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         n 1: an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the
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English Dictionary: redress	by the DICT Development Group
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radio receiver n an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals Synonym(s): radio receiver, receiving set, radio set, radio, tuner, wireless
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rat race n an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation
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re-address v put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding
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readership n the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
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ready reckoner n a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation [syn: reckoner, ready reckoner]
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red raspberry n any of several raspberries bearing red fruit
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red region n a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned Synonym(s): hellfire, red region
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red rockfish n red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast a large fish of the Pacific coast of North America Synonym(s): red rockfish, Sebastodes ruberrimus
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redhorse n North American sucker with reddish fins [syn: redhorse, redhorse sucker]
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redhorse sucker n North American sucker with reddish fins [syn: redhorse, redhorse sucker]
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redirect v channel into a new direction; "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists" Synonym(s): redirect, airt
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redirect examination n (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross- examination Synonym(s): redirect examination, reexamination
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redress n a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury Synonym(s): damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil Synonym(s): redress, remedy, remediation v make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" Synonym(s): right, compensate, redress, correct Antonym(s): wrong
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reed organ n a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows Synonym(s): harmonium, organ, reed organ
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Reiter's disease n an inflammatory syndrome (etiology unknown) predominantly in males; characterized by arthritis and conjunctivitis and urethritis Synonym(s): Reiter's syndrome, Reiter's disease
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Reiter's syndrome n an inflammatory syndrome (etiology unknown) predominantly in males; characterized by arthritis and conjunctivitis and urethritis Synonym(s): Reiter's syndrome, Reiter's disease
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retrace v to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" Synonym(s): trace, retrace reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" Synonym(s): reconstruct, construct, retrace
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retract v formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" Synonym(s): abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile pull away from a source of disgust or fear Synonym(s): shrink back, retract use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) Synonym(s): retract, pull back, draw back pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" Synonym(s): draw in, retract
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retractable adj capable of being retracted; "retractable landing gear"
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retracted adj drawn back and in; "a cat with retracted claws"
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retractile adj capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats have retractile claws" Antonym(s): nonretractable, nonretractile
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retraction n a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn: retraction, abjuration, recantation] the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin"
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retractor n surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
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retroactive adj descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously Antonym(s): proactive affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex- post-facto law"; "retro pay" Synonym(s): ex post facto, retroactive, retro
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retroactively adv after the fact; "he will get paid retroactively"
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retrograde adj moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth Antonym(s): direct of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma Antonym(s): anterograde going from better to worse Synonym(s): retrograde, retrogressive moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction Synonym(s): retral, retrograde v move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets" move back; "The glacier retrogrades" Synonym(s): retrograde, retreat go back over; "retrograde arguments" Synonym(s): retrograde, rehash, hash over get worse or fall back to a previous condition Synonym(s): regress, retrograde, retrogress Antonym(s): advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up
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retrograde amnesia n loss of memory for events immediately preceding a trauma
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retrogress v get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn: regress, retrograde, retrogress] Antonym(s): advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" Synonym(s): relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
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retrogression n passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form Synonym(s): degeneration, retrogression returning to a former state Synonym(s): regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion
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retrogressive adj going from better to worse [syn: retrograde, retrogressive]
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retrospect n contemplation of things past; "in retrospect" v look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" Synonym(s): review, look back, retrospect
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retrospection n reference to things past; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections" memory for experiences that are past; "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"
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retrospective adj concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification" Antonym(s): prospective n an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
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retrospectively adv in a manner contemplative of past events; "retrospectively, he seems like a great artist"
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retrousse adj (used of noses) turned up at the end; "a retrousse nose"; "a small upturned nose" Synonym(s): retrousse, tip-tilted, upturned
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rhetoric n using language effectively to please or persuade high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" Synonym(s): grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" Synonym(s): palaver, hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
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rhetorical adj of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" Antonym(s): unrhetorical
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rhetorical device n a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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rhetorical question n a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions"
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rhetorically adv in a rhetorical manner; "`What can be done?' he asked rhetorically"
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rhetorician n a person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier]
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ride horseback v ride on horseback
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ride roughshod v treat inconsiderately or harshly [syn: ride roughshod, run roughshod]
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Rider Haggard n British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925) Synonym(s): Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard
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road rage n violence exhibited by drivers in traffic
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Rodrigo Borgia n Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503) Synonym(s): Alexander VI, Pope Alexander VI, Borgia, Rodrigo Borgia
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Rodya Raskolnikov n a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil Synonym(s): Raskolnikov, Rodya Raskolnikov
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rooter skunk n large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico Synonym(s): hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, badger skunk, rooter skunk, Conepatus leuconotus
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rot-resistant adj resistant to rotting
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rotary actuator n (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track Synonym(s): rotary actuator, positioner
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Rotary Club n a group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace Synonym(s): Rotary Club, Rotary International
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rotary converter n electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa Synonym(s): synchronous converter, rotary, rotary converter
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rotary joint n a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation; "the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint" Synonym(s): pivot joint, rotary joint, rotatory joint, articulatio trochoidea
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rotor coil n the rotating armature of a motor or generator [syn: rotor, rotor coil] Antonym(s): stator, stator coil
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rotor shaft n the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns Synonym(s): rotor head, rotor shaft
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rudderstock n a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot Synonym(s): rudderpost, rudderstock
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Readdress \Re`ad*dress"\, v. t. To address a second time; -- often used reflexively. He readdressed himself to her. --Boyle.
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Readership \Read"er*ship\, n. The office of reader. --Lyell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ready \Read"y\, a. [Compar. {Readier}; superl. {Readiest}.] [AS. r[aemac]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar[a0]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf. {Array}, 1st {Curry}.] 1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. [bd]When she redy was.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. [bd]Dinner was ready.[b8] --Fielding. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii. 4. 3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed. I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts xxi. 13. If need be, I am ready to forego And quit. --Milton. 4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. [bd]Ready in devising expedients.[b8] --Macaulay. Gurth, whose temper was ready, through surly. --Sir W. Scott. 5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. [bd]The readiest way.[b8] --Milton. A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden. 6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive. My heart is ready to crack. --Shak. 7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim. {All ready}, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. [bd][I] am all redy at your hest.[b8] --Chaucer. {Ready money}, means of immediate payment; cash. [bd]'Tis all the ready money fate can give.[b8] --Cowley. {Ready reckoner}, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc. {To make ready}, to make preparation; to get in readiness. Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skilful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See {Prompt}.
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Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[ucr]k"[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl. 3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. --Boyle. 4. A pipe through which anything is drawn. 5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything. 6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker ({Catostomus Commersoni}), the white sucker ({C. teres}), the hog sucker ({C. nigricans}), and the chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon sucetta}). Some of the large Western species are called {buffalo fish}, {red horse}, {black horse}, and {suckerel}. (b) The remora. (c) The lumpfish. (d) The hagfish, or myxine. (e) A California food fish ({Menticirrus undulatus}) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also {bagre}. 8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch. --Fuller. 9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang] 10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.] 11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.] {Carp sucker}, {Cherry sucker}, etc. See under {Carp}, {Cherry}, etc. {Sucker fish}. See {Sucking fish}, under {Sucking}. {Sucker rod}, a pump rod. See under {Pump}. {Sucker tube} (Zo[94]l.), one of the external ambulacral tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and used for locomotion. Called also {sucker foot}. See {Spatangoid}.
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{Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species. (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}. {Red lead}. (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}. {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}. {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}. {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge. {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}. {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See {Maple}. {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below. {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color ({Morus rubra}). {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}. {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish. {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}. {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark. {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}. {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}. {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}. {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver. {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or] Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also {red mite}. {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree. {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay.
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Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[ucr]k"[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl. 3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. --Boyle. 4. A pipe through which anything is drawn. 5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything. 6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker ({Catostomus Commersoni}), the white sucker ({C. teres}), the hog sucker ({C. nigricans}), and the chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon sucetta}). Some of the large Western species are called {buffalo fish}, {red horse}, {black horse}, and {suckerel}. (b) The remora. (c) The lumpfish. (d) The hagfish, or myxine. (e) A California food fish ({Menticirrus undulatus}) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also {bagre}. 8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch. --Fuller. 9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang] 10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.] 11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.] {Carp sucker}, {Cherry sucker}, etc. See under {Carp}, {Cherry}, etc. {Sucker fish}. See {Sucking fish}, under {Sucking}. {Sucker rod}, a pump rod. See under {Pump}. {Sucker tube} (Zo[94]l.), one of the external ambulacral tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and used for locomotion. Called also {sucker foot}. See {Spatangoid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species. (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}. {Red lead}. (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}. {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}. {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}. {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge. {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}. {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See {Maple}. {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below. {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color ({Morus rubra}). {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}. {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish. {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}. {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark. {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}. {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}. {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}. {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver. {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or] Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also {red mite}. {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree. {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Redargue \Redar"gue\ (r?d?r"g?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Redargued} (-g?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Redarguing}.] [L. redarguere; pref. red-, re- re- + arguere to accuse, charge with: cf. F. r[82]darguer.] To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict. [Archaic] How shall I . . . suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my lukewarmness? --Jer. Taylor. Now this objection to the immediate cognition of external objects has, as far as I know, been redargued in three different ways. --Sir W. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Redargue \Redar"gue\ (r?d?r"g?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Redargued} (-g?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Redarguing}.] [L. redarguere; pref. red-, re- re- + arguere to accuse, charge with: cf. F. r[82]darguer.] To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict. [Archaic] How shall I . . . suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my lukewarmness? --Jer. Taylor. Now this objection to the immediate cognition of external objects has, as far as I know, been redargued in three different ways. --Sir W. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Redargue \Redar"gue\ (r?d?r"g?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Redargued} (-g?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Redarguing}.] [L. redarguere; pref. red-, re- re- + arguere to accuse, charge with: cf. F. r[82]darguer.] To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict. [Archaic] How shall I . . . suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my lukewarmness? --Jer. Taylor. Now this objection to the immediate cognition of external objects has, as far as I know, been redargued in three different ways. --Sir W. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Redargution \Red`argu"tion\ (r?d`?rg?"sh?n), n. [L. redargutio.] The act of redarguing; refutation. [Obs. or R.] --Bacon.
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Redargutory \Red`argu"tory\ (-t?*r?), a. Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory. [R.]
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Redirect \Re`direct"\ (r?`d?r?kt"), a. (Law) Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.
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Examination \Exam`ina"tion\, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F. examination.] 1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. 2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry. He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. --Macaulay. {Examination in chief}, [or] {Direct examination} (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him. {Cross-examination}, that made by the opposite party. {Re[89]xamination}, [or] {Re-direct examination}, that made by a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination. Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.
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Redress \Redress"\ (r?dr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + dress.] To dress again.
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Redress \Redress"\ (r?dr?s"), v. t. [F. redresser to straighten; pref. re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. See {Dress.}] 1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [R.] The common profit could she redress. --Chaucer. In yonder spring of roses intermixed With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. --Milton. Your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared. --A. Hamilton. 2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from. Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . . I doubt not but with honor to redress. --Shak. 3. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. [bd]'T is thine, O king! the afflicted to redress.[b8] --Dryden. Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? --Byron.
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Redress \Redress"\, n. 1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. [R.] Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress* of ourselves. --Hooker. 2. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. --Shak. A few may complain without reason; but there is occasion for redress when the cry is universal. --Davenant. 3. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser. Fair majesty, the refuge and redress Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress. --Dryden.
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Redressal \Redress"al\ (r?dr?s"al), n. Redress.
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Redresser \Re*dress"er\ (-?r), n. One who redresses.
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Redressible \Redress"ible\ (-?*b'l), a. Such as may be redressed.
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Redressive \Re*dress"ive\ (-?v), a. Tending to redress. --Thomson.
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Redressless \Re*dress"less\, a. Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable. --Sherwood.
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Redressment \Re*dress"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. redressement.] The act of redressing; redress. --Jefferson.
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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.
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Reedwork \Reed"work`\ (-w?rk`), n. (Mus.) A collective name for the reed stops of an organ.
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Rethoryke \Reth"o*ryke\, n. Rhetoric. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Retiracy \Retir"acy\, n. Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. [U.S.] --Bartlett. What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy. --C. A. Bristed.
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Retortion \Re*tor"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]torsion. See {Retort}, v. t.] 1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also {retorsion}.] It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. (Law) Retaliation. --Wharton.
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Retorsion \Re*tor"sion\, n. Same as {Retortion}.
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Retortion \Re*tor"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]torsion. See {Retort}, v. t.] 1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also {retorsion}.] It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. (Law) Retaliation. --Wharton.
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Retorsion \Re*tor"sion\, n. Same as {Retortion}.
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Retrace \Re*trace"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + trace: cf. F. retracer. Cf. {Retract}.] 1. To trace back, as a line. Then if the line of Turnus you retrace, He springs from Inachus of Argive race. --Driden. 2. To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings. 3. To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.
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Retract \Re*tract"\, v. i. 1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. 2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. --Granville.
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Retract \Re*tract"\, n. (Far.) The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
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Retract \Re*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retracting}.] [F. r[82]tracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See {Retreat}.] 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. 2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] --Woodward. Syn: To recal; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.
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Retract \Re*tract"\, n. Retreat. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Retractable \Retract"able\ (-[adot]*b'l), a. [Cf. F. r[82]tractable.] Capable of being retracted; retractile.
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Retractate \Re*tract"ate\, v. t. [L. retractatus, p. p. of retractare. See {Retract}.] To retract; to recant. [Obs.]
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Retractation \Re`trac*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]tractation, L. retractatio a revision, reconsideration. ] The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
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Retract \Re*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retracting}.] [F. r[82]tracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See {Retreat}.] 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. 2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] --Woodward. Syn: To recal; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.
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Retractible \Retract"ible\, a. Retractable.
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Retractile \Re*tract"ile\, a. [Cf. F. -r[82]tractile.] (Physiol.) Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.
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Retract \Re*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retracting}.] [F. r[82]tracter, L. retractare, retractatum, to handle again, reconsider, retract, fr. retrahere, retractum, to draw back. See {Retreat}.] 1. To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. 2. Ti withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion. I would as freely have retracted this charge of idolatry as I ever made it. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 3. To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke. [Obs.] --Woodward. Syn: To recal; withdraw; rescind; revoke; unsay; disavow; recant; abjure; disown.
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Retraction \Re*trac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]traction, L. retractio a drawing back, hesitation.] 1. The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws. 2. The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation. Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either retractions or [?]oncessions. --Eikon Basilike. 3. (Physiol.) (a) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew. (b) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.
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Retractive \Retract"ive\, a. Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction. -- {Retract"ive*ly}, adv.
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Retractive \Re*tract"ive\, n. That which retracts, or withdraws.
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Retractive \Retract"ive\, a. Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction. -- {Retract"ive*ly}, adv.
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Retractor \Re*tract"or\, n. One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: (a) In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel. (b) (Surg.) An instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation. (c) (Surg.) A bandage to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation. (d) (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) A muscle serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under {Phylactol[91]mata}.
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Retroact \Re`tro*act"\, v. i. [Pref. retro- + act.] To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective.
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Retroaction \Re`tro*ac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]troaction.] 1. Action returned, or action backward. 2. Operation on something past or preceding.
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Retroactive \Re`tro*act"ive\, a. [Cf. F. r[82]troactif.] Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. --Beddoes. {Retroactive law} [or] {statute} (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of the law.
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Retroactive \Re`tro*act"ive\, a. [Cf. F. r[82]troactif.] Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective. --Beddoes. {Retroactive law} [or] {statute} (Law), one which operates to make criminal or punishable, or in any way expressly to affect, acts done prior to the passing of the law.
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Retroactively \Re`troact"ively\, adv. In a retroactive manner.
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Retrocede \Re"tro*cede\, v. t. [Pref. retro- + cede: cf. F. r[82]troc[82]der.] To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.
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Retrocede \Re"tro*cede\, v. i. [L. retrocedere; retro backward, back + cedere to go. See {Cede}.] To go back.
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Retrocedent \Re`tro*ced"ent\, a. [L. retrocedens, p. pr.] Disposed or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout.
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Retrocession \Re`tro*ces"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]trocession. See {Retrocede}.] 1. The act of retroceding. 2. The state of being retroceded, or granted back. 3. (Med.) Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.
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Retrochoir \Re"tro*choir\, n. [Pref. retro- + choir.] (Eccl. Arch.) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
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Retrocopulant \Re`trocop"ulant\, a. [See {Retrocopulation}.] Copulating backward, or from behind.
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Retrocopulation \Re`trocop`ula"tion\, n. [Pref. retro- + copulation.] Copulation from behind. --Sir T. Browne.
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Retrogenerative \Re`trogen"era*tive\, a. [Pref. retro- + generative.] Begetting young by retrocopulation.
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Retrogradation \Re`trograda"tion\, n. [F. r[82]trogradation or L. retrogradatio. See {Retrograde}.] 1. The act of retrograding, or moving backward. 2. The state of being retrograde; decline.
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Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, a. [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. r[82]trograde. See {Grade}.] 1. (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. --Hutton. And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde. --Chaucer. 2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to {progressive}. [bd]Progressive and not retrograde.[b8] --Bacon. It is most retrograde to our desire. --Shak. 3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. --Bacon.
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Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retrograded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retrograding}.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. r[82]trograder.] 1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet. 2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
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Retrogression \Re`tro*gres"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]trogression. See {Retrograde}, and cf. {Digression}.] 1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation. 2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also {retrograde development}, and {regressive metamorphism}.
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Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retrograded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retrograding}.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. r[82]trograder.] 1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet. 2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
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Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retrograded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retrograding}.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. r[82]trograder.] 1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet. 2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
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Retrogradingly \Re"trogra`dingly\, adv. By retrograding; so as to retrograde.
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Retrogress \Re"tro*gress\, n. [Cf. L. retrogressus.] Retrogression. [R.] --H. Spenser.
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Retrogression \Re`tro*gres"sion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]trogression. See {Retrograde}, and cf. {Digression}.] 1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation. 2. (Biol.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also {retrograde development}, and {regressive metamorphism}.
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Retrogressive \Re`tro*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. r[82]trogressif.] 1. Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state. 2. (Biol.) Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.
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Retrogressively \Re`trogres"sively\, adv. In a retrogressive manner.
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Retrospect \Re"tro*spect\, v. i. [L. retrospicere; retro back + specere, spectum, to look. See {Spy}, and cf. {Expect}.] To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past. It may be useful to retrospect to an early period. --A. Hamilton.
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Retrospect \Re"tro*spect\, n. A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past. --Cowper. We may introduce a song without retrospect to the old comedy. --Landor.
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Retrospection \Re`tro*spec"tion\, n. The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.
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Retrospective \Re`tro*spec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. r[82]trospectif.] 1. Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view. The sage, with retrospective eye. --Pope. 2. Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law. Inflicting death by a retrospective enactment. --Macaulay.
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Retrospectively \Re`trospec"tively\, adv. By way of retrospect.
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Retruse \Re*truse"\, a. [L. retrusus concealed, p. p. of retrudere.] Abstruse. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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Retrusion \Re*tru"sion\, n. The act of retruding, or the state of being retruded. In virtue of an endless remotion or retrusion of the constituent cause. --Coleridge.
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Rhetoric \Rhet"o*ric\, n. [F. rh[82]torique, L. rhetorica, Gr. [?][?][?][?] (sc. [?][?][?]), fr. [?][?][?] rhetorical, oratorical, fr. [?][?][?] orator, rhetorician; perhaps akin to E. word; cf. [?][?][?] to say.] 1. The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose. 2. Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force. --Locke. 3. Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling. 4. Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms. Sweet, silent rhetoric of persuading eyes. --Daniel.
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Rhetorical \Rhetor"ical\, a. [L. rhetoricus, Gr. [?][?][?][?]. See {Rhetoric}.] Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense. --M. Arnold. -- {Rhetor"ically}, adv. -- {Rhetor"icalness}, n.
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Rhetorical \Rhetor"ical\, a. [L. rhetoricus, Gr. [?][?][?][?]. See {Rhetoric}.] Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense. --M. Arnold. -- {Rhetor"ically}, adv. -- {Rhetor"icalness}, n.
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Rhetorical \Rhetor"ical\, a. [L. rhetoricus, Gr. [?][?][?][?]. See {Rhetoric}.] Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense. --M. Arnold. -- {Rhetor"ically}, adv. -- {Rhetor"icalness}, n.
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Rhetoricate \Rhetor"icate\, v. i. [L. rhetoricari. See {Rhetoric}.] To play the orator. [Obs.] --South.
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Rhetorication \Rhetor`ica"tion\, n. [Cf. F. rh[82]torication.] Rhetorical amplification. [Obs.] --Waterland.
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Rhetorician \Rhet`o*ri"cian\, n. [Cf. F. rh[82]toricien.] 1. One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric. The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere logician and a mere rhetorician. --F. W. Robertson. 2. A teacher of rhetoric. The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had young auditors, lived till they were an hundred years old. --Bacon. 3. An orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a declaimer. --Macaulay.
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Rhetorician \Rhet`o*ri"cian\, a. Suitable to a master of rhetoric. [bd]With rhetorician pride.[b8] --Blackmore.
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Rhetorize \Rhet"o*rize\, v. t. To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhetorize \Rhet"orize\ (r[ecr]t"[osl]r[imac]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rhetorized} (-r[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rhetorizing} (-r[imac]`z[icr]ng).] To play the orator. --Colgrave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhetorize \Rhet"orize\ (r[ecr]t"[osl]r[imac]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rhetorized} (-r[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rhetorizing} (-r[imac]`z[icr]ng).] To play the orator. --Colgrave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhetorize \Rhet"orize\ (r[ecr]t"[osl]r[imac]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rhetorized} (-r[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rhetorizing} (-r[imac]`z[icr]ng).] To play the orator. --Colgrave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rider \Rid"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rides. 2. Formerly, an agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveler. [Eng.] 3. One who breaks or manages a horse. --Shak. 4. An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed. After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a rider. --Macaulay. This [question] was a rider which Mab found difficult to answer. --A. S. Hardy. 5. (Math.) A problem of more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper. 6. [D. rijder.] A Dutch gold coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it. His moldy money ! half a dozen riders. --J. Fletcher. 7. (Mining) Rock material in a vein of ore, dividing it. 8. (Shipbuilding) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame. --Totten. 9. (Naut.) The second tier of casks in a vessel's hold. 10. A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard. 11. A robber. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Drummond. {Rider's bone} (Med.), a bony deposit in the muscles of the upper and inner part of the thigh, due to the pressure and irritation caused by the saddle in riding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rotary \Ro"ta*ry\, a. [L. rota a wheel. See {Roll}, v., and cf. {barouche}, {Rodomontade}, {Rou[82]}, {Round}, a., {Rowel}.] Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion. {Rotary engine}, steam engine in which the continuous rotation of the shaft is produced by the direct action of the steam upon rotating devices which serve as pistons, instead of being derived from a reciprocating motion, as in the ordinary engine; a steam turbine; -- called also {rotatory engine}. {Rotary pump}, a pump in which the fluid is impelled by rotating devices which take the place of reciprocating buckets or pistons. {Rotary shears}, shears, as for cloth, metal, etc., in which revolving sharp-edged or sharp-cornered wheels do the cutting. {Rotary valve}, a valve acting by continuous or partial rotation, as in the four-way cock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shears \Shears\, n. pl. [Formerly used also in the singular. See {Shear}, n., 1.] 1. A cutting instrument. Specifically: (a) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances. Fate urged the shears, and cut the sylph in twain. --Pope. (b) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins. (c) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge. 2. Anything in the form of shears. Specifically: (a) A pair of wings. [Obs.] --Spenser. (b) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. [Written also {sheers}.] 3. (Mach.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under {Lathe}. {Rotary shears}. See under {Rotary}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rother \Roth"er\, a. [AS. hry[edh]er; cf. D. rund.] (Zo[94]l.) Bovine. -- n. A bovine beast. [Obs.] --Shak. {Rother beasts}, cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle. [Obs.] --Golding. {Rother soil}, the dung of rother beasts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rudder \Rud"der\, n. [OE. rother, AS. r[omac][edh]er a paddle; akin to D. roer rudder, oar, G. ruder, OHG. roadar, Sw. roder, ror, Dan. roer, ror. [root] 8. See {Row} to propel with an oar, and cf. {Rother}. ] 1. (Naut.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment. 2. Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course. For rhyme the rudder is of verses. --Hudibras. {Balance rudder} (Naut.), a rudder pivoted near the middle instead of at the edge, -- common on sharpies. {Drop rudder} (Naut.), a rudder extending below the keel so as to be more effective in steering. {Rudder chain} (Naut.), one of the loose chains or ropes which fasten the rudder to the quarters to prevent its loss in case it gets unshipped, and for operating it in case the tiller or the wheel is broken. {Rudder coat} (Naut.), a covering of tarred canvas used to prevent water from entering the rudderhole. {Rudder fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pilot fish. (b) The amber fish ({Seriola zonata}), which is bluish having six broad black bands. (c) A plain greenish black American fish ({Leirus perciformis}); -- called also {black rudder fish}, {logfish}, and {barrel fish}. The name is also applied to other fishes which follow vessels. {Rudder pendants} (Naut.), ropes connected with the rudder chains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rudder \Rud"der\, n. [OE. rother, AS. r[omac][edh]er a paddle; akin to D. roer rudder, oar, G. ruder, OHG. roadar, Sw. roder, ror, Dan. roer, ror. [root] 8. See {Row} to propel with an oar, and cf. {Rother}. ] 1. (Naut.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment. 2. Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course. For rhyme the rudder is of verses. --Hudibras. {Balance rudder} (Naut.), a rudder pivoted near the middle instead of at the edge, -- common on sharpies. {Drop rudder} (Naut.), a rudder extending below the keel so as to be more effective in steering. {Rudder chain} (Naut.), one of the loose chains or ropes which fasten the rudder to the quarters to prevent its loss in case it gets unshipped, and for operating it in case the tiller or the wheel is broken. {Rudder coat} (Naut.), a covering of tarred canvas used to prevent water from entering the rudderhole. {Rudder fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pilot fish. (b) The amber fish ({Seriola zonata}), which is bluish having six broad black bands. (c) A plain greenish black American fish ({Leirus perciformis}); -- called also {black rudder fish}, {logfish}, and {barrel fish}. The name is also applied to other fishes which follow vessels. {Rudder pendants} (Naut.), ropes connected with the rudder chains.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rudderstock \Rud"der*stock`\, n. (Naut.) The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rutterkin \Rut"ter*kin\, n. An old crafty fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
retrocomputing /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ n. Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; esp. if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for {hack value}, of more `serious' designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the `pnch(6)' or `bcd(6)' program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in {{punched card}} code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language {INTERCAL}, a {JCL}-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless {Zork} binary running. A tasty selection of retrocomputing programs are made available at the Retrocomputing Museum, `http://www.ccil.org/retro'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ray tracing A technique used in {computer graphics} to create realistic {images} by calculating the paths taken by rays of light entering the observer's eye at different angles. The paths are traced backward from the viewpoint, through a point (a {pixel}) in the image plane until they hit some object in the scene or go off to infinity. Objects are modelled as collections of abutting surfaces which may be rectangles, triangles, or more complicated shapes such as 3D {splines}. The optical properties of different surfaces (colour, reflectance, transmitance, refraction, texture) also affect how it will contribute to the colour and brightness of the ray. The position, colour, and brightness of light sources, including ambient lighting, is also taken into account. Ray tracing is an ideal application for {parallel processing} since there are many pixels, each of whose values is independent and can thus be calculated in parallel. Compare: {radiosity}. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.graphics.raytracing}. {(http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Graphics/3D/Ray_Tracing/)}. (2003-09-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
redirection 1. {input/output redirection}. 2. {URL redirection}. (1997-07-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
redirector {network redirector}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
retrocomputing /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for {hack value}, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in {punched card} code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language {INTERCAL}, a {JCL}-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate {PDP-11} hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless {Zork} binary running. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
root directory The topmost node of a {hierarchical file system}. (1996-11-21)