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   Rain-giver
         n 1: an epithet for Jupiter [syn: {Jupiter Pluvius}, {Rain-
               giver}]

English Dictionary: Rumgeblödel by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
range finder
n
  1. a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object
    Synonym(s): rangefinder, range finder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
range of a function
n
  1. (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers"
    Synonym(s): image, range, range of a function
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
range of mountains
n
  1. a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
    Synonym(s): range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
range pole
n
  1. surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
    Synonym(s): range pole, ranging pole, flagpole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rangefinder
n
  1. a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object
    Synonym(s): rangefinder, range finder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rangifer
n
  1. reindeer or caribou
    Synonym(s): Rangifer, genus Rangifer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rangifer arcticus
n
  1. of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
    Synonym(s): barren ground caribou, Rangifer arcticus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rangifer caribou
n
  1. any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus
    Synonym(s): woodland caribou, Rangifer caribou
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rangifer tarandus
n
  1. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
    Synonym(s): caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rangpur
n
  1. hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel
    Synonym(s): rangpur, rangpur lime, lemanderin, Citrus limonia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rangpur lime
n
  1. hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel
    Synonym(s): rangpur, rangpur lime, lemanderin, Citrus limonia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhamnus frangula
n
  1. small tree common in Europe [syn: alder buckthorn, {alder dogwood}, Rhamnus frangula]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhamnus purshianus
n
  1. shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
    Synonym(s): cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhinoscope
n
  1. medical instrument consisting of a mirror mounted at an angle on a rod; used to examine the nasal passages (through the nasopharynx)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhinoscopy
n
  1. examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhinosporidiosis
n
  1. fungal infection of the nose; often acquired while swimming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ring blackbird
n
  1. European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck
    Synonym(s): ring ouzel, ring blackbird, ring thrush, Turdus torquatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ring finger
n
  1. the third finger (especially of the left hand) [syn: {ring finger}, annualry]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ring of color
n
  1. small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
    Synonym(s): areola, ring of color
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ring up
v
  1. to perform and record a sale on a cash register; "Sally rang up Eve's purchase of tomatoes"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ring vaccination
n
  1. administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ring-binder
n
  1. holds loose papers or magazines [syn: binder, {ring- binder}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ring-shaped
adj
  1. shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate, annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped, doughnut-shaped]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rinse off
v
  1. wash off soap or remaining dirt
    Synonym(s): rinse, rinse off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rowing boat
n
  1. a rowboat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rumex obtusifolius
n
  1. European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America
    Synonym(s): bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, yellow dock, Rumex obtusifolius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
runcible spoon
n
  1. a fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rynchopidae
n
  1. coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers [syn: Rynchopidae, family Rynchopidae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rynchops
n
  1. type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers [syn: Rynchops, genus Rynchops]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Range \Range\, n. [From {Range}, v.: cf. F. rang[82]e.]
      1. A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range
            of buildings; a range of mountains.
  
      2. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an
            order; a class.
  
                     The next range of beings above him are the
                     immaterial intelligences.                  --Sir M. Hale.
  
      3. The step of a ladder; a rung. --Clarendon.
  
      4. A kitchen grate. [Obs.]
  
                     He was bid at his first coming to take off the
                     range, and let down the cinders.         --L'Estrange.
  
      5. An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in
            brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of
            cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
  
      6. A bolting sieve to sift meal. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  
      7. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a
            ramble; an expedition.
  
                     He may take a range all the world over. --South.
  
      8. That which may be ranged over; place or room for
            excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle
            or sheep may wander and pasture.
  
      9. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or
            extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as,
            the range of one's voice, or authority.
  
                     Far as creation's ample range extends. --Pope.
  
                     The range and compass of Hammond's knowledge filled
                     the whole circle of the arts.            --Bp. Fell.
  
                     A man has not enough range of thought. --Addison.
  
      10. (Biol.) The region within which a plant or animal
            naturally lives.
  
      11. (Gun.)
            (a) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other
                  projectile is carried.
            (b) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or
                  projectile.
            (c) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is
                  practiced.
  
      12. In the public land system of the United States, a row or
            line of townships lying between two succession meridian
            lines six miles apart.
  
      Note: The meridians included in each great survey are
               numbered in order east and west from the [bd]principal
               meridian[b8] of that survey, and the townships in the
               range are numbered north and south from the [bd]base
               line,[b8] which runs east and west; as, township No. 6,
               N., range 7, W., from the fifth principal meridian.
  
      13. (Naut.) See {Range of cable}, below.
  
      {Range of accommodation} (Optics), the distance between the
            near point and the far point of distinct vision, --
            usually measured and designated by the strength of the
            lens which if added to the refracting media of the eye
            would cause the rays from the near point to appear as if
            they came from the far point.
  
      {Range finder} (Gunnery), an instrument, or apparatus,
            variously constructed, for ascertaining the distance of an
            inaccessible object, -- used to determine what elevation
            must be given to a gun in order to hit the object; a
            position finder.
  
      {Range of cable} (Naut.), a certain length of slack cable
            ranged along the deck preparatory to letting go the
            anchor.
  
      {Range work} (Masonry), masonry of squared stones laid in
            courses each of which is of even height throughout the
            length of the wall; -- distinguished from broken range
            work, which consists of squared stones laid in courses not
            continuously of even height.
  
      {To get the range of} (an object) (Gun.), to find the angle
            at which the piece must be raised to reach (the object)
            without carrying beyond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Range \Range\, n. [From {Range}, v.: cf. F. rang[82]e.]
      1. A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range
            of buildings; a range of mountains.
  
      2. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an
            order; a class.
  
                     The next range of beings above him are the
                     immaterial intelligences.                  --Sir M. Hale.
  
      3. The step of a ladder; a rung. --Clarendon.
  
      4. A kitchen grate. [Obs.]
  
                     He was bid at his first coming to take off the
                     range, and let down the cinders.         --L'Estrange.
  
      5. An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in
            brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of
            cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
  
      6. A bolting sieve to sift meal. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  
      7. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a
            ramble; an expedition.
  
                     He may take a range all the world over. --South.
  
      8. That which may be ranged over; place or room for
            excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle
            or sheep may wander and pasture.
  
      9. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or
            extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as,
            the range of one's voice, or authority.
  
                     Far as creation's ample range extends. --Pope.
  
                     The range and compass of Hammond's knowledge filled
                     the whole circle of the arts.            --Bp. Fell.
  
                     A man has not enough range of thought. --Addison.
  
      10. (Biol.) The region within which a plant or animal
            naturally lives.
  
      11. (Gun.)
            (a) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other
                  projectile is carried.
            (b) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or
                  projectile.
            (c) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is
                  practiced.
  
      12. In the public land system of the United States, a row or
            line of townships lying between two succession meridian
            lines six miles apart.
  
      Note: The meridians included in each great survey are
               numbered in order east and west from the [bd]principal
               meridian[b8] of that survey, and the townships in the
               range are numbered north and south from the [bd]base
               line,[b8] which runs east and west; as, township No. 6,
               N., range 7, W., from the fifth principal meridian.
  
      13. (Naut.) See {Range of cable}, below.
  
      {Range of accommodation} (Optics), the distance between the
            near point and the far point of distinct vision, --
            usually measured and designated by the strength of the
            lens which if added to the refracting media of the eye
            would cause the rays from the near point to appear as if
            they came from the far point.
  
      {Range finder} (Gunnery), an instrument, or apparatus,
            variously constructed, for ascertaining the distance of an
            inaccessible object, -- used to determine what elevation
            must be given to a gun in order to hit the object; a
            position finder.
  
      {Range of cable} (Naut.), a certain length of slack cable
            ranged along the deck preparatory to letting go the
            anchor.
  
      {Range work} (Masonry), masonry of squared stones laid in
            courses each of which is of even height throughout the
            length of the wall; -- distinguished from broken range
            work, which consists of squared stones laid in courses not
            continuously of even height.
  
      {To get the range of} (an object) (Gun.), to find the angle
            at which the piece must be raised to reach (the object)
            without carrying beyond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Range \Range\, n. [From {Range}, v.: cf. F. rang[82]e.]
      1. A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range
            of buildings; a range of mountains.
  
      2. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an
            order; a class.
  
                     The next range of beings above him are the
                     immaterial intelligences.                  --Sir M. Hale.
  
      3. The step of a ladder; a rung. --Clarendon.
  
      4. A kitchen grate. [Obs.]
  
                     He was bid at his first coming to take off the
                     range, and let down the cinders.         --L'Estrange.
  
      5. An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in
            brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of
            cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
  
      6. A bolting sieve to sift meal. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  
      7. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a
            ramble; an expedition.
  
                     He may take a range all the world over. --South.
  
      8. That which may be ranged over; place or room for
            excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle
            or sheep may wander and pasture.
  
      9. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or
            extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as,
            the range of one's voice, or authority.
  
                     Far as creation's ample range extends. --Pope.
  
                     The range and compass of Hammond's knowledge filled
                     the whole circle of the arts.            --Bp. Fell.
  
                     A man has not enough range of thought. --Addison.
  
      10. (Biol.) The region within which a plant or animal
            naturally lives.
  
      11. (Gun.)
            (a) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other
                  projectile is carried.
            (b) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or
                  projectile.
            (c) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is
                  practiced.
  
      12. In the public land system of the United States, a row or
            line of townships lying between two succession meridian
            lines six miles apart.
  
      Note: The meridians included in each great survey are
               numbered in order east and west from the [bd]principal
               meridian[b8] of that survey, and the townships in the
               range are numbered north and south from the [bd]base
               line,[b8] which runs east and west; as, township No. 6,
               N., range 7, W., from the fifth principal meridian.
  
      13. (Naut.) See {Range of cable}, below.
  
      {Range of accommodation} (Optics), the distance between the
            near point and the far point of distinct vision, --
            usually measured and designated by the strength of the
            lens which if added to the refracting media of the eye
            would cause the rays from the near point to appear as if
            they came from the far point.
  
      {Range finder} (Gunnery), an instrument, or apparatus,
            variously constructed, for ascertaining the distance of an
            inaccessible object, -- used to determine what elevation
            must be given to a gun in order to hit the object; a
            position finder.
  
      {Range of cable} (Naut.), a certain length of slack cable
            ranged along the deck preparatory to letting go the
            anchor.
  
      {Range work} (Masonry), masonry of squared stones laid in
            courses each of which is of even height throughout the
            length of the wall; -- distinguished from broken range
            work, which consists of squared stones laid in courses not
            continuously of even height.
  
      {To get the range of} (an object) (Gun.), to find the angle
            at which the piece must be raised to reach (the object)
            without carrying beyond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[acr]r"[icr]*b[oomac]), n. [Canadian
      French.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland
      species ({Rangifer Caribou}).
  
      {Barren Ground caribou}. See under {Barren}.
  
      {Woodland caribou}, the common reindeer ({Rangifer Caribou})
            of the northern forests of America.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barren \Bar"ren\, a. [OE. barein, OF. brehaing, fem. brehaigne,
      baraigne, F. br[82]haigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm.
      br[82]kha[ntil], markha[ntil], sterile; LL. brana a sterile
      mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish documents; Bisc.
      barau, baru, fasting.]
      1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young;
            sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
  
                     She was barren of children.               --Bp. Hall.
  
      2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; [?]rile.
            [bd]Barren mountain tracts.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
      3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
  
                     Brilliant but barren reveries.            --Prescott.
  
                     Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.
                                                                              --Swift.
  
      4. Mentally dull; stupid. --Shak.
  
      {Barren flower}, a flower which has only stamens without a
            pistil, or which as neither stamens nor pistils.
  
      {Barren Grounds} (Geog.), a vast tract in British America
            northward of the forest regions.
  
      {Barren Ground bear} (Zo[94]l.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting
            the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the
            brown bear of Europe.
  
      {Barren Ground caribou} (Zo[94]l.), a small reindeer
            ({Rangifer Gr[d2]nlandicus}) peculiar to the Barren
            Grounds and Greenland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forkbeard \Fork"beard`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A European fish ({Raniceps raninus}), having a large flat
            head; -- also called {tadpole fish}, and {lesser forked
            beard}.
      (b) The European forked hake or hake's-dame ({Phycis
            blennoides}); -- also called {great forked beard}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reins \Reins\ (r[amac]nz), n. pl. [F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L.
      ren, pl. renes.]
      1. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.
  
      2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so
            called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the
            part of the body where the kidneys are.
  
                     My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
                                                                              --Prov. xxiii.
                                                                              16.
  
                     I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. --Rev.
                                                                              ii. 23.
  
      {Reins of a vault} (Arch.), the parts between the crown and
            the spring or abutment, including, and having especial
            reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of
            the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the
            haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by
            thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not
            sufficiently filled up.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reinspect \Re`in*spect"\ (-sp?kt"), v. t.
      To inspect again.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reinspection \Re`in*spec"tion\ (-sp?k"sh?n), n.
      The act of reinspecting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reinspire \Re`in*spire"\ (-sp?r"), v. t.
      To inspire anew. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reinspirit \Re`in*spir"it\ (-sp`r"?t), v. t.
      To give fresh spirit to.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remissful \Re*miss"ful\ (-f?l), a.
      Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement. --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remissibility \Re*mis`si*bil"i*ty\ (r?-m?s`s?-b?l"?-t?), n.
      The state or quality of being remissible. --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remissible \Re*mis"si*ble\ (r?-m?s"s?-b'l), a. [L. remissibilis:
      cf. F. r[82]missible. See {Remit}.]
      Capable of being remitted or forgiven. --Feltham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remissive \Re*mis"sive\ (r?-m?s"s?v), a. [L. remissivus. See
      {Remit}.]
      Remitting; forgiving; abating. --Bp. Hacket.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Renascible \Re*nas"ci*ble\ (-s?-b'l), a. [LL. renascibilis, from
      L. renasci to be born again.]
      Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into
      being.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alder \Al"der\ ([add]l"d[etil]r), n. [OE. aldir, aller, fr. AS.
      alr, aler, alor, akin to D. els, G. erle, Icel. erlir, erli,
      Swed. al, Dan. elle, el, L. alnus, and E. elm.] (Bot.)
      A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the
      genus {Alnus}. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by
      dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are
      usually shrubs or small trees.
  
      {Black alder}.
      (a) A European shrub ({Rhamnus frangula}); Alder buckthorn.
      (b) An American species of holly ({Ilex verticillata}),
            bearing red berries.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frangulic \Fran*gu"lic\, Frangulinic \Fran`gu*lin"ic\, a.
      (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species
      ({Rhamnus Frangula}) of the buckthorn.
  
      {Frangulinic acid} (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance,
            resembling alizarin, and obtained by the decomposition of
            frangulin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frangulin \Fran"gu*lin\, n. (Chem.)
      A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside,
      extracted from a species ({Rhamnus Frangula}) of the
      buckthorn; -- called also {rhamnoxanthin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Alder \Al"der\ ([add]l"d[etil]r), n. [OE. aldir, aller, fr. AS.
      alr, aler, alor, akin to D. els, G. erle, Icel. erlir, erli,
      Swed. al, Dan. elle, el, L. alnus, and E. elm.] (Bot.)
      A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the
      genus {Alnus}. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by
      dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are
      usually shrubs or small trees.
  
      {Black alder}.
      (a) A European shrub ({Rhamnus frangula}); Alder buckthorn.
      (b) An American species of holly ({Ilex verticillata}),
            bearing red berries.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frangulic \Fran*gu"lic\, Frangulinic \Fran`gu*lin"ic\, a.
      (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species
      ({Rhamnus Frangula}) of the buckthorn.
  
      {Frangulinic acid} (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance,
            resembling alizarin, and obtained by the decomposition of
            frangulin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frangulin \Fran"gu*lin\, n. (Chem.)
      A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside,
      extracted from a species ({Rhamnus Frangula}) of the
      buckthorn; -- called also {rhamnoxanthin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cascara buckthorn \Cas"ca*ra buck"thorn`\ (Bot.)
      The buckthorn ({Rhamnus Purshiana}) of the Pacific coast of
      the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Rhamnus \[d8]Rham"nus\, n. [NL., from Gr. "ra`mnos a kind of
      prickly shrub; cf. L. rhamnos.] (Bot.)
      A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California
      {Rhamnus Purshianus} and the European {R. catharticus} are
      used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cascara sagrada \[d8]Cas"ca*ra sa*gra"da\ [Sp.]
      Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn ({Rhamnus
      Purshianus}), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhinoscope \Rhi"no*scope\, n. [Rhino- + -scope.]
      A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhinoscopic \Rhi`no*scop"ic\, a. (Physiol.)
      Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhinoscopy \Rhi*nos"co*py\, n. [Rhino- + -scopy.] (Physiol.)
      The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares,
      etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the
      pharynx.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhynchophore \Rhyn"cho*phore\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Rhynchophora.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cutwater \Cut"wa`ter\ (k[ucr]t"w[add]`t[etil]r), n. (Naut.)
      1. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
  
      2. A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a
            bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order
            better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the
            sharpened upper end of the pier itself.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) A sea bird of the Atlantic ({Rhynchops nigra});
            -- called also {black skimmer}, {scissorsbill}, and
            {razorbill}. See {Skimmer}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
      ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
      Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.]
      A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
      circular line or hoop.
  
      2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
            precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
            ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
            wedding ring.
  
                     Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
  
                     The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
  
      3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
            are performed; an arena.
  
                     Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where
                     youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith.
  
      4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
            figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an
            institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
      5. A circular group of persons.
  
                     And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's
                     alter sing.                                       --Milton.
  
      6. (Geom.)
            (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
                  of two concentric circles.
            (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
                  other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
                  axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
                  figure.
  
      7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
            taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
            suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
            which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
            graduated inner surface opposite.
  
      8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
            spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}.
  
      9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
            selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
            offices, obtain contracts, etc.
  
                     The ruling ring at Constantinople.      --E. A.
                                                                              Freeman.
  
      {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
            mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}.
  
      {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which
            surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.
  
      {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See
            {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}.
  
      {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
            (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
            it as valuable, it being worthless.
  
      {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}.
  
      {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
            the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
            marriage.
  
      {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
            closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
            Illust. under {Benzene}.
  
      {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
            upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
  
      {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under
            {Micrometer}.
  
      {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}.
  
      {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}.
  
      {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
            especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and
            {P. Alexandri} of {Java}.
  
      {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The ringed dotterel.
            (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
                  dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
                  ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}).
  
      {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake
            ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the
            neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
            an orange red.
  
      {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}.
  
      {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
            prize fighters, collectively.
  
      {The ring}.
            (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
                  [Eng.]
            (b) The prize ring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ringbird \Ring"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called
      also {ring bunting}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reed \Reed\, n. [AS. hre[oacute]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet,
      ried, OHG. kriot, riot.]
      1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or
            grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems,
            such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the
            common reed of Europe and North America ({Phragmites
            communis}).
  
      2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some
            plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
  
                     Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. An arrow, as made of a reed. --Prior.
  
      4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      5. (Mus.)
            (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the
                  mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in
                  vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a
                  single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is
                  double, forming a compressed tube.
            (b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of
                  which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon,
                  harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets
                  or registers of pipes in an organ.
  
      6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or
            reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the
            swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the
            weft; a sley. See {Batten}.
  
      7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for
            igniting the charge in blasting.
  
      8. (Arch.) Same as {Reeding}.
  
      {Egyptian reed} (Bot.), the papyrus.
  
      {Free reed} (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the
            wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc.
            It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of
            the organ and clarinet.
  
      {Meadow reed grass} (Bot.), the {Glyceria aquatica}, a tall
            grass found in wet places.
  
      {Reed babbler}. See {Reedbird}.
  
      {Reed bunting} (Zo[94]l.) A European sparrow ({Emberiza
            sch[oe]niclus}) which frequents marshy places; -- called
            also {reed sparrow}, {ring bunting}.
            (b) Reedling.
  
      {Reed canary grass} (Bot.), a tall wild grass ({Phalaris
            arundinacea}).
  
      {Reed grass}. (Bot.)
            (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, 1.
            (b) A plant of the genus {Sparganium}; bur reed. See under
                  {Bur}.
  
      {Reed organ} (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set
            of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina,
            etc.
  
      {Reed pipe} (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed.
           
  
      {Reed sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Reed bunting}, above.
  
      {Reed stop} (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with
            reeds.
  
      {Reed warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small European warbler ({Acrocephalus streperus});
                  -- called also {reed wren}.
            (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian
                  warblers of the genera {Acrocephalus}, {Calamoherpe},
                  and {Arundinax}. They are excellent singers.
  
      {Sea-sand reed} (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass ({Ammophila
            arundinacea}). See {Beach grass}, under {Beach}.
  
      {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass ({Cinna
            arundinacea}), common in moist woods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
      ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
      Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.]
      A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
      circular line or hoop.
  
      2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
            precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
            ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
            wedding ring.
  
                     Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
  
                     The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
  
      3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
            are performed; an arena.
  
                     Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where
                     youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith.
  
      4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
            figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an
            institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
      5. A circular group of persons.
  
                     And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's
                     alter sing.                                       --Milton.
  
      6. (Geom.)
            (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
                  of two concentric circles.
            (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
                  other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
                  axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
                  figure.
  
      7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
            taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
            suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
            which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
            graduated inner surface opposite.
  
      8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
            spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}.
  
      9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
            selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
            offices, obtain contracts, etc.
  
                     The ruling ring at Constantinople.      --E. A.
                                                                              Freeman.
  
      {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
            mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}.
  
      {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which
            surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.
  
      {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See
            {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}.
  
      {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
            (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
            it as valuable, it being worthless.
  
      {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}.
  
      {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
            the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
            marriage.
  
      {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
            closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
            Illust. under {Benzene}.
  
      {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
            upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
  
      {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under
            {Micrometer}.
  
      {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}.
  
      {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}.
  
      {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
            especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and
            {P. Alexandri} of {Java}.
  
      {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The ringed dotterel.
            (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
                  dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
                  ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}).
  
      {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake
            ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the
            neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
            an orange red.
  
      {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}.
  
      {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
            prize fighters, collectively.
  
      {The ring}.
            (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
                  [Eng.]
            (b) The prize ring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fence \Fence\, n. [Abbrev. from defence.]
      1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a
            protection; a cover; security; shield.
  
                     Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which
                     he hath given for fence impregnable.   --Shak.
  
                     A fence betwixt us and the victor's wrath.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      2. An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any
            object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron,
            or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from
            without or straying from within.
  
                     Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      Note: In England a hedge, ditch, or wall, as well as a
               structure of boards, palings, or rails, is called a
               fence.
  
      3. (Locks) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the
            tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.
  
      4. Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice
            of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and
            repartee. See {Fencing}.
  
                     Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetoric, That hath so
                     well been taught her dazzing fence.   --Milton.
  
                     Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in fence.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      5. A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are
            received. [Slang] --Mayhew.
  
      {Fence month} (Forest Law), the month in which female deer
            are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. --Bullokar.
  
      {Fence roof}, a covering for defense. [bd]They fitted their
            shields close to one another in manner of a fence
            roof.[b8] --Holland.
  
      {Fence time}, the breeding time of fish or game, when they
            should not be killed.
  
      {Rail fence}, a fence made of rails, sometimes supported by
            posts.
  
      {Ring fence}, a fence which encircles a large area, or a
            whole estate, within one inclosure.
  
      {Worm fence}, a zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one
            another at their ends; -- called also {snake fence}, or
            {Virginia rail fence}.
  
      {To be on the fence}, to be undecided or uncommitted in
            respect to two opposing parties or policies. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
      ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
      Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.]
      A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
      circular line or hoop.
  
      2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
            precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
            ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
            wedding ring.
  
                     Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
  
                     The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
  
      3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
            are performed; an arena.
  
                     Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where
                     youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith.
  
      4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
            figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an
            institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
      5. A circular group of persons.
  
                     And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's
                     alter sing.                                       --Milton.
  
      6. (Geom.)
            (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
                  of two concentric circles.
            (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
                  other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
                  axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
                  figure.
  
      7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
            taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
            suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
            which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
            graduated inner surface opposite.
  
      8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
            spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}.
  
      9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
            selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
            offices, obtain contracts, etc.
  
                     The ruling ring at Constantinople.      --E. A.
                                                                              Freeman.
  
      {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
            mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}.
  
      {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which
            surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.
  
      {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See
            {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}.
  
      {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
            (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
            it as valuable, it being worthless.
  
      {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}.
  
      {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
            the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
            marriage.
  
      {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
            closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
            Illust. under {Benzene}.
  
      {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
            upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
  
      {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under
            {Micrometer}.
  
      {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}.
  
      {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}.
  
      {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
            especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and
            {P. Alexandri} of {Java}.
  
      {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The ringed dotterel.
            (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
                  dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
                  ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}).
  
      {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake
            ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the
            neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
            an orange red.
  
      {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}.
  
      {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
            prize fighters, collectively.
  
      {The ring}.
            (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
                  [Eng.]
            (b) The prize ring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
      ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
      Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.]
      A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
      circular line or hoop.
  
      2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
            precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
            ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
            wedding ring.
  
                     Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
  
                     The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
  
      3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
            are performed; an arena.
  
                     Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where
                     youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith.
  
      4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
            figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an
            institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
      5. A circular group of persons.
  
                     And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's
                     alter sing.                                       --Milton.
  
      6. (Geom.)
            (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
                  of two concentric circles.
            (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
                  other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
                  axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
                  figure.
  
      7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
            taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
            suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
            which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
            graduated inner surface opposite.
  
      8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
            spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}.
  
      9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
            selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
            offices, obtain contracts, etc.
  
                     The ruling ring at Constantinople.      --E. A.
                                                                              Freeman.
  
      {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
            mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}.
  
      {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which
            surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.
  
      {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See
            {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}.
  
      {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
            (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
            it as valuable, it being worthless.
  
      {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}.
  
      {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
            the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
            marriage.
  
      {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
            closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
            Illust. under {Benzene}.
  
      {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
            upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
  
      {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under
            {Micrometer}.
  
      {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}.
  
      {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}.
  
      {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
            especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and
            {P. Alexandri} of {Java}.
  
      {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The ringed dotterel.
            (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
                  dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
                  ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}).
  
      {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake
            ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the
            neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
            an orange red.
  
      {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}.
  
      {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
            prize fighters, collectively.
  
      {The ring}.
            (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
                  [Eng.]
            (b) The prize ring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
      ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
      Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.]
      A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
      circular line or hoop.
  
      2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
            precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
            ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
            wedding ring.
  
                     Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
  
                     The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
  
      3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
            are performed; an arena.
  
                     Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where
                     youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith.
  
      4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
            figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an
            institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
      5. A circular group of persons.
  
                     And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's
                     alter sing.                                       --Milton.
  
      6. (Geom.)
            (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
                  of two concentric circles.
            (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
                  other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
                  axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
                  figure.
  
      7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
            taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
            suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
            which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
            graduated inner surface opposite.
  
      8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
            spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}.
  
      9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
            selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
            offices, obtain contracts, etc.
  
                     The ruling ring at Constantinople.      --E. A.
                                                                              Freeman.
  
      {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
            mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}.
  
      {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which
            surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.
  
      {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See
            {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}.
  
      {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
            (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
            it as valuable, it being worthless.
  
      {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}.
  
      {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
            the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
            marriage.
  
      {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
            closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
            Illust. under {Benzene}.
  
      {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
            upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
  
      {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under
            {Micrometer}.
  
      {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}.
  
      {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}.
  
      {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
            especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and
            {P. Alexandri} of {Java}.
  
      {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The ringed dotterel.
            (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
                  dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
                  ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}).
  
      {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake
            ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the
            neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
            an orange red.
  
      {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}.
  
      {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
            prize fighters, collectively.
  
      {The ring}.
            (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
                  [Eng.]
            (b) The prize ring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
      ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
      Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.]
      A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
      circular line or hoop.
  
      2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
            precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
            ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
            wedding ring.
  
                     Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
  
                     The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
  
      3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
            are performed; an arena.
  
                     Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where
                     youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith.
  
      4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
            figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an
            institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
      5. A circular group of persons.
  
                     And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's
                     alter sing.                                       --Milton.
  
      6. (Geom.)
            (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
                  of two concentric circles.
            (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
                  other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
                  axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
                  figure.
  
      7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
            taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
            suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
            which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
            graduated inner surface opposite.
  
      8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
            spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}.
  
      9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
            selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
            offices, obtain contracts, etc.
  
                     The ruling ring at Constantinople.      --E. A.
                                                                              Freeman.
  
      {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
            mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}.
  
      {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which
            surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.
  
      {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See
            {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}.
  
      {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
            (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
            it as valuable, it being worthless.
  
      {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}.
  
      {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
            the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
            marriage.
  
      {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
            closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
            Illust. under {Benzene}.
  
      {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
            upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
  
      {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under
            {Micrometer}.
  
      {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}.
  
      {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}.
  
      {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
            especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and
            {P. Alexandri} of {Java}.
  
      {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The ringed dotterel.
            (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
                  dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
                  ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}).
  
      {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake
            ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the
            neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
            an orange red.
  
      {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}.
  
      {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
            prize fighters, collectively.
  
      {The ring}.
            (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
                  [Eng.]
            (b) The prize ring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ringneck \Ring"neck`\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small plovers of
            the genus {[92]gialitis}, having a ring around the neck.
            The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
            winter. The semipalmated plover ({[92]. semipalmata}) and
            the piping plover ({[92]. meloda}) are common North
            American species. Called also {ring plover}, and
            {ring-necked plover}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The ring-necked duck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
      ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
      Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.]
      A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
      circular line or hoop.
  
      2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
            precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
            ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
            wedding ring.
  
                     Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
  
                     The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
  
      3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
            are performed; an arena.
  
                     Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where
                     youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith.
  
      4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
            figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an
            institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray.
  
      5. A circular group of persons.
  
                     And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's
                     alter sing.                                       --Milton.
  
      6. (Geom.)
            (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
                  of two concentric circles.
            (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
                  other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
                  axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
                  figure.
  
      7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
            taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
            suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
            which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
            graduated inner surface opposite.
  
      8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
            spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}.
  
      9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
            selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
            offices, obtain contracts, etc.
  
                     The ruling ring at Constantinople.      --E. A.
                                                                              Freeman.
  
      {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
            mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}.
  
      {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which
            surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.
  
      {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See
            {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}.
  
      {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
            (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
            it as valuable, it being worthless.
  
      {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}.
  
      {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
            the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
            marriage.
  
      {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
            closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
            Illust. under {Benzene}.
  
      {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
            upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
  
      {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under
            {Micrometer}.
  
      {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}.
  
      {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}.
  
      {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
            especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and
            {P. Alexandri} of {Java}.
  
      {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The ringed dotterel.
            (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
                  dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
                  ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}).
  
      {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake
            ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the
            neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
            an orange red.
  
      {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}.
  
      {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.
  
      {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
            prize fighters, collectively.
  
      {The ring}.
            (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
                  [Eng.]
            (b) The prize ring.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ringneck \Ring"neck`\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small plovers of
            the genus {[92]gialitis}, having a ring around the neck.
            The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
            winter. The semipalmated plover ({[92]. semipalmata}) and
            the piping plover ({[92]. meloda}) are common North
            American species. Called also {ring plover}, and
            {ring-necked plover}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The ring-necked duck.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spinner \Spin"ner\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a
            spinning machine.
  
      2. A spider. [bd]Long-legged spinners.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar
            noise it makes when darting through the air.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A spinneret.
  
      {Ring spinner}, a machine for spinning, in which the twist,
            given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by
            the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring
            encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ringbill \Ring"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also {ring-billed
      blackhead}. See {Scaup}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
  
      {Ring-necked duck} (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya
            collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male
            are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring
            encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female.
            Called also {ring-neck}, {ring-necked blackhead},
            {ringbill}, {tufted duck}, and {black jack}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A scaup duck. See below.
  
      {Scaup duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            northern ducks of the genus {Aythya}, or {Fuligula}. The
            adult males are, in large part, black. The three North
            American species are: the greater scaup duck ({Aythya
            marila}, var. nearctica), called also {broadbill},
            {bluebill}, {blackhead}, {flock duck}, {flocking fowl},
            and {raft duck}; the lesser scaup duck ({A. affinis}),
            called also {little bluebill}, {river broadbill}, and
            {shuffler}; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({A.
            collaris}), called also {black jack}, {ringneck},
            {ringbill}, {ringbill shuffler}, etc. See Illust.. of
            {Ring-necked duck}, under {Ring-necked}. The common
            European scaup, or mussel, duck ({A. marila}), closely
            resembles the American variety.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ringbill \Ring"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also {ring-billed
      blackhead}. See {Scaup}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
  
      {Ring-necked duck} (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya
            collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male
            are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring
            encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female.
            Called also {ring-neck}, {ring-necked blackhead},
            {ringbill}, {tufted duck}, and {black jack}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A scaup duck. See below.
  
      {Scaup duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            northern ducks of the genus {Aythya}, or {Fuligula}. The
            adult males are, in large part, black. The three North
            American species are: the greater scaup duck ({Aythya
            marila}, var. nearctica), called also {broadbill},
            {bluebill}, {blackhead}, {flock duck}, {flocking fowl},
            and {raft duck}; the lesser scaup duck ({A. affinis}),
            called also {little bluebill}, {river broadbill}, and
            {shuffler}; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({A.
            collaris}), called also {black jack}, {ringneck},
            {ringbill}, {ringbill shuffler}, etc. See Illust.. of
            {Ring-necked duck}, under {Ring-necked}. The common
            European scaup, or mussel, duck ({A. marila}), closely
            resembles the American variety.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A scaup duck. See below.
  
      {Scaup duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            northern ducks of the genus {Aythya}, or {Fuligula}. The
            adult males are, in large part, black. The three North
            American species are: the greater scaup duck ({Aythya
            marila}, var. nearctica), called also {broadbill},
            {bluebill}, {blackhead}, {flock duck}, {flocking fowl},
            and {raft duck}; the lesser scaup duck ({A. affinis}),
            called also {little bluebill}, {river broadbill}, and
            {shuffler}; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({A.
            collaris}), called also {black jack}, {ringneck},
            {ringbill}, {ringbill shuffler}, etc. See Illust.. of
            {Ring-necked duck}, under {Ring-necked}. The common
            European scaup, or mussel, duck ({A. marila}), closely
            resembles the American variety.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ringbill \Ring"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also {ring-billed
      blackhead}. See {Scaup}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ringbird \Ring"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called
      also {ring bunting}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ringbolt \Ring"bolt`\, n.
      An eyebolt having a ring through the eye.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ringbone \Ring"bone`\, n. (Far.)
      A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the
      small pastern and the great pastern bones. --J. H. Walsh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rounceval \Roun"ce*val\, a. [F. Ronceval, Roncevaux, a town at
      the foot of the foot of the Pyrenees, Sp. Roncesvalles.]
      Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at
      Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rounceval \Roun"ce*val\, n.
      A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also
      {marrowfat}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monk \Monk\, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. [?],
      fr. [?] alone. Cf. {Monachism}.]
      1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of
            the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a
            religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and
            bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and
            poverty. [bd]A monk out of his cloister.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in
                     the substantial vows of religion; but in other
                     respects monks and regulars differ; for that
                     regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so
                     strict a rule of life as monks are.   --Ayliffe.
  
      2. (Print.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused
            by the ink not being properly distributed. It is
            distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a
            deficiency of ink.
  
      3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the
            powder hose or train of a mine.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A South American monkey ({Pithecia monachus}); also
                  applied to other species, as {Cebus xanthocephalus}.
            (b) The European bullfinch.
  
      {Monk bat} (Zo[94]l.), a South American and West Indian bat
            ({Molossus nasutus}); -- so called because the males live
            in communities by themselves.
  
      {Monk bird}(Zo[94]l.), the friar bird.
  
      {Monk seal} (Zo[94]l.), a species of seal ({Monachus
            albiventer}) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean
            Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic.
  
      {Monk's rhubarb} (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called
            {patience} ({Rumex Patientia}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Parella \[d8]Pa*rel"la\, d8Parelle \[d8]Pa`relle\, n. [Cf. F.
      parelle.] (Bot.)
      (a) A name for two kinds of dock ({Rumex Patientia} and {R.
            Hydrolapathum}).
      (b) A kind of lichen ({Lecanora parella}) once used in dyeing
            and in the preparation of litmus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Patience \Pa"tience\, n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See
      {Patient}.]
      1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of
            suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils
            or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression,
            calamity, etc.
  
                     Strenthened with all might, . . . unto all patience
                     and long-suffering.                           --Col. i. 11.
  
                     I must have patience to endure the load. --Shak.
  
                     Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle,
                     patience from his cross.                     --Keble.
  
      2. The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for
            something due or hoped for; forbearance.
  
                     Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
                                                                              --Matt. xviii.
                                                                              29.
  
      3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance.
  
                     He learned with patience, and with meekness taught.
                                                                              --Harte.
  
      4. Sufferance; permission. [Obs.] --Hooker.
  
                     They stay upon your patience.            --Shak.
  
      5. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex Patientia}), less common in
            America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.
  
      6. (Card Playing) Solitaire.
  
      Syn: {Patience}, {Resignation}.
  
      Usage: Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of
                  one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.;
                  resignation implies submission to the will of another.
                  The Stoic may have patience; the Christian should have
                  both patience and resignation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fiddle \Fid"dle\, n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi[?]ele; akin to
      D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi[?]la, and perh. to
      E. viol. Cf. {Viol}.]
      1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a
            violin; a kit.
  
      2. (Bot.) A kind of dock ({Rumex pulcher}) with fiddle-shaped
            leaves; -- called also {fiddle dock}.
  
      3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to
            keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad
            weather. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      {Fiddle beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese carabid beetle
            ({Damaster blaptoides}); -- so called from the form of the
            body.
  
      {Fiddle block} (Naut.), a long tackle block having two
            sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead
            of side by side as in a common double block. --Knight.
  
      {Fiddle bow}, fiddlestick.
  
      {Fiddle fish} (Zo[94]l.), the angel fish.
  
      {Fiddle head}, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the
            volute or scroll at the head of a violin.
  
      {Fiddle pattern}, a form of the handles of spoons, forks,
            etc., somewhat like a violin.
  
      {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. (Low)
  
      {To play} {first, [or] second}, {fiddle}, to take a leading
            or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rainsburg, PA (borough, FIPS 63312)
      Location: 39.89518 N, 78.51621 W
      Population (1990): 175 (64 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rainsville, AL (city, FIPS 63336)
      Location: 34.49878 N, 85.84493 W
      Population (1990): 3875 (1629 housing units)
      Area: 47.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35986

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rancho Palos Ver, CA
      Zip code(s): 90717, 90732

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (city, FIPS 59514)
      Location: 33.75820 N, 118.36301 W
      Population (1990): 41659 (15468 housing units)
      Area: 35.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rancho Viejo, TX (town, FIPS 60544)
      Location: 26.03470 N, 97.55760 W
      Population (1990): 885 (869 housing units)
      Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Raynesford, MT
      Zip code(s): 59469

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ronceverte, WV (city, FIPS 70156)
      Location: 37.74886 N, 80.47259 W
      Population (1990): 1754 (786 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 24970

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RUNCIBLE
  
      Early system for mathematics on {IBM 650}.
  
      See also {FORTRUNCIBLE}, {IT}.
  
      [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
  
      (1994-10-27)
  
  
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