racketiness
         n 1: the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant
               noise [syn: {noisiness}, {racketiness}]

English Dictionary: residential district	by the DICT Development Group
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raggedness n a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven Synonym(s): roughness, raggedness Antonym(s): smoothness shabbiness by virtue of being in rags
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ragtime n music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) Synonym(s): ragtime, rag
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reactance n opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance)
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reactant n a chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction
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reaction n (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water" Synonym(s): chemical reaction, reaction an idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do" a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" Synonym(s): reaction, response (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction" a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp" extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election" doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
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reaction engine n a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream Synonym(s): reaction-propulsion engine, reaction engine
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reaction formation n (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive"
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reaction propulsion n propulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum
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reaction time n the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it Synonym(s): reaction time, response time, latency, latent period
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reaction turbine n a turbine with blades arranged to develop torque from gradual decrease of steam pressure from inlet to exhaust
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reaction-propulsion engine n a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream Synonym(s): reaction-propulsion engine, reaction engine
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reactionary adj extremely conservative [syn: reactionary, reactionist, far-right] n an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism Synonym(s): reactionary, ultraconservative, extreme right-winger
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reactionism n the political orientation of reactionaries
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reactionist adj extremely conservative [syn: reactionary, reactionist, far-right]
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receding adj (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back n a slow or gradual disappearance [syn: receding, fadeout] the act of becoming more distant Synonym(s): receding, recession
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recoding n converting from one code to another
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rectangle n a parallelogram with four right angles
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rectangular adj having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide" having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system" Synonym(s): orthogonal, rectangular
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rectangularity n the property of being shaped like a rectangle [syn: rectangularity, oblongness]
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rectum n the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
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residence n any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" Synonym(s): residence, abode the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence" the act of dwelling in a place Synonym(s): residency, residence, abidance a large and imposing house Synonym(s): mansion, mansion house, manse, hall, residence
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residence hall n a college or university building containing living quarters for students Synonym(s): dormitory, dorm, residence hall, hall, student residence
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residence time n the period of time spent in a particular place
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residency n the act of dwelling in a place [syn: residency, residence, abidance] the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
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resident adj living in a particular place; "resident aliens" [ant: nonresident] used of animals that do not migrate Synonym(s): nonmigratory, resident Antonym(s): migratory n someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there Synonym(s): resident, occupant, occupier Antonym(s): nonresident a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" Synonym(s): house physician, resident, resident physician
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resident commissioner n the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives
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resident physician n a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" Synonym(s): house physician, resident, resident physician
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residential adj used or designed for residence or limited to residences; "a residential hotel"; "a residential quarter"; "a residential college"; "residential zoning" Antonym(s): nonresidential of or relating to or connected with residence; "a residential requirement for the doctorate"
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residential area n a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences Synonym(s): residential district, residential area, community
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residential district n a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences Synonym(s): residential district, residential area, community
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residentially adv used as a residence
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residuum n something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" Synonym(s): remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
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rest energy n the energy equivalent to the mass of a particle at rest in an inertial frame of reference; equal to the rest mass times the square of the speed of light
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rest home n an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly" Synonym(s): home, nursing home, rest home
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rest mass n (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body
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rest on v rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired" Synonym(s): lean on, rest on, lean against be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?" Synonym(s): repose on, rest on, build on, build upon
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resting potential n the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse
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resting spore n a spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant; may germinate after a prolonged period
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rhizotomy n surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms
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ricketiness n the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place Synonym(s): unsteadiness, ricketiness Antonym(s): firmness, steadiness
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rigatoni n tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces
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right angle n the 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines [ant: oblique angle]
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right hand n the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" Synonym(s): right, right hand
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right hander n a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left Synonym(s): right-hander, right hander, righthander
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right hemisphere n the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body Synonym(s): right hemisphere, right brain
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right on adv an interjection expressing agreement [syn: right, right on]
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right to an attorney n a civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution
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right wing n those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged Synonym(s): right, right wing
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right-angled adj forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles; "a right-angled bend"
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right-angled triangle n a triangle with one right angle [syn: right triangle, right-angled triangle] Antonym(s): oblique triangle
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right-down adv positively; "a regular right-down bad 'un"--Charles Dickens adj complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out- and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity" Synonym(s): absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)
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right-hand adj located on or directed toward the right; "a right-hand turn" intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" Synonym(s): right(a), right-hand(a) most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man"
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right-hand man n the most helpful assistant [syn: right-hand man, {chief assistant}, man Friday]
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right-handed adj using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" Antonym(s): ambidextrous, left-handed, two-handed rotating to the right Synonym(s): dextrorotary, dextrorotatory, right-handed
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right-handed pitcher n (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand [syn: right-handed pitcher, right-hander]
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right-handedness n preference for using the right hand [syn: {right- handedness}, dextrality]
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right-hander n (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand [syn: right-handed pitcher, right-hander] a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left Synonym(s): right-hander, right hander, righthander
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right-minded adj disposed toward or having views based on what is right; "respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have"- Bertrand Russell
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right-wing adj believing in or supporting tenets of the political right Synonym(s): rightist, right-wing
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right-winger n a member of a right wing political party [syn: rightist, right-winger]
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righthander n a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left Synonym(s): right-hander, right hander, righthander
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rightmost adj farthest to the right; "in the rightmost line of traffic"
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rightness n according with conscience or morality Antonym(s): wrongness appropriate conduct; doing the right thing Synonym(s): appropriateness, rightness Antonym(s): inappropriateness, wrongness conformity to fact or truth Synonym(s): correctness, rightness Antonym(s): incorrectness, wrongness conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty" Synonym(s): justness, rightness, nicety
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rigidness n the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending Synonym(s): rigidity, rigidness the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe Synonym(s): inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness Antonym(s): flexibility, flexibleness
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roasting n cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours"
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rocket engine n a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion Synonym(s): rocket, rocket engine
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rocket engineer n an engineer who builds and tests rockets [syn: {rocket engineer}, rocket scientist]
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rogation n a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church
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Rogation Day n one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication
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Rosa damascena n large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids Synonym(s): damask rose, summer damask rose, Rosa damascena
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rose-tinged adj of a color tinged with rose [syn: rose-tinted, {rose- tinged}]
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rose-tinted adj of a color tinged with rose [syn: rose-tinted, {rose- tinged}]
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Rostand n French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918) Synonym(s): Rostand, Edmond Rostand
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rouge et noir n a card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row will have a count nearer some number Synonym(s): rouge et noir, trente-et-quarante
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Roystonea n a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms [syn: Roystonea, genus Roystonea]
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Roystonea oleracea n West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young Synonym(s): cabbage palm, Roystonea oleracea
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Roystonea regia n tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba [syn: {royal palm}, Roystonea regia]
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ruction n the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult]
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rugged individualism n individualism in social and economic affairs; belief not only in personal liberty and self-reliance but also in free competition
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ruggedness n the property of being big and strong [syn: huskiness, ruggedness, toughness] the quality of being topologically uneven; "the ruggedness of the mountains" the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail" Synonym(s): hardness, ruggedness
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rust inhibitor n antioxidant that inhibits the formation of rust
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rust mite n any of several varieties of mite that burrow into plants and cause a reddish-brown discoloration on the leaves or fruit
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rustiness n the condition of being coated or clogged with rust ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice; "his rustiness showed when he was asked to speed up"
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rusting n the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water Synonym(s): rust, rusting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rachidian \Ra*chid"i*an\, a. [See {Rachis}.] (Anat. & Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as       {Rhachidian}.
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Rachiodont \Ra"chi*o*dont\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Rhachiodont}.
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Rachitome \Ra"chi*tome\, n. [F., fr. Gr. [?], [?], the spine +       [?] to cut.]       A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal.       [Written also {rachiotome}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rachitome \Ra"chi*tome\, n. [F., fr. Gr. [?], [?], the spine +       [?] to cut.]       A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal.       [Written also {rachiotome}.]
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Racket \Rack"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racketed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Racketing}.]       1. To make a confused noise or racket.          2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. --Sterne.          3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang]
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Ragged \Rag"ged\, a. [From {Rag}, n.]       1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;             as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.          2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough;             jagged; as, ragged rocks.          3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.]             [bd]A ragged noise of mirth.[b8] --Herbert.          4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.          5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.                         What shepherd owns those ragged sheep ? --Dryden.          {Ragged lady} (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella             Damascena}).          {Ragged robin} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Lychnis} ({L.             Flos-cuculi}), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which             have the petals cut into narrow lobes.          {Ragged sailor} (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum             orientale}).          {Ragged school}, a free school for poor children, where they             are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first             because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] --             {Rag"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rag"ged*ness}, n.
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Ragtime \Rag"time`\, n. (Mus.)       Time characterized by syncopation, as in many negro melodies.       [Colloq.]
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Reactance \Re*act"ance\, n. [React + -ance.] (Elec.)       The influence of a coil of wire upon an alternating current       passing through it, tending to choke or diminish the current,       or the similar influence of a condenser; inductive       resistance. Reactance is measured in ohms. The reactance of a       circuit is equal to the component of the impressed       electro-motive force at right angles to the current divided       by the current, that is, the component of the impedance due       to the self-inductance or capacity of the circuit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choking coil \Choking coil\ (Elec.)       A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an       alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the       current, or to change its phase; -- called also {reactance       coil} or {reactor}, these terms being now preferred in       engineering usage.
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Reactance coil \Reactance coil\ (Elec.)       A choking coil.
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Choking coil \Choking coil\ (Elec.)       A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an       alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the       current, or to change its phase; -- called also {reactance       coil} or {reactor}, these terms being now preferred in       engineering usage.
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Reactance coil \Reactance coil\ (Elec.)       A choking coil.
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Reaction \Re*ac"tion\, n. (Psycophysics)       A regular or characteristic response to a stimulation of the       nerves.
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Widal's \Wi*dal's"\, [or] Widal test \Wi*dal", test\ [or]    reaction \reaction\ . [After Fernand Widal (b. 1862), French       physician.] (Med.)       A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum       of one affected, in a bouillon culture of typhoid bacilli,       causes the bacilli to agglutinate and lose their motility.
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Reaction \Re*ac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]action.]       1. Any action in resisting other action or force; counter             tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse             action.          2. (Chem.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents             upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents             of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity,             resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these             agents, with the production of new compounds or the             manifestation of distinctive characters. See {Blowpipe             reaction}, {Flame reaction}, under {Blowpipe}, and             {Flame}.          3. (Med.) An action included by vital resistance to some             other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force             consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened             activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.          4. (Mech.) The force which a body subjected to the action of             a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in             the opposite direction.                         Reaction is always equal and opposite to action,                      that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each                      other are always equal and in opposite directions.                                                                               --Sir I.                                                                               Newton (3d Law                                                                               of Motion).          5. (Politics) Backward tendency or movement after revolution,             reform, or great progress in any direction.                         The new king had, at the very moment at which his                      fame and fortune reached the highest point,                      predicted the coming reaction.            --Macaulay.          {Reaction time} (Physiol.), in nerve physiology, the interval             between the application of a stimulus to an end organ of             sense and the reaction or resulting movement; -- called             also {physiological time}.          {Reaction wheel} (Mech.), a water wheel driven by the             reaction of water, usually one in which the water,             entering it centrally, escapes at its periphery in a             direction opposed to that of its motion by orifices at             right angles, or inclined, to its radii.
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Reaction \Re*ac"tion\, n. (Psycophysics)       A regular or characteristic response to a stimulation of the       nerves.
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Widal's \Wi*dal's"\, [or] Widal test \Wi*dal", test\ [or]    reaction \reaction\ . [After Fernand Widal (b. 1862), French       physician.] (Med.)       A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum       of one affected, in a bouillon culture of typhoid bacilli,       causes the bacilli to agglutinate and lose their motility.
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Reaction \Re*ac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]action.]       1. Any action in resisting other action or force; counter             tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse             action.          2. (Chem.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents             upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents             of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity,             resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these             agents, with the production of new compounds or the             manifestation of distinctive characters. See {Blowpipe             reaction}, {Flame reaction}, under {Blowpipe}, and             {Flame}.          3. (Med.) An action included by vital resistance to some             other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force             consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened             activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.          4. (Mech.) The force which a body subjected to the action of             a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in             the opposite direction.                         Reaction is always equal and opposite to action,                      that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each                      other are always equal and in opposite directions.                                                                               --Sir I.                                                                               Newton (3d Law                                                                               of Motion).          5. (Politics) Backward tendency or movement after revolution,             reform, or great progress in any direction.                         The new king had, at the very moment at which his                      fame and fortune reached the highest point,                      predicted the coming reaction.            --Macaulay.          {Reaction time} (Physiol.), in nerve physiology, the interval             between the application of a stimulus to an end organ of             sense and the reaction or resulting movement; -- called             also {physiological time}.          {Reaction wheel} (Mech.), a water wheel driven by the             reaction of water, usually one in which the water,             entering it centrally, escapes at its periphery in a             direction opposed to that of its motion by orifices at             right angles, or inclined, to its radii.
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Reaction \Re*ac"tion\, n. (Psycophysics)       A regular or characteristic response to a stimulation of the       nerves.
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Widal's \Wi*dal's"\, [or] Widal test \Wi*dal", test\ [or]    reaction \reaction\ . [After Fernand Widal (b. 1862), French       physician.] (Med.)       A test for typhoid fever based on the fact that blood serum       of one affected, in a bouillon culture of typhoid bacilli,       causes the bacilli to agglutinate and lose their motility.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reaction \Re*ac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]action.]       1. Any action in resisting other action or force; counter             tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse             action.          2. (Chem.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents             upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents             of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity,             resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these             agents, with the production of new compounds or the             manifestation of distinctive characters. See {Blowpipe             reaction}, {Flame reaction}, under {Blowpipe}, and             {Flame}.          3. (Med.) An action included by vital resistance to some             other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force             consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened             activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.          4. (Mech.) The force which a body subjected to the action of             a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in             the opposite direction.                         Reaction is always equal and opposite to action,                      that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each                      other are always equal and in opposite directions.                                                                               --Sir I.                                                                               Newton (3d Law                                                                               of Motion).          5. (Politics) Backward tendency or movement after revolution,             reform, or great progress in any direction.                         The new king had, at the very moment at which his                      fame and fortune reached the highest point,                      predicted the coming reaction.            --Macaulay.          {Reaction time} (Physiol.), in nerve physiology, the interval             between the application of a stimulus to an end organ of             sense and the reaction or resulting movement; -- called             also {physiological time}.          {Reaction wheel} (Mech.), a water wheel driven by the             reaction of water, usually one in which the water,             entering it centrally, escapes at its periphery in a             direction opposed to that of its motion by orifices at             right angles, or inclined, to its radii.
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Reaction \Re*ac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]action.]       1. Any action in resisting other action or force; counter             tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse             action.          2. (Chem.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents             upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents             of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity,             resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these             agents, with the production of new compounds or the             manifestation of distinctive characters. See {Blowpipe             reaction}, {Flame reaction}, under {Blowpipe}, and             {Flame}.          3. (Med.) An action included by vital resistance to some             other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force             consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened             activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.          4. (Mech.) The force which a body subjected to the action of             a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in             the opposite direction.                         Reaction is always equal and opposite to action,                      that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each                      other are always equal and in opposite directions.                                                                               --Sir I.                                                                               Newton (3d Law                                                                               of Motion).          5. (Politics) Backward tendency or movement after revolution,             reform, or great progress in any direction.                         The new king had, at the very moment at which his                      fame and fortune reached the highest point,                      predicted the coming reaction.            --Macaulay.          {Reaction time} (Physiol.), in nerve physiology, the interval             between the application of a stimulus to an end organ of             sense and the reaction or resulting movement; -- called             also {physiological time}.          {Reaction wheel} (Mech.), a water wheel driven by the             reaction of water, usually one in which the water,             entering it centrally, escapes at its periphery in a             direction opposed to that of its motion by orifices at             right angles, or inclined, to its radii.
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Water wheel \Wa"ter wheel`\       1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes,             that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; --             called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at             the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom, a             {breast wheel} when at an intermediate point; other forms             are called {reaction wheel}, {vortex wheel}, {turbine             wheel}, etc.          2. The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.          3. A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.
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Reaction \Re*ac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]action.]       1. Any action in resisting other action or force; counter             tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse             action.          2. (Chem.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents             upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents             of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity,             resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these             agents, with the production of new compounds or the             manifestation of distinctive characters. See {Blowpipe             reaction}, {Flame reaction}, under {Blowpipe}, and             {Flame}.          3. (Med.) An action included by vital resistance to some             other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force             consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened             activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.          4. (Mech.) The force which a body subjected to the action of             a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in             the opposite direction.                         Reaction is always equal and opposite to action,                      that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each                      other are always equal and in opposite directions.                                                                               --Sir I.                                                                               Newton (3d Law                                                                               of Motion).          5. (Politics) Backward tendency or movement after revolution,             reform, or great progress in any direction.                         The new king had, at the very moment at which his                      fame and fortune reached the highest point,                      predicted the coming reaction.            --Macaulay.          {Reaction time} (Physiol.), in nerve physiology, the interval             between the application of a stimulus to an end organ of             sense and the reaction or resulting movement; -- called             also {physiological time}.          {Reaction wheel} (Mech.), a water wheel driven by the             reaction of water, usually one in which the water,             entering it centrally, escapes at its periphery in a             direction opposed to that of its motion by orifices at             right angles, or inclined, to its radii.
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Water wheel \Wa"ter wheel`\       1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes,             that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; --             called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at             the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom, a             {breast wheel} when at an intermediate point; other forms             are called {reaction wheel}, {vortex wheel}, {turbine             wheel}, etc.          2. The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.          3. A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.
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Reaction \Re*ac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]action.]       1. Any action in resisting other action or force; counter             tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse             action.          2. (Chem.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents             upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents             of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity,             resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these             agents, with the production of new compounds or the             manifestation of distinctive characters. See {Blowpipe             reaction}, {Flame reaction}, under {Blowpipe}, and             {Flame}.          3. (Med.) An action included by vital resistance to some             other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force             consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened             activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.          4. (Mech.) The force which a body subjected to the action of             a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in             the opposite direction.                         Reaction is always equal and opposite to action,                      that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each                      other are always equal and in opposite directions.                                                                               --Sir I.                                                                               Newton (3d Law                                                                               of Motion).          5. (Politics) Backward tendency or movement after revolution,             reform, or great progress in any direction.                         The new king had, at the very moment at which his                      fame and fortune reached the highest point,                      predicted the coming reaction.            --Macaulay.          {Reaction time} (Physiol.), in nerve physiology, the interval             between the application of a stimulus to an end organ of             sense and the reaction or resulting movement; -- called             also {physiological time}.          {Reaction wheel} (Mech.), a water wheel driven by the             reaction of water, usually one in which the water,             entering it centrally, escapes at its periphery in a             direction opposed to that of its motion by orifices at             right angles, or inclined, to its radii.
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Reactionary \Re*ac"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Reactionaries}.       One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress       or revolution.
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Reactionary \Re*ac"tion*a*ry\, a.       Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary       movements.
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Reactionary \Re*ac"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Reactionaries}.       One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress       or revolution.
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Reactionist \Re*ac"tion*ist\, n.       A reactionary. --C. Kingsley.
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Reasty \Reas"ty\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]       Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat. [Obs. or Prov.       Eng.] --Tusser. -- {Reas"ti*ness}, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Recadency \Re*ca"den*cy\, n.       A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse. --W.       Montagu.
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Recede \Re*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Receded}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Receding}.] [L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- +       cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. rec[82]der. See {Cede}.]       1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.                         Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the                      instituted shore.                              --Dryden.                         All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from                      the center.                                       --Bentley.          2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to             relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to             recede from a demand or proposition.          Syn: To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw;                desist.
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Recite \Re*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recited}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Reciting}.] [F. r[82]citer, fr. L. recitare, recitatum;       pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See {Cite}.]       1. To repeat, as something already prepared, written down,             committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a             written or printed document, or from recollection; to             rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a             deed or covenant.          2. To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to             narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the             particulars of a voyage.          3. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.          4. (Law) To state in or as a recital. See {Recital}, 5.          Syn: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe;                recapitulate; detail; number; count.
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Rectangle \Rec"tan`gle\ (r?k"t??`g'l), n. [F., fr. L. rectus       right + angulus angle. See {Right}, and {Angle}.] (Geom.)       A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled       parallelogram.          Note: As the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product                of its two dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes                used for product; as, the rectangle of a and b, that                is, ab.
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Rectangle \Rec"tan`gle\, a.       Rectangular. [R.]
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Rectangled \Rec"tan`gled\ (-g'ld), a.       Rectangular. --Hutton.
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Rectangular \Rec*tan"gu*lar\ (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r), a. [CF. F.       rectangulaire.]       Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees. --       {Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly} (r[?]k*t[?]n"g[?]*l[?]r*l[?]), adv. --       {Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness}, n.
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Note: Co[94]rdinates are of several kinds, consisting in some                of the different cases, of the following elements,                namely:             (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of                   any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and                   ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the                   co[94]rdinate axes AY and AX.             (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle                   of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any                   point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed                   line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P.             (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or                   distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to                   three co[94]rdinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured                   from the corresponding co[94]rdinate fixed planes,                   YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose                   position is thereby determined with respect to these                   planes and axes.             (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed                   plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane                   makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which                   means any point in space at the free extremity of the                   radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and                   fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole                   of the radius vector.          {Cartesian co[94]rdinates}. See under {Cartesian}.          {Geographical co[94]rdinates}, the latitude and longitude of             a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is             known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a             third co[94]rdinate.          {Polar co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates made up of a radius             vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a             line and plane; as those defined in             (b) and             (d) above.          {Rectangular co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates the axes of             which intersect at right angles.          {Rectilinear co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates made up of right             lines. Those defined in             (a) and             (c) above are called also {Cartesian co[94]rdinates}.          {Trigonometrical} [or] {Spherical co[94]rdinates}, elements             of reference, by means of which the position of a point on             the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to             two great circles of the sphere.          {Trilinear co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates of a point in a             plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three             distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to             another.
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Rectangularity \Rec*tan`gu*lar"i*ty\ (-l?r"?*t?), n.       The quality or condition of being rectangular, or       right-angled.
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Rectangular \Rec*tan"gu*lar\ (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r), a. [CF. F.       rectangulaire.]       Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees. --       {Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly} (r[?]k*t[?]n"g[?]*l[?]r*l[?]), adv. --       {Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness}, n.
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Rectangular \Rec*tan"gu*lar\ (r?k*t?n"g?*l?r), a. [CF. F.       rectangulaire.]       Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees. --       {Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly} (r[?]k*t[?]n"g[?]*l[?]r*l[?]), adv. --       {Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness}, n.
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Rectinerved \Rec"ti*nerved`\ (r?k"t?*n?rrvd`), a. [Recti- +       nerve.] (Bot.)       Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.
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Rection \Rec"tion\ (r?k"sh?n), n. [L. rectio, fr. regere to rule       or govern.] (Gram.)       See {Government}, n., 7. --Gibbs.
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Rectum \Rec"tum\ (-t?m), n. [NL. (sc. intestinum), fr. L. rectus       straight. See {Right}.] (Anat.)       The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because       supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust.       under {Digestive}.
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Requitement \Re*quite"ment\ (-ment), n.       Requital [Obs.] --E. Hall.
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Requite \Re"quite"\ (r?-kw?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Requited};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Requiting}.] [Pref. re- + quit.]       To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an       equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate;       to return (evil) for evil; to punish.                   He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call                fame on such gentle acts as these.         --Milton.                   Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and                spite, to requite it with thy hand.         --Ps. x. 14.          Syn: To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy;                recompense; punish; revenge.
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Resedency \Res"e*den*cy\ (-den-s?), n.       1. Residence. [Obsoles.]          2. A political agency at a native court in British India,             held by an officer styled the Residentl: also, a Dutch             commercial colony or province in the East Indies.
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Residence \Res"i*dence\ (r?z"?-dens), n. [F. r[82]sidence. See       {Resident}.]       1. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a             place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of             an American in France or Italy for a year.                         The confessor had often made considerable residences                      in Normandy.                                       --Sir M. Hale.          2. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or             habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile.             [bd]Near the residence of Posthumus.[b8] --Shak.                         Johnson took up his residence in London. --Macaulay.          3. (Eng.Eccl.Law) The residing of an incumbent on his             benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.          4. The place where anything rests permanently.                         But when a king sets himself to bandy against the                      highest court and residence of all his regal power,                      he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and                      kingship.                                          --Milton.          5. Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] --Bacon.          6. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also,             refuse; residuum. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.          Syn: Domiciliation; sojourn; stay; abode; home; dwelling;                habitation; domicile; mansion.
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Resident \Res"i*dent\, n.       1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.          2. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign             court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank             inferrior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under             {Minister}, 4.
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Resident \Res"i*dent\ (-dent), a. [F. r[82]sident, L. residens,       -entis, p. pr. of residere. See {Reside}.]       1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued             length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed             to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the             country.          2. Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] [bd]Stable and resident             like a rock.[b8] --Jer. TAylor.                         One there still resident as day and night.                                                                               --Davenant.
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Residenter \Res"i*dent*er\ (-$r), n.       A resident. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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Residential \Res`i*den""tial\ (-d?n"shal), a.       1. Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as,             residential trade.          2. Residing; residentiary. [R.]
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Residentiary \Res`i*den"tia*ry\ (-d?n"sh?-r?; 277), a. [LL.       residentiaris.]       Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary       guardian. --Dr. H. More.
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Residentiary \Res`i*den"tia*ry\, n.       1. One who is resident.                         The residentiary, or the frequent visitor of the                      favored spot, . . . will discover that both have                      been there.                                       --Coleridge.          2. An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.          Syn: Inhabitant; inhabiter; dweller; sojourner.
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Residentiaryship \Res`i*den"tia*ry*ship\, n.       The office or condition of a residentiary.
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Residentship \Res"i*dent*ship\ (r?z"?-dent-sh?p), n.       The office or condition of a resident.
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Reside \Re*side"\ (r?-z?d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resided}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Residing}.] [F. r[82]sider, L. residere; pref.       re- re- + sedere to sit. See {Sit}. ]       1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a             settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have             one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.                         At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana.                                                                               --Shak.                         In no fixed place the happy souls reside. --Dryden.          2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be             as in attribute or element.                         In such like acts, the duty and virtue of                      contentedness doth especially reside. --Barrow.          3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] --Boyle.          Syn: To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live;                domiciliate; domicile.
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Residuum \Re*sid"u*um\ (-?m), n. [L. See {Residue}.]       That which is left after any process of separation or       purification; that which remains after certain specified       deductions are made; residue.                   [bd]I think so,[b8] is the whole residuum . . . after                evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot                demagogue.                                             --L. Taylor.
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Restant \Res"tant\ (r?s"tant), a. [L. restans, p. pr. of       restare: cf. F. restant. See {Rest} remainder.] (Bot.)       Persistent.
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Restem \Re*stem"\ (r?*st?m"), v. t.       1. To force back against the current; as, to restem their             backward course. --Shak.          2. To stem, or move against; as, to restem a current.
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Restinction \Re*stinc"tion\ (r?*st?nk"sh?n), n.[L. restinctio.       See {Restinguish}.]       Act of quenching or extingishing. [Obs.]
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Restiness \Rest"i*ness\ (r?st`*n?s), n.       The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness. [Obs.]                   The snake by restiness and lying still all winter.                                                                               --Holland.
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Rest \Rest\ (r[ecr]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rested}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Resting}.] [AS. restan. See {Rest}, n.]       1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action             which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or             exertion.                         God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his                      work which he had made.                     --Gen. ii. 2.                         Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh                      day thou shalt rest.                           --Ex. xxiii.                                                                               12.          2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet             or still.                         There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton.          3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a             couch.          4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column             rests on its pedestal.          5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.                         Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when                      Nature rests.                                    --Milton.          6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose             without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.                         On him I rested, after long debate, And not without                      considering, fixed [?][?] fate.         --Dryden.          7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.                         To rest in Heaven's determination.      --Addison.          {To rest with}, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it             rests with him to decide.
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Resting \Rest"ing\,       a. & n. from {Rest}, v. t. & i.          {Resting spore} (Bot.), a spore in certain orders of alg[91],             which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long             periods of time. --C. E. Bessey.
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Resting \Rest"ing\,       a. & n. from {Rest}, v. t. & i.          {Resting spore} (Bot.), a spore in certain orders of alg[91],             which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long             periods of time. --C. E. Bessey.
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Restinguish \Re*stin"guish\ (r?*st?n"gw?sh), v. t. [L.       restinquere, restinctum; pref. re- re- + stinquere to       quench.]       To quench or extinguish. [Obs.] --R. Field.
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Reusation \Re`u*sa"tion\ (r?k`?*z?"sh?n), n. [L. recusatio: cf.       F. r[82]cusation.]       1. Refusal. [Obs.]          2. (Old Law) The act of refusing a judge or challenging that             he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed             partiality. --Blackstone.
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Rhachidian \Rha*chid"i*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of       a mollusk.
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Rhachiodont \Rha"chi*o*dont\, a. [Gr. "ra`chis, -ios, the spine       + [?][?][?], [?][?][?], a tooth.] (Zo[94]l.)       Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the       inferior spines of some of the vertebr[91], as certain South       African snakes ({Dasypelits}) which swallow birds' eggs and       use these gular teeth to crush them.
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Rhizodont \Rhiz"o*dont\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] root + [?][?][?],       [?][?][?], a tooth.] (Zo[94]l.)       A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the       crocodile.
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Venetian \Ve*ne"tian\, a. [Cf. It. Veneziano, L. Venetianus.]       Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.          {Venetian blind}, a blind for windows, doors, etc., made of             thin slats, either fixed at a certain angle in the             shutter, or movable, and in the latter case so disposed as             to overlap each other when close, and to show a series of             open spaces for the admission of air and light when in             other positions.          {Venetian carpet}, an inexpensive carpet, used for passages             and stairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft;             the pattern is therefore commonly made up of simple             stripes.          {Venetian chalk}, a white compact or steatite, used for             marking on cloth, etc.          {Venetian door} (Arch.), a door having long, narrow windows             or panes of glass on the sides.          {Venetian glass}, a kind of glass made by the Venetians, for             decorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass             of different colors fused together and wrought into             various ornamental patterns.          {Venetian red}, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate             of iron; -- called also {scarlet ocher}.          {Venetian soap}. See {Castile soap}, under {Soap}.          {Venetian sumac} (Bot.), a South European tree ({Rhus             Cotinus}) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet;             -- also called {smoke tree}.          {Venetian window} (Arch.), a window consisting of a main             window with an arched head, having on each side a long and             narrow window with a square head.
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Smoke \Smoke\, n. [AS. smoca, fr. sme[a2]can to smoke; akin to       LG. & D. smook smoke, Dan. sm[94]g, G. schmauch, and perh. to       Gr. [?][?][?] to burn in a smoldering fire; cf. Lith. smaugti       to choke.]       1. The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes,             or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning             vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.          Note: The gases of hydrocarbons, raised to a red heat or                thereabouts, without a mixture of air enough to produce                combustion, disengage their carbon in a fine powder,                forming smoke. The disengaged carbon when deposited on                solid bodies is soot.          2. That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.          3. Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk. --Shak.          4. The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a             smoke. [Colloq.]          Note: Smoke is sometimes joined with other word. forming                self-explaining compounds; as, smoke-consuming,                smoke-dried, smoke-stained, etc.          {Smoke arch}, the smoke box of a locomotive.          {Smoke ball} (Mil.), a ball or case containing a composition             which, when it burns, sends forth thick smoke.          {Smoke black}, lampblack. [Obs.]          {Smoke board}, a board suspended before a fireplace to             prevent the smoke from coming out into the room.          {Smoke box}, a chamber in a boiler, where the smoke, etc.,             from the furnace is collected before going out at the             chimney.          {Smoke sail} (Naut.), a small sail in the lee of the galley             stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on             deck.          {Smoke tree} (Bot.), a shrub ({Rhus Cotinus}) in which the             flowers are mostly abortive and the panicles transformed             into tangles of plumose pedicels looking like wreaths of             smoke.          {To end in smoke}, to burned; hence, to be destroyed or             ruined; figuratively, to come to nothing.
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Fustic \Fus"tic\, n. [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf. {Fustet}.]       The wood of the {Maclura tinctoria}, a tree growing in the       West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also {old       fustic}. [Written also {fustoc}.]          Note: Other kinds of yellow wood are often called fustic; as                that of species of {Xanthoxylum}, and especially the                {Rhus Cotinus}, which is sometimes called young fustic                to distinguish it from the {Maclura}. See {Fustet}.
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Rickstand \Rick"stand`\, n.       A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.
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Rigadoon \Rig`a*doon"\, n. [F. rigadon, rigaudon.]       A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been       borrowed from Provence in France. --W. Irving.                   Whose dancing dogs in rigadoons excel.   --Wolcott.
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Right \Right\ (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to       D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[84]tt,       Icel. r[89]ttr, Goth. ra[a1]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere       to guide, rule; cf. Skr. [rsdot]ju straight, right.       [root]115. Cf. {Adroit},{Alert}, {Correct}, {Dress},       {Regular}, {Rector}, {Recto}, {Rectum}, {Regent}, {Region},       {Realm}, {Rich}, {Royal}, {Rule}.]       1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. [bd]Right             as any line.[b8] --Chaucer          2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not             oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.          3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God,             or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and             just; according with truth and duty; just; true.                         That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is                      absolutely right, and is called right simply without                      relation to a special end.                  --Whately.          2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right             man in the right place; the right way from London to             Oxford.          5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not             spurious. [bd]His right wife.[b8] --Chaucer.                         In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly                      manifested themselves to be right barbarians.                                                                               --Milton.          6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming             to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous;             correct; as, this is the right faith.                         You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well.                                                                               --Shak.                         If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the                      inference is . . . right, [bd]Let us eat and drink,                      for to-morrow we die.[b8]                  --Locke.          7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.                         The lady has been disappointed on the right side.                                                                               --Spectator.          8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which             the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other             side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part             of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied             to the corresponding side of the lower animals.                         Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand.                                                                               --Longfellow.          Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are                used always with reference to the position of one who                is facing in the direction of the current's flow.          9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well             regulated; correctly done.          10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side             of a piece of cloth.          {At right angles}, so as to form a right angle or right             angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly.                      {Right and left}, in both or all directions. [Colloq.]          {Right and left coupling} (Pipe fitting), a coupling the             opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw             and a left-handed screw, respectivelly.          {Right angle}.             (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another                   perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC.             (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the                   axes of two great circles whose planes are                   perpendicular to each other.          {Right ascension}. See under {Ascension}.          {Right Center} (Politics), those members belonging to the             Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with             the Right on political questions. See {Center}, n., 5.          {Right cone}, {Right cylinder}, {Right prism}, {Right       pyramid} (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the             axis of which is perpendicular to the base.          {Right line}. See under {Line}.          {Right sailing} (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal             points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude,             but not both. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {Right sphere} (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position             that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in             spherical projections, that position of the sphere in             which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the             equator.          Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you                say is right, true.                            [bd]Right,[b8] cries his lordship. --Pope.          Syn: Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful;                rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper;                suitable; becoming.
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Right \Right\ (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to       D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[84]tt,       Icel. r[89]ttr, Goth. ra[a1]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere       to guide, rule; cf. Skr. [rsdot]ju straight, right.       [root]115. Cf. {Adroit},{Alert}, {Correct}, {Dress},       {Regular}, {Rector}, {Recto}, {Rectum}, {Regent}, {Region},       {Realm}, {Rich}, {Royal}, {Rule}.]       1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. [bd]Right             as any line.[b8] --Chaucer          2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not             oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.          3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God,             or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and             just; according with truth and duty; just; true.                         That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is                      absolutely right, and is called right simply without                      relation to a special end.                  --Whately.          2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right             man in the right place; the right way from London to             Oxford.          5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not             spurious. [bd]His right wife.[b8] --Chaucer.                         In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly                      manifested themselves to be right barbarians.                                                                               --Milton.          6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming             to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous;             correct; as, this is the right faith.                         You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well.                                                                               --Shak.                         If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the                      inference is . . . right, [bd]Let us eat and drink,                      for to-morrow we die.[b8]                  --Locke.          7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.                         The lady has been disappointed on the right side.                                                                               --Spectator.          8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which             the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other             side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part             of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied             to the corresponding side of the lower animals.                         Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand.                                                                               --Longfellow.          Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are                used always with reference to the position of one who                is facing in the direction of the current's flow.          9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well             regulated; correctly done.          10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side             of a piece of cloth.          {At right angles}, so as to form a right angle or right             angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly.                      {Right and left}, in both or all directions. [Colloq.]          {Right and left coupling} (Pipe fitting), a coupling the             opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw             and a left-handed screw, respectivelly.          {Right angle}.             (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another                   perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC.             (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the                   axes of two great circles whose planes are                   perpendicular to each other.          {Right ascension}. See under {Ascension}.          {Right Center} (Politics), those members belonging to the             Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with             the Right on political questions. See {Center}, n., 5.          {Right cone}, {Right cylinder}, {Right prism}, {Right       pyramid} (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the             axis of which is perpendicular to the base.          {Right line}. See under {Line}.          {Right sailing} (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal             points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude,             but not both. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {Right sphere} (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position             that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in             spherical projections, that position of the sphere in             which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the             equator.          Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you                say is right, true.                            [bd]Right,[b8] cries his lordship. --Pope.          Syn: Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful;                rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper;                suitable; becoming.
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Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe,       female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in       LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a       screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.]       1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a             continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it             spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a             continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, --             used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or             pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of             the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the             threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being             distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more             usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female             screw, or, more usually, the nut.          Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of                the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a                right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the                hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the                screw, its base equaling the circumference of the                cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread.          2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a             head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver.             Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to             fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw             nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below.          3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of             wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the             stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal             surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a             screw. See {Screw propeller}, below.          4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a             screw steamer; a propeller.          5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.             --Thackeray.          6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary             severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a             student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges]          7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew.          8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and             commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton.          9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite             linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th             {Pitch}, 10             (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid                   body, which may always be made to consist of a                   rotation about an axis combined with a translation                   parallel to that axis.          10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw             ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}.          {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See             under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc.          {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not             done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H.             Martineau.          {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give             motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads             between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}.                      {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}.          {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the             measurement of very small spaces.          {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the             opposite ends which wind in opposite directions.          {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}.          {Screw bean}. (Bot.)             (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree                   ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to                   California. It is used for fodder, and ground into                   meal by the Indians.             (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for                   fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties.          {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in             distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3.          {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the             thread on a wooden screw.          {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}.          {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw             propeller.          {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}.          {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}.          {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner             wrench.          {Screw machine}.             (a) One of a series of machines employed in the                   manufacture of wood screws.             (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of                   cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work                   successively, for making screws and other turned                   pieces from metal rods.          {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus             {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species,             natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; --             named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like             leaves.          {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws,             consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of             perforations with internal screws forming dies.          {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means             of a screw.          {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in             the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel             propelled by a screw.          {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod             shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied             genera. See {Turritella}.          {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw.          {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw.          {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite.          {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres},             consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs,             with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled             capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}.          {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a             screw.          {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly             ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which             sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about             wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results.          {Screw wrench}.             (a) A wrench for turning a screw.             (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a                   screw.          {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure             upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce.          {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to             pressure; to force.          {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse             pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of             {Wood screw}, under {Wood}.
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Right \Right\ (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to       D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[84]tt,       Icel. r[89]ttr, Goth. ra[a1]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere       to guide, rule; cf. Skr. [rsdot]ju straight, right.       [root]115. Cf. {Adroit},{Alert}, {Correct}, {Dress},       {Regular}, {Rector}, {Recto}, {Rectum}, {Regent}, {Region},       {Realm}, {Rich}, {Royal}, {Rule}.]       1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. [bd]Right             as any line.[b8] --Chaucer          2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not             oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.          3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God,             or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and             just; according with truth and duty; just; true.                         That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is                      absolutely right, and is called right simply without                      relation to a special end.                  --Whately.          2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right             man in the right place; the right way from London to             Oxford.          5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not             spurious. [bd]His right wife.[b8] --Chaucer.                         In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly                      manifested themselves to be right barbarians.                                                                               --Milton.          6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming             to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous;             correct; as, this is the right faith.                         You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well.                                                                               --Shak.                         If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the                      inference is . . . right, [bd]Let us eat and drink,                      for to-morrow we die.[b8]                  --Locke.          7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.                         The lady has been disappointed on the right side.                                                                               --Spectator.          8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which             the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other             side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part             of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied             to the corresponding side of the lower animals.                         Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand.                                                                               --Longfellow.          Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are                used always with reference to the position of one who                is facing in the direction of the current's flow.          9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well             regulated; correctly done.          10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side             of a piece of cloth.          {At right angles}, so as to form a right angle or right             angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly.                      {Right and left}, in both or all directions. [Colloq.]          {Right and left coupling} (Pipe fitting), a coupling the             opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw             and a left-handed screw, respectivelly.          {Right angle}.             (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another                   perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC.             (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the                   axes of two great circles whose planes are                   perpendicular to each other.          {Right ascension}. See under {Ascension}.          {Right Center} (Politics), those members belonging to the             Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with             the Right on political questions. See {Center}, n., 5.          {Right cone}, {Right cylinder}, {Right prism}, {Right       pyramid} (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the             axis of which is perpendicular to the base.          {Right line}. See under {Line}.          {Right sailing} (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal             points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude,             but not both. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {Right sphere} (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position             that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in             spherical projections, that position of the sphere in             which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the             equator.          Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you                say is right, true.                            [bd]Right,[b8] cries his lordship. --Pope.          Syn: Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful;                rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper;                suitable; becoming.
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Angle \An"gle\ ([acr][nsm]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle,       corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked,       angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook,       G. angel, and F. anchor.]       1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a             corner; a nook.                         Into the utmost angle of the world.   --Spenser.                         To search the tenderest angles of the heart.                                                                               --Milton.          2. (Geom.)             (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet.             (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines                   meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.          3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.                         Though but an angle reached him of the stone.                                                                               --Dryden.          4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological             [bd]houses.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer.          5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish,             consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a             rod.                         Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there.                                                                               --Shak.                         A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.          {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than             90[deg].          {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg             common to both angles.          {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}.          {Angle bar}.             (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of                   a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight.             (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}.          {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle             of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of             a wall.          {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an             interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse             and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight.          {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having             one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or             connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to             which it is riveted.          {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or             less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to             strengthen an angle.          {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for             ascertaining the dip of strata.          {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a             capital or base, or both.          {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines.          {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any             right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or             lengthened.          {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}.          {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined             figure.          {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved             line.          {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a             right angle.          {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than             90[deg].          {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}.          {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right             lines.          {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another             perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a             quarter circle).          {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or             more plane angles at one point.          {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of             great circles, which mutually cut one another on the             surface of a globe or sphere.          {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two             straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object             to the center of the eye.          {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence},       {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction},             see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection},             {Refraction}, etc.
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Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand,       OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh.       to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.]       1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in             man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other             animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}.          2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the             office of, a human hand; as:             (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or                   any one of the four extremities of a monkey.             (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute                   hand of a clock.          3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a             palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.          4. Side; part; direction, either right or left.                         On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex.                                                                               xxxviii. 15.                         The Protestants were then on the winning hand.                                                                               --Milton.          5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill;             dexterity.                         He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator.                                                                               --Addison.          6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence,             manner of performance.                         To change the hand in carrying on the war.                                                                               --Clarendon.                         Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my                      hand.                                                --Judges vi.                                                                               36.          7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or             competent for special service or duty; a performer more or             less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand             at speaking.                         A dictionary containing a natural history requires                      too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be                      hoped for.                                          --Locke.                         I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile.                                                                               --Hazlitt.          8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or             running hand. Hence, a signature.                         I say she never did invent this letter; This is a                      man's invention and his hand.            --Shak.                         Some writs require a judge's hand.      --Burril.          9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction;             management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in             hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles.                         Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the                      goverment of Britain.                        --Milton.          10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to             buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when             new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the             producer's hand, or when not new.          11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear             hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon.          12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as:             (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the                   dealer.             (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied                   together.          13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock,             which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.          Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts                or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the                hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a                symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as:             (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the                   head, which implies thought, and the heart, which                   implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every                   man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12.             (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures.                   [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over                   you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33.             (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to                   give the right hand.             (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the                   hand; to pledge the hand.          Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or                without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand;                as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe:                used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or                handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or                hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand                loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or                hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the                hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or                hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following                paragraph are written either as two words or in                combination.          {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books,             papers, parcels, etc.          {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket.          {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell.             --Bacon.          {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}.          {Hand car}. See under {Car}.          {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a             good position of the hands and arms when playing on the             piano; a hand guide.          {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}.          {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}.          {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine,             or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power,             may be operated by hand.          {Hand glass}.             (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of                   plants.             (b) A small mirror with a handle.          {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above).          {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as             practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology.          {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}.          {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest             money.          {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank             turned by hand.          {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand             rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt.          {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple.          {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand.          {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or             weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp.          {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix.             9.          {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or             canceling papers, envelopes, etc.          {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico             ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose             stamens unite in the form of a hand.          {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small             work. --Moxon.          {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as             distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork.          {All hands}, everybody; all parties.          {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every             direction; generally.          {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction;             on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no             hand consisting with the safety and interests of             humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.          {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above).          {At hand}.             (a) Near in time or place; either present and within                   reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at                   hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak.             (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at                   hand.[b8] --Shak.          {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we             receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive             evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10.          {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}.          {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from             instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed             a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand.          {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of             dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He             that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8]             --Job xvii. 9.          {From hand to hand}, from one person to another.          {Hand in hand}.             (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift.             (b) Just; fair; equitable.                               As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand                            comparison.                                 --Shak.                            {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands             alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand             over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand             over hand.          {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what             one does. [Obs.] --Bacon.          {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand             running.          {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling!                      {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to             hand contest. --Dryden.          {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression.          {In hand}.             (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . .                   . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson.             (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels .                   . . in hand.[b8] --Shak.             (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction;                   as, he has the business in hand.          {In one's hand} [or] {hands}.             (a) In one's possession or keeping.             (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my                   hand.          {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office,             in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons.          {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation.          {Note of hand}, a promissory note.          {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay,             hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them             to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser.          {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care.          {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of             goods on hand.          {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management.          {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish             ceremony used in swearing.          {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength.          {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth.          {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government.          {To bear a hand}             (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten.          {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false             pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under             {Glove}.          {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving.                      {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling             it.          {To change hand}. See {Change}.          {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners.             --Hudibras.          {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by             striking the palms of the hands together.          {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into             possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday.          {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.]                         Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them.                                                                               --Baxter.          {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain             work; to become accustomed to a particular business.          {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or             concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in.          {To have in hand}.             (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer.             (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with.          {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can             do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed             with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with             difficulties.          {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or             get, the better of another person or thing.          {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already             prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke.          {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even             conditions. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault.          {To lend a hand}, to give assistance.          {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack;             to oppose; to kill.          {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other             necessaries as want compels, without previous provision.                      {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit.          {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8.          {To put the}          {last, [or] finishing},          {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to             perfect.          {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake.                         That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that                      thou settest thine hand to.               --Deut. xxiii.                                                                               20.          {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one.          {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety             for another's debt or good behavior.          {To take in hand}.             (a) To attempt or undertake.             (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand.          {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in,             or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash             one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24.          {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or             signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and             seal of the owner.
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Right \Right\, adv.       1. In a right manner.          2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway;             immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went             right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right             after the guide.                         Unto Dian's temple goeth she right.   --Chaucer.                         Let thine eyes look right on.            --Prov. iv.                                                                               25.                         Right across its track there lay, Down in the water,                      a long reef of gold.                           --Tennyson.          3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.]                         Came he right now to sing a raven's note? --Shak.          4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the             standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live             right; to judge right.          5. According to any rule of art; correctly.                         You with strict discipline instructed right.                                                                               --Roscommon.          6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really;             correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. [bd]Right             at mine own cost.[b8] --Chaucer.                         Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. --Chaucer.                         His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught.                                                                               --Fairfax.          7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely;             highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.             [bd]He was not right fat[b8]. --Chaucer.                         For which I should be right sorry.      --Tyndale.                         [I] return those duties back as are right fit.                                                                               --Shak.          Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right                honorable; right reverend.          {Right honorable}, a title given in England to peers and             peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such             peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy             councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord             mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin.
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Honorable \Hon"or*a*ble\, a. [F. honorable, L. honorabilis.]       1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded;             estimable; illustrious.                         Thy name and honorable family.            --Shak.          2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a             scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.          3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed             to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair;             as, an honorable motive.                         Is this proceeding just and honorable? --Shak.          4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.                         Honorable wounds from battle brought. --Dryden.          5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended;             consistent with honor or rectitude.                         Marriage is honorable in all.            --Heb. xiii.                                                                               4.          6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with             testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.          7. Of reputable association or use; respectable.                         Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. --Shak.          8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable             Senate; the honorable gentleman.          Note: Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English                usage upon the younger children of earls and all the                children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor,                lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and                Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage,                it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those                who hold, or have held, any of the higher public                offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or                of the Senate, mayors.          {Right honorable}. See under {Right}.
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Right-angled \Right"-an`gled\, a.       Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled       triangle.
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Righten \Right"en\, v. t.       To do justice to. [Obs.]                   Relieve [marginal reading, righten] the opressed.                                                                               --Isa. i. 17.
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Right-hand \Right"-hand`\, a.       1. Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than             the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.          2. Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.                         Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their right-hand man                      in the troop.                                    --Addison.          {Right-hand rope}, a rope which is laid up and twisted with             the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid             rope. See Illust. of {Cordage}.
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Right-hand \Right"-hand`\, a.       1. Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than             the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.          2. Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.                         Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their right-hand man                      in the troop.                                    --Addison.          {Right-hand rope}, a rope which is laid up and twisted with             the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid             rope. See Illust. of {Cordage}.
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Righthanded \Right"*hand`ed\, a.       1. Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the             left.          2. Having the same direction or course as the movement of the             hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a             revolving object looked at from a given direction.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the whorls rising from left to right;             dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of             {Scalaria}.          {Right-handed screw}, a screw, the threads of which, like             those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a             direction that the screw advances away from the observer             when turned with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut.
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Righthanded \Right"*hand`ed\, a.       1. Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the             left.          2. Having the same direction or course as the movement of the             hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a             revolving object looked at from a given direction.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the whorls rising from left to right;             dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of             {Scalaria}.          {Right-handed screw}, a screw, the threads of which, like             those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a             direction that the screw advances away from the observer             when turned with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut.
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Right-handedness \Right"-hand`ed*ness\, n.       The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill;       dexterity.
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Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Righted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Righting}.] [AS. rihtan. See {Right}, a.]       1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to             set upright; to make right or straight (that which has             been wrong or crooked); to correct.          2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights             to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the             oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.                         So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak.                         All experience hath shown that mankind are more                      disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than                      to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which                      they are accustomed.                           --Jefferson.          {To right a vessel} (Naut.), to restore her to an upright             position after careening.          {To right the helm} (Naut.), to place it in line with the             keel.
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Right-minded \Right"-mind`ed\, a.       Having a right or honest mind. -- {Right"-mind`ed*ness}, n.
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Right-minded \Right"-mind`ed\, a.       Having a right or honest mind. -- {Right"-mind`ed*ness}, n.
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Rightness \Right"ness\, n. [AS. rihtnes.]       Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. --Bacon.          2. The quality or state of being right; right relation.                         The craving for rightness with God.   --J. C.                                                                               Shairp.
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Rigidness \Rig"id*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being rigid.
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Rixation \Rix*a"tion\, n. [L. rixari, p. p. rixatus, to brawl,       fr. rixa a quarrel.]       A brawl or quarrel. [Obs.]
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Roast \Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Roasting}.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. r[93]tir; of German       origin; cf. OHG. r[omac]sten, G. r[94]sten, fr. OHG.       r[omac]st, r[omac]sta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to       roast.]       1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to             roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire             and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a             close oven.          2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.;             as, to roast a potato in ashes.                         In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce                      difference to be discerned.               --BAcon.          3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee;             to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.          4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.             [bd]Roasted in wrath and fire.[b8] --Shak.          5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as             ores.          6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury.
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Roasting \Roast"ing\,       a. & n., from {Roast}, v.          {Roasting ear}, an ear of Indian corn at that stage of             development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.          {Roasting jack}, a machine for turning a spit on which meat             is roasted.
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Roasting \Roast"ing\,       a. & n., from {Roast}, v.          {Roasting ear}, an ear of Indian corn at that stage of             development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.          {Roasting jack}, a machine for turning a spit on which meat             is roasted.
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Roasting \Roast"ing\,       a. & n., from {Roast}, v.          {Roasting ear}, an ear of Indian corn at that stage of             development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.          {Roasting jack}, a machine for turning a spit on which meat             is roasted.
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Rocket \Rock"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rocketed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Rocketing}.] (Sporting)       To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present       participle or as an adjective. [Eng.]                   An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. --H. R.                                                                               Haggard.
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Roestone \Roe"stone`\, n. (Min.)       Same as {O[94]lite}.
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Rogation \Ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. rogatio, fr. rogare, rogatum, to       ask, beg, supplicate: cf. F. rogation. Cf. {Abrogate},       {Arrogant}, {Probogue}.]       1. (Rom. Antiq.) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a             law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.          2. (Eccl.) Litany; supplication.                         He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in                      use.                                                   --Hooker.          {Rogation days} (Eccl.), the three days which immediately             precede Ascension {Day}; -- so called as being days on             which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of             special supplication.          {Rogation flower} (Bot.), a European species of milkwort             ({Polygala vulgaris}); -- so called from its former use             for garlands in Rogation week. --Dr. Prior.          {Rogation week}, the second week before Whitsunday, in which             the Rogation days occur.
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Rogation \Ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. rogatio, fr. rogare, rogatum, to       ask, beg, supplicate: cf. F. rogation. Cf. {Abrogate},       {Arrogant}, {Probogue}.]       1. (Rom. Antiq.) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a             law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.          2. (Eccl.) Litany; supplication.                         He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in                      use.                                                   --Hooker.          {Rogation days} (Eccl.), the three days which immediately             precede Ascension {Day}; -- so called as being days on             which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of             special supplication.          {Rogation flower} (Bot.), a European species of milkwort             ({Polygala vulgaris}); -- so called from its former use             for garlands in Rogation week. --Dr. Prior.          {Rogation week}, the second week before Whitsunday, in which             the Rogation days occur.
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Rogation \Ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. rogatio, fr. rogare, rogatum, to       ask, beg, supplicate: cf. F. rogation. Cf. {Abrogate},       {Arrogant}, {Probogue}.]       1. (Rom. Antiq.) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a             law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.          2. (Eccl.) Litany; supplication.                         He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in                      use.                                                   --Hooker.          {Rogation days} (Eccl.), the three days which immediately             precede Ascension {Day}; -- so called as being days on             which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of             special supplication.          {Rogation flower} (Bot.), a European species of milkwort             ({Polygala vulgaris}); -- so called from its former use             for garlands in Rogation week. --Dr. Prior.          {Rogation week}, the second week before Whitsunday, in which             the Rogation days occur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rogation \Ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. rogatio, fr. rogare, rogatum, to       ask, beg, supplicate: cf. F. rogation. Cf. {Abrogate},       {Arrogant}, {Probogue}.]       1. (Rom. Antiq.) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a             law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.          2. (Eccl.) Litany; supplication.                         He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in                      use.                                                   --Hooker.          {Rogation days} (Eccl.), the three days which immediately             precede Ascension {Day}; -- so called as being days on             which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of             special supplication.          {Rogation flower} (Bot.), a European species of milkwort             ({Polygala vulgaris}); -- so called from its former use             for garlands in Rogation week. --Dr. Prior.          {Rogation week}, the second week before Whitsunday, in which             the Rogation days occur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roost \Roost\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roosted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Roosting}.]       1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a             tree, etc.; to perch. --Wordsworth.          2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.                         O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me                      roost and nestle there.                     --Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damask \Dam"ask\, a.       1. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus;             resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.          2. Having the color of the damask rose.                         But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on                      her damask cheek.                              --Shak.          {Damask color}, a deep rose-color like that of the damask             rose.          {Damask plum}, a small dark-colored plum, generally called             damson.          {Damask rose} (Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant             variety of rose ({Rosa damascena}) from Damascus.             [bd]Damask roses have not been known in England above one             hundred years.[b8] --Bacon.          {Damask steel}, [or] {Damascus steel}, steel of the kind             originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and             its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines;             especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; --             formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great             flexibility and tenacity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given             to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain.          {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the             other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges             which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf.             {Brilliant}, n.          {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}.          {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.          {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe,             by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with             a variety of curved lines. --Craig.          {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}.          {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold.          {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer.          {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See             {Bedeguar}.          {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to             resemble a rose; a rosette.          {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and             madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt.          {Rose mallow}. (Bot.)             (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus                   {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers.             (b) the hollyhock.          {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head.          {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the             figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward             III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott.          {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose}             (b), under {China}.          {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant             ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and             expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection             plant}.          {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub             ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for             some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or             possibly the great lotus flower.          {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from             various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief             part of attar of roses.          {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk             or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also,             the color of the pigment.          {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red.                      {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}.          {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black             sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in             groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and             are often abundant and very destructive.          {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with             ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and             {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}.          {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}.          {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret;             privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the             rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and             hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there             said was to be divulged.          {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of             York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the             House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Trente et quarante \[d8]Trente" et` qua`rante"\ [F., lit.,       thirty and forty.]       Same as {Rouge et noir}, under {Rouge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rough \Rough\, a. [Compar. {Rougher}; superl. {Roughest}.] [OE.       rou[?], rou, row, rugh, ruh, AS. r[?]h; akin to LG. rug, D.       rug, D. ruig, ruw, OHG. r[?]h, G. rauh, rauch; cf. Lith.       raukas wrinkle, rukti to wrinkle. [root] 18. Cf. {Rug}, n.]       1. Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the             surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough             stone; rough cloth. Specifically:             (a) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of                   a piece of land, or of a road. [bd]Rough, uneven                   ways.[b8] --Shak.             (b) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough                   diamond.             (c) Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or                   other piece of water.                               More unequal than the roughest sea. --T. Burnet.             (d) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; --                   said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough                   coat. [bd]A visage rough.[b8] --Dryden.                   [bd]Roughsatyrs.[b8] --Milton.          2. Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or             polish. Specifically:             (a) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a                   rough temper.                               A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough. --Shak.                               A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds.                                                                               --Prior.             (b) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough                   measures or actions.                               On the rough edge of battle.         --Milton.                               A quicker and rougher remedy.      --Clarendon.                               Kind words prevent a good deal of that                            perverseness which rough and imperious usage                            often produces.                           --Locke.             (c) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating;                   -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough                   tone; rough numbers. --Pope.             (d) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.             (e) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a                   rough day.                               He stayeth his rough wind.            --Isa. xxvii.                                                                               8.                               Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.                                                                               --Shak.             (f) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish;                   incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.          {Rough diamond}, an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a             person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Royston crow \Roys"ton crow`\ [So called from Royston, a town in       England.] (Zo[94]l.)       See {Hooded crow}, under {Hooded}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.       1. Covered with a hood.          2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.          3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of             paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.          4. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from                   the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.             (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or                   neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.          {Hooded crow}, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called             also {hoody}, {dun crow}, and {royston crow}.          {Hooded gull}, the European black-headed pewit or gull.          {Hooded merganser}. See {Merganser}.          {Hooded seal}, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora             cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac             upon the head. Called also {hoodcap}.          {Hooded sheldrake}, the hooded merganser. See {Merganser}.          {Hooded snake}. See {Cobra de capello}, {Asp}, {Haje}, etc.                      {Hooded warbler}, a small American warbler ({Sylvania             mitrata}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Royston crow \Roys"ton crow`\ [So called from Royston, a town in       England.] (Zo[94]l.)       See {Hooded crow}, under {Hooded}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hooded \Hood"ed\, a.       1. Covered with a hood.          2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood.          3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of             paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip.          4. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from                   the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.             (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or                   neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake.          {Hooded crow}, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called             also {hoody}, {dun crow}, and {royston crow}.          {Hooded gull}, the European black-headed pewit or gull.          {Hooded merganser}. See {Merganser}.          {Hooded seal}, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora             cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac             upon the head. Called also {hoodcap}.          {Hooded sheldrake}, the hooded merganser. See {Merganser}.          {Hooded snake}. See {Cobra de capello}, {Asp}, {Haje}, etc.                      {Hooded warbler}, a small American warbler ({Sylvania             mitrata}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruction \Ruc"tion\, n.       An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rugged \Rug"ged\, a. [See {Rug}, n.]       1. Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or             irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough;             as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.                         The rugged bark of some broad elm.      --Milton.          2. Not neat or regular; uneven.                         His well-proportioned beard made rough and rugged.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. [bd]The rugged             Russian bear.[b8] --Shak.          4. Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper,             character, and the like, or of persons.                         Neither melt nor endear him, but leave him as hard,                      rugged, and unconcerned as ever.         --South.          5. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. --Milton.          6. Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style,             and the like.                         Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.                                                                               --Dryden.          7. Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.             [bd]Sleek o'er your rugged looks.[b8] --Shak.          8. Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners,             etc.          9. Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.             [Colloq. U.S.]          Syn: Rough; uneven; wrinkled; cragged; coarse; rude; harsh;                hard; crabbed; severe; austere; surly; sour; frowning;                violent; boisterous; tumultuous; turbulent; stormy;                tempestuous; inclement. -- {Rug"ged*ly}, adv. --                {Rug"ged*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Russeting \Rus"set*ing\, n.       See {Russet}, n., 2 and 4.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rust \Rust\, n. [AS. rust; akin to D. roest, G. & Sw. rost,       Icel. ry[eb]; -- named from its color, and akin to E. red.       [fb]113. See {Red}.]       1. (Chem.) The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when             exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or             hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of             corrosion.          2. (Bot.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty             spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses             ({Trichobasis Rubigo-vera}), now usually believed to be a             form or condition of the corn mildew ({Puccinia             graminis}). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as             corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.          Note: Rust is also applied to many other minute fungi which                infest vegetation, such as the species of {Ustilago},                {Uredo}, and {Lecythea}.          3. That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.             Specifically: (a) A composition used in making a rust             joint. See {Rust joint}, below.             (b) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on                   salted meat.             (c) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.                               Sacred truths cleared from all rust and dross of                            human mixtures.                           --Eikon                                                                               Basilike.          Note: Rust is used in the formation of compounds of obvious                meaning; as, rust-colored, rust-consumed, rust-eaten,                and the like.          {Rust joint}, a joint made between surfaces of iron by             filling the space between them with a wet mixture of             cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by             oxidation becomes hard, and impervious to steam, water,             etc.          {Rust mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute mite ({Phytopius oleivorus})             which, by puncturing the rind, causes the rust-colored             patches on oranges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rustiness \Rust"i*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being rusty.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rust \Rust\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rusted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rusting}.] [AS. rustian.]       1. To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.                         If gold ruste, what shall iron do?      --Chaucer.                         Our armors now may rust.                     --Dryden.          2. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust;             also, to acquire a rusty appearance. as plants.          3. Fig.: To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or             impaired by inaction.                         Must I rust in Egypt? never more Appear in arms, and                      be the chief of Greece?                     --Dryden.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Reston, VA (CDP, FIPS 66672)       Location: 38.95207 N, 77.34517 W       Population (1990): 48556 (19999 housing units)       Area: 44.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 22091, 22094
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ricetown, KY       Zip code(s): 41364
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Richton, MS (town, FIPS 62480)       Location: 31.34936 N, 88.94065 W       Population (1990): 1034 (444 housing units)       Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 39476
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Richton Park, IL (village, FIPS 63706)       Location: 41.48195 N, 87.72833 W       Population (1990): 10523 (4026 housing units)       Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 60471
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rockton, IL (village, FIPS 65156)       Location: 42.44931 N, 89.06992 W       Population (1990): 2928 (1221 housing units)       Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61072    Rockton, PA       Zip code(s): 15856
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ross Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 66356)       Location: 40.52660 N, 80.02493 W       Population (1990): 33482 (14124 housing units)       Area: 37.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rosston, AR (town, FIPS 61040)       Location: 33.58691 N, 93.27604 W       Population (1990): 262 (113 housing units)       Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71858    Rosston, OK (town, FIPS 64050)       Location: 36.81222 N, 99.92992 W       Population (1990): 54 (23 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 73855    Rosston, TX       Zip code(s): 76263
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Roxton, TX (city, FIPS 63584)       Location: 33.54549 N, 95.72469 W       Population (1990): 639 (344 housing units)       Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 75477
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Royston, GA (city, FIPS 67452)       Location: 34.28546 N, 83.10938 W       Population (1990): 2758 (1064 housing units)       Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 30662
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ruston, LA (city, FIPS 66655)       Location: 32.53180 N, 92.63962 W       Population (1990): 20027 (7669 housing units)       Area: 44.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71270    Ruston, WA (town, FIPS 60510)       Location: 47.29782 N, 122.50926 W       Population (1990): 693 (317 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
rectangle slinger n.   See {polygon pusher}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Right Thing n.   That which is _compellingly_ the correct or    appropriate thing to use, do, say, etc.   Often capitalized, always    emphasized in speech as though capitalized.   Use of this term often    implies that in fact reasonable people may disagree.   "What's the    right thing for LISP to do when it sees `(mod a 0)'?   Should it    return `a', or give a divide-by-0 error?"   Oppose {Wrong Thing}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
rusty memory n.   Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based    magnetic media (esp. tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk    packs used in {washing machine}s).   Compare {donuts}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rectangle slinger          See {polygon pusher}.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Right Thing          That which is *compellingly* the correct or appropriate thing       to use, do, say, etc.   Always capitalised, always emphasised       in speech as though capitalised.   Use of this term often       implies that in fact reasonable people may disagree.   "What's       the Right Thing for {Lisp} to do when it sees "(mod a 0)"?       Should it return "a", or give a divide-by-0 error?"          Opposite: {Wrong Thing}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-10-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rusty memory          {Mass-storage} that uses iron-oxide-based       magnetic media (especially {magnetic tape} and the       pre-{Winchester} {removable disk packs} used in {washing       machines}).          Compare {donuts}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1997-07-20)