English Dictionary: Rhipsalis | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rapscallion \Rap*scal"lion\, n. [See {Rascallion}.] A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. [Colloq.] --Howitt. | |
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Refocillate \Re*foc"il*late\ (r?*f?s"?l*l?t), v. t. [L. refocillatus, p. p. of refocillare; pref. re- re- + focillare to revive by warmth.] To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] --Aubrey. | |
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Refocillation \Re*foc`il*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n. Restoration of strength by refreshment. [Obs.] --Middleton. | |
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Refusal \Re*fus"al\ (-al), n. 1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance. Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my refusal, to distress me more? --Milton. 2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment. | |
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Reposal \Re*pos"al\ (r[esl]*p[omac]z"[ait]l), n. [From {Repose}.] 1. The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust. --Shak. 2. That on which one reposes. [Obs.] --Burton. | |
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Rep-silver \Rep"-sil`ver\ (r?p"s?l`v?r), n. [See {Reap}.] Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain. | |
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Revisal \Re*vis"al\, n. [From {Revise}.] The act of revising, or reviewing and re[89]xamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty. | |
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Rubicelle \Ru"bi*celle\, n. [Cf. F. rubacelle, rubicelle, fr. L. rubeus red, reddish.] (Min.) A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil. | |
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Of rubies, sapphires, and pearles white. --Chaucer. 2. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint. The natural ruby of your cheeks. --Shak. 3. That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle. 4. (Print.) See {Agate}, n., 2. [Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus {Clytol[91]ma}. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast. {Ruby of arsenic}, {Ruby of sulphur} (Chem.), a glassy substance of a red color and a variable composition, but always consisting chiefly of the disulphide of arsenic; -- called also {ruby sulphur}. {Ruby of zinc} (Min.), zinc sulphide; the mineral zinc blende or sphalerite. {Ruby silver} (Min.), red silver. See under {Red}. | |
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Silver \Sil"ver\, n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[94]lv, Goth. silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the [bd]noble[b8] metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5. Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of light upon them, and are used in photography. 2. Coin made of silver; silver money. 3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver. 4. The color of silver. Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright, silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed, silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled, silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding, silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See {Silver}, a. {Black silver} (Min.), stephanite; -- called also {brittle silver ore}, or {brittle silver glance}. {Fulminating silver}. (Chem.) (a) A black crystalline substance, {Ag2O.(NH3)2}, obtained by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry it explodes violently on the slightest percussion. (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance, {Ag2C2N2O2}, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution of silver nitrate. When dry it is violently explosive. {German silver}. (Chem.) See under {German}. {Gray silver}. (Min.) See {Freieslebenite}. {Horn silver}. (Min.) See {Cerargyrite}. {King's silver}. (O. Eng. Law) See {Postfine}. {Red silver}, [or] {Ruby silver}. (Min.) See {Proustite}, and {Pyrargyrite}. {Silver beater}, one who beats silver into silver leaf or silver foil. {Silver glance}, [or] {Vitreous silver}. (Min.) See {Argentine}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Of rubies, sapphires, and pearles white. --Chaucer. 2. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint. The natural ruby of your cheeks. --Shak. 3. That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle. 4. (Print.) See {Agate}, n., 2. [Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus {Clytol[91]ma}. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast. {Ruby of arsenic}, {Ruby of sulphur} (Chem.), a glassy substance of a red color and a variable composition, but always consisting chiefly of the disulphide of arsenic; -- called also {ruby sulphur}. {Ruby of zinc} (Min.), zinc sulphide; the mineral zinc blende or sphalerite. {Ruby silver} (Min.), red silver. See under {Red}. | |
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Rufigallic \Ru`fi*gal"lic\, a. [Rufiopin + gallic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is related to rufiopin and anthracene. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock. Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak. 3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous] Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. --Addison. 4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [Obs.] He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. --Shak. 5. A faucet or valve. Note: Jonsons says, [bd]The handly probably had a cock on the top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently to have had that form, whatever was the reason.[b8] Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in forma crit[91] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb. 6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers. 7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson. 8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight. {Ball cock}. See under {Ball}. {Chaparral cock}. See under {Chaparral}. {Cock and bull story}, {an extravagant}, boastful story; a canard. {Cock of the plains} (Zo[94]l.) See {Sage cock}. {Cock of the rock} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird ({Rupicola aurantia}) having a beautiful crest. {Cock of the walk}, a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors. {Cock of the woods}. See {Capercailzie}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rupicoline \Ru*pic"o*line\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Rock-inhabiting. |