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<p><point16>R.</point16></p>
<p> In words derived from the Greek language the letter <i>h</i> is
generally written after <i>r</i> to represent the aspirated sound of
the Greek <grk>"r</grk>, but does not affect the pronunciation of the
English word, as <i>rhapsody</i>, <i>rhetoric</i>.</p>
<p> The English letter derives its form from the Greek through the
Latin, the Greek letter being derived from the Phœnician, which,
it is believed, is ultimately of Egyptian origin. Etymologically, R is
most closely related to <i>l</i>, <i>s</i>, and <i>n</i>; as in
bando<i>r</i>e, mando<i>l</i>e; purp<i>l</i>e, L. purpu<i>r</i>a; E.
chapte<i>r</i>, F. chapit<i>r</i>e, L. capitu<i>l</i>um; E.
wa<i>s</i>, we<i>r</i>e; ha<i>r</i>e, G. ha<i>s</i>e; E. orde<i>r</i>,
F. ord<i>r</i>e, L. ordo, ordi<i>n</i>is; E. coffe<i>r</i>,
coffi<i>n.</i>
</p>
<p><hw>Rab"a*tine</hw> (răb"&adot;*t&ibreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rabato</u>.] <def>A collar or cape.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rab*bin"ic</hw> (răb*b&ibreve;n"&ibreve;k),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The language or dialect of the rabbins; the
later Hebrew.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rab"bin*ism</hw> (răb"b&ibreve;n*&ibreve;z'm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rabbinisme</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the
language of the rabbins.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rab"ble*ment</hw> (răb"b'l*m<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A tumultuous crowd of low people; a
rabble.</def> "Rude <i>rablement</i>." <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rab*doid"al</hw> (răb*doid"<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>"ra`bdos</grk> a rod + <i>-oid + -
al</i>.] <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>See <u>Sagittal</u>.</def> [Written also
<i>rhabdoidal</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Rab*dol"o*gy</hw> (-d&obreve;l"&osl;*j&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>"ra`bdos</grk> rod, stick + <i>-
logy</i>: cf. F. <i>rabdologie</i>.] <def>The method or art of
performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See
<u>Napier's bones</u>.</def> [Written also <i>rhabdology</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Rab"do*man`cy</hw> (răb"d&osl;*măn`s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>"ra`bdos</grk> rod + <i>-mancy</i>.]
<def>Divination by means of rods or wands.</def> [Written also
<i>rhabdomancy</i>.] <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ra*bid"i*ty</hw> (r&adot;*b&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Rabidness; furiousness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rab"id*ly</hw> (răb"&ibreve;d*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rabid manner; with extreme
violence.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ra"bi*es</hw> (rā"b&ibreve;*ēz),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. See <u>Rage</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>]
<def>Same as <u>Hydrophobia</u> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>; canine
madness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rab"i*net</hw> (răb"&ibreve;*n&ebreve;t),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Etymol. uncertain.] <i>(Mil.)</i> <def>A kind of
small ordnance formerly in use.</def> [Written also <i>rabanet</i>.]
<i>Ainsworth.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ra"bi*ous</hw> (rā"b&ibreve;*ŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Fierce.</def> [Obs.] <i>Daniel.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Ra`ca`hout"</hw> (r&adot;`k&adot;`&oomac;"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>racahout</i>, probably fr. Ar.
<i>rāqaut</i>.] <def>A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs
as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for
invalids.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The part of the channel above the wheel is sometimes called
the <i>headrace</i>, the part below, the <i>tailrace</i>.</p>
<p><sn><b>7.</b></sn> <i>(Mach.)</i> <def>A channel or guide along
which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing
machine, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*ce"mate</hw> (r&adot;*sē"m&asl;t),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A salt of racemic
acid.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rac`e*ma"tion</hw> (răs`&esl;*mā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>racematio</i> a gleaning, fr.
<i>racemari</i> to glean, <i>racemus</i> a cluster of grapes. See
<u>Raceme</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A cluster or bunch, as of
grapes.</def> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ra*ce"mic</hw> (r&adot;*sē"m&ibreve;k),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>racémique</i>. See
<u>Raceme</u>.] <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, an
acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric
acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by
oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a
combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids.</def>
<i>Gregory.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rac`e*mif"er*ous</hw>
(răs`&esl;*m&ibreve;f"&etilde;r*ŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>racemifer</i> bearing clusters;
<i>racemus</i> cluster + <i>ferre</i> to bear: cf. F.
<i>racémifère</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Bearing racemes,
as the currant.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*cem"i*form</hw> (r&adot;*s&ebreve;m"&ibreve;*fôrm),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having the form of a raceme.</def>
<i>Gray.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rac"e*mose`</hw> (răs"&esl;*mōs`),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>racemosus</i> full of clusters.]
<def>Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as,
<i>(Bot.)</i> <i>racemose</i> berries or flowers; <i>(Anat.)</i> the
<i>racemose</i> glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered
like a raceme.</def> <i>Gray.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rac"e*mous</hw> (răs"&esl;*mŭs or
r&adot;*sē"-; 277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>racémeux</i>.] <def>See <u>Racemose</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rac"e*mule</hw> (răs"&esl;*mūl),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A little raceme.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*cem"u*lose`</hw> (r&adot;*s&ebreve;m"&usl;*lōs`),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Growing in very small
racemes.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ra`chi*al"gi*a</hw>
(rā`k&ibreve;*ăl"j&ibreve;*&adot;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>"ra`chis</grk> backbone + <grk>'a`lgos</grk> pain.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>A painful affection of the spine; especially,
Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*chid"i*an</hw> (r&adot;*k&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Rachis</u>.] <i>(Anat. & Zoöl.)</i>
<def>Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as
<u>Rhachidian</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ra*chil"la</hw> (r&adot;*k&ibreve;l"l&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rhachilla</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"chi*o*dont</hw> (rā"k&ibreve;*&osl;*d&obreve;nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rhachiodont</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*chit"ic</hw> (r&adot;*k&ibreve;t"&ibreve;k),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rachitique</i>. See <u>Rachitis</u>.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis;
rickety.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ra*chi"tis</hw> (r&adot;*kī"t&ibreve;s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL., fr. Gr. <grk>"rachi^tis</grk> (sc.
<grk>nosos</grk>), fr. <grk>"ra`chis</grk>, <grk>-ios</grk>, the
spine.] [Written also <i>rhachitis</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly
applied to the rickets. See <u>Rickets</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"chi*tome</hw> (rā"k&ibreve;*tōm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. Gr. <grk>"ra`chis</grk>, <grk>-
ios</grk>, the spine + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut.] <def>A dissecting
instrument for opening the spinal canal.</def> [Written also
<i>rachiotome</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Ra"ci*ly</hw> (rā"s&ibreve;*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a racy manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"ci*ness</hw> (rā"s&ibreve;*n&ebreve;s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being racy; peculiar and
piquant flavor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rack"a*bones`</hw> (răk"&adot;*bōnz`),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A very lean animal, esp. a horse.</def>
[Colloq. U. S.]</p>
<p><hw>||Ra*coon"da</hw> (r&adot;*k&oomac;n"d&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From a native name.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i>
<def>The coypu.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*co"vi*an</hw> (r&adot;*kō"v&ibreve;*<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <i>Racow</i>.] <i>(Eccl. Hist.)</i>
<def>One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"di*al</hw> (rā"d&ibreve;*<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>radial</i>. See <u>Radius</u>.]
<def>Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like,
radii or rays; radiated; as, <i>(Bot.)</i> <i>radial</i> projections;
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <i>radial</i> vessels or canals; <i>(Anat.)</i>
the <i>radial</i> artery.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ra`di*a"le</hw> (rā`d&ibreve;*ā"l&esl;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Radialia</b></plw> (-
l&ibreve;*&adot;) [NL. See <u>Radial</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<i>(Anat.)</i> <def>The bone or cartilage of the carpus which
articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in
man.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"di*al*ly</hw> (rā"d&ibreve;*<i>a</i>l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a radial manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"di*ant*ly</hw> (rā"d&ibreve;*<i>a</i>nt*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a radiant manner; with glittering
splendor.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra`di*at"i*form</hw> (-ăt"&ibreve;*fôrm),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the marginal florets
enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads
of the cornflower.</def> <i>Gray.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ra"di*a*tive</hw> (rā"d&ibreve;*&asl;*t&ibreve;v),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of radiating; acting by
radiation.</def> <i>Tyndall.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rad"i*cal</hw> (răd"&ibreve;*k<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F., fr. L. <i>radicalis</i> having roots, fr.
<i>radix</i>, <i>-icis</i>, a root. See <u>Radix</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding
directly from the root.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rad"i*cal</hw> (răd"&ibreve;*k<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Philol.)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A primitive word; a radix, root, or simple,
underived, uncompounded word; an etymon.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>
<def>A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rad`i*cal"i*ty</hw> (-kăl"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Germinal principle;
source; origination.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rad"i*cal*ly</hw> (răd"&ibreve;*k<i>a</i>l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In a radical manner;
at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system
<i>radically</i> wrong or defective.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rad`i*ca"tion</hw> (-kā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>radication</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The process of taking root, or state of being rooted; as, the
<i>radication</i> of habits.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>The disposition of the roots
of a plant.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rad"i*cel</hw> (răd"&ibreve;*s&ebreve;l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Dim. of <i>radix</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A
small branch of a root; a rootlet.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*dic`i*flo"rous</hw>
(r&adot;*d&ibreve;s`&ibreve;*flō"rŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>radix</i>, <i>-icis</i>, root +
<i>flos</i>, <i>floris</i>, a flower.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Rhizanthous.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*dic"i*form</hw> (r&adot;*d&ibreve;s"&ibreve;*fôm),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the nature or
appearance of a radix or root.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*dic"u*lar</hw> (r&adot;*d&ibreve;k"&usl;*l&etilde;r),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to roots, or the root of a
plant.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rad"i*cule</hw> (răd"&ibreve;*kūl),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A radicle.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*dic"u*lose`</hw> (r&adot;*d&ibreve;k"&usl;*lōs`),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Producing numerous radicles,
or rootlets.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"di*i</hw> (rā"d&ibreve;*ī),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>, <def><pos><i>pl.</i></pos> of
<u>Radius</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ra`di*o-flag`el*la"ta</hw> (-
flăj`&ebreve;l*lā"t&adot;), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.
See <u>Radiate</u>, and <u>Flagellata</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A
group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"di*o*graph</hw> (rā"d&ibreve;*&osl;*grăf),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Radio-</i> + <i>-graph</i>.] <i>(Phys.)</i>
<def>A picture produced by the Röntgen rays upon a sensitive
surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque
objects traversed by the rays.</def></p>
<p><! p. 1184 pr=vmg !></p>
<p><hw>||Ra`di*o*la"ri*a</hw>
(rā`d&ibreve;*&osl;*lā"r&ibreve;*&adot;), <pos><i>n.
pl.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Radioli</u>.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Order
of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and
sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body
like rays. It includes the polycystines. See
<u>Polycystina</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra`di*o*la"ri*an</hw>
(rā`d&ibreve;*&osl;*lā"r&ibreve;*<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Radiolaria.</def> -- <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One of the
Radiolaria.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"di*o*lite</hw> (rā"d&ibreve;*&osl;*līt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>radius</i> ray + <i>-lite</i>: cf. F.
<i>radiolithe</i>.] <i>(Paleon.)</i> <def>A hippurite.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra`di*om"e*ter</hw> (-&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>radius</i> radius + <i>-meter</i>: cf. F.
<i>radiomètre</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Naut.)</i> <def>A
forestaff.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra`di*o*mi*crom"e*ter</hw> (-
&osl;*m&isl;*kr&obreve;m"&esl;*t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[<i>Radio-</i> + <i>micrometer</i>.] <i>(Physics)</i> <def>A very
sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for
indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"di*o*phone</hw> (rā"d&ibreve;*&osl;*fōn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Radio-</i> + Gr. <grk>fwnh`</grk> sound.]
<i>(Physics)</i> <def>An apparatus for the production of sound by the
action of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as the
photophone.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra`di*oph"o*ny</hw> (-&obreve;f"&osl;*n&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Physics)</i> <def>The art or practice of
using the radiophone.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"di*ous</hw> (rā"d&ibreve;*ŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>radiosus</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>Consisting of rays, as light.</def> [R.] <i>Berkeley.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>Radiating; radiant.</def> [Obs.] <i>G.
Fletcher.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ra"di*us</hw> (rā"d&ibreve;*ŭs),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> L. <plw><b>Radii</b></plw> (-
ī); E. <plw><b>Radiuses</b></plw> (-ŭs*&ebreve;z). [L., a
staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, radius, ray. See <u>Ray</u> a divergent
line.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Geom.)</i> <def>A right line drawn or
extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the
semidiameter of a circle or sphere.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The radius is on the same side of the limb as the thumb, or
pollex, and in man it is so articulated that its lower end is capable
of partial rotation about the ulna.</p>
<p><hw>||Rad"u*la</hw> (răd"&usl;*l&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Radulæ</b></plw> (-
lē). [L., a scraper, fr. <i>radere</i> to scrape.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of
mollusks; -- called also <i>lingual ribbon</i>, and <i>tongue</i>. See
<u>Odontophore</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*du"li*form</hw> (r&adot;*dū"l&ibreve;*fôrm),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>radula</i> a scraper + <i>-form</i>.]
<def>Rasplike; as, <i>raduliform</i> teeth.</def></p>
<p><hw>Raf`fa*el*esque"</hw>
(răf`f&adot;*&ebreve;l*&ebreve;sk"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Raphaelesque.</def></p>
<p><hw>Raf"fi*a</hw> (răf"f&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A fibrous material used for
tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus
<i>Raphia</i>.</def> <i>J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).</i></p>
<p><hw>Raf"fi*nose`</hw> (răf"f&ibreve;*nōs`),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>raffiner</i> to refine.] <i>(Chem.)</i>
<def>A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from
the molasses of the sugar beet.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Raf*fle"si*a</hw> (răf*flē"zh&ibreve;*&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. Named from its discoverer, Sir S.
<i>Raffles</i>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of stemless, leafless
plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in
Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in
one species (<i>Rafflesia Arnoldi</i>) having a diameter of two or
three feet.</def></p>
<p><hw>Raft</hw> (r&adot;ft), obs. <def><pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
of <u>Reave</u>.</def> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and
<i>rag</i>.</blockquote> <i>Spenser.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rag`a*muf"fin</hw> (-mŭf"f&ibreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <i>Ragamofin</i>, the name of a demon in
some of the old mysteries.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A paltry or
disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.</def> <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ra"ger*y</hw> (rā"j&etilde;r*&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Wantonness.</def> [Obs.]
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rag"ged</hw> (răg"g&ebreve;d), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[From <u>Rag</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Rent
or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a
<i>ragged</i> coat; a <i>ragged</i> sail.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ragh`u*van"sa</hw> (rŭg`&usd;*vŭn"s&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Skr. <i>Raguva&msdot;ça</i>.] <def>A
celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu
dynasty.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rag"pick`er</hw> (răg"p&ibreve;k`&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who gets a living by picking up rags and
refuse things in the streets.</def></p>
<p>&fist; A Scottish word which came into common use in the United
States during the Civil War, and was soon extended in its
application.</p>
<p><hw>||Rail`leur"</hw> (r&adot;`ly&etilde;r" or
r&adot;`y&etilde;r"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>A banterer; a
jester; a mocker.</def> [R.] <i>Wycherley.</i></p>
<p>{ <hw>Rail"road`</hw> (rāl"rōd`), <hw>Rail"way`</hw> (-
wā`), } <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A road or
way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails,
patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and
suitably supported on a bed or substructure.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Rai`son`né"</hw> (r&asl;`z&osl;`n&asl;"),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>raisonné</i>, p. p. of
<i>raisonner</i> to reason.] <def>Arranged systematically, or
according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue
<i>raisonné</i>. See under <u>Catalogue</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ral`len*tan"do</hw> (räl`l&ebreve;n*tän"d&osl;),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [It.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>Slackening; -- a
direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and
force; ritardando.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ral"li*ance</hw> (răl"l&ibreve;*<i>a</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. OF. <i>raliance</i>. See <u>Rally</u> to
reunite.] <def>The act of rallying.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ral"ston*ite</hw> (r&add;l"stŭn*īt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [So named after J. G. <i>Ralston</i> of
Norristown, Penn.] <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A fluoride of alumina and soda
occurring with the Greenland cryolite in octahedral
crystals.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ram`a*dan"</hw> (răm`&adot;*dăn"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Ar. <i>rama&dsdot;ān</i>, or
<i>ramazān</i>, properly, the hot month.] [Written also
<i>Ramadhan</i>, <i>Ramadzan</i>, and <i>Rhamadan</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The ninth Mohammedan month.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*ma"gi*ous</hw> (-mā"j&ibreve;*ŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Wild; not tame.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>||Ra*ma"ya*na</hw> (rä*mä"y&adot;*n&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Skr. <i>Rāmāya&nsdot;a</i>.]
<def>The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The
hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ram*bu"tan</hw> (răm*b&oomac;"tăn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Malay <i>rambūtan</i>, fr. <i>rambut</i>
hair of the head.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A Malayan fruit produced by the
tree <i>Nephelium lappaceum</i>, and closely related to the litchi
nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs
(whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also
<i>ramboostan</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ram"e*kin</hw> (răm"&esl;*k&ibreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Ramequin</u>.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Ram`en*ta"ceous</hw>
(răm`&ebreve;n*tā"shŭs), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Covered with ramenta.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"me*ous</hw> (rā"m&esl;*ŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rameus</i>, from <i>ramus</i> branch,
bough.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Ramal.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ram"e*quin</hw> (răm"&esl;*k&ibreve;n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Cookery)</i> <def>A mixture of cheese,
eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread.</def> [Written also
<i>ramekin</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Ram`i*fi*ca"tion</hw>
(răm`&ibreve;*f&ibreve;*kā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>ramification</i>. See <u>Ramify</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The process of branching, or the development
of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their
arrangement.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ram`i*flo"rous</hw> (-flō"rŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ramus</i> branch + <i>flos</i>,
<i>floris</i>, flower.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Flowering on the
branches.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ram"i*form</hw> (răm"&ibreve;*fôrm),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ramus</i> branch + <i>-form</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Having the form of a branch.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*mig"er*ous</hw> (r&adot;*m&ibreve;j"&etilde;r*ŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ramus</i> a branch + <i>-gerous</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Bearing branches; branched.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*mip"a*rous</hw> (r&adot;*m&ibreve;p"&adot;*rŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>ramus + parere</i> to bear.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Producing branches; ramigerous.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ram`ol*les"cence</hw>
(răm`&obreve;l*l&ebreve;s"s<i>e</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[F. <i>ramollir</i> to make soft, to soften; pref. <i>re-</i> re- +
<i>amollir</i> to soften; <i>a</i> (L. <i>ad</i>) + <i>mollir</i> to
soften, L. <i>mollire</i>, fr. <i>mollis</i> soft.] <def>A softening
or mollifying.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Ram*pa"cious</hw> (răm*pā"shŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>High-spirited; rampageous.</def> [Slang]
<i>Dickens.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ram*pa"geous</hw> (răm*pā"jŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Characterized by violence and passion;
unruly; rampant.</def> [Prov. or Low]</p>
<p><hw>Ram*pal"lian</hw> (-păl"y<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. <i>ramp</i> a prostitute, or <i>rabble</i>.]
<def>A mean wretch.</def> [Obs.] <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ramp"an*cy</hw> (rămp"<i>a</i>n*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of being rampant;
excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance.</def> "They
are come to this height and <i>rampancy</i> of vice."
<i>South.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ram"pi*on</hw> (răm"p&ibreve;*ŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>raiponce</i>, Sp. <i>ruiponce</i>,
<i>reponche</i>, L. <i>raperonzo</i>, NL. <i>rapuntium</i>, fr. L.
<i>rapum</i>, <i>rapa</i>, a turnip, rape. Cf. <u>Rape</u> a plant.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A plant (<i>Campanula Rapunculus</i>) of the
Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called
<i>ramps</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*mus"cule</hw> (r&adot;*mŭs"k&usl;l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ramusculus</i>.] <i>(Nat. Hist.)</i>
<def>A small ramus, or branch.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ran*ces"cent</hw> (răn*s&ebreve;s"s<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rancescens</i>, p. pr. of
<i>rancescere</i>, v. incho. from <i>rancere</i> to be rancid.]
<def>Becoming rancid or sour.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ran*che"ro</hw> (răn*chā"r&osl;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rancheros</b></plw> (-
rōz). [Sp.] [Mexico & Western U. S.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A
herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ran*cid"i*ty</hw> (răn*s&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rancidité</i>.] <def>The
quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old
oil.</def> <i>Ure.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ran"cid*ly</hw> (răn"s&ibreve;d*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rancid manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ran"dom*ly</hw> (răn"dŭm*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a random manner.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Compare the last two senses (5 and 6) with the French
<i>ranger</i> une côte.</p>
<p><hw>Rank"ly</hw> (ră&nsm;k"l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>With rank or vigorous growth; luxuriantly;
hence, coarsely; grossly; as, weeds grow <i>rankly</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ran"u*la</hw> (răn"&usl;*l&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L., a little frog, a little swelling on the
tongue of cattle, dim. of <i>rana</i> a frog.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A
cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the
submaxillary gland.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*nun`cu*la"ceous</hw>
(r&adot;*nŭ&nsm;`k&usl;*lā"shŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [See <u>Ranunculus</u>.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Of or
pertaining to a natural order of plants (<i>Ranunculaceæ</i>),
of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the
virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and
peony.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*nun"cu*lus</hw> (r&adot;*nŭ&nsm;"k&usl;*lŭs),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> E. <plw><b>Ranunculuses</b></plw> (-
&ebreve;z), L. <plw><b>Ranunculi</b></plw> (-lī). [L., a little
frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps crowfoot, dim. of <i>rana</i> a frog;
cf. <i>raccare</i> to roar.] <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A genus of herbs,
mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the
cultivated ranunculi (<i>R. Asiaticus</i>, <i>R. aconitifolius</i>,
etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*pac"i*ty</hw> (r&adot;*păs"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rapacitas</i>: cf. F.
<i>rapacité</i>. See <u>Rapacious</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as,
the <i>rapacity</i> of pirates; the <i>rapacity</i> of
wolves.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rap`a*ree"</hw> (răp`&adot;*rē"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Rapparee</u>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; These plants, with the edible turnip, have been variously
named, but are all now believed to be derived from the <i>Brassica
campestris</i> of Europe, which by some is not considered distinct
from the wild stock (<i>B. oleracea</i>) of the cabbage. See
<u>Cole</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Rap"ful*ly</hw> (răp"f&usd;l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Violently.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Raph`a*el*esque"</hw>
(răf`&adot;*&ebreve;l*&ebreve;sk"), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting.</def></p>
<p><hw>Raph"a*el*ism</hw> (răf"&adot;*&ebreve;l*&ibreve;z'm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The principles of painting introduced by
Raphael, the Italian painter.</def></p>
<p><hw>Raph"a*ny</hw> (răf"&adot;*n&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>raphanie</i>.] <i>(Med.)</i> <def>A
convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in
Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by
eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (<i>Raphanus
raphanistrum</i>) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be
a form of ergotism.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra*pid"i*ty</hw> (r&adot;*p&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rapiditas</i>: cf. F.
<i>rapidité</i>.] <def>The quality or state of being rapid;
swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the <i>rapidity</i> of a current;
<i>rapidity</i> of speech; <i>rapidity</i> of growth or
improvement.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rap"id*ly</hw> (răp"&ibreve;d*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a rapid manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"pi*er</hw> (rā"p&ibreve;*&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rapière</i>, perhaps for
<i>raspière</i>, and ultimately of German origin, akin to E.
<i>rasp</i>, v.] <def>A straight sword, with a narrow and finely
pointed blade, used only for thrusting.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rap"i*nous</hw> (răp"&ibreve;*nŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Given to rapine.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Rap*scal"lion</hw> (răp*skăl"yŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Rascallion</u>.] <def>A rascal; a good-
for-nothing fellow.</def> [Colloq.] <i>Howitt.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rar"ee-show`</hw> (râr"&esl;-shō`),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Contr. fr. <i>rarity-show</i>.] <def>A show
carried about in a box; a peep show.</def> <i>Pope.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rar`e*fac"tion</hw> (răr`&esl;*făk"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>raréfaction</i>. See
<u>Rarefy</u>.] <def>The act or process of rarefying; the state of
being rarefied; -- opposed to <i>condensation</i>; as, the
<i>rarefaction</i> of air.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rar"e*fi`a*ble</hw> (răr"&esl;*fī`&adot;*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>raréfiable</i>.] <def>Capable
of being rarefied.</def> <i>Boyle.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rar`i*fi*ca"tion</hw>
(răr`&ibreve;*f&ibreve;*kā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>See <u>Rarefaction</u>.</def> [R.] <i>Am.
Chem. Journal.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Poor men alone? No, no; the noblest deer hath them
[horns] as huge as the <i>rascal</i>.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ras*cal"i*ty</hw> (răs*kăl"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rascalities</b></plw> (-
t&ibreve;z).</p>
<p><hw>Ras*cal"lion</hw> (răs*kăl"yŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Rascal</u>.] <def>A low, mean
wretch.</def> [Written also <i>rascalion</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Ras"cal*ly</hw> (răs"k<i>a</i>l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base;
worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of
dishonesty.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ras*kol"nik</hw> (răs*k&obreve;l"n&ibreve;k),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Russ. <i>raskolenik'</i> schismatic, heretic.]
<i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>One of the separatists or dissenters from the
established or Greek church in Russia.</def> [Written also
<i>rascolnik</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>||Ras`pa*to"ri*um</hw>
(răs`p&adot;*tō"r&ibreve;*ŭm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.] <def>See <u>Raspatory</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rasp"a*to*ry</hw> (r&adot;sp"&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>raspatorium</i>: cf. F. <i>raspatoir</i>.
See <u>Rasp</u>, <pos><i>v.</i></pos>] <def>A surgeon's rasp.</def>
<i>Wiseman.</i></p>
<p>&fist; "It so chanced that, not long after the accession of the
house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is, the German or Norway,
rats, were first brought over to this country (in some timber as is
said); and being much stronger than the black, or, till then, the
common, rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter. The
word (both the noun and the verb to <i>rat</i>) was first, as we have
seen, leveled at the converts to the government of George the First,
but has by degrees obtained a wider meaning, and come to be applied to
any sudden and mercenary change in politics." <i>Lord Mahon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rat`a*bil"i*ty</hw>
(rāt`&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or state of being ratable.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rat"a*ble</hw> (rāt"&adot;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Capable of being rated, or set at a certain
value.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rat`a*fi"a</hw> (răt`&adot;*fē"&adot;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., fr. Malay <i>arak</i> arrack +
<i>tāfīa</i> a spirit distilled from molasses.] <def>A
spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots,
peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term
applied to the liqueurs called <i>noyau</i>, <i>curaçao</i>,
etc.</def> [Written also <i>ratifia</i> and <i>ratafee</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Rat"a*ny</hw> (răt"&adot;*n&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Same as
<u>Rhatany</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ra`ta`plan"</hw> (r&adot;`t&adot;`pläN"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>The iterative sound of beating a drum,
or of a galloping horse.</def></p>
<p>&fist; In the cut, the moving pawl <i>c</i> slides over the teeth
in one direction, but in returning, draws the wheel with it, while the
pawl <i>d</i> prevents it from turning in the contrary direction.</p>
<p><blockquote>In this did his holiness and godliness appear above the
<i>rate</i> and pitch of other men's, in that he was so . . .
merciful.</blockquote> <i>Calamy.</i></p>
<p>&fist; Several species are known in Africa and India. The Cape
ratel (<i>M. Capensis</i>) and the Indian ratel (<i>M. Indica</i>) are
the best known. The back is gray; the lower parts, face, and tail are
black. They are fond of honey, and rob the nests of wild bees.</p>
<p><blockquote>This is an art<BR>
Which does mend nature, change it <i>rather</i>, but<BR>
The art itself is nature.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rat`i*fi*ca"tion</hw>
(răt`&ibreve;*f&ibreve;*kā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>ratification</i>.] <def>The act of
ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as,
the <i>ratification</i> of a treaty.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rat"i*fi`er</hw> (răt"&ibreve;*fī`&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that which, ratifies; a
confirmer.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rat`i*ha*bi"tion</hw> (-h&adot;*b&ibreve;sh"ŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ratihabitio</i>; <i>ratus</i> fixed, valid
+ <i>habere</i> to hold.] <def>Confirmation or approbation, as of an
act or contract.</def> [Obs.] <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ra`ti*oc"i*nate</hw>
(răsh`&ibreve;*&obreve;s"&ibreve;*nāt), <pos><i>v.
i.</i></pos> [L. <i>ratiocinatus</i>, p. p. of <i>ratiocinari</i>, fr.
<i>ratio</i> reason. See <u>Ratio</u>.] <def>To reason, esp.
deductively; to offer reason or argument.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra`ti*oc`i*na"tion</hw> (-nā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>ratiocinatio</i>: cf. F.
<i>ratiocination</i>.] <def>The process of reasoning, or deducing
conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra`ti*oc"i*na*tive</hw> (-
&obreve;s"&ibreve;*n&asl;*t&ibreve;v), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>ratiocinativus</i>.] <def>Characterized by, or addicted to,
ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts,
and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative;
as, a <i>ratiocinative</i> process.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra`ti*oc"i*na*to*ry</hw> (-n&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Ratiocinative.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Ra"tion*al</hw> (răsh"ŭn*<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>rationalis</i>: cf. F. <i>rationnel</i>.
See <u>Ratio</u>, <u>Reason</u>, and cf. <u>Rationale</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Relating to the reason; not physical;
mental.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra`tion*a"le</hw> (răsh`ŭn*ā"l&esl;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>rationalis</i>, neut. <i>rationale</i>.
See <u>Rational</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>] <def>An explanation or
exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis,
phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"tion*al*ism</hw>
(răsh"ŭn*<i>a</i>l*&ibreve;z'm), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[Cf. F. <i>rationalisme</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Theol.)</i>
<def>The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious
opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or
opposed to, revelation.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Philos.)</i> <def>The system that makes
rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to
<i>sensualism</i>, or <i>sensationalism</i>, and
<i>empiricism</i>.</def> <i>Fleming.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ra`tion*al*i*za"tion</hw>
(răsh`ŭn*<i>a</i>l*&ibreve;*zā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or process of
rationalizing.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"tion*al*ize</hw> (răsh"ŭn*<i>a</i>l*īz),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To make rational;
also, to convert to rationalism.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rat"i*tate</hw> (răt"&ibreve;*t&asl;t),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to the
Ratitæ.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so much
perspicuity, vivacity, and grace, should have been, whenever he took a
part in conversation, an empty, noisy, blundering
<i>rattle</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rat"tle*snake`</hw> (răt"t'l*snāk`),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any one of several
species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera
<i>Crotalus</i> and <i>Caudisona</i>, or <i>Sistrurus</i>. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make
a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the
Northern United States (<i>Crotalus horridus</i>), and the diamond
rattlesnake of the South (<i>C. adamanteus</i>), are the best known.
See <i>Illust.</i> of <u>Fang</u>.</def>
</p>
<p><hw>Rau"ci*ty</hw> (r&add;"s&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>raucitas</i>, from <i>raucus</i> hoarse:
cf. F. <i>raucité</i>.] <def>Harshness of sound; rough
utterance; hoarseness; as, the <i>raucity</i> of a trumpet, or of the
human voice.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Already Cæsar<BR>
Has <i>ravaged</i> more than half the globe.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rav"el*ing</hw> (răv"'l*&ibreve;ng),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Also <i>ravelling</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of untwisting or of disentangling.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ra"ven's-duck`</hw> (rā"v'nz-dŭk`),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. G. <i>ravenstuch</i>.] <def>A fine quality
of sailcloth.</def> <i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rav"is*sant</hw> (răv"&ibreve;s*sănt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Her.)</i> <def>In a half-raised
position, as if about to spring on prey.</def></p>
<p><hw>Ray"on*nant</hw> (rā"&obreve;n*nănt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.] <i>(Her.)</i> <def>Darting forth rays, as
the sun when it shines out.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ab*sorp"tion</hw> (-sôrp"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or process of reabsorbing.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ac*cess"</hw> (rē`ăk*s&ebreve;s" or
r&esl;*ăk"s&ebreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second
access or approach; a return.</def> <i>Hakewill.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>And behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of
it <i>reached</i> to heaven.</blockquote> <i>Gen. xxviii. 12.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*ac"tion</hw> (r&esl;*ăk"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>réaction</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Any action in resisting other action or force;
counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse
action.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The new king had, at the very moment at which his fame
and fortune reached the highest point, predicted the coming
<i>reaction</i>.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*act"ive</hw> (r&esl;*ăkt"&ibreve;v),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>réactif</i>.] <def>Having power
to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.</def> --
<wf>Re*act"ive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*act"ive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Read`a*bil"i*ty</hw>
(rēd`&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The state of being readable; readableness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`a*dep"tion</hw> (-d&ebreve;p"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A regaining; recovery of something
lost.</def> [Obs.] <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Read"i*ly</hw> (r&ebreve;d"&ibreve;*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In a ready manner;
quickly; promptly.</def> <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`ad*mis"sion</hw> (-m&ibreve;sh"ŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of admitting again, or the state of
being readmitted; as, the <i>readmission</i> of fresh air into an
exhausted receiver; the <i>readmission</i> of a student into a
seminary.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ad*vert"en*cy</hw> (-v&etilde;rt"<i>e</i>n*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of adverting to again, or of
reviewing.</def> [R.] <i>Norris.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are
<i>ready</i>: come unto the marriage.</blockquote> <i>Matt. xxii.
4.</i></p>
<p><hw>Read"y-wit`ted</hw> (-w&ibreve;t`t&ebreve;d),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Having ready wit.</def></p>
<p>{ <hw>Re`af*firm"ance</hw>
(rē`ăf*f&etilde;rm"<i>a</i>ns),
<hw>Re*af`fir*ma"tion</hw>
(rē*ăf`f&etilde;r*mā"shŭn), }
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second affirmation.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`af*for"est</hw> (rē`ăf*f&obreve;r"&ebreve;st),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To convert again into a forest, as a
region of country.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`af*for`es*ta"tion</hw> (-&ebreve;s*tā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or process of converting again into
a forest.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*a"gent</hw> (r&esl;*ā"j<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>A substance capable of
producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect
the presence of other bodies; a test.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*ag`gra*va"tion</hw> (-
ăg`gr&adot;*vā"shŭn), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(R.
C. Ch.)</i> <def>The last monitory, published after three admonitions
and before the last excommunication.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*al"gar</hw> (r&esl;*ăl"g&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>réalgar</i>, Sp. <i>rejalgar</i>,
Ar. <i>rahj al ghār</i> powder of the mine.] <i>(Min.)</i>
<def>Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red
orpiment. It is also an artificial product.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re"al*ism</hw> (rē"<i>a</i>l*&ibreve;z'm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>réalisme</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Philos.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>As
opposed to <i>nominalism</i>, the doctrine that genera and species are
real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions.
According to realism the Universal exists <i>ante rem</i>
(<i>Plato</i>), or <i>in re</i> (<i>Aristotle</i>).</def>
<sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>As opposed to <i>idealism</i>, the doctrine
that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the
external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and
representative.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*al"i*ty</hw> (r&esl;*ăl"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Realities</b></plw> (-
t&ibreve;z). [Cf. F. <i>réalité</i>, LL.
<i>realitas</i>. See 3d <u>Real</u>, and cf. 2d <u>Realty</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state or quality of being real; actual
being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance;
fact.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re"al*i`za*ble</hw> (rē"<i>a</i>l*ī`z&adot;*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable of being realized.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`al*i*za"tion</hw> (-&ibreve;*zā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>réalisation</i>.] <def>The act
of realizing, or the state of being realized.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re"al*ly`</hw> (rā"äl*lē`),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Royally.</def> [Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re"al*ly</hw> (rē"<i>a</i>l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a real manner; with or in reality;
actually; in truth.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re"al*ness</hw> (rē"<i>a</i>l*n&ebreve;s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or condition of being real;
reality.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*am`pu*ta"tion</hw>
(rē*ăm`p&usl;*tā"shŭn), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Surg.)</i> <def>The second of two amputations performed upon the
same member.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*an"i*mate</hw> (r&esl;*ăn"&ibreve;*māt),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To animate anew; to restore to animation
or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to
revive; to reinvigorate; as, to <i>reanimate</i> a drowned person; to
<i>reanimate</i> disheartened troops; to <i>reanimate</i> languid
spirits.</def> <i>Glanvill.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*an`i*ma"tion</hw> (-mā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or operation of reanimating, or the
state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ap*par"el</hw> (rē`ăp*păr"&ebreve;l),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To clothe again.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*ap`pli*ca"tion</hw>
(rē*ăp`pl&ibreve;*kā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of reapplying, or the state of being
reapplied.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ap*proach"</hw> (rē`ăp*prōch"),
<pos><i>v. i. & t.</i></pos> <def>To approach again or anew.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`as*cen"sion</hw> (-s&ebreve;n"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of reascending; a
remounting.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`as*sem"blage</hw> (rē`ăs*s&ebreve;m"bl&asl;j),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Assemblage a second time or again.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`as*ser"tion</hw> (-s&etilde;r"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second or renewed assertion of the same
thing.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`as*sess"ment</hw> (-s&ebreve;s"m<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A renewed or second assessment.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`as*so"ci*ate</hw> (-sō"sh&ibreve;*āt),
<pos><i>v. t. & i.</i></pos> <def>To associate again; to bring again
into close relations.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`as*sur"ance</hw> (rē`&adot;*sh&udd;r"<i>a</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Assurance or confirmation
renewed or repeated.</def> <i>Prynne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Ré`au`mur"</hw> (r&asl;`ō`m&usd;r"),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to René Antoine
Ferchault de <i>Réaumur</i>; conformed to the scale adopted by
Réaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented.</def> --
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A Réaumur thermometer or
scale.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*bap"tism</hw> (rē*băp"t&ibreve;z'm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second baptism.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*bap`ti*za"tion</hw> (-t&ibreve;*zā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rebaptisation</i>.] <def>A second
baptism.</def> [Obs.] <i>Hooker.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`bap*tize"</hw> (rē`băp*tīz"), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>baptize</i>: cf. F.
<i>rebaptiser</i>, L. <i>rebaptizare</i>.] <def>To baptize again or a
second time.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*bar"ba*rize</hw> (rē*bär"b&adot;*rīz),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To reduce again to barbarism.</def> --
<wf>Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion</wf> (-r&ibreve;*zā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Reb"el*dom</hw> (r&ebreve;b"&ebreve;l*dŭm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A region infested by rebels; rebels,
considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of
rebels.</def> <i>Thackeray.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*bel"ler</hw> (r&esl;*b&ebreve;l"l&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who rebels; a rebel.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*bel"lion</hw> (r&esl;*b&ebreve;l"yŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>rébellion</i>, L. <i>rebellio</i>.
See <u>Rebel</u>, <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> Among the Romans rebellion
was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by
nations that had been subdued in war. It was a renewed war.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of rebelling; open and avowed
renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes
obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying
war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects
for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or
government by force; revolt; insurrection.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*bel"lious</hw> (r&esl;*b&ebreve;l"yŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of
the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful
authority by force.</def> "Thy <i>rebellious</i> crew." "Proud
<i>rebellious</i> arms." <i>Milton.</i> -- <wf>Re*bel"lious*ly</wf>,
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> -- <wf>Re*bel"lious*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Re*bit"ing</hw> (rē*bīt"&ibreve;ng),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Etching)</i> <def>The act or process of
deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the
action of acid.</def> <i>Fairholt.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*bo"ant</hw> (r&esl;*bō"<i>a</i>nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reboans</i>, p. pr. of <i>reboare</i>;
pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>boare</i> to cry aloud.] <def>Rebellowing;
resounding loudly.</def> [R.] <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`bo*a"tion</hw> (rē`b&osl;*ā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Repetition of a bellow.</def> [R.] <i>Bp.
Patrick.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*bu"cous</hw> (r&esl;*bū"kŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Rebuking.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Re*buk"a*ble</hw> (r&esl;*būk"&adot;*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Worthy of rebuke or reprehension;
reprehensible.</def> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`bul*li"tion</hw>
(rē`bŭl*l&ibreve;sh"ŭn), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The act of boiling up or effervescing.</def> [R.] <i>Sir H.
Wotton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*ca"den*cy</hw> (rē*kā"d<i>e</i>n*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A falling back or descending a second time;
a relapse.</def> <i>W. Montagu.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*cal"ci*trant</hw>
(r&esl;*kăl"s&ibreve;*tr<i>a</i>nt), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recalcitrans</i>, p. pr. of <i>recalcitrare</i> to kick back; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>calcitrare</i> to kick, fr. <i>calx</i> heel. Cf.
<u>Inculcate</u>.] <def>Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing
repugnance or opposition; refractory.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cal`ci*tra"tion</hw> (-trā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A kicking back again; opposition;
repugnance; refractoriness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`can*ta"tion</hw> (rē`kăn*tā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of recanting; a declaration that
contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in
contradiction; retraction.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cant"er</hw> (r&esl;*kănt"&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who recants.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ca*pac"i*tate</hw>
(rē`k&adot;*păs"&ibreve;*tāt), <pos><i>v.
t.</i></pos> <def>To qualify again; to confer capacity on again.</def>
<i>Atterbury.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`ca*pit"u*late</hw>
(rē`k&adot;*p&ibreve;t"&usl;*lāt), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos>
<def>To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been
previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ca*pit`u*la"tion</hw> (-lā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>recapitulatio</i>: cf. F.
<i>recapitulation</i>.] <def>The act of recapitulating; a summary, or
concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or
statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ca*pit"u*la`tor</hw> (-
p&ibreve;t"&usl;*lā`t&etilde;r), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One
who recapitulates.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ca*pit"u*la*to*ry</hw> (-l&adot;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of the nature of a recapitulation;
containing recapitulation.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cap"per</hw> (r&esl;*kăp"p&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Firearms)</i> <def>A tool used for applying a
fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading
it.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cap"tion</hw> (r&esl;*kăp"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Law)</i> <def>The act of retaking, as of one
who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own
goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from
one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them.</def>
<i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*car"bon*ize</hw> (r&esl;*kär"b&obreve;n*īz),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <i>(Metal.)</i> <def>To restore carbon to; as,
to <i>recarbonize</i> iron in converting it into steel.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*car"riage</hw> (r&esl;*kăr"r&ibreve;j),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act of carrying back.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*ceiv`a*bil"i*ty</hw>
(r&esl;*sēv`&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being receivable;
receivableness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*ceiv"a*ble</hw> (r&esl;*sēv"&adot;*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>recevable</i>.] <def>Capable of being
received.</def> -- <wf>Re*ceiv"a*ble*ness</wf>,
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><blockquote>The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too
little to <i>receive</i> the burnt offerings.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings
viii. 64.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*cel"e*brate</hw> (rē*s&ebreve;l"&esl;*brāt),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To celebrate again, or anew.</def> --
<wf>Re*cel`e*bra"tion</wf> (-brā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Re"cen*cy</hw> (rē"s<i>e</i>n*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>recentia</i>, fr. L. <i>recens</i>. See
<u>Recent</u>.] <def>The state or quality of being recent; newness;
new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the
<i>recency</i> of a transaction, of a wound, etc.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cen"sion</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;n"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>recensio</i>: cf. F. <i>recension</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of reviewing or revising; review;
examination; enumeration.</def> <i>Barrow.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re"cent*ly</hw> (rē"s<i>e</i>nt*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>Newly; lately; freshly; not long since;
as, advices <i>recently</i> received.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cep"ta*cle</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;p"t&adot;*k'l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>réceptacle</i>, L.
<i>receptaculum</i>, fr. <i>receptare</i>, v. intens. fr.
<i>recipere</i> to receive. See <u>Receive</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing
something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a
repository.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`ep*tac"u*lar</hw>
(r&ebreve;s`&ebreve;p*tăk"&usl;*l&etilde;r),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>réceptaculaire</i>.]
<i>(Bot.)</i> <def>Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as,
the <i>receptacular</i> chaff or scales in the sunflower.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec"ep*ta*ry</hw> (r&ebreve;s"&ebreve;p*t&asl;*r&ybreve;),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Generally or popularly admitted or
received.</def> [Obs.] <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*cep`ti*bil"i*ty</hw>
(r&esl;*s&ebreve;p`t&ibreve;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The quality or state of
being receptible; receivableness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cep"ti*ble</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;p"t&ibreve;*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>receptibilis</i>.] <def>Such as may be
received; receivable.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cep"tive</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;p"t&ibreve;v),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>réceptif</i>. See
<u>Receive</u>.] <def>Having the quality of receiving; able or
inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or
containing; as, a <i>receptive</i> mind.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`ep*tiv"i*ty</hw>
(r&ebreve;s`&ebreve;p*t&ibreve;v"&ibreve;*t&ybreve; or
rē`s&ebreve;p- ), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F.
<i>réceptivité</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The state
or quality of being receptive.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*ces"sion</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;sh"ŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>recessio</i>, fr. <i>recedere</i>,
<i>recessum</i>. See <u>Recede</u>.] <def>The act of receding or
withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.</def>
<i>South.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*ces"sive</hw> (r&esl;*s&ebreve;s"s&ibreve;v),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Going back; receding.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re"chab*ite</hw> (rē"kăb*īt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Jewish Hist.)</i> <def>One of the descendants
of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained
from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine.
<i>Jer</i>. <i>xxxv</i>. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a
certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*char"ter</hw> (rē*chär"t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second charter; a renewal of a
charter.</def> <i>D. Webster.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Re*cher`ché"</hw> (r<i>e</i>*shâr`sh&asl;"),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F.] <def>Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of
rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in
kind.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cid"i*vate</hw> (r&esl;*s&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*vāt),
<pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> [LL. <i>recidivare</i>. See
<u>Recidivous</u>.] <def>To backslide; to fall again.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Re*cid`i*va"tion</hw> (-vā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>recidivatio</i>.] <def>A falling back; a
backsliding.</def> <i>Hammond.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*cid"i*vous</hw> (r&esl;*s&ibreve;d"&ibreve;*vŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>recidivus</i>, fr. <i>recidere</i> to fall
back.] <def>Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former
condition or habit.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec"i*pe</hw> (r&ebreve;s"&ibreve;*p&esl;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Recipes</b></plw> (-
pēz). [L., imperative of <i>recipere</i> to take back, take in,
receive. See <u>Receive</u>.] <def>A formulary or prescription for
making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a
receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.</def>
</p>
<p><hw>Re*cip"i*an`gle</hw>
(r&esl;*s&ibreve;p"&ibreve;*ă&nsm;`g'l), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>recipere</i> to take + <i>angulus</i> angle.] <def>An
instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a
graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying
off angles of fortifications.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Corruption is a <i>reciprocal</i> to
generation.</blockquote> <i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*cip`ro*cal"i*ty</hw> (-kăl"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or condition of being
reciprocal; reciprocalness.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Re*cip"ro*cal*ly</hw>
(r&esl;*s&ibreve;p"r&osl;*k<i>a</i>l*l&ybreve;),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>In a reciprocal manner;
so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it;
interchangeably; mutually.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cip"ro*cal*ness</hw>
(r&esl;*s&ibreve;p"r&osl;*k<i>a</i>l*n&ebreve;s), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return;
alternateness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cip`ro*ca"tion</hw> (-kā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>reciprocatio</i>: cf. F.
<i>réciprocation</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as,
the <i>reciprocation</i> of kindnesses.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`i*proc"i*ty</hw>
(r&ebreve;s`&ibreve;*pr&obreve;s"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>réciprocité</i>. See
<u>Reciprocal</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Mutual action and
reaction.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cip`ro*cor"nous</hw>
(r&esl;*s&ibreve;p`r&osl;*kôr"nŭs), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
[L. <i>reciprocus</i> returning, reciprocal + <i>cornu</i> horn.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having horns turning backward and then
forward, like those of a ram.</def> [R.] <i>Ash.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*cip"ro*cous</hw> (r&esl;*s&ibreve;p"r&osl;*kŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Reciprocal.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Rec"i*prok</hw> (r&ebreve;s"&ibreve;*pr&obreve;k),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [F. <i>réciproque</i>, L.
<i>reciprocus</i>.] <def>Reciprocal.</def> [Obs.] <i>B.
Jonson.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*ci"sion</hw> (r&esl;*s&ibreve;zh"ŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>recisio</i>, fr. <i>recidere</i>,
<i>recisum</i>, to cut off; pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>caedere</i> to
cut.] <def>The act of cutting off.</def> <i>Sherwood.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*cit"al</hw> (r&esl;*sīt"<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Recite</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a
document; rehearsal; as, the <i>recital</i> of testimony.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`i*ta"tion</hw> (r&ebreve;s`&ibreve;*tā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>recitatio</i>: cf. F.
<i>récitation</i>. See <u>Recite</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or
sentences.</def> <i>Hammond.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rec`i*ta*tive"</hw> (r&ebreve;s`&ibreve;*t&adot;*tēv"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [It. <i>recitativo</i>, or F.
<i>récitatif</i>. See <u>Recite</u>.] <i>(Mus.)</i> <def>A
species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a
manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music
intended for such recitation; -- opposed to <i>melisma</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`la*ma"tion</hw> (r&ebreve;k`l&adot;*mā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>réclamation</i>, L.
<i>reclamatio</i>. See <u>Reclaim</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act or process of reclaiming.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*clin"ant</hw> (r&esl;*klīn"<i>a</i>nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reclinans</i>, p. pr. See <u>Recline</u>.]
<def>Bending or leaning backward.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec"li*nate</hw> (r&ebreve;k"l&ibreve;*n&asl;t),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>reclinatus</i>, p. p.] <i>(Bot.)</i>
<def>Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a
stem or leaf, is lower than the base.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`li*na"tion</hw>
(r&ebreve;k`l&ibreve;*nā"shŭn), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf.
F. <i>réclinaison</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The mother<BR>
<i>Reclined</i> her dying head upon his breast.</blockquote>
<i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*clin"er</hw> (r&esl;*klīn"&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who, or that which, reclines.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*coc"tion</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;k"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second coction or preparation; a vamping
up.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`og*ni"tion</hw>
(r&ebreve;k`&obreve;g*n&ibreve;sh"ŭn), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L.
<i>recognitio</i>: cf. F. <i>recognition</i>. See
<u>Recognizance</u>.] <def>The act of recognizing, or the state of
being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed
or avowed; notice.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*cog"ni*tor</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;g"n&ibreve;*t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL.] <i>(Law)</i> <def>One of a jury impaneled
on an assize.</def> <i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*cog"ni*to*ry</hw> (-t&osl;*r&ybreve;), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition.</def>
<i>Lamb.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rec`og*ni`za*bil"i*ty</hw>
(r&ebreve;k`&obreve;g*nī`z&adot;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or condition of being
recognizable.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec"og*ni`za*ble</hw>
(r&ebreve;k"&obreve;g*nī`z&adot;*b'l or
r&esl;*k&obreve;g"n&ibreve;-; 277), <pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Capable
of being recognized.</def> [Written also <i>recognisable</i>.] --
<wf>Rec"og*ni`za*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Re*cog"ni*zance</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;g"n&ibreve;*z<i>a</i>ns
or r&esl;*k&obreve;n"&ibreve;-), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>reconnaissance</i>, OF. <i>recognoissance</i>, fr.
<i>recognoissant</i>, p. pr. of <i>recognoistre</i> to recognize, F.
<i>reconnaître</i>, fr. L. <i>recognoscere</i>; pref. <i>re-</i>
re- + <i>cognoscere</i> to know. See <u>Cognizance</u>, <u>Know</u>,
and cf. <u>Recognize</u>, <u>Reconnoissance</u>.] [Written also
<i>recognisance</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(Law)</i>
<sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>An obligation of record entered into before
some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to
do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court,
to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A <i>recognizance</i> differs from a
<i>bond</i>, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the
party's seal.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>The verdict of a jury
impaneled upon assize.</def> <i>Cowell.</i></p>
<p>&fist; Among lawyers the <i>g</i> in this and the related words
(except <i>recognize</i>) is usually silent.</p>
<p><hw>Re*cog`ni*za"tion</hw> (-zā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Recognition.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Re*cog`ni*zee"</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;g`n&ibreve;*zē" or
r&esl;*k&obreve;n`&ibreve;*zē"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>The person in whose favor a recognizance is
made.</def> [Written also <i>recognisee</i>.] <i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rec"og*ni`zer</hw> (r&ebreve;k"&obreve;g*nī`z&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who recognizes; a recognizor.</def>
[Written also <i>recogniser</i>.]</p>
<p><hw>Re*cog`ni*zor"</hw> (r&esl;*k&obreve;g`n&ibreve;*zôr" or
r&esl;*k&obreve;n`&ibreve;*zôr"), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<i>(Law)</i> <def>One who enters into a recognizance.</def> [Written
also <i>recognisor</i>.] <i>Blackstone.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`-col*lect"</hw> (rē`k&obreve;l*l&ebreve;kt"),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>collect</i>.] <def>To
collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to <i>re-
collect</i> routed troops.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`ol*lect"</hw> (r&ebreve;k`&obreve;l*l&ebreve;kt"),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Recollected</u>; <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Recollecting</u>.] [Pref. <i>re-</i> + <i>collect</i>: cf. L.
<i>recolligere</i>, <i>recollectum</i>, to collect. Cf.
<u>Recollet</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To recover or recall the
knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to
remember.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec"ol*lect</hw> (r&ebreve;k"&obreve;l*l&ebreve;kt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Recollet</u>.] <i>(Eccl.)</i> <def>A
friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.</def>
[Written also <i>Recollet</i>.] <i>Addis & Arnold.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*com`bi*na"tion</hw> (r?*k?m`b?*n?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Combination a second or additional
time.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`om*men*da"tion</hw> (r?k`?m*m?n*d?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>recommandation</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of recommending.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*com`pen*sa"tion</hw> (r?*k?m`p?n*s?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. LL. <i>recompensatio</i>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>Recompense.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Rec"om*pense</hw> (r&ebreve;k"&obreve;m*p&ebreve;ns),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> [<pos><i>imp. & p. p.</i></pos>
<u>Recompensed</u> (-p?nst); <pos><i>p. pr. & vb. n.</i></pos>
<u>Recompensing</u> (-p?n`s?ng).] [F. <i>récompenser</i>, LL.
<i>recompensare</i>, fr.L. pref. <i>re-</i> re- + <i>compensare</i> to
compensate. See <u>Compensate</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>To render
an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate;
to compensate.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>To <i>recompense</i><BR>
My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*com`pi*la"tion</hw> (r?*k?m`p?*l?"tion),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A new compilation.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`on*cil"i*a*to*ry</hw> (-s?l"?*?*t?*r?),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Serving or tending to reconcile.</def>
<i>Bp. Hall.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*con`den*sa"tion</hw> (r?*k?n`d?n*s?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or process of
recondensing.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`con*dense"</hw> (rē`k&obreve;n*d&ebreve;ns"),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To condense again.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`con*duct"</hw> (rē`k&obreve;n*dŭkt"),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To conduct back or again.</def> "A guide
to <i>reconduct</i> thy steps." <i>Dryden.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`con*vert"i*ble</hw> (r?`k?n*v?rt"?*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Chem.)</i> <def>Capable of being reconverted;
convertible again to the original form or condition.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`cor*por`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> (r?`k?r*p?r`?*f?*k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of investing again with a body; the
state of being furnished anew with a body.</def> [R.]
<i>Boyle.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rec`re*men*ti"tial</hw> (-m?n*t?sh"<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>récrémentitiel</i>.]
<i>(Med.)</i> <def>Of the nature of a recrement. See <u>Recrement</u>,
2 <sd><i>(b)</i></sd>.</def> "<i>Recrementitial</i> fluids."
<i>Dunglison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*cru"den*cy</hw> (r&esl;*kr&udd;"d<i>e</i>n*s&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Recrudescence.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*crys`tal*li*za"tion</hw>
(rē*kr&ibreve;s`t<i>a</i>l*l&ibreve;*zā"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Chem. & Min.)</i> <def>The process or
recrystallizing.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*crys"tal*lize</hw>
(rē*kr&ibreve;s"t<i>a</i>l*līz), <pos><i>v. i. &
t.</i></pos> <i>(Chem. & Min.)</i> <def>To crystallize again.</def>
<i>Henry.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rec`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> (r?k`t?*f?*k?1sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rectification</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act or operation of rectifying; as, the <i>rectification</i>
of an error; the <i>rectification</i> of spirits.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`ti*ros"tral</hw> (r?k`t?*r?s"tr<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [<i>Recti-</i> + <i>rostral</i>.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Having a straight beak.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rec`to*vag"i*nal</hw> (r?k`t?*v?j"?*n<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Of or pertaining to both the
rectum and the vagina.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old
idea will <i>recur</i> in the mind when the word is
heard.</blockquote> <i>I. Watts.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>No medicine<BR>
Might avail his sickness to <i>recure</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Lydgate.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*cur`vi*ros"ter</hw> (r?*k?r`v?*r?s"t?r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>recurvus</i> bent back + <i>rostrum</i>
beack; cf. F. <i>récurvirostre</i>.] <i>(Zool.)</i> <def>A bird
whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Ré`dac`teur"</hw> (r&asl;`d&adot;k`t&etilde;r"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.] <def>See <u>Redactor</u>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>He no sooner saw that her eye glistened and her cheek
<i>reddened</i> than his obstinacy was at once subbued.</blockquote>
<i>Sir W. SCott.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*deem"a*ble*ness</hw> (r?*d?m"?*b'l*n?s),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of being redeemable;
redeemability.</def></p>
<p><hw>Red"in*gote</hw> (r&ebreve;d"&ibreve;n*gōt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F., corrupted from E. <i>riding coat</i>.]
<def>A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>So they<BR>
Doubly <i>redoubled</i> strokes upon the foe.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Having <i>reduced</i><BR>
Their foe to misery beneath their fears.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*duc`ti*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*d?k`t?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being reducible;
reducibleness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*duc"tion</hw> (r?*d?k"sh?n), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F.
<i>réduction</i>, L. <i>reductio</i>. See <u>Reduce</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of reducing, or state of being
reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution;
conquest; as, the <i>reduction</i> of a body to powder; the
<i>reduction</i> of things to order; the <i>reduction</i> of the
expenses of government; the <i>reduction</i> of a rebellious
province.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*dun"dant*ly</hw> (r?*d?n"d<i>a</i>nt*l?),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a refundant manner.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*ëd`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> (r?*?d`?*f?*k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>réédification</i>. See
<u>Reëdify</u>.] <def>The act reëdifying; the state of being
reëdified.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*ël"i*gi*ble</hw>
(r&emc;*&ebreve;l"&ibreve;*j&ibreve;*b'l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Eligible again; capable of reëlection; as,
<i>reëligible</i> to the same office.</def> --
<wf>Re*ël`i*gi*bil"i*ty</wf>
(r&emc;*&ebreve;l`&ibreve;*j&ibreve;*b&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p><hw>Re*ëm`bar*ka"tion</hw> (r?*?m`b?r*k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A putting, or going, on board a vessel
again.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ë*mer"gence</hw> (-m?r"j<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Act of reëmerging.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ën*act"ment</hw> (-?kt"m<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The enacting or passing of a law a second
time; the renewal of a law.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ën*force"ment</hw> (r?`?n*f?rs"m<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
reënforcing, or the state of being reënforced.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`ën*throne"ment</hw> (-m<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second enthroning.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*ën"trance</hw> (r?*?n"tr<i>a</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act entereing again; re&?;ntry.</def>
<i>Hooker.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`ëx*am"i*na*ble</hw> (r?`?gz*?m"?*n?*b'l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Admitting of being reëxamined or
reconsidered.</def> <i>Story.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`ëx*pe"ri*ence</hw> (-p?`r?-<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A renewed or repeated experience.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*ëx`por*ta"tion</hw> (-p?r*t?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of reëxporting, or of exporting
an import.</def> <i>A. Smith.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`ëx*pul"sion</hw> (r?`?ks*p?l"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>Renewed or repeated expulsion.</def>
<i>Fuller.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>I will bring the third part through the fire, and will
<i>refine</i> them as silver is <i>refined</i>.</blockquote> <i>Zech.
xiii. 9.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Love <i>refines</i><BR>
The thoughts, and heart enlarges.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*flex`i*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*fl?ks`?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>réflexibilité</i>.]
<def>The quality or capability of being reflexible; as, the
<i>reflexibility</i> of the rays of light.</def> <i>Sir I.
Newton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`flo*res"cence</hw> (r?`fl?*r?s"s<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A blossoming anew of a plant
after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the season.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*for`est*i*za`tion</hw> (r?*f?r`?st*?*z?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act or process of
reforestizing.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*for"est*ize</hw> (r?*f?r"?st*?z), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos>
<def>To convert again into a forest; to plant again with
trees.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*for`ti*fi*ca"tion</hw> (r?*f?r`t?*f?*k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A fortifying anew, or a second time.</def>
<i>Mitford.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`frac*tom"e*ter</hw> (r?`fr?k*t?m"?*t?r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [<i>Refraction</i> + <i>-meter</i>.]
<i>(Opt.)</i> <def>A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the
refraction of light.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*frac"to*ri*ly</hw> (r?*fr?k"t?*r?*l?),
<pos><i>adv.</i></pos> <def>In a refractory manner; perversely;
obstinately.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*fran`gi*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*fr?n`j?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>réfrangibilité</i>.]
<def>The quality of being refrangible.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*frig"er*ant</hw> (r?*fr?j"?r-<i>a</i>nt),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [L. <i>refrigerans</i>, p. pr. of
<i>refrigerare</i>: cf. F. <i>réfrigérant</i>. See
<u>Refrigerate</u>.] <def>Cooling; allaying heat or fever.</def>
<i>Bacon.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*frin"gen*cy</hw> (r?*fr?n"j<i>e</i>n*s?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The power possessed by a substance to
refract a ray; as, different substances have different
<i>refringencies</i>.</def> <i>Nichol.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*fut`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*f?t`?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality of being refutable.</def></p>
<p>&fist; Two pieces of ice at (or even) 32&?; Fahrenheit, with moist
surfaces, placed in contact, freeze together to a rigid mass. This is
called <i>regelation</i>. <i>Faraday.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re"gence</hw> (r?"j<i>e</i>ns), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Rule.</def> [Obs.] <i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p>&fist; In the British army all the artillery are included in one
regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into
brigades.</p>
<p><hw>Reg"is*ter</hw> (r&ebreve;j"&ibreve;s*t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [OE. <i>registre</i>, F. <i>registre</i>, LL.
<i>registrum</i>,<i>regestum</i>, L. <i>regesta</i>, pl., fr.
<i>regerere</i>, <i>regestum</i>, to carry back, to register; pref.
<i>re-</i> re- + <i>gerere</i> to carry. See <u>Jest</u>, and cf.
<u>Regest</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A written account or entry; an
official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial
record; a list or roll; a schedule.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*gra"ti*a*to*ry</hw> (r?*gr?"sh?*?*t?*r?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A returning or giving of thanks.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Skelton.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*gre"di*ence</hw> (r?*gr?"d?-<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A going back; a retrogression; a
return.</def> [R.] <i>Herrick.</i></p>
<p><hw>Reg"u*lar</hw> (r&ebreve;g"&usl;*l&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [LL. <i>regularis</i>: cf. F.
<i>régulier</i>. See <u>Regular</u>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <i>(R. C. Ch.)</i> <def>A member of any religious
order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and
obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church.</def>
<i>Bp. Fitzpatrick.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Reg`u*la"ri*a</hw>
(r&ebreve;g`&usl;*lā"r&ibreve;*&adot;), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos>
[NL.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A division of Echini which includes the
circular, or regular, sea urchins.</def></p>
<p><hw>Reg"u*lar*ize</hw> (r&ebreve;g"&usl;*l&etilde;r*īz),
<pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To cause to become regular; to
regulate.</def> [R.]</p>
<p><hw>Reg"u*lar*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Regularity.</def> <i>Boyle.</i></p>
<p>&fist; These terms are borrowed from Kant, and suggest the thought,
allowed by Kant, that possibly these principles are only true for the
human mind, the operations and belief of which they regulate.</p>
<p><hw>Re*im`por*ta"tion</hw> (r?*?m`p?r*t?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of reimporting; also, that which is
reimported.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*ju`ve*nes"cence</hw> (-n?s"s<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>A renewing of youth; the
state of being or growing young again.</def></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <i>(Bot.)</i> <def>A method of cell formation in
which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the
cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in
the formation of zoöspores, etc.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>The chief actors on one side were, and were to be, the
Puritan <i>religionists</i>.</blockquote> <i>Palfrey.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Thus, Indianlike,<BR>
<i>Religious</i> in my error, I adore<BR>
The sun, that looks upon his worshiper.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rem`i*nis"cence</hw> (r?m`?-n?s"s<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>réminiscence</i>, L.
<i>reminiscentia</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act or power of
recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent;
remembrance; memory.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rem`i*nis"cent</hw> (r?m`?-n?s"s<i>e</i>nt),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who is addicted to indulging, narrating,
or recording reminiscences.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rem`i*nis*cen"tial</hw> (-n?s-s?n"sh<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to reminiscence, or
remembrance.</def> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*mis`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?-m?s`s?-b?l"?-t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state or quality of being
remissible.</def> <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred
by the enormity of their <i>remotion</i>.</blockquote> <i>De
Quincey.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re"nal-por`tal</hw> (r?"n<i>a</i>l-p?r"t<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <i>(Anat.)</i> <def>Both renal and portal. See
<u>Portal</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*name"</hw> (r?*n?m"), <pos><i>v. t.</i></pos> <def>To give a
new name to.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*nid`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> (r?-n?d`?-f?-k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>The act of rebuilding a
nest.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`no*mee"</hw> (rā`n&osl;*mā"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>renommée</i>.] <def>Renown.</def>
[Obs.] <i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rens"se*laer*ite</hw> (r?ns"s<i>e</i>-l?r-?t),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Min.)</i> <def>A soft, compact variety of
talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into
inkstands and other articles.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rent</hw> (r?nt), <pos><i>v. i.</i></pos> <def>To rant.</def>
[R. & Obs.] <i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*nun"ci*a*to*ry</hw> (r?-n?n"sh?-?-t?-r?),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Cf. LL. <i>renuntiatorius</i>.] <def>Pertaining
to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as,
<i>renunciatory</i> vows.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*or`gan*i*za"tion</hw> (-g<i>a</i>n-?-z?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of reorganizing; a reorganized
existence; as, <i>reorganization</i> of the troops.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rep`a*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?p`?-r?-b?l"?-t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or state of being
reparable.</def></p>
<p><hw>||Re`par*ti`mi*en"to</hw> (r?`p?r-t?`m?-?n"t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Sp., fr. <i>repartir</i> to divide.] <def>A
partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment
of taxes.</def> <i>W. Irving.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*pent"ance</hw> (r&esl;*p&ebreve;nt"<i>a</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>repentance</i>.] <def>The act of
repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has
done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rep`e*ti"tion</hw> (r&ebreve;p`&esl;-t&ibreve;sh"ŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>repetitio</i>: cf. F.
<i>répétition</i>. See <u>Repeat</u>.]
<sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of repeating; a doing or saying again;
iteration.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We smothered<BR>
The most <i>replenished</i> sweet work of nature.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p> <i>Farrar.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re`por*to"ri*al</hw>
(rē`p&osl;r*tō"r&ibreve;*<i>a</i>l), <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the
<i>reportorial</i> staff of a newspaper.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*pos"al</hw> (r&esl;*pōz"<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [From <u>Repose</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
act or state of reposing; as, the <i>reposal</i> of a trust.</def>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*pose"ful</hw> (r&esl;*pōz"f&usdot;l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Full of repose; quiet.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*pos"er</hw> (r&esl;*pōz"&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who reposes.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`po*si"tion</hw> (r&esl;`p&osl;*z&ibreve;sh"ŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>repositio</i>.] <def>The act of
repositing; a laying up.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*pos"i*tor</hw> (r&esl;*p&obreve;z"&ibreve;*t&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Surg.)</i> <def>An instrument employed for
replacing a displaced organ or part.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*pos"i*to*ry</hw>
(r&esl;*p&obreve;z"&ibreve;*t&osl;*r&ybreve;), <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
[L. <i>repositorium</i>, <i>repostorium</i>: cf. OF.
<i>repositoire</i>.] <def>A place where things are or may be
reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.</def>
<i>Locke.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re-pres`en*ta"tion</hw> (r?-prez`?n-t?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [See <u>Re-present</u>.] <def>The act of re-
presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation;
as, <i>re-presentation</i> of facts previously stated.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rep`re*sen*ta"tion*a*ry</hw> (r?p`r?--z?n-t?"sh?n-?-r?),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Implying representation;
representative.</def> [R.]</p>
<p>--<wf>Re*prov"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*prov"a*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p>&fist; The amphibians were formerly classed with Reptilia, and are
still popularly called <i>reptiles</i>, though much more closely
allied to the fishes.</p>
<p><hw>Re*pub`li*ca"tion</hw> (r?-p?b`l?-k?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>A second publication, or a new publication
of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume
already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one
country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*pul`lu*la"tion</hw> (r?-p?l`l?-l?"sh?n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The act of budding again; the state of
having budded again.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Anger is like<BR>
A full-hot horse, who being allowed his way,<BR>
Self-mettle tires him.</blockquote> <i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Res`er*vee"</hw> (r&ebreve;z`&etilde;r*vē"),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -
- contrasted with <i>reservor</i>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*serv"er</hw> (r&esl;*z&etilde;rv"&etilde;r),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>One who reserves.</def></p>
<p><hw>Res"i*dent*ship</hw> (r?z"?-d<i>e</i>nt-sh?p),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The office or condition of a
resident.</def></p>
<p><hw>Res`i*pis"cence</hw> (r?s`?-p?s"s<i>e</i>ns),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [L. <i>resipiscentia</i>, from <i>resipiscere</i>
to recover one's senses: cf. F. <i>résipiscence</i>.]
<def>Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance.</def>
[R.] <i>Bp. Montagu.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Edward is at hand,<BR>
Ready to fight; therefore be <i>resolute</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*solv`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?-z?lv`?-b?l"?-t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The quality or condition of being
resolvable; resolvableness.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*spect`a*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*sp?kt`?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <def>The state or quality of being respectable;
the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.</def></p>
<p><hw>Res`pi*ra"tion*al</hw> (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n-<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Of or pertaining to respiration; as,
<i>respirational</i> difficulties.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re*splen"dish*ing</hw>, <pos><i>a.</i></pos>
<def>Resplendent.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>||Re`spon*den"ti*a</hw> (r?`sp?n*d?n"sh?*?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [NL. See <u>Respondence</u>.] <i>(Commercial
Law)</i> <def>A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from
<i>bottomry</i>, which is a loan on the ship itself.</def>
<i>Bouvier.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*spon`si*bil"i*ty</hw> (r?*sp?n`s?*b?l"?*t?),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>-ties</b></plw> (-t&?;z).
[Cf. F. <i>responsabilité</i>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The
state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a
trust, debt, or obligation.</def></p>
<p><hw>Re`spon*so"ri*al</hw> (r?`sp?n*s?"r?-<i>a</i>l),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> <def>Responsory; antiphonal.</def> <i>J. H.
Newman.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day
thou shalt <i>rest</i>.</blockquote> <i>Ex. xxiii. 12.</i></p>
<p><hw>Rest"iff*ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Restiveness.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts
which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became
<i>restive</i>, and went back.</blockquote> <i>Macaulay.</i></p>
<p>--<wf>Re*strict"ive*ly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos> --
<wf>Re*strict"ive*ness</wf>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos></p>
<p>&fist; The fibers of the optic nerve and the retinal blood vessels
spread out upon the front surface of the retina, while the sensory
layer (called <i>Jacob's membrane</i>), containing the rods and cones,
is on the back side, next the choroid coat.</p>
<p><hw>Re*trac"tion</hw> (r&esl;*trāk"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [Cf. F. <i>rétraction</i>, L.
<i>retractio</i> a drawing back, hesitation.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn>
<def>The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being
retracted; as, the <i>retraction</i> of a cat's claws.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rev"er*end*ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>Reverently.</def> [Obs.] <i>Foxe.</i></p>
<p><hw>Re*ver"sion</hw> (r&esl;*v&etilde;r"shŭn),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [F. <i>réversion</i>, L. <i>reversio</i> a
turning back. See <u>Revert</u>.] <sn><b>1.</b></sn> <def>The act of
returning, or coming back; return.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><blockquote>The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the
child came into again, and he <i>revived</i>.</blockquote> <i>1 Kings
xvii. 22.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>That fear<BR>
Comes thundering back, with dreadful <i>revolution</i>,<BR>
On my defenseless head.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Thou returnest<BR>
From flight, seditious angel, to receive<BR>
Thy merited <i>reward</i>.</blockquote> <i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>The dead know not anything, neither have they any more
a <i>reward</i>.</blockquote> <i>Eccl. ix. 5.</i></p>
<p><hw>||Rhab`do*cœ"la</hw>
(răb`d&osl;*sē"l&adot;), <pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [NL.,
fr. Gr. <grk>"ra`bdos</grk> a rod + <grk>koi^los</grk> hollow.]
<i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>A suborder of Turbellaria including those
that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an
intestine.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The term is sometimes used for one of the olfactory lobes,
the plural being used for the two taken together.</p>
<p><blockquote>He knew<BR>
Himself to sing, and build the lofty <i>rime</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p>&fist; In man there are twelve ribs on each side, of which the
upper seven are directly connected with the sternum by cartilages, and
are called <i>sternal</i>, or <i>true</i>, <i>ribs</i>. The remaining
five pairs are called <i>asternal</i>, or <i>false</i>, <i>ribs</i>,
and of these each of the three upper pairs is attached to the
cartilage of the rib above, while the two lower pairs are free at the
ventral ends, and are called <i>floating ribs</i>. See
<u>Thorax</u>.</p>
<p><hw>Right"wise`ly</hw>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos>
<def>Righteously.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Right"wise`ness</hw>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>
<def>Righteousness.</def> [Obs.]</p>
<p><hw>Rin"der*pest</hw> (r&ibreve;n"d&etilde;r*p&ebreve;st),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> [G., fr. <i>rind</i>, pl. <i>rinder</i>, cattle +
<i>pest</i> pest, plague.] <def>A highly contagious distemper or
murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; --
called also <i>cattle plague</i>, <i>Russian cattle plague</i>, and
<i>steppe murrain</i>.</def></p>
<p>--<wf>Ris"i*ble*ness</wf>(#), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> --
<wf>Ris"i*bly</wf>, <pos><i>adv.</i></pos></p>
<p>&fist; Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some
remain in circulation.</p>
<p><hw>Rode</hw>, <def><pos><i>imp.</i></pos> of
<u>Ride</u>.</def></p>
<p>&fist; The incisor teeth are long, curved, and strongly enameled on
the outside, so as to keep a cutting edge. They have a persistent pulp
and grow continuously.</p>
<p><hw>||Ro*de"o</hw> (?), <pos><i>n.</i></pos> [SP., a going round.]
<def>A round-up. See <u>Round-up</u>.</def> [Western U.S.]</p>
<p><blockquote>I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that
have not been <i>roofed</i> with vaults or arches.</blockquote>
<i>Addison.</i></p>
<p><hw>Roo"sa oil`</hw> (?). <def>The East Indian name for grass oil.
See under <u>Grass</u>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>Nor, when they [the Skinners and Cow Boys] wrung the
neck of a <i>rooster</i>, did they trouble their heads whether he
crowed for Congress or King George.</blockquote> <i>W. Irving.</i></p>
<p>&fist; Roses are shrubs with pinnate leaves and usually prickly
stems. The flowers are large, and in the wild state have five petals
of a color varying from deep pink to white, or sometimes yellow. By
cultivation and hybridizing the number of petals is greatly increased
and the natural perfume enhanced. In this way many distinct classes of
roses have been formed, as the <i>Banksia</i>, <i>Baurbon</i>,
<i>Boursalt</i>, <i>China</i>, <i>Noisette</i>, <i>hybrid
perpetual</i>, etc., with multitudes of varieties in nearly every
class.</p>
<p><hw>||Ros"tru*lum</hw> (-tr&usdot;*lŭm),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos>; <i>pl.</i> <plw><b>Rostrula</b></plw> (#). [NL.,
dim. of L. <i>rostrum</i> a beak.] <def>A little rostrum, or beak, as
of an insect.</def></p>
<p> </p>
<p><blockquote>Wherefore do I assume<BR>
These <i>royalties</i>, and not refuse to reign?</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote><i>Rude</i> am I in my speech.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Thy will<BR>
Chose freely what it now so justly <i>rues</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Milton.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>Where best<BR>
He might the <i>ruffled</i> foe infest.</blockquote>
<i>Hudibras.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>A judicious artist will use his eye, but he will trust
only to his <i>rule</i>.</blockquote> <i>South.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>8.</b></sn> <i>(Print.)</i> <sd><i>(a)</i></sd> <def>A thin
plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and
used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in
tabular work.</def> <sd><i>(b)</i></sd> <def>A composing rule. See
under <u>Conposing</u>.</def></p>
<p><hw>Rul"li*chies</hw> (rŭl"l&ibreve;*ch&ibreve;z),
<pos><i>n. pl.</i></pos> [Cf. D. <i>rolletje</i> a little roll.]
<def>Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in
slices and fried.</def> [Local, New York]</p>
<p><BR>
&fist; The vegetable food, after the first mastication, enters the
first stomach (<i>r</i>). It afterwards passes into the second
(<i>n</i>), where it is moistened, and formed into pellets which the
animal has the power of bringing back to the mouth to be chewed again,
after which it is swallowed into the third stomach (<i>m</i>), whence
it passes to the fourth (<i>s</i>), where it is finally digested.</p>
<p><blockquote>What I know<BR>
Is <i>ruminated</i>, plotted, and set down.</blockquote>
<i>Shak.</i></p>
<p><blockquote>They might bring away a great deal more than they do,
if they would take pain in the <i>romaging</i>.</blockquote>
<i>Hakluyt.</i></p>
<p><sn><b>2.</b></sn> <def>To search or examine thoroughly by looking
into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things;
to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after
leaf.</def></p>
<p> </p>
<p>
<hw>Ru"pert's drop`</hw> (?). <def>A kind of glass drop with a long
tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for
bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail
broken; -- so called from Prince <i>Rupert</i>, nephew of Charles I.,
by whom they were first brought to England. Called also <i>Rupert's
ball</i>, and <i>glass tear</i>.</def></p>
<p><blockquote>We turn<BR>
To where the silver Thames first <i>rural</i> grows.</blockquote>
<i>Thomson.</i></p>
<p>&fist; Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats,
and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and
rushlights.</p>
<p><hw>Ru*til"i*an</hw> (r&usdot;*t&ibreve;l"&ibreve;*<i>a</i>n),
<pos><i>n.</i></pos> <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Any species of
lamellicorn beetles belonging to <i>Rutila</i> and allied genera, as
the spotted grapevine beetle (<i>Pelidnota punctata</i>).</def></p>
<p><hw>Ry*poph"a*gous</hw> (r&isl;*p&obreve;f"&adot;*gŭs),
<pos><i>a.</i></pos> [Gr. <grk>"ry`pos</grk> filth +
<grk>fagei^n</grk> to eat.] <i>(Zoöl.)</i> <def>Eating, or
subsisting on, filth.</def></p>