rain-wash
         n 1: the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain

English Dictionary: ring	by the DICT Development Group
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ramose adj having branches [syn: branched, branching, ramose, ramous, ramate]
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ramous adj having branches [syn: branched, branching, ramose, ramous, ramate]
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ramus n the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical
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ranch n farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) Synonym(s): ranch, spread, cattle ranch, cattle farm v manage or run a ranch; "Her husband is ranching in Arizona"
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range n an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" Synonym(s): scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire" Synonym(s): range, reach a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range" a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" Synonym(s): range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice" a variety of different things or activities; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection" (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers" Synonym(s): image, range, range of a function the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" Synonym(s): compass, range, reach, grasp a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was already on the stove" Synonym(s): stove, kitchen stove, range, kitchen range, cooking stove v change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" Synonym(s): range, run move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" Synonym(s): roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; "This gun ranges over two miles" range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" Synonym(s): range, straddle lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" Synonym(s): range, array, lay out, set out feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" Synonym(s): crop, browse, graze, range, pasture let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" Synonym(s): rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
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rangy adj tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man" Synonym(s): gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy adapted to wandering or roaming allowing ample room for ranging
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rank adj very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth" very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar" conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" Synonym(s): crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity" Synonym(s): absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a) growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation" n a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen" relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel" Synonym(s): rank and file, rank position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are" Synonym(s): social station, social status, social rank, rank the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" Synonym(s): membership, rank v take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" Synonym(s): rate, rank, range, order, grade, place take precedence or surpass others in rank Synonym(s): rank, outrank
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raunch n the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch]
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raunchy adj earthy and sexually explicit; "a raunchy novel" suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" Synonym(s): lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" Synonym(s): begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy
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rawness n a chilly dampness; "the rawness of the midnight air" the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect; "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable" Synonym(s): incompleteness, rawness Antonym(s): completeness a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on" Synonym(s): tenderness, soreness, rawness lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops" Synonym(s): inexperience, rawness Antonym(s): experience
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rayons n women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk) Synonym(s): nylons, nylon stocking, rayons, rayon stocking, silk stocking
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Reims n a city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II Synonym(s): Rheims, Reims
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remake n creation that is created again or anew; "it is a remake of an old film" Synonym(s): remake, remaking v make new; "She is remaking her image" [syn: remake, refashion, redo, make over]
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remise n an expensive or high-class hackney a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles Synonym(s): coach house, carriage house, remise (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)
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remiss adj failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" Synonym(s): derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss
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Remus n (Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus
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renege n the mistake of not following suit when able to do so [syn: revoke, renege] v fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" Synonym(s): renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on
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Rhamnaceae n trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value Synonym(s): Rhamnaceae, family Rhamnaceae, buckthorn family
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Rhamnus n type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns [syn: Rhamnus, genus Rhamnus]
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Rheims n a city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II Synonym(s): Rheims, Reims
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Rhenish adj of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it; "Rhenish wines tend to be sweet" n any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage) Synonym(s): Rhine wine, Rhenish, hock
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Rhyniaceae n primitive plants of the Paleozoic [syn: Rhyniaceae, family Rhyniaceae]
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rimose adj having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; "a tree with rimose bark"
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ring n a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity" a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke" Synonym(s): ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" Synonym(s): hoop, ring (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop Synonym(s): closed chain, ring Antonym(s): open chain an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" Synonym(s): gang, pack, ring, mob the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe Synonym(s): ring, ringing, tintinnabulation a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" Synonym(s): ring, band a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) Synonym(s): band, ring v sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: ring, peal] ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" Synonym(s): resound, echo, ring, reverberate make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church" Synonym(s): ring, knell get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" Synonym(s): call, telephone, call up, phone, ring extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" Synonym(s): surround, environ, ring, skirt, border attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" Synonym(s): ring, band
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rings n gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises; "the rings require a strong upper body"
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ringway n a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center Synonym(s): beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway
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rink n building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating Synonym(s): rink, skating rink
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rinse n a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing Synonym(s): rinse, rinsing the act of giving a light tint to the hair washing lightly without soap v wash off soap or remaining dirt Synonym(s): rinse, rinse off clean with some chemical process Synonym(s): wash, rinse rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash; "gargle with this liquid" Synonym(s): gargle, rinse
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RNase n a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid Synonym(s): ribonuclease, ribonucleinase, RNase
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Roanoke n a city in southwestern Virginia
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romaic adj relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language n the modern Greek vernacular Synonym(s): Romaic, Demotic
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romish adj of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" Synonym(s): Roman, R.C., Romanist, romish, Roman Catholic, popish, papist, papistic, papistical
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rooms n apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) Synonym(s): suite, rooms
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rowing n the act of rowing as a sport Synonym(s): rowing, row
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ruinous adj extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action" Synonym(s): catastrophic, ruinous causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war" Synonym(s): blasting, ruinous
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rum nose n enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol Synonym(s): rhinophyma, hypertrophic rosacea, toper's nose, brandy nose, rum nose, rum-blossom, potato nose, hammer nose, copper nose
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Rumex n docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions Synonym(s): Rumex, genus Rumex
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rummage n a jumble of things to be given away a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis" Synonym(s): ransacking, rummage v search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers"
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runch n Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits Synonym(s): jointed charlock, wild radish, wild rape, runch, Raphanus raphanistrum
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rung n a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung, round, stave] one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder Synonym(s): rundle, spoke, rung
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runic adj relating to or consisting of runes; "runic inscription"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ramage \Ram"age\ (?; 48), n. [F., fr. L. ramus a branch.]       1. Boughs or branches. [Obs.] --Crabb.          2. Warbling of birds in trees. [Obs.] --Drummond.
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Ramage \Ra*mage"\, a.       Wild; untamed. [Obs.]
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Rameous \Ra"me*ous\, a. [L. rameus, from ramus branch, bough.]       (Bot.)       Ramal.
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Rammish \Ram"mish\, a.       Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious. [bd]Their savor is so       rammish.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ramose \Ra*mose"\, a. [L. ramosus, from ramus a branch.]       Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral       divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of       branches; ramifying; branching; branchy.
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Ramous \Ra"mous\, a.       Ramose.
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Rance \Rance\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]       1. A prop or shore. [Scot.]          2. A round between the legs of a chair.
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Ranch \Ranch\, v. t. [Written also {raunch}.] [Cf. {Wrench}.]       To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining       or contortion. [R.] --Dryden. [bd]Hasting to raunch the arrow       out.[b8] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ranch \Ranch\, n. [See {Rancho}.]       A tract of land used for grazing and rearing of horses,       cattle, or sheep. See {Rancho}, 2. [Western U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ring \Ring\ (r[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[acr]ng) or {Rung}       (r[ucr]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS.       hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.       ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]       1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic             body; as, to ring a bell.          2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.                         The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath                      rung night's yawning peal.                  --Shak.          3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.          {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of             bells.          {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}.          {To ring in} [or] {out}, to usher, attend on, or celebrate,             by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and             ring in the new. --Tennyson.          {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing             the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or             danger. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rang \Rang\,       imp. of {Ring}, v. t. & i.
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Range \Range\, v. i.       1. To rove at large; to wander without restraint or             direction; to roam.                         Like a ranging spaniel that barks at every bird he                      sees.                                                --Burton.          2. To have range; to change or differ within limits; to be             capable of projecting, or to admit of being projected,             especially as to horizontal distance; as, the temperature             ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges             three miles; the shot ranged four miles.          3. To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of             arrangement or classification; to rank.                         And range with humble livers in content. --Shak.          4. To have a certain direction; to correspond in direction;             to be or keep in a corresponding line; to trend or run; --             often followed by with; as, the front of a house ranges             with the street; to range along the coast.                         Which way the forests range.               --Dryden.          5. (Biol.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or             region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay.          Syn: To rove; roam; ramble; wander; stroll.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Range \Range\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ranged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ranging}.] [OE. rengen, OF. rengier, F. ranger, OF. renc       row, rank, F. rang; of German origin. See {Rane}, n.]       1. To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or             lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to             rank; as, to range soldiers in line.                         Maccabeus ranged his army by hands.   --2 Macc. xii.                                                                               20.          2. To place (as a single individual) among others in a line,             row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually,             reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a             cause, to join a party, etc.                         It would be absurd in me to range myself on the side                      of the Duke of Bedford and the corresponding                      society.                                             --Burke.          3. To separate into parts; to sift. [Obs.] --Holland.          4. To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to             arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in             genera and species.          5. To rove over or through; as, to range the fields.                         Teach him to range the ditch, and force the brake.                                                                               --Gay.          6. To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near; as, to             range the coast.          Note: Compare the last two senses (5 and 6) with the French                ranger une c[93]te.          7. (Biol.) To be native to, or to live in; to frequent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Range \Range\, n. [From {Range}, v.: cf. F. rang[82]e.]       1. A series of things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range             of buildings; a range of mountains.          2. An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an             order; a class.                         The next range of beings above him are the                      immaterial intelligences.                  --Sir M. Hale.          3. The step of a ladder; a rung. --Clarendon.          4. A kitchen grate. [Obs.]                         He was bid at his first coming to take off the                      range, and let down the cinders.         --L'Estrange.          5. An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in             brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of             cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.          6. A bolting sieve to sift meal. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]          7. A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a             ramble; an expedition.                         He may take a range all the world over. --South.          8. That which may be ranged over; place or room for             excursion; especially, a region of country in which cattle             or sheep may wander and pasture.          9. Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or             extent of excursion; reach; scope; discursive power; as,             the range of one's voice, or authority.                         Far as creation's ample range extends. --Pope.                         The range and compass of Hammond's knowledge filled                      the whole circle of the arts.            --Bp. Fell.                         A man has not enough range of thought. --Addison.          10. (Biol.) The region within which a plant or animal             naturally lives.          11. (Gun.)             (a) The horizontal distance to which a shot or other                   projectile is carried.             (b) Sometimes, less properly, the trajectory of a shot or                   projectile.             (c) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is                   practiced.          12. In the public land system of the United States, a row or             line of townships lying between two succession meridian             lines six miles apart.          Note: The meridians included in each great survey are                numbered in order east and west from the [bd]principal                meridian[b8] of that survey, and the townships in the                range are numbered north and south from the [bd]base                line,[b8] which runs east and west; as, township No. 6,                N., range 7, W., from the fifth principal meridian.          13. (Naut.) See {Range of cable}, below.          {Range of accommodation} (Optics), the distance between the             near point and the far point of distinct vision, --             usually measured and designated by the strength of the             lens which if added to the refracting media of the eye             would cause the rays from the near point to appear as if             they came from the far point.          {Range finder} (Gunnery), an instrument, or apparatus,             variously constructed, for ascertaining the distance of an             inaccessible object, -- used to determine what elevation             must be given to a gun in order to hit the object; a             position finder.          {Range of cable} (Naut.), a certain length of slack cable             ranged along the deck preparatory to letting go the             anchor.          {Range work} (Masonry), masonry of squared stones laid in             courses each of which is of even height throughout the             length of the wall; -- distinguished from broken range             work, which consists of squared stones laid in courses not             continuously of even height.          {To get the range of} (an object) (Gun.), to find the angle             at which the piece must be raised to reach (the object)             without carrying beyond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rangy \Ran"gy\, a. [From {Range}, v. i.]       Inclined or able to range, or rove about, for considerable       distances; apt or suited for much roving, -- chiefly used of       cattle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rank \Rank\, a. [Compar. {Ranker}; superl. {Rankest}.] [AS. ranc       strong, proud; cf. D. rank slender, Dan. rank upright, erect,       Prov. G. rank slender, Icel. rakkr slender, bold. The meaning       seems to have been influenced by L. rancidus, E. rancid.]       1. Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown             to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.                         And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one                      stalk, rank and good.                        --Gen. xli. 5.          2. Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter;             as, rank heresy. [bd]Rank nonsense.[b8] --Hare. [bd]I do             forgive thy rankest fault.[b8] --Shak.          3. Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich             and fertile; as, rank land. --Mortimer.          4. Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell;             rank-smelling rue. --Spenser.          5. Strong to the taste. [bd]Divers sea fowls taste rank of             the fish on which they feed.[b8] --Boyle.          6. Inflamed with venereal appetite. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Rank modus} (Law), an excessive and unreasonable modus. See             {Modus}, 3.          {To set} (the iron of a plane, etc.) {rank}, to set so as to             take off a thick shaving. --Moxon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rank \Rank\, v. i.       1. To be ranged; to be set or disposed, an in a particular             degree, class, order, or division.                         Let that one article rank with the rest. --Shak.          2. To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the             orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree             of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first             class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rank \Rank\, adv.       Rankly; stoutly; violently. [Obs.]                   That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell.                                                                               --Fairfax.
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Rank \Rank\, n. [OE. renk, reng, OF. renc, F. rang, fr. OHG.       hring a circle, a circular row, G. ring. See {Ring}, and cf.       {Range}, n. & v.]       1. A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of             osiers.                         Many a mountain nigh Rising in lofty ranks, and                      loftier still.                                    --Byron.          2. (Mil.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed             to file. See 1st {File}, 1             (a) .                               Fierce, fiery warriors fought upon the clouds,                            In ranks and squadrons and right form of war.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or             nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.          4. An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent             social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders             of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of             other intelligent beings.          5. Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in             civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer             of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.                         These all are virtues of a meaner rank. --Addison.          6. Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social             position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.          {Rank and file}.             (a) (Mil.) The whole body of common soldiers, including                   also corporals. In a more extended sense, it includes                   sergeants also, excepting the noncommissioned staff.
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Rank \Rank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ranked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ranking},]       1. To place abreast, or in a line.          2. To range in a particular class, order, or division; to             class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable             classes or order; to classify.                         Ranking all things under general and special heads.                                                                               --I. Watts.                         Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers.                                                                               --Broome.                         Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft. --Dr.                                                                               H. More.          3. To take rank of; to outrank. [U.S.]
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Rank \Rank\, a. [Compar. {Ranker}; superl. {Rankest}.] [AS. ranc       strong, proud; cf. D. rank slender, Dan. rank upright, erect,       Prov. G. rank slender, Icel. rakkr slender, bold. The meaning       seems to have been influenced by L. rancidus, E. rancid.]       1. Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown             to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.                         And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one                      stalk, rank and good.                        --Gen. xli. 5.          2. Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter;             as, rank heresy. [bd]Rank nonsense.[b8] --Hare. [bd]I do             forgive thy rankest fault.[b8] --Shak.          3. Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich             and fertile; as, rank land. --Mortimer.          4. Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell;             rank-smelling rue. --Spenser.          5. Strong to the taste. [bd]Divers sea fowls taste rank of             the fish on which they feed.[b8] --Boyle.          6. Inflamed with venereal appetite. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Rank modus} (Law), an excessive and unreasonable modus. See             {Modus}, 3.          {To set} (the iron of a plane, etc.) {rank}, to set so as to             take off a thick shaving. --Moxon.
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Rank \Rank\, v. i.       1. To be ranged; to be set or disposed, an in a particular             degree, class, order, or division.                         Let that one article rank with the rest. --Shak.          2. To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the             orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree             of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first             class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
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Rank \Rank\, adv.       Rankly; stoutly; violently. [Obs.]                   That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell.                                                                               --Fairfax.
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Rank \Rank\, n. [OE. renk, reng, OF. renc, F. rang, fr. OHG.       hring a circle, a circular row, G. ring. See {Ring}, and cf.       {Range}, n. & v.]       1. A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of             osiers.                         Many a mountain nigh Rising in lofty ranks, and                      loftier still.                                    --Byron.          2. (Mil.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed             to file. See 1st {File}, 1             (a) .                               Fierce, fiery warriors fought upon the clouds,                            In ranks and squadrons and right form of war.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or             nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.          4. An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent             social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders             of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of             other intelligent beings.          5. Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in             civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer             of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.                         These all are virtues of a meaner rank. --Addison.          6. Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social             position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.          {Rank and file}.             (a) (Mil.) The whole body of common soldiers, including                   also corporals. In a more extended sense, it includes                   sergeants also, excepting the noncommissioned staff.
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Rank \Rank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ranked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ranking},]       1. To place abreast, or in a line.          2. To range in a particular class, order, or division; to             class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable             classes or order; to classify.                         Ranking all things under general and special heads.                                                                               --I. Watts.                         Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers.                                                                               --Broome.                         Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft. --Dr.                                                                               H. More.          3. To take rank of; to outrank. [U.S.]
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Rank \Rank\, a. [Compar. {Ranker}; superl. {Rankest}.] [AS. ranc       strong, proud; cf. D. rank slender, Dan. rank upright, erect,       Prov. G. rank slender, Icel. rakkr slender, bold. The meaning       seems to have been influenced by L. rancidus, E. rancid.]       1. Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown             to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.                         And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one                      stalk, rank and good.                        --Gen. xli. 5.          2. Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter;             as, rank heresy. [bd]Rank nonsense.[b8] --Hare. [bd]I do             forgive thy rankest fault.[b8] --Shak.          3. Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich             and fertile; as, rank land. --Mortimer.          4. Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell;             rank-smelling rue. --Spenser.          5. Strong to the taste. [bd]Divers sea fowls taste rank of             the fish on which they feed.[b8] --Boyle.          6. Inflamed with venereal appetite. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Rank modus} (Law), an excessive and unreasonable modus. See             {Modus}, 3.          {To set} (the iron of a plane, etc.) {rank}, to set so as to             take off a thick shaving. --Moxon.
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Rank \Rank\, v. i.       1. To be ranged; to be set or disposed, an in a particular             degree, class, order, or division.                         Let that one article rank with the rest. --Shak.          2. To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the             orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree             of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first             class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
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Rank \Rank\, adv.       Rankly; stoutly; violently. [Obs.]                   That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell.                                                                               --Fairfax.
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Rank \Rank\, n. [OE. renk, reng, OF. renc, F. rang, fr. OHG.       hring a circle, a circular row, G. ring. See {Ring}, and cf.       {Range}, n. & v.]       1. A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of             osiers.                         Many a mountain nigh Rising in lofty ranks, and                      loftier still.                                    --Byron.          2. (Mil.) A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed             to file. See 1st {File}, 1             (a) .                               Fierce, fiery warriors fought upon the clouds,                            In ranks and squadrons and right form of war.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or             nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.          4. An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent             social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders             of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of             other intelligent beings.          5. Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in             civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer             of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.                         These all are virtues of a meaner rank. --Addison.          6. Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social             position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.          {Rank and file}.             (a) (Mil.) The whole body of common soldiers, including                   also corporals. In a more extended sense, it includes                   sergeants also, excepting the noncommissioned staff.
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Rank \Rank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ranked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ranking},]       1. To place abreast, or in a line.          2. To range in a particular class, order, or division; to             class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable             classes or order; to classify.                         Ranking all things under general and special heads.                                                                               --I. Watts.                         Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers.                                                                               --Broome.                         Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft. --Dr.                                                                               H. More.          3. To take rank of; to outrank. [U.S.]
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Raunch \Raunch\, v. t.       See {Ranch}. --Spenser.
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Ranch \Ranch\, v. t. [Written also {raunch}.] [Cf. {Wrench}.]       To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining       or contortion. [R.] --Dryden. [bd]Hasting to raunch the arrow       out.[b8] --Spenser.
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Raunch \Raunch\, v. t.       See {Ranch}. --Spenser.
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Ranch \Ranch\, v. t. [Written also {raunch}.] [Cf. {Wrench}.]       To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining       or contortion. [R.] --Dryden. [bd]Hasting to raunch the arrow       out.[b8] --Spenser.
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Rawness \Raw"ness\, n.       The quality or state of being raw.
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Ray \Ray\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Raying}.] [Cf. OF. raier, raiier, rayer, L. radiare to       irradiate. See {Ray}, n., and cf. {Radiate}.]       1. To mark with long lines; to streak. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          2. [From {Ray}, n.] To send forth or shoot out; to cause to             shine out; as, to ray smiles. [R.] --Thompson.
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Re89njoy \Re`[89]n*joy"\ (-joi"), v. i.       To enjoi anew. --Pope.
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Reannex \Re`an*nex"\, v. t.       To annex again or anew; to reunite. [bd]To reannex that       duchy.[b8] --Bacon.
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Reins \Reins\ (r[amac]nz), n. pl. [F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L.       ren, pl. renes.]       1. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.          2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so             called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the             part of the body where the kidneys are.                         My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.                                                                               --Prov. xxiii.                                                                               16.                         I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. --Rev.                                                                               ii. 23.          {Reins of a vault} (Arch.), the parts between the crown and             the spring or abutment, including, and having especial             reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of             the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the             haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by             thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not             sufficiently filled up.
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Remake \Re*make"\ (r?-m?k"), v. t.       To make anew.
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d8Remiges \[d8]Rem"i*ges\ (r?m"?*j?z), n. pl.; sing. {Remex}.       (r[?]"m[?]ks). [L. remex, -igis, an oarsman.] (Zo[94]l.)       The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.
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Remise \Re*mise"\, n.       1. A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. --Sterne.          2. A livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary             fiacre; -- so called because kept in a remise. --Cooper.
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Remise \Re*mise"\ (r?-m?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remised}       (-m?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remising}.] [F. remise delivery,       surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere.       See {Remit}.]       To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to       resign or surrender by deed; to return. --Blackstone.
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Remise \Re*mise"\, n. (Law)       A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of       a claim.
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Remiss \Re*miss"\, n.       The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure. [Obs.]       [bd]Remisses of laws.[b8] --Puttenham.
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Remiss \Re*miss"\ (r?-m?s"), a. [L. remissus, p. p. of remittere       to send back, relax. See {Remit}.]       Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or       prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy;       behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or       activity; languid; slow.                   Thou never wast remiss, I bear thee witness. --Milton.                   These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss.                                                                               --Roscommon.                   Its motion becomes more languid and remiss. --Woodward.          Syn: Slack; dilatory; slothful; negligent; careless;                neglectful; inattentive; heedles; thoughtless.
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Remix \Re*mix"\ (r?-m?ks"), v. t.       To mix again or repeatedly.
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Renege \Re*nege"\ (r?-n?j" [or] r?-n?g"), v. t. [LL. renegare.       See {Renegade}.]       To deny; to disown. [Obs.] --Shak.                   All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged) Against                the truth and thee unholy leagued.         --Sylvester.
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Renege \Re*nege"\, v. i.       1. To deny. [Obs.] --Shak.          2. (Card Playing) To revoke. [R.]
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Reng \Reng\ (r?ng), n. [See {Rank}, n.]       1. A rank; a row. [Obs.] [bd]In two renges fair.[b8]             --Chaucer.          2. A rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Buckthorn \Buck"thorn`\, n. (Bot.)       A genus ({Rhamnus}) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches       of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See       {Rhamnus}.          {Sea buckthorn}, a plant of the genus {Hippopha[89]}.
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Rhemish \Rhemish\, a.       Of or pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France.          {Rhemish Testament}, the English version of the New Testament             used by Roman Catholics. See {Douay Bible}.
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Rhenish \Rhen"ish\, a. [L. Rhenus the Rhine. ]       Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine. -- n.       Rhine wine.
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Rheumic \Rheum"ic\, a. (Med.)       Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum.          {Rheumic diathesis}. See {Dartrous diathesis}, under             {Dartrous}.
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d8Rhonchus \[d8]Rhon"chus\, n.; pl. {Rhonchi}. [L., a snoring, a       croaking.] (Med.)       An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on       auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially       obstructed. By some writers the term rhonchus is used as       equivalent to r[83]le in its widest sense. See {R[83]le}.
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Rhymic \Rhym"ic\, a.       Pertaining to rhyme.
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Rimose \Ri*mose"\, a. [L. rimosus, fr. rima a chink: cf. F.       rimeux.]       1. Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks.          2. (Nat. Hist.) Having long and nearly parallel clefts or             chinks, like those in the bark of trees.
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Rimous \Rim"ous\, a.       Rimose.
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Ring \Ring\ (r[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[acr]ng) or {Rung}       (r[ucr]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS.       hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.       ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]       1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic             body; as, to ring a bell.          2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.                         The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath                      rung night's yawning peal.                  --Shak.          3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.          {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of             bells.          {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}.          {To ring in} [or] {out}, to usher, attend on, or celebrate,             by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and             ring in the new. --Tennyson.          {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing             the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or             danger. --Sir W. Scott.
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Ring \Ring\, n.       1. A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as,             the ring of a bell.          2. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound             continued, repeated, or reverberated.                         The ring of acclamations fresh in his ears. --Bacon          3. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.                         As great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the                      world.                                                --Fuller.
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Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.       ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.       Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.]       A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a       circular line or hoop.          2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other             precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the             ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a             wedding ring.                         Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.                         The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.          3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports             are performed; an arena.                         Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where                      youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith.          4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,             figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an             institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray.          5. A circular group of persons.                         And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's                      alter sing.                                       --Milton.          6. (Geom.)             (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences                   of two concentric circles.             (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or                   other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an                   axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other                   figure.          7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for             taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring             suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through             which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the             graduated inner surface opposite.          8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the             spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}.          9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a             selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute             offices, obtain contracts, etc.                         The ruling ring at Constantinople.      --E. A.                                                                               Freeman.          {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring             mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}.          {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.          {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which             surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.          {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See             {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}.          {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring             (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy             it as valuable, it being worthless.          {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}.          {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next             the little finger, on which the ring is placed in             marriage.          {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a             closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See             Illust. under {Benzene}.          {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed             upon a garment of leather or of cloth.          {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under             {Micrometer}.          {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}.          {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}.          {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,             especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and             {P. Alexandri} of {Java}.          {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The ringed dotterel.             (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a                   dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover                   ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}).          {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake             ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the             neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of             an orange red.          {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}.          {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.          {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend;             prize fighters, collectively.          {The ring}.             (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.                   [Eng.]             (b) The prize ring.
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Ring \Ring\, v. i.       1. To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a             metallic one.                         Now ringen trompes loud and clarion.   --Chaucer.                         Why ring not out the bells?               --Shak.          2. To practice making music with bells. --Holder.          3. To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or             reverberating sound.                         With sweeter notes each rising temple rung. --Pope.                         The hall with harp and carol rang.      --Tennyson.                         My ears still ring with noise.            --Dryden.          4. To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.                         The assertion is still ringing in our ears. --Burke.          5. To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings             with his fame.
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Ring \Ring\, v. i. (Falconry)       To rise in the air spirally.
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Ring \Ring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ringed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ringing}.]       1. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.             [bd]Ring these fingers.[b8] --Shak.          2. (Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to             girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.          3. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a             swine's snout.
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Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. {Pole} a stake.]       (Mach.)       A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,       adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on       another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to       permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,       as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of       {Ratchet Wheel}. [Written also {paul}, or {pall}.]          {Pawl bitt} (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,             to receive the strain of the pawls.          {Pawl rim} [or] {ring} (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring             surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the             pawls to catch in.
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Ring \Ring\ (r[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[acr]ng) or {Rung}       (r[ucr]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS.       hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.       ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]       1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic             body; as, to ring a bell.          2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.                         The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath                      rung night's yawning peal.                  --Shak.          3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.          {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of             bells.          {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}.          {To ring in} [or] {out}, to usher, attend on, or celebrate,             by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and             ring in the new. --Tennyson.          {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing             the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or             danger. --Sir W. Scott.
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Ring \Ring\, n.       1. A sound; especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as,             the ring of a bell.          2. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound             continued, repeated, or reverberated.                         The ring of acclamations fresh in his ears. --Bacon          3. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.                         As great and tunable a ring of bells as any in the                      world.                                                --Fuller.
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Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.       ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.       Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.]       A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a       circular line or hoop.          2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other             precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the             ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a             wedding ring.                         Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.                         The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.          3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports             are performed; an arena.                         Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where                      youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith.          4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,             figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an             institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray.          5. A circular group of persons.                         And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's                      alter sing.                                       --Milton.          6. (Geom.)             (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences                   of two concentric circles.             (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or                   other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an                   axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other                   figure.          7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for             taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring             suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through             which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the             graduated inner surface opposite.          8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the             spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}.          9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a             selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute             offices, obtain contracts, etc.                         The ruling ring at Constantinople.      --E. A.                                                                               Freeman.          {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring             mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}.          {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.          {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which             surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms.          {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See             {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}.          {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring             (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy             it as valuable, it being worthless.          {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}.          {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next             the little finger, on which the ring is placed in             marriage.          {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a             closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See             Illust. under {Benzene}.          {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed             upon a garment of leather or of cloth.          {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under             {Micrometer}.          {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}.          {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}.          {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old             World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,             especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and             {P. Alexandri} of {Java}.          {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The ringed dotterel.             (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a                   dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover                   ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}).          {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake             ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the             neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of             an orange red.          {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}.          {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel.          {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend;             prize fighters, collectively.          {The ring}.             (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.                   [Eng.]             (b) The prize ring.
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Ring \Ring\, v. i.       1. To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a             metallic one.                         Now ringen trompes loud and clarion.   --Chaucer.                         Why ring not out the bells?               --Shak.          2. To practice making music with bells. --Holder.          3. To sound loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or             reverberating sound.                         With sweeter notes each rising temple rung. --Pope.                         The hall with harp and carol rang.      --Tennyson.                         My ears still ring with noise.            --Dryden.          4. To continue to sound or vibrate; to resound.                         The assertion is still ringing in our ears. --Burke.          5. To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings             with his fame.
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Ring \Ring\, v. i. (Falconry)       To rise in the air spirally.
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Ring \Ring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ringed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ringing}.]       1. To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.             [bd]Ring these fingers.[b8] --Shak.          2. (Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to             girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.          3. To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a             swine's snout.
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Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. {Pole} a stake.]       (Mach.)       A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,       adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on       another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to       permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,       as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of       {Ratchet Wheel}. [Written also {paul}, or {pall}.]          {Pawl bitt} (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,             to receive the strain of the pawls.          {Pawl rim} [or] {ring} (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring             surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the             pawls to catch in.
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Rink \Rink\, n. [Scot. renk, rink, rynk, a course, a race;       probably fr. AS. hring a ring. See {Ring}.]       1. The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game             of curling.          2. An artificial sheet of ice, generally under cover, used             for skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with             roller skates, or a building with such a floor.
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Rinse \Rinse\, n.       The act of rinsing.
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Rinse \Rinse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rinsed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rinsing}.] [OE., fr. OF. rincer, rimser, reinser,       ra[8b]ncier, F. rincer; of uncertain origin.]       1. To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated             application of water after washing.          2. To cleancse by the introduction of water; -- applied             especially to hollow vessels; as, to rinse a bottle.             [bd]Like a glass did break i' the rinsing.[b8] --Shak.
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Roinish \Roin"ish\, a.       See {Roynish}. [Obs.]
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Roynish \Royn"ish\, a. [F. rogneux, from rogne scab, mange,       itch.]       Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. [Written       also {roinish}.] [Obs.] [bd]The roynish clown.[b8] --Shak.
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Roinish \Roin"ish\, a.       See {Roynish}. [Obs.]
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Roynish \Royn"ish\, a. [F. rogneux, from rogne scab, mange,       itch.]       Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. [Written       also {roinish}.] [Obs.] [bd]The roynish clown.[b8] --Shak.
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Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rummaged}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Rummaging}.]       1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move             about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close             stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written             {roomage}, and {romage}. [Obs.]                         They might bring away a great deal more than they                      do, if they would take pain in the romaging.                                                                               --Hakluyt.          2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every             corner, and turning over or removing goods or other             things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over             leaf after leaf.                         He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys,                      and so rummageth all his closets and trunks.                                                                               --Howell.                         What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek                      dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M.                                                                               Arnold.
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Romage \Rom"age\, n. & v.       See {Rummage}. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rummaged}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Rummaging}.]       1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move             about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close             stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written             {roomage}, and {romage}. [Obs.]                         They might bring away a great deal more than they                      do, if they would take pain in the romaging.                                                                               --Hakluyt.          2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every             corner, and turning over or removing goods or other             things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over             leaf after leaf.                         He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys,                      and so rummageth all his closets and trunks.                                                                               --Howell.                         What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek                      dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M.                                                                               Arnold.
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Romage \Rom"age\, n. & v.       See {Rummage}. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Romaic \Ro*ma"ic\, a. [NGr. [?][?][?][?]: cf. F. roma[8b]que.       See {Roman}.]       Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its       language. -- n. The modern Greek language, now usually called       by the Greeks {Hellenic} or {Neo-Hellenic}.          Note: The Greeks at the time of the capture of Constantinople                were proud of being "Romai^oi, or Romans . . . Hence                the term Romaic was the name given to the popular                language. . . . The Greek language is now spoken of as                the Hellenic language. --Encyc. Brit.
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Romic \Rom"ic\, n.       A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr.       Sweet; -- so called because it is based on the common       Roman-letter alphabet. It is like the pal[91]otype of Mr.       Ellis in the general plan, but simpler.
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Romish \Rom"ish\, a.       Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic       Church; -- frequently used in a disparaging sense; as, the       Romish church; the Romish religion, ritual, or ceremonies.
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Ronco \Ron"co\, n. [Sp. ronco hoarse.] (Zo[94]l.)       See {Croaker}, n., 2.       (a) . [Texas]
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Rong \Rong\, obs.       imp. & p. p. of {Ring}. --Chaucer.
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Rong \Rong\, n.       Rung (of a ladder). [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rummaged}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Rummaging}.]       1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move             about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close             stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written             {roomage}, and {romage}. [Obs.]                         They might bring away a great deal more than they                      do, if they would take pain in the romaging.                                                                               --Hakluyt.          2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every             corner, and turning over or removing goods or other             things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over             leaf after leaf.                         He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys,                      and so rummageth all his closets and trunks.                                                                               --Howell.                         What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek                      dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M.                                                                               Arnold.
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Roomage \Room"age\, n. [From {Room}. CF. {Rummage}.]       Space; place; room. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rummaged}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Rummaging}.]       1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move             about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close             stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written             {roomage}, and {romage}. [Obs.]                         They might bring away a great deal more than they                      do, if they would take pain in the romaging.                                                                               --Hakluyt.          2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every             corner, and turning over or removing goods or other             things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over             leaf after leaf.                         He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys,                      and so rummageth all his closets and trunks.                                                                               --Howell.                         What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek                      dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M.                                                                               Arnold.
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Roomage \Room"age\, n. [From {Room}. CF. {Rummage}.]       Space; place; room. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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Rounce \Rounce\ (rouns), n. [Cf. F. ronce bramble, brier, thorn,       ranche a round, step, rack, or E. round.] (Print.)       The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form       of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; --       sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is       moved under the platen.
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Rouncy \Roun"cy\, n.       A common hackney horse; a nag. [Obs.]                   he rode upon a rouncy as he could.         --Chaucer.
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Row \Row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rowing}.] [AS. r[?]wan; akin to D. roeijen, MHG. r[81]ejen,       Dan. roe, Sw. ro, Icel. r[?]a, L. remus oar, Gr. [?], Skr.       aritra. [root]8. Cf. {Rudder}.]       1. To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the             surface of water; as, to row a boat.          2. To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the             captain ashore in his barge.
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Rowen \Row"en\, n. [Cf. E. rough, OE. row, rowe.] [Called also       {rowet}, {rowett}, {rowings}, {roughings}.]       1. A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn,             that it may be cropped by cattle.                         Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens                      till snow comes.                                 --Mortimer.          2. The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath. [Prov.             Eng. & Local, U.S.]
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Roynish \Royn"ish\, a. [F. rogneux, from rogne scab, mange,       itch.]       Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. [Written       also {roinish}.] [Obs.] [bd]The roynish clown.[b8] --Shak.
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Rue \Rue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruing}.]       [OE. rewen, reouwen, to grive, make sorry, AS. hre[a2]wan;       akin to OS. hrewan, D. rouwen, OHG. hriuwan, G. reun, Icel.       hruggr grieved, hrug[edh] sorrow. [root] 18. Cf. {Ruth}.]       1. To lament; to regret extremely; to grieve for or over.             --Chaucer.                         I wept to see, and rued it from my heart. --Chapmen.                         Thy will Chose freely what it now so justly rues.                                                                               --Milton.          2. To cause to grieve; to afflict. [Obs.] [bd]God wot, it             rueth me.[b8] --Chaucer.          3. To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get             released from. [Prov. Eng.]
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Ruinous \Ru"in*ous\, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See       {Ruin}.]       1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful;             pernicious; as, a ruinous project.                         After a night of storm so ruinous.      --Milton.          2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an             edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.          3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins.                         Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a ruinous heap.                                                                               --Isa. xvii.                                                                               1.          Syn: Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious;                destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous. --                {Ru"in*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ru"in*ous*ness}, n.
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Polygonaceous \Pol`y*go*na"ceous\, a. [See {Polygonum}.] (Bot.)       Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants       ({Polygonace[91]}), of which the knotweeds (species of       {Polygonum}) are the type, and which includes also the docks       ({Rumex}), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape ({Coccoloba}),       and several other genera.
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Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rummaged}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Rummaging}.]       1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move             about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close             stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written             {roomage}, and {romage}. [Obs.]                         They might bring away a great deal more than they                      do, if they would take pain in the romaging.                                                                               --Hakluyt.          2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every             corner, and turning over or removing goods or other             things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over             leaf after leaf.                         He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys,                      and so rummageth all his closets and trunks.                                                                               --Howell.                         What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek                      dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M.                                                                               Arnold.
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Rummage \Rum"mage\ (?; 48), n. [For roomage, fr. room; hence       originally, a making room, a packing away closely. See       {Room}.]       1. (Naut.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a             ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and             moving about of packages incident to close stowage; --             formerly written romage. [Obs.]          2. A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by             turning things over.                         He has made such a general rummage and reform in the                      office of matrimony.                           --Walpole.          {Rummage sale}, a clearance sale of unclaimed goods in a             public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated             in a shop. --Simmonds.
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Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. i.       To search a place narrowly.                   I have often rummaged for old books in Little Britain                and Duck Lane.                                       --Swift.                   [His house] was haunted with a jolly ghost, that . . .                . . . rummaged like a rat.                     --Tennyson.
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Rummy \Rum"my\, n.; pl. {Rummies}.       One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person. [Low]
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Runch \Runch\, n. (Bot.)       The wild radish. --Dr. Prior.
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Ring \Ring\ (r[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[acr]ng) or {Rung}       (r[ucr]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS.       hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD.       ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]       1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic             body; as, to ring a bell.          2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.                         The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath                      rung night's yawning peal.                  --Shak.          3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.          {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of             bells.          {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}.          {To ring in} [or] {out}, to usher, attend on, or celebrate,             by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and             ring in the new. --Tennyson.          {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing             the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or             danger. --Sir W. Scott.
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Rung \Rung\,       imp. & p. p. of {Ring}.
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Rung \Rung\, n. [OE. ronge, AS. hrung, a staff, rod, pole; akin       to G. runge a short, thick piece of iron or wood, OD. ronghe       a prop, support, Icel. r[94]ng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga       a staff.]       1. (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship.          2. One of the rounds of a ladder.          3. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.          4. (Mach.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim             of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of             a lantern wheel.
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Runic \Ru"nic\, a.       Of or pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as,       runic verses; runic letters; runic names; runic rhyme.          {Runic staff}. See {Clog almanac}, under {Clog}.          {Runic wand}, a willow wand bearing runes, formerly thought             to have been used by the heathen tribes of Northern Europe             in magical ceremonies.
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Ramage, WV       Zip code(s): 25114
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Ramos, PR (comunidad, FIPS 68771)       Location: 18.34158 N, 65.71298 W       Population (1990): 1977 (667 housing units)       Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Ramsay, MT       Zip code(s): 59748
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ramsey, IL (village, FIPS 62627)       Location: 39.14384 N, 89.10994 W       Population (1990): 963 (421 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 62080    Ramsey, IN       Zip code(s): 47166    Ramsey, MN (city, FIPS 53026)       Location: 45.26340 N, 93.44767 W       Population (1990): 12408 (3674 housing units)       Area: 74.6 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 55303    Ramsey, NJ (borough, FIPS 61680)       Location: 41.05922 N, 74.14650 W       Population (1990): 13228 (4960 housing units)       Area: 14.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 07446    Ramsey, WV       Zip code(s): 25912
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Range, AL       Zip code(s): 36473
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ranshaw, PA       Zip code(s): 17866
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Remus, MI       Zip code(s): 49340
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Renick, MO (village, FIPS 61166)       Location: 39.34205 N, 92.41068 W       Population (1990): 195 (78 housing units)       Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Renick, WV       Zip code(s): 24966
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Renwick, IA (city, FIPS 66450)       Location: 42.82740 N, 93.98069 W       Population (1990): 287 (161 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50577
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rheems, PA (CDP, FIPS 64392)       Location: 40.12895 N, 76.57068 W       Population (1990): 1044 (368 housing units)       Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rienzi, MS (town, FIPS 62560)       Location: 34.76347 N, 88.53127 W       Population (1990): 339 (133 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38865
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Roanoke, AL (city, FIPS 65040)       Location: 33.14534 N, 85.36934 W       Population (1990): 6362 (2723 housing units)       Area: 48.0 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)    Roanoke, IL (village, FIPS 64590)       Location: 40.79629 N, 89.20169 W       Population (1990): 1910 (754 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61561    Roanoke, IN (town, FIPS 65016)       Location: 40.96442 N, 85.37524 W       Population (1990): 1018 (407 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 46783    Roanoke, LA       Zip code(s): 70581    Roanoke, TX (city, FIPS 62504)       Location: 33.00213 N, 97.23226 W       Population (1990): 1616 (792 housing units)       Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Roanoke, VA (city, FIPS 770)       Location: 37.27840 N, 79.95840 W       Population (1990): 96397 (44384 housing units)       Area: 111.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)    Roanoke, VA (city, FIPS 68000)       Location: 37.27840 N, 79.95840 W       Population (1990): 96397 (44384 housing units)       Area: 111.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 24011, 24012, 24013, 24014, 24015, 24016, 24017    Roanoke, WV       Zip code(s): 26423
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ronks, PA       Zip code(s): 17572
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rumsey, CA       Zip code(s): 95679    Rumsey, KY       Zip code(s): 42371
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Runge, TX (town, FIPS 63788)       Location: 28.88589 N, 97.71282 W       Population (1990): 1139 (466 housing units)       Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 78151
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
runes pl.n.   1. Anything that requires {heavy wizardry} or    {black art} to {parse}: core dumps, JCL commands, APL, or code in a    language you haven't a clue how to read.   Not quite as bad as {line    noise}, but close.   Compare {casting the runes}, {Great Runes}.   2.    Special display characters (for example, the high-half graphics on    an IBM PC).   3. [borderline techspeak] 16-bit characters from the    Unicode multilingual character set.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
runic adj.   Syn. {obscure}.   VMS fans sometimes refer to Unix    as `Runix'; Unix fans return the compliment by expanding VMS to    `Very Messy Syntax' or `Vachement Mauvais Syste`me' (French idiom,    "Hugely Bad System").
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RAMIS II          Rapid Access {Management Information System}.          A {database} from {On-Line Software International}.          (1994-11-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
range          {image}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RMAG          {Recursive Macro Actuated Generator}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RMS          1. {Record Management Services}.          2. {Richard Stallman}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
runes          1. Anything that requires {heavy wizardry} or {black art} to       {parse}: core dumps, {JCL} commands, {APL} or code in a       language you haven't a clue how to read.   Not quite as bad as       {line noise}, but close.          Compare {casting the runes}, {Great Runes}.          2. Special display characters (for example, the high-half       graphics on an {IBM PC}).          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
runic          Obscure, consisting of {runes}.          {VMS} fans sometimes refer to {Unix} as "RUnix".   Unix fans       return the compliment by expanding VMS to "Very Messy Syntax"       or "Vachement Mauvais Systeme" (French; literally "Cowlike Bad       System", idiomatically "Bitchy Bad System").          (1996-09-17)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Reins       the kidneys, the supposed seat of the desires and affections;       used metaphorically for "heart." The "reins" and the "heart" are       often mentioned together, as denoting the whole moral       constitution of man (Ps. 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Jer. 17:10,       etc.).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ring       Used as an ornament to decorate the fingers, arms, wrists, and       also the ears and the nose. Rings were used as a signet (Gen.       38:18). They were given as a token of investment with authority       (Gen. 41:42; Esther 3:8-10; 8:2), and of favour and dignity       (Luke 15:22). They were generally worn by rich men (James 2:2).       They are mentioned by Isiah (3:21) among the adornments of       Hebrew women.