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   R.C.
         adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman
                  Catholic Church" [syn: {Roman}, {R.C.}, {Romanist},
                  {romish}, {Roman Catholic}, {popish}, {papist},
                  {papistic}, {papistical}]

English Dictionary: rise by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
race
n
  1. any competition; "the race for the presidency"
  2. a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"
  3. people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"
  4. (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
    Synonym(s): subspecies, race
  5. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
    Synonym(s): slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash
  6. a canal for a current of water
    Synonym(s): raceway, race
v
  1. move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
    Synonym(s): rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
    Antonym(s): dawdle, linger
  2. compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"
    Synonym(s): race, run
  3. to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"
  4. cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"
    Synonym(s): race, rush
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raceway
n
  1. a canal for a current of water
    Synonym(s): raceway, race
  2. a course over which races are run
    Synonym(s): racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rack
n
  1. framework for holding objects
  2. rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
  3. the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"
    Synonym(s): wrack, rack
  4. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
    Synonym(s): rack, wheel
  5. a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
    Synonym(s): rack, stand
  6. a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
  7. a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
    Synonym(s): rack, single-foot
v
  1. go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" [syn: {single- foot}, rack]
  2. stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"
  3. put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"
  4. obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
    Synonym(s): extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
  5. run before a gale
    Synonym(s): scud, rack
  6. fly in high wind
  7. draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
  8. torment emotionally or mentally
    Synonym(s): torment, torture, excruciate, rack
  9. work on a rack; "rack leather"
  10. seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
  11. torture on the rack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
racy
adj
  1. full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style" [syn: lively, racy]
  2. marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"
    Synonym(s): full-bodied, racy, rich, robust
  3. suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"
    Synonym(s): blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy
  4. designed or suitable for competing in a race
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rag
n
  1. a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter]
  2. a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
    Synonym(s): rag, rag week
  3. music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
    Synonym(s): ragtime, rag
  4. newspaper with half-size pages
    Synonym(s): tabloid, rag, sheet
  5. a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
v
  1. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
    Synonym(s): torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
  2. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
    Synonym(s): annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
  3. play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"
  4. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
    Synonym(s): tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
  5. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
    Synonym(s): call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
  6. break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rage
n
  1. a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"
    Synonym(s): fury, rage, madness
  2. a state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused to answer"
  3. something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him"
    Synonym(s): rage, passion
  4. violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks"
  5. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
    Synonym(s): fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage
v
  1. behave violently, as if in state of a great anger [syn: ramp, rage, storm]
  2. be violent; as of fires and storms
  3. feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ragee
n
  1. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
    Synonym(s): finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, corakan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ragi
n
  1. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
    Synonym(s): finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, corakan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raise
n
  1. the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
    Synonym(s): raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase
  2. an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
    Synonym(s): ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
    Antonym(s): declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
  3. increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it"
  4. the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
    Synonym(s): lift, raise, heave
v
  1. raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"
  2. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
    Synonym(s): raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
    Antonym(s): bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down
  3. cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"
  4. collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college"
  5. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
    Synonym(s): grow, raise, farm, produce
  6. bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
    Synonym(s): rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent
  7. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
    Synonym(s): raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
  8. move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
    Synonym(s): lift, raise
  9. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
    Synonym(s): raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
    Antonym(s): dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down
  10. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
    Synonym(s): arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
  11. create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain"
  12. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
    Synonym(s): lift, raise, elevate
  13. increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
    Synonym(s): enhance, heighten, raise
  14. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
    Synonym(s): promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
    Antonym(s): break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
  15. cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
    Synonym(s): raise, leaven, prove
  16. bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
  17. bet more than the previous player
  18. cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
    Synonym(s): recruit, levy, raise
  19. put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
    Synonym(s): raise, bring up
  20. pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o'"
  21. activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny"
  22. establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night"
  23. multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
  24. bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges"
  25. invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
    Synonym(s): raise, lift
  26. put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege"
    Synonym(s): lift, raise
  27. cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
    Synonym(s): resurrect, raise, upraise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raj
n
  1. British dominion over India (1757-1947)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raja
n
  1. a prince or king in India
    Synonym(s): raja, rajah
  2. type genus of the family Rajidae
    Synonym(s): Raja, genus Raja
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rajah
n
  1. a prince or king in India
    Synonym(s): raja, rajah
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rake
n
  1. a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue]
  2. degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
    Synonym(s): pitch, rake, slant
  3. a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
v
  1. move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair"
  2. level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel"
  3. sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"
  4. examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
    Synonym(s): scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down
  5. gather with a rake; "rake leaves"
  6. scrape gently; "graze the skin"
    Synonym(s): graze, crease, rake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
RAS
n
  1. the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
    Synonym(s): reticular activating system, RAS
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rase
v
  1. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
    Synonym(s): level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
    Antonym(s): erect, put up, raise, rear, set up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rash
adj
  1. imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith
  2. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"
    Synonym(s): foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless
n
  1. any red eruption of the skin [syn: rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash]
  2. a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits"
    Synonym(s): rash, blizzard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rask
n
  1. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832)
    Synonym(s): Rask, Rasmus Christian Rask
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raze
v
  1. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
    Synonym(s): level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
    Antonym(s): erect, put up, raise, rear, set up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
razz
n
  1. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
    Synonym(s): boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird
v
  1. harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
    Synonym(s): tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
re-echo
n
  1. the echo of an echo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reach
n
  1. the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
    Synonym(s): range, reach
  2. 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
  3. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
    Synonym(s): reach, reaching, stretch
  4. the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
    Synonym(s): compass, range, reach, grasp
v
  1. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
    Synonym(s): reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
  2. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
    Synonym(s): reach, hit, attain
  3. move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people"
    Synonym(s): reach, reach out
  4. be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
    Synonym(s): reach, get through, get hold of, contact
  5. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
    Synonym(s): achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
  6. to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"
    Synonym(s): reach, extend to, touch
  7. reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"
    Synonym(s): reach, make, get to, progress to
  8. place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
    Synonym(s): pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
  9. to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"
    Synonym(s): strive, reach, strain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recce
n
  1. reconnaissance (by shortening) [syn: recce, recco, reccy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recco
n
  1. reconnaissance (by shortening) [syn: recce, recco, reccy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reccy
n
  1. reconnaissance (by shortening) [syn: recce, recco, reccy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reecho
v
  1. echo repeatedly, echo again and again
  2. repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back
  3. repeat back like an echo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reek
n
  1. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis]
v
  1. have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"
    Synonym(s): smack, reek, smell
  2. smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
    Synonym(s): reek, stink
  3. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
    Synonym(s): reek, fume
  4. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reggae
n
  1. popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rehash
n
  1. old material that is slightly reworked and used again; "merely a dull rehash of his first novel"
v
  1. present or use over, with no or few changes
  2. go back over; "retrograde arguments"
    Synonym(s): retrograde, rehash, hash over
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rehouse
v
  1. put up in a new or different housing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Reich
n
  1. the German state
  2. Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957)
    Synonym(s): Reich, Wilhelm Reich
  3. United States composer (born in 1936)
    Synonym(s): Reich, Steve Reich, Stephen Michael Reich
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reissue
n
  1. a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
    Synonym(s): reissue, reprint, reprinting
v
  1. print anew; "They never reprinted the famous treatise"
    Synonym(s): reprint, reissue
  2. issue (a new version of); "if you forget your password, it can be changed and reissued"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
RES
n
  1. a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
    Synonym(s): reticuloendothelial system, RES
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rescue
n
  1. recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
    Synonym(s): rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving
v
  1. free from harm or evil
    Synonym(s): rescue, deliver
  2. take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reseau
n
  1. a net or mesh foundation for lace
  2. a network of fine lines used by astronomers as a reference for measurements on star photographs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
resew
v
  1. sew again; "The cuff of the coat had been resewn"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
resh
n
  1. the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reuse
v
  1. use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes"
    Synonym(s): recycle, reprocess, reuse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rex
n
  1. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom [syn: king, {male monarch}, Rex]
    Antonym(s): female monarch, queen, queen regnant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Reyes
n
  1. Chilean poet (1904-1973) [syn: Neruda, Pablo Neruda, Reyes, Neftali Ricardo Reyes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rg
n
  1. a radioactive transuranic element [syn: roentgenium, Rg, element 111, atomic number 111]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhexia
n
  1. deer grass
    Synonym(s): Rhexia, genus Rhexia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhus
n
  1. deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron)
    Synonym(s): Rhus, genus Rhus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rice
n
  1. grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
  2. annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
  3. English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
    Synonym(s): Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
  4. United States playwright (1892-1967)
    Synonym(s): Rice, Elmer Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein
v
  1. sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rich
adj
  1. possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"
    Antonym(s): poor
  2. having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources); "blessed with a land rich in minerals"; "rich in ideas"; "rich with cultural interest"
    Antonym(s): poor
  3. of great worth or quality; "a rich collection of antiques"
  4. marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
    Synonym(s): fat, fertile, productive, rich
  5. strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red"
    Synonym(s): deep, rich
  6. very productive; "rich seams of coal"
  7. high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air; "a rich vein of copper", "a rich gas mixture"
    Antonym(s): lean
  8. suggestive of or characterized by great expense; "a rich display"
    Antonym(s): poor
  9. containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar; "rich desserts"; "they kept gorging on rich foods"
  10. marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"
    Synonym(s): full-bodied, racy, rich, robust
  11. pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice"
  12. affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"
    Synonym(s): ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich
n
  1. people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group); "only the very rich benefit from this legislation"
    Synonym(s): rich people, rich
    Antonym(s): poor, poor people
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Richea
n
  1. evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania
    Synonym(s): Richea, genus Richea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rick
n
  1. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
    Synonym(s): crick, kink, rick, wrick
  2. a stack of hay
    Synonym(s): haystack, hayrick, rick
v
  1. pile in ricks; "rick hay"
  2. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
    Synonym(s): twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rickey
n
  1. a mixed drink made of sweetened lime juice and soda water usually with liquor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ricksha
n
  1. a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person
    Synonym(s): jinrikisha, ricksha, rickshaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rickshaw
n
  1. a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person
    Synonym(s): jinrikisha, ricksha, rickshaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
RICO
n
  1. law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions
    Synonym(s): anti- racketeering law, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, RICO Act, RICO
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rig
n
  1. gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
  2. a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
    Synonym(s): trailer truck, tractor trailer, trucking rig, rig, articulated lorry, semi
  3. formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
    Synonym(s): rig, rigging
  4. a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant"
    Synonym(s): outfit, getup, rig, turnout
  5. gear used in fishing
    Synonym(s): fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig
  6. a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
    Synonym(s): carriage, equipage, rig
  7. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
    Synonym(s): swindle, cheat, rig
v
  1. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"
    Synonym(s): rig, set up
  2. manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices"
    Synonym(s): rig, manipulate
  3. connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"
  4. equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship"
    Synonym(s): rig, set, set up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Riga
n
  1. a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League
    Synonym(s): Riga, capital of Latvia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rioja
n
  1. dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
RISC
n
  1. (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform
    Synonym(s): reduced instruction set computing, reduced instruction set computer, RISC
    Antonym(s): CISC, complex instruction set computer, complex instruction set computing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rise
n
  1. a growth in strength or number or importance [ant: downfall, fall]
  2. the act of changing location in an upward direction
    Synonym(s): rise, ascent, ascension, ascending
  3. an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
    Synonym(s): ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
    Antonym(s): declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
  4. a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
    Synonym(s): rise, rising, ascent, ascension
    Antonym(s): fall
  5. the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
    Synonym(s): raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase
  6. the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
    Synonym(s): upgrade, rise, rising slope
  7. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
    Synonym(s): lift, rise
  8. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"
    Synonym(s): emanation, rise, procession
  9. an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
    Synonym(s): rise, boost, hike, cost increase
  10. increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
    Synonym(s): advance, rise
v
  1. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
    Synonym(s): rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
    Antonym(s): come down, descend, fall, go down
  2. increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
    Synonym(s): rise, go up, climb
  3. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
    Synonym(s): arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up
    Antonym(s): lie, lie down, sit, sit down
  4. rise up; "The building rose before them"
    Synonym(s): rise, lift, rear
  5. come to the surface
    Synonym(s): surface, come up, rise up, rise
  6. come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
    Synonym(s): originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
  7. move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
    Synonym(s): ascend, move up, rise
  8. go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
    Synonym(s): wax, mount, climb, rise
    Antonym(s): wane
  9. become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
    Synonym(s): heighten, rise
  10. get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
    Synonym(s): get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise
    Antonym(s): bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in
  11. rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
    Synonym(s): rise, jump, climb up
  12. become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
  13. exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
  14. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
    Synonym(s): rebel, arise, rise, rise up
  15. increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
    Synonym(s): rise, prove
  16. come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
    Synonym(s): rise, come up, uprise, ascend
    Antonym(s): go down, go under, set
  17. return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
    Synonym(s): resurrect, rise, uprise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
risk
n
  1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
    Synonym(s): hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment
  2. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
    Synonym(s): risk, peril, danger
  3. the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
    Synonym(s): risk, risk of infection
  4. the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
    Synonym(s): risk, risk of exposure
v
  1. expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"
    Synonym(s): risk, put on the line, lay on the line
  2. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
    Synonym(s): gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
risky
adj
  1. involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"
    Synonym(s): hazardous, risky, wild
  2. not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
    Synonym(s): bad, risky, high-risk, speculative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
risque
adj
  1. suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"
    Synonym(s): blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rissa
n
  1. a genus of Laridae
    Synonym(s): Rissa, genus Rissa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roach
n
  1. a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
  2. the butt of a marijuana cigarette
  3. street names for flunitrazepan
    Synonym(s): R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle
  4. any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
    Synonym(s): cockroach, roach
  5. European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
    Synonym(s): roach, Rutilus rutilus
v
  1. comb (hair) into a roach
  2. cut the mane off (a horse)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roc
n
  1. mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rock
n
  1. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
    Synonym(s): rock, stone
  2. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
    Synonym(s): rock, stone
  3. United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
    Synonym(s): Rock, John Rock
  4. (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew
  5. hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
    Synonym(s): rock candy, rock
  6. a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll."
    Synonym(s): rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock- and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music
  7. pitching dangerously to one side
    Synonym(s): rock, careen, sway, tilt
v
  1. move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
    Synonym(s): rock, sway, shake
  2. cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently"
    Synonym(s): rock, sway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rocky
adj
  1. abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"
    Synonym(s): rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony
  2. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride"
    Synonym(s): rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
    Antonym(s): smooth
  3. liable to rock; "on high rocky heels"
  4. full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
    Synonym(s): rocky, rough
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rogue
n
  1. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rook
n
  1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
    Synonym(s): castle, rook
  2. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
    Synonym(s): rook, Corvus frugilegus
v
  1. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
    Synonym(s): victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rookie
n
  1. an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: cub, greenhorn, rookie]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rosa
n
  1. large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
    Synonym(s): Rosa, genus Rosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rose
adj
  1. of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn"
    Synonym(s): rose, roseate, rosaceous
n
  1. any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses [syn: rose, rosebush]
  2. pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
    Synonym(s): blush wine, pink wine, rose, rose wine
  3. a dusty pink color
    Synonym(s): rose, rosiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Roseau
n
  1. the capital and largest city of Dominica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ross
n
  1. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
    Synonym(s): Ross, John Ross, Sir John Ross
  2. British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
    Synonym(s): Ross, James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross
  3. British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
    Synonym(s): Ross, Sir Ronald Ross
  4. a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
    Synonym(s): Ross, Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Ross
  5. American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
    Synonym(s): Ross, Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ross Sea
n
  1. an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rosy
adj
  1. reflecting optimism; "a rosy future"; "looked at the world through rose-colored glasses"
    Synonym(s): rose-colored, rosy
  2. having the pinkish flush of health
    Synonym(s): flushed, rose- cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheeked
  3. of blush color; "blushful mists"
    Synonym(s): blushful, rosy
  4. presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"
    Synonym(s): fortunate, rosy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rouge
n
  1. makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
    Synonym(s): rouge, paint, blusher
v
  1. redden by applying rouge to; "she rouged her cheeks"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rough
adv
  1. with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough"
    Synonym(s): roughly, rough
  2. with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough"
    Synonym(s): roughly, rough
adj
  1. having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
    Synonym(s): rough, unsmooth
    Antonym(s): smooth
  2. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
  3. not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
    Synonym(s): approximate, approximative, rough
  4. full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
    Synonym(s): rocky, rough
  5. violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
    Synonym(s): boisterous, fierce, rough
  6. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
    Synonym(s): grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy
  7. ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"
    Synonym(s): pugnacious, rough
  8. of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
    Antonym(s): smooth
  9. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride"
    Synonym(s): rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy
    Antonym(s): smooth
  10. not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
    Synonym(s): uncut, rough
    Antonym(s): cut
  11. not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"
    Synonym(s): crude, rough
  12. not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
  13. unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous"
    Synonym(s): harsh, rough
  14. unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer"
    Synonym(s): harsh, rough
n
  1. the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
v
  1. prepare in preliminary or sketchy form [syn: rough in, rough, rough out]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rough-hew
v
  1. hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber"
    Synonym(s): rough-hew, roughcast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rous
n
  1. United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970)
    Synonym(s): Rous, Peyton Rous, Francis Peyton Rous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rouse
v
  1. become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn: bestir, rouse]
  2. force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
    Synonym(s): rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
  3. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
    Synonym(s): agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
    Antonym(s): calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize
  4. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
    Synonym(s): awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
    Antonym(s): cause to sleep
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rousseau
n
  1. French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
    Synonym(s): Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  2. French primitive painter (1844-1910)
    Synonym(s): Rousseau, Henri Rousseau, Le Douanier Rousseau
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roux
n
  1. a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
row house
n
  1. a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls
    Synonym(s): row house, town house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruck
n
  1. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
    Synonym(s): ruck, herd
  2. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
    Synonym(s): pucker, ruck
v
  1. become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"
    Synonym(s): pucker, ruck, ruck up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rug
n
  1. floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
    Synonym(s): rug, carpet, carpeting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruga
n
  1. (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease; "rugae of the stomach"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rus
n
  1. the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruse
n
  1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn: ruse, artifice]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rush
adj
  1. not accepting reservations [syn: {first-come-first- serve(p)}, rush]
  2. done under pressure; "a rush job"
    Synonym(s): rush(a), rushed
n
  1. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
    Synonym(s): haste, hurry, rush, rushing
  2. a sudden forceful flow
    Synonym(s): rush, spate, surge, upsurge
  3. grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
  4. physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
    Synonym(s): Rush, Benjamin Rush
  5. the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
    Synonym(s): bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
  6. a sudden burst of activity; "come back after the rush"
  7. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"
    Synonym(s): rush, rushing
v
  1. move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
    Synonym(s): rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
    Antonym(s): dawdle, linger
  2. attack suddenly
  3. urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!"
    Synonym(s): rush, hurry
    Antonym(s): delay, detain, hold up
  4. act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"
    Synonym(s): rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
  5. run with the ball, in football
  6. cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"
    Synonym(s): race, rush
  7. cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
    Synonym(s): induce, stimulate, rush, hasten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rush away
v
  1. depart in a hurry
    Synonym(s): rush off, rush away
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rushy
adj
  1. abounding in rushes; "a rushy marsh"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rusk
n
  1. slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
    Synonym(s): zwieback, rusk, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Russia
n
  1. a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
    Synonym(s): Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR
  2. formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
    Synonym(s): Soviet Russia, Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
  3. a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
  4. a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
    Synonym(s): Russia, Russian Federation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rye whiskey
n
  1. whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt [syn: rye, rye whiskey, rye whisky]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rye whisky
n
  1. whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt [syn: rye, rye whiskey, rye whisky]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Raash \Raash\, n. [Cf. Ar. ra'ash trembling, tremor.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The electric catfish. [Written also {raasch}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Raash \Raash\, n. [Cf. Ar. ra'ash trembling, tremor.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The electric catfish. [Written also {raasch}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Consolation game \Con`so*la"tion game\, match \match\, pot
   \pot\, race \race\, etc.
      A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of
      contests.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Race \Race\, v. t.
      To raze. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Race \Race\, n. [OF. ra[8b]z, L. radix, -icis. See {Radix}.]
      A root. [bd]A race or two of ginger.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Race ginger}, ginger in the root, or not pulverized.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Race \Race\, n. [F. race; cf. Pr. & Sp. raza, It. razza; all
      from OHG. reiza line, akin to E. write. See {Write}.]
      1. The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe,
            people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the
            same stock; a lineage; a breed.
  
                     The whole race of mankind.                  --Shak.
  
                     Whence the long race of Alban fathers come.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      Note: Naturalists and ehnographers divide mankind into
               several distinct varieties, or races. Cuvier refers
               them all to three, Pritchard enumerates seven, Agassiz
               eight, Pickering describes eleven. One of the common
               classifications is that of Blumenbach, who makes five
               races: the Caucasian, or white race, to which belong
               the greater part of the European nations and those of
               Western Asia; the Mongolian, or yellow race, occupying
               Tartary, China, Japan, etc.; the Ethiopian, or negro
               race, occupying most of Africa (except the north),
               Australia, Papua, and other Pacific Islands; the
               American, or red race, comprising the Indians of North
               and South America; and the Malayan, or brown race,
               which occupies the islands of the Indian Archipelago,
               etc. Many recent writers classify the Malay and
               American races as branches of the Mongolian. See
               Illustration in Appendix.
  
      2. Company; herd; breed.
  
                     For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of
                     youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) A variety of such fixed character that it may be
            propagated by seed.
  
      4. Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that
            quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates
            origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor;
            smack. [bd]A race of heaven.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Is it [the wine] of the right race ?   --Massinqer.
  
      5. Hence, characteristic quality or disposition. [Obs.]
  
                     And now I give my sensual race the rein. --Shak.
  
                     Some . . . great race of fancy or judgment. --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      Syn: Lineage; line; family; house; breed; offspring; progeny;
               issue.

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   Race \Race\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Racing}.]
      1. To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals
            raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.
  
      2. (Steam Mach.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine
            or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the
            action of a heavy sea.

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   Race \Race\, n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. r[aemac]s a rush,
      running; akin to Icel. r[be]s course, race. [root]118.]
      1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression.
  
      2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
  
                     The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of
                     any beasts.                                       --Bacon.
  
      3. Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a
            contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding,
            driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually,
            a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he
            attended the races.
  
                     The race is not to the swift.            --Eccl. ix.
                                                                              11.
  
                     I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race. --Pope.
  
      4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged;
            hence, career; course of life.
  
                     My race of glory run, and race of shame. --Milton.
  
      5. A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or
            passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy
            sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as,
            the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.
  
      6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the
            channel in which it flows; a mill race.
  
      Note: The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes
               called the headrace, the part below, the tailrace.
  
      7. (Mach.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven
            back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.
  
      {Race cloth}, a cloth worn by horses in racing, having
            pockets to hold the weights prescribed.
  
      {Race course}.
            (a) The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which
                  a race is run.
            (b) Same as {Race way}, below.
  
      {Race cup}, a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race.
           
  
      {Race glass}, a kind of field glass.
  
      {Race horse}.
            (a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a
                  horse bred or kept for running races.
            (b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running.
            (c) (Zo[94]l.) The steamer duck.
            (d) (Zo[94]l.) A mantis.
  
      {Race knife}, a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at
            the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as
            by a pattern, -- used in shipbuilding.
  
      {Race saddle}, a light saddle used in racing.
  
      {Race track}. Same as {Race course}
            (a), above.
  
      {Race way}, the canal for the current that drives a water
            wheel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Race \Race\, v. t.
      1. To cause to contend in race; to drive at high speed; as,
            to race horses.
  
      2. To run a race with.

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   Consolation game \Con`so*la"tion game\, match \match\, pot
   \pot\, race \race\, etc.
      A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of
      contests.

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   Race \Race\, v. t.
      To raze. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Race \Race\, n. [OF. ra[8b]z, L. radix, -icis. See {Radix}.]
      A root. [bd]A race or two of ginger.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Race ginger}, ginger in the root, or not pulverized.

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   Race \Race\, n. [F. race; cf. Pr. & Sp. raza, It. razza; all
      from OHG. reiza line, akin to E. write. See {Write}.]
      1. The descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe,
            people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the
            same stock; a lineage; a breed.
  
                     The whole race of mankind.                  --Shak.
  
                     Whence the long race of Alban fathers come.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      Note: Naturalists and ehnographers divide mankind into
               several distinct varieties, or races. Cuvier refers
               them all to three, Pritchard enumerates seven, Agassiz
               eight, Pickering describes eleven. One of the common
               classifications is that of Blumenbach, who makes five
               races: the Caucasian, or white race, to which belong
               the greater part of the European nations and those of
               Western Asia; the Mongolian, or yellow race, occupying
               Tartary, China, Japan, etc.; the Ethiopian, or negro
               race, occupying most of Africa (except the north),
               Australia, Papua, and other Pacific Islands; the
               American, or red race, comprising the Indians of North
               and South America; and the Malayan, or brown race,
               which occupies the islands of the Indian Archipelago,
               etc. Many recent writers classify the Malay and
               American races as branches of the Mongolian. See
               Illustration in Appendix.
  
      2. Company; herd; breed.
  
                     For do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of
                     youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) A variety of such fixed character that it may be
            propagated by seed.
  
      4. Peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that
            quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates
            origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor;
            smack. [bd]A race of heaven.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Is it [the wine] of the right race ?   --Massinqer.
  
      5. Hence, characteristic quality or disposition. [Obs.]
  
                     And now I give my sensual race the rein. --Shak.
  
                     Some . . . great race of fancy or judgment. --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      Syn: Lineage; line; family; house; breed; offspring; progeny;
               issue.

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   Race \Race\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Racing}.]
      1. To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals
            raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.
  
      2. (Steam Mach.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine
            or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the
            action of a heavy sea.

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   Race \Race\, n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. r[aemac]s a rush,
      running; akin to Icel. r[be]s course, race. [root]118.]
      1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression.
  
      2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
  
                     The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of
                     any beasts.                                       --Bacon.
  
      3. Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a
            contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding,
            driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually,
            a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he
            attended the races.
  
                     The race is not to the swift.            --Eccl. ix.
                                                                              11.
  
                     I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race. --Pope.
  
      4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged;
            hence, career; course of life.
  
                     My race of glory run, and race of shame. --Milton.
  
      5. A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or
            passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy
            sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as,
            the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.
  
      6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the
            channel in which it flows; a mill race.
  
      Note: The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes
               called the headrace, the part below, the tailrace.
  
      7. (Mach.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven
            back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.
  
      {Race cloth}, a cloth worn by horses in racing, having
            pockets to hold the weights prescribed.
  
      {Race course}.
            (a) The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which
                  a race is run.
            (b) Same as {Race way}, below.
  
      {Race cup}, a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race.
           
  
      {Race glass}, a kind of field glass.
  
      {Race horse}.
            (a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a
                  horse bred or kept for running races.
            (b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running.
            (c) (Zo[94]l.) The steamer duck.
            (d) (Zo[94]l.) A mantis.
  
      {Race knife}, a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at
            the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as
            by a pattern, -- used in shipbuilding.
  
      {Race saddle}, a light saddle used in racing.
  
      {Race track}. Same as {Race course}
            (a), above.
  
      {Race way}, the canal for the current that drives a water
            wheel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Race \Race\, v. t.
      1. To cause to contend in race; to drive at high speed; as,
            to race horses.
  
      2. To run a race with.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Race \Race\, n. [OE. ras, res, rees, AS. r[aemac]s a rush,
      running; akin to Icel. r[be]s course, race. [root]118.]
      1. A progress; a course; a movement or progression.
  
      2. Esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running.
  
                     The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of
                     any beasts.                                       --Bacon.
  
      3. Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a
            contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding,
            driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually,
            a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he
            attended the races.
  
                     The race is not to the swift.            --Eccl. ix.
                                                                              11.
  
                     I wield the gauntlet, and I run the race. --Pope.
  
      4. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged;
            hence, career; course of life.
  
                     My race of glory run, and race of shame. --Milton.
  
      5. A strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or
            passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy
            sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as,
            the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.
  
      6. The current of water that turns a water wheel, or the
            channel in which it flows; a mill race.
  
      Note: The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes
               called the headrace, the part below, the tailrace.
  
      7. (Mach.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven
            back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.
  
      {Race cloth}, a cloth worn by horses in racing, having
            pockets to hold the weights prescribed.
  
      {Race course}.
            (a) The path, generally circular or elliptical, over which
                  a race is run.
            (b) Same as {Race way}, below.
  
      {Race cup}, a cup given as a prize to the victor in a race.
           
  
      {Race glass}, a kind of field glass.
  
      {Race horse}.
            (a) A horse that runs in competition; specifically, a
                  horse bred or kept for running races.
            (b) A breed of horses remarkable for swiftness in running.
            (c) (Zo[94]l.) The steamer duck.
            (d) (Zo[94]l.) A mantis.
  
      {Race knife}, a cutting tool with a blade that is hooked at
            the point, for marking outlines, on boards or metals, as
            by a pattern, -- used in shipbuilding.
  
      {Race saddle}, a light saddle used in racing.
  
      {Race track}. Same as {Race course}
            (a), above.
  
      {Race way}, the canal for the current that drives a water
            wheel.

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   Rach \Rach\, Rache \Rache\, n. [AS. r[91]cc; akin to Icel.
      rakki.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A dog that pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from
      the greyhound. [Obs.]

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   Rach \Rach\, Rache \Rache\, n. [AS. r[91]cc; akin to Icel.
      rakki.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A dog that pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from
      the greyhound. [Obs.]

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   Rack \Rack\, v. t. [Cf. OF. vin raqu[82] squeezed from the dregs
      of the grapes.]
      To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine.
  
               It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the
               lees (which we call racking), whereby it will clarify
               much the sooner.                                    --Bacon.
  
      {Rack vintage}, wine cleansed and drawn from the lees.
            --Cowell.

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   Rack \Rack\, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to
      stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to
      stretch, Dan. r[91]kke, Sw. r[84]cka, Icel. rekja to spread
      out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr.
      [?]. [?] Cf. {Right}, a., {Ratch}.]
      1. An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending,
            retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically:
            (a) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame,
                  upon which the body was gradually stretched until,
                  sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly
                  used judicially for extorting confessions from
                  criminals or suspected persons.
  
                           During the troubles of the fifteenth century, a
                           rack was introduced into the Tower, and was
                           occasionally used under the plea of political
                           necessity.                                    --Macaulay.
            (b) An instrument for bending a bow.
            (c) A grate on which bacon is laid.
            (d) A frame or device of various construction for holding,
                  and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc.,
                  supplied to beasts.
            (e) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or
                  arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle
                  rack, etc.
            (f) (Naut.) A piece or frame of wood, having several
                  sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; --
                  called also {rack block}. Also, a frame to hold shot.
            (g) (Mining) A frame or table on which ores are separated
                  or washed.
            (h) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or
                  grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads.
            (i) A distaff.
  
      2. (Mech.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work
            with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive
            it or be driven by it.
  
      3. That which is extorted; exaction. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
  
      {Mangle rack}. (Mach.) See under {Mangle}. n.
  
      {Rack block}. (Naut.) See def. 1
            (f), above.
  
      {Rack lashing}, a lashing or binding where the rope is
            tightened, and held tight by the use of a small stick of
            wood twisted around.
  
      {Rack rail} (Railroads), a toothed rack, laid as a rail, to
            afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of locomotive
            for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain.
           
  
      {Rack saw}, a saw having wide teeth.
  
      {Rack stick}, the stick used in a rack lashing.
  
      {To be on the rack}, to suffer torture, physical or mental.
           
  
      {To live at rack and manger}, to live on the best at
            another's expense. [Colloq.]
  
      {To put to the rack}, to subject to torture; to torment.
  
                     A fit of the stone puts a kingto the rack, and makes
                     him as miserable as it does the meanest subject.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.

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   Rack \Rack\, n.
      Same as Arrack.

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   Rack \Rack\, n. [AS. hracca neck, hinder part of the head; cf.
      AS. hraca throat, G. rachen throat, E. retch.]
      The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.

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   Rack \Rack\, n. [See {Wreck}.]
      A wreck; destruction. [Obs., except in a few phrases.]
  
      {Rack and ruin}, destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq.]
  
      {To go to rack}, to perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq.]
            [bd]All goes to rack.[b8] --Pepys.

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   Rack \Rack\, n. [Prob. fr. Icel. rek drift, motion, and akin to
      reka to drive, and E. wrack, wreck. [?].]
      Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor
      in the sky. --Shak.
  
               The winds in the upper region, which move the clouds
               above, which we call the rack, . . . pass without
               noise.                                                   --Bacon.
  
               And the night rack came rolling up.         --C. Kingsley.

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   Rack \Rack\, v. i.
      To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.

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   Rack \Rack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Racking}.] [See {Rack} that which stretches, or {Rock}, v.]
      To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the
      body; to pace; -- said of a horse. --Fuller.

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   Rack \Rack\, n.
      A fast amble.

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   Rack \Rack\, v. t.
      1. To extend by the application of force; to stretch or
            strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to
            torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the
            joints.
  
                     He was racked and miserably tormented. --Pope.
  
      2. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or
            anguish.
  
                     Vaunting aloud but racked with deep despair.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to
            harass, or oppress by extortion.
  
                     The landlords there shamefully rack their tenants.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
                     They [landlords] rack a Scripture simile beyond the
                     true intent thereof.                           --Fuller.
  
                     Try what my credit can in Venice do; That shall be
                     racked even to the uttermost.            --Shak.
  
      4. (Mining) To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.
  
      5. (Naut.) To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns
            of yarn, marline, etc.
  
      {To rack one's brains} [or] {wits}, to exert them to the
            utmost for the purpose of accomplishing something.
  
      Syn: To torture; torment; rend; tear.

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   Rack \Rack\, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to
      stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to
      stretch, Dan. r[91]kke, Sw. r[84]cka, Icel. rekja to spread
      out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr.
      [?]. [?] Cf. {Right}, a., {Ratch}.]
      1. An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending,
            retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically:
            (a) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame,
                  upon which the body was gradually stretched until,
                  sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly
                  used judicially for extorting confessions from
                  criminals or suspected persons.
  
                           During the troubles of the fifteenth century, a
                           rack was introduced into the Tower, and was
                           occasionally used under the plea of political
                           necessity.                                    --Macaulay.
            (b) An instrument for bending a bow.
            (c) A grate on which bacon is laid.
            (d) A frame or device of various construction for holding,
                  and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc.,
                  supplied to beasts.
            (e) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or
                  arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle
                  rack, etc.
            (f) (Naut.) A piece or frame of wood, having several
                  sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; --
                  called also {rack block}. Also, a frame to hold shot.
            (g) (Mining) A frame or table on which ores are separated
                  or washed.
            (h) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or
                  grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads.
            (i) A distaff.
  
      2. (Mech.) A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work
            with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive
            it or be driven by it.
  
      3. That which is extorted; exaction. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
  
      {Mangle rack}. (Mach.) See under {Mangle}. n.
  
      {Rack block}. (Naut.) See def. 1
            (f), above.
  
      {Rack lashing}, a lashing or binding where the rope is
            tightened, and held tight by the use of a small stick of
            wood twisted around.
  
      {Rack rail} (Railroads), a toothed rack, laid as a rail, to
            afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of locomotive
            for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain.
           
  
      {Rack saw}, a saw having wide teeth.
  
      {Rack stick}, the stick used in a rack lashing.
  
      {To be on the rack}, to suffer torture, physical or mental.
           
  
      {To live at rack and manger}, to live on the best at
            another's expense. [Colloq.]
  
      {To put to the rack}, to subject to torture; to torment.
  
                     A fit of the stone puts a kingto the rack, and makes
                     him as miserable as it does the meanest subject.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.

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   Racy \Ra"cy\, a. [Compar. {Racier}; superl. {Raciest}.] [From
      {Race} a tribe, family.]
      1. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct
            characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh;
            rich.
  
                     The racy wine, Late from the mellowing cask restored
                     to light.                                          --Pope.
  
      2. Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or
            distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and
            piquant; fresh and lively.
  
                     Our raciest, most idiomatic popular word. --M.
                                                                              Arnold.
  
                     Burn's English, though not so racy as his Scotch, is
                     generally correct.                              --H.
                                                                              Coleridge.
  
                     The rich and racy humor of a natural converser fresh
                     from the plow.                                    --Prof.
                                                                              Wilson.
  
      Syn: Spicy; spirited; lively; smart; piquant.
  
      Usage: {Racy}, {Spicy}. Racy refers primarily to that
                  peculiar flavor which certain wines are supposed to
                  derive from the soil in which the grapes were grown;
                  and hence we call a style or production racy when it
                  [bd]smacks of the soil,[b8] or has an uncommon degree
                  of natural freshness and distinctiveness of thought
                  and language. Spicy, when applied, has reference to a
                  spirit and pungency added by art, seasoning the matter
                  like a condiment. It does not, like racy, suggest
                  native peculiarity. A spicy article in a magazine; a
                  spicy retort. Racy in conversation; a racy remark.
  
                           Rich, racy verses, in which we The soil from
                           which they come, taste, smell, and see.
                                                                              --Cowley.

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   Rag \Rag\, v. t.
      1. (Music) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in
            syncopated time. [Colloq.]
  
      2. To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered
            indecorous. [Colloq. or Slang]

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   Rag \Rag\, v. t.
      1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
  
      2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

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   Rag \Rag\, v. t. [Cf. Icel. r[91]gja to calumniate, OHG, ruogen
      to accuse, G. r[81]gen to censure, AS. wr[emac]gan, Goth.
      wr[omac]hjan to accuse.]
      To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to
      banter. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge.

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   Rag \Rag\, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel.
      r[94]gg rough hair. Cf. {Rug}, n.]
      1. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a
            shred; a tatter; a fragment.
  
                     Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers,
                     tossed, And fluttered into rags.         --Milton.
  
                     Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover
                     the shame of their cruelty.               --Fuller.
  
      2. pl. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
  
                     And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
  
                     The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B.
                                                                              Jonson.
  
                     Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag
                     and rag.                                             --Spenser.
  
      4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in
            texture.
  
      5. (Metal Working) A ragged edge.
  
      6. A sail, or any piece of canvas. [Nautical Slang]
  
                     Our ship was a clipper with every rag set. --Lowell.
  
      {Rag bolt}, an iron pin with barbs on its shank to retain it
            in place.
  
      {Rag carpet}, a carpet of which the weft consists of narrow
            of cloth sewed together, end to end.
  
      {Rag dust}, fine particles of ground-up rags, used in making
            papier-mach[82] and wall papers.
  
      {Rag wheel}.
            (a) A chain wheel; a sprocket wheel.
            (b) A polishing wheel made of disks of cloth clamped
                  together on a mandrel.
  
      {Rag wool}, wool obtained by tearing woolen rags into fine
            bits, shoddy.

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   Rag \Rag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ragged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Ragging}.]
      To become tattered. [Obs.]

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   Rage \Rage\, n. [F., fr. L. rabies, fr. rabere to rave; cf. Skr.
      rabh to seize, rabhas violence. Cf. {Rabid}, {Rabies},
      {Rave}.]
      1. Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of
            desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will. [bd]In
            great rage of pain.[b8] --Bacon.
  
                     He appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of
                     broken meat.                                       --Macaulay.
  
                     Convulsed with a rage of grief.         --Hawthorne.
  
      2. Especially, anger accompanied with raving; overmastering
            wrath; violent anger; fury.
  
                     torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. A violent or raging wind. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      4. The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after,
            or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as,
            to be all the rage.
  
      Syn: Anger; vehemence; excitement; passion; fury. See
               {Anger}.

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   Rage \Rage\, v. t.
      To enrage. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Rage \Rage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Raging}.] [OF. ragier. See {Rage}, n.]
      1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be
            violently agitated with passion. [bd]Whereat he inly
            raged.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     When one so great begins to rage, he a hunted Even
                     to falling.                                       --Shak.
  
      2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or
            agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or
            winds.
  
                     Why do the heathen rage ?                  --Ps. ii. 1.
  
                     The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire
                     was the noise.                                    --Milton.
  
      3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with
            destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in
            Cairo.
  
      4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume.

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   Raggie \Rag"gie\, [or] Raggy \Rag"gy\, a.
      Ragged; rough. [Obs.] [bd]A stony and raggie hill.[b8]
      --Holland.

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   Raggie \Rag"gie\, [or] Raggy \Rag"gy\, a.
      Ragged; rough. [Obs.] [bd]A stony and raggie hill.[b8]
      --Holland.

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   Rais \Rais\, n.
      Same as 2d {Reis}.

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   Reis \Reis\ (r[imac]s), n. [Ar. ra[ium]s head, chief, prince.]
      A common title in the East for a person in authority,
      especially the captain of a ship. [Written also {rais} and
      {ras}.]

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   Rais \Rais\, n.
      Same as 2d {Reis}.

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   Reis \Reis\ (r[imac]s), n. [Ar. ra[ium]s head, chief, prince.]
      A common title in the East for a person in authority,
      especially the captain of a ship. [Written also {rais} and
      {ras}.]

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   Raise \Raise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raised}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Raising}.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa, causative of r[c6]sa to
      rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Rear} to raise.]
      1. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place;
            to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone
            or weight. Hence, figuratively:
            (a) To bring to a higher condition or situation; to
                  elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase
                  the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to
                  advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate;
                  to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.
  
                           This gentleman came to be raised to great
                           titles.                                       --Clarendon.
  
                           The plate pieces of eight were raised three
                           pence in the piece.                     --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
            (b) To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to
                  excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as,
                  to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the
                  spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a
                  furnace.
            (c) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to
                  raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature
                  of a room.
  
      2. To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or
            posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast
            or flagstaff. Hence:
            (a) To cause to spring up from recumbent position, from a
                  state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
  
                           They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their
                           sleep.                                          --Job xiv. 12.
            (b) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult,
                  struggle, or war; to excite.
  
                           He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind.
                                                                              --Ps. cvii.
                                                                              25.
  
                           [92]neas . . . employs his pains, In parts
                           remote, to raise the Tuscan swains. --Dryden.
            (c) To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a
                  spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from
                  death; to give life to.
  
                           Why should it be thought a thing incredible with
                           you, that God should raise the dead ? --Acts
                                                                              xxvi. 8.
  
      3. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to
            appear; to give to; to originate, produce, cause, effect,
            or the like. Hence, specifically:
            (a) To form by the accumulation of materials or
                  constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise
                  a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.
  
                           I will raise forts against thee.   --Isa. xxxix.
                                                                              3.
            (b) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get
                  together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise
                  money, troops, and the like. [bd]To raise up a
                  rent.[b8] --Chaucer.
            (c) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or
                  propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops,
                  etc.; toraise cattle. [bd]He raised sheep.[b8] [bd]He
                  raised wheat where none grew before.[b8] --Johnson's
                  Dict.

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   d8Rai91 \[d8]Ra"i[91]\, n. pl. [NL. See {Raia}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the
      sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also {Raj[91]}, and
      {Rajii}.

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   Rajah \Ra"jah\, n. [Hind. r[be]j[be], Skr. r[be]jan, akin to L.
      rex, regis. See {Regal}, a.]
      A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of
      importance in the agricultural districts. [India]

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   d8Rai91 \[d8]Ra"i[91]\, n. pl. [NL. See {Raia}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the
      sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also {Raj[91]}, and
      {Rajii}.

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   Rake \Rake\, n. [OE. rakel rash; cf. Icel. reikall wandering,
      unsettled, reika to wander.]
      A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to
      lewdness and other scandalous vices; a debauchee; a rou[82].
  
               An illiterate and frivolous old rake.      --Macaulay.

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   Rake \Rake\, v. i.
      1. [Icel. reika. Cf. {Rake} a debauchee.] To walk about; to
            gad or ramble idly. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      2. [See {Rake} a debauchee.] To act the rake; to lead a
            dissolute, debauched life. --Shenstone.
  
      {To rake out} (Falconry), to fly too far and wide from its
            master while hovering above waiting till the game is
            sprung; -- said of the hawk. --Encyc. Brit.

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   Rake \Rake\, n. [AS. race; akin to OD. rake, D. reek, OHG,
      rehho, G. rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to
      heap up, collect, and perhaps to Gr. [?] to stretch out, and
      E. rack to stretch. Cf. {Reckon}.]
      1. An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a
            long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting
            hay, or other light things which are spread over a large
            surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.
  
      2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting
            hay or grain; a horserake.
  
      3. [Perhaps a different word.] (Mining) A fissure or mineral
            vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; --
            called also {rake-vein}.
  
      {Gill rakes}. (Anat.) See under 1st {Gill}.

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   Rake \Rake\, v. i.
      1. To use a rake, as for searching or for collecting; to
            scrape; to search minutely.
  
                     One is for raking in Chaucer for antiquated words.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
  
                     Pas could not stay, but over him did rake. --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.

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   Rake \Rake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Raking}.] [AS. racian. See 1st {Rake}.]
      1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up;
            as, he raked up the fallen leaves.
  
      2. Hence: To collect or draw together with laborious
            industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together;
            as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous
            tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.
  
      3. To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for
            the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or
            for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a
            flower bed.
  
      4. To search through; to scour; to ransack.
  
                     The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.
                                                                              --Swift.
  
      5. To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and
            lightly, as a rake does.
  
                     Like clouds that rake the mountain summits.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      6. (Mil.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length
            of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the
            stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of
            the deck.
  
      {To rake up}.
            (a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and
                  cover with ashes.
            (b) To bring up; to search out an bring to notice again;
                  as, to rake up old scandals.

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   Rake \Rake\, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. raka to reach, and E. reach.]
      To inclination of anything from a perpendicular direction;
      as, the rake of a roof, a staircase, etc.; especially
      (Naut.), the inclination of a mast or tunnel, or, in general,
      of any part of a vessel not perpendicular to the keel.

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   Rake \Rake\, v. i.
      To incline from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes
      aft.
  
      {Raking course} (Bricklaying), a course of bricks laid
            diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to
            strengthen.

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   Ras \Ras\, n.
      See 2d {Reis}.

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   Reis \Reis\ (r[imac]s), n. [Ar. ra[ium]s head, chief, prince.]
      A common title in the East for a person in authority,
      especially the captain of a ship. [Written also {rais} and
      {ras}.]

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   Ras \Ras\, n.
      See 2d {Reis}.

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   Reis \Reis\ (r[imac]s), n. [Ar. ra[ium]s head, chief, prince.]
      A common title in the East for a person in authority,
      especially the captain of a ship. [Written also {rais} and
      {ras}.]

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   Rase \Rase\, n.
      1. A scratching out, or erasure. [Obs.]
  
      2. A slight wound; a scratch. [Obs.] --Hooker.
  
      3. (O. Eng. Law) A way of measuring in which the commodity
            measured was made even with the top of the measuring
            vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.
            --Burrill.

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   Rase \Rase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rasing}.] [F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq.
      fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to
      scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. {Raze}, {Razee},
      {Razor}, {Rodent}.]
      1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.]
  
                     Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and
                     might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone
                     into his head?                                    --South.
  
                     Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and
                     at others the skylight almost flattened his nose.
                                                                              --Beckford.
  
      2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]
  
                     Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and
                     branch, out of our mind.                     --Fuller.
  
      3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to
            raze. [In this sense {rase} is generally used.]
  
                     Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They
                     would not turn home.                           --Chapman.
  
      Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete;
               graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.
  
      {Rasing iron}, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from
            the seams of a vessel.
  
      Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level;
               prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.

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   Rase \Rase\, v. i.
      To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
      [Obs.]

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   Raze \Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Razed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Razing}.] [F. raser. See {Rase}, v. t.] [Written also
      {rase}.]
      1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
  
                     Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak.
  
      2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the
            ground; to destroy; to demolish.
  
                     The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert;
               destroy; ruin. See {Demolish}.

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   Rase \Rase\, n.
      1. A scratching out, or erasure. [Obs.]
  
      2. A slight wound; a scratch. [Obs.] --Hooker.
  
      3. (O. Eng. Law) A way of measuring in which the commodity
            measured was made even with the top of the measuring
            vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.
            --Burrill.

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   Rase \Rase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rasing}.] [F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq.
      fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to
      scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. {Raze}, {Razee},
      {Razor}, {Rodent}.]
      1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.]
  
                     Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and
                     might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone
                     into his head?                                    --South.
  
                     Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and
                     at others the skylight almost flattened his nose.
                                                                              --Beckford.
  
      2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]
  
                     Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and
                     branch, out of our mind.                     --Fuller.
  
      3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to
            raze. [In this sense {rase} is generally used.]
  
                     Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They
                     would not turn home.                           --Chapman.
  
      Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete;
               graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.
  
      {Rasing iron}, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from
            the seams of a vessel.
  
      Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level;
               prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.

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   Rase \Rase\, v. i.
      To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
      [Obs.]

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   Raze \Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Razed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Razing}.] [F. raser. See {Rase}, v. t.] [Written also
      {rase}.]
      1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
  
                     Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak.
  
      2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the
            ground; to destroy; to demolish.
  
                     The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert;
               destroy; ruin. See {Demolish}.

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   Rase \Rase\, n.
      1. A scratching out, or erasure. [Obs.]
  
      2. A slight wound; a scratch. [Obs.] --Hooker.
  
      3. (O. Eng. Law) A way of measuring in which the commodity
            measured was made even with the top of the measuring
            vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.
            --Burrill.

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   Rase \Rase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rasing}.] [F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq.
      fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to
      scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. {Raze}, {Razee},
      {Razor}, {Rodent}.]
      1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.]
  
                     Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and
                     might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone
                     into his head?                                    --South.
  
                     Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and
                     at others the skylight almost flattened his nose.
                                                                              --Beckford.
  
      2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]
  
                     Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and
                     branch, out of our mind.                     --Fuller.
  
      3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to
            raze. [In this sense {rase} is generally used.]
  
                     Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They
                     would not turn home.                           --Chapman.
  
      Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete;
               graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.
  
      {Rasing iron}, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from
            the seams of a vessel.
  
      Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level;
               prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.

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   Rase \Rase\, v. i.
      To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
      [Obs.]

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   Raze \Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Razed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Razing}.] [F. raser. See {Rase}, v. t.] [Written also
      {rase}.]
      1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
  
                     Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak.
  
      2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the
            ground; to destroy; to demolish.
  
                     The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert;
               destroy; ruin. See {Demolish}.

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   Rase \Rase\, n.
      1. A scratching out, or erasure. [Obs.]
  
      2. A slight wound; a scratch. [Obs.] --Hooker.
  
      3. (O. Eng. Law) A way of measuring in which the commodity
            measured was made even with the top of the measuring
            vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.
            --Burrill.

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   Rase \Rase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rasing}.] [F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq.
      fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to
      scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. {Raze}, {Razee},
      {Razor}, {Rodent}.]
      1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.]
  
                     Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and
                     might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone
                     into his head?                                    --South.
  
                     Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and
                     at others the skylight almost flattened his nose.
                                                                              --Beckford.
  
      2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]
  
                     Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and
                     branch, out of our mind.                     --Fuller.
  
      3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to
            raze. [In this sense {rase} is generally used.]
  
                     Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They
                     would not turn home.                           --Chapman.
  
      Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete;
               graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.
  
      {Rasing iron}, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from
            the seams of a vessel.
  
      Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level;
               prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.

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   Rase \Rase\, v. i.
      To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
      [Obs.]

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   Raze \Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Razed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Razing}.] [F. raser. See {Rase}, v. t.] [Written also
      {rase}.]
      1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
  
                     Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak.
  
      2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the
            ground; to destroy; to demolish.
  
                     The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert;
               destroy; ruin. See {Demolish}.

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   Rash \Rash\, v. t. [For arace]
      1. To pull off or pluck violently. [Obs.]
  
      2. To slash; to hack; to slice. [Obs.]
  
                     Rushing of helms and riving plates asunder.
                                                                              --Spenser.

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   Rash \Rash\, n. [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr.
      (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to
      scrape, scratch, shave. See {Rase}, and cf. {Rascal}.] (Med.)
      A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or
      no elevation.
  
      {Canker rash}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Nettle rash}. See {Urticaria}.
  
      {Rose rash}. See {Roseola}.
  
      {Tooth rash}. See {Red-gum}.

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   Rash \Rash\, n. [Cf. F. ras short-nap cloth, It. & Sp. raso
      satin (cf. {Rase}); or cf. It. rascia serge, G. rasch,
      probably fr. Arras in France (cf. {Arras}).]
      An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
      [Obs.] --Donne.

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   Rash \Rash\, a. [Compar. {Rasher}; superl. {Rashest}.] [Probably
      of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk, rash,
      Icel. r[94]skr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch quick,
      of uncertain origin.]
      1. Sudden in action; quick; hasty. [Obs.] [bd]Strong as
            aconitum or rash gunpowder.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. [Obs.]
  
                     I scarce have leisure to salute you, My matter is so
                     rash.                                                --Shak.
  
      3. Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate;
            resolving or entering on a project or measure without due
            deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of
            persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
  
      4. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little
            reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
  
      5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
            [Prov. Eng.]
  
      Syn: Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty;
               indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless;
               inconsiderate; unwary.
  
      Usage: {Rash}, {Adventurous}, {Foolhardy}. A man is
                  adventurous who incurs risk or hazard from a love of
                  the arduous and the bold. A man is rash who does it
                  from the mere impulse of his feelings, without
                  counting the cost. A man is foolhardy who throws
                  himself into danger in disregard or defiance of the
                  consequences.
  
                           Was never known a more adventurous knight.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                           Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the
                           fruit, she plucked, she eat.         --Milton.
  
                           If any yet to be foolhardy To expose themselves
                           to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off, and
                           lame, No honors got by such a maim. --Hudibras.

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   Rash \Rash\, v. t.
      To prepare with haste. [Obs.] --Foxe.

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   Rasse \Rasse\, n. [Cf. Malay r[be]sa taste, sensation.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A carnivore ({Viverricula Mallaccensis}) allied to the civet
      but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It
      furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is
      highly prized by the Javanese. Called also {Malacca weasel},
      and {lesser civet}.

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   Rawish \Raw"ish\, a.
      Somewhat raw. [R.] --Marston.

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   Raze \Raze\, n. [See {Rack}.]
      A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as
      race, a root.

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   Raze \Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Razed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Razing}.] [F. raser. See {Rase}, v. t.] [Written also
      {rase}.]
      1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.
  
                     Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak.
  
      2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the
            ground; to destroy; to demolish.
  
                     The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert;
               destroy; ruin. See {Demolish}.

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   Razee \Ra*zee"\, n. [F. vaisseau ras[82], fr. raser to rase, to
      cut down ships. See {Raze}, v. t., {Rase}, v. t.] (Naut.)
      An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus
      reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down
      to a frigate. --Totten.

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   Razoe \Ra*zoe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Razeed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Razeeing}.]
      To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an
      inferior rate or glass, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge
      by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or
      an article.

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   Re89cho \Re*[89]ch"o\ (r[emac]*[ecr]k"[osl]), v. t.
      To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills re[89]cho
      the roar of cannon.

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   Re89cho \Re*[89]ch"o\, v. i.
      To give echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an
      echo; to resound; to be resonant.
  
               And a loud groan re[89]choes from the main. --Pope.

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   Re89cho \Re*[89]ch"o\, n.
      The echo of an echo; a repeated or second echo.

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   Retch \Retch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Retching}.] [AS. hr[?]can to clear the throat, hawk, fr.
      hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack
      neck.]
      To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
      [Written also {reach}.]
  
               Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew
               inarticulate with retching.)                  --Byron.

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   Reach \Reach\, n.
      An effort to vomit. [R.]

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   Reach \Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reached}({Raught}, the old
      preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaching}.] [OE.
      rechen, AS. r[aemac]can, r[aemac]cean, to extend, stretch
      out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS.
      r[c6]ce powerful, rich, E. rich. [root]115.]
      1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a
            limb, a member, something held, or the like.
  
                     Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her
                     heeles down they raughten.                  --Rom. of R.
  
                     Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
                                                                              --John xx. 27.
  
                     Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their
                     pampered boughs.                                 --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially
            the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to
            hand over; as, to reach one a book.
  
                     He reached me a full cap.                  --2 Esd. xiv.
                                                                              39.
  
      3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; too
            extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so
            as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an
            object with the hand, or with a spear.
  
                     O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I
                     may reach the beast.                           --Dryden.
  
      4. To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an
            object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
  
      5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to
            penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
  
                     If these examples of grown men reach not the case of
                     children, let them examine.               --Locke.
  
      6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue
            of extent; as, his hand reaches the river.
  
                     Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches
                     blame.                                                --Milton.
  
      7. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;
            to be advanced to.
  
                     The best account of the appearances of nature which
                     human penetration can reach, comes short of its
                     reality.                                             --Cheyne.
  
      9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
  
                     Do what, sir? I reach you not.            --Beau. & Fl.
  
      10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] --South.

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   Reach \Reach\, n.
      1. The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of
            reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or
            something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my
            reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
  
      2. The power of stretching out or extending action,
            influence, or the like; power of attainment or management;
            extent of force or capacity.
  
                     Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than
                     themselves to matters which they least intended.
                                                                              --Hayward.
  
                     Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. --Pope.
  
      3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence;
            result; scope.
  
                     And on the left hand, hell, With long reach,
                     interposed.                                       --Milton.
  
                     I am to pray you not to strain my speech To grosser
                     issues, nor to larger reach Than to suspicion.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      4. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a
            straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to
            another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an
            arm of the sea extending up into the land. [bd]The river's
            wooded reach.[b8] --Tennyson.
  
                     The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches.
                                                                              --Holland.
  
      5. An article to obtain an advantage.
  
                     The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of
                     his own underhand to cross the design. --Bacon.
  
      6. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the
            forward bolster of a wagon.

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   Reach \Reach\, v. t.
      1. To stretch out the hand.
  
                     Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste!
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To strain after something; to make efforts.
  
                     Reaching above our nature does no good. --Dryden.
  
      3. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence,
            etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to,
            something.
  
                     And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top
                     of it reached to heaven.                     --Gen. xxviii.
                                                                              12.
  
                     The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone.
                                                                              --Boyle.
  
      4. (Naut.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking
            to another, or with the ind nearly abeam.
  
      {To reach after} [or] {at}, to make efforts to attain to or
            obtain.
  
                     He would be in the mind reaching after a positive
                     idea of infinity.                              --Locke.

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   Retch \Retch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Retching}.] [AS. hr[?]can to clear the throat, hawk, fr.
      hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack
      neck.]
      To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
      [Written also {reach}.]
  
               Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew
               inarticulate with retching.)                  --Byron.

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   Reach \Reach\, n.
      An effort to vomit. [R.]

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   Reach \Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reached}({Raught}, the old
      preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaching}.] [OE.
      rechen, AS. r[aemac]can, r[aemac]cean, to extend, stretch
      out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS.
      r[c6]ce powerful, rich, E. rich. [root]115.]
      1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a
            limb, a member, something held, or the like.
  
                     Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her
                     heeles down they raughten.                  --Rom. of R.
  
                     Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
                                                                              --John xx. 27.
  
                     Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their
                     pampered boughs.                                 --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially
            the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to
            hand over; as, to reach one a book.
  
                     He reached me a full cap.                  --2 Esd. xiv.
                                                                              39.
  
      3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; too
            extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so
            as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an
            object with the hand, or with a spear.
  
                     O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I
                     may reach the beast.                           --Dryden.
  
      4. To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an
            object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
  
      5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to
            penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
  
                     If these examples of grown men reach not the case of
                     children, let them examine.               --Locke.
  
      6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue
            of extent; as, his hand reaches the river.
  
                     Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches
                     blame.                                                --Milton.
  
      7. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;
            to be advanced to.
  
                     The best account of the appearances of nature which
                     human penetration can reach, comes short of its
                     reality.                                             --Cheyne.
  
      9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
  
                     Do what, sir? I reach you not.            --Beau. & Fl.
  
      10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] --South.

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   Reach \Reach\, n.
      1. The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of
            reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or
            something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my
            reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
  
      2. The power of stretching out or extending action,
            influence, or the like; power of attainment or management;
            extent of force or capacity.
  
                     Drawn by others who had deeper reaches than
                     themselves to matters which they least intended.
                                                                              --Hayward.
  
                     Be sure yourself and your own reach to know. --Pope.
  
      3. Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence;
            result; scope.
  
                     And on the left hand, hell, With long reach,
                     interposed.                                       --Milton.
  
                     I am to pray you not to strain my speech To grosser
                     issues, nor to larger reach Than to suspicion.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      4. An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a
            straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to
            another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an
            arm of the sea extending up into the land. [bd]The river's
            wooded reach.[b8] --Tennyson.
  
                     The coast . . . is very full of creeks and reaches.
                                                                              --Holland.
  
      5. An article to obtain an advantage.
  
                     The Duke of Parma had particular reaches and ends of
                     his own underhand to cross the design. --Bacon.
  
      6. The pole or rod which connects the hind axle with the
            forward bolster of a wagon.

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   Reach \Reach\, v. t.
      1. To stretch out the hand.
  
                     Goddess humane, reach, then, and freely taste!
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To strain after something; to make efforts.
  
                     Reaching above our nature does no good. --Dryden.
  
      3. To extend in dimension, time, amount, action, influence,
            etc., so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to,
            something.
  
                     And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top
                     of it reached to heaven.                     --Gen. xxviii.
                                                                              12.
  
                     The new world reaches quite across the torrid zone.
                                                                              --Boyle.
  
      4. (Naut.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking
            to another, or with the ind nearly abeam.
  
      {To reach after} [or] {at}, to make efforts to attain to or
            obtain.
  
                     He would be in the mind reaching after a positive
                     idea of infinity.                              --Locke.

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   Reak \Reak\, n. [[?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Wrack} seaweed.]
      A rush. [Obs.] [bd]Feeds on reaks and reeds.[b8] --Drant.

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   Reak \Reak\, n. [Cf. Icel. hrekkr, or E. wreak vengeance.]
      A prank. [Obs.] [bd]They play such reaks.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.

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   Reawake \Re`a*wake"\, v. i.
      To awake again.

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   Recche \Rec"che\, v. i.
      To reck. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Reck \Reck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recked}(obs. imp. {Roughte});
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Recking}.] [AS. reccan, r[emac]can, to care
      for; akin to OS. r[omac]kian, OHG. ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel.
      r[91]kja, also to E. reckon, rake an implement. See {Rake},
      and cf. {Reckon}.]
      1. To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
            [Archaic]
  
                     This son of mine not recking danger.   --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
                     And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the
                     adviser.                                             --Burns.
  
      2. To concern; -- used impersonally. [Poetic]
  
                     What recks it them?                           --Milton.

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   Reck \Reck\, v. i.
      To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often
      followed by of. [Archaic]
  
               Then reck I not, when I have lost my life. --Chaucer.
  
               I reck not though I end my life to-day.   --Shak.
  
               Of me she recks not, nor my vain desire. --M. Arnold.

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   Reechy \Reech"y\ (r[emac]ch"[ycr]), a. [See {Reeky}.]
      Smoky; reeky; hence, begrimed with dirt. [Obs.]

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   Reek \Reek\ (r[emac]k), n.
      A rick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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   Reek \Reek\, n. [AS. r[emc]c; akin to OFries. r[emac]k, LG. & D.
      rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. r[94]g, Sw. r[94]k, Icel.
      reykr, and to AS. re[oacute]can to reek, smoke, Icel.
      rj[umac]ka, G. riechen to smell.]
      Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
  
               As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak.

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   Reek \Reek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reeked} (r[emac]kt); p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Reeking}.] [As. r[emac]can. See {Reek} vapor.]
      To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be
      full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.
  
               Few chimneys reeking you shall espy.      --Spenser.
  
               I found me laid In balmy sweat, which with his beams
               the sun Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
               The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco.      --Macaulay.

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   Reeky \Reek"y\ (-?), a. [From 2d {Reek}; cf. {Reechy}.]
      1. Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul. --Shak.
  
      2. Emitting reek. [bd]Reeky fen.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.

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   Rehash \Re*hash"\ (r?*h?sh"), v. t.
      To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash
      old arguments.

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   Rehash \Re*hash"\, n.
      Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.

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   Rei \Rei\ (r?), n.;pl. {Reis} (r[?]"[?]s or r[?]z). [Pg. real,
      pl. reis. See {Real} a coin.]
      A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a
      cent. [Spelt also {ree}.]

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   Reis \Reis\ (r[imac]s), n. [Ar. ra[ium]s head, chief, prince.]
      A common title in the East for a person in authority,
      especially the captain of a ship. [Written also {rais} and
      {ras}.]

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   Reissue \Re*is"sue\ (r?*?sh"?), v. t. & i.
      To issue a second time.

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   Reissue \Re*is"sue\, n.
      A second or repeated issue.

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   d8Res \[d8]Res\ (r?z), n.; pl. {Res}. [L.]
      A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point.
  
      {[d8]Res gest[91]} [L., things done] (Law), the facts which
            form the environment of a litigated issue. --Wharton.
  
      {[d8]Res judicata} [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter
            no longer open to controversy.

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   Resaw \Re*saw"\ (r[?]-s[?]"), v. t.
      To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which
      has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists,
      boards, etc.

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   Rescowe \Res"cowe\ (r?s"kou), v. t.
      To rescue. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Rescue \Res"cue\ (r?s"k?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rescued}
      (-k?d);p. pr. & vb. n. {Rescuing}.] [OE. rescopuen, OF.
      rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to
      shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See {Qtash} to
      crush, {Rercussion}.]
      To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or
      evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or
      withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a
      prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.
  
               Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a
               breakfast to the best, Rather than have false Proteus
               rescue me.                                             --Shak.
  
      Syn: To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release;
               save.

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   Rescue \Res"cue\ (r?s"k?), n. [From {Rescue}, v.; cf.
      {Rescous}.]
      1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence,
            or danger; liberation.
  
                     Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot. --Shak.
  
      2. (Law)
            (a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of
                  things lawfully distrained.
            (b) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or
                  imprisonment.
            (c) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by
                  the enemy. --Bouvier.
  
                           The rescue of a prisoner from the court is
                           punished with perpetual imprisonment and
                           forfeiture of goods.                     --Blackstone.
  
      {Rescue grass}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass
            ({Ceratochloa unioloides}) somewhat resembling chess,
            cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.

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   Rese \Rese\ (r?z), v. i.
      To shake; to quake; to tremble. [Obs.] [bd]It made all the
      gates for to rese.[b8] --Chaucer.

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   Resow \Re*sow"\ (r?*s?"), v. t.
      To sow again. --Bacon.

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   Rewake \Re*wake""\, v. t. & i.
      To wake again.

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   Reyse \Reyse\, v. t.
      To raise. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Reyse \Reyse\, v. i. [Cf. G. reisen to travel.]
      To go on a military expedition. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Rheic \Rhe"ic\, a. [NL. Rheum rhubarb, Gr. [?][?][?] See
      {Rhubarb}.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called
      chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb ({Rheum}). [Obsoles.]

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   d8Planaria \[d8]Pla*na"ri*a\, n.; pl. L. {Planari[91]}, E.
      {-rias}. [NL. See {Planary}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to {Planaria},
      and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and
      smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial.

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   -ric \-ric\ [AS r[c6]ce kingdom, dominion. See {Rich}.]
      A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric,
      the district over which a bishop exercises authority.

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   Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.
      [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers.
      br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf.
      {Rye}.] (Bot.)
      A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This
      plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the
      grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.
      In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be
      overflowed.
  
      {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}.
  
      {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}.
  
      {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania
            aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,
            much used for food by North American Indians. It is common
            in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also
            {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc.
  
      {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus
            ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
  
      {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}.
  
      {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule.
  
      {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse
            ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States.
  
      {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from
            China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture
            of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a
            large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng)
            into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under
            pressure. Called also {pith paper}.
  
      {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink.
  
      {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small
            quantity of rice in water.
  
      {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice
            water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from
            the bowels, in cholera.
  
      {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or]
            Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and
            Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also
            {black weevil}.

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   Rich \Rich\, (r[icr]ch), a. [Compar. {Richer}; superl.
      {Richest}.] [OE. riche, AS. r[c6]ce rich, powerful; akin to
      OS. r[c6]ki, D. rijk, G. reich, OHG. r[c6]hhi, Icel. r[c6]kr,
      Sw. rik, Dan. rig, Goth. reiks; from a word meaning, ruler,
      king, probably borrowed from Celtic, and akin to L. rex,
      regis, king, regere to guide, rule. [root]283. See {Right},
      and cf. {Derrick}, {Enrich}, {Rajah}, {Riches}, {Royal}.]
      1. Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of
            a large amount of property; well supplied with land,
            goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to
            {poor}. [bd]Rich merchants.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     The rich [person] hath many friends.   --Prov. xiv.
                                                                              20.
  
                     As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich
                     burgher.                                             --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant;
            copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich
            entertainment; a rich crop.
  
                     If life be short, it shall be glorious; Each minute
                     shall be rich in some great action.   --Rowe.
  
                     The gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her
                     kings barbaric pearl and gold.            --Milton.
  
      3. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful;
            as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.
  
      4. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients;
            procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious;
            sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur;
            rich presents.
  
                     Like to rich and various gems.            --Milton.
  
      5. Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; --
            especially applied to articles of food or drink which are
            high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are
            sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich
            cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit.
  
                     Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India.
                                                                              --Baker.
  
      6. Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.
  
      7. Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich
            music.
  
      8. Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich
            scenery.
  
      9. Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as,
            the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.
            [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
  
      Note: Rich is sometimes used in the formation of
               self-explaining compounds; as, rich-fleeced,
               rich-jeweled, rich-laden, rich-stained.
  
      Syn: Wealthy; affluent; opulent; ample; copious; abundant;
               plentiful; fruitful; costly; sumptuous; precious;
               generous; luscious.

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   Rich \Rich\, v. t.
      To enrich. [Obs.] --Gower.

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   Rick \Rick\, n. [OE. reek, rek, AS. hre[a0]c a heap; akin to
      hryce rick, Icel. hraukr.]
      A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air,
      usually protected from wet with thatching.
  
               Golden clusters of beehive ricks, rising at intervals
               beyond the hedgerows.                              --G. Eliot.

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   Rick \Rick\, v. t.
      To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.

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   Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -{ries}. [Cf. F.
      lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.)
      A [bd]tear-bottle;[b8] a narrow-necked vessel found in
      sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former
      notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were
      collected in it. Called also {lachrymal} or {lacrymal}.

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   Lectionary \Lec"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [LL. lectionarium,
      lectionarius : cf. F. lectionnaire.] (Eccl.)
      A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine
      service.

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   Limitary \Lim"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[icr]z).
      1. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.
            [Obs.] --Fuller.
  
      2. A limiter. See {Limiter}, 2.

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   Responsory \Re*spon"so*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[?]z). [LL.
      responsorium.]
      1. (Eccl.)
            (a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate
                  speaking, in church service.
            (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a
                  refrain.
  
                           Which, if should repeat again, would turn my
                           answers into responsories, and beget another
                           liturgy.                                       --Milton.
  
      2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book.

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   Sacramentary \Sac`ra*men"ta*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [LL.
      sacramentarium: cf. F. sacramentaire.]
      1. An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by
            Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St.
            Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the
            sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other
            ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same
            kind in France and Germany.
  
      2. Same as {Sacramentarian}, n., 1.
  
                     Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.

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   Fumatory \Fu"ma*to*ry\, a. [See {Fumatorium}.]
      Pert. to, or concerned with, smoking. -- n.; pl. {-ries}. A
      place for subjecting things to smoke or vapor.

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   Concessionary \Con*ces"sion*a*ry\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a concession. -- n.; pl. {-ries}. A
      concessionaire.

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   Signatory \Sig"na*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}.
      A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of
      signatories.

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   Ossuary \Os"su*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [L. ossuarium, fr.
      ossuarius of or bones, fr. os, ossis, bone: cf. F. ossuaire.]
      A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel
      house. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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   Ostiary \Os"ti*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [L. ostium door,
      entrance. See {Usher}.]
      1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
  
      2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a
            porter. --N. Bacon.

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   Stillatory \Stil"la*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [From {Still}, for
      distill. Cf. {Still}, n., and {Distillatory}, a.]
      1. An alembic; a vessel for distillation. [R.] --Bacon.
  
      2. A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is
            performed. [R.] --Dr. H. More. --Sir H. Wotton.

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   Stationary \Sta"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}.
      One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when
      apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
      --Holland.

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   Prothonotary \Pro*thon"o*ta*ry\, [or] Protonotary
   \Pro*ton"o*ta*ry\, n.; pl> {-ries}. [LL. protonotarius, fr. Gr.
      prw^tos first + L. notarius a shorthand writer, a scribe: cf.
      F. protonotaire.]
      1. A chief notary or clerk. [bd] My private prothonotary.[b8]
            --Herrick.
  
      2. Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and
            in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the
            master. [Eng.] --Wharton. Burrill.
  
      3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of
            the United States.
  
      4. (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing
            the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their
            death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college
            in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical
            acts and to make and preserve the official record of
            beatifications.
  
      5. (Gr. Ch.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of
            Constantinople.
  
      {Prothonotary warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small American warbler
            ({Protonotaria citrea}). The general color is golden
            yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are
            ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white.

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   Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[?]z).
      An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
  
               Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to
               reformatories instead of to prisons.      --Eng. Cyc.

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   Refrigeratory \Re*frig"er*a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-fr[?]z).
      [CF. F. r[82]frig[82]ratoire.]
      That which refrigerates or cools. Specifically:
      (a) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water,
            surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby
            condensed.
      (b) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice
            machine.

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   Reliquary \Rel"i*qua*ry\ (r?l"?-kw?-r?), n.; pl. {-ries}
      (-r[icr]z). [LL. reliquiarium, reliquiare: cf. F. reliquaire.
      See {Relic}.]
      A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics
      are kept.

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   Bursary \Bur"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [LL. bursaria. See
      {Bursar}.]
      1. The treasury of a college or monastery.
  
      2. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as
            in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his
            studies. [bd]No woman of rank or fortune but would have a
            bursary in her gift.[b8] --Southey.

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   Masticatory \Mas"ti*ca*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. (Med.)
      A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva. --Bacon.

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   Manufactory \Man`u*fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [Cf. L.
      factorium an oil press, prop., place where something is made.
      See {Manufacture}.]
      1. Manufacture. [Obs.]
  
      2. A building or place where anything is manufactured; a
            factory.

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   Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -{ries}. [Cf. F.
      lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.)
      A [bd]tear-bottle;[b8] a narrow-necked vessel found in
      sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former
      notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were
      collected in it. Called also {lachrymal} or {lacrymal}.

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   Lectionary \Lec"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [LL. lectionarium,
      lectionarius : cf. F. lectionnaire.] (Eccl.)
      A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine
      service.

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   Limitary \Lim"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[icr]z).
      1. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.
            [Obs.] --Fuller.
  
      2. A limiter. See {Limiter}, 2.

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   Responsory \Re*spon"so*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[?]z). [LL.
      responsorium.]
      1. (Eccl.)
            (a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate
                  speaking, in church service.
            (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a
                  refrain.
  
                           Which, if should repeat again, would turn my
                           answers into responsories, and beget another
                           liturgy.                                       --Milton.
  
      2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book.

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   Sacramentary \Sac`ra*men"ta*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [LL.
      sacramentarium: cf. F. sacramentaire.]
      1. An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by
            Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St.
            Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the
            sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other
            ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same
            kind in France and Germany.
  
      2. Same as {Sacramentarian}, n., 1.
  
                     Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.

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   Fumatory \Fu"ma*to*ry\, a. [See {Fumatorium}.]
      Pert. to, or concerned with, smoking. -- n.; pl. {-ries}. A
      place for subjecting things to smoke or vapor.

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   Concessionary \Con*ces"sion*a*ry\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a concession. -- n.; pl. {-ries}. A
      concessionaire.

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   Signatory \Sig"na*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}.
      A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of
      signatories.

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   Ossuary \Os"su*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [L. ossuarium, fr.
      ossuarius of or bones, fr. os, ossis, bone: cf. F. ossuaire.]
      A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel
      house. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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   Ostiary \Os"ti*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [L. ostium door,
      entrance. See {Usher}.]
      1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
  
      2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a
            porter. --N. Bacon.

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   Stillatory \Stil"la*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [From {Still}, for
      distill. Cf. {Still}, n., and {Distillatory}, a.]
      1. An alembic; a vessel for distillation. [R.] --Bacon.
  
      2. A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is
            performed. [R.] --Dr. H. More. --Sir H. Wotton.

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   Stationary \Sta"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}.
      One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when
      apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
      --Holland.

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   Prothonotary \Pro*thon"o*ta*ry\, [or] Protonotary
   \Pro*ton"o*ta*ry\, n.; pl> {-ries}. [LL. protonotarius, fr. Gr.
      prw^tos first + L. notarius a shorthand writer, a scribe: cf.
      F. protonotaire.]
      1. A chief notary or clerk. [bd] My private prothonotary.[b8]
            --Herrick.
  
      2. Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and
            in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the
            master. [Eng.] --Wharton. Burrill.
  
      3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of
            the United States.
  
      4. (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing
            the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their
            death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college
            in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical
            acts and to make and preserve the official record of
            beatifications.
  
      5. (Gr. Ch.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of
            Constantinople.
  
      {Prothonotary warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small American warbler
            ({Protonotaria citrea}). The general color is golden
            yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are
            ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white.

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   Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[?]z).
      An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
  
               Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to
               reformatories instead of to prisons.      --Eng. Cyc.

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   Refrigeratory \Re*frig"er*a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-fr[?]z).
      [CF. F. r[82]frig[82]ratoire.]
      That which refrigerates or cools. Specifically:
      (a) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water,
            surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby
            condensed.
      (b) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice
            machine.

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   Reliquary \Rel"i*qua*ry\ (r?l"?-kw?-r?), n.; pl. {-ries}
      (-r[icr]z). [LL. reliquiarium, reliquiare: cf. F. reliquaire.
      See {Relic}.]
      A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics
      are kept.

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   Bursary \Bur"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [LL. bursaria. See
      {Bursar}.]
      1. The treasury of a college or monastery.
  
      2. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as
            in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his
            studies. [bd]No woman of rank or fortune but would have a
            bursary in her gift.[b8] --Southey.

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   Masticatory \Mas"ti*ca*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. (Med.)
      A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva. --Bacon.

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   Manufactory \Man`u*fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [Cf. L.
      factorium an oil press, prop., place where something is made.
      See {Manufacture}.]
      1. Manufacture. [Obs.]
  
      2. A building or place where anything is manufactured; a
            factory.

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   Rig \Rig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rigging}.] [Norweg. rigga to bind, particularly, to wrap
      round, rig; cf. AS. wr[c6]han to cover.]
      1. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
  
      2. To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or
            fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.
  
                     Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace.
                                                                              --L'Estrange.
  
      {To rig a purchase}, to adapt apparatus so as to get a
            purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle,
            capstan, etc.
  
      {To rig a ship} (Naut.), to fit the shrouds, stays, braces,
            etc., to their respective masts and yards.

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   Rig \Rig\, n. [See {Ridge}.]
      A ridge. [Prov. or Scott.]

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   Rig \Rig\, n.
      1. (Naut.) The peculiar fitting in shape, number, and
            arrangement of sails and masts, by which different types
            of vessels are distinguished; as, schooner rig, ship rig,
            etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
  
      2. Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing. [Colloq.]

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   Rig \Rig\, n. [Cf. {Wriggle}.]
      1. A romp; a wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct. [Obs.]
            --Fuller.
  
      2. A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
  
      3. A blast of wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
  
                     That uncertain season before the rigs of Michaelmas
                     were yet well composed.                     --Burke.
  
      {To run a rig}, to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do
            something strange and unbecoming.
  
                     He little dreamt when he set out Of running such a
                     rig.                                                   --Cowper.

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   Rig \Rig\, v. i.
      To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play
      tricks. [bd]Rigging and rifling all ways.[b8] --Chapman.

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   Rig \Rig\, v. t.
      To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer. [Obs. or
      Prov.] --Tusser.
  
      {To rig the market} (Stock Exchange), to raise or lower
            market prices, as by some fraud or trick. [Cant]

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   Ris \Ris\, n. [AS. hr[c6]s; akin to D. rils, G. reis, OHG.
      hr[c6]s.]
      A bough or branch; a twig. [Obs.]
  
               As white as is the blossom upon the ris. --Chaucer.

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   Rise \Rise\, v. i. [imp. {Rose}; p. p. {Risen}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rising}.] [AS. r[c6]san; akin to OS. r[c6]san, D. rijzen,
      OHG. r[c6]san to rise, fall, Icel. r[c6]sa, Goth. urreisan,
      G. reise journey. CF. {Arise}, {Raise}, {Rear}, v.]
      1. To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to
            mount up. Specifically:
            (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any
                  other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a
                  fish rises to the bait.
            (b) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in
                  air, cork in water, and the like.
            (c) To move upward under the influence of a projecting
                  force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
            (d) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this
                  elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
            (e) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or
                  bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the
                  mercury rises in the thermometer.
            (f) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to
                  rise from a chair or from a fall.
            (g) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
  
                           He that would thrive, must rise by five. --Old
                                                                              Proverb.
            (h) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far
                  above the sea.
            (i) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises
                  in this direction. [bd]A rising ground.[b8] --Dryden.
            (j) To retire; to give up a siege.
  
                           He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . .
                           was gone.                                    --Knolles.
            (k) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to
                  become light, as dough, and the like.
  
      2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising. Specifically:
           
            (a) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars,
                  and the like. [bd]He maketh his sun to rise on the
                  evil and the good.[b8] --Matt. v. 45.
            (b) To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come
                  forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin;
                  the land rises to view to one sailing toward the
                  shore.
            (c) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as,
                  a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
            (d) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as,
                  rivers rise in lakes or springs.
  
                           A scepter shall rise out of Israel. --Num. xxiv.
                                                                              17.
  
                           Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope.
  
      3. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a
            climax. Specifically:
            (a) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a
                  storm, and hence, of passion. [bd]High winde . . .
                  began to rise, high passions -- anger, hate.[b8]
                  --Milton.
            (b) To become of higher value; to increase in price.
  
                           Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . the
                           ounce.                                          --Locke.
            (c) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor,
                  and the like.
            (d) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.
            (e) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
            (f) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses
                  rose beyond his expectations.
  
      4. In various figurative senses. Specifically:
            (a) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war;
                  to take up arms; to rebel.
  
                           At our heels all hell should rise With blackest
                           insurrection.                              --Milton.
  
                           No more shall nation against nation rise.
                                                                              --Pope.
            (b) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted;
                  to excel; to succeed.
  
                           Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (c) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to
                  increase in interest or power; -- said of style,
                  thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of
                  expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in
                  interest.
            (d) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
  
                           A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men
                           of contemplative natures.            --Spectator.
            (e) To come; to offer itself.
  
                           There chanced to the prince's hand to rise An
                           ancient book.                              --Spenser.
  
      5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
  
                     But now is Christ risen from the dead. --1. Cor. xv.
                                                                              20.
  
      6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the
            committee rose after agreeing to the report.
  
                     It was near nine . . . before the House rose.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as,
            to rise a tone or semitone.
  
      8. (Print.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from
            the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; --
            said of a form.
  
      Syn: To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale.
  
      Usage: {Rise}, {Appreciate}. Some in America use the word
                  appreciate for [bd]rise in value;[b8] as, stocks
                  appreciate, money appreciates, etc. This use is not
                  unknown in England, but it is less common there. It is
                  undesirable, because rise sufficiently expresses the
                  idea, and appreciate has its own distinctive meaning,
                  which ought not to be confused with one so entirely
                  different.

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   Rise \Rise\, n.
      1. The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
  
      2. The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of
            the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was
            six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.
  
      3. Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house
            stood on a rise of land. [Colloq.]
  
      4. Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
  
                     All wickednes taketh its rise from the heart. --R.
                                                                              Nelson.
  
      5. Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or
            of a planet. --Shak.
  
      6. Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank,
            property, fame, and the like.
  
                     The rise or fall that may happen in his constant
                     revenue by a Spanish war.                  --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      7. Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
  
                     The ordinary rises and falls of the voice. --Bacon.
  
      8. Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key;
            as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
  
      9. The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the
            surface of the water.

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   Rise \Rise\, v. t. [See {Rise}, v. i.]
      1. To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill.
  
      2. To cause to rise; as, to rise a fish, or cause it to come
            to the surface of the water; to rise a ship, or bring it
            above the horizon by approaching it; to raise.
  
                     Until we rose the bark we could not pretend to call
                     it a chase.                                       --W. C.
                                                                              Russell.

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   Rish \Rish\, n.
      A rush (the plant). [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Risk \Risk\, n. [F. risque; cf. It. risco, risico, rischio, Pg.
      risco, Sp. riesgo, and also Sp. risco a steep rock; all
      probably fr. L. resceare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare
      to cut; -- the word having been probably first used among
      sailors. See {Section}.]
      1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or
            destruction.
  
                     The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a
                     risk which has shaken very strong nerves.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
  
      {To run a risk}, to incur hazard; to encounter danger.
  
      Syn: Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See {Danger}.

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   Risk \Risk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Risked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Risking}.] [CF. F. risquer. See {Risk}, n.]
      1. To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to
            risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in
            battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
  
      2. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
  
      Syn: To hazard; peril; endanger; jeopard.

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   Risky \Risk"y\, a.
      Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. [bd]A risky
      matter.[b8] --W. Collins.
  
               Generalization are always risky.            --Lowell.

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   Risse \Risse\, obs.
      imp. of {Rise}. --B. Jonson.

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   Roach \Roach\, n. [OE. rroche; cf. AS. reohha, D. rog, roch, G.
      roche, LG. ruche, Dan. rokke ray, Sw. rocka, and E. ray a
      fish.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family
                  ({Leuciscus rutilus}). It is silver-white, with a
                  greenish back.
            (b) An American chub ({Semotilus bullaris}); the fallfish.
            (c) The redfin, or shiner.
  
      2. (Naut.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail
            to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
  
      {As sound as a roach} [roach perhaps being a corruption of a
            F. roche a rock], perfectly sound.

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   Roach \Roach\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A cockroach.

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   Roach \Roach\, v. t.
      1. To cause to arch.
  
      2. To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall
            stand upright.

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   Roke \Roke\, n. [See {Reek}.]
      1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also {roak},
            {rook}, and {rouk}.]
  
      2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] --Halliwell.

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   Roc \Roc\, n. [Ar. & Per. rokh or rukh. Cf. {Rook} a castle.]
      A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also {rock},
      and {rukh}.] --Brande & C.

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   Roche \Roche\, n. [See {Rock}.]
      Rock. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Roc \Roc\, n. [Ar. & Per. rokh or rukh. Cf. {Rook} a castle.]
      A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also {rock},
      and {rukh}.] --Brande & C.

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   Rock \Rock\, n.
      See {Roc}.

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   Rock \Rock\, n. [OE. rocke; akin to D. rok, rokken, G. rocken,
      OHG. roccho, Dan. rok, Icel. rokkr. Cf. {Rocket} a firework.]
      A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which
      flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in
      spinning. --Chapman.
  
               Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the thread By
               grisly Lachesis was spun with pain, That cruel Atropos
               eftsoon undid.                                       --Spenser.

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

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   Rock \Rock\, v. i.
      1. To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently
            agitated; to reel; to totter.
  
                     The rocking town Supplants their footsteps. --J.
                                                                              Philips .
  
      2. To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as,
            to rock in a rocking-chair.

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   Rock \Rock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rocked};p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rocking}.] [AS. roccian; akin to Dan. rokke to move, to
      snake; cf. Icel. rukkja to pull, move, G. r[81]cken to move,
      push, pull.]
      1. To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting
            on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to
            cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
  
                     A rising earthquake rocked the ground. --Dryden.
  
      2. To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking;
            to still; to quiet. [bd]Sleep rock thy brain.[b8] --Shak.
  
      Note: Rock differs from shake, as denoting a slower, less
               violent, and more uniform motion, or larger movements.
               It differs from swing, which expresses a vibratory
               motion of something suspended.

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   Roc \Roc\, n. [Ar. & Per. rokh or rukh. Cf. {Rook} a castle.]
      A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also {rock},
      and {rukh}.] --Brande & C.

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   Rock \Rock\, n.
      See {Roc}.

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   Rock \Rock\, n. [OE. rocke; akin to D. rok, rokken, G. rocken,
      OHG. roccho, Dan. rok, Icel. rokkr. Cf. {Rocket} a firework.]
      A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which
      flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in
      spinning. --Chapman.
  
               Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the thread By
               grisly Lachesis was spun with pain, That cruel Atropos
               eftsoon undid.                                       --Spenser.

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

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   Rock \Rock\, v. i.
      1. To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently
            agitated; to reel; to totter.
  
                     The rocking town Supplants their footsteps. --J.
                                                                              Philips .
  
      2. To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as,
            to rock in a rocking-chair.

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   Rock \Rock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rocked};p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rocking}.] [AS. roccian; akin to Dan. rokke to move, to
      snake; cf. Icel. rukkja to pull, move, G. r[81]cken to move,
      push, pull.]
      1. To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting
            on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to
            cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
  
                     A rising earthquake rocked the ground. --Dryden.
  
      2. To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking;
            to still; to quiet. [bd]Sleep rock thy brain.[b8] --Shak.
  
      Note: Rock differs from shake, as denoting a slower, less
               violent, and more uniform motion, or larger movements.
               It differs from swing, which expresses a vibratory
               motion of something suspended.

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   Rockaway \Rock"a*way\, [Probably from Rockaway beach, where it
      was used.]
      Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing
      top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which
      could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat
      similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front,
      and having a door at each side.

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   Rocky \Rock"y\, a.
      1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as,
            a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
  
      2. Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield. --Milton.
  
      3. Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling;
            obdurate; as, a rocky bosom. --Shak.
  
      {Rocky Mountain locust} (Zo[94]l.), the Western locust, or
            grasshopper. See {Grasshopper}.
  
      {Rocky Mountain sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bighorn}.

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   Rocoa \Ro"coa\, n. [Cf. F. rocou, roicou, Pg. & Braz, uruc[a3].]
      The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical
      plant {Bixa Orellana}, from which annotto is prepared. See
      {Annoto}.

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   Rogue \Rogue\, n. [F. rogue proud, haughty, supercilious; cf.
      Icel. hr[?]kr a rook, croaker (cf. {Rook} a bird), or Armor.
      rok, rog, proud, arogant.]
      1. (Eng.Law) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a
            tramp.
  
      Note: The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large
               class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons.
               They were formerly punished by being whipped and having
               the gristle of the right ear bored with a hot iron.
  
      2. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
  
                     The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise. --Pope.
  
      3. One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence,
            often used as a term of endearment.
  
                     Ah, you sweet little rogue, you!         --Shak.
  
      4. An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about
            alone, in which state it is very savage.
  
      5. (Hort.) A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some
            choice variety.
  
      {Rogues' gallery}, a collection of portraits of rogues or
            criminals, for the use of the police authorities.
  
      {Rogue's march}, derisive music performed in driving away a
            person under popular indignation or official sentence, as
            when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment.
  
      {Rogue's yarn}, yarn of a different twist and color from the
            rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to
            identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the
            maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to
            use yarns of different colors.

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   Rogue \Rogue\, v. i.
      To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
      [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Rogue \Rogue\, v. t.
      1. To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
            [Obs.] --Cudworth.
  
      2. (Hort.) To destroy (plants that do not come up to a
            required standard).

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   Roguy \Rogu"y\, a.
      Roguish. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

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   Roke \Roke\, n. [See {Reek}.]
      1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also {roak},
            {rook}, and {rouk}.]
  
      2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] --Halliwell.

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   Rokeage \Roke"age\, Rokee \Rok"ee\, n. [Cf. {Nocake}.]
      Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; --
      called also {yokeage}. [Local, U.S.]

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   Roky \Rok"y\, a. [See {Roke}.]
      Misty; foggy; cloudy. [Prov. Eng.] --Ray.

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   Roke \Roke\, n. [See {Reek}.]
      1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also {roak},
            {rook}, and {rouk}.]
  
      2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] --Halliwell.

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   Rook \Rook\, n. [AS. hr[omac]c; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho,
      Icel. hr[omac]kr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to
      crow.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A European bird ({Corvus frugilegus})
            resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple
            and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the
            region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin,
            which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its
            habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic
            species.
  
                     The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's
                     friend.                                             --Pennant.
  
      2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
            --Wycherley.

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   Rook \Rook\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Rooked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rooking}.]
      To cheat; to defraud by cheating. [bd]A band of rooking
      officials.[b8] --Milton.

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   Rook \Rook\ (r[oocr]k), n.
      Mist; fog. See {Roke}. [Obs.]

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   Rook \Rook\, v. i.
      To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Rook \Rook\, n. [F. roc (cf. Sp. roque), fr. Per. & Ar. rokh, or
      rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also the bird roc (in this
      sense perhaps a different word); cf. Hind. rath a war
      chariot, the castle at chess, Skr. ratha a car, a war car.
      Cf. {Roll}.] (Chess)
      One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the
      board; a castle.

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   Roke \Roke\, n. [See {Reek}.]
      1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also {roak},
            {rook}, and {rouk}.]
  
      2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] --Halliwell.

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   Rook \Rook\, n. [AS. hr[omac]c; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho,
      Icel. hr[omac]kr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to
      crow.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A European bird ({Corvus frugilegus})
            resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple
            and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the
            region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin,
            which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its
            habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic
            species.
  
                     The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's
                     friend.                                             --Pennant.
  
      2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
            --Wycherley.

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   Rook \Rook\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Rooked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rooking}.]
      To cheat; to defraud by cheating. [bd]A band of rooking
      officials.[b8] --Milton.

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   Rook \Rook\ (r[oocr]k), n.
      Mist; fog. See {Roke}. [Obs.]

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   Rook \Rook\, v. i.
      To squat; to ruck. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Rook \Rook\, n. [F. roc (cf. Sp. roque), fr. Per. & Ar. rokh, or
      rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also the bird roc (in this
      sense perhaps a different word); cf. Hind. rath a war
      chariot, the castle at chess, Skr. ratha a car, a war car.
      Cf. {Roll}.] (Chess)
      One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the
      board; a castle.

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   Rooky \Rook"y\ (-[ycr]), a. [See {Roky}.]
      Misty; gloomy. [Obs.]
  
               Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky
               wood.                                                      --Shak.
  
      Note: Some make this Shakespearean word mean [bd]abounding in
               rooks.[b8]

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   Roque \Roque\ (r[omac]k), n. [Abbr. fr. {Croquet}.]
      A form of croquet modified for greater accuracy of play. The
      court has a wood border often faced with rubber, used as a
      cushion in bank shots. The balls are 3[frac14] in. in
      diameter, the cage (center arches or wickets) 3[frac38] in.
      wide, the other arches 3[frac12] in. wide.

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   Rise \Rise\, v. i. [imp. {Rose}; p. p. {Risen}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rising}.] [AS. r[c6]san; akin to OS. r[c6]san, D. rijzen,
      OHG. r[c6]san to rise, fall, Icel. r[c6]sa, Goth. urreisan,
      G. reise journey. CF. {Arise}, {Raise}, {Rear}, v.]
      1. To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to
            mount up. Specifically:
            (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any
                  other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a
                  fish rises to the bait.
            (b) To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in
                  air, cork in water, and the like.
            (c) To move upward under the influence of a projecting
                  force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
            (d) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this
                  elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
            (e) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or
                  bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the
                  mercury rises in the thermometer.
            (f) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to
                  rise from a chair or from a fall.
            (g) To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
  
                           He that would thrive, must rise by five. --Old
                                                                              Proverb.
            (h) To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far
                  above the sea.
            (i) To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises
                  in this direction. [bd]A rising ground.[b8] --Dryden.
            (j) To retire; to give up a siege.
  
                           He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . .
                           was gone.                                    --Knolles.
            (k) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to
                  become light, as dough, and the like.
  
      2. To have the aspect or the effect of rising. Specifically:
           
            (a) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars,
                  and the like. [bd]He maketh his sun to rise on the
                  evil and the good.[b8] --Matt. v. 45.
            (b) To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come
                  forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin;
                  the land rises to view to one sailing toward the
                  shore.
            (c) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as,
                  a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
            (d) To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as,
                  rivers rise in lakes or springs.
  
                           A scepter shall rise out of Israel. --Num. xxiv.
                                                                              17.
  
                           Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope.
  
      3. To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a
            climax. Specifically:
            (a) To increase in power or fury; -- said of wind or a
                  storm, and hence, of passion. [bd]High winde . . .
                  began to rise, high passions -- anger, hate.[b8]
                  --Milton.
            (b) To become of higher value; to increase in price.
  
                           Bullion is risen to six shillings . . . the
                           ounce.                                          --Locke.
            (c) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor,
                  and the like.
            (d) To increase in intensity; -- said of heat.
            (e) To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
            (f) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses
                  rose beyond his expectations.
  
      4. In various figurative senses. Specifically:
            (a) To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war;
                  to take up arms; to rebel.
  
                           At our heels all hell should rise With blackest
                           insurrection.                              --Milton.
  
                           No more shall nation against nation rise.
                                                                              --Pope.
            (b) To attain to a better social position; to be promoted;
                  to excel; to succeed.
  
                           Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (c) To become more and more dignified or forcible; to
                  increase in interest or power; -- said of style,
                  thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of
                  expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in
                  interest.
            (d) To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
  
                           A thought rose in me, which often perplexes men
                           of contemplative natures.            --Spectator.
            (e) To come; to offer itself.
  
                           There chanced to the prince's hand to rise An
                           ancient book.                              --Spenser.
  
      5. To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
  
                     But now is Christ risen from the dead. --1. Cor. xv.
                                                                              20.
  
      6. To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the
            committee rose after agreeing to the report.
  
                     It was near nine . . . before the House rose.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      7. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as,
            to rise a tone or semitone.
  
      8. (Print.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from
            the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; --
            said of a form.
  
      Syn: To arise; mount; ascend; climb; scale.
  
      Usage: {Rise}, {Appreciate}. Some in America use the word
                  appreciate for [bd]rise in value;[b8] as, stocks
                  appreciate, money appreciates, etc. This use is not
                  unknown in England, but it is less common there. It is
                  undesirable, because rise sufficiently expresses the
                  idea, and appreciate has its own distinctive meaning,
                  which ought not to be confused with one so entirely
                  different.

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

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   Rose \Rose\,
      imp. of {Rise}.

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   Rose \Rose\, v. t.
      1. To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush. [Poetic]
            [bd]A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of
            modesty.[b8] --Shak.
  
      2. To perfume, as with roses. [Poetic] --Tennyson.

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   Roseo- \Ro"se*o-\ (Chem.)
      A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red;
      specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds
      (called roseo-cobaltic compounds) of cobalt with ammonia. Cf.
      {Luteo}-.

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   Ross \Ross\; 115), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
      The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.
      [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

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   Ross \Ross\, v. t.
      To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross
      bark. [Local, U.S.]

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   Rosy \Ros"y\, a. [Compar. {Rosier}; superl. {Rosiest}.]
      Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming;
      red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.
  
               A smile that glowed Celestial rosy-red, love's proper
               hue.                                                      --Milton.
  
               While blooming youth and gay delight Sit thy rosy
               cheeks confessed.                                    --Prior.
  
      Note: Rosy is sometimes used in the formation of
               self[?]xplaining compounde; as, rosy-bosomed,
               rosy-colored, rosy-crowned, rosy-fingered, rosy-tinted.
  
      {Rosy cross}. See the Note under {Rosicrucian}, n.

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   Rouche \Rouche\, n.
      See {Ruche}.

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   Ruche \Ruche\, n. [F. ruche ruche, beehive, OF. rusche a
      beehive, which was formerly made of the bark of trees; cf. W.
      rhisg, rhisgl, bark, gael. rusg bark, rind.]
      1. A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net,
            ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or
            cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets.
            [Written also {rouche}.]
  
      2. A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster
            spawn.

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   Rouche \Rouche\, n.
      See {Ruche}.

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   Ruche \Ruche\, n. [F. ruche ruche, beehive, OF. rusche a
      beehive, which was formerly made of the bark of trees; cf. W.
      rhisg, rhisgl, bark, gael. rusg bark, rind.]
      1. A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net,
            ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or
            cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets.
            [Written also {rouche}.]
  
      2. A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster
            spawn.

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   Rouge \Rouge\, n. [F.]
      1. (Chem.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide.
            It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a
            cosmetic, etc. Called also {crocus}, {jeweler's rouge},
            etc.
  
      2. A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or
            lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the
            safflower, but it is often made from carmine. --Ure.

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   Rouge \Rouge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rouged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rouging} .]
      To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.

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   Rouge \Rouge\, v. t.
      To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.

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   Rouge \Rouge\, a. [F., fr. L. rubeus red, akin to rubere to be
      red, ruber red. See {Red}.]
      red. [R.]
  
      {[d8]Rouge et noir}[F., red and black], a game at cards in
            which persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so
            called because the table around which the players sit has
            certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the
            stakes are deposited. --Hoyle.

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   Rough \Rough\, a. [Compar. {Rougher}; superl. {Roughest}.] [OE.
      rou[?], rou, row, rugh, ruh, AS. r[?]h; akin to LG. rug, D.
      rug, D. ruig, ruw, OHG. r[?]h, G. rauh, rauch; cf. Lith.
      raukas wrinkle, rukti to wrinkle. [root] 18. Cf. {Rug}, n.]
      1. Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the
            surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough
            stone; rough cloth. Specifically:
            (a) Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of
                  a piece of land, or of a road. [bd]Rough, uneven
                  ways.[b8] --Shak.
            (b) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough
                  diamond.
            (c) Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or
                  other piece of water.
  
                           More unequal than the roughest sea. --T. Burnet.
            (d) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; --
                  said of dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough
                  coat. [bd]A visage rough.[b8] --Dryden.
                  [bd]Roughsatyrs.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or
            polish. Specifically:
            (a) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a
                  rough temper.
  
                           A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough. --Shak.
  
                           A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds.
                                                                              --Prior.
            (b) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough
                  measures or actions.
  
                           On the rough edge of battle.         --Milton.
  
                           A quicker and rougher remedy.      --Clarendon.
  
                           Kind words prevent a good deal of that
                           perverseness which rough and imperious usage
                           often produces.                           --Locke.
            (c) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating;
                  -- said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough
                  tone; rough numbers. --Pope.
            (d) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine.
            (e) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a
                  rough day.
  
                           He stayeth his rough wind.            --Isa. xxvii.
                                                                              8.
  
                           Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (f) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish;
                  incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught.
  
      {Rough diamond}, an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a
            person of intrinsic worth under a rude exterior.

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   Rough \Rough\, adv.
      In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
  
               Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in
               their boats.                                          --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.

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   Rough \Rough\, v. t.
      1. To render rough; to roughen.
  
      2. To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes.
            --Crabb.
  
      3. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as,
            to rough out a carving, a sketch.
  
      {Roughing rolls}, rolls for reducing, in a rough manner, a
            bloom of iron to bars.
  
      {To rough it}, to endure hard conditions of living; to live
            without ordinary comforts.

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   Rough \Rough\, n.
      1. Boisterous weather. [Obs.] --Fletcher.
  
      2. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
  
      {In the rough}, in an unwrought or rude condition;
            unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough.
  
                     Contemplating the people in the rough. --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.

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   Roughhew \Rough"hew`\, v. t.
      1. To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew
            timber.
  
      2. To give the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to
            shape approximately and rudely; to roughcast.
  
                     There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Roughhew
                     them how we will.                              --Shak.

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   Rouk \Rouk\, v. i.
      See 5th {Ruck}, and {Roke}. [Obs.]

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   Roke \Roke\, n. [See {Reek}.]
      1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also {roak},
            {rook}, and {rouk}.]
  
      2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] --Halliwell.

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   Rouk \Rouk\, v. i.
      See 5th {Ruck}, and {Roke}. [Obs.]

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   Roke \Roke\, n. [See {Reek}.]
      1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also {roak},
            {rook}, and {rouk}.]
  
      2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] --Halliwell.

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   Rouse \Rouse\ (rouz [or] rous), v. i. & t. [Perhaps the same
      word as rouse to start up, [bd]buckle to.[b8]] (Naut.)
      To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope,
      without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

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   Rouse \Rouse\ (rouz), n. [Cf. D. roes drunkeness, icel. r[?]ss,
      Sw. rus, G. rauchen, and also E. rouse, v.t., rush, v.i. Cf.
      {Row} a disturbance.]
      1. A bumper in honor of a toast or health. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
  
                     Fill the cup, and fill the can, Have a rouse before
                     the morn.                                          --Tennyson.

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   Rouse \Rouse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roused} (rouzd); p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Rousing}.] [Probably of Scan. origin; cf. Sw. rusa to
      rush, Dan. ruse, AS. hre[a2]san to fall, rush. Cf. {Rush},
      v.]
      1. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to
            rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
  
                     Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
                     Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or
            suddenly.
  
      3. To excite to lively thought or action from a state of
            idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to
            rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
  
                     To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in
                     Christendom.                                       --Atterbury.
  
      4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
  
                     Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused
                     the sea.                                             --Milton.
  
      5. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak.

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   Rouse \Rouse\, v. i.
      1. To get or start up; to rise. [Obs.]
  
                     Night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To awake from sleep or repose.
  
                     Morpheus rouses from his bed.            --Pope.
  
      3. To be exited to thought or action from a state of
            indolence or inattention.

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   Ruche \Ruche\, n. [F. ruche ruche, beehive, OF. rusche a
      beehive, which was formerly made of the bark of trees; cf. W.
      rhisg, rhisgl, bark, gael. rusg bark, rind.]
      1. A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net,
            ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or
            cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets.
            [Written also {rouche}.]
  
      2. A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster
            spawn.

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   Ruck \Ruck\, n. [Icel. hrukka. Cf. {Ruck}, v. t.]
      A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.

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   Ruck \Ruck\, v. i. [Cf. Dan. ruge to brood, to hatch.]
      To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on
      eggs. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Gower. South.
  
               The sheep that rouketh in the fold.         --Chaucer.

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   Ruck \Ruck\, n. [Cf. {Ruck}.]
      1. A heap; a rick. [Prov Eng. & Scot.]
  
      2. The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck
            in a horse race. [Colloq.]
  
                     The ruck in society as a whole.         --Lond. Sat.
                                                                              Rev.

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   Ruck \Ruck\, n.
      A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Drayton.

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   Ruck \Ruck\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Rucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rucking}.] [Icel hrukkast to wrinkle, hrukka wrinkle, fold.]
      To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to
      ruck up a carpet. --Smart.

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   Rug \Rug\, v. t.
      To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
      [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

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   Rug \Rug\, n. [Cf. Sw. rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged,
      shaggy, probably akin to E. rough. See {Rough}, a.]
      1. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for
            garments.
  
                     They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of
                     mine . . . repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of
                     these Waterford rugs. The mastiffs, . . . deeming he
                     had been a bear, would fain have baited him.
                                                                              --Holinshed.
  
      2. A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, --
            used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting
            part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a
            poti[8a]re, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap
            to protect the legs from cold, etc.
  
      3. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
  
      {Rug gown}, a gown made of rug, of or coarse, shaggy cloth.
            --B. Johnson.

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   Turcoman \Tur"co*man\, n.; pl. {Turcomans}.
      1. A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east
            of the Caspian Sea.
  
      2. A Turcoman carpet.
  
      {Turcoman carpet} [or] {rug}, a kind of carpet or rug
            supposed to be made by the Turcomans.

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   Rug \Rug\, v. t.
      To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
      [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

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   Rug \Rug\, n. [Cf. Sw. rugg entanglend hair, ruggig rugged,
      shaggy, probably akin to E. rough. See {Rough}, a.]
      1. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for
            garments.
  
                     They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of
                     mine . . . repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of
                     these Waterford rugs. The mastiffs, . . . deeming he
                     had been a bear, would fain have baited him.
                                                                              --Holinshed.
  
      2. A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, --
            used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting
            part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a
            poti[8a]re, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap
            to protect the legs from cold, etc.
  
      3. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
  
      {Rug gown}, a gown made of rug, of or coarse, shaggy cloth.
            --B. Johnson.

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   Turcoman \Tur"co*man\, n.; pl. {Turcomans}.
      1. A member of a tribe of Turanians inhabiting a region east
            of the Caspian Sea.
  
      2. A Turcoman carpet.
  
      {Turcoman carpet} [or] {rug}, a kind of carpet or rug
            supposed to be made by the Turcomans.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ruga \[d8]Ru"ga\, n.; pl. {Rug[91]}. [L.] (Nat. Hist.)
      A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rug[91] of the stomach.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruggy \Rug"gy\, a.
      Rugged; rough. [Obs.] [bd]With ruggy, ashy hairs.[b8]
      --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rukh \Rukh\, n. [Srr {Roc}.]
      1. The roc.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A large bird, supposed by some to be the same
            as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roc \Roc\, n. [Ar. & Per. rokh or rukh. Cf. {Rook} a castle.]
      A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also {rock},
      and {rukh}.] --Brande & C.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rukh \Rukh\, n. [Srr {Roc}.]
      1. The roc.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A large bird, supposed by some to be the same
            as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roc \Roc\, n. [Ar. & Per. rokh or rukh. Cf. {Rook} a castle.]
      A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. [Written also {rock},
      and {rukh}.] --Brande & C.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruse \Ruse\, n. [F., fr. OF. re[81]ser, rehuser, to turn aside,
      to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re-
      again + causa cause. See {Cause}, and cf. {Recusant}.]
      An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
  
      {[d8]Ruse de guerre}[F.], a stratagem of war.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rush \Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to
      LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum
      butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.]
      1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing
            endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species
            of {Juncus} and {Scirpus}.
  
      Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting
               mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to
               lamps and rushlights.
  
      2. The merest trifle; a straw.
  
                     John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
      {Bog rush}. See under {Bog}.
  
      {Club rush}, any rush of the genus {Scirpus}.
  
      {Flowering rush}. See under {Flowering}.
  
      {Nut rush}
            (a) Any plant of the genus {Scleria}, rushlike plants with
                  hard nutlike fruits.
            (b) A name for several species of {Cyperus} having
                  tuberous roots.
  
      {Rush broom}, an Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria
            denudata}), having long, slender branches. Also, the
            Spanish broom. See under {Spanish}.
  
      {Rush candle}, See under {Candle}.
  
      {Rush grass}, any grass of the genus {Vilfa}, grasses with
            wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets.
  
      {Rush toad} (Zo[94]l.), the natterjack.
  
      {Scouring rush}. (Bot.) Same as {Dutch rush}, under {Dutch.}
           
  
      {Spike rush}, any rushlike plant of the genus {Eleocharis},
            in which the flowers grow in dense spikes.
  
      {Sweet rush}, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc.
            ({Andropogon sch[d2]nanthus}), used in Oriental medical
            practice.
  
      {Wood rush}, any plant of the genus {Luzula}, which differs
            in some technical characters from {Juncus}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rush \Rush\ (r[ucr]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rushed}
      (r[ucr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rushing}.] [OE. ruschen; cf.
      AS. hryscan to make a noise, D. ruischen to rustle, G.
      rauschen, MHG. r[umac]schen to rush, to rustle, LG. rusken,
      OSw. ruska, Icel. & Sw. ruska to shake, Dan. ruske to shake,
      and E. rouse.]
      1. To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous
            rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush
            down a precipice.
  
                     Like to an entered tide, they all rush by. --Shak.
  
      2. To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or
            without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush
            business or speculation.
  
                     They . . . never think it to be a part of religion
                     to rush into the office of princes and ministers.
                                                                              --Sprat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rush \Rush\, v. t.
      1. To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to
            hurry forward.
  
      2. To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an
            error. [College Cant, U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rush \Rush\, n.
      1. A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a
            violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of
            winds; a rush of water.
  
                     A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and,
                     with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.
                                                                              --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.
  
      2. Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
            [Colloq.]
  
      3. A perfect recitation. [College Cant, U.S.]
  
      4. (Football)
            (a) A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the
                  center of the rush line; the end rush.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rushy \Rush"y\, a.
      1. Abounding with rushes.
  
      2. Made of rushes.
  
                     My rushy couch and frugal fare.         --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rusk \Rusk\, n. [Sp. rosca de mar sea rusks, a kind of biscuit,
      rosca properly meaning, a screw, spiral.]
      1. A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs,
            often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of
            sweetened biscuit.
  
      2. A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores.
            --Smart.
  
      3. Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and
            afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Russ \Russ\, n. sing. & pl.
      1. A Russian, or the Russians. [Rare, except in poetry.]
  
      2. The language of the Russians.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Russ \Russ\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the Russians.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Russia \Rus"sia\, n.
      A country of Europe and Asia.
  
      {Russia iron}, a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a
            lustrous blue-black surface.
  
      {Russia leather}, a soft kind of leather, made originally in
            Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from
            being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It
            is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being
            subject to mold, and being proof against insects.
  
      {Russia matting}, matting manufactured in Russia from the
            inner bark of the linden ({Tilia Europ[91]a}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rys \Rys\ (r[imac]s or r[icr]s), n.
      A branch. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rysh \Rysh\ (r[icr]sh), n.
      Rush, a plant. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Raco, MI
      Zip code(s): 49715

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rago, KS
      Zip code(s): 67128

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rake, IA (city, FIPS 65415)
      Location: 43.48134 N, 93.92101 W
      Population (1990): 238 (135 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50465

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Raywick, KY (city, FIPS 64146)
      Location: 37.55975 N, 85.43118 W
      Population (1990): 157 (61 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 40060

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Reese, MI (village, FIPS 67900)
      Location: 43.45177 N, 83.68857 W
      Population (1990): 1414 (587 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48757

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rescue, CA
      Zip code(s): 95672

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rex, GA
      Zip code(s): 30273

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rice, KS
      Zip code(s): 66901
   Rice, MN (city, FIPS 53998)
      Location: 45.74862 N, 94.22869 W
      Population (1990): 610 (209 housing units)
      Area: 15.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56367
   Rice, TX (city, FIPS 61736)
      Location: 32.24469 N, 96.50133 W
      Population (1990): 564 (209 housing units)
      Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 75155
   Rice, VA
      Zip code(s): 23966
   Rice, WA
      Zip code(s): 99167

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Richey, MT (town, FIPS 62275)
      Location: 47.64415 N, 105.06859 W
      Population (1990): 259 (177 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 59259

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rico, CO (town, FIPS 64090)
      Location: 37.68800 N, 108.03096 W
      Population (1990): 92 (133 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rig, WV
      Zip code(s): 26836

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Riga, MI
      Zip code(s): 49276

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rio Oso, CA
      Zip code(s): 95674

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Risco, MO (city, FIPS 61994)
      Location: 36.55148 N, 89.81866 W
      Population (1990): 434 (177 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Roach, MO
      Zip code(s): 65787

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Roca, NE (village, FIPS 41830)
      Location: 40.65810 N, 96.66165 W
      Population (1990): 84 (41 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68430

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rock, KS
      Zip code(s): 67131
   Rock, MI
      Zip code(s): 49880

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rockaway, NJ (borough, FIPS 64050)
      Location: 40.89687 N, 74.51482 W
      Population (1990): 6243 (2355 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 07866
   Rockaway, OR
      Zip code(s): 97136

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rocks, MD
      Zip code(s): 21154

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rocky, OK (town, FIPS 63700)
      Location: 35.15635 N, 99.05852 W
      Population (1990): 181 (106 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73661

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rosa, AL (town, FIPS 66408)
      Location: 33.98454 N, 86.50869 W
      Population (1990): 139 (56 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Roscoe, IL (village, FIPS 65611)
      Location: 42.41678 N, 89.00698 W
      Population (1990): 2079 (749 housing units)
      Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61073
   Roscoe, MN (city, FIPS 55510)
      Location: 45.43235 N, 94.63524 W
      Population (1990): 141 (50 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Roscoe, MO (village, FIPS 63074)
      Location: 37.97678 N, 93.81244 W
      Population (1990): 100 (90 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
   Roscoe, MT
      Zip code(s): 59071
   Roscoe, PA (borough, FIPS 66016)
      Location: 40.07760 N, 79.86491 W
      Population (1990): 872 (426 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15477
   Roscoe, SD (city, FIPS 55820)
      Location: 45.45032 N, 99.33490 W
      Population (1990): 362 (183 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57471
   Roscoe, TX (city, FIPS 63176)
      Location: 32.44243 N, 100.54203 W
      Population (1990): 1446 (628 housing units)
      Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 79545

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rose, NE
      Zip code(s): 68772

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Roseau, MN (city, FIPS 55546)
      Location: 48.84576 N, 95.76185 W
      Population (1990): 2396 (999 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rosie, AR
      Zip code(s): 72571

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ross, CA (town, FIPS 62980)
      Location: 37.96185 N, 122.56062 W
      Population (1990): 2123 (768 housing units)
      Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Ross, ND (city, FIPS 68540)
      Location: 48.31309 N, 102.54281 W
      Population (1990): 61 (40 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58776
   Ross, OH (CDP, FIPS 68602)
      Location: 39.31175 N, 84.65290 W
      Population (1990): 2124 (759 housing units)
      Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
   Ross, TX (city, FIPS 63380)
      Location: 31.72844 N, 97.11121 W
      Population (1990): 188 (67 housing units)
      Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rossie, IA (city, FIPS 68925)
      Location: 43.01323 N, 95.18883 W
      Population (1990): 68 (31 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rouse, KY
      Zip code(s): 41014

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rousseau, KY
      Zip code(s): 41366

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Roxie, MS (town, FIPS 64080)
      Location: 31.50508 N, 91.06722 W
      Population (1990): 568 (244 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39661

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rush, CO
      Zip code(s): 80833
   Rush, KY
      Zip code(s): 41168

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rusk, TX (city, FIPS 63848)
      Location: 31.79758 N, 95.14853 W
      Population (1990): 4366 (1486 housing units)
      Area: 17.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ruso, ND (city, FIPS 69140)
      Location: 47.83651 N, 100.93354 W
      Population (1990): 8 (5 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 58778

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Russia, OH (village, FIPS 69344)
      Location: 40.23240 N, 84.41087 W
      Population (1990): 442 (143 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45363

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   roach vt.   [Bell Labs] To destroy, esp. of a data structure.
   Hardware gets {toast}ed or {fried}, software gets roached.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   rogue   1. [Unix] n. A Dungeons-and-Dragons-like game using
   character graphics, written under BSD Unix and subsequently ported
   to other Unix systems.   The original BSD `curses(3)' screen-handling
   package was hacked together by Ken Arnold primarily to support
   games, and the development of `rogue(6)' popularized its use; it has
   since become one of Unix's most important and heavily used
   application libraries.   Nethack, Omega, Larn, Angband, and an entire
   subgenre of computer dungeon games (all known as `roguelikes') all
   took off from the inspiration provided by `rogue(6)'; the popular
   Windows game Diablo, though graphics-intensive, has very similar
   play logic.   See also {nethack}.   2. [Usenet] adj.   An {ISP} which
   permits net abuse (usually in the form of {spam}ming) by its
   customers, or which itself engages in such activities.   Rogue ISPs
   are sometimes subject to {IDP}s or {UDP}s.   Sometimes deliberately
   mispelled as "rouge".   See also {nethack}, {moria}, {Angband}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   R2RS
  
      A revision of {RRS}, itself revised in {R3RS}.
  
      ["The Revised Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language
      Scheme", Clinger, AI Memo 848, MIT Aug 1985].
  
      (1995-02-09)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   R3.99RS
  
      {R4RS} without the {macros}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   R3RS
  
      A revision of {R2RS}, revised in {R4RS}.
  
      ["The Revised^3 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme",
      J. Rees et al, SIGPLAN Notices 21(12):37-79 (Dec 1986)].
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   R4RS
  
      A revision of {R3RS}, revised in {R3.99RS}.
  
      {(ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/)}.
  
      ["The Revised^4 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme", W.
      Clinger et al, MIT (Nov 1991)].
  
      (1994-10-28)
  
      [Later revisions?]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RACE
  
      {Requirements Acquisition and
      Controlled Evolution}.
  
      (1995-11-21)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RAISE
  
      See {RSL}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RAS
  
      1. {Row Address Strobe}.
  
      2. {Remote Access Services}.
  
      3. {Reliability, Availability, Serviceability}.
  
      (2000-08-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   rc
  
      1. (run commands) The {filename
      extension} common to many {Unix} configuration files, e.g.
      {.newsrc}, {.cshrc}, {.twmrc}, elmrc, etc.
  
      The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in
      {CTSS} called "{runcom}" (for "run commands").
  
      {Unix FAQ
      (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/unix-faq/faq/top.html)}.
  
      2. A {shell} from {AT&T}'s {Plan 9}, by Tom Duff.   rc offers
      much the same capabilities as a traditional {Bourne shell},
      but with a much cleaner {syntax}.
  
      An open source reimplementation was made by Byron Rakitzis,
      and is now maintained by Tim Goodwin .
  
      Latest version: 1.6, as of 2000-06-15.
  
      {Home (http://www.star.le.ac.uk/~tjg/rc)}.
  
      (2000-06-17)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RC4
  
      A {cipher} designed by {RSA Data Security,
      Inc.} which can accept {keys} of arbitrary length, and is
      essentially a {pseudo random number generator} with the output
      of the generator being {XOR}ed with the data stream to produce
      the encrypted data.   For this reason, it is very important
      that the same RC4 key never be used to encrypt two different
      data streams.   The encryption mechanism used to be a trade
      secret, until someone posted source code for an {algorithm}
      onto {Usenet News}, claiming it to be equivalent to RC4.   The
      algorithm is very fast, its security is unknown, but breaking
      it does not seem trivial either.   There is very strong
      evidence that the posted algorithm is indeed equivalent to
      RC4.
  
      The United States government routinely approves RC4 with
      40-bit keys for export.   Keys this small can be easily broken
      by governments, criminals, and amateurs.   The exportable
      version of {Netscape}'s {Secure Socket Layer}, which uses
      RC4-40, was broken by at least two independent groups.
      Breaking it took about eight days; in many universities or
      companies the same computing power is available to any
      computer science student.
  
      See also {Damien Doligez's SSL cracking page
      (http://pauillac.inria.fr/~doligez/ssl/)}, {RC4 Source and
      Information (http://www.cs.hut.fi/crypto/rc4)}, {SSLeay
      (http://www.cs.hut.fi/crypto/software.html#ssleay)}, {Crypto++
      (http://www.cs.hut.fi/crypto/software.html#crypto++)}, {Ssh
      (http://www.cs.hut.fi/crypto/software.html#ssh)}, {A
      collection of articles
      (http://www.cs.hut.fi/crypto/rc4-breaking)}.
  
      (1996-10-28)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RCA 1802
  
      An extremely simple {microprocessor} fabricated in
      {CMOS}, running at 6.4 MHz at 10V (very fast for 1974).   It
      could be suspended with the clock stopped.   It was an 8-bit
      processor, with 16-bit addressing.   Simplicity was the primary
      design goal, and in that sense it was one of the first {RISC}
      chips.   It had sixteen 16-bit {registers}, which could be
      accessed as thirty-two 8-bit registers, and an {accumulator} D
      used for arithmetic and memory access - memory to D, then D to
      registers and vice versa, using one 16-bit register as an
      address.   This led to one person describing the 1802 as having
      32 bytes of {RAM} and 65535 I/O ports.   A 4-bit control
      register P selected any one general register as the {program
      counter}, while control registers X and N selected registers
      for I/O Index and the operand for the current instruction.
      All instructions were 8 bits - a 4-bit {op code} (total of 16
      operations) and 4-bit {operand register} stored in N.   There
      was no real {conditional branching}, no {subroutine} support
      and no actual {stack} but these could be implemented by clever
      use of registers, e.g. changing P to another register allowed
      jump to a subroutine.   Similarly, on an interrupt P and X were
      saved, then R1 and R2 were selected for P and X until an {RTI}
      restored them.
  
      The {RCA 1805} was an enhanced version.
  
      The 1802 was used in the {COSMAC} (VIP?) {microcomputer} kit,
      some video games from {RCA} and {Radio Shack}, and the
      {ETI-660} computer.   It was chosen for the Voyager, Viking and
      Galileo space probes as it was also fabricated in {Silicon on
      Sapphire}, giving radiation and static resistance, ideal for
      space operation.
  
      {More history (http://www.cosmacelf.com)}.
  
      (2002-04-09)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RCA 1805
  
      A later, enhanced version of the {RCA 1802}.   It added several
      {Forth} language primitives.
  
      (1994-11-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RCC
  
      An extensible language.
  
      [More detail?]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RCS
  
      {Revision Control System}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   REC
  
      Regular Expression Converter.   See {CONVERT}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   reuse
  
      Using code developed for one {application program} in another
      application.   Traditionally achieved using program libraries.
      {Object-oriented programming} offers reusability of code via
      its techniques of {inheritance} and {genericity}.   {Class}
      libraries with {intelligent browser}s and {application
      generator}s are under development to help in this process.
      {Polymorphic} {functional language}s also support reusability
      while retaining the benefits of {strong typing}.
  
      See also {DRAGOON}, {National Software Reuse Directory},
      {RLF}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   REX
  
      The original name for {Restructured EXtended eXecutor}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   REXX
  
      {Restructured EXtended eXecutor}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RG58
  
      A common, low-impedance (52 ohm), quarter-inch
      diameter {coaxial cable} used for {10base2} {Ethernet} wiring,
      sometimes called "{cheapernet}" in comparison with "full spec"
      {RG8} cabling.   A member of the "Radio Guide" series.
  
      (2002-06-17)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RG8
  
      (Or "thicknet" - "thick
      {Ethernet}") The original "full spec" cable, used for
      {10base5} {Ethernet} networks.   RG8 is stiff, large diameter
      {coaxial} cable with an {impedance} of 50 ohms, a member of
      the "Radio Guide" series.   The outer sheath is usually yellow,
      to indicate double shielding, so it is often just called
      "yellow cable".
  
      10base5 cable is designed to allow transceivers to be added
      while existing connections are live.   This is achieved using a
      "vampire tap" - a device which (with sufficient practise)
      clamps onto the cable, forcing a spike through the outer
      shielding to contact the inner conductor while other spikes
      bite into the outer conductor.   This is often built into the
      transceiver and a more flexible multi-wire cable carries the
      connection between the transceiver and the {node}.
  
      {RG58} is a cheaper, more flexible alternative.
  
      (2002-06-17)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RISC
  
      {Reduced Instruction Set Computer}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RJ-11
  
      An American-style telephone jack
      with six possible connections.   A telephone normally uses two
      pairs of wires.   Often found on the back of US-manufactured
      {modems} or for connection to a {leased line}.
  
      (1998-06-30)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RJ-45
  
      A {serial} connector which looks very much like a
      standard telephone connector, except it houses eight wires
      instead of four.   RJ-45s are not typically found on
      {computers} or normal serial equipment, but because they are
      so small they are often used on devices such as {terminal
      servers} that have many {ports}.
  
      {Ethernet} ({10baseT}) and {Token Ring} sometimes use four
      wires of an RJ-45 plug, {100baseVG} uses all eight.
      {100BaseTX} uses the same four wires of the RJ-45 connector as
      10baseT but the wire must be {category 5} instead of {category
      3}.
  
      (1998-06-30)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RJE
  
      {Remote Job Entry}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   roach
  
      A {Bell Labs} term meaning destroy, especially of a
      data structure.   Hardware gets {toast}ed or {fried}, software
      gets roached.
  
      [Why?]
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1999-02-08)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   rogue
  
      [Unix] A Dungeons-and-Dragons-like game using
      character graphics, written under BSD Unix and subsequently
      ported to other Unix systems.   The original BSD "curses(3)"
      screen-handling package was hacked together by Ken Arnold to
      support "rogue(6)" and has since become one of Unix's most
      important and heavily used application libraries.   Nethack,
      Omega, Larn, and an entire subgenre of computer dungeon games
      all took off from the inspiration provided by "rogue(6)".   See
      also {nethack}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ROSE
  
      {Remote Operations Service Element}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RRS
  
      An early definition of {Scheme}.   Revised in {R2RS}.
  
      ["The Revised Report on Scheme", G.L. Steele et al, AI Memo
      452, MIT, Jan 1978].
  
      (1994-10-28)
  
      [Was the original "Report on Scheme" published?]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS
  
      1. {Record Separator}
  
      2No definitions found for "rsh"
. Recommended Standard, a series of {EIA}
      {standards} including {EIA-232}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS-232
  
      {EIA-232}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS-232C
  
      The {EIA} equivalent of {ITU-T}
      {standard} {V.24}.
  
      The {EIA} EIA-232C electrical signal is unbalanced +/- 5 to +/-
      12V, {polar} {non return to zero} and handles data speeds up
      to 19.2 kilobits per second.
  
      [Correct name?   Difference from EIA-232?]
  
      (2000-02-03)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS-422
  
      {EIA-422}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS-423
  
      {EIA-423}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS-449
  
      {EIA-449}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS-485
  
      {EIA-485}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS6000
  
      {RISC System/6000}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS/6000
  
      {RISC System/6000}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS6000
  
      {RISC System/6000}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS/6000
  
      {RISC System/6000}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RS6K
  
      {RISC System/6000}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RSA
  
      (The initials of the authors)
  
      1. {RSA Data Security, Inc.}
  
      2. Their {cryptography} systems, especially {RSA encryption}.
  
      The RSA {algorithm} was first described in the paper:
  
      [R. Rivest, A. Shamir, L. Adleman, "A Method for Obtaining
      Digital Signatures and Public-key Cryptosystems". CACM 21,2;
      1978]
  
      (1995-03-21)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RSCS
  
      {Remote Spooling Communication
      Subsystem}.
  
      (1996-02-04)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RSI
  
      1. {overuse strain injury}.
  
      2. {Research Systems, Inc.}.
  
      (1999-01-08)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RSS
  
      {Rich Site Summary}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RUSH
  
      1. An interactive dialect of {PL/I}, related to
      {CPS}, dated about 1966.   The name is the abbreviation of
      "Remote Use of Shared Hardware".
  
      ["Introduction to RUSH", Allen-Babcock Computing 1969.   Sammet
      1969, p.309.]
  
      2. A {high-level language} that closely resembles
      {Tcl} but aimed to provide substantially faster execution.
      See {An Introduction to the Rush Language
      (ftp://ginsberg.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/papers/asah/rush-tcl94.ps.gz)}.
      by Adam Sah, Jon Blow, and Brian Dennis (1994).
  
      (1996-12-17)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Rx
  
      A pattern matcher compatible with {GNU} {regex}, but generally
      faster.
  
      Version 0.05, released 1994-05-18, contained substantial
      changes from the version last distributed with GNU {sed}.
      These changes provide low-level support for searching across
      arbitrarily fragmented strings and suspendable searches.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Raca
      vain, empty, worthless, only found in Matt. 5:22. The Jews used
      it as a word of contempt. It is derived from a root meaning "to
      spit."
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Rhesa
      affection, son of Zorobabel, mentioned in the genealogy of our
      Lord (Luke 3:27).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Rissah
      heap of ruins; dew, a station of the Israelites in the
      wilderness (Num. 33:21, 22).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Rock
      (Heb. tsur), employed as a symbol of God in the Old Testament (1
      Sam. 2:2; 2 Sam. 22:3; Isa. 17:10; Ps. 28:1; 31:2,3; 89:26;
      95:1); also in the New Testament (Matt. 16:18; Rom. 9:33; 1 Cor.
      10:4). In Dan. 2:45 the Chaldaic form of the Hebrew word is
      translated "mountain." It ought to be translated "rock," as in
      Hab. 1:12 in the Revised Version. The "rock" from which the
      stone is cut there signifies the divine origin of Christ. (See {STONE}.)
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Rose
      Many varieties of the rose proper are indigenous to Syria. The
      famed rose of Damascus is white, but there are also red and
      yellow roses. In Cant. 2:1 and Isa. 35:1 the Hebrew word
      _habatstseleth_ (found only in these passages), rendered "rose"
      (R.V. marg., "autumn crocus"), is supposed by some to mean the
      oleander, by others the sweet-scented narcissus (a native of
      Palestine), the tulip, or the daisy; but nothing definite can be
      affirmed regarding it.
     
         The "rose of Sharon" is probably the cistus or rock-rose,
      several species of which abound in Palestine. "Mount Carmel
      especially abounds in the cistus, which in April covers some of
      the barer parts of the mountain with a glow not inferior to that
      of the Scottish heather." (See {MYRRH} [2].)
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Rosh
      (Ezek. 38:2, 3; 39:1) is rendered "chief" in the Authorized
      Version. It is left untranslated as a proper name in the Revised
      Version. Some have supposed that the Russians are here meant, as
      one of the three Scythian tribes of whom Magog was the prince.
      They invaded the land of Judah in the days of Josiah. Herodotus,
      the Greek historian, says: "For twenty-eight years the Scythians
      ruled over Asia, and things were turned upside down by their
      violence and contempt." (See {BETHSHEAN}.)
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Rush
      the papyrus (Job 8:11). (See {BULRUSH}.) The expression
      "branch and rush" in Isa. 9:14; 19:15 means "utterly."
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Raca, worthless; good-for-nothing
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Ragau, friend; shepherd
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Rhesa, will; course
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Rissah, watering; distillation; dew
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Rohgah, filled or drunk with talk
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Rosh, the head; top, or beginning
  

From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
   Russia
  
   Russia:Geography
  
   Location: Northern Asia (that part west of the Urals is sometimes
   included with Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and
   the North Pacific Ocean
  
   Map references: Asia
  
   Area:
   total area: 17,075,200 sq km
   land area: 16,995,800 sq km
   comparative area: slightly more than 1.8 times the size of the US
  
   Land boundaries: total 20,139 km, Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km,
   China (southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 290 km,
   Finland 1,313 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 19
   km, Latvia 217 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia
   3,441 km, Norway 167 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Ukraine
   1,576 km
  
   Coastline: 37,653 km
  
   Maritime claims:
   continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
   exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
   territorial sea: 12 nm
  
   International disputes: inherited disputes from former USSR including:
   sections of the boundary with China; islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri,
   and Shikotan and the Habomai group occupied by the Soviet Union in
   1945, administered by Russia, claimed by Japan; maritime dispute with
   Norway over portion of the Barents Sea; Caspian Sea boundaries are not
   yet determined; potential dispute with Ukraine over Crimea; Estonia
   claims over 2,000 sq km of Russian territory in the Narva and Pechora
   regions; the Abrene section of the border ceded by the Latvian Soviet
   Socialist Republic to Russia in 1944; has made no territorial claim in
   Antarctica (but has reserved the right to do so) and does not
   recognize the claims of any other nation
  
   Climate: ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in
   much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the
   polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in
   Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic
   coast
  
   Terrain: broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous
   forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern
   border regions
  
   Natural resources: wide natural resource base including major deposits
   of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber
   note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder
   exploitation of natural resources
  
   Land use:
   arable land: 8%
   permanent crops: NEGL%
   meadows and pastures: 5%
   forest and woodland: 45%
   other: 42%
  
   Irrigated land: 56,000 sq km (1992)
  
   Environment:
   current issues: air pollution from heavy industry, emissions of
   coal-fired electric plants, and transportation in major cities;
   industrial and agricultural pollution of inland waterways and sea
   coasts; deforestation; soil erosion; soil contamination from improper
   application of agricultural chemicals; scattered areas of sometimes
   intense radioactive contamination
   natural hazards: permafrost over much of Siberia is a major impediment
   to development; volcanic activity in the Kuril Islands; volcanoes and
   earthquakes on the Kamchatka Peninsula
   international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
   Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty,
   Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
   Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
   Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling;
   signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94,
   Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Law of the Sea
  
   Note: largest country in the world in terms of area but unfavorably
   located in relation to major sea lanes of the world; despite its size,
   much of the country lacks proper soils and climates (either too cold
   or too dry) for agriculture
  
   Russia:People
  
   Population: 149,909,089 (July 1995 est.)
   note: official Russian statistics put the population at 148,200,000
   for 1994
  
   Age structure:
   0-14 years: 22% (female 16,208,640; male 16,784,017)
   15-64 years: 66% (female 50,711,209; male 48,247,101)
   65 years and over: 12% (female 12,557,447; male 5,400,675) (July 1995
   est.)
  
   Population growth rate: 0.2% (1995 est.)
   note: official Russian statistics put the population growth rate at
   -6.0% for 1994
  
   Birth rate: 12.64 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
   note: official Russian statistics put the birth rate at 9.5 births per
   l,000 population for 1994
  
   Death rate: 11.36 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
   note: official Russian statistics put the death rate at 15.5 deaths
   per l,000 population in 1994
  
   Net migration rate: 0.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Infant mortality rate: 26.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
   note: official Russian statistics put the infant mortality rate at
   19.9 deaths per l,000 live births in 1994
  
   Life expectancy at birth:
   total population: 69.1 years
   male: 64.1 years
   female: 74.35 years (1995 est.)
   note: official Russian statistics put life expectancy at birth as 64
   years for total population in 1994
  
   Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman (1995 est.)
  
   Nationality:
   noun: Russian(s)
   adjective: Russian
  
   Ethnic divisions: Russian 81.5%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 3%, Chuvash
   1.2%, Bashkir 0.9%, Byelorussian 0.8%, Moldavian 0.7%, other 8.1%
  
   Religions: Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
  
   Languages: Russian, other
  
   Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
   total population: 98%
   male: 100%
   female: 97%
  
   Labor force: 85 million (1993)
   by occupation: production and economic services 83.9%, government
   16.1%
  
   Russia:Government
  
   Names:
   conventional long form: Russian Federation
   conventional short form: Russia
   local long form: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
   local short form: Rossiya
   former: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
  
   Digraph: RS
  
   Type: federation
  
   Capital: Moscow
  
   Administrative divisions: 21 autonomous republics (avtomnykh
   respublik, singular - avtomnaya respublika); Adygea (Maykop),
   Bashkortostan (Ufa), Buryatia (Ulan-Ude), Chechnya (Groznyy),
   Chuvashia (Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Gorno-Altay
   (Gorno-Altaysk), Ingushetia (Nazran'), Kabardino-Balkaria (Nal'chik),
   Kalmykia (Elista), Karachay-Cherkessia (Cherkessk), Karelia
   (Petrozavodsk), Khakassia (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mari El
   (Yoshkar-Ola), Mordovia (Saransk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz),
   Tatarstan (Kazan'), Tuva (Kyzyl), Udmurtia (Izhevsk), Yakutia - also
   known as Sakha (Yakutsk); 49 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast');
   Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Belgorod, Bryansk,
   Chelyabinsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kamchatka
   (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk,
   Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk,
   Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orel, Orenburg, Penza,
   Perm', Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan', Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara,
   Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula,
   Tver', Tyumen', Ul'yanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh,
   Yaroslavl'; 6 krays (krayev, singular - kray); Altay (Barnaul),
   Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Primorskiy (Vladivostok),
   Stavropol'; 10 autonomous okrugs; Aga (Aginskoye), Chukotka (Anadyr'),
   Evenkia (Tura), Khantia-Mansia (Khanty-Mansiysk), Koryakia (Palana),
   Nenetsia (Nar'yan-Mar), Permyakia (Kudymkar), Taymyria (Dudinka),
   Ust'-Onda (Ust'-Ordynskiy), Yamalia (Salekhard); 1 autonomous oblast
   (avtomnykh oblast'); Birobijan
   note: the autonomous republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia were
   formerly the autonomous republic of Checheno-Ingushetia (the boundary
   between Chechenia and Ingushetia has yet to be determined); the cities
   of Moscow and St. Petersburg are federal cities; an administrative
   division has the same name as its administrative center (exceptions
   have the administrative center name following in parentheses)
  
   Independence: 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
  
   National holiday: Independence Day, June 12 (1990)
  
   Constitution: adopted 12 December 1993
  
   Legal system: based on civil law system; judicial review of
   legislative acts
  
   Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
  
   Executive branch:
   chief of state: President Boris Nikolayevich YEL'TSIN (since 12 June
   1991); election last held 12 June 1991 (next to be held NA 1996);
   results - percent of vote by party NA; note - no vice president; if
   the president dies in office, cannot exercise his powers because of
   ill health, is impeached, or resigns, the premier succeeds him; the
   premier serves as acting president until a new presidential election
   is held, which must be within three months
   head of government: Premier and Chairman of the Council of Ministers
   Viktor Stepanovich CHERNOMYRDIN (since 14 December 1992); First Deputy
   Chairmen of the Council of Ministers Oleg SOSKOVETS (since 30 April
   1993) and Anatoliy CHUBAYS (since 5 November 1994)
   Security Council: originally established as a presidential advisory
   body in June 1991, but restructured in March 1992 with responsibility
   for managing individual and state security
   Presidential Administration: drafts presidential edicts and provides
   staff and policy support to the entire executive branch
   cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president
   Group of Assistants: schedules president's appointments, processes
   presidential edicts and other official documents, and houses the
   president's press service and primary speechwriters
   Council of Heads of Republics: includes the leaders of the 21
   ethnic-based Republics
   Council of Heads of Administrations: includes the leaders of the 66
   autonomous territories and regions, and the mayors of Moscow and St.
   Petersburg
   Presidential Council: prepares policy papers for the president
  
   Legislative branch: bicameral Federal Assembly
   Federation Council: elections last held 12 December 1993 (next to be
   held NA); results - two members elected from each of Russia's 89
   territorial units for a total of 176 deputies; 2 seats unfilled as of
   15 May 1994 (Chechnya did not participate in the election); Speaker
   Vladimir SHUMEYKO (Russia's Democratic Choice)
   State Duma: elections last held 12 December 1993 (next to be held NA
   December 1995); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (450
   total) Russia's Democratic Choice 78, New Regional Policy 66, Liberal
   Democrats 63, Agrarian Party 55, Communist Party of the Russian
   Federation 45, Unity and Accord 30, Yavlinskiy-Boldyrev-Lukin Bloc
   (Yabloko) 27, Women of Russia 23, Democratic Party of Russia 15,
   Russia's Path 12, other parties 23, affiliation unknown 12, unfilled
   (as of 13 March 1994; Chechnya did not participate in the election) 1;
   Speaker Ivan RYBKIN (Agrarian Party); note - as of 11 April 1995,
   seats were as follows: Russia's Democratic Choice 54, New Regional
   Policy 32, Liberal Democrats 54, Agrarian Party 51, Communist Party of
   the Russian Federation 45, Unity and Accord 25,
   Yavlinskiy-Boldyrev-Lukin Bloc (Yabloko) 28, Liberal Democratic Union
   of 12 December 9, Women of Russia 22, Democratic Party of Russia 10,
   Russia's Path 12, Duma 96 23, Russia 35, Stability 36, affiliation
   unknown 14
  
   Judicial branch: Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (highest court
   for criminal, civil, and administrative cases), Superior Court of
   Arbitration (highest court that resolves economic disputes)
  
   Political parties and leaders:
   pro-market democrats: Party of Russian Unity and Accord, Sergey
   SHAKHRAY; Russia's Democratic Choice Party, Yegor GAYDAR; Russian
   Movement for Democratic Reforms, Anatoliy SOBCHAK;
   Yavlinskiy-Boldyrev-Lukin Bloc (Yabloko), Grigoriy YAVLINSKIY; Liberal
   Democratic Union of 12 December, Boris FEDOROV
   centrists/special interest parties: Civic Union for Stability,
   Justice, and Progress, Arkadiy VOL'SKIY; Democratic Party of Russia,
   Sergey GLAZ'YEV; Women of Russia, Alevtina FEDULOVA; Social Democratic
   Peoples' Party, Vasiliy LIPITSKIY; New Regional Policy (NRP), Vladimir
   MEDVEDEV
   anti-market and/or ultranationalist parties: Agrarian Party, Mikhail
   LAPSHIN; Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Gennadiy ZYUGANOV;
   Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir ZHIRINOVSKIY; Derzhava,
   Aleksandr RUTSKOY
   note: more than 20 political parties and associations tried to gather
   enough signatures to run slates of candidates in the 12 December 1993
   legislative elections, but only 13 succeeded
  
   Other political or pressure groups: NA
  
   Member of: BSEC, CBSS, CCC, CE (guest), CERN (observer), CIS, EBRD,
   ECE, ESCAP, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
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   Diplomatic representation in US:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Sergey LAVROV
   chancery: 2650 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007
   telephone: [1] (202) 298-5700 through 5704
   FAX: [1] (202) 298-5735
   consulate(s) general: New York, San Francisco, and Seattle
  
   US diplomatic representation:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Thomas R. PICKERING
   embassy: Novinskiy Bul'var 19/23, Moscow
   mailing address: APO AE 09721
   telephone: [7] (095) 252-24-51 through 59
   FAX: [7] (095) 956-42-61
   consulate(s) general: St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg
  
   Flag: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red
  
   Economy
  
   Overview: Russia, a vast country with a wealth of natural resources, a
   well-educated population, and a diverse industrial base, continues to
   experience formidable difficulties in moving from its old centrally
   planned economy to a modern market economy. President YEL'TSIN's
   government has made substantial strides in converting to a market
   economy since launching its economic reform program in January 1992 by
   freeing nearly all prices, slashing defense spending, eliminating the
   old centralized distribution system, completing an ambitious voucher
   privatization program, establishing private financial institutions,
   and decentralizing foreign trade. Russia, however, has made little
   progress in a number of key areas that are needed to provide a solid
   foundation for the transition to a market economy. Financial
   stabilization has remained elusive, with wide swings in monthly
   inflation rates. Only limited restructuring of industry has occurred
   so far because of a scarcity of investment funds and the failure of
   enterprise managers to make hard cost-cutting decisions. In addition,
   Moscow has yet to develop a social safety net that would allow faster
   restructuring by relieving enterprises of the burden of providing
   social benefits for their workers and has been slow to develop the
   legal framework necessary to fully support a market economy and to
   encourage foreign investment. As a result, output has continued to
   fall. According to Russian official data, which probably overstate the
   fall, GDP declined by 15% in 1994 compared with a 12% decline in 1993.
   Industrial output in 1994 fell 21% with all major sectors taking a
   hit. Agricultural production in 1994 was down 9%. The grain harvest
   totaled 81 million tons, some 15 million tons less than in 1993.
   Unemployment climbed to an estimated 6.6 million or about 7% of the
   work force by yearend 1994. Floundering Russian firms have already had
   to put another 4.8 million workers on involuntary, unpaid leave or
   shortened workweeks. Government fears of large-scale unemployment
   continued to hamper industrial restructuring efforts. According to
   official Russian data, real per capita income was up nearly 18% in
   1994 compared with 1993, in part because many Russians are working
   second jobs. Most Russians perceive that they are worse off now
   because of growing crime and health problems and mounting wage
   arrears. Russia has made significant headway in privatizing state
   assets, completing its voucher privatization program at midyear 1994.
   At least a portion of about 110,000 state enterprises were transferred
   to private hands by the end of 1994. Including partially privatized
   firms, the private sector accounted for roughly half of GDP in 1994.
   Financial stabilization continued to remain a challenge for the
   government. Moscow tightened financial policies in late 1993 and early
   1994, including postponing planned budget spending, and succeeded in
   reducing monthly inflation from 18% in January to about 5% in July and
   August. At midyear, however, the government relaxed austerity measures
   in the face of mounting pressure from industry and agriculture,
   sparking a new round of inflation; the monthly inflation rate jumped
   to roughly 15% per month during the fourth quarter. In response,
   Moscow announced a fairly tight government budget for 1995 designed to
   bring monthly inflation down to around 1% by the end of 1995.
   According to official statistics, Russia's 1994 trade with nations
   outside the former Soviet Union produced a $12.3 billion surplus, up
   from $11.3 billion in 1993. Foreign sales - comprised largely of oil,
   natural gas, and other raw materials - grew more than 8%. Imports also
   were up 8% as demand for food and other consumer goods surged. Russian
   trade with other former Soviet republics continued to decline. At the
   same time, Russia paid only a fraction of the roughly $20 billion in
   debt that came due in 1994, and by the end of the year, Russia's hard
   currency foreign debt had risen to nearly $100 billion. Moscow reached
   agreement to restructure debts with Paris Club official creditors in
   mid-1994 and concluded a preliminary deal with its commercial bank
   creditors late in the year to reschedule debts owed them in early
   1995. Capital flight continued to be a serious problem in 1994, with
   billions of additional dollars in assets being moved abroad, primarily
   to bank accounts in Europe. Russia's physical plant continues to
   deteriorate because of insufficient maintenance and new construction.
   Plant and equipment on average are twice the age of the West's. Many
   years will pass before Russia can take full advantage of its natural
   resources and its human assets.
  
   National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $721.2 billion (1994
   estimate as extrapolated from World Bank estimate for 1992)
  
   National product real growth rate: -15% (1994 est.)
  
   National product per capita: $4,820 (1994 est.)
  
   Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10% per month (average 1994)
  
   Unemployment rate: 7.1% (December 1994) with considerable additional
   underemployment
  
   Budget:
   revenues: $NA
   expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
  
   Exports: $48 billion (f.o.b., 1994)
   commodities: petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and
   wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and
   military manufactures
   partners: Europe, North America, Japan, Third World countries, Cuba
  
   Imports: $35.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994)
   commodities: machinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat,
   grain, sugar, semifinished metal products
   partners: Europe, North America, Japan, Third World countries, Cuba
  
   External debt: $95 billion-$100 billion (yearend 1994)
  
   Industrial production: growth rate -21% (1994)
  
   Electricity:
   capacity: 213,100,000 KW
   production: 876 billion kWh
   consumption per capita: 5,800 kWh (1994)
  
   Industries: complete range of mining and extractive industries
   producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine
   building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space
   vehicles; ship- building; road and rail transportation equipment;
   communications equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and
   construction equipment; electric power generating and transmitting
   equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables
  
   Agriculture: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, meat, milk,
   vegetables, fruits; because of its northern location does not grow
   citrus, cotton, tea, and other warm climate products
  
   Illicit drugs: illicit cultivator of cannabis and opium poppy; mostly
   for domestic consumption; government has active eradication program;
   used as transshipment point for Asian and Latin American illicit drugs
   to Western Europe and Latin America
  
   Economic aid:
   recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (1990-94), $15 billion;
   other countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1990-93), $120
   billion
  
   Currency: 1 ruble (R) = 100 kopeks
  
   Exchange rates: rubles per US$1 - 3,550 (29 December 1994), 1,247 (27
   December 1993); nominal exchange rate still deteriorating but real
   exchange rate holding steady
  
   Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Russia:Transportation
  
   Railroads:
   total: 154,000 km; note - 87,000 km in common carrier service (49,000
   km diesel; and 38,000 km electrified); 67,000 km serve specific
   industries and are not available for common carrier use
   broad gauge: 154,000 km 1.520-m gauge (1 January 1994)
  
   Highways:
   total: 934,000 km (445,000 km serve specific industries or farms and
   are not available for common carrier use)
   paved and graveled: 725,000 km
   unpaved: 209,000 km (1 January 1994)
  
   Inland waterways: total navigable routes in general use 101,000 km;
   routes with navigation guides serving the Russian River Fleet 95,900
   km; of which routes with night navigational aids 60,400 km; man-made
   navigable routes 16,900 km (1 January 1994)
  
   Pipelines: crude oil 48,000 km; petroleum products 15,000 km; natural
   gas 140,000 km (30 June 1993)
  
   Ports: Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Kaliningrad, Kazan', Khabarovsk,
   Kholmsk, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Nakhodka, Nevel'sk,
   Novorossiysk, Petropavlovsk, St. Petersburg, Rostov, Sochi, Tuapse,
   Vladivostok, Volgograd, Vostochnyy, Vyborg
  
   Merchant marine:
   total: 800 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,295,109 GRT/10,128,579
   DWT
   ships by type: barge carrier 2, bulk cargo 26, cargo 424, chemical
   tanker 7, combination bulk 22, combination ore/oil 16, container 81,
   multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 111, passenger 4,
   passenger-cargo 5, refrigerated cargo 19, roll-on/roll-off cargo 62,
   short-sea passenger 16, specialized tanker 2
   note: in addition, Russia owns 235 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
   5,084,439 DWT that operate under Maltese, Cypriot, Liberian,
   Panamanian, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduran, Marshall
   Islands, Bahamian, and Vanuatu registry
  
   Airports:
   total: 2,517
   with paved runways over 3,047 m: 54
   with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 202
   with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 108
   with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 115
   with paved runways under 914 m: 151
   with unpaved runways over 3,047 m: 25
   with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 45
   with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 134
   with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 291
   with unpaved runways under 914 m: 1,392
  
   Russia:Communications
  
   Telephone system: 24,400,000 telephones; 20,900,000 telephones in
   urban areas and 3,500,000 telephones in rural areas; of these, total
   installed in homes 15,400,000; total pay phones for long distant calls
   34,100; about 164 telephones/1,000 persons; Russia is enlisting
   foreign help, by means of joint ventures, to speed up the
   modernization of its telecommunications system; in 1992, only 661,000
   new telephones were installed compared with 855,000 in 1991, and in
   1992 the number of unsatisfied applications for telephones reached
   11,000,000; expanded access to international E-mail service available
   via Sprint network; the inadequacy of Russian telecommunications is a
   severe handicap to the economy, especially with respect to
   international connections
   local: NMT-450 analog cellular telephone networks are operational and
   growing in Moscow and St. Petersburg
   intercity: intercity fiberoptic cable installation remains limited
   international: international traffic is handled by an inadequate
   system of satellites, land lines, microwave radio relay and outdated
   submarine cables; this traffic passes through the international
   gateway switch in Moscow which carries most of the international
   traffic for the other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent
   States; a new Russian Raduga satellite will link Moscow and St.
   Petersburg with Rome from whence calls will be relayed to destinations
   in Europe and overseas; satellite earth stations - INTELSAT,
   Intersputnik, Eutelsat (Moscow), INMARSAT, Orbita
  
   Radio:
   broadcast stations: AM 1,050, FM 1,050, shortwave 1,050
   radios: 48.8 million (radio receivers with multiple speaker systems
   for program diffusion 74,300,000)
  
   Television:
   broadcast stations: 7,183
   televisions: 54.2 million
  
   Russia:Defense Forces
  
   Branches: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Forces, Air Defense Forces,
   Strategic Rocket Forces
  
   Manpower availability: males age 15-49 38,264,699; males fit for
   military service 29,951,977; males reach military age (18) annually
   1,106,176 (1995 est.)
  
   Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP
   note: the Intelligence Community estimates that defense spending in
   Russia fell about 15% in real terms in 1994, reducing Russian defense
   outlays to about one-fourth of peak Soviet levels in the late 1980s;
   although Russia may still spend as much as 10% of its GDP on defense,
   this is significantly below the 15% to 17% burden the former USSR
   carried during much of the 1980s; conversion of military expenditures
   into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce
   misleading results
  
  
  
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