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   ragbag
         n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: {odds and ends},
               {oddments}, {melange}, {farrago}, {ragbag}, {mishmash},
               {mingle-mangle}, {hodgepodge}, {hotchpotch}, {gallimaufry},
               {omnium-gatherum}]
         2: a bag in which rags are kept

English Dictionary: rex begonia by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ragpicker
n
  1. an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ragpicker's disease
n
  1. a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
    Synonym(s): pulmonary anthrax, inhalation anthrax, anthrax pneumonia, ragpicker's disease, ragsorter's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia, woolsorter's disease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rakaposhi
n
  1. a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir (25,560 feet high)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
res ipsa loquitur
n
  1. a rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respect
n
  1. (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect"
    Synonym(s): respect, regard
  2. the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard"
    Synonym(s): esteem, regard, respect
    Antonym(s): disesteem
  3. an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"
    Synonym(s): respect, esteem, regard
    Antonym(s): disrespect
  4. a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean"
    Synonym(s): deference, respect
  5. behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes"
    Synonym(s): obedience, respect
  6. a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect"
    Synonym(s): regard, respect
  7. courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"
    Synonym(s): deference, respect, respectfulness
v
  1. regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
    Synonym(s): respect, esteem, value, prize, prise
    Antonym(s): disesteem, disrespect
  2. show respect towards; "honor your parents!"
    Synonym(s): respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
    Antonym(s): disrespect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respectability
n
  1. honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
    Synonym(s): respectability, reputability
    Antonym(s): disreputability, disreputableness, unrespectability
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respectable
adj
  1. characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals; "a respectable woman"
    Antonym(s): unrespectable
  2. deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name"
    Synonym(s): estimable, good, honorable, respectable
  3. large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"
    Synonym(s): goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respectably
adv
  1. to a tolerably worthy extent; "he did respectably well for his age"
    Synonym(s): respectably, creditably
  2. in a decent and morally reputable manner; "the film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respected
adj
  1. receiving deferential regard; "a respected family" [syn: respected, well-thought-of]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respecter
n
  1. a person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative; "X is no respecter of Y"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respectful
adj
  1. full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance"
    Antonym(s): disrespectful
  2. feeling or manifesting veneration
    Synonym(s): respectful, reverential, venerating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respectfully
adv
  1. in a respectful manner; "might I respectfully suggest to the Town Council that they should adopt a policy of masterly inactivity?"
    Antonym(s): disrespectfully
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respectfulness
n
  1. courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"
    Synonym(s): deference, respect, respectfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respective
adj
  1. considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed"
    Synonym(s): respective(a), several(a), various(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respectively
adv
  1. in the order given; "the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively"
    Synonym(s): respectively, severally
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respects
n
  1. (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem; "he paid his respects to the mayor"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Respighi
n
  1. Italian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936)
    Synonym(s): Respighi, Ottorino Respighi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rex begonia
n
  1. any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers
    Synonym(s): rex begonia, king begonia, painted-leaf begonia, beefsteak geranium, Begonia rex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Reykjavik
n
  1. the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water
    Synonym(s): Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhizobiaceae
n
  1. a small family of rod-shaped bacteria [syn: Rhizobiaceae, family Rhizobiaceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhizopogon
n
  1. a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers
    Synonym(s): Rhizopogon, genus Rhizopogon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhizopogon idahoensis
n
  1. a large whitish Rhizopogon that becomes greyish brown in maturity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhizopogonaceae
n
  1. a family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores
    Synonym(s): Rhizopogonaceae, family Rhizopogonaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhizopus
n
  1. any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhizopus nigricans
n
  1. a mold of the genus Rhizopus [syn: bread mold, {Rhizopus nigricans}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhizopus stolonifer
n
  1. fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes
    Synonym(s): leak fungus, ring rot fungus, Rhizopus stolonifer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
risk of exposure
n
  1. the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
    Synonym(s): risk, risk of exposure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rock bass
n
  1. a kind of sea bass [syn: rock sea bass, rock bass, Centropristis philadelphica]
  2. game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes
    Synonym(s): rock bass, rock sunfish, Ambloplites rupestris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rock of Gibraltar
n
  1. location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules
    Synonym(s): Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rock pigeon
n
  1. pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
    Synonym(s): rock dove, rock pigeon, Columba livia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rock sea bass
n
  1. a kind of sea bass [syn: rock sea bass, rock bass, Centropristis philadelphica]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rock spikemoss
n
  1. tufted spikemoss forming loose spreading mats; eastern North America
    Synonym(s): rock spikemoss, dwarf lycopod, Selaginella rupestris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rockfish
n
  1. the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks
  2. marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America
  3. marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
    Synonym(s): striped bass, striper, Roccus saxatilis, rockfish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rose bug
n
  1. common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
    Synonym(s): rose chafer, rose bug, Macrodactylus subspinosus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rose of China
n
  1. large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
    Synonym(s): China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Rose of China, shoeblack plant, shoe black, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rose of Jericho
n
  1. densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions
    Synonym(s): resurrection plant, rose of Jericho, Selaginella lepidophylla
  2. small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
    Synonym(s): rose of Jericho, resurrection plant, Anastatica hierochuntica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rose of Sharon
n
  1. Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell- shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually three- lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe
    Synonym(s): rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rosebush
n
  1. any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses [syn: rose, rosebush]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rosefish
n
  1. North Atlantic rockfish [syn: redfish, rosefish, {ocean perch}]
  2. large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe
    Synonym(s): rosefish, ocean perch, Sebastodes marinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rossbach
n
  1. a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria
    Synonym(s): Rossbach, battle of Rossbach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rough fish
n
  1. any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ragabash \Rag"a*bash`\, Ragabrash \Rag"a*brash`\, n.
      An idle, ragged person. --Nares. Grose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ragpicker \Rag"pick`er\, n.
      One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in
      the streets.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Raspis \Ras"pis\, n.
      The raspberry. [Obs.] --Langham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Recapacitate \Re`ca*pac"i*tate\, v. t.
      To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. --Atterbury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Recipe \Rec"i*pe\, n.; pl. {Recipes}. [L., imperative of
      recipere to take back, take in, receive. See {Receive}.]
      A formulary or prescription for making some combination,
      mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially,
      a prescription for medicine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Resipiscence \Res`i*pis"cence\ (r?s`?-p?s"sens), n. [L.
      resipiscentia, from resipiscere to recover one's senses: cf.
      F. r[82]sipiscence.]
      Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance.
      [R.] --Bp. Montagu.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respeak \Re*speak"\ (r?*sp?k"), v. t.
      1. To speak or utter again.
  
      2. To answer; to echo. [Obs. or Poetic] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respect \Re*spect"\ (r?*sp?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Respected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Respecting}.] [L. respectare,
      v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect;
      pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F.
      respecter. See {Spy}, and cf. {Respite}.]
      1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to
            regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care
            for; to heed.
  
                     Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. --Shak.
  
                     In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect
                     beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and
                     herbs.                                                --Bacon.
  
      2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. [bd]I
            do respect thee as my soul.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.]
  
                     Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so
                     respect the [?][?]uth.                        --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
  
      4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.]
  
                     To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as
                     his own respected him to death.         --B. Jonson.
  
      5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as,
            the treaty particularly respects our commerce.
  
      {As respects}, as regards; with regard to; as to. --Macaulay.
           
  
      {To respect the person} [or] {persons}, to favor a person, or
            persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. [bd]Ye
            shall not respect persons in judgment.[b8] --Deut. i. 17.
  
      Syn: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respect \Re*spect"\, n. [L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See
      {Respect}, v., and cf. {Respite}.]
      1. The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular
            consideration to; hence, care; caution.
  
                     But he it well did ward with wise respect.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      2. Esteem; regard; consideration; honor.
  
                     Seen without awe, and served without respect.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
                     The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little
                     respect.                                             --R. Nelson.
  
      3. pl. An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to
            send one's respects to another.
  
      4. Reputation; repute. [Obs.]
  
                     Many of the best respect in Rome.      --Shak.
  
      5. Relation; reference; regard.
  
                     They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with
                     respect to the various benefits men received from
                     him, had several titles.                     --Tillotson.
  
      4. Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this
            respect; in any respect; in all respects.
  
                     Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be
                     acknowledged in many respects.            --Tillotson.
  
                     In one respect I'll be thy assistant. --Shak.
  
      7. Consideration; motive; interest. [Obs.] [bd]Whatever
            secret respects were likely to move them.[b8] --Hooker.
  
                     To the publik good Private respects must yield.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      {In respect}, in comparison. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {In respect of}.
            (a) In comparison with. [Obs.] --Shak.
            (b) As to; in regard to. [Archaic] [bd]Monsters in respect
                  of their bodies.[b8] --Bp. Wilkins. [bd]In respect of
                  these matters.[b8] --Jowett. (Thucyd.)
  
      {In, [or] With}, {respect to}, in relation to; with regard
            to; as respects. --Tillotson.
  
      {To have respect of persons}, to regard persons with
            partiality or undue bias, especially on account of
            friendship, power, wealth, etc. [bd]It is not good to have
            respect of persons in judgment.[b8] --Prov. xxiv. 23.
  
      Syn: Deference; attention; regard; consideration; estimation.
               See {Deference}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respect \Re*spect"\, n. [L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See
      {Respect}, v., and cf. {Respite}.]
      1. The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular
            consideration to; hence, care; caution.
  
                     But he it well did ward with wise respect.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      2. Esteem; regard; consideration; honor.
  
                     Seen without awe, and served without respect.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
                     The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little
                     respect.                                             --R. Nelson.
  
      3. pl. An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to
            send one's respects to another.
  
      4. Reputation; repute. [Obs.]
  
                     Many of the best respect in Rome.      --Shak.
  
      5. Relation; reference; regard.
  
                     They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with
                     respect to the various benefits men received from
                     him, had several titles.                     --Tillotson.
  
      4. Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this
            respect; in any respect; in all respects.
  
                     Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be
                     acknowledged in many respects.            --Tillotson.
  
                     In one respect I'll be thy assistant. --Shak.
  
      7. Consideration; motive; interest. [Obs.] [bd]Whatever
            secret respects were likely to move them.[b8] --Hooker.
  
                     To the publik good Private respects must yield.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      {In respect}, in comparison. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {In respect of}.
            (a) In comparison with. [Obs.] --Shak.
            (b) As to; in regard to. [Archaic] [bd]Monsters in respect
                  of their bodies.[b8] --Bp. Wilkins. [bd]In respect of
                  these matters.[b8] --Jowett. (Thucyd.)
  
      {In, [or] With}, {respect to}, in relation to; with regard
            to; as respects. --Tillotson.
  
      {To have respect of persons}, to regard persons with
            partiality or undue bias, especially on account of
            friendship, power, wealth, etc. [bd]It is not good to have
            respect of persons in judgment.[b8] --Prov. xxiv. 23.
  
      Syn: Deference; attention; regard; consideration; estimation.
               See {Deference}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respectability \Re*spect`a*bil"i*ty\ (r?*sp?kt`?*b?l"?*t?), n.
      The state or quality of being respectable; the state or
      quality which deserves or commands respect.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respectable \Re*spect"a*ble\ (-[?]-b'l), a. [F. respectable, LL.
      respectabilis.]
      1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving
            regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable
            citizen. [bd]The respectable quarter of Sicca.[b8] --J. H.
            Newman.
  
                     No government, any more than an individual, will
                     long be respected, without being truly respectable.
                                                                              --Madison.
  
      2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a
            respectable performance; a respectable audience.
            --{Re*spect"a*ble*ness},n. -- {Re*spect"a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respectable \Re*spect"a*ble\ (-[?]-b'l), a. [F. respectable, LL.
      respectabilis.]
      1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving
            regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable
            citizen. [bd]The respectable quarter of Sicca.[b8] --J. H.
            Newman.
  
                     No government, any more than an individual, will
                     long be respected, without being truly respectable.
                                                                              --Madison.
  
      2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a
            respectable performance; a respectable audience.
            --{Re*spect"a*ble*ness},n. -- {Re*spect"a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respectable \Re*spect"a*ble\ (-[?]-b'l), a. [F. respectable, LL.
      respectabilis.]
      1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving
            regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable
            citizen. [bd]The respectable quarter of Sicca.[b8] --J. H.
            Newman.
  
                     No government, any more than an individual, will
                     long be respected, without being truly respectable.
                                                                              --Madison.
  
      2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a
            respectable performance; a respectable audience.
            --{Re*spect"a*ble*ness},n. -- {Re*spect"a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respectant \Re*spect"ant\ (-ant), a. [F., p. pr. of respecter.
      See {Respect}.] (Her.)
      Placed so as to face one another; -- said of animals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respect \Re*spect"\ (r?*sp?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Respected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Respecting}.] [L. respectare,
      v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect;
      pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F.
      respecter. See {Spy}, and cf. {Respite}.]
      1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to
            regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care
            for; to heed.
  
                     Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. --Shak.
  
                     In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect
                     beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and
                     herbs.                                                --Bacon.
  
      2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. [bd]I
            do respect thee as my soul.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.]
  
                     Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so
                     respect the [?][?]uth.                        --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
  
      4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.]
  
                     To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as
                     his own respected him to death.         --B. Jonson.
  
      5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as,
            the treaty particularly respects our commerce.
  
      {As respects}, as regards; with regard to; as to. --Macaulay.
           
  
      {To respect the person} [or] {persons}, to favor a person, or
            persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. [bd]Ye
            shall not respect persons in judgment.[b8] --Deut. i. 17.
  
      Syn: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respecter \Re*spect"er\ (-?r), n.
      One who respects.
  
      {A respecter of persons}, one who regards or judges with
            partiality.
  
                     Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of
                     persons.                                             --Acts x. 34.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respectful \Re*spect"ful\ (-f?l), a.
      Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful
      deportment.
  
               With humble joi and with respectful fear. --Prior.
      -- {Re*spect"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Re*spect"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respectful \Re*spect"ful\ (-f?l), a.
      Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful
      deportment.
  
               With humble joi and with respectful fear. --Prior.
      -- {Re*spect"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Re*spect"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respectful \Re*spect"ful\ (-f?l), a.
      Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful
      deportment.
  
               With humble joi and with respectful fear. --Prior.
      -- {Re*spect"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Re*spect"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Respect \Re*spect"\ (r?*sp?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Respected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Respecting}.] [L. respectare,
      v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect;
      pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F.
      respecter. See {Spy}, and cf. {Respite}.]
      1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to
            regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care
            for; to heed.
  
                     Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. --Shak.
  
                     In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect
                     beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and
                     herbs.                                                --Bacon.
  
      2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. [bd]I
            do respect thee as my soul.[b8] --Shak.
  
      3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.]
  
                     Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so
                     respect the [?][?]uth.                        --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
  
      4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.]
  
                     To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as
                     his own respected him to death.         --B. Jonson.
  
      5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as,
            the treaty particularly respects our commerce.
  
      {As respects}, as regards; with regard to; as to. --Macaulay.
           
  
      {To respect the person} [or] {persons}, to favor a person, or
            persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. [bd]Ye
            shall not respect persons in judgment.[b8] --Deut. i. 17.
  
      Syn: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.

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   Respecting \Re*spect"ing\, prep.
      With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as,
      respecting his conduct there is but one opinion.

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   Respection \Re*spec"tion\ (r?*sp?k"sh?n), n. [Cf.LL. respectio.]
      The act of respecting; respect; regard. [Obs.]
  
               Without difference or respection of persons. --Tyndale.

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   Respective \Re*spec"tive\ (r?*sp?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. respectif,
      LL. respectivus. See {Respect}.]
      1. Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary;
            considerate. [Obs.]
  
                     If you look upon the church of England with a
                     respective eye, you can not . . . refuse this
                     charge.                                             --A[?]p.
                                                                              Sandys.
  
      2. Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not
            absolute; as, the respective connections of society.
  
      3. Relating to particular persons or things, each to each;
            particular; own; as, they returned to their respective
            places of abode.
  
      4. Fitted to awaken respect. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      5. Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. [Obs.]
  
                     With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands.
                                                                              --Chapman.
  
                     With thy equals familiar, yet respective. --Lord
                                                                              Burleigh.

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   Symmetry \Sym"me*try\, n. [L. symmetria, Gr. [?]; sy`n with,
      together + [?] a measure: cf. F. sym[82]trie. See {Syn-}, and
      {Meter} rhythm.]
      1. A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each
            other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several
            parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity
            of the members of a work to the whole.
  
      2. (Biol.) The law of likeness; similarity of structure;
            regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar
            distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided
            into parts which are structurally symmetrical.
  
      Note: Bilateral symmetry, or two-sidedness, in vertebrates,
               etc., is that in which the body can be divided into
               symmetrical halves by a vertical plane passing through
               the middle; radial symmetry, as in echinoderms, is that
               in which the individual parts are arranged
               symmetrically around a central axis; serial symmetry,
               or zonal symmetry, as in earthworms, is that in which
               the segments or metameres of the body are disposed in a
               zonal manner one after the other in a longitudinal
               axis. This last is sometimes called metamerism.
  
      3. (Bot.)
            (a) Equality in the number of parts of the successive
                  circles in a flower.
            (b) Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the
                  same kind; regularity.
  
      {Axis of symmetry}. (Geom.) See under {Axis}.
  
      {Respective symmetry}, that disposition of parts in which
            only the opposite sides are equal to each other.

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   Respectively \Re*spec"tive*ly\, adv.
      1. As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to
            each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man
            respectively perform his duty.
  
                     The impressions from the objects or the senses do
                     mingle respectively every one with its kind.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      2. Relatively; not absolutely. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
  
      3. Partially; with respect to private views. [Obs.]
  
      4. With respect; regardfully. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Respectless \Re*spect"less\ (r?*sp?kt"l?s), a.
      Having no respect; without regard; regardless.
  
               Rather than again Endure, respectless, their so moving
               c[?]ies.                                                --Chapman.
      -- {Re*spect"less*ness}, n. [R.] --Shelton.

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   Respectless \Re*spect"less\ (r?*sp?kt"l?s), a.
      Having no respect; without regard; regardless.
  
               Rather than again Endure, respectless, their so moving
               c[?]ies.                                                --Chapman.
      -- {Re*spect"less*ness}, n. [R.] --Shelton.

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   Respectuous \Re*spec"tu*ous\ (r?*sp?k"t?*?s;135), a.
      1. Respectful; as, a respectuous silence. [Obs.] --Boyle.
  
      2. Respectable. [Obs.] --Knolles.

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   Resubjection \Re`sub*jec"tion\, n.
      A second subjection.

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   Rhizophagous \Rhi*zoph"a*gous\, a. [Gr. [?][?][?]; [?][?][?] a
      root + [?][?][?] to eat.]
      Feeding on roots; root-eating.

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   Roach-backed \Roach"-backed`\, a.
      Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose
      back a convex instead of a concave curve.

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   Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
      rocc.]
      1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
            stone or crag. See {Stone}.
  
                     Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its
                     firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
            crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
            clay, etc., when in natural beds.
  
      3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
            support; a refuge.
  
                     The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
                                                                              2.
  
      4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
            the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.
  
      Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
               self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
               rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
  
      {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
            rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.
  
      {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})
            very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
  
      {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.
            (b) The goggle-eye.
            (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
                  rock bass.
  
      {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose
            remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially
            the corals and Foraminifera.
  
      {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
            of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
            color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
            slate.
  
      {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
            sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
  
      {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.
  
      {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
                  found about rocks andledges.
            (b) A California rockfish.
  
      {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).
            (b) A rockling.
  
      {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
            are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
           
  
      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New
            England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See
            Illust. under {Cancer}.
  
      {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
            kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},
            etc.
  
      {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under
            {Crystal}.
  
      {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
            doo}.
  
      {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
            a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
            drilling holes for blasting, etc.
  
      {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.
  
      {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.
  
      {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.
  
      {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus
            {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.
  
      {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.
           
  
      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and
            {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
            lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.
  
      {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
            occuring as an efflorescence.
  
      {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
  
      {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.
  
      {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.
  
      {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet
            ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the
            rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
            green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
            quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
            green.
  
      {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})
            Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
            derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.
  
      {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.
  
      {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
            (b) The rock snipe.
  
      {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan
            ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the
            tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
            brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
            patches on the back.
  
      {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.
           
  
      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
  
      {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
            in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
            the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
            given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
            from sea water in large basins or cavities.
  
      {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.
  
      {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
            allied genera.
  
      {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;
            as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and
            the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian
            rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.
           
  
      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
            maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},
            {winter snipe}.
  
      {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
            feel, and adhering to the tongue.
  
      {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
                  the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.
            (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).
  
      {Rock tar}, petroleum.
  
      {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus
            {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock
            thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India
            ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.
  
      {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
            Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
            America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
            or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
            of extremity.
  
      {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine
            food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family
            {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --
            called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and
            {starling}.
  
      {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird
            ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and
            water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.
  
      {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens
            of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of
            Lower California and Mexico.

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   d8Cabrilla \[d8]Ca*bril"la\, n. [Sp., prawn.] (Zo[94]l)
      A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the
      genus {Serranus}, and related genera, inhabiting the
      Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California,
      some of them are also called {rock bass} and {kelp salmon}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
      rocc.]
      1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
            stone or crag. See {Stone}.
  
                     Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its
                     firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
            crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
            clay, etc., when in natural beds.
  
      3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
            support; a refuge.
  
                     The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
                                                                              2.
  
      4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
            the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.
  
      Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
               self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
               rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
  
      {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
            rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.
  
      {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})
            very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
  
      {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.
            (b) The goggle-eye.
            (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
                  rock bass.
  
      {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose
            remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially
            the corals and Foraminifera.
  
      {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
            of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
            color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
            slate.
  
      {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
            sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
  
      {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.
  
      {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
                  found about rocks andledges.
            (b) A California rockfish.
  
      {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).
            (b) A rockling.
  
      {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
            are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
           
  
      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New
            England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See
            Illust. under {Cancer}.
  
      {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
            kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},
            etc.
  
      {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under
            {Crystal}.
  
      {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
            doo}.
  
      {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
            a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
            drilling holes for blasting, etc.
  
      {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.
  
      {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.
  
      {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.
  
      {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus
            {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.
  
      {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.
           
  
      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and
            {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
            lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.
  
      {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
            occuring as an efflorescence.
  
      {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
  
      {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.
  
      {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.
  
      {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet
            ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the
            rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
            green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
            quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
            green.
  
      {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})
            Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
            derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.
  
      {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.
  
      {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
            (b) The rock snipe.
  
      {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan
            ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the
            tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
            brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
            patches on the back.
  
      {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.
           
  
      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
  
      {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
            in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
            the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
            given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
            from sea water in large basins or cavities.
  
      {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.
  
      {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
            allied genera.
  
      {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;
            as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and
            the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian
            rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.
           
  
      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
            maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},
            {winter snipe}.
  
      {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
            feel, and adhering to the tongue.
  
      {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
                  the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.
            (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).
  
      {Rock tar}, petroleum.
  
      {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus
            {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock
            thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India
            ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.
  
      {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
            Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
            America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
            or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
            of extremity.
  
      {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine
            food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family
            {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --
            called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and
            {starling}.
  
      {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird
            ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and
            water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.
  
      {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens
            of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of
            Lower California and Mexico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cabrilla \[d8]Ca*bril"la\, n. [Sp., prawn.] (Zo[94]l)
      A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the
      genus {Serranus}, and related genera, inhabiting the
      Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California,
      some of them are also called {rock bass} and {kelp salmon}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
      rocc.]
      1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
            stone or crag. See {Stone}.
  
                     Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its
                     firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
            crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
            clay, etc., when in natural beds.
  
      3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
            support; a refuge.
  
                     The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
                                                                              2.
  
      4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
            the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.
  
      Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
               self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
               rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
  
      {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
            rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.
  
      {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})
            very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
  
      {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.
            (b) The goggle-eye.
            (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
                  rock bass.
  
      {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose
            remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially
            the corals and Foraminifera.
  
      {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
            of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
            color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
            slate.
  
      {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
            sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
  
      {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.
  
      {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
                  found about rocks andledges.
            (b) A California rockfish.
  
      {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).
            (b) A rockling.
  
      {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
            are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
           
  
      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New
            England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See
            Illust. under {Cancer}.
  
      {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
            kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},
            etc.
  
      {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under
            {Crystal}.
  
      {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
            doo}.
  
      {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
            a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
            drilling holes for blasting, etc.
  
      {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.
  
      {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.
  
      {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.
  
      {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus
            {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.
  
      {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.
           
  
      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and
            {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
            lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.
  
      {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
            occuring as an efflorescence.
  
      {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
  
      {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.
  
      {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.
  
      {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet
            ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the
            rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
            green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
            quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
            green.
  
      {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})
            Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
            derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.
  
      {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.
  
      {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
            (b) The rock snipe.
  
      {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan
            ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the
            tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
            brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
            patches on the back.
  
      {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.
           
  
      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
  
      {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
            in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
            the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
            given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
            from sea water in large basins or cavities.
  
      {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.
  
      {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
            allied genera.
  
      {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;
            as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and
            the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian
            rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.
           
  
      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
            maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},
            {winter snipe}.
  
      {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
            feel, and adhering to the tongue.
  
      {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
                  the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.
            (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).
  
      {Rock tar}, petroleum.
  
      {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus
            {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock
            thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India
            ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.
  
      {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
            Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
            America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
            or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
            of extremity.
  
      {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine
            food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family
            {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --
            called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and
            {starling}.
  
      {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird
            ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and
            water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.
  
      {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens
            of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of
            Lower California and Mexico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old
            World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
            resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
            grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to
            the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P.
            exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the
            painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand
            grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust.
            under {Pterocletes}.
  
      {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune.
  
      {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus
            Mexicana}).
  
      {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
  
      {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp.
  
      {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India.
            (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
                  sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
            (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus
                  ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}.
  
      {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce.
  
      {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
            agilis}).
  
      {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow.
  
      {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat.
  
      {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
            arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
  
      {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}.
  
      {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic
            partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long
            and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji})
            inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A.
            Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee
            partridge}, and {teehoo}.
  
      {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different
            colors on an adhesive surface.
  
      {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The sauger.
            (b) The lizard fish.
  
      {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a
            whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
            those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
  
      {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
            several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
            rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
            also {sand gall}.
  
      {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now
            considered to be the young of larger species; -- called
            also {sand prey}.
  
      {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
            with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
           
  
      {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher.
  
      {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand.
  
      {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone.
  
      {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or
            o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and
            allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer,
            and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand
            collar}.
  
      {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean
            ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy
            seabeaches of Europe and America.
  
      {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
            littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
            United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish
            shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}.
  
      {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the
            ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern
            Europe.
  
      {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
  
      {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside.
  
      {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
                  snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe,
                  Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and
                  {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers.
            (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
                  {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}.
  
      {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper.
  
      {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on
            sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.
  
      {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
           
  
      {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker.
  
      {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under
            {Bank}.
  
      {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially:
            (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
                  lightning; a fulgurite.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
            (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
                  particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
                  tube with the madreporic plate.
  
      {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}.
  
      {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
            {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in
            sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or
            spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve
            as food for her young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dove \Dove\, n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[?]fe; akin to OS.
      d[?]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[?]ba, G. taube, Icel. d[?]fa, Sw.
      dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[?]b[?]; perh. from the root of E.
      dive.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A pigeon of the genus {Columba} and various
            related genera. The species are numerous.
  
      Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
               {fantails}, {tumblers}, {carrier pigeons}, etc., was
               derived from the {rock pigeon} ({Columba livia}) of
               Europe and Asia; the {turtledove} of Europe, celebrated
               for its sweet, plaintive note, is {C. turtur} or
               {Turtur vulgaris}; the {ringdove}, the largest of
               European species, is {C. palumbus}; the {Carolina
               dove}, or {Mourning dove}, is {Zenaidura macroura}; the
               {sea dove} is the little auk ({Mergulus alle} or {Alle
               alle}). See {Turtledove}, {Ground dove}, and {Rock
               pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness,
               and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the
               typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
      rocc.]
      1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
            stone or crag. See {Stone}.
  
                     Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its
                     firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
            crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
            clay, etc., when in natural beds.
  
      3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
            support; a refuge.
  
                     The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
                                                                              2.
  
      4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
            the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.
  
      Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
               self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
               rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
  
      {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
            rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.
  
      {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})
            very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
  
      {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.
            (b) The goggle-eye.
            (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
                  rock bass.
  
      {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose
            remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially
            the corals and Foraminifera.
  
      {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
            of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
            color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
            slate.
  
      {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
            sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
  
      {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.
  
      {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
                  found about rocks andledges.
            (b) A California rockfish.
  
      {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).
            (b) A rockling.
  
      {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
            are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
           
  
      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New
            England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See
            Illust. under {Cancer}.
  
      {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
            kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},
            etc.
  
      {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under
            {Crystal}.
  
      {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
            doo}.
  
      {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
            a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
            drilling holes for blasting, etc.
  
      {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.
  
      {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.
  
      {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.
  
      {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus
            {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.
  
      {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.
           
  
      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and
            {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
            lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.
  
      {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
            occuring as an efflorescence.
  
      {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
  
      {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.
  
      {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.
  
      {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet
            ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the
            rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
            green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
            quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
            green.
  
      {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})
            Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
            derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.
  
      {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.
  
      {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
            (b) The rock snipe.
  
      {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan
            ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the
            tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
            brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
            patches on the back.
  
      {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.
           
  
      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
  
      {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
            in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
            the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
            given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
            from sea water in large basins or cavities.
  
      {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.
  
      {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
            allied genera.
  
      {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;
            as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and
            the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian
            rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.
           
  
      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
            maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},
            {winter snipe}.
  
      {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
            feel, and adhering to the tongue.
  
      {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
                  the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.
            (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).
  
      {Rock tar}, petroleum.
  
      {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus
            {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock
            thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India
            ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.
  
      {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
            Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
            America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
            or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
            of extremity.
  
      {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine
            food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family
            {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --
            called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and
            {starling}.
  
      {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird
            ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and
            water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.
  
      {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens
            of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of
            Lower California and Mexico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old
            World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
            resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
            grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to
            the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P.
            exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the
            painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand
            grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust.
            under {Pterocletes}.
  
      {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune.
  
      {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus
            Mexicana}).
  
      {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
  
      {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp.
  
      {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India.
            (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
                  sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
            (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus
                  ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}.
  
      {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce.
  
      {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
            agilis}).
  
      {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow.
  
      {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat.
  
      {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
            arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
  
      {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}.
  
      {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic
            partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long
            and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji})
            inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A.
            Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee
            partridge}, and {teehoo}.
  
      {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different
            colors on an adhesive surface.
  
      {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The sauger.
            (b) The lizard fish.
  
      {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a
            whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
            those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
  
      {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
            several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
            rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
            also {sand gall}.
  
      {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now
            considered to be the young of larger species; -- called
            also {sand prey}.
  
      {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
            with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
           
  
      {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher.
  
      {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand.
  
      {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone.
  
      {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or
            o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and
            allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer,
            and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand
            collar}.
  
      {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean
            ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy
            seabeaches of Europe and America.
  
      {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
            littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
            United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish
            shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}.
  
      {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the
            ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern
            Europe.
  
      {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
  
      {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside.
  
      {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
                  snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe,
                  Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and
                  {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers.
            (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
                  {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}.
  
      {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper.
  
      {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on
            sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star.
  
      {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
           
  
      {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker.
  
      {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under
            {Bank}.
  
      {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially:
            (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
                  lightning; a fulgurite.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
            (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
                  particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
                  tube with the madreporic plate.
  
      {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}.
  
      {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
            {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in
            sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or
            spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve
            as food for her young.

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   Dove \Dove\, n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[?]fe; akin to OS.
      d[?]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[?]ba, G. taube, Icel. d[?]fa, Sw.
      dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[?]b[?]; perh. from the root of E.
      dive.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A pigeon of the genus {Columba} and various
            related genera. The species are numerous.
  
      Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
               {fantails}, {tumblers}, {carrier pigeons}, etc., was
               derived from the {rock pigeon} ({Columba livia}) of
               Europe and Asia; the {turtledove} of Europe, celebrated
               for its sweet, plaintive note, is {C. turtur} or
               {Turtur vulgaris}; the {ringdove}, the largest of
               European species, is {C. palumbus}; the {Carolina
               dove}, or {Mourning dove}, is {Zenaidura macroura}; the
               {sea dove} is the little auk ({Mergulus alle} or {Alle
               alle}). See {Turtledove}, {Ground dove}, and {Rock
               pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness,
               and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the
               typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.

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      {Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the
            running out of the log line.
  
      {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty
            fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d
            {Log}, n., 2.
  
      {Log perch} (Zo[94]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter
            ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and
            {rockfish}.
  
      {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
           
  
      {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above).
  
      {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
            cruise or voyage.
  
      {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the
            case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
            officer of the government.
  
      {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the
            water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's
            speed by the log.

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   Rockfish \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of several California scorp[91]noid food fishes
            of the genus {Sebastichthys}, as the red rockfish ({S.
            ruber}). They are among the most important of California
            market fishes. Called also {rock cod}, and {garrupa}.
      (b) The striped bass. See {Bass}.
      (c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda
            groupers of the genus {Epinephelus}.
      (d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.
  
      Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.

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   Garrupa \Gar*ru"pa\, n. [Prob. fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
      {Grouper} the fish.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of California market fishes, of the
      genus {Sebastichthys}; -- called also {rockfish}. See
      {Rockfish}.

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      {Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the
            running out of the log line.
  
      {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty
            fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d
            {Log}, n., 2.
  
      {Log perch} (Zo[94]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter
            ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and
            {rockfish}.
  
      {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
           
  
      {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above).
  
      {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
            cruise or voyage.
  
      {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the
            case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
            officer of the government.
  
      {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the
            water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's
            speed by the log.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rockfish \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of several California scorp[91]noid food fishes
            of the genus {Sebastichthys}, as the red rockfish ({S.
            ruber}). They are among the most important of California
            market fishes. Called also {rock cod}, and {garrupa}.
      (b) The striped bass. See {Bass}.
      (c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda
            groupers of the genus {Epinephelus}.
      (d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.
  
      Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.

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   Garrupa \Gar*ru"pa\, n. [Prob. fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
      {Grouper} the fish.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of California market fishes, of the
      genus {Sebastichthys}; -- called also {rockfish}. See
      {Rockfish}.

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      {Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the
            running out of the log line.
  
      {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty
            fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d
            {Log}, n., 2.
  
      {Log perch} (Zo[94]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter
            ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and
            {rockfish}.
  
      {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
           
  
      {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above).
  
      {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
            cruise or voyage.
  
      {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the
            case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
            officer of the government.
  
      {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the
            water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's
            speed by the log.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rockfish \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of several California scorp[91]noid food fishes
            of the genus {Sebastichthys}, as the red rockfish ({S.
            ruber}). They are among the most important of California
            market fishes. Called also {rock cod}, and {garrupa}.
      (b) The striped bass. See {Bass}.
      (c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda
            groupers of the genus {Epinephelus}.
      (d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.
  
      Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Garrupa \Gar*ru"pa\, n. [Prob. fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf.
      {Grouper} the fish.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of California market fishes, of the
      genus {Sebastichthys}; -- called also {rockfish}. See
      {Rockfish}.

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   Rose \Rose\, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. [?],
      Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F.
      rose, from the Latin. Cf. {Copperas}, {Rhododendron}.]
      1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus {Rosa}, of
            which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern
            hemispere
  
      Note: Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually
               prickly stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild
               state have five petals of a color varying from deep
               pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By cultivation and
               hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased
               and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many
               distinct classes of roses have been formed, as the
               Banksia, Baurbon, Boursalt, China, Noisette, hybrid
               perpetual, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly
               every class.
  
      2. A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a
            rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. --Sha.
  
      3. (Arch.) A rose window. See {Rose window}, below.
  
      4. A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for
            delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a
            strainer at the foot of a pump.
  
      5. (Med.) The erysipelas. --Dunglison.
  
      6. The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card
            with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
  
      7. The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
  
      8. A diamond. See {Rose diamond}, below.
  
      {Cabbage rose}, {China rose}, etc. See under {Cabbage},
            {China}, etc.
  
      {Corn rose} (Bot.) See {Corn poppy}, under {Corn}.
  
      {Infantile rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola.
  
      {Jamaica rose}. (Bot.) See under {Jamaica}.
  
      {Rose acacia} (Bot.), a low American leguminous shrub
            ({Robinia hispida}) with handsome clusters of rose-colored
            blossoms.
  
      {Rose aniline}. (Chem.) Same as {Rosaniline}.
  
      {Rose apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the tropical myrtaceous
            tree {Eugenia Jambos}. It is an edible berry an inch or
            more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong
            roselike perfume.
  
      {Rose beetle}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle
                  ({Macrodactylus subspinosus}), which eats the leaves
                  of various plants, and is often very injurious to
                  rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also
                  {rose bug}, and {rose chafer}.
            (b) The European chafer.
  
      {Rose bug}. (Zo[94]l.) same as {Rose beetle}, {Rose chafer}.
           
  
      {Rose burner}, a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped
            flame.
  
      {Rose camphor} (Chem.), a solid odorless substance which
            separates from rose oil.
  
      {Rose campion}. (Bot.) See under {Campion}.
  
      {Rose catarrh} (Med.), rose cold.
  
      {Rose chafer}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common European beetle ({Cetonia aurata}) which is
                  often very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also
                  {rose beetle}, and {rose fly}.
            (b) The rose beetle
            (a) .
  
      {Rose cold} (Med.), a variety of hay fever, sometimes
            attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See
            {Hay fever}, under {Hay}.
  
      {Rose color}, the color of a rose; pink; hence, a beautiful
            hue or appearance; fancied beauty, attractiveness, or
            promise.

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   Rose \Rose\, n. [AS. rose, L. rosa, probably akin to Gr. [?],
      Armor. vard, OPer. vareda; and perhaps to E. wort: cf. F.
      rose, from the Latin. Cf. {Copperas}, {Rhododendron}.]
      1. A flower and shrub of any species of the genus {Rosa}, of
            which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern
            hemispere
  
      Note: Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually
               prickly stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild
               state have five petals of a color varying from deep
               pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By cultivation and
               hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased
               and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many
               distinct classes of roses have been formed, as the
               Banksia, Baurbon, Boursalt, China, Noisette, hybrid
               perpetual, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly
               every class.
  
      2. A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a
            rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe. --Sha.
  
      3. (Arch.) A rose window. See {Rose window}, below.
  
      4. A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for
            delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a
            strainer at the foot of a pump.
  
      5. (Med.) The erysipelas. --Dunglison.
  
      6. The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card
            with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
  
      7. The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
  
      8. A diamond. See {Rose diamond}, below.
  
      {Cabbage rose}, {China rose}, etc. See under {Cabbage},
            {China}, etc.
  
      {Corn rose} (Bot.) See {Corn poppy}, under {Corn}.
  
      {Infantile rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola.
  
      {Jamaica rose}. (Bot.) See under {Jamaica}.
  
      {Rose acacia} (Bot.), a low American leguminous shrub
            ({Robinia hispida}) with handsome clusters of rose-colored
            blossoms.
  
      {Rose aniline}. (Chem.) Same as {Rosaniline}.
  
      {Rose apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the tropical myrtaceous
            tree {Eugenia Jambos}. It is an edible berry an inch or
            more in diameter, and is said to have a very strong
            roselike perfume.
  
      {Rose beetle}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle
                  ({Macrodactylus subspinosus}), which eats the leaves
                  of various plants, and is often very injurious to
                  rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also
                  {rose bug}, and {rose chafer}.
            (b) The European chafer.
  
      {Rose bug}. (Zo[94]l.) same as {Rose beetle}, {Rose chafer}.
           
  
      {Rose burner}, a kind of gas-burner producing a rose-shaped
            flame.
  
      {Rose camphor} (Chem.), a solid odorless substance which
            separates from rose oil.
  
      {Rose campion}. (Bot.) See under {Campion}.
  
      {Rose catarrh} (Med.), rose cold.
  
      {Rose chafer}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common European beetle ({Cetonia aurata}) which is
                  often very injurious to rosebushes; -- called also
                  {rose beetle}, and {rose fly}.
            (b) The rose beetle
            (a) .
  
      {Rose cold} (Med.), a variety of hay fever, sometimes
            attributed to the inhalation of the effluvia of roses. See
            {Hay fever}, under {Hay}.
  
      {Rose color}, the color of a rose; pink; hence, a beautiful
            hue or appearance; fancied beauty, attractiveness, or
            promise.

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      {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.

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      {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]:
  
  
      {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]:
   Rosebush \Rose"bush`\, n.
      The bush or shrub which bears roses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rosefish \Rose"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A large marine scorp[91]noid food fish ({Sebastes marinus})
      found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called
      also {red perch}, {hemdurgan}, {Norway haddok}, and also,
      erroneously, {snapper}, {bream}, and {bergylt}.
  
      Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or
               orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and
               ducky brown.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rushbuckler \Rush"buc`kler\, n.
      A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.
      [Obs.]
  
               That flock of stout, bragging rushbucklers. --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Russification \Rus"si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Russia + L. -ficare (in
      comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
      The act or process of Russifying, or the state of being
      Russified.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rockaway Beach, MO (city, FIPS 62570)
      Location: 36.70188 N, 93.15902 W
      Population (1990): 275 (247 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 65740
   Rockaway Beach, OR (city, FIPS 62900)
      Location: 45.61497 N, 123.93832 W
      Population (1990): 970 (1341 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rockfish, VA
      Zip code(s): 22971

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rocky Face, GA
      Zip code(s): 30740

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rosebush, MI (village, FIPS 69640)
      Location: 43.69961 N, 84.76580 W
      Population (1990): 333 (138 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48878

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   rice box n.   [from ham radio slang] Any Asian-made commodity
   computer, esp. an 80x86-based machine built to IBM PC-compatible ISA
   or EISA-bus standards.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   rice box
  
      (Ham radio slang) Any Asian-made commodity computer,
      especially an {80x86}-based machine built to {IBM
      PC}-compatible {ISA} or {EISA}-bus standards.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1994-11-30)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   rich object
  
      In {artificial intelligence}, an object which cannot be
      completely described or represented but about which assertions
      can be made.
  
      (1994-12-14)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Risc PC
  
      The latest addition to {Acorn}'s {Archimedes}
      family of {personal computer}s.   The Risc PC, released in
      April 1994, allows a second processor, e.g. an {Intel 486} or
      a second {ARM}, to share the {bus}, memory and {peripherals}
      with the main processor.   It also offers significantly
      increased speed with an {ARM610} {RISC} processor and full
      24-bit colour graphics support.
  
      {(http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pjg/RiscPC/)}.
  
      (1996-02-05)
  
  
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