rapine
         n 1: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: {rape},
               {rapine}]

English Dictionary: raven	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raven n large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail Synonym(s): raven, Corvus corax v obtain or seize by violence prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" Synonym(s): raven, prey, predate eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" Synonym(s): devour, guttle, raven, pig feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"
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Ravenna n a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512 Synonym(s): Ravenna, Battle of Ravenna
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ravine n a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
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refine v improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" Synonym(s): polish, refine, fine-tune, down make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" Synonym(s): complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil" reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar" Synonym(s): refine, rectify attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying; "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet" make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
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reopen v open again or anew; "They reopened the theater"
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repine v express discontent
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Reuben n (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel a hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye bread
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revenue n the entire amount of income before any deductions are made Synonym(s): gross, revenue, receipts government income due to taxation Synonym(s): tax income, taxation, tax revenue, revenue
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ribbon n any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" Synonym(s): ribbon, thread an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event Synonym(s): decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter Synonym(s): ribbon, typewriter ribbon notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming
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ribbony adj long and thin; resembling a ribbon; "ribbonlike noodles" Synonym(s): ribbonlike, ribbony
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Riffian n a Berber living in northern Morocco [syn: Riff, Riffian]
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ripen v cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine" Synonym(s): ripen, mature grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"
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Rivina n small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America Synonym(s): Rivina, genus Rivina
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robin n small Old World songbird with a reddish breast [syn: robin, redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin, Erithacus rubecola] large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen Synonym(s): robin, American robin, Turdus migratorius
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Robinia n deciduous flowering trees and shrubs [syn: Robinia, genus Robinia]
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rope in v divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred" Synonym(s): rope in, rope off, cordon off draw in as if with a rope; lure; "The agent had roped in several customers"
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rpm n rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs" Synonym(s): revolutions per minute, rpm, rev
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ruffian n a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rabbin \Rab"bin\, n. [F.]       Same as {Rabbi}.
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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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Raphany \Raph"a*ny\, n. [Cf. F. raphanie.] (Med.)       A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not       uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because       supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of       jointed charlock ({Raphanus raphanistrum}) had been mixed,       but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism.
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Rapine \Rap"ine\, n. [F. rapine; cf. Pr. & It. rapina; all fr.       L. rapina, fr. rapere to seize and carry off by force. See       {Rapid}, and cf. {Raven} rapine.]       1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of             things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.                         Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the                      desire of rapine as by the desire of glory.                                                                               --Macaulay.          2. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Rapine \Rap"ine\, v. t.       To plunder. --Sir G. Buck.
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Raven \Ra"ven\, a.       Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven       darkness.
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Raven \Rav"en\, n. [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine       ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written also {ravin}, and       {ravine}.]       1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.          2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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Raven \Rav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravened}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ravening}.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]       1. To obtain or seize by violence. --Hakewill.          2. To devoir with great eagerness.                         Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --Shak.
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Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.       To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.       [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]                   Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.               --Gen. xlix.                                                                               27.
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Raven \Ra"ven\, n. [AS. hr[91]fn; akin to raaf, G. rabe, OHG.       hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr.       [?]. [?][?][?].] (Zo[94]l.)       A large black passerine bird ({Corvus corax}), similar to the       crow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of       Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity.          {Sea raven} (Zo[94]l.), the cormorant.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, n.       Ravenous. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Ravine\, n. [See 2d {Raven}.]       Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. [bd]Fowls of       ravyne.[b8] --Chaucer.                   Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine,                shrieked against his creed.                     --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raven \Rav"en\, n. [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine       ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written also {ravin}, and       {ravine}.]       1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.          2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.       To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.       [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]                   Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.               --Gen. xlix.                                                                               27.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.       See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, n.       Ravenous. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Ravine\, n. [See 2d {Raven}.]       Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. [bd]Fowls of       ravyne.[b8] --Chaucer.                   Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine,                shrieked against his creed.                     --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raven \Rav"en\, n. [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine       ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written also {ravin}, and       {ravine}.]       1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.          2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.       To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.       [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]                   Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.               --Gen. xlix.                                                                               27.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.       See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, n.       Ravenous. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Ravine\, n. [See 2d {Raven}.]       Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. [bd]Fowls of       ravyne.[b8] --Chaucer.                   Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine,                shrieked against his creed.                     --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raven \Rav"en\, n. [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine       ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written also {ravin}, and       {ravine}.]       1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.          2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.       To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.       [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]                   Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.               --Gen. xlix.                                                                               27.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.       See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Ravine\, n. [See 2d {Raven}.]       Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. [bd]Fowls of       ravyne.[b8] --Chaucer.                   Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine,                shrieked against his creed.                     --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raven \Rav"en\, n. [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine       ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written also {ravin}, and       {ravine}.]       1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.          2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.       To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.       [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]                   Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.               --Gen. xlix.                                                                               27.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.       See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
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Ravine \Ra*vine"\, n. [F., a place excavated by a torrent, a       ravine, fr. ravir to snatch or tear away, L. rapere; cf. L.       rapina rapine. See {Ravish}, and cf. {Rapine}, {Raven} prey.]       1. A torrent of water. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.          2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or             torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Ravine\, n. [See 2d {Raven}.]       Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. [bd]Fowls of       ravyne.[b8] --Chaucer.                   Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine,                shrieked against his creed.                     --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raven \Rav"en\, n. [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine       ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written also {ravin}, and       {ravine}.]       1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.          2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.       To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.       [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]                   Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.               --Gen. xlix.                                                                               27.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.       See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
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Ravine \Ra*vine"\, n. [F., a place excavated by a torrent, a       ravine, fr. ravir to snatch or tear away, L. rapere; cf. L.       rapina rapine. See {Ravish}, and cf. {Rapine}, {Raven} prey.]       1. A torrent of water. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.          2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or             torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Ravine\, n. [See 2d {Raven}.]       Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. [bd]Fowls of       ravyne.[b8] --Chaucer.                   Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine,                shrieked against his creed.                     --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raven \Rav"en\, n. [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine       ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written also {ravin}, and       {ravine}.]       1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.          2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.       To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.       [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]                   Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.               --Gen. xlix.                                                                               27.
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Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.       See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
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Ravine \Ra*vine"\, n. [F., a place excavated by a torrent, a       ravine, fr. ravir to snatch or tear away, L. rapere; cf. L.       rapina rapine. See {Ravish}, and cf. {Rapine}, {Raven} prey.]       1. A torrent of water. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.          2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or             torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
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Rawbone \Raw"bone`\, a.       Rawboned. [Obs.] --Spencer.
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Refine \Re*fine"\, v. i.       1. To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.                         So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains,                      Works itself clear, and, as it runs, refines.                                                                               --Addison.          2. To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.                         Chaucer refined on Boccace, and mended his stories.                                                                               --Dryden.                         But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit                      brightens! How the style refines!      --Pope.          3. To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language.             [bd]He makes another paragraph about our refining in             controversy.[b8] --Atterbury.
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Refine \Re*fine"\ (r?*f?n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refined}       (-find"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refining}.] [Pref. re- + fine to       make fine: cf. F. raffiner.]       1. To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from             impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from             extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine             gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.                         I will bring the third part through the fire, and                      will refine them as silver is refined. --Zech. xiii.                                                                               9.          2. To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant,             low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish;             as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the             taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.                         Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges.                                                                               --Milton.          Syn: To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble.
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Reopen \Re*o"pen\ (r?-?"p'n), v. t. & i.       To open again.
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Repine \Re*pine"\ (r?-p?n"), v. i. [Pref. re- + pine to       languish.]       1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] [bd]Reppening courage yields no             foot to foe.[b8] --Spenser.          2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys             on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to             murmur.                         But Lachesis thereat gan to repine.   --Spenser.                         What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve                      mere engines to the ruling mind?         --Pope.
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Repine \Re*pine"\, n.       Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Repone \Re*pone"\ (r?-p?n"), v. t. [L. reponere; pref. re- re- +       ponere to place.]       To replace. --R. Baillie.
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Revenue \Rev"e*nue\, n. [F. revenu, OF. revenue, fr. revenir to       return, L. revenire; pref. re- re- + venire to come. See       {Come}.]       1. That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the             annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species             of property, real or personal; income.                         Do not anticipate your revenues and live upon air                      till you know what you are worth.      --Gray.          2. Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.          3. The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents,             etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and             receives into the treasury for public use.          {Revenue cutter}, an armed government vessel employed to             enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.
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Riban \Rib"an\, n.       See {Ribbon}. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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Ribbon \Rib"bon\, n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably       of German origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring       circle, and band.] [Written also {riband}, {ribband}.]       1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used             for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges,             and other decorative purposes.          2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon;             sails torn to ribbons.          3. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Rib-band}.          4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] --London Athen[91]um.          5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth             as wide.          6. (Spinning) A silver.          Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often                used to designate the British orders of the Garter and                of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are                suspended by ribbons of these colors. See {Blue                ribbon}, under {Blue}.          {Ribbon fish}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish                   of the family {Trachypterid[91]}, especially the                   species of the genus {Trachypterus}, and the oarfish                   ({Regelecus Banksii}) of the North Atlantic, which is                   sometimes over twenty feet long.             (b) The hairtail, or bladefish.             (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus {Cepola},                   having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European                   species ({C. rubescens}) is light red throughout.                   Called also {band fish}.          {Ribbon grass} (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having             the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also             {Lady's garters}. See {Reed grass}, under {Reed}.          {Ribbon seal} (Zo[94]l.), a North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca             fasciata}). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously             banded and striped with yellowish white.          {Ribbon snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American snake             ({Eutainia saurita}). It is conspicuously striped with             bright yellow and dark brown.          {Ribbon Society}, a society in Ireland, founded in the early             part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen.             It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers             banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took             its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge.                      {Ribborn worm}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A tapeworm.             (b) A nemertean.
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Ribbon \Rib"bon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ribboned}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Ribboning}.]       To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes       resembling ribbons.
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Ripen \Rip"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ripened};p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ripening}.]       1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers,             and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.          2. To approach or come to perfection.
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Ripen \Rip"en\, v. t.       1. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days             ripened the corn.          2. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as,             to ripen the judgment.                         When faith and love, which parted from thee never,                      Had ripined thy iust soul to dwell with God.                                                                               --Milton.
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Riven \Riv"en\,       p. p. & a. from {Rive}.
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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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Robbin \Rob"bin\, n. (Com.)       A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities       are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of       rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds. --Simmonds.
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Robbin \Rob"bin\, n. (Naut.)       See {Ropeband}.
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Ropeband \Rope"band`\, n. (Naut.)       A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the       head of the sail to the spar. [Written also {roband}, and       {robbin}.]
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Robbin \Rob"bin\, n. (Com.)       A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities       are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of       rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds. --Simmonds.
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Robbin \Rob"bin\, n. (Naut.)       See {Ropeband}.
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Ropeband \Rope"band`\, n. (Naut.)       A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the       head of the sail to the spar. [Written also {roband}, and       {robbin}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Robin \Rob"in\, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally       meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.;       akin to AS. hr[?][?] glory, fame, Goth. hr[?]peigs victorius)       + beraht bright. See {Bright}, {Hob} a clown.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A small European singing bird ({Erythacus rubecula}),             having a reddish breast; -- called also {robin             redbreast}, {robinet}, and {ruddock}.       (b) An American singing bird ({Merula migratoria}), having             the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are             olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also             {robin redbreast}, and {migratory thrush}.       (c) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the             genera {Petroica}, {Melanadrays}, and allied genera; as,             the scarlet-breasted robin ({Petroica mullticolor}).       (d) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins.             See {Indian robin}, below.          {Beach robin} (Zo[94]l.), the robin snipe, or knot. See             {Knot}.          {Blue-throated robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluethroat}.          {Canada robin} (Zo[94]l.), the cedar bird.          {Golden robin} (Zo[94]l.), the Baltimore oriole.          {Ground robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink.          {Indian robin} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             Asiatic saxoline birds of the genera {Thamnobia} and             {Pratincola}. They are mostly black, usually with some             white on the wings.          {Magrie robin} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic singing bird ({Corsycus             saularis}), having the back, head, neck, and breast black             glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white.                      {Ragged robin}. (Bot.) See under {Ragged}.          {Robin accentor} (Zo[94]l.), a small Asiatic singing bird             ({Accentor rubeculoides}), somewhat resembling the             European robin.          {Robin redbreast}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The European robin.       (b) The American robin.       (c) The American bluebird.          {Robin snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher.       (b) The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot.          {Robin's plantain}. (Bot.) See under {Plantain}.          {Sea robin}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Any one of several species of American gurnards of the             genus {Prionotus}. They are excellent food fishes. Called             also {wingfish}. The name is also applied to a European             gurnard.       (b) The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [Local, U.S.]                      {Water robin} (Zo[94]l.), a redstart ({Ruticulla             fuliginosa}), native of India.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rubian \Ru"bi*an\, n. [L. rubia madder, fr. rubeus red.] (Chem.)       One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder       root.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rubin \Ru"bin\, n. [Cf. LL. rubinus, It. rubino. See {Ruby}.]       A ruby. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffian \Ruf"fian\, a.       brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian       rage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffian \Ruf"fian\, v. i.       To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffian \Ruf"fian\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [F. rufien, OF. ruffen,       ruffian, pimp. libertine, ake; cf. pr. & Sp. rufian, It.       ruffiano; all perhaps of German or Dutch origin; cf. G.       raufen to pluck, scuffle, fight, OD. roffen to pander. Cf.       Ruffle to grow urbulent.]       1. A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. [Obs.]                         he [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is                      instantly at home, reveling with her ruffians. --Bp.                                                                               Reynolds.          2. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow             ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.                         Wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffin \Ruf"fin\, a. [See Ruffian.]       Disordered. [Obs.]                   His ruffin rainment all was stained with blood.                                                                               --Spenser.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Raphine, VA       Zip code(s): 24472
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Raven, KY       Zip code(s): 41844, 41861    Raven, VA (CDP, FIPS 65744)       Location: 37.09416 N, 81.86203 W       Population (1990): 2640 (1062 housing units)       Area: 16.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 24639
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ravena, NY (village, FIPS 60675)       Location: 42.47658 N, 73.81229 W       Population (1990): 3547 (1487 housing units)       Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 12143
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ravenna, KY (city, FIPS 64092)       Location: 37.68718 N, 83.94782 W       Population (1990): 804 (365 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 40472    Ravenna, MI (village, FIPS 67280)       Location: 43.18957 N, 85.94027 W       Population (1990): 919 (346 housing units)       Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49451    Ravenna, NE (city, FIPS 40710)       Location: 41.02679 N, 98.91300 W       Population (1990): 1317 (609 housing units)       Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68869    Ravenna, OH (city, FIPS 65592)       Location: 41.15980 N, 81.24257 W       Population (1990): 12069 (5203 housing units)       Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 44266    Ravenna, TX       Zip code(s): 75476
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ravinia, SD (town, FIPS 53220)       Location: 43.13601 N, 98.42713 W       Population (1990): 79 (36 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 57357
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ripon, CA (city, FIPS 61026)       Location: 37.73505 N, 121.12645 W       Population (1990): 7455 (2567 housing units)       Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 95366    Ripon, WI (city, FIPS 68175)       Location: 43.84582 N, 88.84158 W       Population (1990): 7241 (2804 housing units)       Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 54971
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ruffin, NC       Zip code(s): 27326    Ruffin, SC       Zip code(s): 29475
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
rave on! imp.   Sarcastic invitation to continue a {rave}, often    by someone who wishes the raver would get a clue but realizes this    is unlikely.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rave on!          Sarcastic invitation to continue a {rave}, often by someone       who wishes the raver would get a clue but realises this is       unlikely.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
REFINE          1. "Research on Knowledge-Based Software Environments at       Kestrel Institute", D.R. Smith et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng,       SE-11(11) (1985).   E-mail: .          2. Cordell Green et al, Stanford U.   Uses logic to specify and       evolve programs.   [same as 1?] Reasoning Systems, Inc.       E-mail: .
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RIPEM          {Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RPM          A {Unix} {package}-management system       that helps installation of software packages; similar to an       install program.          [More details?   Reference?   Expansion?]          (1996-03-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rpm          {rotation per minute}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RPM          A {Unix} {package}-management system       that helps installation of software packages; similar to an       install program.          [More details?   Reference?   Expansion?]          (1996-03-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rpm          {rotation per minute}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RPN          {postfix notation}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rabboni       (id.) occurs only twice in the New Testament (Mark 10:51, A.V.,       "Lord," R.V., "Rabboni;" John 20:16). It was the most honourable       of all the titles.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Raven       Heb. 'orebh, from a root meaning "to be black" (comp. Cant.       5:11); first mentioned as "sent forth" by Noah from the ark       (Gen. 8:7). "Every raven after his kind" was forbidden as food       (Lev. 11:15; Deut. 14:14). Ravens feed mostly on carrion, and       hence their food is procured with difficulty (Job 38:41; Ps.       147:9). When they attack kids or lambs or weak animals, it is       said that they first pick out the eyes of their victims (Prov.       30:17). When Elijah was concealed by the brook Cherith, God       commanded the ravens to bring him "bread and flesh in the       morning, and bread and flesh in the evening" (1 Kings 17:3-6).       (See {ELIJAH}.)                There are eight species of ravens in Palestine, and they are       everywhere very numerous in that land.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rehoboam       he enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the throne,       and apparently his only son. He was the son of Naamah "the       Ammonitess," some well-known Ammonitish princess (1 Kings 14:21;       2 Chr. 12:13). He was forty-one years old when he ascended the       throne, and he reigned seventeen years (B.C. 975-958). Although       he was acknowledged at once as the rightful heir to the throne,       yet there was a strongly-felt desire to modify the character of       the government. The burden of taxation to which they had been       subjected during Solomon's reign was very oppressive, and       therefore the people assembled at Shechem and demanded from the       king an alleviation of their burdens. He went to meet them at       Shechem, and heard their demands for relief (1 Kings 12:4).       After three days, having consulted with a younger generation of       courtiers that had grown up around him, instead of following the       advice of elders, he answered the people haughtily (6-15). "The       king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the       Lord" (comp. 11:31). This brought matters speedily to a crisis.       The terrible cry was heard (comp. 2 Sam. 20:1):                "What portion have we in David?                Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:                To your tents, O Israel:                Now see to thine own house, David" (1 Kings 12:16).       And now at once the kingdom was rent in twain. Rehoboam was       appalled, and tried concessions, but it was too late (18). The       tribe of Judah, Rehoboam's own tribe, alone remained faithful to       him. Benjamin was reckoned along with Judah, and these two       tribes formed the southern kingdom, with Jerusalem as its       capital; while the northern ten tribes formed themselves into a       separate kingdom, choosing Jeroboam as their king. Rehoboam       tried to win back the revolted ten tribes by making war against       them, but he was prevented by the prophet Shemaiah (21-24; 2       Chr. 11:1-4) from fulfilling his purpose. (See {JEROBOAM}.)                In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign, Shishak (q.v.), one of       the kings of Egypt of the Assyrian dynasty, stirred up, no       doubt, by Jeroboam his son-in-law, made war against him.       Jerusalem submitted to the invader, who plundered the temple and       virtually reduced the kingdom to the position of a vassal of       Egypt (1 Kings 14:25, 26; 2 Chr. 12:5-9). A remarkable memorial       of this invasion has been discovered at Karnac, in Upper Egypt,       in certain sculptures on the walls of a small temple there.       These sculptures represent the king, Shishak, holding in his       hand a train of prisoners and other figures, with the names of       the captured towns of Judah, the towns which Rehoboam had       fortified (2 Chr. 11:5-12).                The kingdom of Judah, under Rehoboam, sank more and more in       moral and spiritual decay. "There was war between Rehoboam and       Jeroboam all their days." At length, in the fifty-eighth year of       his age, Rehoboam "slept with his fathers, and was buried with       his fathers in the city of David" (1 Kings 14:31). He was       succeeded by his son Abijah. (See {EGYPT}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rephaim       lofty men; giants, (Gen. 14:5; 2 Sam. 21:16, 18, marg. A.V.,       Rapha, marg. R.V., Raphah; Deut. 3:13, R.V.; A.V., "giants").       The aborigines of Palestine, afterwards conquered and       dispossessed by the Canaanite tribes, are classed under this       general title. They were known to the Moabites as Emim, i.e.,       "fearful", (Deut. 2:11), and to the Ammonites as Zamzummim. Some       of them found refuge among the Philistines, and were still       existing in the days of David. We know nothing of their origin.       They were not necessarily connected with the "giants" (R.V.,       "Nephilim") of Gen. 6:4. (See {GIANTS}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Reuben       behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32).       His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22, brought down upon       him his dying father's malediction (48:4). He showed kindness to       Joseph, and was the means of saving his life when his other       brothers would have put him to death (37:21,22). It was he also       who pledged his life and the life of his sons when Jacob was       unwilling to let Benjamin go down into Egypt. After Jacob and       his family went down into Egypt (46:8) no further mention is       made of Reuben beyond what is recorded in ch. 49:3,4.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rehoboam, who sets the people at liberty
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rehpaim, giants; physicians; relaxed
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Reuben, who sees the son; the vision of the son