rachet
         n 1: mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack
               engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one
               direction [syn: {ratchet}, {rachet}, {ratch}]

English Dictionary: roquette	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
racket n a loud and disturbing noise an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit Synonym(s): racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" Synonym(s): noise, dissonance, racket a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games Synonym(s): racket, racquet v celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" Synonym(s): revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail make loud and annoying noises hit (a ball) with a racket
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rackety adj uncontrollably noisy [syn: rackety, rip-roaring, uproarious]
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racquet n a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games Synonym(s): racket, racquet
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rag day n a day on which university students hold a rag
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ragged adj being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp" worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged" having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"
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ragout n well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables
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ragweed n widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity Synonym(s): ragwort, tansy ragwort, ragweed, benweed, Senecio jacobaea any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma Synonym(s): ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed
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raised adj located or moved above the surround or above the normal position; "a raised design"; "raised eyebrows" Antonym(s): lowered embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork" Synonym(s): brocaded, embossed, raised increased in amount or degree; "raised temperature" Synonym(s): raised(a), elevated
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Rajidae n bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates [syn: Rajidae, family Rajidae]
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Rasht n city in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea [syn: Rasht, Resht]
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Rasta n follower of Rastafarianism Synonym(s): Rastafarian, Rasta
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Rau-Sed n antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) Synonym(s): reserpine, Raudixin, Rau-Sed, Sandril, Serpasil
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razed adj torn down and broken up [syn: demolished, dismantled, razed]
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reach out v move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people" Synonym(s): reach, reach out reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk" Synonym(s): extend, poke out, reach out attempt to communicate; "I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me"
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react v show a response or a reaction to something [syn: react, respond] act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say" Synonym(s): react, oppose undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"
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recede v pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" Synonym(s): withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back Antonym(s): advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress retreat Synonym(s): fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede Antonym(s): advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"
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recite v recite in elocution Synonym(s): declaim, recite repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day" render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" Synonym(s): recite, retell narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" Synonym(s): tell, narrate, recount, recite specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" Synonym(s): enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
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recode v put into a different code; rearrange mentally; "People recode and restructure information in order to remember it"
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recto n right-hand page Antonym(s): verso
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regatta n a meeting for boat races
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requite v make repayment for or return something [syn: requite, repay]
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rescued adj delivered from danger Synonym(s): rescued, reclaimed
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reseat v provide with a new seat; "reseat the old broken chair" provide with new seats; "reseat Carnegie Hall" show to a different seat; "The usher insisted on reseating us"
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reseda n any plant of the genus Reseda
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reseed v seed again or anew maintain by seeding without human intervention; "Some plants reseed themselves indefinitely"
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reset n device for resetting instruments or controls v set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock" set to zero; "reset instruments and dials" adjust again after an initial failure Synonym(s): readjust, reset
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reshoot v shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times"
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Resht n city in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea [syn: Rasht, Resht]
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resid n oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled Synonym(s): residual oil, resid
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reside v make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" Synonym(s): reside, shack, domicile, domiciliate live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" Synonym(s): occupy, reside, lodge in be inherent or innate in; Synonym(s): rest, reside, repose
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residue n matter that remains after something has been removed something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" Synonym(s): remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
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rest n something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" Synonym(s): remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" Synonym(s): rest, ease, repose, relaxation a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" Synonym(s): respite, rest, relief, rest period a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon" euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" Synonym(s): rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest" a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration v not move; be in a resting position take a short break from one's activities in order to relax Synonym(s): rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment" have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" Synonym(s): lie, rest be at rest Antonym(s): be active, move stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" Synonym(s): stay, remain, rest Antonym(s): change be inherent or innate in; Synonym(s): rest, reside, repose put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder" sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" Synonym(s): perch, roost, rest rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" Synonym(s): pillow, rest be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer"
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rest day n a day set aside for rest Synonym(s): rest day, day of rest Antonym(s): work day, workday, working day
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rhizoid n any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
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richweed n erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States Synonym(s): horse balm, horseweed, stoneroot, stone-root, richweed, stone root, Collinsonia canadensis a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves Synonym(s): richweed, clearweed, dead nettle, Pilea pumilla
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rickety adj inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky" Synonym(s): rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient" Synonym(s): rickety, rachitic lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" Synonym(s): decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
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ricotta n soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese
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rig out v put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" Synonym(s): overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out Antonym(s): dress down, underdress
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rigged adj fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc) Antonym(s): unrigged
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right adv precisely, exactly; "stand right here!" immediately; "she called right after dinner" exactly; "he fell flop on his face" Synonym(s): right, flop toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" Antonym(s): left in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" Synonym(s): properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way Antonym(s): improperly an interjection expressing agreement Synonym(s): right, right on completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" Synonym(s): mighty, mightily, powerful, right in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" Synonym(s): justly, right in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" Synonym(s): correctly, right, aright Antonym(s): incorrectly, wrong, wrongly adj being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream" Antonym(s): left free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" Synonym(s): correct, right Antonym(s): incorrect, wrong socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" Synonym(s): correct, right in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess" Antonym(s): wrong correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" Synonym(s): right, correct Antonym(s): wrong appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" Synonym(s): proper, right of or belonging to the political or intellectual right Antonym(s): center, left in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right" intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" Synonym(s): right(a), right-hand(a) in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" Synonym(s): correct, right having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle" (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" 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 precisely accurate; "a veracious account" Synonym(s): veracious, right n an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right" Antonym(s): left the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right Synonym(s): right field, rightfield, right those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged Synonym(s): right, right wing the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" Synonym(s): right, right hand a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner" anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" Synonym(s): right, rightfulness Antonym(s): wrong, wrongfulness (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights" v make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" Synonym(s): right, compensate, redress, correct Antonym(s): wrong put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again" make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" Synonym(s): correct, rectify, right Antonym(s): falsify
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right away adv without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" Synonym(s): immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he promptly forgot the address" Synonym(s): promptly, right away
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rigid adj incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck" Synonym(s): rigid, stiff incapable of compromise or flexibility Synonym(s): rigid, strict incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" Synonym(s): inflexible, rigid, unbending designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure Antonym(s): nonrigid fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" Synonym(s): fixed, set, rigid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rigout n a person's costume (especially if bizarre); "What a queer rigout!"
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risotto n rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese Synonym(s): risotto, Italian rice
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roast adj (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven [syn: roast, roasted] n a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion Synonym(s): roast, joint negative criticism Synonym(s): knock, roast v cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey" 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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rocket n any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine [syn: rocket, projectile] a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion Synonym(s): rocket, rocket engine erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender Synonym(s): rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon Synonym(s): rocket, skyrocket sends a firework display high into the sky Synonym(s): skyrocket, rocket v shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed" Synonym(s): rocket, skyrocket propel with a rocket
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rockweed n coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide
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Roget n English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869) Synonym(s): Roget, Peter Mark Roget
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roost n a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep v sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" Synonym(s): perch, roost, rest settle down or stay, as if on a roost
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roquette n erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender Synonym(s): rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa
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roseate adj of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" Synonym(s): rose, roseate, rosaceous
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rosette n an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor rhizoctinia disease of potatoes Synonym(s): little potato, rosette, russet scab, stem canker a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground) circular window filled with tracery Synonym(s): rose window, rosette
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rosewood n hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black Synonym(s): rosewood, rosewood tree
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Rosidae n a group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae Synonym(s): Rosidae, subclass Rosidae
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rosita n erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States Synonym(s): rosita, Centaurium calycosum
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Rossetti n English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre- Raphaelites (1828-1882) Synonym(s): Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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rouged adj marked by the use of various kinds of red makeup; "freshly rouged lips"; "rouged cheeks"
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rough out v prepare in preliminary or sketchy form [syn: rough in, rough, rough out]
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rugged adj sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" Antonym(s): delicate having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile" Synonym(s): furrowed, rugged Antonym(s): unfurrowed topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground" Synonym(s): broken, rugged very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job" Synonym(s): rugged, tough
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rush out v jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone); "The attackers leapt out from the bushes" Synonym(s): leap out, rush out, sally out, burst forth
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Rushdie n British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947) Synonym(s): Rushdie, Salman Rushdie, Ahmed Salman Rushdie
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rushed adj done under pressure; "a rush job" [syn: rush(a), rushed]
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russet adj of brown with a reddish tinge n a reddish brown homespun fabric
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rust adj of the brown color of rust [syn: rust, rusty, {rust- brown}] n a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low- temperature oxidation in the presence of water Synonym(s): rust, rusting any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants Synonym(s): rust, rust fungus v become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" Synonym(s): corrode, rust cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" Synonym(s): corrode, eat, rust become coated with oxide
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rusty adj covered with or consisting of rust; "a rusty machine"; "rusty deposits" of the brown color of rust Synonym(s): rust, rusty, rust- brown impaired in skill by neglect Synonym(s): out of practice(p), rusty ancient; "hoary jokes" Synonym(s): hoary, rusty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Race \Race\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raced}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Racing}.]       1. To run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals             raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port.          2. (Steam Mach.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine             or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the             action of a heavy sea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rack \Rack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Racking}.] [See {Rack} that which stretches, or {Rock}, v.]       To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the       body; to pace; -- said of a horse. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Racket \Rack"et\, n.       A scheme, dodge, trick, or the like; something taking place       considered as exciting, trying, unusual, or the like; also,       such occurrence considered as an ordeal; as, to work a       racket; to stand upon the racket. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Racket \Rack"et\, v. t.       To strike with, or as with, a racket.                   Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.                                                                               --Hewyt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Racket \Rack"et\, n. [Gael. racaid a noise, disturbance.]       1. confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.          2. A carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Racket \Rack"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racketed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Racketing}.]       1. To make a confused noise or racket.          2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. --Sterne.          3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Racket \Rack"et\, n. [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raquets, It.       racchetta, which is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a       net (cf. {Reticule}); or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar.       r[be]ha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the       ball), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, tarsus.] [Written       also {racquet}.]       1. A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together,             forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network             of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a             handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in             tennis and similar games.                         Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a                      crosier, and ending in a racket.         --Bancroft.          2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar             long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. --Chaucer.          3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and             narrow frame of light wood. [Canada]          4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable             him to step on marshy or soft ground.          {Racket court}, a court for playing the game of rackets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rackett \Rack"ett\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mus.)       An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having       ventages but not keys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rackety \Rack"et*y\, a.       Making a tumultuous noise.
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Racket \Rack"et\, n. [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raquets, It.       racchetta, which is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a       net (cf. {Reticule}); or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar.       r[be]ha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the       ball), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, tarsus.] [Written       also {racquet}.]       1. A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together,             forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network             of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a             handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in             tennis and similar games.                         Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a                      crosier, and ending in a racket.         --Bancroft.          2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar             long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. --Chaucer.          3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and             narrow frame of light wood. [Canada]          4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable             him to step on marshy or soft ground.          {Racket court}, a court for playing the game of rackets.
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Racquet \Rac"quet\, n.       See {Racket}.
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Racket \Rack"et\, n. [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raquets, It.       racchetta, which is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a       net (cf. {Reticule}); or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar.       r[be]ha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the       ball), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, tarsus.] [Written       also {racquet}.]       1. A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together,             forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network             of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a             handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in             tennis and similar games.                         Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a                      crosier, and ending in a racket.         --Bancroft.          2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar             long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. --Chaucer.          3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and             narrow frame of light wood. [Canada]          4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable             him to step on marshy or soft ground.          {Racket court}, a court for playing the game of rackets.
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Racquet \Rac"quet\, n.       See {Racket}.
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Rage \Rage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Raging}.] [OF. ragier. See {Rage}, n.]       1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be             violently agitated with passion. [bd]Whereat he inly             raged.[b8] --Milton.                         When one so great begins to rage, he a hunted Even                      to falling.                                       --Shak.          2. To be violent and tumultuous; to be violently driven or             agitated; to act or move furiously; as, the raging sea or             winds.                         Why do the heathen rage ?                  --Ps. ii. 1.                         The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged; dire                      was the noise.                                    --Milton.          3. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with             destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague raged in             Cairo.          4. To toy or act wantonly; to sport. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          Syn: To storm; fret; chafe; fume.
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Rag \Rag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ragged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ragging}.]       To become tattered. [Obs.]
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Ragged \Rag"ged\, a. [From {Rag}, n.]       1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;             as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.          2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough;             jagged; as, ragged rocks.          3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.]             [bd]A ragged noise of mirth.[b8] --Herbert.          4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.          5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.                         What shepherd owns those ragged sheep ? --Dryden.          {Ragged lady} (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella             Damascena}).          {Ragged robin} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Lychnis} ({L.             Flos-cuculi}), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which             have the petals cut into narrow lobes.          {Ragged sailor} (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum             orientale}).          {Ragged school}, a free school for poor children, where they             are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first             because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] --             {Rag"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rag"ged*ness}, n.
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Ragout \Ra*gout"\ (r[adot]*g[oomac]"), n. [F. rago[96]t, fr.       rago[96]ter to restore one's appetite, fr. L. pref. re- re- +       ad to + gustare to taste, gustus taste. See {Gust} relish.]       A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned;       as, a ragout of mutton.
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Ragweed \Rag"weed\, n. (Bot.)       A common American composite weed ({Ambrosia       artemisi[91]folia}) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.          {Great ragweed}, a coarse American herb ({Ambrosia trifida}),             with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
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Raise \Raise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raised}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Raising}.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa, causative of r[c6]sa to       rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Rear} to raise.]       1. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place;             to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone             or weight. Hence, figuratively:             (a) To bring to a higher condition or situation; to                   elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase                   the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to                   advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate;                   to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.                               This gentleman came to be raised to great                            titles.                                       --Clarendon.                               The plate pieces of eight were raised three                            pence in the piece.                     --Sir W.                                                                               Temple.             (b) To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to                   excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as,                   to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the                   spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a                   furnace.             (c) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to                   raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature                   of a room.          2. To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or             posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast             or flagstaff. Hence:             (a) To cause to spring up from recumbent position, from a                   state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.                               They shall not awake, nor be raised out of their                            sleep.                                          --Job xiv. 12.             (b) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult,                   struggle, or war; to excite.                               He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind.                                                                               --Ps. cvii.                                                                               25.                               [92]neas . . . employs his pains, In parts                            remote, to raise the Tuscan swains. --Dryden.             (c) To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a                   spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from                   death; to give life to.                               Why should it be thought a thing incredible with                            you, that God should raise the dead ? --Acts                                                                               xxvi. 8.          3. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to             appear; to give to; to originate, produce, cause, effect,             or the like. Hence, specifically:             (a) To form by the accumulation of materials or                   constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise                   a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.                               I will raise forts against thee.   --Isa. xxxix.                                                                               3.             (b) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get                   together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise                   money, troops, and the like. [bd]To raise up a                   rent.[b8] --Chaucer.             (c) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or                   propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops,                   etc.; toraise cattle. [bd]He raised sheep.[b8] [bd]He                   raised wheat where none grew before.[b8] --Johnson's                   Dict.
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Raised \Raised\, a.       1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or             embossed metal work.          2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread,             cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of             tartar, soda, etc. See {Raise}, v. t., 4.          {Raised beach}. See under {Beach}, n.
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Muckrake \Muck"rake`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {-raked}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {-raking}.]       To seek for, expose, or charge, esp. habitually, corruption,       real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations.       On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on       [bd]The Man with the Muck Rake,[b8] in which he deprecated       sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men       and corporations. The phrase was taken up by the press, and       the verb to
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Rake \Rake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Raking}.] [AS. racian. See 1st {Rake}.]       1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up;             as, he raked up the fallen leaves.          2. Hence: To collect or draw together with laborious             industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together;             as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous             tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.          3. To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for             the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or             for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a             flower bed.          4. To search through; to scour; to ransack.                         The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.                                                                               --Swift.          5. To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and             lightly, as a rake does.                         Like clouds that rake the mountain summits.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          6. (Mil.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length             of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the             stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of             the deck.          {To rake up}.             (a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and                   cover with ashes.             (b) To bring up; to search out an bring to notice again;                   as, to rake up old scandals.
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Muckrake \Muck"rake`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {-raked}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {-raking}.]       To seek for, expose, or charge, esp. habitually, corruption,       real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations.       On April 14, 1906, President Roosevelt delivered a speech on       [bd]The Man with the Muck Rake,[b8] in which he deprecated       sweeping and unjust charges of corruption against public men       and corporations. The phrase was taken up by the press, and       the verb to
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Rake \Rake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Raking}.] [AS. racian. See 1st {Rake}.]       1. To collect with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up;             as, he raked up the fallen leaves.          2. Hence: To collect or draw together with laborious             industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together;             as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous             tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.          3. To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for             the purpose of collecting and clearing off something, or             for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake a             flower bed.          4. To search through; to scour; to ransack.                         The statesman rakes the town to find a plot.                                                                               --Swift.          5. To scrape or scratch across; to pass over quickly and             lightly, as a rake does.                         Like clouds that rake the mountain summits.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          6. (Mil.) To enfilade; to fire in a direction with the length             of; in naval engagements, to cannonade, as a ship, on the             stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of             the deck.          {To rake up}.             (a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and                   cover with ashes.             (b) To bring up; to search out an bring to notice again;                   as, to rake up old scandals.
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Rase \Rase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rased}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rasing}.] [F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq.       fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to       scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. {Raze}, {Razee},       {Razor}, {Rodent}.]       1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.]                         Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and                      might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone                      into his head?                                    --South.                         Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and                      at others the skylight almost flattened his nose.                                                                               --Beckford.          2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]                         Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and                      branch, out of our mind.                     --Fuller.          3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to             raze. [In this sense {rase} is generally used.]                         Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They                      would not turn home.                           --Chapman.          Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete;                graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.          {Rasing iron}, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from             the seams of a vessel.          Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level;                prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.
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Raucid \Rau"cid\, a. [L. raucus hoarse; cf. LL. raucidus.]       Hoarse; raucous [R.] --Lamb.
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Raucity \Rau"ci*ty\, n. [L. rausitas, from raucus hoarse: cf. F.       raucit[82].]       Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the       raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice.
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Raught \Raught\, obs.       imp. & p. p. of {Reach}. --Shak.
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Raught \Raught\, obs.       imp. & p. p. of {Reck}. --Chaucer.
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Reach \Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reached}({Raught}, the old       preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaching}.] [OE.       rechen, AS. r[aemac]can, r[aemac]cean, to extend, stretch       out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS.       r[c6]ce powerful, rich, E. rich. [root]115.]       1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a             limb, a member, something held, or the like.                         Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her                      heeles down they raughten.                  --Rom. of R.                         Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.                                                                               --John xx. 27.                         Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their                      pampered boughs.                                 --Milton.          2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially             the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to             hand over; as, to reach one a book.                         He reached me a full cap.                  --2 Esd. xiv.                                                                               39.          3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; too             extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so             as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an             object with the hand, or with a spear.                         O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I                      may reach the beast.                           --Dryden.          4. To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an             object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.          5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to             penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.                         If these examples of grown men reach not the case of                      children, let them examine.               --Locke.          6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue             of extent; as, his hand reaches the river.                         Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches                      blame.                                                --Milton.          7. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;             to be advanced to.                         The best account of the appearances of nature which                      human penetration can reach, comes short of its                      reality.                                             --Cheyne.          9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]                         Do what, sir? I reach you not.            --Beau. & Fl.          10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] --South.
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Raw \Raw\, a. [Compar {Rawer}; superl. {Rawest}.] [AS. hre[a0]w;       akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[omac], Icel.       hr[be]r, Dan. raa, Sw. r[86], L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh,       Skr. kravis raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. {Crude}, {Cruel}.]       1. Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the             action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked;             not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not             done; as, raw meat.          2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe;             unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw             soldiers; a raw recruit.                         Approved himself to the raw judgment of the                      multitude.                                          --De Quincey.          3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by             art; unwrought. Specifically:             (a) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] --Bacon.             (b) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.             (c) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits.             (d) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.             (e) Not tanned; as, raw hides.             (f) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw                   edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.          4. Not covered; bare. Specifically:             (a) Bald. [Obs.] [bd]With scull all raw.[b8] --Spencer             (b) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.             (c) Sore, as if by being galled.                               And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through                            long imprisonment.                        --Spenser.          5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; as, a raw wind. [bd]A             raw and gusty day.[b8] --Shak.          {Raw material}, material that has not been subjected to a             (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw             material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of             the shoe industry.          {Raw pig}, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.
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Raze \Raze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Razed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Razing}.] [F. raser. See {Rase}, v. t.] [Written also       {rase}.]       1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.                         Razing the characters of your renown. --Shak.          2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the             ground; to destroy; to demolish.                         The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. --Dryden.          Syn: To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert;                destroy; ruin. See {Demolish}.
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Razed \Razed\, a.       Slashed or striped in patterns. [Obs.] [bd]Two Provincial       roses on my razed shoes.[b8] --Shak.
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Razoe \Ra*zoe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Razeed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Razeeing}.]       To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an       inferior rate or glass, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge       by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or       an article.
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Reach \Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reached}({Raught}, the old       preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaching}.] [OE.       rechen, AS. r[aemac]can, r[aemac]cean, to extend, stretch       out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and possibly to AS.       r[c6]ce powerful, rich, E. rich. [root]115.]       1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a             limb, a member, something held, or the like.                         Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her                      heeles down they raughten.                  --Rom. of R.                         Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.                                                                               --John xx. 27.                         Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their                      pampered boughs.                                 --Milton.          2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially             the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to             hand over; as, to reach one a book.                         He reached me a full cap.                  --2 Esd. xiv.                                                                               39.          3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; too             extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so             as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an             object with the hand, or with a spear.                         O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford, Than I                      may reach the beast.                           --Dryden.          4. To strike, hit, or tough with a missile; as, to reach an             object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.          5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to             penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.                         If these examples of grown men reach not the case of                      children, let them examine.               --Locke.          6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue             of extent; as, his hand reaches the river.                         Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches                      blame.                                                --Milton.          7. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;             to be advanced to.                         The best account of the appearances of nature which                      human penetration can reach, comes short of its                      reality.                                             --Cheyne.          9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]                         Do what, sir? I reach you not.            --Beau. & Fl.          10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] --South.
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React \Re*act"\, v. t.       To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to       react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
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React \Re*act"\, v. i.       1. To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action             of another body by an opposite force; as, every body             reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
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Reasty \Reas"ty\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]       Rusty and rancid; -- applied to salt meat. [Obs. or Prov.       Eng.] --Tusser. -- {Reas"ti*ness}, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Recede \Re*cede"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + cede. Cf. {Recede}, v. t.]       To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor;       as, to recede conquered territory.
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Recede \Re*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Receded}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Receding}.] [L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- +       cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. rec[82]der. See {Cede}.]       1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.                         Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the                      instituted shore.                              --Dryden.                         All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from                      the center.                                       --Bentley.          2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to             relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to             recede from a demand or proposition.          Syn: To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw;                desist.
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Receit \Re*ceit"\, n.       Receipt. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Recheat \Re*cheat"\, v. i.       To blow the recheat. --Drayton.
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Recheat \Re*cheat"\, n. [F. requ[88]t[82], fr. requ[88]ter to       hunt anew. See {Request}.] (Sporting)       A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they       have lost track of the game.
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Recite \Re*cite"\, v. i.       To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience,       something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a       lesson learned.
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Recite \Re*cite"\, n.       A recital. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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Recite \Re*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recited}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Reciting}.] [F. r[82]citer, fr. L. recitare, recitatum;       pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See {Cite}.]       1. To repeat, as something already prepared, written down,             committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a             written or printed document, or from recollection; to             rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a             deed or covenant.          2. To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to             narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the             particulars of a voyage.          3. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.          4. (Law) To state in or as a recital. See {Recital}, 5.          Syn: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe;                recapitulate; detail; number; count.
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Reck \Reck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recked}(obs. imp. {Roughte});       p. pr. & vb. n. {Recking}.] [AS. reccan, r[emac]can, to care       for; akin to OS. r[omac]kian, OHG. ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel.       r[91]kja, also to E. reckon, rake an implement. See {Rake},       and cf. {Reckon}.]       1. To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.             [Archaic]                         This son of mine not recking danger.   --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.                         And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the                      adviser.                                             --Burns.          2. To concern; -- used impersonally. [Poetic]                         What recks it them?                           --Milton.
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Recti- \Rec"ti-\ (r?k"t?*). [L. rectus straight.]       A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having       straight lines; rectinerved.
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d8Rectus \[d8]Rec"tus\ (-t?s), n.; pl. {Recti} (-t[?]). [NL.,       fr. L. regere to keep straight.] (Anat.)       A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
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Recti- \Rec"ti-\ (r?k"t?*). [L. rectus straight.]       A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having       straight lines; rectinerved.
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d8Rectus \[d8]Rec"tus\ (-t?s), n.; pl. {Recti} (-t[?]). [NL.,       fr. L. regere to keep straight.] (Anat.)       A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
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Recto- \Rec"to-\ (r?k"t?*).       A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to,       the rectum; as, recto-vesical.
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Recto \Rec"to\, n. [Abbrev. fr. LL. breve de recto. See       {Right}.] (Law)       A writ of right.
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Recto \Rec"to\, n. [Cf. F. recto.] (Print.)       The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.
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Recto- \Rec"to-\ (r?k"t?*).       A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to,       the rectum; as, recto-vesical.
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Recto \Rec"to\, n. [Abbrev. fr. LL. breve de recto. See       {Right}.] (Law)       A writ of right.
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Recto \Rec"to\, n. [Cf. F. recto.] (Print.)       The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.
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Reek \Reek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Reeked} (r[emac]kt); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Reeking}.] [As. r[emac]can. See {Reek} vapor.]       To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be       full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.                   Few chimneys reeking you shall espy.      --Spenser.                   I found me laid In balmy sweat, which with his beams                the sun Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed.                                                                               --Milton.                   The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco.      --Macaulay.
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Reezed \Reezed\ (r?zd), a.       Grown rank; rancid; rusty. [Obs.] [bd]Reezed bacon.[b8]       --Marston.
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Regatta \Re*gat"ta\ (r?*g?t"t?), n.; pl. {Regattas} (-t[?]z).       [It. regatta, regata.]       Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or       sailing race, or a series of such races.
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Reget \Re*get"\ (r?*g?t"), v. t.       To get again.
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Requite \Re"quite"\ (r?-kw?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Requited};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Requiting}.] [Pref. re- + quit.]       To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an       equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate;       to return (evil) for evil; to punish.                   He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call                fame on such gentle acts as these.         --Milton.                   Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and                spite, to requite it with thy hand.         --Ps. x. 14.          Syn: To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy;                recompense; punish; revenge.
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Rescat \Res"cat\ (r?s"k?t), v. t. [Sp. rescattar.]       To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] --Howell.
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Rescat \Res"cat\, n. [Sp. rescate.]       Ransom; release. [Obs.]
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Rescue \Res"cue\ (r?s"k?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rescued}       (-k?d);p. pr. & vb. n. {Rescuing}.] [OE. rescopuen, OF.       rescourre, rescurre, rescorre; L. pref. re- re- + excutere to       shake or drive out; ex out + quatere to shake. See {Qtash} to       crush, {Rercussion}.]       To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or       evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or       withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a       prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.                   Had I been seized by a hungry lion, I would have been a                breakfast to the best, Rather than have false Proteus                rescue me.                                             --Shak.          Syn: To retake; recapture; free; deliver; liberate; release;                save.
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Reseat \Re*seat"\ (r?-s?t"), v. t.       1. To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.             --Dryden.          2. To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a             theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.
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Reseda \Re*se"da\ (r?-s?"d?), n. [L., a kind of plant.]       1. (Bot.) A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.          2. A grayish green color, like that of the flowers of             mignonette.
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Reset \Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), v. t.       To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a       diamond.
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Reset \Re"set\ (r?"s?t), n.       1. The act of resetting.          2. (Print.) That which is reset; matter set up again.
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Reset \Re*set"\ (r?-s?t"), n. [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving.       Cf. {Receipt}.] (Scots Law)       The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.       --Jamieson.
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Reset \Re*set"\, v. t. (Scots Law)       To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal.                   We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset                the Southrons here.                                 --Sir. W.                                                                               Scott.
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Reside \Re*side"\ (r?-z?d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resided}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Residing}.] [F. r[82]sider, L. residere; pref.       re- re- + sedere to sit. See {Sit}. ]       1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a             settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have             one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.                         At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana.                                                                               --Shak.                         In no fixed place the happy souls reside. --Dryden.          2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be             as in attribute or element.                         In such like acts, the duty and virtue of                      contentedness doth especially reside. --Barrow.          3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] --Boyle.          Syn: To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live;                domiciliate; domicile.
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Residue \Res"i*due\ (r?z"?-d?), n. [F. r[82]sidu, L. residuum,       fr. residuus that is left behind, remaining, fr. residere to       remain behind. See {Reside}, and cf. {Residuum}.]       1. That which remains after a part is taken, separated,             removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.                         The residue of them will I deliver to the sword.                                                                               --Jer. xv. 9.                         If church power had then prevailed over its victims,                      not a residue of English liberty would have been                      saved.                                                --I. Taylor.          2. (Law) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not             disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies             and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and             legacies.          3. (Chem.) That which remains of a molecule after the removal             of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group             regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly             equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.
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Rest \Rest\ (r[ecr]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rested}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Resting}.] [AS. restan. See {Rest}, n.]       1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action             which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or             exertion.                         God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his                      work which he had made.                     --Gen. ii. 2.                         Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh                      day thou shalt rest.                           --Ex. xxiii.                                                                               12.          2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet             or still.                         There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton.          3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a             couch.          4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column             rests on its pedestal.          5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.                         Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when                      Nature rests.                                    --Milton.          6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose             without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise.                         On him I rested, after long debate, And not without                      considering, fixed [?][?] fate.         --Dryden.          7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.                         To rest in Heaven's determination.      --Addison.          {To rest with}, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it             rests with him to decide.
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Rest \Rest\ (r?st), v. t. [For arrest.]       To arrest. [Obs.]
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Rest \Rest\, n. [AS. rest, r[ae]st, rest; akin to D. rust, G.       rast. OHG. rasta, Dan. & Sw. rast rest, repose, Icel. r[94]st       the distance between two resting places, a mole, Goth. rasta       a mile, also to Goth. razn house, Icel. rann, and perhaps to       G. ruhe rest, repose, AS. r[omac]w, Gr. 'erwh`. Cf.       {Ransack}.]       1. A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or             labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest             of body or mind. --Chaucer.                         Sleep give thee all his rest!            --Shak.          2. Hence, freedom from everything which wearies or disturbs;             peace; security.                         And the land had rest fourscore years. --Judges iii.                                                                               30.          3. Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death.                         How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their                      country's wishes blest.                     --Collins.          4. That on which anything rests or leans for support; as, a             rest in a lathe, for supporting the cutting tool or             steadying the work.                         He made narrowed rests round about, that the beams                      should not be fastened in the walls of the house.                                                                               --1 Kings vi.                                                                               6.          5. (Anc. Armor) A projection from the right side of the             cuirass, serving to support the lance.                         Their visors closed, their lances in the rest.                                                                               --Dryden.          6. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an             inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. [bd]Halfway houses             and travelers' rests.[b8] --J. H. Newman.                         In dust our final rest, and native home. --Milton.                         Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the                      inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you.                                                                               --Deut. xii.                                                                               9.          7. (Pros.) A short pause in reading verse; a c[ae]sura.          8. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a             running account. [bd]An account is said to be taken with             annual or semiannual rests.[b8] --Abbott.          9. A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]          10. (Mus.) Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name             of the character that stands for such silence. They are             named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc.          {Rest house}, an empty house for the accomodation of             travelers; a caravansary. [India]          {To set, [or] To set up}, {one's rest}, to have a settled             determination; -- from an old game of cards, when one so             expressed his intention to stand or rest upon his hand.             [Obs.] --Shak. Bacon.          Syn: Cessation; pause; intermission; stop; stay; repose;                slumber; quiet; ease; quietness; stillness;                tranquillity; peacefulness; peace.          Usage: {Rest}, {Repose}. Rest is a ceasing from labor or                   exertion; repose is a mode of resting which gives                   relief and refreshment after toil and labor. The words                   are commonly interchangeable.
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Rest \Rest\, v. i. [F. rester. See {Rest} remainder.]       To be left; to remain; to continue to be.                   The affairs of men rest still uncertain. --Shak.
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Rest \Rest\, v. t.       1. To lay or place at rest; to quiet.                         Your piety has paid All needful rites, to rest my                      wandering shade.                                 --Dryden.          2. To place, as on a support; to cause to lean.                         Her weary head upon your bosom rest.   --Waller.
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Rest \Rest\, n. [F. reste, fr. rester to remain, L. restare to       stay back, remain; pref. re- re- + stare to stand, stay. See       {Stand}, and cf. {Arrest}, {Restive}.] (With the definite       article.)       1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation             of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder;             residue.                         Religion gives part of its reward in hand, the                      present comfort of having done our duty, and, for                      the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven                      can give.                                          --Tillotson.          2. Those not included in a proposition or description; the             remainder; others. [bd]Plato and the rest of the             philosophers.[b8] --Bp. Stillingfleet.                         Armed like the rest, the Trojan prince appears.                                                                               --DRyden.          3. (Com.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to             equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the             balance of assets above liabilities. [Eng.]          Syn: Remainder; overplus; surplus; remnant; residue; reserve;                others.
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Resty \Rest"y\, a.       Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also,       restive. [Obs.] --Burton.                   Where the master is too resty or too rich to say his                own prayers.                                          --Milton.
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Rhizoid \Rhi"zoid\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] root + -oid.] (Bot.)       A rootlike appendage.
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Richweed \Rich"weed`\, n. (Bot.)       An herb ({Pilea pumila}) of the Nettle family, having a       smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also {clearweed}.
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Rickety \Rick"et*y\, a.       1. Affected with rickets.          2. Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.
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Rig \Rig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rigging}.] [Norweg. rigga to bind, particularly, to wrap       round, rig; cf. AS. wr[c6]han to cover.]       1. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.          2. To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or             fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.                         Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace.                                                                               --L'Estrange.          {To rig a purchase}, to adapt apparatus so as to get a             purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle,             capstan, etc.          {To rig a ship} (Naut.), to fit the shrouds, stays, braces,             etc., to their respective masts and yards.
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Right \Right\ (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to       D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[84]tt,       Icel. r[89]ttr, Goth. ra[a1]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere       to guide, rule; cf. Skr. [rsdot]ju straight, right.       [root]115. Cf. {Adroit},{Alert}, {Correct}, {Dress},       {Regular}, {Rector}, {Recto}, {Rectum}, {Regent}, {Region},       {Realm}, {Rich}, {Royal}, {Rule}.]       1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. [bd]Right             as any line.[b8] --Chaucer          2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not             oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.          3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God,             or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and             just; according with truth and duty; just; true.                         That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is                      absolutely right, and is called right simply without                      relation to a special end.                  --Whately.          2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right             man in the right place; the right way from London to             Oxford.          5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not             spurious. [bd]His right wife.[b8] --Chaucer.                         In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly                      manifested themselves to be right barbarians.                                                                               --Milton.          6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming             to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous;             correct; as, this is the right faith.                         You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well.                                                                               --Shak.                         If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the                      inference is . . . right, [bd]Let us eat and drink,                      for to-morrow we die.[b8]                  --Locke.          7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.                         The lady has been disappointed on the right side.                                                                               --Spectator.          8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which             the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other             side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part             of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied             to the corresponding side of the lower animals.                         Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand.                                                                               --Longfellow.          Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are                used always with reference to the position of one who                is facing in the direction of the current's flow.          9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well             regulated; correctly done.          10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side             of a piece of cloth.          {At right angles}, so as to form a right angle or right             angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly.                      {Right and left}, in both or all directions. [Colloq.]          {Right and left coupling} (Pipe fitting), a coupling the             opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw             and a left-handed screw, respectivelly.          {Right angle}.             (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another                   perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC.             (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the                   axes of two great circles whose planes are                   perpendicular to each other.          {Right ascension}. See under {Ascension}.          {Right Center} (Politics), those members belonging to the             Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with             the Right on political questions. See {Center}, n., 5.          {Right cone}, {Right cylinder}, {Right prism}, {Right       pyramid} (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the             axis of which is perpendicular to the base.          {Right line}. See under {Line}.          {Right sailing} (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal             points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude,             but not both. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          {Right sphere} (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position             that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in             spherical projections, that position of the sphere in             which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the             equator.          Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you                say is right, true.                            [bd]Right,[b8] cries his lordship. --Pope.          Syn: Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful;                rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper;                suitable; becoming.
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Right \Right\, adv.       1. In a right manner.          2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway;             immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went             right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right             after the guide.                         Unto Dian's temple goeth she right.   --Chaucer.                         Let thine eyes look right on.            --Prov. iv.                                                                               25.                         Right across its track there lay, Down in the water,                      a long reef of gold.                           --Tennyson.          3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.]                         Came he right now to sing a raven's note? --Shak.          4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the             standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live             right; to judge right.          5. According to any rule of art; correctly.                         You with strict discipline instructed right.                                                                               --Roscommon.          6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really;             correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. [bd]Right             at mine own cost.[b8] --Chaucer.                         Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. --Chaucer.                         His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught.                                                                               --Fairfax.          7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely;             highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.             [bd]He was not right fat[b8]. --Chaucer.                         For which I should be right sorry.      --Tyndale.                         [I] return those duties back as are right fit.                                                                               --Shak.          Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right                honorable; right reverend.          {Right honorable}, a title given in England to peers and             peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such             peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy             councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord             mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin.
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Right \Right\, n. [AS. right. See {Right}, a.]       1. That which is right or correct. Specifically:             (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to                   lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt,                   -- the opposite of moral wrong.             (b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood;                   adherence to truth or fact.                               Seldom your opinions err; Your eyes are always                            in the right.                              --Prior.             (c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or                   proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.                               Long love to her has borne the faithful knight,                            And well deserved, had fortune done him right.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically:             (a) That which one has a natural claim to exact.                               There are no rights whatever, without                            corresponding duties.                  --Coleridge.             (b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to                   exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a                   right to arrest a criminal.             (c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a                   claim to possess or own; the interest or share which                   anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim;                   interest; ownership.                               Born free, he sought his right.   --Dryden.                               Hast thou not right to all created things?                                                                               --Milton.                               Men have no right to what is not reasonable.                                                                               --Burke.             (d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority.          3. The right side; the side opposite to the left.                         Led her to the Souldan's right.         --Spenser.          4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those             members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists.             See {Center}, 5.          5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of             cloth, a carpet, etc.          {At all right}, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.]             --Chaucer.          {Bill of rights}, a list of rights; a paper containing a             declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See             under {Bill}.          {By right}, {By rights}, [or] {By good rights}, rightly;             properly; correctly.                         He should himself use it by right.      --Chaucer.                         I should have been a woman by right.   --Shak.          {Divine right}, [or]          {Divine right of kings}, a name given to the patriarchal             theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no             misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a             monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience             of the people.          {To rights}.             (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] --Woodward.             (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Swift.          {To set to rights}, {To put to rights}, to put in good order;             to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order.          {Writ of right} (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in             fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner.             --Blackstone.
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Right \Right\, v. i.       1. To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to             become upright.          2. (Naut.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or             boat, after careening.
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Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Righted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Righting}.] [AS. rihtan. See {Right}, a.]       1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to             set upright; to make right or straight (that which has             been wrong or crooked); to correct.          2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights             to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the             oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.                         So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak.                         All experience hath shown that mankind are more                      disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than                      to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which                      they are accustomed.                           --Jefferson.          {To right a vessel} (Naut.), to restore her to an upright             position after careening.          {To right the helm} (Naut.), to place it in line with the             keel.
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Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as                upright, downright, forthright, etc.          {Right along}, without cessation; continuously; as, to work             right along for several hours. [Colloq. U.S.]          {Right away}, [or] {Right off}, at once; straightway; without             delay. [Colloq. U.S.] [bd]We will . . . shut ourselves up             in the office and do the work right off.[b8] --D. Webster.
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Rigid \Rig"id\, a. [L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb:       cf. F. rigide. Cf. {Rigor}. ]       1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.                         Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. --Milton.          2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict;             as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid             criticism; a rigid sentence.                         The more rigid order of principles in religion and                      government.                                       --Hawthorne.          Syn: Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact;                severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated.
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Risk \Risk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Risked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Risking}.] [CF. F. risquer. See {Risk}, n.]       1. To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to             risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in             battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.          2. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.          Syn: To hazard; peril; endanger; jeopard.
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Rissoid \Ris"soid\, n. [NL. Rissoa, the typical genus ( fr. A.       Risso, an Italian naturalist) + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods       of the genus {Rissoa}, or family {Rissoid[91]}, found both in       fresh and salt water.
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Rist \Rist\, obs.       3d pers. sing. pres. of {Rise}, contracted from riseth.       --Chaucer.
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Roast \Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Roasting}.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. r[93]tir; of German       origin; cf. OHG. r[omac]sten, G. r[94]sten, fr. OHG.       r[omac]st, r[omac]sta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to       roast.]       1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to             roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire             and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a             close oven.          2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.;             as, to roast a potato in ashes.                         In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce                      difference to be discerned.               --BAcon.          3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee;             to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.          4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.             [bd]Roasted in wrath and fire.[b8] --Shak.          5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as             ores.          6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury.
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Roast \Roast\, v. i.       1. To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or             in an oven.                         He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry.                                                                               --Chaucer.          2. To undergo the process of being roasted.
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Roast \Roast\, n.       That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been       roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.                   A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast].                                                                               --Chaucer.          {To rule the roast}, to be at the head of affairs. [bd]The             new-made duke that rules the roast.[b8]
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Roast \Roast\, a. [For roasted.]       Roasted; as, roast beef.
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Rochet \Roch"et\, n. [F., dim. fr. OHG. rocch coat, G. rock.]       1. (Eccl.) A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with             narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops,             and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain             religious ceremonies.                         They see no difference between an idler with a hat                      and national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a                      rochet.                                             --Burke.          2. A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and             fourteenth centuries. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
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Rochet \Roch"et\, n. [Probably corrupted fr. F. rouget the red       gurnet, from rouge red. CF. {Rouge}.] (Zo[94]l.)       The red gurnard, or gurnet. See {Gurnard}.
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.       rocc.]       1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed             stone or crag. See {Stone}.                         Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its                      firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's             crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,             clay, etc., when in natural beds.          3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a             support; a refuge.                         The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.                                                                               2.          4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling             the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.          Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of                self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,                rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.          {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a             rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.          {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})             very abundant on rocks washed by tides.          {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.             (b) The goggle-eye.             (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called                   rock bass.          {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose             remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially             the corals and Foraminifera.          {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide             of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white             color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous             slate.          {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure             sugar which are very hard, whence the name.          {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.          {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod                   found about rocks andledges.             (b) A California rockfish.          {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).             (b) A rockling.          {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which             are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.                      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large             crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New             England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See             Illust. under {Cancer}.          {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress             kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},             etc.          {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under             {Crystal}.          {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock             doo}.          {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,             a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for             drilling holes for blasting, etc.          {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.          {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.          {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.          {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus             {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.          {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.                      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and             {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny             lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.          {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite             occuring as an efflorescence.          {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.          {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.          {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.          {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet             ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the             rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive             green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing             quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish             green.          {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})             Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was             derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.          {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.          {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.             (b) The rock snipe.          {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan             ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the             tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish             brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black             patches on the back.          {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.                      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.          {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring             in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from             the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes             given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation             from sea water in large basins or cavities.          {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.          {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and             allied genera.          {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;             as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and             the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian             rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.                      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa             maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},             {winter snipe}.          {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy             feel, and adhering to the tongue.          {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of                   the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.             (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).          {Rock tar}, petroleum.          {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus             {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock             thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India             ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.          {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria             Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of             America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous             or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases             of extremity.          {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine             food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family             {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --             called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and             {starling}.          {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird             ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and             water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.          {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens             of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of             Lower California and Mexico.
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Rockfish \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Any one of several California scorp[91]noid food fishes             of the genus {Sebastichthys}, as the red rockfish ({S.             ruber}). They are among the most important of California             market fishes. Called also {rock cod}, and {garrupa}.       (b) The striped bass. See {Bass}.       (c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda             groupers of the genus {Epinephelus}.       (d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.          Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.
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Cod \Cod\, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L.       gadus merlangus.] (Zo[94]l.)       An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense       numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is       especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of       Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.          Note: There are several varieties; as {shore cod}, from                shallow water; {bank cod}, from the distant banks; and                {rock cod}, which is found among ledges, and is often                dark brown or mottled with red. The {tomcod} is a                distinct species of small size. The {bastard}, {blue},                {buffalo}, or {cultus cod} of the Pacific coast belongs                to a distinct family. See {Buffalo cod}, under                {Buffalo}.          {Cod fishery}, the business of fishing for cod.          {Cod line}, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish.             --McElrath.
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.       rocc.]       1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed             stone or crag. See {Stone}.                         Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its                      firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's             crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,             clay, etc., when in natural beds.          3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a             support; a refuge.                         The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.                                                                               2.          4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling             the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.          Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of                self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,                rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.          {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a             rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.          {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})             very abundant on rocks washed by tides.          {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.             (b) The goggle-eye.             (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called                   rock bass.          {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose             remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially             the corals and Foraminifera.          {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide             of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white             color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous             slate.          {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure             sugar which are very hard, whence the name.          {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.          {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod                   found about rocks andledges.             (b) A California rockfish.          {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).             (b) A rockling.          {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which             are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.                      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large             crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New             England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See             Illust. under {Cancer}.          {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress             kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},             etc.          {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under             {Crystal}.          {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock             doo}.          {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,             a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for             drilling holes for blasting, etc.          {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.          {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.          {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.          {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus             {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.          {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.                      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and             {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny             lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.          {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite             occuring as an efflorescence.          {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.          {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.          {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.          {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet             ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the             rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive             green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing             quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish             green.          {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})             Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was             derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.          {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.          {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.             (b) The rock snipe.          {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan             ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the             tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish             brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black             patches on the back.          {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.                      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.          {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring             in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from             the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes             given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation             from sea water in large basins or cavities.          {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.          {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and             allied genera.          {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;             as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and             the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian             rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.                      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa             maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},             {winter snipe}.          {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy             feel, and adhering to the tongue.          {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of                   the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.             (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).          {Rock tar}, petroleum.          {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus             {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock             thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India             ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.          {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria             Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of             America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous             or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases             of extremity.          {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine             food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family             {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --             called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and             {starling}.          {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird             ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and             water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.          {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens             of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of             Lower California and Mexico.
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Rockfish \Rock"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Any one of several California scorp[91]noid food fishes             of the genus {Sebastichthys}, as the red rockfish ({S.             ruber}). They are among the most important of California             market fishes. Called also {rock cod}, and {garrupa}.       (b) The striped bass. See {Bass}.       (c) Any one of several species of Florida and Bermuda             groupers of the genus {Epinephelus}.       (d) An American fresh-water darter; the log perch.          Note: The term is locally applied to various other fishes.
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Cod \Cod\, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L.       gadus merlangus.] (Zo[94]l.)       An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense       numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is       especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of       Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.          Note: There are several varieties; as {shore cod}, from                shallow water; {bank cod}, from the distant banks; and                {rock cod}, which is found among ledges, and is often                dark brown or mottled with red. The {tomcod} is a                distinct species of small size. The {bastard}, {blue},                {buffalo}, or {cultus cod} of the Pacific coast belongs                to a distinct family. See {Buffalo cod}, under                {Buffalo}.          {Cod fishery}, the business of fishing for cod.          {Cod line}, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish.             --McElrath.
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Distaff \Dis"taff\, n.; pl. {Distaffs}, rarely {Distaves}. [OE.       distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of       flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See {Staff}.]       1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from             which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.                         I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin.                                                                               --Fairfax.          2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a             woman; women, collectively.                         His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne.                                                                               --Dryden.                         Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too                      busy.                                                --Howell.          Note: The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont                & Fletcher.          {Descent by distaff}, descent on the mother's side.          {Distaff Day}, [or] {Distaff's Day}, the morrow of the             Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the             distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; --             called also {Rock Day}, a distaff being called a rock.             --Shipley.
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.       rocc.]       1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed             stone or crag. See {Stone}.                         Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its                      firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's             crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,             clay, etc., when in natural beds.          3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a             support; a refuge.                         The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.                                                                               2.          4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling             the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.          Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of                self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,                rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.          {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a             rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.          {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})             very abundant on rocks washed by tides.          {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.             (b) The goggle-eye.             (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called                   rock bass.          {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose             remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially             the corals and Foraminifera.          {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide             of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white             color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous             slate.          {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure             sugar which are very hard, whence the name.          {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.          {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod                   found about rocks andledges.             (b) A California rockfish.          {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).             (b) A rockling.          {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which             are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.                      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large             crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New             England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See             Illust. under {Cancer}.          {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress             kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},             etc.          {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under             {Crystal}.          {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock             doo}.          {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,             a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for             drilling holes for blasting, etc.          {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.          {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.          {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.          {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus             {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.          {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.                      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and             {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny             lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.          {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite             occuring as an efflorescence.          {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.          {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.          {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.          {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet             ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the             rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive             green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing             quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish             green.          {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})             Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was             derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.          {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.          {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.             (b) The rock snipe.          {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan             ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the             tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish             brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black             patches on the back.          {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.                      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.          {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring             in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from             the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes             given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation             from sea water in large basins or cavities.          {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.          {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and             allied genera.          {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;             as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and             the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian             rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.                      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa             maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},             {winter snipe}.          {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy             feel, and adhering to the tongue.          {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of                   the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.             (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).          {Rock tar}, petroleum.          {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus             {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock             thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India             ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.          {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria             Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of             America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous             or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases             of extremity.          {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine             food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family             {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --             called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and             {starling}.          {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird             ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and             water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.          {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens             of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of             Lower California and Mexico.
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.       rocc.]       1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed             stone or crag. See {Stone}.                         Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its                      firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's             crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,             clay, etc., when in natural beds.          3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a             support; a refuge.                         The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.                                                                               2.          4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling             the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.          Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of                self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,                rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.          {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a             rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.          {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})             very abundant on rocks washed by tides.          {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.             (b) The goggle-eye.             (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called                   rock bass.          {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose             remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially             the corals and Foraminifera.          {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide             of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white             color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous             slate.          {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure             sugar which are very hard, whence the name.          {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.          {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod                   found about rocks andledges.             (b) A California rockfish.          {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).             (b) A rockling.          {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which             are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.                      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large             crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New             England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See             Illust. under {Cancer}.          {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress             kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},             etc.          {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under             {Crystal}.          {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock             doo}.          {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,             a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for             drilling holes for blasting, etc.          {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.          {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.          {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.          {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus             {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.          {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.                      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and             {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny             lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.          {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite             occuring as an efflorescence.          {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.          {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.          {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.          {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet             ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the             rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive             green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing             quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish             green.          {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})             Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was             derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.          {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.          {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.             (b) The rock snipe.          {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan             ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the             tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish             brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black             patches on the back.          {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.                      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.          {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring             in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from             the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes             given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation             from sea water in large basins or cavities.          {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.          {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and             allied genera.          {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;             as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and             the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian             rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.                      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa             maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},             {winter snipe}.          {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy             feel, and adhering to the tongue.          {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of                   the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.             (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).          {Rock tar}, petroleum.          {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus             {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock             thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India             ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.          {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria             Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of             America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous             or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases             of extremity.          {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine             food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family             {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --             called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and             {starling}.          {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird             ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and             water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.          {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens             of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of             Lower California and Mexico.
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Rock \Rock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rocked};p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rocking}.] [AS. roccian; akin to Dan. rokke to move, to       snake; cf. Icel. rukkja to pull, move, G. r[81]cken to move,       push, pull.]       1. To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting             on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to             cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.                         A rising earthquake rocked the ground. --Dryden.          2. To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking;             to still; to quiet. [bd]Sleep rock thy brain.[b8] --Shak.          Note: Rock differs from shake, as denoting a slower, less                violent, and more uniform motion, or larger movements.                It differs from swing, which expresses a vibratory                motion of something suspended.
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Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It       ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)       (a) A cruciferous plant ({Eruca sativa}) sometimes eaten in             Europe as a salad.       (b) Damewort.       (c) Rocket larkspur. See below.          {Dyer's Rocket}. (Bot.) See {Dyer's broom}, under {Broom}.          {Rocket larkspur} (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers             in long racemes ({Delphinium Ajacis}).          {Sea rocket} (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants             ({Cakile maritima} and {C. Americana}) found on the             seashore of Europe and America.          {Yellow rocket} (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow             flowers ({Barbarea vulgaris}).
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Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [It. rocchetta, fr. rocca a distaff, of       German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a       distaff. See {Rock} a distaff.]       1. An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of             paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible             ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened             to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the             air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases             liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are             used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and             also for pyrotechnic display.          2. A blunt lance head used in the joust.
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Rocket \Rock"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rocketed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Rocketing}.] (Sporting)       To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present       participle or as an adjective. [Eng.]                   An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. --H. R.                                                                               Haggard.
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Damewort \Dame"wort`\, n. (Bot.)       A cruciferrous plant ({Hesperis matronalis}), remarkable for       its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; --       called also {rocket} and {dame's violet}. --Loudon.
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Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It       ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)       (a) A cruciferous plant ({Eruca sativa}) sometimes eaten in             Europe as a salad.       (b) Damewort.       (c) Rocket larkspur. See below.          {Dyer's Rocket}. (Bot.) See {Dyer's broom}, under {Broom}.          {Rocket larkspur} (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers             in long racemes ({Delphinium Ajacis}).          {Sea rocket} (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants             ({Cakile maritima} and {C. Americana}) found on the             seashore of Europe and America.          {Yellow rocket} (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow             flowers ({Barbarea vulgaris}).
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Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [It. rocchetta, fr. rocca a distaff, of       German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a       distaff. See {Rock} a distaff.]       1. An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of             paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible             ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened             to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the             air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases             liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are             used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and             also for pyrotechnic display.          2. A blunt lance head used in the joust.
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Rocket \Rock"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rocketed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Rocketing}.] (Sporting)       To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present       participle or as an adjective. [Eng.]                   An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. --H. R.                                                                               Haggard.
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Damewort \Dame"wort`\, n. (Bot.)       A cruciferrous plant ({Hesperis matronalis}), remarkable for       its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; --       called also {rocket} and {dame's violet}. --Loudon.
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Rockweed \Rock"weed`\, n. (Bot.)       Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially       Fucus.
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Rockwood \Rock"wood`\, n. (Min.)       Ligniform asbestus; also, fossil wood.
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Roist \Roist\, v. i.       See {Roister}.
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Rook \Rook\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Rooked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rooking}.]       To cheat; to defraud by cheating. [bd]A band of rooking       officials.[b8] --Milton.
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Roust \Roust\, n. [Cf. Icel. r[94]st an estuary.]       A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.       [Written also {rost}, and {roost}.] --Jamieson.
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Roost \Roost\, n.       Roast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Roost \Roost\, v. t.       See {Roust}, v. t.
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Roost \Roost\, n. [AS. hr[d3]st; akin to OD. roest roost,       roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. {Roof}.]       1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a             perch.                         He clapped his wings upon his roost.   --Dryden.          2. A collection of fowls roosting together.          {At roost}, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.
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Roost \Roost\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roosted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Roosting}.]       1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a             tree, etc.; to perch. --Wordsworth.          2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.                         O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me                      roost and nestle there.                     --Herbert.
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Roust \Roust\, n. [Cf. Icel. r[94]st an estuary.]       A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.       [Written also {rost}, and {roost}.] --Jamieson.
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Roost \Roost\, n.       Roast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Roost \Roost\, v. t.       See {Roust}, v. t.
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Roost \Roost\, n. [AS. hr[d3]st; akin to OD. roest roost,       roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. {Roof}.]       1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a             perch.                         He clapped his wings upon his roost.   --Dryden.          2. A collection of fowls roosting together.          {At roost}, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.
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Roost \Roost\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roosted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Roosting}.]       1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a             tree, etc.; to perch. --Wordsworth.          2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.                         O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me                      roost and nestle there.                     --Herbert.
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Roquet \Ro*quet"\, v. t. [Etymol. uncertain] (Croquet)       To hit, as another's ball, with one's own ball.
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Roquet \Ro*quet"\, v. i.       To hit another's ball with one's own.
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Roscid \Ros"cid\, a. [L. roscidus, fr. ros, roris, dew.]       Containing, or consisting of, dew; dewy. [R.] --Bacon.
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Roseate \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from       roses. See {Roseal}, {Rose}.]       1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.          2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with             rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate             lips.          {Roseate tern} (Zo[94]l.), an American and European tern             ({Sterna Dougalli}) whose breast is roseate in the             breeding season.
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Rosehead \Rose"head`\, n.       1. See {Rose}, n., 4.          2. A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with             such a head.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roset \Ro"set\, n. [F. rosette. See {Rosette}.]       A red color used by painters. --Peacham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosette \Ro*sette\, n. [F., dim. of rose a rose. Cf. {Roset}.]       1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other             material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.          2. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel,             -much used in decoration.          3. A red color. See {Roset}.          4. A rose burner. See under {Rose}.          5. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially,                   the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of                   the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See                   Illust. of {Spicule}, and {Sand dollar}, under {Sand}.             (b) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the                   leopard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosewood \Rose"wood\, n.       A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and       variegated with black, obtained from several tropical       leguminous trees of the genera {Dalbergia} and       {Mach[91]rium}. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said       to be from the {Dalbergia nigra}.          {African rosewood}, the wood of the leguminous tree             {Pterocarpus erinaceus}.          {Jamaica rosewood}, the wood of two West Indian trees             ({Amyris balsamifera}, and {Linocieria ligustrina}).          {New South Wales rosewood}, the wood of {Trichilia             glandulosa}, a tree related to the margosa.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosied \Ros"ied\, a.       Decorated with roses, or with the color of roses.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rost \Rost\, n.       See {Roust}. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roust \Roust\, n. [Cf. Icel. r[94]st an estuary.]       A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.       [Written also {rost}, and {roost}.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rost \Rost\, n.       See {Roust}. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roust \Roust\, n. [Cf. Icel. r[94]st an estuary.]       A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.       [Written also {rost}, and {roost}.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rouge \Rouge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rouged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rouging} .]       To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roughhead \Rough"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The redfin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rought \Rought\, obs.       imp. of {Reck}, to care. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rought \Rought\, obs.       imp. of {Reach}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reck \Reck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recked}(obs. imp. {Roughte});       p. pr. & vb. n. {Recking}.] [AS. reccan, r[emac]can, to care       for; akin to OS. r[omac]kian, OHG. ruochan, G. geruhen, Icel.       r[91]kja, also to E. reckon, rake an implement. See {Rake},       and cf. {Reckon}.]       1. To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.             [Archaic]                         This son of mine not recking danger.   --Sir P.                                                                               Sidney.                         And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the                      adviser.                                             --Burns.          2. To concern; -- used impersonally. [Poetic]                         What recks it them?                           --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rouse \Rouse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roused} (rouzd); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Rousing}.] [Probably of Scan. origin; cf. Sw. rusa to       rush, Dan. ruse, AS. hre[a2]san to fall, rush. Cf. {Rush},       v.]       1. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to             rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.                         Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes.                                                                               --Spenser.                         Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound.                                                                               --Pope.          2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or             suddenly.          3. To excite to lively thought or action from a state of             idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to             rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.                         To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in                      Christendom.                                       --Atterbury.          4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.                         Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused                      the sea.                                             --Milton.          5. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roussette \Rous*sette"\, n. [F.; -- so called in allusion to the       color. See {Russet}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A fruit bat, especially the large species             ({Pieropus vulgaris}) inhabiting the islands of the Indian             ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any small shark of the genus {Scyllium}; --             called also {dogfish}. See {Dogfish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roust \Roust\ (roust), v. t.       To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out. [Prov. Eng. &       Local, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roust \Roust\, n. [Cf. Icel. r[94]st an estuary.]       A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.       [Written also {rost}, and {roost}.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruck \Ruck\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Rucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rucking}.] [Icel hrukkast to wrinkle, hrukka wrinkle, fold.]       To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to       ruck up a carpet. --Smart.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rugate \Ru"gate\, a. [L. rugatus, p. p. of rugare to wrinkle,       fr. ruga a wrinkle.]       Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled. --Dana.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rugged \Rug"ged\, a. [See {Rug}, n.]       1. Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or             irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough;             as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.                         The rugged bark of some broad elm.      --Milton.          2. Not neat or regular; uneven.                         His well-proportioned beard made rough and rugged.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy. [bd]The rugged             Russian bear.[b8] --Shak.          4. Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper,             character, and the like, or of persons.                         Neither melt nor endear him, but leave him as hard,                      rugged, and unconcerned as ever.         --South.          5. Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude. --Milton.          6. Rough to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style,             and the like.                         Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.                                                                               --Dryden.          7. Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.             [bd]Sleek o'er your rugged looks.[b8] --Shak.          8. Violent; rude; boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners,             etc.          9. Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.             [Colloq. U.S.]          Syn: Rough; uneven; wrinkled; cragged; coarse; rude; harsh;                hard; crabbed; severe; austere; surly; sour; frowning;                violent; boisterous; tumultuous; turbulent; stormy;                tempestuous; inclement. -- {Rug"ged*ly}, adv. --                {Rug"ged*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rush \Rush\ (r[ucr]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rushed}       (r[ucr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rushing}.] [OE. ruschen; cf.       AS. hryscan to make a noise, D. ruischen to rustle, G.       rauschen, MHG. r[umac]schen to rush, to rustle, LG. rusken,       OSw. ruska, Icel. & Sw. ruska to shake, Dan. ruske to shake,       and E. rouse.]       1. To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous             rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush             down a precipice.                         Like to an entered tide, they all rush by. --Shak.          2. To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or             without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush             business or speculation.                         They . . . never think it to be a part of religion                      to rush into the office of princes and ministers.                                                                               --Sprat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rushed \Rushed\, a.       Abounding or covered with rushes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Russet \Rus"set\, a. [F. rousset, dim. of roux red, L. russus       (for rudtus, rudhtus), akin to E. red. See {Red}, and cf.       {Roussette}.]       1. Of a reddish brown color, or (by some called) a red gray;             of the color composed of blue, red, and yellow in equal             strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of             red to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish             brown color.                         The morn, in russet mantle clad.         --Shak.                         Our summer such a russet livery wears. --Dryden.          2. Coarse; homespun; rustic. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Russet \Rus"set\, n.       1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.          2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color.          3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet             color. --Dryden.          4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the {English             russet}, and the {Roxbury russet}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Russety \Rus"set*y\, a.       Of a russet color; russet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rust \Rust\, n. [AS. rust; akin to D. roest, G. & Sw. rost,       Icel. ry[eb]; -- named from its color, and akin to E. red.       [fb]113. See {Red}.]       1. (Chem.) The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when             exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or             hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of             corrosion.          2. (Bot.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty             spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses             ({Trichobasis Rubigo-vera}), now usually believed to be a             form or condition of the corn mildew ({Puccinia             graminis}). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as             corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.          Note: Rust is also applied to many other minute fungi which                infest vegetation, such as the species of {Ustilago},                {Uredo}, and {Lecythea}.          3. That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.             Specifically: (a) A composition used in making a rust             joint. See {Rust joint}, below.             (b) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on                   salted meat.             (c) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.                               Sacred truths cleared from all rust and dross of                            human mixtures.                           --Eikon                                                                               Basilike.          Note: Rust is used in the formation of compounds of obvious                meaning; as, rust-colored, rust-consumed, rust-eaten,                and the like.          {Rust joint}, a joint made between surfaces of iron by             filling the space between them with a wet mixture of             cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by             oxidation becomes hard, and impervious to steam, water,             etc.          {Rust mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute mite ({Phytopius oleivorus})             which, by puncturing the rind, causes the rust-colored             patches on oranges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rust \Rust\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rusted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rusting}.] [AS. rustian.]       1. To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.                         If gold ruste, what shall iron do?      --Chaucer.                         Our armors now may rust.                     --Dryden.          2. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust;             also, to acquire a rusty appearance. as plants.          3. Fig.: To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or             impaired by inaction.                         Must I rust in Egypt? never more Appear in arms, and                      be the chief of Greece?                     --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rust \Rust\, v. t.       1. To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect             with rust of any kind.                         Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust                      them.                                                --Shak.          2. Fig.: To impair by time and inactivity. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ferrugo \[d8]Fer*ru"go\, n. [L., iron rust, fr. ferrum iron.]       A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the       {rust}, from its resemblance to iron rust in color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rust \Rust\, n. [AS. rust; akin to D. roest, G. & Sw. rost,       Icel. ry[eb]; -- named from its color, and akin to E. red.       [fb]113. See {Red}.]       1. (Chem.) The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when             exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or             hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of             corrosion.          2. (Bot.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty             spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses             ({Trichobasis Rubigo-vera}), now usually believed to be a             form or condition of the corn mildew ({Puccinia             graminis}). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as             corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.          Note: Rust is also applied to many other minute fungi which                infest vegetation, such as the species of {Ustilago},                {Uredo}, and {Lecythea}.          3. That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.             Specifically: (a) A composition used in making a rust             joint. See {Rust joint}, below.             (b) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on                   salted meat.             (c) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.                               Sacred truths cleared from all rust and dross of                            human mixtures.                           --Eikon                                                                               Basilike.          Note: Rust is used in the formation of compounds of obvious                meaning; as, rust-colored, rust-consumed, rust-eaten,                and the like.          {Rust joint}, a joint made between surfaces of iron by             filling the space between them with a wet mixture of             cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by             oxidation becomes hard, and impervious to steam, water,             etc.          {Rust mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute mite ({Phytopius oleivorus})             which, by puncturing the rind, causes the rust-colored             patches on oranges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rust \Rust\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rusted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rusting}.] [AS. rustian.]       1. To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.                         If gold ruste, what shall iron do?      --Chaucer.                         Our armors now may rust.                     --Dryden.          2. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust;             also, to acquire a rusty appearance. as plants.          3. Fig.: To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or             impaired by inaction.                         Must I rust in Egypt? never more Appear in arms, and                      be the chief of Greece?                     --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rust \Rust\, v. t.       1. To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect             with rust of any kind.                         Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust                      them.                                                --Shak.          2. Fig.: To impair by time and inactivity. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ferrugo \[d8]Fer*ru"go\, n. [L., iron rust, fr. ferrum iron.]       A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the       {rust}, from its resemblance to iron rust in color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rusty \Rust"y\, a. [AS. rustig.] [Compar. {Rustier}; superl.       {Rustiest.}]       1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword;             rusty wheat.          2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ray City, GA (city, FIPS 63728)       Location: 31.07484 N, 83.19675 W       Population (1990): 603 (279 housing units)       Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 31645
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Reseda, CA       Zip code(s): 91335
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Richwood, LA (town, FIPS 64660)       Location: 32.44658 N, 92.07253 W       Population (1990): 1253 (385 housing units)       Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71202    Richwood, MN       Zip code(s): 56577    Richwood, OH (village, FIPS 66936)       Location: 40.42713 N, 83.29617 W       Population (1990): 2186 (941 housing units)       Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43344    Richwood, TX (city, FIPS 61904)       Location: 29.05800 N, 95.40750 W       Population (1990): 2732 (1267 housing units)       Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)    Richwood, WV (city, FIPS 68116)       Location: 38.22155 N, 80.53720 W       Population (1990): 2808 (1267 housing units)       Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 26261
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rociada, NM       Zip code(s): 87742
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rock City, IL (village, FIPS 64837)       Location: 42.41262 N, 89.47078 W       Population (1990): 286 (121 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61070
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Rockwood, IL (village, FIPS 65221)       Location: 37.83787 N, 89.69744 W       Population (1990): 45 (21 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 62280    Rockwood, ME       Zip code(s): 04478    Rockwood, MI (city, FIPS 69180)       Location: 42.07030 N, 83.24438 W       Population (1990): 3141 (1135 housing units)       Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Rockwood, PA (borough, FIPS 65736)       Location: 39.91675 N, 79.15714 W       Population (1990): 1014 (449 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 15557    Rockwood, TN (city, FIPS 64440)       Location: 35.87407 N, 84.67519 W       Population (1990): 5348 (2326 housing units)       Area: 17.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 37854    Rockwood, TX       Zip code(s): 76873
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Roseto, PA (borough, FIPS 66168)       Location: 40.87818 N, 75.22077 W       Population (1990): 1555 (619 housing units)       Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 18013
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rosewood, CA       Zip code(s): 90222
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Rozet, WY       Zip code(s): 82727
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Ryegate, MT (town, FIPS 64975)       Location: 46.29877 N, 109.25339 W       Population (1990): 260 (127 housing units)       Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 59074    Ryegate, VT       Zip code(s): 05042
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Rosette          A {concurrent} {object-oriented language} from       {MCC}.          [Details?]          (1997-11-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RS-232D          The {EIA} equivalent of {ITU-T}       {standard} {V.28}.          [Difference from EIA-232/EIA-232C?]          (1995-03-02)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rakkath       shore-town, a "fenced city" of the tribe of Naphtali (Josh.       19:35). The old name of Tiberias, according to the Rabbins.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Rest       (1.) Gr. katapausis, equivalent to the Hebrew word _noah_ (Heb.       4:1).                (2.) Gr. anapausis, "rest from weariness" (Matt. 11:28).                (3.) Gr. anesis, "relaxation" (2 Thess. 1:7).                (4.) Gr. sabbatismos, a Sabbath rest, a rest from all work       (Heb. 4:9; R.V., "sabbath"), a rest like that of God when he had       finished the work of creation.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Rakkath, empty; temple of the head