tumultuous; turbulent; impetuous; boisterous; harsh; inclement; severe. See {Impertiment}. -- {Rude"ly}, adv. -- {Rude"ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rudmasday \Rud"mas*day\, n. [See {Rood}, {Mass}, {Day}.] (R.C.Ch.) Either of the feasts of the Holy Cross, occuring on May 3 and September 14, annually. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rut \Rut\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rutting}.] To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Reading, KS (city, FIPS 58600) Location: 38.51909 N, 95.95750 W Population (1990): 264 (115 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66868 Reading, MA (CDP, FIPS 56165) Location: 42.53577 N, 71.10700 W Population (1990): 22539 (8104 housing units) Area: 25.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01867 Reading, MI (city, FIPS 67500) Location: 41.83920 N, 84.74733 W Population (1990): 1127 (436 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49274 Reading, MN Zip code(s): 56165 Reading, OH (city, FIPS 65732) Location: 39.22439 N, 84.43141 W Population (1990): 12038 (5117 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Reading, PA (city, FIPS 63624) Location: 40.33900 N, 75.92642 W Population (1990): 78380 (34276 housing units) Area: 25.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19601, 19602, 19604, 19605, 19611 Reading, VT Zip code(s): 05062 | |
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Red Wing, MN (city, FIPS 53620) Location: 44.58193 N, 92.60206 W Population (1990): 15134 (6176 housing units) Area: 90.3 sq km (land), 15.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55066 | |
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Redding, CA (city, FIPS 59920) Location: 40.57240 N, 122.36492 W Population (1990): 66462 (27238 housing units) Area: 132.7 sq km (land), 2.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 96001, 96002, 96003 Redding, IA (city, FIPS 66000) Location: 40.60605 N, 94.38679 W Population (1990): 119 (49 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50860 | |
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Redings Mill, MO (village, FIPS 60986) Location: 37.01967 N, 94.51654 W Population (1990): 204 (90 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Redington Beach, FL (town, FIPS 59725) Location: 27.80965 N, 82.81185 W Population (1990): 1626 (995 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water) | |
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Redington Shores, FL (town, FIPS 59750) Location: 27.82938 N, 82.83209 W Population (1990): 2366 (2239 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
rat dance n. [From the {Dilbert} comic strip of November 14, 1995] A {hacking run} that produces results which, while superficially coherent, have little or nothing to do with its original objectives. There are strong connotations that the coding process and the objectives themselves were pretty {random}. (In the original comic strip, the Ratbert is invited to dance on Dilbert's keyboard in order to produce bugs for him to fix, and authors a Web browser instead.) Compare {Infinite-Monkey Theorem}. This term seems to have become widely recognized quite rapidly after the original strip, a fact which testifies to Dilbert's huge popularity among hackers. All too many find the perverse incentives and Kafkaesque atmosphere of Dilbert's mythical workplace reflective of their own experiences. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Reading Habits Omnivorous, but usually includes lots of science and science fiction. The typical hacker household might subscribe to "Analog", "Scientific American", "Whole-Earth Review", and "Smithsonian" (most hackers ignore "Wired" and other self-consciously `cyberpunk' magazines, considering them {wannabee} fodder). Hackers often have a reading range that astonishes liberal arts people but tend not to talk about it as much. Many hackers spend as much of their spare time reading as the average American burns up watching TV, and often keep shelves and shelves of well-thumbed books in their homes. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
routeing by a {router}, of selecting the correct interface and next {hop} for a {packet} being forwarded. This is the British and international standard spelling. See also {Exterior Gateway Protocol}, {Interior Gateway Protocol}. (2001-05-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
routeing domain routeing information within an {administrative domain}. (1994-12-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
routing a router, pronounced /row't*/. In the USA a {router}, pronounced /row't*/, is also a network device that performs "routing". In the UK, the network device is pronounced /roo't*/ and what it does is spelled "{routeing}". (2002-07-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Routing Information Protocol 1. state}, {routing} {protocol}. RIP is an {Internet} {standard} {Interior Gateway Protocol} defined in {STD} 34, {RFC 1058} and updated by {RFC 1388}. See also {Open Shortest Path First}. 2. exchange of {routing} information in a {Novell} {network}. RIP has been partly superseded by {NLSP}. It is not related to the {Internet} protocol of the same name. (1997-03-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Routing Table Maintenance Protocol that all {routers} on the network have consistent routing information. (1997-05-11) |