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Rab \Rab\, n. A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar. | |
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Rabbi \Rab"bi\, n.; pl. {Rabbis}or {Rabbies}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], Heb. rab[c6] my master, from rab master, lord, teacher, akin to Ar. rabb.] Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law. [bd]The gravest rabbies.[b8] --Milton. Be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren. --Matt. xxiii. 8. | |
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Raff \Raff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raffing}.] [OF. raffer, of German origin; cf. G. raffen; akin to E. rap to snatch. See {Rap}, and cf. {Riffraff}, {Rip} to tear.] To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obs.] Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. --Carew. | |
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Raff \Raff\, n. 1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. [bd]A raff of errors.[b8] --Barrow. 2. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff. 3. A low fellow; a churl. {Raff merchant}, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Raffia \Raf"fi*a\, n. (Bot.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus {Raphia}. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). | |
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Raip \Raip\, n. [Cf. Icel. reip rope. Cf. {Rope}.] A rope; also, a measure equal to a rod. [Scot.] | |
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Rap \Rap\, v. t. 1. To strike with a quick blow; to knock on. With one great peal they rap the door. --Prior. 2. (Founding) To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal. | |
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Rap \Rap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rapped}, usually written {Rapt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapping}.] [OE. rapen; akin to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan. rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush, hurry. The word has been confused with L. rapere to seize. Cf. {Rape} robbery, {Rapture}, {Raff}, v., {Ramp}, v.] 1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off. And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt The whirring chariot. --Chapman. From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Bacon, to Redgrove. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. To hasten. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 3. To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration. I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears. --Addison. Rapt into future times, the bard begun. --Pope. 4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Law] {To rap and ren}, {To rap and rend}. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa to hurry and r[91]na plunder, fr. r[be]n plunder, E. ran.] To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. --Dryden. [bd][Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne.[b8] --Chaucer. All they could rap and rend pilfer. --Hudibras. {To rap out}, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath. A judge who rapped out a great oath. --Addison. | |
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Rap \Rap\, n. A quick, smart blow; a knock. | |
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Rap \Rap\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn. --Knight. | |
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Rap \Rap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapping}.] [Akin to Sw. rappa to strike, rapp stroke, Dan. rap, perhaps of imitative origin.] To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door. | |
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Rap \Rap\, n. [Perhaps contr. fr. raparee.] A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps. --Swift. Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent. --Mrs. Alexander. | |
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Rape \Rape\, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L. rapere. See {Rap} to snatch.] 1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery. | |
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Rape \Rape\ (r[amac]p), n. [F. r[83]pe a grape stalk.] 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray. 2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. 3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc. {Rape wine}, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of pressed grapes. | |
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Rape \Rape\, v. t. To commit rape upon; to ravish. | |
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Rape \Rape\, v. i. To rob; to pillage. [Obs.] --Heywood. | |
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Rape \Rape\, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel. hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.] One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire. | |
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Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. [?], [?], G. r[81]be.] (Bot.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds. Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been variously named, but are all now believed to be derived from the {Brassica campestris} of Europe, which by some is not considered distinct from the wild stock ({B. oleracea}) of the cabbage. See {Cole}. {Broom rape}. (Bot.) See {Broom rape}, in the Vocabulary. {Rape cake}, the refuse remaining after the oil has been expressed from the seed. {Rape root}. Same as {Rape}. {Summer rape}. (Bot.) See {Colza}. | |
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Cole \Cole\, n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Cauliflower}, {Kale}.] (Bot.) A plant of the {Brassica} or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of {B. oleracea} called {rape} and {coleseed}. | |
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Rape \Rape\, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L. rapere. See {Rap} to snatch.] 1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery. | |
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Rape \Rape\ (r[amac]p), n. [F. r[83]pe a grape stalk.] 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray. 2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. 3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc. {Rape wine}, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of pressed grapes. | |
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Rape \Rape\, v. t. To commit rape upon; to ravish. | |
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Rape \Rape\, v. i. To rob; to pillage. [Obs.] --Heywood. | |
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Rape \Rape\, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel. hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.] One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire. | |
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Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. [?], [?], G. r[81]be.] (Bot.) A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds. Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been variously named, but are all now believed to be derived from the {Brassica campestris} of Europe, which by some is not considered distinct from the wild stock ({B. oleracea}) of the cabbage. See {Cole}. {Broom rape}. (Bot.) See {Broom rape}, in the Vocabulary. {Rape cake}, the refuse remaining after the oil has been expressed from the seed. {Rape root}. Same as {Rape}. {Summer rape}. (Bot.) See {Colza}. | |
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Cole \Cole\, n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Cauliflower}, {Kale}.] (Bot.) A plant of the {Brassica} or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of {B. oleracea} called {rape} and {coleseed}. | |
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Rhaphe \Rha"phe\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] seam, fr. [?][?][?] to sew. ] (Bot.) The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam. [Written also {raphe}.] --Gray. | |
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Raphe \Ra"phe\ (r[amac]"f[esl]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a seam or suture, fr. [?] to sew or stitch together.] 1. (Anat.) A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Rhaph[?]}. | |
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Rhaphe \Rha"phe\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] seam, fr. [?][?][?] to sew. ] (Bot.) The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam. [Written also {raphe}.] --Gray. | |
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Raphe \Ra"phe\ (r[amac]"f[esl]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a seam or suture, fr. [?] to sew or stitch together.] 1. (Anat.) A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Rhaph[?]}. | |
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Rappee \Rap*pee"\, n. [F. r[83]p[82], fr. r[83]per to grate, to rasp. See {Rasp}, v.] A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves. | |
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Rave \Rave\, n. [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.] One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh. | |
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Rave \Rave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raving}.] [F. r[88]ver to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. {Rage}, {Reverie}.] 1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman. In our madness evermore we rave. --Chaucer. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast? --Addison. The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie. --Macaulay. 2. To rush wildly or furiously. --Spencer. 3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty. The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they know it not. --Byron. | |
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Rave \Rave\, v. t. To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense. --Young. | |
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Reap \Reap\, v. i. To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. --Ps. cxxvi. 5. | |
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Reap \Reap\, n. [Cf. AS. r[c6]p harvest. See {Reap}, v.] A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Wright. | |
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Reap \Reap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaping}.] [OE. repen, AS. r[c6]pan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.] 1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. --Lev.[?][?][?]. 9. 2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions. Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate? --Milton. 3. To clear or a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field. 4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] --Shak. {Reaping hook}, an instrument having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of serrated. | |
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Reave \Reave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved}, {Reft}, or {Raft}(obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaving}.] [AS. re[a0]fian, from re[a0]f spoil, plunder, clothing, re[a2]fan to break (cf. bire[a2]fan to deprive of); akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rj[umac]fa to break, violate, Goth. bir[a0]ubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. [root]114. Cf. {Bereave}, {Rob}, v. t., {Robe}, {Rove}, v. t., {Rupture}.] To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. [bd]To reave his life.[b8] --Spenser. He golden apples raft of the dragon. --Chaucer. By privy stratagem my life at home. --Chapman. | |
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Reef \Reef\, n. [Akin to D. reef, G. reff, Sw. ref; cf. Icel. rif reef, rifa to basten together. Cf. {Reeve}, v. t., {River}.] (Naut.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind. Note: From the head to the first reef-band, in square sails, is termed the first reef; from this to the next is the second reef; and so on. In fore-and-aft sails, which reef on the foot, the first reef is the lowest part. --Totten. {Close reef}, the last reef that can be put in. {Reef band}. See {Reef-band} in the Vocabulary. {Reef knot}, the knot which is used in tying reef pointss. See Illust. under {Knot}. {Reef line}, a small rope formerly used to reef the courses by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef. --Totten. {Reef points}, pieces of small rope passing through the eyelet holes of a reef-band, and used reefing the sail. {Reef tackle}, a tackle by which the reef cringles, or rings, of a sail are hauled up to the yard for reefing. --Totten. {To take a reef in}, to reduce the size of (a sail) by folding or rolling up a reef, and lashing it to the spar. | |
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Reef \Reef\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reefed} (r[c7]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reefing}.] (Naut.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar. --Totten. {To reef the paddles}, to move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply. | |
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Reef \Reef\ (r?f), n. [Akin to D. rif, G. riff, Icel. rif, Dan. rev; cf. Icel. rifa rift, rent, fissure, rifa to rive, bear. Cf. {Rift}, {Rive}.] 1. A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See {Coral reefs}, under {Coral}. 2. (Mining.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore. {Reef builder} (Zo[94]l.), any stony coral which contributes material to the formation of coral reefs. {Reef heron} (Zo[94]l.), any heron of the genus {Demigretta}; as, the blue reef heron ({D. jugularis}) of Australia. | |
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Reefy \Reef"y\ (-?), a. Full of reefs or rocks. | |
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Reve \Reve\, n. [See {Reeve}.] An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written {reeve}.] [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. | |
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Reeve \Reeve\ (r?v), n. (Zo[94]l.) The female of the ruff. | |
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Reeve \Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rove} (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reeving}.] [Cf. D. reven. See {Reef}, n. & v. t.] (Naut.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like. | |
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Reeve \Reeve\, n. [OE. reve, AS. ger[?]fa. Cf. {Sheriff}.] an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman. | |
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Reve \Reve\, n. [See {Reeve}.] An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written {reeve}.] [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. | |
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Reeve \Reeve\ (r?v), n. (Zo[94]l.) The female of the ruff. | |
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Reeve \Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rove} (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reeving}.] [Cf. D. reven. See {Reef}, n. & v. t.] (Naut.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like. | |
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Reeve \Reeve\, n. [OE. reve, AS. ger[?]fa. Cf. {Sheriff}.] an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman. | |
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Reif \Reif\ (r?f), n. [AS. re[?]f.] Robbery; spoil. [Obs.] | |
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Rep \Rep\, a. Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk. | |
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Rep \Rep\ (r?p), n. [Prob. a corruption of rib: cf. F. reps.] A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface. | |
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Repay \Re*pay"\ (r?-p?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repaid} (-p?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repaying}.] [Pref. re- + pay: cf. F. repayer.] 1. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced. If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place, such sum or sums. --Shak. 2. To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury. Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not commonly found to increase affection. --Rambler. 3. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt. Syn: To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite. | |
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Reve \Reve\, v. t. To reave. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Reve \Reve\, n. [See {Reeve}.] An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written {reeve}.] [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. | |
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Revie \Re*vie"\, v. i. 1. To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing. [Obs.] 2. To make a retort; to bandy words. [Obs.] | |
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Revie \Re*vie"\, v. t. 1. To vie with, or rival, in return. 2. (Card Playing) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Review \Re*view"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Review[?]d}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reveiwing}.] [Pref. re- + view. Cf. {Review}, n. ] 1. To view or see again; to look back on. [R.] [bd]I shall review Sicilia.[b8] --Shak. 2. To go over and examine critically or deliberately. Specifically: (a) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition. (b) To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel. (c) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment. (d) (Law) To re[89]xamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one. 3. To retrace; to go over again. Shall I the long, laborious scene review? --Pope. | |
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Review \Re*view"\, v. i. To look back; to make a review. | |
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Review \Re*view"\, n. [F. revue, fr. revu, p. p. of revoir to see again, L. revidere; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See {View}, and cf. {Revise}.] 1. A second or repeated view; a re[89]xamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life. 2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works. 3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique. 4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc. 5. An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc. 6. (Law) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher. 7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time. {Bill of review} (Equity), a bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. --Wharton. {Commission of review} (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates. Syn: Re[89]xamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey; reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision. | |
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Rhaphe \Rha"phe\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] seam, fr. [?][?][?] to sew. ] (Bot.) The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam. [Written also {raphe}.] --Gray. | |
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Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe, arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.] The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written also {rhob}, and {rohob}.] | |
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Rhob \Rhob\, n. See 1st Rob. | |
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Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe, arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.] The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written also {rhob}, and {rohob}.] | |
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Rhob \Rhob\, n. See 1st Rob. | |
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Rib \Rib\, n. [AS. rib, ribb; akin to D. rib, G. rippe, OHG. rippa, rippi, Dan. ribbe, Icel. rif, Russ. rebro.] 1. (Anat.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax. Note: In man there are twelve ribs on each side, of which the upper seven are directly connected with the sternum by cartilages, and are called sternal, or true, ribs. The remaining five pairs are called asternal, or false, ribs, and of these each of the three upper pairs is attached to the cartilage of the rib above, while the two lower pairs are free at the ventral ends, and are called floating ribs. See {Thorax}. 2. That which resembles a rib in form or use. Specifically: (a) (Shipbuilding) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel. (b) (Mach. & Structures) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it. (c) One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended. (d) A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth. (e) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun. 3. (Bot.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf. (b) Any longitudinal ridge in a plant. 4. (Arch.) (a) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like. (b) A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like. 5. (Mining) (a) Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein. (b) An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support. --Raymond. 6. A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib. [Familiar & Sportive] How many have we known whose heads have been broken with their own rib. --Bp. Hall. {Chuck rib}, a cut of beef immediately in front of the middle rib. See {Chuck}. {Fore ribs}, a cut of beef immediately in front of the sirloin. {Middle rib}, a cut of beef between the chuck rib and the fore ribs. {Rib grass}. (Bot.) Same as {Ribwort}. | |
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Rib \Rib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ribbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ribbing}.] 1. To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth. 2. To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in. | |
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Rief \Rief\, n. [See {Reave}.] Robbery. [Obs. or Scot.] | |
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Rife \Rife\, a. [AS. r[c6]f abundant, or Icel. r[c6]fr munificent; akin to OD. riff, rijve, abundant.] 1. Prevailing; prevalent; abounding. Before the plague of London, inflammations of the lungs were rife and mortal. --Arbuthnot. Even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife, and perfect in may listening ear. --Milton. 2. Having power; active; nimble. [Obs.] What! I am rife a little yet. --J. Webster. -- {Rife"ly}, adv. -- {Rife"ness}, n. | |
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Rip \Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ripped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ripping}.] [Cf. AS. r[ymac]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax, D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf. {Raff}, {Ripple} of flax.] 1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off. 2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing. He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart. --Granville. 3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up. They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion. --Clarendon. For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely. --Milton. 4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber. {Ripping chisel} (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out mortises. --Knight. {Ripping iron}. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Ravehook}. {Ripping saw}. (Carp.) See {Ripsaw}. {To rip out}, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See {To rap out}, under {Rap}, v. t. | |
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Rip \Rip\, n. 1. A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration. 2. [Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of reprobate.] A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse. [Slang.] 3. A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents. | |
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Rip \Rip\, n. [Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to E. corb. Cf. {Ripier}.] A wicker fish basket. | |
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Ripe \Ripe\, v. i. [AS. r[c6]pian.] To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.] | |
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Ripe \Ripe\, v. t. To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), n. [L. ripa.] The bank of a river. [Obs.] | |
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Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. {Riper} (-[etil]r); superl. {Ripest}.] [AS. r[c6]pe; akin to OS. r[c6]pi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[c6]ft; cf. AS. r[c6]p harvest, r[c6]pan to reap. Cf. {Reap}.] 1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap. --Milton. 2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. 3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. [bd]Ripe courage.[b8] --Chaucer. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak. 4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc. 5. Ready for action or effect; prepared. While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison. I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies. --Burke. 6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip. --Shak. 7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] [bd]Reeling ripe.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See {Mature}. | |
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Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. {Rived}; p. p. {Rived} or {Riven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Riving}.] [Icel. r[c6]fa, akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. {Reef} of land, {Rifle} a gun, {Rift}, {Rivel}.] To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles. I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer. The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak. Brutus hath rived my heart. --Shak. | |
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Rive \Rive\, v. i. To be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. --Woodward. | |
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Rive \Rive\, n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Rob \Rob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Robbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Robbing}.] [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roub[?]n, G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. [root]114. See {Reave},and cf. {Robe}.] 1. To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from. Who would rob a hermit of his weeds, His few books, or his beads, or maple dish? --Milton. He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all. --Shak. To be executed for robbing a church. --Shak. 2. (Law) To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear. 3. To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight. I never robbed the soldiers of their pay. --Shak. | |
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Rob \Rob\, v. i. To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence. I am accursed to rob in that thief's company. --Shak. | |
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Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe, arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.] The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written also {rhob}, and {rohob}.] | |
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Robe \Robe\, n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See {Rob}, v. t., and cf. {Rubbish}.] 1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. --Shak. 2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.] {Master of the robes}, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. {Mistress of the robes}, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes. | |
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Robe \Robe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Robed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Robing}.] To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green. The sage Chaldeans robed in white appeared. --Pope. Such was his power over the expression of his countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the sternness of winter, and robe it in the brightest smiles of spring. --Wirt. | |
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Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe, arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.] The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written also {rhob}, and {rohob}.] | |
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Rohob \Ro"hob\, n. An inspissated juice. See {Rob}. | |
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Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe, arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.] The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written also {rhob}, and {rohob}.] | |
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Rohob \Ro"hob\, n. An inspissated juice. See {Rob}. | |
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Roof \Roof\, n. [OE. rof, AS. hr[?]f top, roof; akin to D. roef cabin, Icel. hr[?]f a shed under which ships are built or kept; cf. OS. hr[?]st roof, Goth. hr[?]t. Cf. {Roost}.] 1. (Arch.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see {Roofing}) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering. 2. That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth. The flowery roof Showered roses, which the morn repaired. --Milton. 3. (Mining.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein. {Bell roof}, {French roof}, etc. (Arch.) See under {Bell}, {French}, etc. {Flat roof}. (Arch.) (a) A roof actually horizontal and level, as in some Oriental buildings. (b) A roof nearly horizontal, constructed of such material as allows the water to run off freely from a very slight inclination. {Roof plate}. (Arch.) See {Plate}, n., 10. | |
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Roof \Roof\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roofed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roofing}.] 1. To cover with a roof. I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that have not been roofed with vaults or arches. --Addison. 2. To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter. Here had we now our country's honor roofed. --Shak. | |
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Roofy \Roof`y\, a. Having roofs. [R.] --Dryden. | |
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Roop \Roop\, n. See {Roup}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Rope \Rope\, v. t. 1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods. Hence: 2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope. 3. To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd. 4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.] 5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.] 6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.] | |
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Rope \Rope\, n. [AS. r[be]p; akin to D. reep, G. reif ring hoop, Icel. reip rope, Sw. rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip latchet.] 1. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See {Cordage}. 2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions. 3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds. {Rope ladder}, a ladder made of ropes. {Rope mat}., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope. {Rope of sand}, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon. {Rope pump}, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope. {Rope transmission} (Mach.), a method of transmitting power, as between distant places, by means of endless ropes running over grooved pulleys. {Rope's end}, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash in inflicting punishment. {To give one rope}, to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked. | |
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Rope \Rope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roping}.] To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses' thatch. --Shak. | |
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Drag line \Drag line\ [or] rope \rope\ . (A[89]ronautics) A guide rope. | |
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Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snubbing}.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubb[omac]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.] 1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop. 2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster. 3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. {To snub a cable} [or] {rope} (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. --Totten. | |
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Rope \Rope\, v. t. 1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods. Hence: 2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope. 3. To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd. 4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.] 5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.] 6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.] | |
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Rope \Rope\, n. [AS. r[be]p; akin to D. reep, G. reif ring hoop, Icel. reip rope, Sw. rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip latchet.] 1. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See {Cordage}. 2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions. 3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds. {Rope ladder}, a ladder made of ropes. {Rope mat}., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope. {Rope of sand}, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon. {Rope pump}, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope. {Rope transmission} (Mach.), a method of transmitting power, as between distant places, by means of endless ropes running over grooved pulleys. {Rope's end}, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash in inflicting punishment. {To give one rope}, to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked. | |
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Rope \Rope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roping}.] To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses' thatch. --Shak. | |
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Drag line \Drag line\ [or] rope \rope\ . (A[89]ronautics) A guide rope. | |
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Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snubbing}.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubb[omac]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.] 1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop. 2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster. 3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. {To snub a cable} [or] {rope} (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. --Totten. | |
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Ropy \Rop"y\, a. capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees. | |
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Roup \Roup\, v. i. & t. [Cf. AS. hr[?]pan to cry out, G. rufen, Goth. hr[?]pian. Cf. {Roop}.] To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
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Roup \Roup\, n. 1. An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction. [Scot.] --Jamieson. To roup, that is, the sale of his crops, was over. --J. C. Shairp. 2. A disease in poultry. See {Pip}. | |
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Rove \Rove\ (r[omac]v), v. t. [perhaps fr. or akin to reeve.] 1. To draw through an eye or aperture. 2. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. --Jamieson. 3. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning. | |
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Rove \Rove\ (r[omac]v), n. 1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building. 2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving. | |
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Rove \Rove\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roving}.] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave. See {Reave}, {Rob}.] 1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy. [Obs.] --Hakluyt. 2. Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise. For who has power to walk has power to rove. --Arbuthnot. 3. (Archery) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range). Fair Venus' son, that with thy cruel dart At that good knight so cunningly didst rove. --Spenser. Syn: To wander; roam; range; ramble stroll. | |
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Rove \Rove\, v. t. 1. To wander over or through. Roving the field, I chanced A goodly tree far distant to behold. --milton. 2. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rove \Rove\, n. The act of wandering; a ramble. In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt. --Young. {Rove beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of beetles of the family {Staphylinid[91]}, having short elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely. They are rapid runners, and seldom fly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reeve \Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rove} (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reeving}.] [Cf. D. reven. See {Reef}, n. & v. t.] (Naut.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rub \Rub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rubbing}.] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. rhwbiaw, gael. rub.] 1. To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper. It shall be expedient, after that body is cleaned, to rub the body with a coarse linen cloth. --Sir T. Elyot. 2. To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground. 3. To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body. Two bones rubbed hard against one another. --Arbuthnot. 4. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear. The smoothed plank, . . . New rubbed with balm. --Milton. 5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver. The whole business of our redemption is to rub over the defaced copy of the creation. --South. 6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart. [R.] 'T is the duke's pleasure, Whose disposition, all the world well knows, Will not be rubbed nor stopped. --Shak. {To rub down}. (a) To clean by rubbing; to comb or curry; as, to down a horse. (b) To reduce or remove by rubbing; as, to rub down the rough points. {To rub off}, to clean anything by rubbing; to separate by friction; as, to rub off rust. {To rub out}, to remove or separate by friction; to erase; to obliterate; as, to rub out a mark or letter; to rub out a stain. {To rub up}. (a) To burnish; to polish; to clean. (b) To excite; to awaken; to rouse to action; as, to rub up the memory. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rub \Rub\, v. i. 1. To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost. 2. To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore. 3. To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world. {To rub along} or {on}, to go on with difficulty; as, they manage, with strict economy, to rub along. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rub \Rub\, n. [Cf. W. rhwb. See Rub, v,t,] 1. The act of rubbing; friction. 2. That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch. Every rub is smoothed on our way. --Shak. To sleep, perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub. --Shak. Upon this rub, the English ambassadors thought fit to demur. --Hayward. One knows not, certainly, what other rubs might have been ordained for us by a wise Providence. --W. Besant. 3. Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness. --Shak. 4. Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub. 5. Imperfection; failing; fault. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 6. A chance. [Obs.] Flight shall leave no Greek a rub. --Chapman. 7. A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also {rubstone}. {Rub iron}, an iron guard on a wagon body, against which a wheel rubs when cramped too much. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rub \Rub\, n. {Rub of the green} (Golf), anything happening to a ball in motion, such as its being deflected or stopped by any agency outside the match, or by the fore caddie. d8Rubaiyat \[d8]Ru*bai*yat"\, n. pl.; sing. {Rubai}. [Ar. rub[be]'iy[be]h quatrian, pl. of rub[be]'iy having four radicals, fr. rub[be]' four.] Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl. construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rub \Rub\, n. {Rub of the green} (Golf), anything happening to a ball in motion, such as its being deflected or stopped by any agency outside the match, or by the fore caddie. d8Rubaiyat \[d8]Ru*bai*yat"\, n. pl.; sing. {Rubai}. [Ar. rub[be]'iy[be]h quatrian, pl. of rub[be]'iy having four radicals, fr. rub[be]' four.] Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl. construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas. | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruby \Ru"by\, a. Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruby \Ru"by\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rubied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rubying}.] To make red; to redden. [R.] --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruby \Ru"by\, n.; pl. {Rubies}. [F. rubis (cf. Pr. robi), LL. rubinus, robinus, fr. L. rubeus red, reddish, akin to ruber. See {Rouge}, {red}.] 1. (Min.) A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum. Note: Besides the true or Oriental ruby above defined, there are the balas ruby, or ruby spinel, a red variety of spinel, and the rock ruby, a red variety of garnet. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, n. [F. ronfle; cf. It. ronfa, Pg. rufa, rifa.] (Card Playing) (a) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it. --Nares. (b) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, v. i. & t. (Card Playing) To trump. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Icel. r[?]finn rough, uncombed, Pr. ruf rude, rough, Sp. rufo frizzed, crisp, curled, G. raufen to pluck, fight, rupfen to pluck, pull, E. rough. [root]18. Cf. {Ruffle} to wrinkle.] 1. A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children. Here to-morrow with his best ruff on. --Shak. His gravity is much lessened since the late proclamation came out against ruffs; . . . they were come to that height of excess herein, that twenty shillings were used to be paid for starching of a ruff. --Howell. 2. Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name. I reared this flower; . . . Soft on the paper ruff its leaves I spread. --Pope. 3. An exhibition of pride or haughtiness. How many princes . . . in the ruff of all their glory, have been taken down from the head of a conquering army to the wheel of the victor's chariot! --L'Estrange. 4. Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. [Obs.] To ruffle it out in a riotous ruff. --Latimer. 5. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle. 6. (Mach.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of {Collar}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird. 8. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia ({Pavoncella, [or] Philommachus, pugnax}) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve. (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruffing}.] 1. To ruffle; to disorder. --Spenser. 2. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. 3. (Hawking) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo[94]l.) A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); -- called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, [or] striped, perch}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, n. [See {Ruffle}, v. t. & i.] 1. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill. 2. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle. 3. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also {ruff}. --H. L. Scott. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus {Fulgur}. See {O[94]theca}. {Ruffle of a boot}, the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited. --Halliwell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Trump \Trump\, n. [A corruption of triumph, F. triomphe. See {Triumph}, and cf. {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits. 2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also {ruff}. --Decker. 3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang] Alfred is a trump, I think you say. --Thackeray. {To put to one's trumps}, [or] {To put on one's trumps}, to force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion. But when kings come so low as to fawn upon philosophy, which before they neither valued nor understood, it is a sign that fails not, they are then put to their last trump. --Milton. Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate them. --W. Irving. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, n. [F. ronfle; cf. It. ronfa, Pg. rufa, rifa.] (Card Playing) (a) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it. --Nares. (b) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, v. i. & t. (Card Playing) To trump. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Icel. r[?]finn rough, uncombed, Pr. ruf rude, rough, Sp. rufo frizzed, crisp, curled, G. raufen to pluck, fight, rupfen to pluck, pull, E. rough. [root]18. Cf. {Ruffle} to wrinkle.] 1. A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children. Here to-morrow with his best ruff on. --Shak. His gravity is much lessened since the late proclamation came out against ruffs; . . . they were come to that height of excess herein, that twenty shillings were used to be paid for starching of a ruff. --Howell. 2. Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name. I reared this flower; . . . Soft on the paper ruff its leaves I spread. --Pope. 3. An exhibition of pride or haughtiness. How many princes . . . in the ruff of all their glory, have been taken down from the head of a conquering army to the wheel of the victor's chariot! --L'Estrange. 4. Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. [Obs.] To ruffle it out in a riotous ruff. --Latimer. 5. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle. 6. (Mach.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of {Collar}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird. 8. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia ({Pavoncella, [or] Philommachus, pugnax}) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve. (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruffing}.] 1. To ruffle; to disorder. --Spenser. 2. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. 3. (Hawking) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo[94]l.) A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); -- called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, [or] striped, perch}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, n. [See {Ruffle}, v. t. & i.] 1. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill. 2. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle. 3. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also {ruff}. --H. L. Scott. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus {Fulgur}. See {O[94]theca}. {Ruffle of a boot}, the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited. --Halliwell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Trump \Trump\, n. [A corruption of triumph, F. triomphe. See {Triumph}, and cf. {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits. 2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also {ruff}. --Decker. 3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang] Alfred is a trump, I think you say. --Thackeray. {To put to one's trumps}, [or] {To put on one's trumps}, to force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion. But when kings come so low as to fawn upon philosophy, which before they neither valued nor understood, it is a sign that fails not, they are then put to their last trump. --Milton. Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate them. --W. Irving. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo[94]l.) A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); -- called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, [or] striped, perch}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rupee \Ru*pee"\ (r[usdot]*p[emac]"), n. [Hind. r[umac]piyah, fr. Skr. r[umac]pya silver, coined silver or gold, handsome.] A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies. Note: The valuation of the rupee of sixteen annas, the standard coin of India, by the United States Treasury department, varies from time to time with the price of silver. In 1889 it was rated at about thirty-two cents. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Raub, ND Zip code(s): 58779 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ravia, OK (town, FIPS 62000) Location: 34.24055 N, 96.75571 W Population (1990): 404 (191 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Reva, SD Zip code(s): 57651 Reva, VA Zip code(s): 22735 | |
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Rippey, IA (city, FIPS 67215) Location: 41.93459 N, 94.19995 W Population (1990): 275 (136 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50235 | |
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Riva, MD (CDP, FIPS 66400) Location: 38.94604 N, 76.58962 W Population (1990): 3438 (1199 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21140 | |
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Roby, MO Zip code(s): 65557 Roby, TX (city, FIPS 62612) Location: 32.74631 N, 100.37848 W Population (1990): 616 (311 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79543 | |
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Roff, OK (town, FIPS 63750) Location: 34.62889 N, 96.84112 W Population (1990): 717 (326 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74865 | |
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Ruby, AK (city, FIPS 65590) Location: 64.71757 N, 155.52066 W Population (1990): 170 (92 housing units) Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99768 Ruby, MI Zip code(s): 48049 Ruby, SC (town, FIPS 62080) Location: 34.74414 N, 80.17974 W Population (1990): 300 (148 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29741 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rufe, OK Zip code(s): 74755 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
rape vt. 1. To {screw} someone or something, violently; in particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably. Often used in describing file-system damage. "So-and-so was running a program that did absolute disk I/O and ended up raping the master directory." 2. To strip a piece of hardware for parts. 3. [CMU/Pitt] To mass-copy files from an anonymous ftp site. "Last night I raped Simtel's dskutl directory." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
rave vi. [WPI] 1. To persist in discussing a specific subject. 2. To speak authoritatively on a subject about which one knows very little. 3. To complain to a person who is not in a position to correct the difficulty. 4. To purposely annoy another person verbally. 5. To evangelize. See {flame}. 6. Also used to describe a less negative form of blather, such as friendly bullshitting. `Rave' differs slightly from {flame} in that `rave' implies that it is the persistence or obliviousness of the person speaking that is annoying, while {flame} implies somewhat more strongly that the tone or content is offensive as well. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
RFE /R-F-E/ n. 1. [techspeak] Request For Enhancement (compare {RFC}). 2. [from `Radio Free Europe', Bellcore and Sun] Radio Free Ethernet, a system (originated by Peter Langston) for broadcasting audio among Sun SPARCstations over the ethernet. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
rip v. 1. To extract the digital representation of a piece of music from an audio CD. Software that does this is often called a "CD ripper". 2. [Amiga hackers] To extract sound or graphics from a program that they have been compiled/assembled into, or which generates them at run-time. In the case of older Amiga games this entails searching through memory shortly after a reboot. This sense has been in use for many years and probably gave rise to the (now more common) sense 1. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
rave [WPI] 1. To persist in discussing a specific subject. 2. To speak authoritatively on a subject about which one knows very little. 3. To complain to a person who is not in a position to correct the difficulty. 4. To purposely annoy another person verbally. 5. To evangelise. See {flame}. 6. Also used to describe a less negative form of blather, such as friendly bullshitting. "Rave" differs slightly from {flame} in that "rave" implies that it is the persistence or obliviousness of the person speaking that is annoying, while {flame} implies somewhat more strongly that the tone or content is offensive as well. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
reify To regard (something abstract) as a material thing. (1995-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
REP decks} (and later {PTF Tapes}) to REPlace fragments of already assembled or compiled object code prior to {link edit}. Recompiling or reassembling the {source code} to produce a whole new object module was only possible if the {source code} was available, which it rarely was (if you had the object you were lucky!) It was also quicker to apply incremental changes with REP cards and they also circumvented the {checksums} and {card sequence numbers} present in the object code. (1998-07-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RFE 1. {Request For Enhancement} (compare {RFC}). 2. (From "Radio Free Europe", {Bellcore} and {Sun}) Radio Free Ethernet. A system originated by Peter Langston for broadcasting audio among Sun {SPARCstations} over the {Ethernet}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RFI {Radio Frequency Interference} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RFP 1. 2. (2001-01-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RIFF files format. RIFF is used for {WAV} and {AVI} files. (1995-04-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RIP 1. 2. (2003-09-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RIPE {Réseaux IP Européens} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
roff {Unix}. See {groff}, {nroff}, {troff}. [Was roff the original? Platform(s)?] (1998-11-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RPI {Rockwell Protocol Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
rubi {furigana} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Ruby 1. A {relational language} designed by Jones and M. Sheeran in 1986 for describing and designing circuits (a {hardware description language}). Ruby programs denote {binary relations} and programs are built-up inductively from primitive relations using a pre-defined set of {relational operators}. Ruby programs also have a geometric interpretation as networks of primitive relations connected by wires, which is important when layout is considered in circuit design. Ruby has been continually developed since 1986, and has been used to design many different kinds of circuits, including {systolic arrays}, {butterfly networks} and arithmetic circuits. {(ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/misc/ruby/)}. E-mail: ["Ruby - A Language of Relations and Higher-Order Functions", M. Sheeran, Proc 3rd Banff Workshop on Hardware Verification, Springer 1990]. (1994-10-27) 2. One of five pedagogical languages based on {Markov algorithms}, used in Higman's report (below). The other languages are {Brilliant}, {Diamond}, {Nonpareil}, and {Pearl}. ["Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968)]. (1994-10-27) 3. A fully {object oriented} {interpreted} {scripting language} by Yukihiro Matsumoto Similar in scope to {Perl} and {Python}, Ruby has high-level {data types}, automatic {memory management}, {dynamic typing}, a {module} system, {exceptions}, and a rich standard library. Other features are {CLU}-style {iterators} for {loop abstraction}, {singleton classes}/{methods} and {lexical closures}. In Ruby, everything is an {object}, including the basic data types. For example, the number 1 is an instance of {class} Fixnum. Current version (stable): 1.6.7, as of 2002-03-01. {Ruby Home (http://www.ruby-lang.org/)}. {Ruby Central (http://www.rubycentral.com/)}. ["Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", David Thomas, Andrew Hunt, Yukihiro Matsumoto pub. Addison Wesley 2000]. (2002-06-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RWP {Remote Write Protocol} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rabbah or Rab'bath, great. (1.) "Rabbath of the children of Ammon," the chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams which united with the Jabbok. Here the bedstead of Og was preserved (Deut. 3:11), perhaps as a trophy of some victory gained by the Ammonites over the king of Bashan. After David had subdued all their allies in a great war, he sent Joab with a strong force to take their city. For two years it held out against its assailants. It was while his army was engaged in this protracted siege that David was guilty of that deed of shame which left a blot on his character and cast a gloom over the rest of his life. At length, having taken the "royal city" (or the "city of waters," 2 Sam. 12:27, i.e., the lower city on the river, as distinguished from the citadel), Joab sent for David to direct the final assault (11:1; 12:26-31). The city was given up to plunder, and the people were ruthlessly put to death, and "thus did he with all the cities of the children of Ammon." The destruction of Rabbath was the last of David's conquests. His kingdom now reached its farthest limits (2 Sam. 8:1-15; 1 Chr. 18:1-15). The capture of this city is referred to by Amos (1:14), Jeremiah (49:2, 3), and Ezekiel (21:20; 25:5). (2.) A city in the hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:60), possibly the ruin Rubba, six miles north-east of Beit-Jibrin. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rabbi my master, a title of dignity given by the Jews to their doctors of the law and their distinguished teachers. It is sometimes applied to Christ (Matt. 23:7, 8; Mark 9:5 (R.V.); John 1:38, 49; 3:2; 6:25, etc.); also to John (3:26). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rahab insolence; pride, a poetical name applied to Egypt in Ps. 87:4; 89:10; Isa. 51:9, as "the proud one." Rahab, (Heb. Rahab; i.e., "broad," "large"). When the Hebrews were encamped at Shittim, in the "Arabah" or Jordan valley opposite Jericho, ready to cross the river, Joshua, as a final preparation, sent out two spies to "spy the land." After five days they returned, having swum across the river, which at this season, the month Abib, overflowed its banks from the melting of the snow on Lebanon. The spies reported how it had fared with them (Josh. 2:1-7). They had been exposed to danger in Jericho, and had been saved by the fidelity of Rahab the harlot, to whose house they had gone for protection. When the city of Jericho fell (6:17-25), Rahab and her whole family were preserved according to the promise of the spies, and were incorporated among the Jewish people. She afterwards became the wife of Salmon, a prince of the tribe of Judah (Ruth 4:21; 1 Chr. 2:11; Matt. 1:5). "Rahab's being asked to bring out the spies to the soldiers (Josh. 2:3) sent for them, is in strict keeping with Eastern manners, which would not permit any man to enter a woman's house without her permission. The fact of her covering the spies with bundles of flax which lay on her house-roof (2:6) is an 'undesigned coincidence' which strictly corroborates the narrative. It was the time of the barley harvest, and flax and barley are ripe at the same time in the Jordan valley, so that the bundles of flax stalks might have been expected to be drying just then" (Geikie's Hours, etc., ii., 390). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rapha tall. (1.) A Benjamite, the son of Binea (1 Chr. 8:2, 37), a descendant of Saul. (2.) Margin of 1 Chr. 20:4, 6, where "giant" is given in the text. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Raphu healed, a Benjamite, whose son Palti was one of the twelve spies (Num. 13:9). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Reba fourth, one of the Midianite chiefs slain by the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 31:8; Josh. 13:21). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rehabiah enlargement of the Lord, the son of Eliezer, and grandson of Moses (1 Chr. 23:17; 24:21). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Rehob street; broad place. (1.) The father of Hadadezer, king of Tobah (2 Sam. 8:3, 12). (2.) Neh. 10:11. (3.) The same, probably, as Beth-rehob (2 Sam. 10:6, 8; Judg. 18:28), a place in the north of Palestine (Num. 13:21). It is now supposed to be represented by the castle of Hunin, south-west of Dan, on the road from Hamath into Coele-Syria. (4.) A town of Asher (Josh. 19:28), to the east of Zidon. (5.) Another town of Asher (Josh. 19:30), kept possession of by the Canaanites (Judg. 1:31). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ruby (Heb. peninim), only in plural (Lam. 4:7). The ruby was one of the stones in the high priest's breastplate (Ex. 28:17). A comparison is made between the value of wisdom and rubies (Job 28:18; Prov. 3:15; 8:11). The price of a virtuous woman is said to be "far above rubies" (Prov. 31:10). The exact meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. Some render it "red coral;" others, "pearl" or "mother-of-pearl." | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rabbah, great; powerful; contentious | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rabbi, Rabboni, my master | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rahab, proud; quarrelsome (applied to Egypt) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rahab, large; extended (name of a woman) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Raphah, Raphu, relaxation; physic; comfort | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Reba, the fourth; a square; that lies or stoops down | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rehabiah, breadth, or extent, of the Lord | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rehob, breadth; space; extent | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Rephaiah, medicine or refreshment of the Lord | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ribai, strife |