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   Raffia ruffia
         n 1: a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very
               long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially
               important fiber from its leafstalks [syn: {raffia palm},
               {Raffia farinifera}, {Raffia ruffia}]

English Dictionary: referable by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reaper binder
n
  1. a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves [syn: binder, reaper binder]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rebarbative
adj
  1. serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
    Synonym(s): rebarbative, repellent, repellant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
referable
adj
  1. capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"
    Synonym(s): ascribable, due, imputable, referable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refurbish
v
  1. make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
    Synonym(s): refurbish, renovate, freshen up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refurbishment
n
  1. the state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house"
    Synonym(s): renovation, restoration, refurbishment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reparable
adj
  1. capable of being repaired or rectified; "reparable damage to the car"; "rectifiable wrongs"
    Synonym(s): reparable, rectifiable
    Antonym(s): irreparable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprieve
n
  1. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort [syn: reprieve, respite]
  2. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
    Synonym(s): suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
  3. a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
  4. the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
    Synonym(s): reprieve, respite
v
  1. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
    Synonym(s): reprieve, respite
  2. relieve temporarily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprobate
adj
  1. deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
    Synonym(s): depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate
n
  1. a person without moral scruples [syn: reprobate, miscreant]
v
  1. reject (documents) as invalid
    Antonym(s): approbate
  2. abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner"
  3. express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
    Synonym(s): condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprobation
n
  1. rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell
  2. severe disapproval
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reproof
n
  1. an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
    Synonym(s): rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
v
  1. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
    Synonym(s): call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reproval
n
  1. an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
    Synonym(s): rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprove
v
  1. take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
    Synonym(s): admonish, reprove
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprover
n
  1. someone who finds fault or imputes blame [syn: upbraider, reprover, reproacher, rebuker]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reproving
adj
  1. expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
    Synonym(s): admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reprovingly
adv
  1. in a reproving or reproachful manner; "she spoke to him reprovingly"
    Synonym(s): reprovingly, reproachfully
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reverberance
n
  1. having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
    Synonym(s): plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reverberant
adj
  1. having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon"
    Antonym(s): nonresonant, unreverberant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reverberate
v
  1. ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
    Synonym(s): resound, echo, ring, reverberate
  2. have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
  3. be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"
  4. to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"
    Synonym(s): reflect, reverberate
  5. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
    Synonym(s): bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
  6. treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reverberating
adj
  1. characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder"
    Synonym(s): resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reverberation
n
  1. the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves; "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps"
    Synonym(s): echo, reverberation, sound reflection, replication
  2. a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"
    Synonym(s): repercussion, reverberation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reverberative
adj
  1. characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder"
    Synonym(s): resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reverberatory furnace
n
  1. a furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhubarb
n
  1. long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
    Synonym(s): pieplant, rhubarb
  2. plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
    Synonym(s): rhubarb, rhubarb plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhubarb pie
n
  1. pie containing diced rhubarb and much sugar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhubarb plant
n
  1. plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
    Synonym(s): rhubarb, rhubarb plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
riffraff
n
  1. disparaging terms for the common people [syn: rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rio Bravo
n
  1. a North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico
    Synonym(s): Rio Grande, Rio Bravo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
River Avon
n
  1. a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
    Synonym(s): Avon, River Avon
  2. a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on- Avon and empties into the Severn
    Synonym(s): Avon, River Avon, Upper Avon, Upper Avon River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
river basin
n
  1. the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin"
    Synonym(s): river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
river birch
n
  1. birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
    Synonym(s): black birch, river birch, red birch, Betula nigra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
river blindness
n
  1. infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
    Synonym(s): onchocerciasis, river blindness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
river boat
n
  1. a boat used on rivers or to ply a river
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
river bottom
n
  1. a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river [syn: riverbed, river bottom]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
river boulder
n
  1. a boulder that has been carried by a river to a place remote from its place of origin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
river pear
n
  1. West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled [syn: anchovy pear, river pear]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
river prawn
n
  1. large Australian prawn
  2. large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers
    Synonym(s): long-clawed prawn, river prawn, Palaemon australis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
riverbank
n
  1. the bank of a river
    Synonym(s): riverbank, riverside
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
riverbed
n
  1. a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river [syn: riverbed, river bottom]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
robber fly
n
  1. swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
    Synonym(s): robber fly, bee killer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
robber frog
n
  1. of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark
    Synonym(s): barking frog, robber frog, Hylactophryne augusti
  2. small terrestrial frog of tropical America
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rubber band
n
  1. a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together
    Synonym(s): rubber band, elastic band, elastic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rubber boa
n
  1. boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape
    Synonym(s): rubber boa, tow-headed snake, Charina bottae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rubber boot
n
  1. a high boot made of rubber
    Synonym(s): rubber boot, gum boot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rubber bullet
n
  1. a bullet made of hard rubber; designed for use in crowd control
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rubber plant
n
  1. large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
    Synonym(s): India-rubber tree, India-rubber plant, India-rubber fig, rubber plant, Assam rubber, Ficus elastica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rubber-base paint
n
  1. a water-base paint that has a latex binder [syn: {latex paint}, latex, rubber-base paint]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Raffia palm \Raf"fi*a palm\
      (a) A pinnate-leaved palm ({Raphia ruffia}) native of
            Madagascar, and of considerable economic importance on
            account of the strong fiber (raffia) obtained from its
            leafstalks.
      (b) The jupati palm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rapier \Ra"pi*er\, n. [F. rapi[8a]re, perhaps for raspi[8a]re,
      and ultimately of German origin, akin to E. rasp, v.]
      A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade,
      used only for thrusting.
  
      {Rapier fish} (Zo[94]l.), the swordfish. [Obs.] --Grew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Re proval \Re prov"al\ (-al), n.
      Reproof. --Sir P. Sidney.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rebarbarize \Re*bar"ba*rize\, v. t.
      To reduce again to barbarism. -- {Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion}, n.
  
               Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and
               religious wars.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rebarbarize \Re*bar"ba*rize\, v. t.
      To reduce again to barbarism. -- {Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion}, n.
  
               Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and
               religious wars.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Referable \Ref"er*a*ble\ (r?f"?r*?*b'l), a.
      Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to
      something else; assignable; ascribable. [Written also
      {referrible}.]
  
               It is a question among philosophers, whether all the
               attractions which obtain between bodies are referable
               to one general cause.                              --W.
                                                                              Nicholson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Referable \Ref"er*a*ble\ (r?f"?r*?*b'l), a.
      Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to
      something else; assignable; ascribable. [Written also
      {referrible}.]
  
               It is a question among philosophers, whether all the
               attractions which obtain between bodies are referable
               to one general cause.                              --W.
                                                                              Nicholson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Referrible \Re*fer"ri*ble\ (-r?*b'l), a.
      Referable. --Hallam.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Referable \Ref"er*a*ble\ (r?f"?r*?*b'l), a.
      Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to
      something else; assignable; ascribable. [Written also
      {referrible}.]
  
               It is a question among philosophers, whether all the
               attractions which obtain between bodies are referable
               to one general cause.                              --W.
                                                                              Nicholson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Referrible \Re*fer"ri*ble\ (-r?*b'l), a.
      Referable. --Hallam.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Refurbish \Re*fur"bish\ (r?*f?r"b?sh), v. t.
      To furbish anew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Repairable \Re*pair"a*ble\ (-?*b'l), a.
      Reparable. --Gauden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reparability \Rep`a*ra*bil"i*ty\ (r?p`?-r?-b?l"?-t?), n.
      The quality or state of being reparable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reparable \Rep"a*ra*ble\ (r?p"?-r?-b'l), a. [L. reparabilis: cf.
      F. r[82]parable.]
      Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state,
      or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reparably \Rep"a*ra*bly\, adv.
      In a reparable manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Repprobacy \Repp"ro*ba*cy\ (r?p"r?-b?-c?), n.
      Reprobation. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprefe \Re*prefe"\ (r?-pr?f"), n.
      Reproof. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprevable \Re*prev"a*ble\ (r?-pr?v"?-b'l), a.
      Reprovable. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Repreve \Re*preve"\ (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [See {Reprieve}, v. t.]
      To reprove. [Obs.] [bd]Repreve him of his vice.[b8]
      --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Repreve \Re*preve"\, n.
      Reproof. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Repriefe \Re*priefe"\ (r?-pr?f"), n.
      Repreve. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprieval \Re*priev"al\ (r?-pr?v"al), n.
      Reprieve. --Overbury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprieve \Re*prieve\ (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprieved}
      (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprieving}.] [OE. repreven to
      reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn
      (pres. il reprueve), F. r[82]prouver to disapprove, fr. L.
      reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try,
      prove. See {Prove}, and cf. {Reprove}, {Reprobate}.]
      1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of
            sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to
            reprieve a criminal for thirty days.
  
                     He reprieves the sinnner from time to time.
                                                                              --Rogers.
  
      2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily.
  
                     Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his
                     melaneholy yet can not secure him from his
                     conscience.                                       --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprieve \Re*prieve"\ (r?-pr?v"), n.
      1. A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence,
            especially of a sentence of death.
  
                     The morning Sir John Hotham was to die, a reprieve
                     was sent to suspend the execution for three days.
            --Clarendon.
  
      2. Interval of ease or relief; respite.
  
                     All that I ask is but a short reprieve, ll I forget
                     to love, and learn to grieve.            --Denham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprieve \Re*prieve\ (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprieved}
      (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprieving}.] [OE. repreven to
      reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn
      (pres. il reprueve), F. r[82]prouver to disapprove, fr. L.
      reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try,
      prove. See {Prove}, and cf. {Reprove}, {Reprobate}.]
      1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of
            sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to
            reprieve a criminal for thirty days.
  
                     He reprieves the sinnner from time to time.
                                                                              --Rogers.
  
      2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily.
  
                     Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his
                     melaneholy yet can not secure him from his
                     conscience.                                       --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprieve \Re*prieve\ (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprieved}
      (-pr?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprieving}.] [OE. repreven to
      reject, disallow, OF. reprover to blame, reproach, condemn
      (pres. il reprueve), F. r[82]prouver to disapprove, fr. L.
      reprobare to reject, condemn; pref. re- re- + probare to try,
      prove. See {Prove}, and cf. {Reprove}, {Reprobate}.]
      1. To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of
            sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to
            reprieve a criminal for thirty days.
  
                     He reprieves the sinnner from time to time.
                                                                              --Rogers.
  
      2. To relieve for a time, or temporarily.
  
                     Company, thought it may reprieve a man from his
                     melaneholy yet can not secure him from his
                     conscience.                                       --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprive \Re*prive"\ (r?-pr?v"), v. t. [Pref. re- + L. privare to
      deprive.]
      To take back or away. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprive \Re*prive"\, v. t.
      To reprieve. [Obs.] --Howell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprobance \Rep"ro*bance\ (-bans), n.
      Reprobation. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprobated}
      (-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprobating}.]
      1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme
            dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
  
                     Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed
                     of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed
                     appears.                                             --Ayliffe.
  
                     Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of
                     them, was reprobated by the other.      --Macaulay.
  
      2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
  
      Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of
      reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See {Reprieve}, {Reprove}.]
      1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or
            fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.]
  
                     Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the
                     Lord hath rejected them.                     --Jer. vi. 30.
  
      2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and
            lost; given up to vice; depraved.
  
                     And strength, and art, are easily outdone By spirits
                     reprobate.                                          --Milton.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as,
            reprobate conduct. [bd]Reprobate desire.[b8] --Shak.
  
      Syn: Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked;
               profligate; base; vile. See {Abandoned}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\, n.
      One morally abandoned and lost.
  
               I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a
               traitor to the king.                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Raleigh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprobated}
      (-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprobating}.]
      1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme
            dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
  
                     Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed
                     of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed
                     appears.                                             --Ayliffe.
  
                     Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of
                     them, was reprobated by the other.      --Macaulay.
  
      2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
  
      Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprobateness \Rep"ro*bate*ness\, n.
      The state of being reprobate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprobater \Rep"ro*ba`ter\ (-b?`t?r), n.
      One who reprobates.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprobated}
      (-b?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprobating}.]
      1. To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme
            dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
  
                     Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed
                     of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed
                     appears.                                             --Ayliffe.
  
                     Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of
                     them, was reprobated by the other.      --Macaulay.
  
      2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
  
      Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.

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   Reprobation \Rep`ro*ba"tion\ (-b?`sh?n), n. [F. r[82]probation,
      or L. reprobatio.]
      1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated;
            strong disapproval or censure.
  
                     The profligate pretenses upon which he was
                     perpetually soliciting an increase of his
                     disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming
                     reprobation.                                       --Jeffrey.
  
                     Set a brand of reprobation on clipped poetry and
                     false coin.                                       --Dryden.
  
      2. (Theol.) The predestination of a certain number of the
            human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and
            punishment.

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   Reprobationer \Rep`ro*ba"tion*er\ (-?r), n. (Theol.)
      One who believes in reprobation. See {Reprobation}, 2.
      --South.

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   Reprobative \Rep"ro*ba*tive\ (-b?-t?v), a.
      Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.

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   Reprobatory \Rep"ro*ba`to*ry\ (-b?`t?-r?), a.
      Reprobative.

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   Reproof \Re*proof"\ (r?-pr??f"), n. [OE. reproef. See {Proof},
      {Reprove}.]
      1. Refutation; confutation; contradiction. [Obs.]
  
      2. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame
            expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding;
            reproach.
  
                     Those best can bear reproof who merit praise.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      Syn: Admonition; reprehension; chiding; reprimand; rebuke;
               censure; blame. See {Admonition}.

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   Reprovable \Re*prov"a*ble\ (r?-pr??v"?-b'l), a. [Cf. F.
      r[82]prouvable.]
      Worthy of reproof or censure. --Jer. Taylor.
  
      Syn: Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible;
               culpable; rebukable. --{Re*prov"a*ble*ness}, n. --
               {Re*prov"a*bly}, adv.

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   Reprovable \Re*prov"a*ble\ (r?-pr??v"?-b'l), a. [Cf. F.
      r[82]prouvable.]
      Worthy of reproof or censure. --Jer. Taylor.
  
      Syn: Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible;
               culpable; rebukable. --{Re*prov"a*ble*ness}, n. --
               {Re*prov"a*bly}, adv.

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   Reprovable \Re*prov"a*ble\ (r?-pr??v"?-b'l), a. [Cf. F.
      r[82]prouvable.]
      Worthy of reproof or censure. --Jer. Taylor.
  
      Syn: Blamable; blameworthy; censurable; reprehensible;
               culpable; rebukable. --{Re*prov"a*ble*ness}, n. --
               {Re*prov"a*bly}, adv.

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   Reprove \Re*prove"\ (r?-pr??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reproved}
      (-pr??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reproving}.] [F. r[82]prouver,
      OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See {Reprieve}, {Reprobate},
      and cf. {Reproof}.]
      1. To convince. [Obs.]
  
                     When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
                     and of righteousness, and of judgment. --John xvi.
                                                                              9.
  
      2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.]
  
                     Reprove my allegation, if you can.      --Shak.
  
      3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty;
            to censure.
  
                     What if thy son
  
                     Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort,
                     [bd]Wherefore didst thou beget me?[b8] --Milton.
  
      4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
  
                     He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither
                     plainly condemned the fastings of the other men.
                                                                              --Udall.
  
      Syn: To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure.
  
      Usage: {Reprove}, {Rebuke}, {Reprimand}. These words all
                  signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove
                  implies greater calmness and self-possession. To
                  rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A
                  reproof may be administered long after the offience is
                  committed, and is usually intended for the reformation
                  of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the
                  moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of
                  punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from
                  a person invested with authority, and is a formal and
                  offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and
                  rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is
                  reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.

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   Reprove \Re*prove"\ (r?-pr??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reproved}
      (-pr??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reproving}.] [F. r[82]prouver,
      OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See {Reprieve}, {Reprobate},
      and cf. {Reproof}.]
      1. To convince. [Obs.]
  
                     When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
                     and of righteousness, and of judgment. --John xvi.
                                                                              9.
  
      2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.]
  
                     Reprove my allegation, if you can.      --Shak.
  
      3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty;
            to censure.
  
                     What if thy son
  
                     Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort,
                     [bd]Wherefore didst thou beget me?[b8] --Milton.
  
      4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
  
                     He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither
                     plainly condemned the fastings of the other men.
                                                                              --Udall.
  
      Syn: To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure.
  
      Usage: {Reprove}, {Rebuke}, {Reprimand}. These words all
                  signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove
                  implies greater calmness and self-possession. To
                  rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A
                  reproof may be administered long after the offience is
                  committed, and is usually intended for the reformation
                  of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the
                  moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of
                  punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from
                  a person invested with authority, and is a formal and
                  offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and
                  rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is
                  reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.

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   Reprover \Re*prov"er\ (r?-pr??v"?r), n.
      One who, or that which, reproves.

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   Reprove \Re*prove"\ (r?-pr??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reproved}
      (-pr??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reproving}.] [F. r[82]prouver,
      OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See {Reprieve}, {Reprobate},
      and cf. {Reproof}.]
      1. To convince. [Obs.]
  
                     When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
                     and of righteousness, and of judgment. --John xvi.
                                                                              9.
  
      2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.]
  
                     Reprove my allegation, if you can.      --Shak.
  
      3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty;
            to censure.
  
                     What if thy son
  
                     Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort,
                     [bd]Wherefore didst thou beget me?[b8] --Milton.
  
      4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
  
                     He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither
                     plainly condemned the fastings of the other men.
                                                                              --Udall.
  
      Syn: To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure.
  
      Usage: {Reprove}, {Rebuke}, {Reprimand}. These words all
                  signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove
                  implies greater calmness and self-possession. To
                  rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A
                  reproof may be administered long after the offience is
                  committed, and is usually intended for the reformation
                  of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the
                  moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of
                  punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from
                  a person invested with authority, and is a formal and
                  offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and
                  rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is
                  reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.

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   Reprovingly \Re*prov"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a reproving manner.

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   Repurify \Re*pu"ri*fy\ (r?-p?"r?-f?), v. t.
      To purify again.

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   Reverb \Re*verb"\, v. t.
      To echo. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Reverberant \Re*ver"ber*ant\, a. [L. reverberans, p. pr. : cf.
      F. r[82]verb[82]rant. See {Reverberate}.]
      Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.

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   Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, a. [L. reverberatus, p. p. of
      reverberare to strike back, repel; pref. re- re- + verberare
      to lash, whip, beat, fr. verber a lash, whip, rod.]
      1. Reverberant. [Obs.] [bd]The reverberate hills.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Driven back, as sound; reflected. [Obs.] --Drayton.

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   Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Reverberated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reverberating}.]
      1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo,
            as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
  
                     Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as,
            flame is reverberated in a furnace.
  
      3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.]
            [bd]Reverberated into glass.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.

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   Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. i.
      1. To resound; to echo.
  
      2. To be driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of
            light; to be echoed, as sound.

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   Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Reverberated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reverberating}.]
      1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo,
            as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
  
                     Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as,
            flame is reverberated in a furnace.
  
      3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.]
            [bd]Reverberated into glass.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.

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   Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Reverberated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reverberating}.]
      1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo,
            as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
  
                     Who, like an arch, reverberates The voice again.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as,
            flame is reverberated in a furnace.
  
      3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.]
            [bd]Reverberated into glass.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.

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   Reverberation \Re*ver`ber*a"tion\, n. [CF. F.
      r[82]verb[82]ration.]
      The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting
      light or heat, or re[89]choing sound; as, the reverberation
      of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a
      mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of
      heat or flame in a furnace.

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   Reverberative \Re*ver"ber*a*tive\, a.
      Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate;
      reflective.
  
               This reverberative influence is that which we have
               intended above, as the influence of the mass upon its
               centers.                                                --I. Taylor.

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   Reverberator \Re*ver"ber*a`tor\, n.
      One who, or that which, produces reverberation.

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   Reverberatory \Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry\, a.
      Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation;
      reverberative.
  
      {Reverberatory furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}.

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   Reverberatory \Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry\, n.
      A reverberatory furnace.

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   Reverberatory \Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry\, a.
      Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation;
      reverberative.
  
      {Reverberatory furnace}. See the Note under {Furnace}.

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   Rhabarbarate \Rha*bar"ba*rate\, a. [From NL. rhabarbarum, an old
      name of rhubarb. See {Rhubarb}.]
      Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb. --Floyer.

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   Rhabarbarin \Rha*bar"ba*rin\, [or] Rhabarbarine
   \Rha*bar"ba*rine\, n. (Chem.)
      Chrysophanic acid.

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   Rhabarbarin \Rha*bar"ba*rin\, [or] Rhabarbarine
   \Rha*bar"ba*rine\, n. (Chem.)
      Chrysophanic acid.

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   Rhubarb \Rhu"barb\, n. [F. rhubarbe, OF. rubarbe, rheubarbe,
      reubarbare, reobarbe, LL. rheubarbarum for rheum barbarum,
      Gr. [?][?][?] (and [?][?]) rhubarb, from the river Rha (the
      Volga) on whose banks it grew. Originally, therefore, it was
      the barbarian plant from the Rha. Cf. {Barbarous},
      {Rhaponticine}.]
      1. (Bot.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the
            genus {Rheum} and order {Polygonace[91]}.
  
      2. The large and fleshy leafstalks of {Rheum Rhaponticum} and
            other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid,
            and are used in cookery. Called also {pieplant}.
  
      3. (Med.) The root of several species of {Rheum}, used much
            as a cathartic medicine.
  
      {Monk's rhubarb}. (Bot.) See under {Monk}.
  
      {Turkey rhubarb} (Med.), the roots of {Rheum Emodi}.

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   Chrysophanic \Chrys`o*phan"ic\, a.
      Pertaining to, or derived from, or resembling, chrysophane.
  
      {Chrysophanic acid} (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance
            extracted from rhubarb, yellow dock, sienna, chrysarobin,
            etc., and shown to be a derivative of an anthracene. It is
            used in the treatment of skin diseases; -- called also
            {rhein}, {rheic acid}, {rhubarbarin}, etc.

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   Rhubarby \Rhu"barb*y\, a.
      Like rhubarb.

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   Riffraff \Riff"raff`\, n. [OE. rif and raf every particle, OF.
      rif et raf. CF. {Raff}, and 1st {Rifle}.]
      Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society. --Beau. & Fl.

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   Riprap \Rip"rap`\, n. [Cf. {Rap}.] (Masonry)
      A foundation or sustaining wall of stones thrown together
      without order, as in deep water or on a soft bottom.

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   Riprap \Rip"rap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riprapped}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Riprapping}.]
      To form a riprap in or upon.

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   Riprap \Rip"rap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riprapped}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Riprapping}.]
      To form a riprap in or upon.

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   Riprap \Rip"rap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riprapped}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Riprapping}.]
      To form a riprap in or upon.

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

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   River \Riv"er\, n. [F. riv[8a]re a river, LL. riparia river,
      bank of a river, fr. L. riparius belonging to a bank or
      shore, fr. ripa a bank or shore; of uncertain origin. Cf.
      {Arrive}, {Riparian}.]
      1. A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and
            emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream;
            a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
  
                     Transparent and sparkling rivers, from which it is
                     delightful to drink as they flow.      --Macaulay.
  
      2. Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers
            of blood; rivers of oil.
  
      {River chub} (Zo[94]l.), the hornyhead and allied species of
            fresh-water fishes.
  
      {River crab} (Zo[94]l.), any species of fresh-water crabs of
            the genus {Thelphusa}, as {T. depressa} of Southern
            Europe.
  
      {River dragon}, a crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king
            of Egypt.
  
      {River driver}, a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down
            rivers. --Bartlett.
  
      {River duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of duck belonging to
            {Anas}, {Spatula}, and allied genera, in which the hind
            toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard
            and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck.
  
      {River god}, a deity supposed to preside over a river as its
            tutelary divinity.
  
      {River herring} (Zo[94]l.), an alewife.
  
      {River hog}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus
                  {Potamoch[oe]rus}. They frequent wet places along the
                  rivers.
            (b) The capybara.
  
      {River horse} (Zo[94]l.), the hippopotamus.
  
      {River jack} (Zo[94]l.), an African puff adder ({Clotho
            nasicornis}) having a spine on the nose.
  
      {River limpet} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water, air-breathing
            mollusk of the genus {Ancylus}, having a limpet-shaped
            shell.
  
      {River pirate} (Zo[94]l.), the pike.
  
      {River snail} (Zo[94]l.), any species of fresh-water
            gastropods of {Paludina}, {Melontho}, and allied genera.
            See {Pond snail}, under {Pond}.
  
      {River tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous fresh-water
            tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus
            {Trionyx} and allied genera. See {Trionyx}.

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   Robber \Rob"ber\, n.
      One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or
      money from the person of another by violence or by putting
      him in fear.
  
               Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton.
  
      Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager;
               rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See {Thief}.
  
      {Robber crab}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A purse crab.
      (b) Any hermit crab.
  
      {Robber fly}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Hornet fly}, under
            {Hornet}.
  
      {Robber gull} (Zo[94]l.), a jager gull.

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   Hornet \Hor"net\, n. [AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz,
      G. horniss; perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound
      it makes as if blowing the horn; but more prob. akin to D.
      horzel, Lith. szirszone, L. crabo.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, strong wasp. The European species ({Vespa crabro})
      is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious,
      and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a
      paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together
      by columns. The American white-faced hornet ({V. maculata})
      is larger and has similar habits.
  
      {Hornet fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect of the genus
            {Asilus}, and allied genera, of which there are numerous
            species. They are large and fierce flies which capture
            bees and other insects, often larger than themselves, and
            suck their blood. Called also {hawk fly}, {robber fly}.
  
      {To stir up a hornet's nest}, to provoke the attack of a
            swarm of spiteful enemies or spirited critics. [Colloq.]

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   Robber \Rob"ber\, n.
      One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or
      money from the person of another by violence or by putting
      him in fear.
  
               Some roving robber calling to his fellows. --Milton.
  
      Syn: Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager;
               rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See {Thief}.
  
      {Robber crab}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A purse crab.
      (b) Any hermit crab.
  
      {Robber fly}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Hornet fly}, under
            {Hornet}.
  
      {Robber gull} (Zo[94]l.), a jager gull.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hornet \Hor"net\, n. [AS. hyrnet; akin to OHG. hornaz, hornuz,
      G. horniss; perh. akin to E. horn, and named from the sound
      it makes as if blowing the horn; but more prob. akin to D.
      horzel, Lith. szirszone, L. crabo.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large, strong wasp. The European species ({Vespa crabro})
      is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious,
      and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a
      paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together
      by columns. The American white-faced hornet ({V. maculata})
      is larger and has similar habits.
  
      {Hornet fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect of the genus
            {Asilus}, and allied genera, of which there are numerous
            species. They are large and fierce flies which capture
            bees and other insects, often larger than themselves, and
            suck their blood. Called also {hawk fly}, {robber fly}.
  
      {To stir up a hornet's nest}, to provoke the attack of a
            swarm of spiteful enemies or spirited critics. [Colloq.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rio Bravo, TX
      Zip code(s): 78043

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   River Bend, NC (town, FIPS 56710)
      Location: 35.07311 N, 77.15224 W
      Population (1990): 2408 (1173 housing units)
      Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   River Bluff, KY (city, FIPS 65559)
      Location: 38.36933 N, 85.60282 W
      Population (1990): 452 (140 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   River Falls, AL (town, FIPS 64776)
      Location: 31.35036 N, 86.54189 W
      Population (1990): 710 (298 housing units)
      Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
   River Falls, WI (city, FIPS 68275)
      Location: 44.85574 N, 92.62161 W
      Population (1990): 10610 (3525 housing units)
      Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54022

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   River Forest, IL (village, FIPS 64304)
      Location: 41.89485 N, 87.81905 W
      Population (1990): 11669 (4197 housing units)
      Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60305
   River Forest, IN (town, FIPS 64728)
      Location: 40.10947 N, 85.72938 W
      Population (1990): 16 (9 housing units)
      Area: 0.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   River Vale, NJ (CDP, FIPS 63720)
      Location: 41.01362 N, 74.00697 W
      Population (1990): 9410 (3208 housing units)
      Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Riverbank, CA (city, FIPS 61068)
      Location: 37.73281 N, 120.94510 W
      Population (1990): 8547 (2647 housing units)
      Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95367

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Riverview, AL (town, FIPS 65016)
      Location: 31.05846 N, 87.05672 W
      Population (1990): 90 (43 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Riverview, DE (CDP, FIPS 61480)
      Location: 39.02907 N, 75.51981 W
      Population (1990): 1138 (384 housing units)
      Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
   Riverview, FL (CDP, FIPS 60950)
      Location: 27.87051 N, 82.31671 W
      Population (1990): 6478 (2921 housing units)
      Area: 22.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 33569
   Riverview, MI (city, FIPS 68880)
      Location: 42.17135 N, 83.19212 W
      Population (1990): 13894 (5227 housing units)
      Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48192
   Riverview, MO (village, FIPS 62192)
      Location: 38.74370 N, 90.21173 W
      Population (1990): 3242 (1502 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Riviera Beach, FL (city, FIPS 60975)
      Location: 26.78295 N, 80.06936 W
      Population (1990): 27639 (14078 housing units)
      Area: 19.4 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 33404
   Riviera Beach, MD (CDP, FIPS 66850)
      Location: 39.16065 N, 76.52335 W
      Population (1990): 11376 (4278 housing units)
      Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 21122

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   REF-ARF
  
      ["REF-ARF: A System for Solving Problems Stated as
      Procedures", R.E. Fikes, Artif Intell J 1(1), Spring 1970].
  
      (1998-06-29)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Reprobate
      that which is rejected on account of its own worthlessness (Jer.
      6:30; Heb. 6:8; Gr. adokimos, "rejected"). This word is also
      used with reference to persons cast away or rejected because
      they have failed to make use of opportunities offered them (1
      Cor. 9:27; 2 Cor. 13:5-7).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   River of Egypt
      (1.) Heb. nahar mitsraim, denotes in Gen. 15:18 the Nile, or its
      eastern branch (2 Chr. 9:26). (2.) In Num. 34:5 (R.V., "brook of
      Egypt") the Hebrew word is _nahal_, denoting a stream flowing
      rapidly in winter, or in the rainy season. This is a desert
      stream on the borders of Egypt. It is now called the Wady
      el-'Arish. The present boundary between Egypt and Palestine is
      about midway between this wady and Gaza. (See Num. 34:5; Josh.
      15:4, 47; 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 24:7; Isa. 27:12; Ezek. 47:19.
      In all these passages the R.V. has "brook" and the A.V.
      "river.")
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   River of Gad
      probably the Arno (2 Sam. 24:5).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   River of God
      (Ps. 65:9), as opposed to earthly streams, denoting that the
      divine resources are inexhaustible, or the sum of all
      fertilizing streams that water the earth (Gen. 2:10).
     
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