Rideau, rÄ“-dÅ′,n.an eminence commanding a plain, covering the entrance to a camp, &c. [Fr.]
Ridge, rij,n.the back, or top of the back: anything like a back, as a long range of hills: an extended protuberance: a crest: the earth thrown up by the plough between the furrows, a breadth of ground running the whole length of the field, divided from those on either side by broad open furrows, helping to guide the sowers and reapers and effecting drainage in wet soils: the upper horizontal timber of a roof: the highest portion of a glacis.—v.t.to form into ridges: to wrinkle.—ns.Ridge′-band, that part of the harness of a cart which goes over the saddle;Ridge′-bone, the spine.—adj.Ridged, having ridges on a surface: ridgy.—ns.Ridge′-fill′et, a fillet between two flutes of a column;Ridge′-harr′ow, a harrow made to lap upon the sides of a ridge over which it passes;Ridge′-plough, a plough with a double mould-board;Ridge′-pole, the timber forming the ridge of a roof;Ridge′-rope, the central rope of an awning.—adj.Ridg′y, having ridges. [A.S.hrycg; Ice.hryggr, Ger.rücken, back.]
Ridgel, rij′el,n.a male animal with but one testicle.—AlsoRidg′il,Ridg′ling—(Scot.)Rig′lan,Rig′got.
Ridicule, rid′i-kūl,n.wit exposing one to laughter: derision: mockery.—v.t.to laugh at: to expose to merriment: to deride: to mock.—n.Rid′icūler.—v.t.Ridic′ūlise.—n.Ridicūlos′ity.—adj.Ridic′ūlous, deserving or exciting ridicule: absurd: (obs.) outrageous.—adv.Ridic′ūlously.—n.Ridic′ūlousness. [L.ridiculus—ridēre, to laugh.]
Riding, rī′ding,n.one of the three divisions of the county of York. [A corr. ofthriding—Ice.þridjungr, the third,þriði, third,þrir, three.]
Ridotto, ri-dot′Å,n.a house of public entertainment: a dancing party.—v.i.to frequent such. [It.]
Rie, an old spelling ofrye.
Riem, rēm,n.a raw-hide thong. [Dut.]
Riesel-iron, rē′zel-ī′urn,n.a kind of nipper used to remove irregularities from the edges of glass.
Rieve,Riever. Same asReave,Reaver.
Rifacimento, rÄ“-fä-chi-men′tÅ,n.a recasting of literary works:—pl.Rifacimen′ti. [It.]
Rife, rÄ«f,adj.prevailing: abundant: plentiful: well supplied: current: manifest.—adv.Rife′ly.—n.Rife′ness. [A.S.rÃfe; Dut.rijf, Ice.rÃfr.]
Riffle, rif′l,n.in mining, the lining of the bottom of a sluice: in seal engraving, a small iron disc at the end of a tool.—n.Riff′ler, a curved file for working in depressions. [Dan.rifle, a groove.]
Riff-raff, rif′-raf,n.sweepings: refuse: the rabble, the mob. [Explained by Skeat as M. E.rif and raf—O. Fr.rif et raf, alsorifle et rafle.Rifler, to rifle, ransack—Ice.hrÃfa, to catch;rafler—Teut., cf. Ger.raffen, to seize.]
Rifle, rī′fl,v.t.to carry off by force: to strip, to rob: to whet, as a scythe.—n.Rī′fler. [O. Fr.rifler—Scand., Ice.hrÃfa, to seize.]
Rifle, rī′fl,v.t.to groove spirally, as a gun-barrel.—n.a musket with a barrel spirally grooved—many varieties, theEnfield,Minié,Martini-Henry,Chassepot,Mannlicher-repeating,Remington,Lee-Metford, &c.—ns.Rī′fle-bird, an Australian bird-of-Paradise;Rī′fle-corps, a body of soldiers armed with rifles;Rī′fleman, a man armed with a rifle;Rī′fle-pit, a pit dug to shelter riflemen;Rī′fle-range, a place for practice with the rifle;Rī′fling, the act of cutting spiral grooves in the bore of a gun;Rī′fling-machine′. [Scand.; Dan.rifle, to groove, freq. ofrive, to tear.]
Rift, rift,n.an opening split in anything: a fissure: a veil: a fording-place.—v.t.to rive: to cleave.—v.i.to split: to burst open. [Rive.]
Rig, rig,v.t.to clothe, to dress: to put on: to equip: (naut.) to fit with sails and tackling:—pr.p.rig′ging;pa.t.andpa.p.rigged.—n.sails and tackling: an equipage, or turn-out, for driving, &c.: fishing-tackle: (coll.) costume, dress.—ns.Rig′ger, one who rigs or dresses: in machinery, a large cylindrical pulley, or narrow drum;Rig′ging, tackle: the system of cordage which supports a ship's masts and extends the sails: the roof;Rig′ging-loft, the place in a theatre from which the scenery is raised;Rig′ging-screw, a machine formed of a clamp worked by a screw;Rig′ging-tree, a roof-tree;Rig′-out, an outfit.—Rig out, to furnish with complete dress, &c.;Rig the market, to raise or lower prices artificially. [Scand.; Norw.rigga, to bandage, to put on sails,rigg, rigging.]
Rig, rig,n.(Scot.) a ridge: a path. [Ridge.]
Rig, rig,n.a frolic, trick: (obs.) a wanton.—v.i.to romp, act the wanton.—adj.Rig′gish(Shak.), wanton, lewd.—n.Rig′gite, one who plays rigs, a jester.—Run a rig, to play a trick;Run the rig upon, to play a trick upon. [Prob.wriggle.]
Rigadoon, rig-a-dÅÅn′,n.a lively dance for one couple, or its music: formerly in the French army, a beat of drum while culprits were being marched to punishment. [Fr.rigaudon.]
Rigation, rÄ«-gÄ′shun,n.irrigation. [Irrigation.]
Rigescent, rī-jes′ent,n.growing stiff.
Riggle, rig′l,n.a species of sand-eel.
Right, rīt,adj.straight: most direct: upright: erect: according to truth and justice: according to law: true: correct: just: fit: proper: exact: most convenient: well performed: most dexterous, as the hand: on the right-hand: on the right-hand of one looking towards the mouth of a river: righteous: duly genuine: correct in judgment: equitable: not crooked: to be preferred: precise: in good health: denoting the side designed to go outward, as cloth: opposed to left, as the right-hand: (math.) upright from a base: containing 90 degrees.—n.Right′ness. [A.S.riht; Ger.recht, L.rectus.]
Right, rīt,adv.in a straight or direct line: in a right manner: according to truth and justice: correctly: very: in a great degree.
Right, rīt,n.that which is right or correct: truth: justice: virtue: freedom from error: what one has a just claim to: privilege: property: the right side.—n.Right′-about′, in the opposite direction.—adj.Right′-ang′led, having a right angle or angles;Right′-drawn(Shak.), drawn in a right or just cause.—v.t.Right′en, to set right.—n.Right′er, one who sets right or redresses wrong.—adj.Right′ful, having a just claim: according to justice: belonging by right.—adv.Right′fully.—ns.Right′fulness, righteousness: justice;Right′-hand, the hand which is more used, convenient, and dexterous than the other.—adj.chiefly relied on.—adj.Right′-hand′ed, using the right-hand more easily than the left: dextral: clockwise.—ns.Right′-hand′edness;Right′-hand′er, a blow with the right-hand.—adjs.Right′-heart′ed, having right or kindly dispositions: good-hearted;Right′less, without right.—adv.Right′ly, uprightly: suitably: not erroneously.—adj.Right′-mind′ed, having a right or honest mind.—ns.Right′-mind′edness, the state of being right-minded;Right′ness, the character of being right, correctness: the state of being on the right-hand;Right-of-way, the right which the public has to the free passage over roads or tracks, esp. such as are not statutory roads.—advs.Rights(obs.);Right′ward.—n.Right′-whale, the Greenland whale, the most important species of the true whales.—Right and left, on both sides;Right ascension(seeAscension);Right bank of a river, the bank on the right hand of a person looking in the direction the water flows;Right down, plainly;Right of action, a right which will sustain a civil action;Right off, immediately;Right the helm, to put it amidships, in a line with the keel.—Absolute rights, those which belong to human beings as such;At all rights, in all points;Base right(Scots law), the right which a disposer acquires when he disposes of feudal property;By right, orrights, rightfully;Claim of Right, the statement of the right of the church to spiritual independence and liberty from the interference of the civil courts in her spiritual functions, adopted by an immense majority of the General Assembly in 1842;Contingent rights, such as are distinguished from vested rights;Declaration and Bill of Rights, the instrument drawn up by the Convention Parliament which called the Prince and Princess of Orange to the throne of England in 1689, stating the fundamental principles of the constitution;Declaration of the Rights of Man, a famous statement of the constitution and principles of civil society and government adopted by the French National Assembly in August 1789;Do one right, to do one justice;Have a right, to be under a moral necessity;Have right, to be right;In one's own right, by absolute and personal right;In the right, free from error;Natural rights, those which exist by virtue of natural law—liberty, security of person and property;Petition of right, an action by which a subject vindicates his rights against the Crown;Public rights, the rights which the state has over the subject, and the subject against the state;Put to rights, to arrange;The Right, among continentals, the conservatives, from their usually sitting on the president's right in legislative assemblies;The right side, the place of honour;Writ of right, an action to establish the title to real property.
Righteous, rī′tyus,adj.living and acting according to right and justice: free from guilt or sin: equitable: merited.—adv.Right′eously, in a righteous manner: (arch.) justly.—n.Right′eousness, purity of life: rectitude: conformity to a right standard: a righteous act or quality: holiness: the coming into spiritual reconciliation with God by means of the righteousness of Christ being imputed to a man in consequence of faith.—Original righteousness, the condition of man before the Fall as made in the image of God. [A.S.rihtwÃs—riht, right,wÃs, wise.]
Rigid, rij′id,adj.not easily bent: stiff: severe: strict: unyielding: harsh: without delicacy: wanting in ease.—n.Rigid′ity, the quality of resisting change of form: stiffness of manner.—adv.Rig′idly.—n.Rig′idness.—adj.Rigid′ūlous, rather stiff. [L.rigidus—rigēre, to be stiff with cold.]
Rigmarole, rig′ma-rÅl,n.a repetition of foolish words: a long story: balderdash.—adj.prolix, tedious. [A corr. ofragman-roll, a document with a long list of names, or with numerous seals pendent.]
Rigol, rig′ol,n.(Shak.) a ring, a circle of a crown or coronet. [It.rigolo—Teut.; Ger.ringel, a ring.]
Rigolette, rig-Å-let′,n.a light head-wrap.
Rigor, rī′gur,n.the same asRigour: (med.) a sense of chilliness with contraction of the skin, a preliminary symptom of many diseases.—n.Rī′gor-mor′tis, the characteristic stiffening of the body caused by the contraction of the muscles after death.
Rigour, rig′ur,n.the quality of being rigid or severe: stiffness of opinion or temper: strictness: exactness: violence: relentlessness: severity of climate:(med., speltRigor; see above).—adj.Rig′orous, exercising rigour: allowing no abatement: marked by severity: harsh: scrupulously accurate: very severe.—adv.Rig′orously.—ns.Rig′orousness;Rig′ourism(R.C.), the opposite ofProbalilism;Rig′ourist, a person of strict principles: a purist. [L.rigor—rigēre.]
Rigsdag, rigz′dag,n.the parliament of Denmark.
Rigveda, rig-vÄ′da,n.the first of the four Vedas. [Sans.,rich, a hymn,veda, knowledge.]
Rigwiddie, rig-wid′i,n.(Scot.) the rope that goes over a horse's back to support the shafts of the vehicle it draws. [Rig, the back,widdie,withy, a rope.]
Rile, rīl,v.t.to make angry, to vex—a form ofroil.
Rilievo, orRelievo. SeeAlto-relievo.
Rill, ril,n.a small murmuring brook: a streamlet.—v.i.to flow in small streams.—ns.Rill′et(Tenn.), a rivulet, a little rill;Rill′-mark, a marking produced by the oozing of water on sand. [Low Ger.rille, a channel; Ger.rille, a furrow.]
Rim, rim,n.a raised margin, border, brim: in a wheel, the circular part farthest from the nave.—v.t.to put a rim to:—pr.p.rim′ming;pa.t.andpa.p.rimmed.—n.Rim′-fire, a cartridge which has a detonating substance placed in some part of the rim of its base.—adjs.Rim′iform;Rim′less.—ns.Rim′mer, an instrument for ornamenting pastry;Rim′-plÄn′er, a machine for dressing wheel-fellies;Rim′-saw, a saw, the cutting part of which is annular. [A.S.rima.]
Rim, rim,n.a membrane: the peritoneum. [A.S.reóma.]
Rimbase, rim′bÄs,n.a short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon.
Rime, rÄ«m,n.hoar-frost: frozen dew.—adj.Rī′my. [A.S.hrÃm; Dut.rijm, Ger.reif.]
Rime, rīm,n.a rent, chink, or fissure—alsoRī′ma:—pl.Rī′mæ.—adj.Rīmose′, full of rimes or chinks: having numerous minute fissures, mostly parallel, like the bark of a tree.—n.Rimos′ity, state of being rimose or chinky.—adj.Rī′mous, rimose. [L.rima.]
Rimple, rim′pl,v.i.to wrinkle.
Rimula, rim′ū-la,n.(conch.) a genus of fossil keyhole limpets.—adjs.Rim′ūliform, shaped like a crack;Rim′ūlose. [L., dim. ofrima, a crack.]
Rinabout, rin′a-bowt,n.(Scot.) a vagrant.
Rind, rīnd,n.the external covering, as the skin of fruit, the bark of trees, &c.—v.t.to strip the rind from.—adj.Rind′ed.—n.Rind′-gall, a defect in timber. [A.S.rinde; Dut. and Ger.rinde; prob. Old High Ger.rinta,rinda.]
Rinderpest, rin′dėr-pest,n.a malignant and contagious disease of cattle. [Ger., 'cattle-plague.']
Rine, rÄ«n,v.t.to touch.—n.the same asRind. [A.S.hrÃnan; Ice.hrÃna, to hurt.]
Rine, rīn,n.(prov.) a ditch or water-course.—AlsoRhine,Rone,Rune. [A.S.ryne, a run, flow—rinnan, to run; Ger.ronne, a channel.]
Rinforzando, rin-for-tsan′dÅ,adj.(mus.) with special emphasis. [It.]
Ring, ring,n.a circle: a small hoop, usually of metal, worn on the finger or in the ear as an ornament: a circular area for races, &c.: a circular course, a revolution: a clique organised to control the market: an arena or prize-ring: the commercial measure of staves for casks: (archit.) a cincture round a column: (anat.) an annulus: a group or combination of persons.—v.t.to encircle: to fit with a ring: to surround: to wed with a ring: (hort.) to cut out a ring of bark from a tree.—v.i.to move in rings.—ns.Ring′-ar′mature, an armature in which the coils of wire are wound round a ring;Ring′-arm′our, armour made of metal rings (seeChain-mail).—v.t.Ring′-bark, to strip a ring of bark round a tree to kill it.—ns.Ring′bill, the ring-necked duck;Ring′-bolt, an iron bolt with a ring through a hole at one end;Ring′bone, in farriery, a bony callus on a horse's pastern-bone, the result of inflammation: the condition caused by this;Ring′-bunt′ing, the reed-bunting;Ring′-carr′ier, a go-between;Ring′-dī′al, a portable sun-dial;Ring′-dog, an iron apparatus for hauling timber;Ring′-dott′erel, the ringed plover;Ring′dove, the cushat or wood-pigeon, so called from a white ring or line on the neck;Ring′-drop′ping, a trick practised by rogues upon simple people.—adj.Ringed, surrounded as with a ring, annulose, annulate: wearing a wedding-ring.—ns.Ringed′-car′pet, a British geometrid moth;Ring′-fence, a fence continuously encircling an estate, a limit;Ring′-fing′er, the third finger of the left hand, on which women wear their marriage-ring.—adj.Ring′-formed, annular.—ns.Ring′-frame, any one of a class of spinning-machines with vertical spindles;Ring′-gauge, a measure consisting of a ring of fixed size used for measuring spherical objects;Ring′leader, the head of a riotous body: one who opens a ball;Ring′let, a little ring: a curl, esp. of hair.—adj.Ring′leted.—ns.Ring′lock, a puzzle-lock;Ring′-mail, chain-armour;Ring′man, the third finger of the hand: one interested in the prize-ring;Ring′-mas′ter, one who has charge of a circus-ring and the performances in it;Ring′-mon′ey, rudely formed rings anciently used for money;Ring′-neck, a kind of ring-plover: the ring-necked duck;Ring′-net, a net for catching butterflies;Ring′-ou′sel, a species of thrush, with a white band on the breast;Ring′-parr′ot, a common Indian parrot;Ring′-perch, the perch of North America;Ring′-plov′er, a ring-necked plover;Ring′-rope, a rope for hauling the cable in rough weather;Ring′-saw, a scroll-saw with annular web;Ring′-small, broken stones of such a size as to pass through a ring two inches in diameter;Ring′-snake, the collared snake, a harmless serpent of the United States;Ring′ster, a member of a ring;Ring′-stop′per, a piece of rope by which the ring of an anchor is secured to the cat-head.—adjs.Ring′-straked(B.),-streaked, streaked with rings.—n.Ring′-tail(naut.), a studding-sail set upon the gaff of a fore-and-aft sail: a light sail set abaft and beyond the spanker: the female of the hen-harrier, named from a rust-coloured ring formed by the tips of the tail-feathers when expanded.—adj.Ring′-tailed, having the tail marked with bars or rings of colour, as a lemur: having a tail curled at the end.—ns.Ring′-thrush, the ring-ousel;Ring′-time(Shak.), time for marrying;Ring′-valve, a hollow cylindrical valve;Ring′-work, a material composed of rings interlinked;Ring′worm, a skin disease in which itchy pimples appear in rings.—Ring the changes(seeChange).—Ride, orTilt,at the ring, to practise the sport of riding rapidly, spear in hand, and carrying off with it a ring hung up;The ring, pugilism and the persons connected with it. [A.S.hring; Ice.hring-r, Ger., Dan., and Sw.ring.]
Ring, ring,v.i.to sound as a bell when struck: to tinkle: to practise the art of ringing bells: to continue to sound: to be filled with report: to resound: to echo.—v.t.to cause to sound, as a metal: to produce by ringing:—pa.t.rang, rung;pa.p.rung.—n.a sound, esp. of metals: the sound of many voices: a chime of many bells.—ns.Ring′er;Ring′ing, the act of causing to sound, as music-bells: resounding.—adv.Ring′ingly.—Ring backward, to change the order of ringing;Ring down, to conclude;Ring in(theat.), to signal the conductor to begin;Ringing of the ears, a sound in the ears;Ring up, to rouse by the ringing of a bell. [A.S.hringan; cog. with Ice.hringja, to ring bells,hringla, to clink, Dan.ringle, to tinkle.]
Ringe, rinj,n.a whisk made of heather.
Ringent, rin′jent,adj.gaping.
Ringicula, rin-jik′ū-la,n.a genus of tectibranchiates.
Rink, ringk,n.the area where a race is run or games are played: a place artificially prepared for skating: a certain piece of ice marked off for curling—about 40 yards in length, and 9 in breadth. [Simply a variant ofring, a circle.]
Rinse, rins,v.t.to cleanse by introducing water: to cleanse with clean water.—ns.Rins′er;Rins′ing-machine′, in cotton manufacture, a series of tanks for cleansing. [O. Fr.rinser(Fr.rincer)—Ice.hreinsa; Ger. and Dut.rein, pure.]
Rinthereout, rin′thÄr-ÅÅt,n.(Scot.) a vagrant: a vagabond.
Rio,Riyo, rÄ-Å′,n.a Japanese ounce, esp. of silver: a tael.
Riot, rī′ot,n.uproar: tumult: a disturbance of the peace: excessive feasting: luxury.—v.i.to brawl: to raise an uproar: to run to excess in feasting, behaviour, &c.: to be highly excited: to throw into a tumult: to annoy.—ns.Rī′oter;Rī′oting;Rī′otise(Spens.), riot, extravagance.—adj.Rī′otous, engaging in riot: seditious: tumultuous: luxurious: wanton.—adv.Rī′otously.—ns.Rī′otousness;Rī′otry.—Riot Act, a statute designed to prevent riotous assemblies.—Run riot, to act without restraint or control. [Fr.riotte; ety. dub.]
Rip, rip,v.t.to divide by cutting or tearing: to cut open: to take out by cutting or tearing: to tear up for search or alteration: to explode, give vent to.—v.i.to break out violently.—v.t.to utter violently (without):—pr.p.rip′ping;pa.t.andpa.p.ripped.—n.a tear: a rent: a place torn: (slang) a vicious person: a worthless horse: a ripple. [Scand., Norw.ripa, to scratch; Ice.rÃfa, to rive.]
Rip, rip,n.(Scot.) a handful of grain not thrashed.
Riparian, rÄ«-pÄ′ri-an,adj.belonging to a river-bank: of animals, shore-loving.—adj.RipÄ′rial.—Riparian nations, nations possessing opposite banks of the same river;Riparian proprietor, an owner who has property in the soil to the centre of the stream;Riparian rights, the right of fishery belonging to the proprietor of a stream. [L.ripa, a river-bank.]
Ripe, rīp,adj.ready for harvest: arrived at perfection: fit for use: developed to the utmost: finished: ready: resembling ripe fruit: mature, as ripe judgment.—v.i.to grow ripe, to ripen.—v.t.(Shak.) to make ripe.—adv.Ripe′ly.—v.i.Rī′pen, to grow ripe: to approach or reach perfection.—v.t.to make ripe: to bring to perfection.—n.Ripe′ness. [A.S.ripe, conn. withrip, harvest; cog. with Dut.riip, Ger.reif; akin to A.S.ripan, to reap.]
Ripe, rīp,v.t.to search, to rummage. [Rip.]
Ripidolite, rÄ«-pid′Å-lÄ«t,n.the commonest member of the chlorite family of minerals.
Ripieno, ri-pyÄ′nÅ,adj.(mus.) supplementary.—n.a supplementary instrument or performer:—pl.Ripie′ni.—n.Ripienist(ri-pyÄ′nist),a supplementary instrumentalist. [It.]
Ripon,Rippon, rip′on,n.a spur. [Ripon, city.]
Riposte, ri-pÅst′,n.a quick short thrust in fencing: a repartee. [Fr.]
Ripper, rip′ėr,n.a tool used in shaping roof-slates: a ripping-tool: one who does his work well: a robber.
Ripper, rip′ėr,n.one who brings fish from the coast inland. [L.riparius.]
Ripper, rip′ėr,n.a fog-horn.
Ripple, rip′l,n.the light fretting of the surface of water: a little curling wave.—v.t.to cause a ripple in.—v.i.to curl on the surface, as running water.—ns.Ripp′le-barr′el, a drum used in theatres;Ripp′le-grass, the rib-grass;Ripp′le-mark, a mark produced on sand at the bottom by the gentle flow of water: (geol.) the mark left on a sea-beach by receding waves, and left impressed on the surface of rocks.—adj.Ripp′le-marked.—ns.Ripp′let, a small ripple: rippling: an eddy;Ripp′ling, an eddy caused by conflicting currents or tides—alsoadj.—adv.Ripp′lingly.—adj.Ripp′ly, rippling. [Variant of earlierrimple, A.S.hrimpan, to wrinkle, pa.p.hrumpen.]
Ripple, rip′l,v.t.to pluck the seeds from stalks of flax by drawing them through an iron comb.—n.the comb for rippling.—n.Ripp′ler, an apparatus for rippling flax. [Low Ger.repel,reppel, a ripple, hoe, Ger.riffel.]
Riprap, rip′rap,n.broken stones used for walls.
Ripsack, rip′sak,n.the Californian gray whale.
Rip-saw, rip′-saw,n.a hand-saw, with large but narrow-set teeth, for sawing timber lengthwise.
Ript=ripped. SeeRip.
Ripuarian, rip-Å«-Ä′ri-an,adj.riparian.
Risaldar, ris-al-där′,n.the native commander of a troop of cavalry in the British Indian army.—n.Ris′ala, a troop of native irregular cavalry.
Risban, ris′ban,n.a piece of ground upon which a fort is constructed for defence of a post. [Fr.,—Ger.rissbank.]
Risberm, ris-berm′,n.a glacis in jetties to withstand the violence of the sea.
Rise, rÄ«z,v.i.to move from a lower to a higher position: to stand up: to ascend: to grow upward: to swell in quantity or extent: to take an upright position: to leave the place of rest: to tower up: to appear above the horizon: to break forth: to appear: to have its source: to increase in size, value, &c.: to become excited or hostile: to break forth into commotion or insurrection: to increase in rank, fortune, or fame: to be promoted: to be perceptible to other senses: to excavate upward: to come to mind: to close a session: (B.) to ascend from the grave:—pa.t.rÅse;pa.p.risen(riz′n).—n.act of rising: ascent: degree of elevation: a steep: origin: increase: (archit.) the upright piece of a step from tread to tread: (mining) a shaft excavated from below: (mus.) elevation of the voice.—n.Rī′ser, a rebel: one who, or that which, rises.—Rise from the ranks, to win a commission;Rise to the occasion, to be equal to an emergency.—Take a rise out of, to take the conceit out of a person by making him ridiculous. [A.S.rÃsan; Ice.rÃsa, Goth.reisan, Ger.reisen.]
Rise, rÄ«s,n.a twig, a small bush.—ns.Rise′bush, a faggot;Rī′sel, a support for a climbing vine;Rise′-wood, small wood cut for hedging. [A.S.hrÃs; Ger.reis.]
Rishi, rish′i,n.a sage or poet, the author of a Vedic hymn.—The seven rishis, the stars of the Great Bear. [Sans.]
Risible, riz′i-bl,adj.capable of exciting laughter: laughable: amusing.—ns.Risibil′ity, quality of being risible;Ris′ibleness.—adv.Ris′ibly. [L.risibilis—ridēre,risum, to laugh.]
Rising, rī′zing,n.act of rising: a revolt: resurrection: the quantity of dough set to rise at one time: (B.) a tumour.—adj.increasing in importance: advancing: approaching a specified amount, as rising three years old.—ns.Rī′sing-lark, the skylark;Rī′sing-line, a line drawn to determine the sweep of the floor-heads throughout the ship's length;Rī′sing-main, the column of pumps in a mine through which water is lifted to the surface;Rī′sing-seat, in a Friends' meeting, that occupied by ministers and elders.
Risk, risk,n.hazard: chance of loss or injury.—v.t.to expose to hazard: to venture, to take the chance of.—n.Risk′er, one who risks.—adj.Risk′y, dangerous: venturesome.—Run a risk, to incur hazard. [Fr.risque(It.risico)—Sp.risco, a rock—L.resecÄre, to cut off—re-, off,secÄre, to cut.]
Risley, riz′li,n.a Risley performer is an acrobat who lies on his back and carries burdens on his feet.
Risorial, rÄ«-sÅ′ri-al,adj.risible, causing laughter.—n.RisÅ′rius, the laughing muscle. [Risible.]
Risotto, ri-zot′tÅ,n.a stew of onions, butter, rice. [It.]
Risp, risp,v.t.(Scot.) to rasp.
Risp, risp,n.a branch, green stalks.
Rissa, ris′a,n.the genus of birds including the kittiwakes.
Rissole, ris′Ål,n.fish or meat minced and fried with bread-crumbs and egg. [Fr.]
Ristori, ris-tÅ′ri,n.a woman's loose open jacket—from MadameRistori, the famous actress.
Risus, rī′sus,n.a laugh: a grin. [L.]
Rit, rit,v.t.(Scot.) to strike.—n.a scratch, tear, &c. [Dut.ritten, to tear.]
Ritardando, rÄ“-tar-dan′dÅ,adj.(mus.) diminishing in speed. [It.]
Rite, rīt,n.a religious usage or ceremony.—adv.Rite′ly, with due rites.—Ambrosian rite, the Ambrosian office and liturgy;Mozarabic rite(seeMozarabic). [L.ritus.]
Rithe, rÄ«th,n.(prov.) a small stream. [A.S.rÃth.]
Ritornelle, rē-tor-nel′,n.(mus.) an instrumental prelude belonging to a vocal work.—AlsoRitornel′lo. [It.]
Ritter, rit′ėr,n.a knight.—n.Ritt′-mas′ter, a captain of cavalry. [Ger.ritter.]
Rittock, rit′ok,n.the common tern.—AlsoRÃpp′ock.
Ritual, rit′ū-al,adj.consisting of or prescribing rites.—n.manner of performing divine service, or a book containing it: the body of rites employed in the church: the code of ceremonies observed by an organisation, as the ritual of the Freemasons.—ns.Rit′ūalism, systems of rituals or prescribed forms of religion: the observance of them: the name popularly given to the great increase of ceremonial and symbolism by means of special vestments, &c., in the Church of England since about 1860-65:Rit′ūalist, one skilled in or devoted to a ritual: one of the party devoted to ritualism in the Church of England.—adj.Ritūalist′ic, pertaining to the ritual.—adv.Rit′ūally. [L.ritualis; cf.Rite.]
Riva, rī′va,n.a rift or cleft. [Ice.rifa.]
Rivage, riv′Äj,n.a bank, shore. [Fr.,—L.ripa, a bank.]
Rival, rī′val,n.one pursuing the same object as another: one who strives to equal or excel another: a competitor.—adj.having the same claims: standing in competition.—v.t.to stand in competition with: to try to gain the same object as another: to try to equal or excel:—pr.p.rī′valling;pa.t.andpa.p.rī′valled.—n.Rī′valess, a female rival.—adj.Rī′val-hÄt′ing, jealous.—v.i.Rī′valise, to enter into rivalry.—ns.Rival′ity(Shak.), rivalry, equality in rank or authority;Rī′valry, act of rivalling: competition: emulation;Rī′valship, emulation. [Fr.,—L.rivalis—rivus, a brook.]
Rive, rÄ«v,v.t.to tear asunder: to split: to pierce: to explode.—v.i.to be split asunder:—pa.t.rÄ«ved;pa.p.rÄ«ved,riv′en.—n.that which is torn. [Scand., Ice.rÃfa, to rive; Dut.rijven, Ger.reiben.]
Rive, rīv,n.a bank: shore.—v.i.to land.
Rivel, riv′el,v.t.to wrinkle. [A.S.rifian, to wrinkle.]
Riveling, riv′ling,n.a rough shoe once worn in Scotland: (obs.) a Scotchman. [A.S.rifeling.]
River, riv′ėr,n.a large running stream of water.—adj.Riv′erain, riparian.—ns.Riv′er-bank, the bank of a river;Riv′er-bÄs′in, the whole region drained by a river and its affluents;Riv′er-bed, the channel in which a river flows;Riv′er-birch, the red birch;Riv′er-bott′om, the alluvial land along the margin of a river;Riv′er-carp, the common carp;Riv′er-chub, the horny-head or jerker;Riv′er-course, the bed of a river;Riv′er-crab, a fresh-water crab;Riv′er-craft, small vessels which ply on rivers;Riv′er-cray′fish, a crayfish proper;Riv′er-dol′phin, a Gangetic dolphin;Riv′er-drag′on(Milt.), a crocodile;Riv′er-duck, a fresh-water duck;Riv′eret,Riv′erling, a small river;Riv′er-flat, alluvial land along a river;Riv′er-god, the tutelary deity of a river;Riv′er-head, the spring of a river;Riv′er-hog, the capybara;Riv′er-horse, the hippopotamus.—adj.Riv′erine, pertaining to, or resembling, a river.—ns.Riv′er-jack, the common water-snake of Europe;Riv′er-man, one who makes his livelihood by dragging the river for sunken goods;River-muss′el, a fresh-water mussel;Riv′er-ott′er, the common European otter;Riv′er-perch, a Californian surf-fish;Riv′er-pie, the water-ousel;Riv′er-shore, the shore or bank of a river;Riv′er-side, the bank of a river;Riv′er-smelt, the gudgeon;Riv′er-snail, a pond snail;Riv′er-swall′ow, the sand-martin;Riv′er-tide, the tide from the sea rising or ebbing in a river;Riv′er-tor′toise, a soft-shelled turtle;Riv′er-wall, a wall made to confine the waters of a river within definite bounds.—adj.Riv′ery, pertaining to rivers, like rivers. [Fr.rivière(It.riviera, shore, river)—Low L.riparia, a shore district—L.ripa, a bank.]
Rivesaltes, rēv′salt,n.a sweet wine made from Muscat grapes. [Rivésaltesin southern France.]
Rivet, riv′et,n.bearded wheat.
Rivets.
Rivet, riv′et,n.a bolt of metal fastened by being hammered at both ends.—v.t.to fasten with a rivet: to make firm or immovable:—pr.p.riv′eting;pa.t.andpa.p.riv′eted.—ns.Riv′et-cut′ter, a tool for cutting off the ends of rivets;Riv′eter,Riv′etter;Riv′et-hearth, a light portable furnace for heating rivets;Riv′eting;Riv′eting-hamm′er;Riv′eting-machine′, a power-machine for forcing hot rivets into position in metal-work, and heading them;Riv′eting-set, a hollow-faced punch for swaging rivet-heads;Riv′et-knob, a tool for swaging rivet-heads;Riv′et-machine′, a machine for making rivets from rod-iron. [O. Fr.rivet; acc. to Diez from the root of Ice.rÃfa, Dan.rive, Ger.reiben, Eng.rive.]
Rivière, rÄ“-viÄr,n.a necklace of precious stones, particularly diamonds. [Fr.]
Rivina, ri-vī′na,n.a genus of apetalous plants, the pokeweed family.
Riving, rī′ving,n.the act of separating.—ns.Ri′ving-knife, a tool for splitting shingles;Rī′ving-machine′, a machine for splitting wood for hoops.
Rivo, rī′vÅ,interj.(Shak.) a drinking cry.
Rivose, rī′vÅs,adj.furrowed. [L.rivus, a stream.]
Rivularia, riv-Å«-lÄ′ri-a,n.a genus of fresh-water algæ.
Rivulet, riv′ū-let,n.a small stream, brook: a geometrid moth.—adj.Riv′ūlose(bot.), marked with irregular lines. [L.rivulus—rivus, a stream.]
Rix-dollar, riks′-dol′ar,n.the rigs-daler of Denmark, &c.
Rixy, rik′si,n.(prov.) the sea-swallow.
Rixy, rik′si,adj.quarrelsome.—n.RixÄ′tion, a brawl. [Fr.rixe—L.rixa, a quarrel.]
Rizom, riz′om,n.a plume, as of oats.—adj.Riz′omed(her.), having grains, as an oat-stalk.
Rizzer, riz′ėr,v.t.(Scot.) to dry in the sun.—n.a rizzered haddock.
Rizzer, riz′ėr,n.(Scot.) a red currant.
Rizzle, riz′l,v.t.(prov.) to roast imperfectly.
Rizzle, riz′l,v.i.(prov.) to creep, as ivy.
Roach, rÅch,n.a silvery fresh-water fish: a concave curve in the foot of a square sail.—v.t.to arch: to cut short. [O. Fr.roche—Teut.; Ger.roche.]
Roach, rÅch,n.a rock: refuse gritty stone.—As sound as a roach, perfectly sound.
Road, rÅd,n.a highway for traffic: (B.) a plundering excursion.—ns.Road,Road′stead,Roads, a place where ships ride at anchor;Road′-Äg′ent, a highwayman: a commercial traveller;Road′-bed, the bed or foundation of a road: the whole superstructure thereon;Road′-book, a guide-book;Road′-car, a kind of omnibus;Road′-harr′ow, a machine for dragging over roads out of repair;Road′ing, the act of running races with teams;Road′-lev′el, aplumb-levelused in the construction of roads;Road′-locomÅ′tive, a road-steamer;Road′-machine′, a scraper used in road-making;Road′man,Roads′man, one who keeps a road in repair;Road′-met′al, broken stones for roads;Road′-roll′er, a heavy roller used on a macadamised road;Road′-run′ner, a large ground-cuckoo;Road′-scrÄp′er, an implement for levelling roads and clearing them of loose stones, &c.;Road′side, footpath: wayside;Road′stead, a place near a shore where vessels may anchor;Road′-steam′er, a locomotive with broad wheels for roads;Road′ster, a horse for driving or riding on the road: a coach-driver: a bicycle, or tricycle;Road′-survey′or, one who supervises roads;Road′way, the way or part of a road or street travelled by carriages;Road′-weed, a plant of the genus Plantago.—adj.Road′worthy, fit for the road.—By the road, by the highway;On the road, travelling;Rule of the road, the custom of the country in passing on a highway;Take to the road, to become a highwayman. [A.S.rád, a riding—rád, pa.t. ofrÃdan, to ride.]
Roam, rÅm,v.i.to rove about: to ramble.—v.t.to wander over: to range.—n.Roam′er, a wanderer. [M. E.romen,ramen; allied to A.S.á-rǽman, to spread out, Old High Ger.rÄman,rÄmen, to direct one's course; the meaning influenced by M. E.Rome-rennere, a pilgrim.]
Roan, rÅn,adj.having a bay or dark colour, with spots of gray and white: of a mixed colour, with a decided shade of red.—n.a roan colour: a roan horse: grained sheepskin leather. [O. Fr.roan(Fr.rouan)—Low L.rufanus—L.rufus, red.]
Roan-tree, rÅn′-trÄ“. SeeRowan.
Roar, rÅr,v.i.to utter a full, loud sound: to bellow, as a beast: to cry aloud: to bawl: to guffaw.—n.a full, loud sound: the cry of a beast: an outcry of mirth, esp. of laughter.—ns.Roar′er;Roar′ing, act or sound of roaring: a disease of horses causing them to roar in breathing.—adv.Roar′ingly.—Roaring boys, swaggerers;Roaring forties, the stormy tract between 49° and 50° N. latitude;Roaring game, curling. [A.S.rárian; Mid. High Ger.rÄ“ran, Ger.röhren, to cry as a stag, to bellow.]
Roast, rÅst,v.t.to cook before a fire, or in an oven: to expose a person to ridicule: to parch by exposure to heat: to heat to excess: to dissipate the volatile parts of by heat.—n.that which is roasted.—ns.Roas′ter, anything suitable for roasting: a furnace used in making ball soda;Roas′ter-slag, slag from the fifth stage of copper-smelting;Roas′ting;Roas′ting-cyl′inder, a furnace for roasting ore;Roas′ting-ear, an ear of maize fit for roasting;Roas′ting-jack, an apparatus for turning the spit on which meat is roasted;Roas′ting-kiln;Roas′ting-ov′en;Roast′-ī′ron, a gridiron.—Roastbeef plant, an iris of Western Europe.—Rule the roast, to domineer. [A.S.róstian; cog. with Dut.roosten, Ger.rösten; or O. Fr.rostir(Fr.rôtir)—Old High Ger.rÅstan; or Celt., as Gael.rost, W.rhostio, Bret.rosta, all meaning to roast.]
Rob, rob,v.t.to take away from by force or theft: to plunder: to steal: to deprive: (B.) to withhold what is due.—v.i.to commit robbery:—pr.p.rob′bing;pa.t.andpa.p.robbed.—ns.Rob′ber, one who robs;Rob′ber-coun′cil(Latrocinium Ephesinum), the council which met at Ephesus in August 449, under the presidency of Dioscurus, whose horde of fanatical monks by sheer violence carried the restoration of Eutyches—its resolutions were annulled at Chalcedon in 451;Rob′ber-crab, a hermit-crab;Rob′ber-fly, any dipterous insect of the familyAsilidæ;Rob′ber-gull, the skua;Rob′bery, theft from the person, aggravated by violence or intimidation: plundering.—Robbing Peter to pay Paul, paying and repaying out of the same fund: taking what is due to one to pay another. [O. Fr.rober—Old High Ger.roubÅn, Ger.rauben.]
Rob, rob,n.the juice of ripe fruit mixed with honey or sugar. [Fr.,—Sp.,—Ar.robb, purified syrup of boiled fruit.]
Robalo, rob′a-lÅ,n.a fish of the genusCentropomus. [Sp.,—L.labrus—Gr.labrax.]
Robbin, rob′in,n.a short piece of spun-yarn to fasten the head of a sail: the spring of a carriage: the package in which spices, &c., are exported from the East Indies.
Robe, rÅb,n.a gown or outer garment: a dress of dignity or state: a rich dress: a dressed skin: the largest and strongest tobacco-leaves: the early form of the chasuble.—v.t.to dress, clothe.—v.i.to assume official vestments.—ns.Robe′-de-cham′bre, a dressing-gown;Robe′-mÄk′er, a maker of official robes;Rob′ing, the act of putting on ceremonious apparel: a trimming on women's garments;Rob′ing-room, a room in which those wearing official robes, as lawyers, &c., put them on.—Master of the robes, an officer having the charge of the sovereign's robes;The robe, orThe long robe, the legal profession. [Fr.robe,robbe; from Old High Ger.raup(Ger.raub), booty.]
Roberd, rob′ėrd,n.the chaffinch.
Robertsman, rob′ėrts-man,n.a stout robber.—AlsoRob′erdsman.
Robin, rob′in,n.theRob′in-red′breast, a well-known and widely-spread singing bird of the familySylviidæ, with a reddish-orange breast: the red-breasted thrush of North America: the sea-robin or red-breasted merganser: a trimming in front of a dress.—ns.Rob′in-breast, the robin-snipe;Rob′in-dip′per, the buffle-headed duck;Rob′inet, a chaffinch: a little robin: a tap;Rob′in-Good′fellow, the English name of a domestic spirit or brownie, described as the offspring of a woman and Oberon, king of the fairies: an elf or fairy generally, Puck;Rob′in-run-in-the-hedge, the ground-ivy: the bed-straw;Rob′in-snipe, the red-breasted sandpiper;Rob′in's-rye, the hair-cap moss. [A familiar form ofRobert; cf.Jack-daw,Mag-pie.]
Robinia, rÅ-bin′i-a,n.a genus of leguminous trees and shrubs—theLocust-tree, theFalse Acacia,Thorn Acacia, often simply Acacia. [From the Paris gardener JeanRobin(1550-1629).]
Roble, rÅ′bl,n.one of the white oaks of California. [Sp.,—L.robur, oak.]
Roborant, rob′or-ant,adj.giving strength.—n.a strengthening medicine.—adj.RobÅ′reous, like oak, strong. [L.roborÄre, to strengthen.]
Roburite, rob′ū-rīt,n.a flameless explosive, composed of chlorinated dinitro-benzene mixed with sufficient ammonium nitrate to completely oxidise it.
Robust, rÅ-bust′,adj.of great strength or vigour: requiring strength: rude, rough.—adj.Robust′ious(Milt.), violent, rough.—adv.Robust′iously.—n.Robust′iousness.—adv.Robust′ly.—n.Robust′ness. [Fr.,—L.robustus—robur, oak.]
Roc, rok,n.an immense fabulous bird, able to carry off an elephant—alsoRok,Ruc,Rukh.—Roc's egg, a mare's nest. [Pers.rukh.]
Rocaille, rÅ-kal′-ye,n.a scroll ornament of the eighteenth century.
Rocambole, rok′am-bÅl,n.a plant of the same genus with garlic, onion, leek, &c., long cultivated in kitchen-gardens.—AlsoRok′ambole.
Roccella, rok-sel′a,n.a genus of parmeliaceous lichens, yielding dyers' archil or orchil.—adjs.Roccel′lic,Roccel′line. [Cf.Archil.]
Roccus, rok′us,n.a genus of serranoid fishes, including the rock-fish or striped bass of the United States.
Rochea, rÅ′kÄ“-a,n.a genus of plants of the orderCrassulaceæ. [From the botanistLaroche.]
Rochelle-powder, rÅ-shel′-pow′dÄ—r,n.seidlitz-powder.—n.Rochelle′-salt, the popular name of the tartrate of soda and potash discovered in 1672 by aRochelleapothecary named Seignette.
Rochet, roch′et,n.a close-fitting fine linen or lawn vestment proper to bishops and abbots: a mantlet worn by the peers of England during ceremonies. [O. Fr., dim. of Low L.roccus—Old High Ger.roch(A.S.rocc, Ger.rock), a coat.]
Roches moutonnées, rosh mÅÅ-to-nÄ,n.pl.smooth, rounded, hummocky bosses and undulating surfaces of rock, common in regions overflowed by glacier-ice. [Fr.,roche, a rock,moutonnée, masc.moutonné, rounded like a sheep's back.]
Rock, rok,n.a large mass of stone: (geol.) a natural deposit of sand, earth, or clay: that which has the firmness of a rock, foundation, support, defence: (Scot.) a distaff: a hard sweetmeat.—v.t.to throw stones at.—ns.Rock′-al′um, alum stone;Rock′-away, a four-wheeled North American pleasure-carriage;Rock′-bad′ger, a ground-squirrel of North America;Rock′-bÄs′in, a lacustrine hollow in a rock, excavated by glacier-ice;Rock′-bass, a centrarchoid fish, the goggle-eye;Rock′-bird, a cock of the rock.—adj.Rock′-bound, hemmed in by rocks.—ns.Rock′-break′er, a machine for breaking stones for road-metal;Rock′-butt′er, an impure alum efflorescence of a butter-like consistency found oozing from some alum slates;Rock′-can′dy, pure sugar in large crystals: candy-sugar;Rock′-cist, a plant of the genusHelianthemum;Rock′-cook, the small-mouthed wrasse;Rock′-cork, mountain cork, a variety of asbestos;Rock′-crab, a crab found at rocky sea-bottoms.—adj.Rock′-crowned, surmounted with rocks.—ns.Rock′-crys′tal, the finest and purest quartz, the name being generally applied, however, only to crystals in which the six-sided prism is well developed;Rock′-dol′phin, the sea-scorpion;Rock′-dove, the rock-pigeon or blue-rock;Rock′-drill, a machine-drill worked by steam, &c.;Rock′-eel, a fish of the familyXiphidiontidæ;Rock′-elm, an American elm;Rock′er, the rock-dove;Rock′ery,Rock′work, a mound made with pieces of rock, earth, &c. for the cultivation of ferns, &c.;Rock′-fē′ver, intermittent fever;Rock′-fire, in pyrotechny, a composition of resin, sulphur, nitre, regulus of antimony, and turpentine, burning slowly;Rock′-fish, a name applied to various different varieties of wrasse, the striped bass, black goby, &c.;Rock′-goat, an ibex;Rock′-hawk, the merlin;Rock′-head, bed-rock;Rock′-hop′per, a curl-crested penguin;Rock′ie(Scot.), the rock-lintie or twite;Rock′iness;Rock′-leath′er, rock-cork;Rock′-lil′y, a tropical American cryptogamous plant: a white-flowered Australian orchid;Rock′-lim′pet, a limpet which adheres to rocks;Rock′ling, a genus of fishes of the cod familyGadidæ, of which several species frequent the British seas;Rock′-lin′tie(Scot.), the twite: theRock′-lark;Rock′-man′ikin, a rock-bird;Rock′-moss, lichen which yields archil;Rock′-oil, petroleum;Rock′-ou′sel, the ring-ousel;Rock′-oys′ter, an oyster-like bivalve;Rock′-pi′geon, a pigeon inhabiting rocks and caves: the sand-pigeon;Rock′-pip′it, the British tit-lark.—n.pl.Rock′-plants, a term applied in gardening to a very miscellaneous group of plants which by their habit of growth are adapted to adorn rockeries.—ns.Rock′-plov′er, the rock-snipe;Rock′-rabb′it, a hyrax;Rock′-rose, a plant of either of the generaCistusandHelianthemumof the rock-rose family (Cistaceæ);Rock′-ru′by, a ruby-red garnet;Rock′-salm′on, the coal-fish: an amber-fish;Rock′-salt, salt in solid form;Rock′-ser′pent, a venomous Indian serpent, allied to the cobra;Rock′-slÄt′er, a wood-louse;Rock′-snake, a python or anaconda;Rock′-snipe, the purple sandpiper;Rock′-soap, a deep-black mineral used for crayons, consisting of silica, alumina, peroxide of iron, and water;Rock′-sparr′ow, a finch: the ring-sparrow;Rock′-star′ling, the rock-ousel;Rock′-swift, the white-throated rock-swift of North America;Rock′-tar, petroleum;Rock′-tem′ple, a temple hewn out of the solid rock;Rock′-thrush, any bird of the genusMonticolaorPetrocincla;Rock′-tripe, lichens of the genusUmbilicaria;Rock′-trout, the common American brook-trout: sea-trout;Rock′-vī′olet, an alga growing on moist rocks in the Alps;Rock′-war′bler, a small Australian bird;Rock′-win′kle, a periwinkle;Rock′-wood, ligniform asbestos;Rock′work(archit.), masonry in imitation of masses of rock: a rockery;Rock′-wren, a wren which frequents rocks.—adj.Rock′y, full of rocks: resembling a rock: hard: unfeeling. [O. Fr.roke, roche; prob. Celt., as in Gael.roc, W.rhwg, a projection.]
Rock, rok,n.a distaff.—n.Rock′ing, an evening party in the country. [Ice.rokkr; Ger.rocken.]
Rock, rok,v.t.to move backward and forward: to lull or quiet.—v.i.to be moved backward and forward, to reel.—ns.Rock′er, the curved support on which a cradle or rocking-chair rocks: a rocking-horse or chair: a mining cradle;Rock′-cam, a cam keyed to a rock-shaft;Rock′ing, a swaying backward and forward: the abrading of a copper plate with a rocker, preparatory to mezzo-tinting: the motion by which the design on a steel mill is transferred to a copper cylinder;Rock′ing-beam, an oscillating beam in an automatic transmitter;Rock′ing-chair, a chair mounted on rockers;Rock′ing-horse, the figure of a horse, of wood or other material, mounted on rockers for children: a hobby-horse;Rock′ing-pier, a pier fastened by a movable joint so as to allow it to rock slightly;Rock′ing-stone, a logan, or large mass of rock so finely poised as to move backward and forward with the slightest impulse;Rock′ing-tree, in weaving, the axle from which the lay of a loom is suspended;Rock′-shaft, in steam-engines, a shaft that oscillates instead of revolving.—adj.Rock′y, disposed to rock: tipsy. [A.S.roccian; cf. Dan.rokke, to rock, Ger.rücken, to pull.]
Rockel, rok′el,n.(prov.) a woman's cloak.
Rocket, rok′et,n.a firework which is projected through the air, used for making signals in war, and for saving life at sea by conveying a line over a stranded vessel.—v.i.to fly straight up rapidly when flushed.—ns.Rock′et-case, a case for holding the materials of a rocket;Rock′eter. [Old It.rocchetto; of Teut. origin. Cf.Rock, a distaff.]
Rocket, rok′et,n.any one of several ornamental Old World herbs of the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family. [O. Fr.roquette—L.eruca, cole-wort.]
Rococo, rÅ-kÅ′kÅ,n.a debased style of architecture and decoration in the 18th century, marked by endless multiplication of ornamental details. [Fr., prob. from Fr.rocaille, rockwork.]
Rocta, rok′ta,n.a medieval musical instrument, resembling the violin.
Rod, rod,n.a long twig: a slender stick: anything long and slender, as a magic rod, a lightning-rod, a fishing-rod, &c.: an instrument of correction: an emblem of power or authority: a pole or perch (5½ yards, or 16½ feet)—the square rod, generally called rood, is employed in estimating masonry-work, and contains 16½ × 16½, or 272¼ sq. feet: (fig.) punishment: authority: oppression: (B.) race or tribe: one of the layers of rods composing the retina of the eye: any bar connecting parts of a machine.—v.t.to furnish with rods, esp. lightning-rods.—ns.Rod′-fish′er;Rod′-fish′ing, fly-fishing: angling;Rod′-line, a fishing-line not wound on a reel;Rod′-machine′, in wood-working, a machine for cutting cylindrical sticks such as broom-handles;Rod′-ring, one of the rings along a fishing-rod through which the line runs;Rod′ster, an angler.—Napier's rods(seeNapierian). [A.S.ród; Dut.roede, Ger.ruthe; L.rudis.]
Roddin, rod′in,n.(Scot.) rowan-tree.
Rode, rÅd,pa.t.of ride.
Rode, rÅd,n.(Spens.) a raid, an incursion: also, a roadstead. [Road.]
Rodent, rÅ′dent,adj.gnawing: belonging to theRodentia.—n.a rodent mammal.—n.pl.Roden′tia, an order of mammals including squirrels, beavers, rats, rabbits, &c. [L.rodÄ•re, to gnaw.]
Rodeo, rÅ-dÄ′Å,n.a gathering of cattle to be branded. [Sp.,rodar, to go round—L.rotÄre, to wheel.]
Rodge, roj,n.(prov.) the gray duck.—AlsoRadge.
Rodomel, rod′Å-mel,n.the juice of roses mixed with honey. [Gr.rhodon, rose,meli, honey.]
Rodomontade, rod-Å-mon-tÄd′,n.vain boasting, like that ofRodomontein theOrlando Furiosoof Ariosto (earlierRod′omont).—v.i.to bluster or brag.—ns.RodomontÄ′dist,RodomontÄ′do(obs.).
Roe, rÅ,n.the eggs or spawn of fishes: a mottled appearance in wood, esp. mahogany.—adj.Roed, containing roe. [Ice.hrogn; Ger.rogen.]
Roe, rÅ,n.a species of deer, smaller than the fallow-deer: also the female of the hart.—ns.Roe′buck, the male of the roe, having usually one front antler and two hinder ones;Roe′buck-berr′y, the stone-bramble;Roe′-deer, a roebuck or roe. [A.S.ráh; Ger.reh, Dut.ree.]
Roe-stone, rÅ′-stÅn,n.the same asOolite(q.v.).
Rog, rog,v.t.(obs.) to shake.
Rogation, rÅ-gÄ′shun,n.an asking: supplication.—n.pl.RogÄ′tion-days, the three days before the festival of Ascension, the Litany being anciently recited in procession then.—ns.RogÄ′tion-flow′er, the milk-wort;RogÄ′tion-Sun′day, that before Ascension-day;RogÄ′tion-week, the week in which the rogation-days occur.—adj.Rog′atory. [L.,—rogÄre, to ask.]
Roger, roj′ėr,n.(prov.) ram: a rogue.—(Sir) Roger-de-Coverley, an English country-dance.
Roggan, rog′an,n.(prov.) a rocking-stone.
Roggenstein, rog′en-stīn,n.a kind of oolite in which the grains are cemented by argillaceous matter. [Ger.,roggen, rye,stein, stone.]