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   Rachel Carson
         n 1: United States biologist remembered for her opposition to
               the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife
               (1907-1964) [syn: {Carson}, {Rachel Carson}, {Rachel Louise
               Carson}]

English Dictionary: reclusive	by the DICT Development Group
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Rachel Louise Carson n United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) Synonym(s): Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson
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racial extermination n systematic killing of a racial or cultural group [syn: genocide, race murder, racial extermination]
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racial segregation n segregation by race
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racialism n discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race Synonym(s): racism, racialism, racial discrimination
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racialist n a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others Synonym(s): racist, racialist
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recalcitrance n the trait of being unmanageable [syn: refractoriness, unmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy]
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recalcitrancy n the trait of being unmanageable [syn: refractoriness, unmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy]
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recalcitrant adj stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" Synonym(s): fractious, refractory, recalcitrant marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"
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recalcitrate v show strong objection or repugnance; manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; be obstinately disobedient; "The Democratic senators recalcitrated against every proposal from the Republican side"
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recalculate v calculate anew; "The costs had to be recalculated"
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recalculation n the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data); "recalculation yielded a much larger value"
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reckless adj marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest" Synonym(s): foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds" Synonym(s): heedless, reckless
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recklessly adv in a reckless manner
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recklessness n the trait of giving little thought to danger [syn: recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness]
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reclassification n classifying something again (usually in a new category)
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reclassify v classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species"
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recluse adj withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" Synonym(s): recluse, reclusive, withdrawn n one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]
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reclusive adj withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" Synonym(s): recluse, reclusive, withdrawn providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot" Synonym(s): cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered
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reclusiveness n a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation
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recoilless adj of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil
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recollect v recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" Synonym(s): remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think Antonym(s): blank out, block, draw a blank, forget
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recollection n the ability to recall past occurrences [syn: remembrance, recollection, anamnesis] the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" Synonym(s): recall, recollection, reminiscence something recalled to the mind
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recollective adj good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" Synonym(s): retentive, recollective, long, tenacious Antonym(s): forgetful, short, unretentive
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Regalecidae n ribbonfishes Synonym(s): Regalecidae, family Regalecidae
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Regalecus glesne n thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin Synonym(s): oarfish, king of the herring, ribbonfish, Regalecus glesne
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Reglaecus n type genus of the Regalecidae [syn: Reglaecus, {genus Regalecus}]
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Regulus n the brightest star in Leo a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets Synonym(s): Regulus, genus Regulus
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Regulus calendula n American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch Synonym(s): ruby-crowned kinglet, ruby-crowned wren, Regulus calendula
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Regulus regulus n European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch Synonym(s): goldcrest, golden-crested kinglet, Regulus regulus
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Regulus satrata n American golden-crested kinglet [syn: {gold-crowned kinglet}, Regulus satrata]
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Rigil Kent n brightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun Synonym(s): Alpha Centauri, Rigil Kent, Rigil
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riskless adj thought to be devoid of risk [syn: risk-free, riskless, unhazardous]
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risklessness n safety as a consequence of entailing no risk
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Riss glaciation n the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time
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Roccellaceae n a fungus family of division Lichenes [syn: Roccellaceae, family Roccellaceae]
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Rochelle salt n a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic Synonym(s): Rochelle salt, Rochelle salts, potassium sodium tartrate
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Rochelle salts n a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic Synonym(s): Rochelle salt, Rochelle salts, potassium sodium tartrate
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rocklike adj hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony]
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Rockwell Kent n United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971) Synonym(s): Kent, Rockwell Kent
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Rosales n in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae Synonym(s): Rosales, order Rosales
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rose leek n North American bulbous plant [syn: Canada garlic, {meadow leek}, rose leek, Allium canadense]
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Rose Louise Hovick n United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) Synonym(s): Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Louise Hovick
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rough-legged hawk n large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers Synonym(s): rough- legged hawk, roughleg, Buteo lagopus
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roughleg n large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers Synonym(s): rough- legged hawk, roughleg, Buteo lagopus
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rugel's plantain n North American plantain having reddish leafstalks and broad leaves Synonym(s): rugel's plantain, broad-leaved plantain, Plantago rugelii
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rugelach n pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) Synonym(s): rugulah, rugelach, ruggelach
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ruggelach n pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) Synonym(s): rugulah, rugelach, ruggelach
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rushlight n a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick [syn: rushlight, rush candle]
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rushlike adj resembling rush or sedge Synonym(s): rushlike, sedgelike
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Russel Crouse n United States playwright (1893-1966) [syn: Crouse, Russel Crouse]
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Russell's body n an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer Synonym(s): Russell's body, cancer body
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Russulaceae n used in some classification systems for the genus Russula Synonym(s): Russulaceae, family Russulaceae
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Provence rose \Prov"ence rose`\ [Provence the place + rose.] (a) The cabbage rose ({Rosa centifolia}). (b) A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of {Rosa centifolia} and {R. Gallica}.
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Goldcrest \Gold"crest`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European golden-crested kinglet ({Regulus cristatus}, or {R. regulus}); -- called also {golden-crested wren}, and {golden wren}. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See {Kinglet}.
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Rack \Rack\, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[91]kke, Sw. r[84]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. [?]. [?] Cf. {Right}, a., {Ratch}.] 1. An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically: (a) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons. During the troubles of the fifteenth century, a rack was introduced into the Tower, and was occasionally used under the plea of political necessity. --Macaulay. (b) An instrument for bending a bow. (c) A grate on which bacon is laid. (d) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc., supplied to beasts. (e) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc. (f) (Naut.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also {rack block}. Also, a frame to hold shot. (g) (Mining) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed. (h) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads. (i) A distaff. 2. (Mech.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it. 3. That which is extorted; exaction. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys. {Mangle rack}. (Mach.) See under {Mangle}. n. {Rack block}. (Naut.) See def. 1 (f), above. {Rack lashing}, a lashing or binding where the rope is tightened, and held tight by the use of a small stick of wood twisted around. {Rack rail} (Railroads), a toothed rack, laid as a rail, to afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of locomotive for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain. {Rack saw}, a saw having wide teeth. {Rack stick}, the stick used in a rack lashing. {To be on the rack}, to suffer torture, physical or mental. {To live at rack and manger}, to live on the best at another's expense. [Colloq.] {To put to the rack}, to subject to torture; to torment. A fit of the stone puts a kingto the rack, and makes him as miserable as it does the meanest subject. --Sir W. Temple.
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Rascaless \Ras"cal*ess\, n. A female rascal. [Humorous]
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Silk \Silk\, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk', and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff.] 1. The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larv[91] of {Bombyx mori}. 2. Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material. 3. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize. {Raw silk}, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured. {Silk cotton}, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree. {Silk-cotton tree} (Bot.), a name for several tropical trees of the genera {Bombax} and {Eriodendron}, and belonging to the order {Bombace[91]}. The trees grow to an immense size, and have their seeds enveloped in a cottony substance, which is used for stuffing cushions, but can not be spun. {Silk flower}. (Bot.) (a) The silk tree. (b) A similar tree ({Calliandra trinervia}) of Peru. {Silk fowl} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of domestic fowls having silky plumage. {Silk gland} (Zo[94]l.), a gland which secretes the material of silk, as in spider or a silkworm; a sericterium. {Silk gown}, the distinctive robe of a barrister who has been appointed king's or queen's counsel; hence, the counsel himself. Such a one has precedence over mere barristers, who wear stuff gowns. [Eng.] {Silk grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa comata}) of the Western United States, which has very long silky awns. The name is also sometimes given to various species of the genera {Aqave} and {Yucca}. {Silk moth} (Zo[94]l.), the adult moth of any silkworm. See {Silkworm}. {Silk shag}, a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap. {Silk spider} (Zo[94]l.), a large spider ({Nephila plumipes}), native of the Southern United States, remarkable for the large quantity of strong silk it produces and for the great disparity in the sizes of the sexes. {Silk thrower}, {Silk throwster}, one who twists or spins silk, and prepares it for weaving. --Brande & C. {Silk tree} (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree ({Albizzia Julibrissin}) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; -- so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms. Also called {silk flower}. {Silk vessel}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Silk gland}, above. {Virginia silk} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Periploca Gr[ae]ca}) of the Milkweed family, having a silky tuft on the seeds. It is native in Southern Europe.
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Reachless \Reach"less\, a. Being beyond reach; lofty. Unto a reachless pitch of praises hight. --Bp. Hall.
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Recalcitrant \Recal"citrant\, a. [L. recalcitrans, p. pr. of recalcitrare to kick back; pref. re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel. Cf. {Inculcate}.] Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
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Recalcitrate \Recal"citrate\, v. i. To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.
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Recalcitrate \Recal"citrate\, v. t. To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff. The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks. --De Quincey.
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Recalcitration \Recal`citra"tion\, n. A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.
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Reccheles \Rec"che*les\, a. Reckless. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Rechless \Rech"less\, a. Reckless. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
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Reckless \Reck"less\, a. [AS. reccele[a0]s, r[emac]cele[a0]s.] 1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. --Chaucer. 2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. It made the king as reckless as them diligent. --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent; indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash. -- {Reck"lessly}, adv. -- {Reck"lessness}, n.
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Reckless \Reck"less\, a. [AS. reccele[a0]s, r[emac]cele[a0]s.] 1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. --Chaucer. 2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. It made the king as reckless as them diligent. --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent; indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash. -- {Reck"lessly}, adv. -- {Reck"lessness}, n.
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Reckless \Reck"less\, a. [AS. reccele[a0]s, r[emac]cele[a0]s.] 1. Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. --Chaucer. 2. Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. It made the king as reckless as them diligent. --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent; indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash. -- {Reck"lessly}, adv. -- {Reck"lessness}, n.
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Reclasp \Re*clasp"\, v. i. To clasp or unite again.
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Reclose \Re*close"\, v. t. To close again. --Pope.
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Recluse \Re*cluse"\, a. [L. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See {Close}.] Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life In meditation deep, recluse From human converse. --J. Philips.
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Recluse \Re*cluse"\, n. [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See {Recluse}, a.] 1. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells; usually attached to monasteries. 2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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Recluse \Re*cluse"\, v. t. To shut; to seclude. [Obs.]
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Reclusely \Re*cluse"ly\, adv. In a recluse or solitary manner.
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Recluseness \Re*cluse"ness\, n. Quality or state of being recluse.
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Reclusion \Re*clu"sion\, n. [LL. reclusio: cf. F. reclusion.] A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
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Reclusive \Reclu"sive\, a. Affording retirement from society. [bd]Some reclusive* and religious life.[b8] --Shak.
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Reclusory \Reclu"sory\, n. [LL. reclosorium.] The habitation of a recluse; a hermitage.
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Recoil \Re*coil"\, n. 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. 2. The state or condition of having recoiled. The recoil from formalism is skepticism. --F. W. Robertson. 3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. {Recoil dynamometer} (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. {Recoil escapement} See the Note under {Escapement}.
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Recollect \Rec"ol*lect\, n. [See {Recollet}.] (Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also {Recollet}.] --Addis & Arnold.
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Re-collect \Re`-col*lect"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + collect.] To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops. God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust. --Barrow.
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Recollect \Rec`ol*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recollected}; imp. & p. p. {Recollecting}.] [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. {Recollet}.] 1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember. 2. Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. The Tyrian queen . . . Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood. --Dryden.
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Recollect \Rec"ol*lect\, n. [See {Recollet}.] (Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also {Recollet}.] --Addis & Arnold.
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Re-collect \Re`-col*lect"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + collect.] To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops. God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust. --Barrow.
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Recollect \Rec`ol*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recollected}; imp. & p. p. {Recollecting}.] [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. {Recollet}.] 1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember. 2. Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. The Tyrian queen . . . Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood. --Dryden.
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Recollect \Rec"ol*lect\, n. [See {Recollet}.] (Eccl.) A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans. [Written also {Recollet}.] --Addis & Arnold.
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Re-collect \Re`-col*lect"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + collect.] To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops. God will one day raise the dead, re-collecting our scattered dust. --Barrow.
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Recollect \Rec`ol*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recollected}; imp. & p. p. {Recollecting}.] [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. {Recollet}.] 1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember. 2. Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. The Tyrian queen . . . Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood. --Dryden.
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Recollect \Rec`ol*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recollected}; imp. & p. p. {Recollecting}.] [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. {Recollet}.] 1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember. 2. Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. The Tyrian queen . . . Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood. --Dryden.
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Recollect \Rec`ol*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recollected}; imp. & p. p. {Recollecting}.] [Pref. re- + collect: cf. L. recolligere, recollectum, to collect. Cf. {Recollet}.] 1. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember. 2. Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle. The Tyrian queen . . . Admired his fortunes, more admired the man; Then recollected stood. --Dryden.
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Recollection \Rec`ollec"tion\ (r?k`?ll?k"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. r[82]collection.] 1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance. 2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection. 3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence. [bd]One of his earliest recollections.[b8] --Macaulay. 4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. [Archaic] From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection. --Robertson. Syn: Reminiscence; remembrance. See {Memory}.
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Recollective \Rec`ol*lect"ive\ (-l?k"t?v), a. Having the power of recollecting. --J. Foster.
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Sea serpent \Sea" ser`pent\ 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine snake. See {Sea snake}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large marine animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet captured. Note: Many accounts of sea serpents are imaginary or fictitious; others are greatly exaggerated and distorted by incompetent observers; but a number have been given by competent and trustworthy persons, which indicate that several diverse animals have been called sea serpents. Among these are, apparently, several large snakelike fishes, as the oar fish, or ribbon fish ({Regalecus}), and huge conger eels. Other accounts probably refer to the giant squids ({Architeuthis}). Some of the best accounts seem to describe a marine saurian, like the fossil Mosasauri, which were large serpentlike creatures with paddles.
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Regalism \Re"galism\ (r?"gal?z'm), n. The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy. [R.] --Cardinal Manning.
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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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regulize \Reg"u*lize\ (-l?z), v. t. (Old Chem.) To reduce to regulus; to separate, as a metal from extraneous matter; as, to regulize antimony. [Archaic]
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Regulus \Reg"u*lus\ (-l?s), n.; pl. E. {Reguluses} (-[?]z), L. {Reguli} (-l[?]). [L., a petty king, prince, dim. of rex, regis, a king: cf. F. r[82]gule. See {Regal}.] 1. A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence. 2. (Chem. & Metal.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores. Note: The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them in the first instance to antimony. It signifies little king; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher's stone. --Ure. 3. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the {Lion's Heart}.
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Goldcrest \Gold"crest`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European golden-crested kinglet ({Regulus cristatus}, or {R. regulus}); -- called also {golden-crested wren}, and {golden wren}. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See {Kinglet}.
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Firecrest \Fire"crest`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European kinglet ({Regulus ignicapillus}), having a bright red crest; -- called also {fire-crested wren}.
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Kinglet \King"let\, n. 1. A little king; a weak or insignificant king. --Carlyle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus {Regulus} and family {Sylviid[91]}. Note: The golden-crowned kinglet ({Regulus satrapa}), and the rubycrowned kinglet ({R. calendula}), are the most common American species. The common English kinglet ({R. cristatus}) is also called {golden-crested wren}, {moonie}, and {marigold finch}. The kinglets are often popularly called {wrens}, both in America and England.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regulus \Reg"u*lus\ (-l?s), n.; pl. E. {Reguluses} (-[?]z), L. {Reguli} (-l[?]). [L., a petty king, prince, dim. of rex, regis, a king: cf. F. r[82]gule. See {Regal}.] 1. A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence. 2. (Chem. & Metal.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores. Note: The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them in the first instance to antimony. It signifies little king; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher's stone. --Ure. 3. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the {Lion's Heart}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resalgar \Re*sal"gar\ (r?-s?l"g?r), n. Realgar. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Rescueless \Res"cue*less\, a. Without rescue or release.
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Roccellic \Roc*cel"lic\, a. [F. roccellique, fr. roccelle archil, It. & NL. roccella, fr. It. rocca a rock, because archil grows on rock.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil ({Roccella tinctoria}, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance {C17H32O4}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rochelle \Ro*chelle"\, n. A seaport town in France. {Rochelle powders}. Same as {Seidlitz powders}. {Rochelle salt} (Chem.), the double tartrate of sodium and potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an apothecary of Rochelle, and is called also {Seignete's salt}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles. 2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning. Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . . . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak. 3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt. 4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar. I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver salts. --Pepys. 5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.] Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne. 6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol. Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking, it is the acid radical which unites with the base or basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or acid salts. See Phrases below. 7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt. Ye are the salt of the earth. --Matt. v. 13. 8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt. 9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.] {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank, of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long table, the places above which were assigned to the guests of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors, and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}. His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the salt. --B. Jonson. {Acid salt} (Chem.) (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as, acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt. (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is a neutral salt. {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline reaction, as sodium carbonate. {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic oxide. [Obsolescent] {Basic salt} (Chem.) (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent than is required to neutralize the acid. (b) An alkaline salt. {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical. {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium sulphate. See under {Double}. {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary. {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by crystallizing plant juices. {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}. {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary. {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as sodium chloride. {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}. {Neutral salt}. (Chem.) (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory) neutralize each other. (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction. {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid. {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.] {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on exposure to the air. {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or analogous compound. {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}. {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid. {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate of iron. {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.) (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride. (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under {Hartshorn}. {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below. {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn. {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}. {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate. {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains; -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}. {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar, or potassium tartrate. [Obs.] {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate; -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus. {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}. {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid. {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base or analogous compound. {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}. {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rockless \Rock"less\, a. Being without rocks. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosalgar \Ro*sal"gar\, n. realgar. [Obs.] --chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain. {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. {Brilliant}, n. {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}. {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}. {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold. {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See {Bedeguar}. {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. {Rose mallow}. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head. {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose} (b), under {China}. {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection plant}. {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}. {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}. {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}. {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Roseola \[d8]Rose"ola\, n. [NL., dim. of L. rosa a rose.] (med.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also {rose rash}. -- {Rose"olous}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosolic \Ro*sol"ic\, a. [Rose + carbolic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass, {C20H16O3}, which forms weak salts with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also {methyl aurin}, and, formerly, {corallin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rossel current \Ros"sel cur`rent\ [From Rossel Island, in the Louisiade Archipelago.] (Oceanography) A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rossel current \Ros"sel cur`rent\ [From Rossel Island, in the Louisiade Archipelago.] (Oceanography) A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whelk \Whelk\, n. [OE. whelke, dim. of whele. See {Wheal} a pustule.] 1. A papule; a pustule; acne. [bd]His whelks white.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale. {Chin whelk} (Med.), sycosis. {Rosy whelk} (Med.), grog blossom.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line. {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d {Log}, n., 2. {Log perch} (Zo[94]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and {rockfish}. {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound. {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above). {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage. {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government. {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roughleg \Rough"leg`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus {Archibuteo}, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also {rough-legged hawk}, and {rough-legged buzzard}. Note: The best known species is {Archibuteo lagopus} of Northern Europe, with its darker American variety ({Sancti-johannis}). The latter is often nearly or quite black. The ferruginous roughleg ({Archibuteo ferrugineus}) inhabits Western North America.
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Rough-legged \Rough"-legged`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird. {rough-legged hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Roughleg}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roughleg \Rough"leg`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus {Archibuteo}, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also {rough-legged hawk}, and {rough-legged buzzard}. Note: The best known species is {Archibuteo lagopus} of Northern Europe, with its darker American variety ({Sancti-johannis}). The latter is often nearly or quite black. The ferruginous roughleg ({Archibuteo ferrugineus}) inhabits Western North America.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roughleg \Rough"leg`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus {Archibuteo}, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also {rough-legged hawk}, and {rough-legged buzzard}. Note: The best known species is {Archibuteo lagopus} of Northern Europe, with its darker American variety ({Sancti-johannis}). The latter is often nearly or quite black. The ferruginous roughleg ({Archibuteo ferrugineus}) inhabits Western North America.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rough-legged \Rough"-legged`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird. {rough-legged hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Roughleg}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rugulose \Ru`gu*lose"\, a. Somewhat rugose.
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Rushlight \Rush"light`\, n. A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.
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Rushlike \Rush"like`\, a. Resembling a rush; weak.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Russell's Attic An imaginary room containing {countably many} pairs of shoes (i.e. a pair for each {natural number}), and countably many pairs of socks. How many shoes are there? Answer: countably many (map the left shoes to even numbers and the right shoes to odd numbers, say). How many socks are there? Also countably many, we want to say, but we can't prove it without the {Axiom of Choice}, because in each pair, the socks are indistinguishable (there's no such thing as a left sock). Although for any single pair it is easy to select one, we cannot specify a general method for doing this. (1995-03-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Russell's Paradox A logical contradiction in {set theory} discovered by {Bertrand Russell}. If R is the set of all sets which don't contain themselves, does R contain itself? If it does then it doesn't and vice versa. The paradox stems from the acceptance of the following {axiom}: If P(x) is a property then {x : P} is a set. This is the {Axiom of Comprehension} (actually an {axiom schema}). By applying it in the case where P is the property "x is not an element of x", we generate the paradox, i.e. something clearly false. Thus any theory built on this axiom must be inconsistent. In {lambda-calculus} Russell's Paradox can be formulated by representing each set by its {characteristic function} - the property which is true for members and false for non-members. The set R becomes a function r which is the negation of its argument applied to itself: r = \ x . not (x x) If we now apply r to itself, r r = (\ x . not (x x)) (\ x . not (x x)) = not ((\ x . not (x x))(\ x . not (x x))) = not (r r) So if (r r) is true then it is false and vice versa. An alternative formulation is: "if the barber of Seville is a man who shaves all men in Seville who don't shave themselves, and only those men, who shaves the barber?" This can be taken simply as a proof that no such barber can exist whereas seemingly obvious axioms of {set theory} suggest the existence of the paradoxical set R. {Zermelo Fränkel set theory} is one "solution" to this paradox. Another, {type theory}, restricts sets to contain only elements of a single type, (e.g. integers or sets of integers) and no type is allowed to refer to itself so no set can contain itself. A message from Russell induced {Frege} to put a note in his life's work, just before it went to press, to the effect that he now knew it was inconsistent but he hoped it would be useful anyway. (2000-11-01)