English Dictionary: red morning-glory | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species. (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}. {Red lead}. (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}. {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}. {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}. {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge. {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}. {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See {Maple}. {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below. {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color ({Morus rubra}). {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}. {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish. {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}. {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark. {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}. {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}. {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}. {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver. {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or] Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also {red mite}. {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree. {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Redeemer \Re*deem"er\ (r?*d?m"?r), n. 1. One who redeems. 2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retainer \Re*tain"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, retains. 2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on. 3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. --Cowell. 4. (Law) (a) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause. (b) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right. (c) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; -- called also {retaining fee}. --Bouvier. --Blackstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Retinerved \Ret"i*nerved`\, a. [L. rete a net + E. nerve.] (Bot.) Having reticulated veins. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rhythmer \Rhyth"mer\ (r[icr]th"m[etil]r or r[icr][th]"-), n. One who writes in rhythm, esp. in poetic rhythm or meter. [R.] One now scarce counted a rhythmer, formerly admitted for a poet. --Fuller. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Routinary \Rou"ti*na*ry\, a. Involving, or pertaining to, routine; ordinary; customary. [R.] --Emerson. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Radnor, OH Zip code(s): 43066 Radnor, PA Zip code(s): 19087 Radnor, WV Zip code(s): 25517 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Radnor Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 63268) Location: 40.02834 N, 75.36831 W Population (1990): 28705 (10579 housing units) Area: 35.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Root Normal Form (RNF) {Head Normal Form} in {graph rewriting}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Redeemer Heb. goel; i.e., one charged with the duty of restoring the rights of another and avenging his wrongs (Lev. 25:48, 49; Num. 5:8; Ruth 4:1; Job 19:25; Ps. 19:14; 78:35, etc.). This title is peculiarly applied to Christ. He redeems us from all evil by the payment of a ransom (q.v.). (See {REDEMPTION}.) |