R.V.
         n 1: a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other
               recreational activities [syn: {recreational vehicle}, {RV},
               {R.V.}]

English Dictionary: rophy	by the DICT Development Group
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rabbi n spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher
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Rabi I n the third month of the Islamic calendar
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Rabi II n the fourth month of the Islamic calendar
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RAF n the airforce of Great Britain [syn: Royal Air Force, RAF] a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998 Synonym(s): Red Army Faction, RAF
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raffia n leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. Synonym(s): raffia, raphia fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes Synonym(s): Raffia, genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia
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rap n a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" Synonym(s): blame, rap a gentle blow Synonym(s): rap, strike, tap the sound made by a gentle blow Synonym(s): pat, rap, tap voluble conversation genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged Synonym(s): rap, rap music, hip-hop the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" Synonym(s): knock, belt, rap, whack, whang v strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" [syn: rap, knap] make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" Synonym(s): tap, rap, knock, pink perform rap music talk volubly
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rape n Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop Synonym(s): rape, colza, Brassica napus the act of despoiling a country in warfare Synonym(s): rape, rapine the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will Synonym(s): rape, violation, assault, ravishment v force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" Synonym(s): rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" Synonym(s): rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
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raphe n a ridge that forms a seam between two parts [syn: raphe, rhaphe]
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raphia n leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. Synonym(s): raffia, raphia feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes Synonym(s): Raffia, genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia
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rappee n strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco
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rave n a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played; "raves are very popular in Berlin" an extravagantly enthusiastic review; "he gave it a rave" v participate in an all-night techno dance party talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner Synonym(s): rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave praise enthusiastically; "She raved about that new restaurant" Synonym(s): rave, gush
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Rb n a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite Synonym(s): rubidium, Rb, atomic number 37
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rbi n a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" Synonym(s): run batted in, rbi
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reap v gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" [syn: reap, harvest, glean] get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association" Synonym(s): reap, draw
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reave v steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" Synonym(s): plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
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Reb n `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms Synonym(s): Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback
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reef n a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese Synonym(s): Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind v lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast" roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
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reefy adj full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters" Synonym(s): reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly
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reeve n female ruff v pass a rope through; "reeve an opening" pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope" fasten by passing through a hole or around something
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ref n (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play Synonym(s): referee, ref
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reify v consider an abstract concept to be real
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rep n informal abbreviation of `representative' a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs Synonym(s): rep, repp
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repay v pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund, return, repay, give back] make repayment for or return something Synonym(s): requite, repay act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions Synonym(s): reward, repay, pay back answer back Synonym(s): retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin
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repp n a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs [syn: rep, repp]
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rev n rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs" Synonym(s): revolutions per minute, rpm, rev v increase the number of rotations per minute; "rev up an engine" Synonym(s): rev up, rev
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review n a new appraisal or evaluation [syn: reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment] an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) Synonym(s): review, critique, critical review, review article a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment Synonym(s): follow-up, followup, reexamination, review (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data Synonym(s): review, limited review a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians Synonym(s): revue, review a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion Synonym(s): recapitulation, recap, review (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court) practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory Synonym(s): review, brushup a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator" Synonym(s): inspection, review v look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation" Synonym(s): review, reexamine appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" Synonym(s): review, critique hold a review (of troops) Synonym(s): review, go over, survey refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test" Synonym(s): review, brush up, refresh look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" Synonym(s): review, look back, retrospect
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revue n a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians Synonym(s): revue, review
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RF n a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland Synonym(s): releasing factor, releasing hormone, RF a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized Synonym(s): rutherfordium, Rf, unnilquadium, Unq, element 104, atomic number 104 a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone Synonym(s): reticular formation, RF
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rhaphe n a ridge that forms a seam between two parts [syn: raphe, rhaphe]
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rib n support resembling the rib of an animal any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) Synonym(s): rib, costa cut of meat including one or more ribs a teasing remark a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural v form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater" subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" Synonym(s): ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
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rife adj most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] excessively abundant Synonym(s): overabundant, plethoric, rife
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Riff n a Berber living in northern Morocco [syn: Riff, Riffian] a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation v look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" Synonym(s): flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff play riffs
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rip n a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue] an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" Synonym(s): rip, rent, snag, split, tear a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current Synonym(s): rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" Synonym(s): rent, rip, split v tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" Synonym(s): rend, rip, rive, pull move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast" cut (wood) along the grain criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
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ripe adj fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" Synonym(s): ripe, mature Antonym(s): green, immature, unripe, unripened fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution" most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" Synonym(s): good, right, ripe at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind" far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" Synonym(s): advanced, ripe
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rive v tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" Synonym(s): rend, rip, rive, pull separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" Synonym(s): cleave, split, rive
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rob v take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money" rip off; ask an unreasonable price Synonym(s): overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook Antonym(s): undercharge
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robe n any loose flowing garment outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions Synonym(s): gown, robe v clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes [syn: vest, robe] cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" Synonym(s): clothe, cloak, drape, robe
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roof n a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building protective covering on top of a motor vehicle the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space; "the roof of the cave was very high"; "I could see the roof of the bear's mouth" an upper limit on what is allowed; "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices" Synonym(s): ceiling, roof, cap v provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof
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roofy n street names for flunitrazepan [syn: R-2, {Mexican valium}, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle]
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rope n a strong line street names for flunitrazepan Synonym(s): R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle v catch with a lasso; "rope cows" Synonym(s): lasso, rope fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" Synonym(s): rope, leash
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ropeway n a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers Synonym(s): tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway
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ropey adj of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong Synonym(s): ropy, ropey forming viscous or glutinous threads Synonym(s): ropy, ropey, stringy, thready (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance" Synonym(s): ropey, ropy
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rophy n street names for flunitrazepan [syn: R-2, {Mexican valium}, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle]
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ropy adj of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong Synonym(s): ropy, ropey forming viscous or glutinous threads Synonym(s): ropy, ropey, stringy, thready (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance" Synonym(s): ropey, ropy
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rove v move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" Synonym(s): roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
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rub n an unforeseen obstacle [syn: hang-up, hitch, rub, snag] the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub" Synonym(s): rub, wipe v move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" cause friction; "my sweater scratches" Synonym(s): rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!" Synonym(s): rub, scratch, itch
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rube n a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture Synonym(s): yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon
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Rubia n type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots Synonym(s): Rubia, genus Rubia
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ruby adj of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Synonym(s): red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet n a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers a deep and vivid red color Synonym(s): crimson, ruby, deep red
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RUF n a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia Synonym(s): Revolutionary United Front, RUF
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ruff n an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal Synonym(s): frill, ruff a high tight collar Synonym(s): choker, ruff, ruffle, neck ruff common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season Synonym(s): ruff, Philomachus pugnax (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit Synonym(s): ruff, trumping v play a trump Synonym(s): trump, ruff
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rupee n the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents Synonym(s): Sri Lanka rupee, rupee the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents Synonym(s): Seychelles rupee, rupee the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa Synonym(s): Nepalese rupee, rupee the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents Synonym(s): Mauritian rupee, rupee the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa Synonym(s): Pakistani rupee, rupee the basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise Synonym(s): Indian rupee, rupee
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rupiah n the basic unit of money in Indonesia; equal to 100 sen
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RV n a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities Synonym(s): recreational vehicle, RV, R.V.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rab \Rab\, n.       A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rabbi \Rab"bi\, n.; pl. {Rabbis}or {Rabbies}. [L., fr. Gr. [?],       Heb. rab[c6] my master, from rab master, lord, teacher, akin       to Ar. rabb.]       Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor       for a teacher or doctor of the law. [bd]The gravest       rabbies.[b8] --Milton.                   Be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even                Christ, and all ye are brethren.            --Matt. xxiii.                                                                               8.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raff \Raff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Raffing}.] [OF. raffer, of German origin; cf. G. raffen;       akin to E. rap to snatch. See {Rap}, and cf. {Riffraff},       {Rip} to tear.]       To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a       promiscuous sweep. [Obs.]                   Causes and effects which I thus raff up together.                                                                               --Carew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raff \Raff\, n.       1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber;             refuse. [bd]A raff of errors.[b8] --Barrow.          2. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly             used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.          3. A low fellow; a churl.          {Raff merchant}, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov.             Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raffia \Raf"fi*a\, n. (Bot.)       A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from       the leaves of a palm tree of the genus {Raphia}. --J. Smith       (Dict. Econ. Plants).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raip \Raip\, n. [Cf. Icel. reip rope. Cf. {Rope}.]       A rope; also, a measure equal to a rod. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rap \Rap\, v. t.       1. To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.                         With one great peal they rap the door. --Prior.          2. (Founding) To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on             the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rap \Rap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rapped}, usually written {Rapt};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapping}.] [OE. rapen; akin to LG. & D.       rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan. rappe sig to       make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush, hurry. The word       has been confused with L. rapere to seize. Cf. {Rape}       robbery, {Rapture}, {Raff}, v., {Ramp}, v.]       1. To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.                         And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt The                      whirring chariot.                              --Chapman.                         From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund                      Bacon, to Redgrove.                           --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.          2. To hasten. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.          3. To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to             transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or             rapture; as, rapt into admiration.                         I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.                                                                               --Addison.                         Rapt into future times, the bard begun. --Pope.          4. To exchange; to truck. [Obs. & Law]          {To rap and ren}, {To rap and rend}. [Perhaps fr. Icel. hrapa             to hurry and r[91]na plunder, fr. r[be]n plunder, E. ran.]             To seize and plunder; to snatch by violence. --Dryden.             [bd][Ye] waste all that ye may rape and renne.[b8]             --Chaucer.                         All they could rap and rend pilfer.   --Hudibras.          {To rap out}, to utter with sudden violence, as an oath.                         A judge who rapped out a great oath.   --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rap \Rap\, n.       A quick, smart blow; a knock.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rap \Rap\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]       A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rap \Rap\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rapping}.] [Akin to Sw. rappa to strike, rapp stroke, Dan.       rap, perhaps of imitative origin.]       To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on       the door.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rap \Rap\, n. [Perhaps contr. fr. raparee.]       A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for       a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth       century; any coin of trifling value.                   Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps.                                                                               --Swift.                   Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a                rap,                   save with her consent.                           --Mrs.                                                                               Alexander.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L.       rapere. See {Rap} to snatch.]       1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent             seizure; robbery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\ (r[amac]p), n. [F. r[83]pe a grape stalk.]       1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray.          2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which             the must has been expressed in wine making.          3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying             and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.          {Rape wine}, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of             pressed grapes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\, v. t.       To commit rape upon; to ravish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\, v. i.       To rob; to pillage. [Obs.] --Heywood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel.       hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.]       One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England,       intermediate between a hundred and a shire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. [?], [?], G.       r[81]be.] (Bot.)       A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the       turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used       for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for       the food of cage birds.          Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been                variously named, but are all now believed to be derived                from the {Brassica campestris} of Europe, which by some                is not considered distinct from the wild stock ({B.                oleracea}) of the cabbage. See {Cole}.          {Broom rape}. (Bot.) See {Broom rape}, in the Vocabulary.          {Rape cake}, the refuse remaining after the oil has been             expressed from the seed.          {Rape root}. Same as {Rape}.          {Summer rape}. (Bot.) See {Colza}.
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Cole \Cole\, n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis,       the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage,       akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Cauliflower}, {Kale}.] (Bot.)       A plant of the {Brassica} or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of       {B. oleracea} called {rape} and {coleseed}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L.       rapere. See {Rap} to snatch.]       1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent             seizure; robbery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\ (r[amac]p), n. [F. r[83]pe a grape stalk.]       1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray.          2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which             the must has been expressed in wine making.          3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying             and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.          {Rape wine}, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of             pressed grapes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\, v. t.       To commit rape upon; to ravish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\, v. i.       To rob; to pillage. [Obs.] --Heywood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rape \Rape\, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel.       hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.]       One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England,       intermediate between a hundred and a shire.
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Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. [?], [?], G.       r[81]be.] (Bot.)       A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the       turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used       for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for       the food of cage birds.          Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been                variously named, but are all now believed to be derived                from the {Brassica campestris} of Europe, which by some                is not considered distinct from the wild stock ({B.                oleracea}) of the cabbage. See {Cole}.          {Broom rape}. (Bot.) See {Broom rape}, in the Vocabulary.          {Rape cake}, the refuse remaining after the oil has been             expressed from the seed.          {Rape root}. Same as {Rape}.          {Summer rape}. (Bot.) See {Colza}.
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Cole \Cole\, n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis,       the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage,       akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Cauliflower}, {Kale}.] (Bot.)       A plant of the {Brassica} or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of       {B. oleracea} called {rape} and {coleseed}.
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Rhaphe \Rha"phe\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] seam, fr. [?][?][?]       to sew. ] (Bot.)       The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an       anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam. [Written       also {raphe}.] --Gray.
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Raphe \Ra"phe\ (r[amac]"f[esl]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a seam or       suture, fr. [?] to sew or stitch together.]       1. (Anat.) A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers,             especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the             tongue.          2. (Bot.) Same as {Rhaph[?]}.
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Rhaphe \Rha"phe\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] seam, fr. [?][?][?]       to sew. ] (Bot.)       The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an       anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam. [Written       also {raphe}.] --Gray.
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Raphe \Ra"phe\ (r[amac]"f[esl]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a seam or       suture, fr. [?] to sew or stitch together.]       1. (Anat.) A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers,             especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the             tongue.          2. (Bot.) Same as {Rhaph[?]}.
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Rappee \Rap*pee"\, n. [F. r[83]p[82], fr. r[83]per to grate, to       rasp. See {Rasp}, v.]       A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds       of tobacco leaves.
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Rave \Rave\, n. [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a       wagon, for carrying hay, etc.]       One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or       a sleigh.
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Rave \Rave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raved}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Raving}.] [F. r[88]ver to rave, to be delirious, to dream;       perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf.       {Rage}, {Reverie}.]       1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk             or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a             madman.                         In our madness evermore we rave.         --Chaucer.                         Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?                                                                               --Addison.                         The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went                      raving down the valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie.                                                                               --Macaulay.          2. To rush wildly or furiously. --Spencer.          3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion             or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he             raved about her beauty.                         The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they                      know it not.                                       --Byron.
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Rave \Rave\, v. t.       To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave       nonsense. --Young.
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Reap \Reap\, v. i.       To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a       harvest.                   They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. --Ps. cxxvi.                                                                               5.
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Reap \Reap\, n. [Cf. AS. r[c6]p harvest. See {Reap}, v.]       A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper       as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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Reap \Reap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Reaping}.] [OE. repen, AS. r[c6]pan to seize, reap; cf. D.       rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or       E. ripe.]       1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as             grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.                         When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt                      not wholly reap the corners of thy field.                                                                               --Lev.[?][?][?].                                                                               9.          2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest,             or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a             bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.                         Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace,                      reap nothing but repulse and hate?      --Milton.          3. To clear or a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.          4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] --Shak.          {Reaping hook}, an instrument having a hook-shaped blade,             used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense,             distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of             serrated.
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Reave \Reave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved}, {Reft}, or       {Raft}(obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaving}.] [AS. re[a0]fian,       from re[a0]f spoil, plunder, clothing, re[a2]fan to break       (cf. bire[a2]fan to deprive of); akin to G. rauben to rob,       Icel. raufa to rob, rj[umac]fa to break, violate, Goth.       bir[a0]ubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to       break. [root]114. Cf. {Bereave}, {Rob}, v. t., {Robe},       {Rove}, v. t., {Rupture}.]       To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to       rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. [bd]To reave his       life.[b8] --Spenser.                   He golden apples raft of the dragon.      --Chaucer.                   By privy stratagem my life at home.         --Chapman.
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Reef \Reef\, n. [Akin to D. reef, G. reff, Sw. ref; cf. Icel.       rif reef, rifa to basten together. Cf. {Reeve}, v. t.,       {River}.] (Naut.)       That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of       the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to       the force of the wind.          Note: From the head to the first reef-band, in square sails,                is termed the first reef; from this to the next is the                second reef; and so on. In fore-and-aft sails, which                reef on the foot, the first reef is the lowest part.                --Totten.          {Close reef}, the last reef that can be put in.          {Reef band}. See {Reef-band} in the Vocabulary.          {Reef knot}, the knot which is used in tying reef pointss.             See Illust. under {Knot}.          {Reef line}, a small rope formerly used to reef the courses             by being passed spirally round the yard and through the             holes of the reef. --Totten.          {Reef points}, pieces of small rope passing through the             eyelet holes of a reef-band, and used reefing the sail.          {Reef tackle}, a tackle by which the reef cringles, or rings,             of a sail are hauled up to the yard for reefing. --Totten.          {To take a reef in}, to reduce the size of (a sail) by             folding or rolling up a reef, and lashing it to the spar.
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Reef \Reef\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reefed} (r[c7]ft); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Reefing}.] (Naut.)       To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a       certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.       --Totten.          {To reef the paddles}, to move the floats of a paddle wheel             toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
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Reef \Reef\ (r?f), n. [Akin to D. rif, G. riff, Icel. rif, Dan.       rev; cf. Icel. rifa rift, rent, fissure, rifa to rive, bear.       Cf. {Rift}, {Rive}.]       1. A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of             the water. See {Coral reefs}, under {Coral}.          2. (Mining.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called             in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable             ore.          {Reef builder} (Zo[94]l.), any stony coral which contributes             material to the formation of coral reefs.          {Reef heron} (Zo[94]l.), any heron of the genus {Demigretta};             as, the blue reef heron ({D. jugularis}) of Australia.
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Reefy \Reef"y\ (-?), a.       Full of reefs or rocks.
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Reve \Reve\, n. [See {Reeve}.]       An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written {reeve}.]       [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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Reeve \Reeve\ (r?v), n. (Zo[94]l.)       The female of the ruff.
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Reeve \Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rove} (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Reeving}.] [Cf. D. reven. See {Reef}, n. & v. t.] (Naut.)       To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block,       thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
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Reeve \Reeve\, n. [OE. reve, AS. ger[?]fa. Cf. {Sheriff}.]       an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in       compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve,       etc. --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman.
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Reve \Reve\, n. [See {Reeve}.]       An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written {reeve}.]       [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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Reeve \Reeve\ (r?v), n. (Zo[94]l.)       The female of the ruff.
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Reeve \Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rove} (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Reeving}.] [Cf. D. reven. See {Reef}, n. & v. t.] (Naut.)       To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block,       thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
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Reeve \Reeve\, n. [OE. reve, AS. ger[?]fa. Cf. {Sheriff}.]       an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in       compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve,       etc. --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman.
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Reif \Reif\ (r?f), n. [AS. re[?]f.]       Robbery; spoil. [Obs.]
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Rep \Rep\, a.       Formed with a surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely;       -- applied to textile fabrics of silk or wool; as, rep silk.
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Rep \Rep\ (r?p), n. [Prob. a corruption of rib: cf. F. reps.]       A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and       having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
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Repay \Re*pay"\ (r?-p?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repaid} (-p?d");       p. pr. & vb. n. {Repaying}.] [Pref. re- + pay: cf. F.       repayer.]       1. To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or             advanced.                         If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place,                      such sum or sums.                              --Shak.          2. To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a             good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an             injury.                         Benefits which can not be repaid . . . are not                      commonly found to increase affection. --Rambler.          3. To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt.          Syn: To refund; restore; return; recompense; compensate;                remunerate; satisfy; reimburse; requite.
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Reve \Reve\, v. t.       To reave. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Reve \Reve\, n. [See {Reeve}.]       An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written {reeve}.]       [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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Revie \Re*vie"\, v. i.       1. To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing. [Obs.]          2. To make a retort; to bandy words. [Obs.]
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Revie \Re*vie"\, v. t.       1. To vie with, or rival, in return.          2. (Card Playing) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a             trick, with a higher wager. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Review \Re*view"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Review[?]d}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Reveiwing}.] [Pref. re- + view. Cf. {Review}, n. ]       1. To view or see again; to look back on. [R.] [bd]I shall             review Sicilia.[b8] --Shak.          2. To go over and examine critically or deliberately.             Specifically:             (a) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before                   printing it, or a book for a new edition.             (b) To go over with critical examination, in order to                   discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a                   critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.             (c) To make a formal or official examination of the state                   of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.             (d) (Law) To re[89]xamine judically; as, a higher court                   may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower                   one.          3. To retrace; to go over again.                         Shall I the long, laborious scene review? --Pope.
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Review \Re*view"\, v. i.       To look back; to make a review.
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Review \Re*view"\, n. [F. revue, fr. revu, p. p. of revoir to       see again, L. revidere; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See       {View}, and cf. {Revise}.]       1. A second or repeated view; a re[89]xamination; a             retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review             of one's studies; a review of life.          2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement;             revision; as, an author's review of his works.          3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a             criticism; a critique.          4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of             interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.          5. An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval             force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining             the state of discipline, equipments, etc.          6. (Law) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a             lower court by a higher.          7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time.          {Bill of review} (Equity), a bill, in the nature of             proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and             alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been             duly signed and enrolled. --Wharton.          {Commission of review} (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission             formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of             the court of delegates.          Syn: Re[89]xamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey;                reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.
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Rhaphe \Rha"phe\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] seam, fr. [?][?][?]       to sew. ] (Bot.)       The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an       anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam. [Written       also {raphe}.] --Gray.
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Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe,       arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.]       The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation       of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of       a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written       also {rhob}, and {rohob}.]
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Rhob \Rhob\, n.       See 1st Rob.
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Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe,       arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.]       The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation       of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of       a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written       also {rhob}, and {rohob}.]
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Rhob \Rhob\, n.       See 1st Rob.
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Rib \Rib\, n. [AS. rib, ribb; akin to D. rib, G. rippe, OHG.       rippa, rippi, Dan. ribbe, Icel. rif, Russ. rebro.]       1. (Anat.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral             column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.          Note: In man there are twelve ribs on each side, of which the                upper seven are directly connected with the sternum by                cartilages, and are called sternal, or true, ribs. The                remaining five pairs are called asternal, or false,                ribs, and of these each of the three upper pairs is                attached to the cartilage of the rib above, while the                two lower pairs are free at the ventral ends, and are                called floating ribs. See {Thorax}.          2. That which resembles a rib in form or use. Specifically:             (a) (Shipbuilding) One of the timbers, or bars of iron or                   steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel,                   to support the skin or planking, and give shape and                   strength to the vessel.             (b) (Mach. & Structures) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a                   plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen                   it.             (c) One of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is                   extended.             (d) A prominent line or ridge, as in cloth.             (e) A longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a                   double-barreled gun.          3. (Bot.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a             leaf.             (b) Any longitudinal ridge in a plant.          4. (Arch.)             (a) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the                   vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing                   one another, dividing the whole space into triangles,                   which are then filled by vaulted construction of                   lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these                   in wood, plaster, or the like.             (b) A projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with                   others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or                   the like.          5. (Mining)             (a) Solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a                   vein.             (b) An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.                   --Raymond.          6. A wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.             [Familiar & Sportive]                         How many have we known whose heads have been broken                      with their own rib.                           --Bp. Hall.          {Chuck rib}, a cut of beef immediately in front of the middle             rib. See {Chuck}.          {Fore ribs}, a cut of beef immediately in front of the             sirloin.          {Middle rib}, a cut of beef between the chuck rib and the             fore ribs.          {Rib grass}. (Bot.) Same as {Ribwort}.
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Rib \Rib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ribbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ribbing}.]       1. To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and             channels; as, to rib cloth.          2. To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
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Rief \Rief\, n. [See {Reave}.]       Robbery. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Rife \Rife\, a. [AS. r[c6]f abundant, or Icel. r[c6]fr       munificent; akin to OD. riff, rijve, abundant.]       1. Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.                         Before the plague of London, inflammations of the                      lungs were rife and mortal.               --Arbuthnot.                         Even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife, and                      perfect in may listening ear.            --Milton.          2. Having power; active; nimble. [Obs.]                         What! I am rife a little yet.            --J. Webster.             -- {Rife"ly}, adv. -- {Rife"ness}, n.
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Rip \Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ripped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ripping}.] [Cf. AS. r[ymac]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple       flax, D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle.       Cf. {Raff}, {Ripple} of flax.]       1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing;             to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by             violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to             rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; --             commonly used with up, open, off.          2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.                         He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.                                                                               --Granville.          3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to             search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually             with up.                         They ripped up all that had been done from the                      beginning of the rebellion.               --Clarendon.                         For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out                      in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise                      nor comely.                                       --Milton.          4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.          {Ripping chisel} (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out             mortises. --Knight.          {Ripping iron}. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Ravehook}.          {Ripping saw}. (Carp.) See {Ripsaw}.          {To rip out}, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as,             to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See {To rap out}, under             {Rap}, v. t.
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Rip \Rip\, n.       1. A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear;             a place torn; laceration.          2. [Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of reprobate.] A             term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a             scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.             [Slang.]          3. A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing             tides or currents.
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Rip \Rip\, n. [Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to       E. corb. Cf. {Ripier}.]       A wicker fish basket.
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Ripe \Ripe\, v. i. [AS. r[c6]pian.]       To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.]
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Ripe \Ripe\, v. t.       To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), n. [L. ripa.]       The bank of a river. [Obs.]
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Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. {Riper} (-[etil]r); superl.       {Ripest}.] [AS. r[c6]pe; akin to OS. r[c6]pi, D. rijp, G.       rief, OHG. r[c6]ft; cf. AS. r[c6]p harvest, r[c6]pan to reap.       Cf. {Reap}.]       1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained             perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as,             ripe grain.                         So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop                      Into thy mother's lap.                        --Milton.          2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe             cheese; ripe wine.          3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected;             consummate. [bd]Ripe courage.[b8] --Chaucer.                         He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak.          4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of             sores, tumors, etc.          5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.                         While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison.                         I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public                      bodies.                                             --Burke.          6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.                         Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip.                                                                               --Shak.          7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] [bd]Reeling ripe.[b8] --Shak.          Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See {Mature}.
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Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. {Rived}; p. p. {Rived} or {Riven}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Riving}.] [Icel. r[c6]fa, akin to Sw. rifva to       pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear.       Cf. {Reef} of land, {Rifle} a gun, {Rift}, {Rivel}.]       To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive       timber for rails or shingles.                   I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer.                   The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak.                   Brutus hath rived my heart.                     --Shak.
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Rive \Rive\, v. i.       To be split or rent asunder.                   Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.                                                                               --Woodward.
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Rive \Rive\, n.       A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
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Rob \Rob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Robbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Robbing}.] [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roub[?]n,       G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. [root]114.       See {Reave},and cf. {Robe}.]       1. To take (something) away from by force; to strip by             stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.                         Who would rob a hermit of his weeds, His few books,                      or his beads, or maple dish?               --Milton.                         He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, Let                      him not know it, and he's not robbed at all. --Shak.                         To be executed for robbing a church.   --Shak.          2. (Law) To take the property of (any one) from his person,             or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by             violence or by putting him in fear.          3. To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously;             to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good             name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight.                         I never robbed the soldiers of their pay. --Shak.
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Rob \Rob\, v. i.       To take that which belongs to another, without right or       permission, esp. by violence.                   I am accursed to rob in that thief's company. --Shak.
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Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe,       arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.]       The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation       of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of       a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written       also {rhob}, and {rohob}.]
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Robe \Robe\, n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment;       originally, booty, plunder. See {Rob}, v. t., and cf.       {Rubbish}.]       1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant             style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or             the like.                         Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;                      Robes and furred gowns hide all.         --Shak.          2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison,             dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.]          {Master of the robes}, an officer of the English royal             household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is             supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes.          {Mistress of the robes}, a lady who enjoys the highest rank             of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign             (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her             robes.
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Robe \Robe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Robed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Robing}.]       To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as,       fields robed with green.                   The sage Chaldeans robed in white appeared. --Pope.                   Such was his power over the expression of his                countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the                sternness of winter, and robe it in the brightest                smiles of spring.                                    --Wirt.
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Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe,       arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.]       The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation       of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of       a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written       also {rhob}, and {rohob}.]
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Rohob \Ro"hob\, n.       An inspissated juice. See {Rob}.
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Rob \Rob\, n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe,       arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.]       The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation       of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of       a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written       also {rhob}, and {rohob}.]
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Rohob \Ro"hob\, n.       An inspissated juice. See {Rob}.
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Roof \Roof\, n. [OE. rof, AS. hr[?]f top, roof; akin to D. roef       cabin, Icel. hr[?]f a shed under which ships are built or       kept; cf. OS. hr[?]st roof, Goth. hr[?]t. Cf. {Roost}.]       1. (Arch.) The cover of any building, including the roofing             (see {Roofing}) and all the materials and construction             necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or             other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted             ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the             vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It             is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling             only, in cases where it has farther covering.          2. That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or             the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof             of the mouth.                         The flowery roof Showered roses, which the morn                      repaired.                                          --Milton.          3. (Mining.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying             a bed of coal or a flat vein.          {Bell roof}, {French roof}, etc. (Arch.) See under {Bell},             {French}, etc.          {Flat roof}. (Arch.)             (a) A roof actually horizontal and level, as in some                   Oriental buildings.             (b) A roof nearly horizontal, constructed of such material                   as allows the water to run off freely from a very                   slight inclination.          {Roof plate}. (Arch.) See {Plate}, n., 10.
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Roof \Roof\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roofed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Roofing}.]       1. To cover with a roof.                         I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings                      that have not been roofed with vaults or arches.                                                                               --Addison.          2. To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.                         Here had we now our country's honor roofed. --Shak.
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Roofy \Roof`y\, a.       Having roofs. [R.] --Dryden.
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Roop \Roop\, n.       See {Roup}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Rope \Rope\, v. t.       1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a             bale of goods. Hence:          2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain             climbers, with a rope.          3. To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope,             so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or             rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.          4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.]          5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy;             as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.]          6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or             curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.]
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Rope \Rope\, n. [AS. r[be]p; akin to D. reep, G. reif ring hoop,       Icel. reip rope, Sw. rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip       latchet.]       1. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in             circumference, made of strands twisted or braided             together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in             its size. See {Cordage}.          2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united,             as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.          3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.          {Rope ladder}, a ladder made of ropes.          {Rope mat}., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope.                      {Rope of sand}, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble             union or tie; something not to be relied upon.          {Rope pump}, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope             raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by             its adhesion to the rope.          {Rope transmission} (Mach.), a method of transmitting power,             as between distant places, by means of endless ropes             running over grooved pulleys.          {Rope's end}, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash             in inflicting punishment.          {To give one rope}, to give one liberty or license; to let             one go at will uncheked.
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Rope \Rope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Roping}.]       To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament       or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.                   Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses'                thatch.                                                   --Shak.
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Drag line \Drag line\ [or] rope \rope\ . (A[89]ronautics)       A guide rope.
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Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Snubbing}.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba,       Icel. snubb[omac]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]       1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the             growth of; to nop.          2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or             remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster.          3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or             pretentious person; to slight designedly.          {To snub a cable} [or] {rope} (Naut.), to check it suddenly             in running out. --Totten.
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Rope \Rope\, v. t.       1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a             bale of goods. Hence:          2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain             climbers, with a rope.          3. To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope,             so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or             rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.          4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.]          5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy;             as, to rope in customers or voters. [Slang, U.S.]          6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or             curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.]
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Rope \Rope\, n. [AS. r[be]p; akin to D. reep, G. reif ring hoop,       Icel. reip rope, Sw. rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip       latchet.]       1. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in             circumference, made of strands twisted or braided             together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in             its size. See {Cordage}.          2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united,             as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions.          3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.          {Rope ladder}, a ladder made of ropes.          {Rope mat}., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope.                      {Rope of sand}, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble             union or tie; something not to be relied upon.          {Rope pump}, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope             raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by             its adhesion to the rope.          {Rope transmission} (Mach.), a method of transmitting power,             as between distant places, by means of endless ropes             running over grooved pulleys.          {Rope's end}, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash             in inflicting punishment.          {To give one rope}, to give one liberty or license; to let             one go at will uncheked.
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Rope \Rope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Roping}.]       To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament       or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality.                   Let us not hang like ropingicicles Upon our houses'                thatch.                                                   --Shak.
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Drag line \Drag line\ [or] rope \rope\ . (A[89]ronautics)       A guide rope.
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Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Snubbing}.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba,       Icel. snubb[omac]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]       1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the             growth of; to nop.          2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or             remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster.          3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or             pretentious person; to slight designedly.          {To snub a cable} [or] {rope} (Naut.), to check it suddenly             in running out. --Totten.
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Ropy \Rop"y\, a.       capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous       substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy       sirup; ropy lees.
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Roup \Roup\, v. i. & t. [Cf. AS. hr[?]pan to cry out, G. rufen,       Goth. hr[?]pian. Cf. {Roop}.]       To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction. [Scot.]       --Jamieson.
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Roup \Roup\, n.       1. An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction. [Scot.]             --Jamieson.                         To roup, that is, the sale of his crops, was over.                                                                               --J. C.                                                                               Shairp.          2. A disease in poultry. See {Pip}.
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Rove \Rove\ (r[omac]v), v. t. [perhaps fr. or akin to reeve.]       1. To draw through an eye or aperture.          2. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. --Jamieson.          3. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool             or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
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Rove \Rove\ (r[omac]v), n.       1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched             in boat building.          2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty             twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
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Rove \Rove\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roved}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Roving}.] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave. See       {Reave}, {Rob}.]       1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the             seas in piracy. [Obs.] --Hakluyt.          2. Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or             pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing,             walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.                         For who has power to walk has power to rove.                                                                               --Arbuthnot.          3. (Archery) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle             of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being             beyond the point-blank range).                         Fair Venus' son, that with thy cruel dart At that                      good knight so cunningly didst rove.   --Spenser.          Syn: To wander; roam; range; ramble stroll.
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Rove \Rove\, v. t.       1. To wander over or through.                         Roving the field, I chanced A goodly tree far                      distant to behold.                              --milton.          2. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows             together.
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Rove \Rove\, n.       The act of wandering; a ramble.                   In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt.   --Young.          {Rove beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of             beetles of the family {Staphylinid[91]}, having short             elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely.             They are rapid runners, and seldom fly.
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Reeve \Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rove} (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Reeving}.] [Cf. D. reven. See {Reef}, n. & v. t.] (Naut.)       To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block,       thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
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Rub \Rub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rubbing}.] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. rhwbiaw, gael.       rub.]       1. To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over             its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the             action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the             flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper.                         It shall be expedient, after that body is cleaned,                      to rub the body with a coarse linen cloth. --Sir T.                                                                               Elyot.          2. To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and             friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the             ground.          3. To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along             a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.                         Two bones rubbed hard against one another.                                                                               --Arbuthnot.          4. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.                         The smoothed plank, . . . New rubbed with balm.                                                                               --Milton.          5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse;             -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.                         The whole business of our redemption is to rub over                      the defaced copy of the creation.      --South.          6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart. [R.]                         'T is the duke's pleasure, Whose disposition, all                      the world well knows, Will not be rubbed nor                      stopped.                                             --Shak.          {To rub down}.             (a) To clean by rubbing; to comb or curry; as, to down a                   horse.             (b) To reduce or remove by rubbing; as, to rub down the                   rough points.          {To rub off}, to clean anything by rubbing; to separate by             friction; as, to rub off rust.          {To rub out}, to remove or separate by friction; to erase; to             obliterate; as, to rub out a mark or letter; to rub out a             stain.          {To rub up}.             (a) To burnish; to polish; to clean.             (b) To excite; to awaken; to rouse to action; as, to rub                   up the memory.
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Rub \Rub\, v. i.       1. To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to             grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.          2. To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.          3. To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods,             as huntsmen; to rub through the world.          {To rub along} or {on}, to go on with difficulty; as, they             manage, with strict economy, to rub along. [Colloq.]
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Rub \Rub\, n. [Cf. W. rhwb. See Rub, v,t,]       1. The act of rubbing; friction.          2. That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct             motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment;             especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome;             a pinch.                         Every rub is smoothed on our way.      --Shak.                         To sleep, perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub.                                                                               --Shak.                         Upon this rub, the English ambassadors thought fit                      to demur.                                          --Hayward.                         One knows not, certainly, what other rubs might have                      been ordained for us by a wise Providence. --W.                                                                               Besant.          3. Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of             bowls; unevenness. --Shak.          4. Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a             hard rub.          5. Imperfection; failing; fault. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.          6. A chance. [Obs.]                         Flight shall leave no Greek a rub.      --Chapman.          7. A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a             whetstone; -- called also {rubstone}.          {Rub iron}, an iron guard on a wagon body, against which a             wheel rubs when cramped too much.
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Rub \Rub\, n.          {Rub of the green} (Golf), anything happening to a ball in             motion, such as its being deflected or stopped by any             agency outside the match, or by the fore caddie.    d8Rubaiyat \[d8]Ru*bai*yat"\, n. pl.; sing. {Rubai}. [Ar.       rub[be]'iy[be]h quatrian, pl. of rub[be]'iy having four       radicals, fr. rub[be]' four.]       Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl.       construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas.
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Rub \Rub\, n.          {Rub of the green} (Golf), anything happening to a ball in             motion, such as its being deflected or stopped by any             agency outside the match, or by the fore caddie.    d8Rubaiyat \[d8]Ru*bai*yat"\, n. pl.; sing. {Rubai}. [Ar.       rub[be]'iy[be]h quatrian, pl. of rub[be]'iy having four       radicals, fr. rub[be]' four.]       Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl.       construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas.
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Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS. m[91]dere; akin to Icel.       ma[?]ra.] (Bot.)       A plant of the {Rubia} ({R. tinctorum}). The root is much       used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is       cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}.          Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,                etc., which receive their names from their colors; as.                madder yellow.          {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia             arvensis}) resembling madder.          {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in             the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}.          {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium             Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw.
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Ruby \Ru"by\, a.       Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
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Ruby \Ru"by\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rubied}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rubying}.]       To make red; to redden. [R.] --Pope.
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Ruby \Ru"by\, n.; pl. {Rubies}. [F. rubis (cf. Pr. robi), LL.       rubinus, robinus, fr. L. rubeus red, reddish, akin to ruber.       See {Rouge}, {red}.]       1. (Min.) A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes             verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and             hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of             corundum.          Note: Besides the true or Oriental ruby above defined, there                are the balas ruby, or ruby spinel, a red variety of                spinel, and the rock ruby, a red variety of garnet.
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Ruff \Ruff\, n. [F. ronfle; cf. It. ronfa, Pg. rufa, rifa.]       (Card Playing)       (a) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.             --Nares.       (b) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of             the suit led.
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Ruff \Ruff\, v. i. & t. (Card Playing)       To trump.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruff \Ruff\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Icel. r[?]finn rough,       uncombed, Pr. ruf rude, rough, Sp. rufo frizzed, crisp,       curled, G. raufen to pluck, fight, rupfen to pluck, pull, E.       rough. [root]18. Cf. {Ruffle} to wrinkle.]       1. A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn             formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.                         Here to-morrow with his best ruff on. --Shak.                         His gravity is much lessened since the late                      proclamation came out against ruffs; . . . they were                      come to that height of excess herein, that twenty                      shillings were used to be paid for starching of a                      ruff.                                                --Howell.          2. Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar             of this name.                         I reared this flower; . . . Soft on the paper ruff                      its leaves I spread.                           --Pope.          3. An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.                         How many princes . . . in the ruff of all their                      glory, have been taken down from the head of a                      conquering army to the wheel of the victor's                      chariot!                                             --L'Estrange.          4. Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. [Obs.]                         To ruffle it out in a riotous ruff.   --Latimer.          5. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a             roll; a ruffle.          6. (Mach.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent             endwise motion. See Illust. of {Collar}.          7. (Zo[94]l.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified             feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.          8. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia ({Pavoncella,                   [or] Philommachus, pugnax}) allied to the sandpipers.                   The males during the breeding season have a large ruff                   of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the                   neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They                   are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in                   the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or                   rheeve.             (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its                   neck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruff \Ruff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ruffing}.]       1. To ruffle; to disorder. --Spenser.          2. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.          3. (Hawking) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); --       called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, [or] striped,       perch}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, n. [See {Ruffle}, v. t. & i.]       1. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace,             cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one             edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.          2. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance;             agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.          3. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a             roll; -- called also {ruff}. --H. L. Scott.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or             o[94]thec[91], of any one of several species of American             marine gastropods of the genus {Fulgur}. See {O[94]theca}.          {Ruffle of a boot}, the top turned down, and scalloped or             plaited. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trump \Trump\, n. [A corruption of triumph, F. triomphe. See       {Triumph}, and cf. {Trump} a trumpet.]       1. A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually             determined by chance for each deal) any card of which             takes any card of the other suits.          2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; --             called also {ruff}. --Decker.          3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang]                         Alfred is a trump, I think you say.   --Thackeray.          {To put to one's trumps}, [or] {To put on one's trumps}, to             force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion.                         But when kings come so low as to fawn upon                      philosophy, which before they neither valued nor                      understood, it is a sign that fails not, they are                      then put to their last trump.            --Milton.                         Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate                      them.                                                --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruff \Ruff\, n. [F. ronfle; cf. It. ronfa, Pg. rufa, rifa.]       (Card Playing)       (a) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.             --Nares.       (b) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of             the suit led.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruff \Ruff\, v. i. & t. (Card Playing)       To trump.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruff \Ruff\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Icel. r[?]finn rough,       uncombed, Pr. ruf rude, rough, Sp. rufo frizzed, crisp,       curled, G. raufen to pluck, fight, rupfen to pluck, pull, E.       rough. [root]18. Cf. {Ruffle} to wrinkle.]       1. A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn             formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.                         Here to-morrow with his best ruff on. --Shak.                         His gravity is much lessened since the late                      proclamation came out against ruffs; . . . they were                      come to that height of excess herein, that twenty                      shillings were used to be paid for starching of a                      ruff.                                                --Howell.          2. Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar             of this name.                         I reared this flower; . . . Soft on the paper ruff                      its leaves I spread.                           --Pope.          3. An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.                         How many princes . . . in the ruff of all their                      glory, have been taken down from the head of a                      conquering army to the wheel of the victor's                      chariot!                                             --L'Estrange.          4. Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. [Obs.]                         To ruffle it out in a riotous ruff.   --Latimer.          5. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a             roll; a ruffle.          6. (Mach.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent             endwise motion. See Illust. of {Collar}.          7. (Zo[94]l.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified             feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.          8. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia ({Pavoncella,                   [or] Philommachus, pugnax}) allied to the sandpipers.                   The males during the breeding season have a large ruff                   of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the                   neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They                   are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in                   the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or                   rheeve.             (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its                   neck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruff \Ruff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ruffing}.]       1. To ruffle; to disorder. --Spenser.          2. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.          3. (Hawking) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); --       called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, [or] striped,       perch}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, n. [See {Ruffle}, v. t. & i.]       1. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace,             cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one             edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.          2. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance;             agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.          3. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a             roll; -- called also {ruff}. --H. L. Scott.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or             o[94]thec[91], of any one of several species of American             marine gastropods of the genus {Fulgur}. See {O[94]theca}.          {Ruffle of a boot}, the top turned down, and scalloped or             plaited. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trump \Trump\, n. [A corruption of triumph, F. triomphe. See       {Triumph}, and cf. {Trump} a trumpet.]       1. A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually             determined by chance for each deal) any card of which             takes any card of the other suits.          2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; --             called also {ruff}. --Decker.          3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang]                         Alfred is a trump, I think you say.   --Thackeray.          {To put to one's trumps}, [or] {To put on one's trumps}, to             force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion.                         But when kings come so low as to fawn upon                      philosophy, which before they neither valued nor                      understood, it is a sign that fails not, they are                      then put to their last trump.            --Milton.                         Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate                      them.                                                --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); --       called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, [or] striped,       perch}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rupee \Ru*pee"\ (r[usdot]*p[emac]"), n. [Hind. r[umac]piyah, fr.       Skr. r[umac]pya silver, coined silver or gold, handsome.]       A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.          Note: The valuation of the rupee of sixteen annas, the                standard coin of India, by the United States Treasury                department, varies from time to time with the price of                silver. In 1889 it was rated at about thirty-two cents.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Raub, ND       Zip code(s): 58779
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ravia, OK (town, FIPS 62000)       Location: 34.24055 N, 96.75571 W       Population (1990): 404 (191 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Reva, SD       Zip code(s): 57651    Reva, VA       Zip code(s): 22735
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rippey, IA (city, FIPS 67215)       Location: 41.93459 N, 94.19995 W       Population (1990): 275 (136 housing units)       Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 50235
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Riva, MD (CDP, FIPS 66400)       Location: 38.94604 N, 76.58962 W       Population (1990): 3438 (1199 housing units)       Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 21140
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Roby, MO       Zip code(s): 65557    Roby, TX (city, FIPS 62612)       Location: 32.74631 N, 100.37848 W       Population (1990): 616 (311 housing units)       Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 79543
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Roff, OK (town, FIPS 63750)       Location: 34.62889 N, 96.84112 W       Population (1990): 717 (326 housing units)       Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 74865
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ruby, AK (city, FIPS 65590)       Location: 64.71757 N, 155.52066 W       Population (1990): 170 (92 housing units)       Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 99768    Ruby, MI       Zip code(s): 48049    Ruby, SC (town, FIPS 62080)       Location: 34.74414 N, 80.17974 W       Population (1990): 300 (148 housing units)       Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 29741
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rufe, OK       Zip code(s): 74755
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
rape vt.   1. To {screw} someone or something, violently; in    particular, to destroy a program or information irrecoverably.    Often used in describing file-system damage.   "So-and-so was running    a program that did absolute disk I/O and ended up raping the master    directory."   2. To strip a piece of hardware for parts.   3.    [CMU/Pitt] To mass-copy files from an anonymous ftp site.   "Last    night I raped Simtel's dskutl directory."
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
rave vi.   [WPI] 1. To persist in discussing a specific subject.    2. To speak authoritatively on a subject about which one knows very    little.   3. To complain to a person who is not in a position to    correct the difficulty.   4. To purposely annoy another person    verbally.   5. To evangelize.   See {flame}.   6. Also used to describe    a less negative form of blather, such as friendly bullshitting.    `Rave' differs slightly from {flame} in that `rave' implies that it    is the persistence or obliviousness of the person speaking that is    annoying, while {flame} implies somewhat more strongly that the tone    or content is offensive as well.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
RFE /R-F-E/ n.   1. [techspeak] Request For Enhancement (compare    {RFC}).   2. [from `Radio Free Europe', Bellcore and Sun] Radio Free    Ethernet, a system (originated by Peter Langston) for broadcasting    audio among Sun SPARCstations over the ethernet.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
rip v.   1. To extract the digital representation of a piece of    music from an audio CD. Software that does this is often called a    "CD ripper".   2. [Amiga hackers] To extract sound or graphics from a    program that they have been compiled/assembled into, or which    generates them at run-time.   In the case of older Amiga games this    entails searching through memory shortly after a reboot. This sense    has been in use for many years and probably gave rise to the (now    more common) sense 1.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rave          [WPI] 1. To persist in discussing a specific subject.          2. To speak authoritatively on a subject about which one knows       very little.          3. To complain to a person who is not in a position to correct       the difficulty.          4. To purposely annoy another person verbally.          5. To evangelise.   See {flame}.          6. Also used to describe a less negative form of blather, such       as friendly bullshitting.   "Rave" differs slightly from       {flame} in that "rave" implies that it is the persistence or       obliviousness of the person speaking that is annoying, while       {flame} implies somewhat more strongly that the tone or       content is offensive as well.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
reify          To regard (something abstract) as a material thing.          (1995-03-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
REP          A directive used in {IBM} {object code} {card       decks} (and later {PTF Tapes}) to REPlace fragments of already       assembled or compiled object code prior to {link edit}.       Recompiling or reassembling the {source code} to produce a       whole new object module was only possible if the {source code}       was available, which it rarely was (if you had the object you       were lucky!)   It was also quicker to apply incremental changes       with REP cards and they also circumvented the {checksums} and       {card sequence numbers} present in the object code.          (1998-07-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RFE          1. {Request For Enhancement} (compare {RFC}).          2. (From "Radio Free Europe", {Bellcore} and {Sun}) Radio Free       Ethernet.          A system originated by Peter Langston for broadcasting audio       among Sun {SPARCstations} over the {Ethernet}.          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RFI          {Radio Frequency Interference}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RFP          1. {Request for Proposal}.          2. {Request for Package}.          (2001-01-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RIFF          {Microsoft}'s equivalent to the {Amiga}'s {IFF}       files format.   RIFF is used for {WAV} and {AVI} files.          (1995-04-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RIP          1. {Routing Information Protocol}.          2. {Raster Image Processor}.          (2003-09-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RIPE          {Réseaux IP Européens}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
roff          A text formatting language associated with       {Unix}.   See {groff}, {nroff}, {troff}.          [Was roff the original?   Platform(s)?]          (1998-11-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RPI          {Rockwell Protocol Interface}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rubi          {furigana}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Ruby                   1. A {relational language} designed by Jones and M. Sheeran in       1986 for describing and designing circuits (a {hardware       description language}).   Ruby programs denote {binary       relations} and programs are built-up inductively from       primitive relations using a pre-defined set of {relational       operators}.   Ruby programs also have a geometric       interpretation as networks of primitive relations connected by       wires, which is important when layout is considered in circuit       design.          Ruby has been continually developed since 1986, and has been       used to design many different kinds of circuits, including       {systolic arrays}, {butterfly networks} and arithmetic       circuits.          {(ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/misc/ruby/)}.          E-mail: .          ["Ruby - A Language of Relations and Higher-Order Functions",       M. Sheeran, Proc 3rd Banff Workshop on Hardware Verification,       Springer 1990].          (1994-10-27)          2. One of five pedagogical languages based on {Markov       algorithms}, used in Higman's report (below).   The other       languages are {Brilliant}, {Diamond}, {Nonpareil}, and       {Pearl}.          ["Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for       the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI       170, U London (1968)].          (1994-10-27)          3. A fully {object oriented} {interpreted} {scripting       language} by Yukihiro Matsumoto .          Similar in scope to {Perl} and {Python}, Ruby has high-level       {data types}, automatic {memory management}, {dynamic typing},       a {module} system, {exceptions}, and a rich standard library.       Other features are {CLU}-style {iterators} for {loop       abstraction}, {singleton classes}/{methods} and {lexical       closures}.          In Ruby, everything is an {object}, including the basic data       types.   For example, the number 1 is an instance of {class}       Fixnum.          Current version (stable): 1.6.7, as of 2002-03-01.          {Ruby Home (http://www.ruby-lang.org/)}.          {Ruby Central (http://www.rubycentral.com/)}.          ["Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", David       Thomas, Andrew Hunt, Yukihiro Matsumoto pub. Addison Wesley       2000].          (2002-06-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RWP          {Remote Write Protocol}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rabbah       or Rab'bath, great. (1.) "Rabbath of the children of Ammon," the       chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20       miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams       which united with the Jabbok. Here the bedstead of Og was       preserved (Deut. 3:11), perhaps as a trophy of some victory       gained by the Ammonites over the king of Bashan. After David had       subdued all their allies in a great war, he sent Joab with a       strong force to take their city. For two years it held out       against its assailants. It was while his army was engaged in       this protracted siege that David was guilty of that deed of       shame which left a blot on his character and cast a gloom over       the rest of his life. At length, having taken the "royal city"       (or the "city of waters," 2 Sam. 12:27, i.e., the lower city on       the river, as distinguished from the citadel), Joab sent for       David to direct the final assault (11:1; 12:26-31). The city was       given up to plunder, and the people were ruthlessly put to       death, and "thus did he with all the cities of the children of       Ammon." The destruction of Rabbath was the last of David's       conquests. His kingdom now reached its farthest limits (2 Sam.       8:1-15; 1 Chr. 18:1-15). The capture of this city is referred to       by Amos (1:14), Jeremiah (49:2, 3), and Ezekiel (21:20; 25:5).                (2.) A city in the hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:60),       possibly the ruin Rubba, six miles north-east of Beit-Jibrin.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rabbi       my master, a title of dignity given by the Jews to their doctors       of the law and their distinguished teachers. It is sometimes       applied to Christ (Matt. 23:7, 8; Mark 9:5 (R.V.); John 1:38,       49; 3:2; 6:25, etc.); also to John (3:26).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rahab       insolence; pride, a poetical name applied to Egypt in Ps. 87:4;       89:10; Isa. 51:9, as "the proud one."                Rahab, (Heb. Rahab; i.e., "broad," "large"). When the Hebrews       were encamped at Shittim, in the "Arabah" or Jordan valley       opposite Jericho, ready to cross the river, Joshua, as a final       preparation, sent out two spies to "spy the land." After five       days they returned, having swum across the river, which at this       season, the month Abib, overflowed its banks from the melting of       the snow on Lebanon. The spies reported how it had fared with       them (Josh. 2:1-7). They had been exposed to danger in Jericho,       and had been saved by the fidelity of Rahab the harlot, to whose       house they had gone for protection. When the city of Jericho       fell (6:17-25), Rahab and her whole family were preserved       according to the promise of the spies, and were incorporated       among the Jewish people. She afterwards became the wife of       Salmon, a prince of the tribe of Judah (Ruth 4:21; 1 Chr. 2:11;       Matt. 1:5). "Rahab's being asked to bring out the spies to the       soldiers (Josh. 2:3) sent for them, is in strict keeping with       Eastern manners, which would not permit any man to enter a       woman's house without her permission. The fact of her covering       the spies with bundles of flax which lay on her house-roof (2:6)       is an 'undesigned coincidence' which strictly corroborates the       narrative. It was the time of the barley harvest, and flax and       barley are ripe at the same time in the Jordan valley, so that       the bundles of flax stalks might have been expected to be drying       just then" (Geikie's Hours, etc., ii., 390).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rapha       tall. (1.) A Benjamite, the son of Binea (1 Chr. 8:2, 37), a       descendant of Saul. (2.) Margin of 1 Chr. 20:4, 6, where "giant"       is given in the text.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Raphu       healed, a Benjamite, whose son Palti was one of the twelve spies       (Num. 13:9).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Reba       fourth, one of the Midianite chiefs slain by the Israelites in       the wilderness (Num. 31:8; Josh. 13:21).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rehabiah       enlargement of the Lord, the son of Eliezer, and grandson of       Moses (1 Chr. 23:17; 24:21).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rehob       street; broad place. (1.) The father of Hadadezer, king of Tobah       (2 Sam. 8:3, 12).                (2.) Neh. 10:11.                (3.) The same, probably, as Beth-rehob (2 Sam. 10:6, 8; Judg.       18:28), a place in the north of Palestine (Num. 13:21). It is       now supposed to be represented by the castle of Hunin,       south-west of Dan, on the road from Hamath into Coele-Syria.                (4.) A town of Asher (Josh. 19:28), to the east of Zidon.                (5.) Another town of Asher (Josh. 19:30), kept possession of       by the Canaanites (Judg. 1:31).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ruby       (Heb. peninim), only in plural (Lam. 4:7). The ruby was one of       the stones in the high priest's breastplate (Ex. 28:17). A       comparison is made between the value of wisdom and rubies (Job       28:18; Prov. 3:15; 8:11). The price of a virtuous woman is said       to be "far above rubies" (Prov. 31:10). The exact meaning of the       Hebrew word is uncertain. Some render it "red coral;" others,       "pearl" or "mother-of-pearl."
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rabbah, great; powerful; contentious
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rabbi, Rabboni, my master
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rahab, proud; quarrelsome (applied to Egypt)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rahab, large; extended (name of a woman)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Raphah, Raphu, relaxation; physic; comfort
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Reba, the fourth; a square; that lies or stoops down
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rehabiah, breadth, or extent, of the Lord
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rehob, breadth; space; extent
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rephaiah, medicine or refreshment of the Lord
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ribai, strife