English Dictionary: ropebark | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Revibrate \Re*vi"brate\, v. i. To vibrate back or in return. -- {Re`vi*bra"tion}, n. | |
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Revibrate \Re*vi"brate\, v. i. To vibrate back or in return. -- {Re`vi*bra"tion}, n. | |
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Reviver \Re*viv"er\, n. One who, or that which, revives. | |
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Revivor \Re*viv"or\, n. (Eng. Law) Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor. --Blackstone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS. m[91]dere; akin to Icel. ma[?]ra.] (Bot.) A plant of the {Rubia} ({R. tinctorum}). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}. Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors; as. madder yellow. {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia arvensis}) resembling madder. {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}. {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rubiform \Ru"bi*form\, a. [L. ruber red + -form.] Having the nature or quality of red; as, the rubiform rays of the sun. [R.] --Sir I. newton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Of rubies, sapphires, and pearles white. --Chaucer. 2. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint. The natural ruby of your cheeks. --Shak. 3. That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle. 4. (Print.) See {Agate}, n., 2. [Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus {Clytol[91]ma}. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast. {Ruby of arsenic}, {Ruby of sulphur} (Chem.), a glassy substance of a red color and a variable composition, but always consisting chiefly of the disulphide of arsenic; -- called also {ruby sulphur}. {Ruby of zinc} (Min.), zinc sulphide; the mineral zinc blende or sphalerite. {Ruby silver} (Min.), red silver. See under {Red}. |