Defn: To demand back; to demand again.
REDEMANDRe`de*mand", n.
Defn: A demanding back; a second or renewed demand.
REDEMISERe`de*mise" (-mz"), v. t.
Defn: To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate.
REDEMISERe`de*mise", n. (Law)
Defn: The transfer of an estate back to the person who demised it; reconveyance; as, the demise and redemise of an estate. See under Demise.
REDEMONSTRATERe*dem"on*strate (r*dm"n*strt or r`d*mn"-strt), v. t.
Defn: To demonstrate again, or anew. Every truth of morals must be redemonstrated in the experience of the individual man before he is capable of utilizing it as a constituent of character or a guide in action. Lowell.
REDEMPTIBLERe*demp"ti*ble (r*dmp"t*b'l), a.
Defn: Redeemable.
RE-DEMPTIONRe-demp"tion (-shn), n. Etym: [F. rédemption, L. redemptio. SeeRedeem, and cf. Ransom.]
Defn: The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo. Specifically: (a) (Law) The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and reëntering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity. (b) (Com.) Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder. (c) (Theol.) The procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. In whom we have redemption through his blood. Eph. i. 7.
REDEMPTIONARYRe*demp"tion*a*ry (-*r), n.
Defn: One who is, or may be, redeemed. [R.] Hakluyt.
REDEMPTIONERRe*demp"tion*er (-r), n.
1. One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude.
2. Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage.
REDEMPTIONISTRe*demp"tion*ist, n. (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: A monk of an order founded in 1197; — so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.
REDEMPTIVERe*demp"tive (-tv), a.
Defn: Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.
REDEMPTORIST Re*demp"tor*ist (-tr*st), n. Etym: [F. rédemptoriste, fr. L. redemptor redeemer, from redinere. See Redeem.] (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth.
REDEMPTORYRe*demp"to*ry (-t*r), a.
Defn: Paid for ransom; serving to redeem. "Hector's redemptory price." Chapman.
REDEMPTURERe*demp"ture (-tr; 135), n.
Defn: Redemption. [Obs.]
REDENTEDRe*dent"ed (r*dnt"d), a. Etym: [From OF. redent. See Redan.]
Defn: Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
REDEPOSITRe`de*pos"it (r`d*pz"t), v. t.
Defn: To deposit again.
REDESCEND Re`de*scend" (-snd"), v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + descend: cf. F. redescendre.]
Defn: To descend again. Howell.
REDEVELOPRe`de*vel"op, v. t. & i.
Defn: To develop again; specif. (Photog.),
Defn: to intensify (a developed image), as by bleaching with mercuric chloride and subsequently subjecting anew to a developing agent. — Re`de*vel"op*er (#), n. —Re`de*vel"op*ment (#), n.
REDEYE Red"eye` (rd"`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The rudd. (b) Same as Redfish. (d). (c) The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. [Local, U.S.]
REDFINRed"fin` (-fn`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.
REDFINCHRed"finch` (-fînch`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European linnet.
REDFISH Red"fish` (rêd"fîsh`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; — called also nerka. See Blueback. (b). (b) The rosefish. (c) A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); — called also fathead. (d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.
RED-GUM Red"-gum` (-gm`), n. Etym: [OE. reed gounde; AS. reád red + gund matter, pus.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus. Good.
2. A name of rust on grain. See Rust.
RED-HAND; RED-HANDEDRed"-hand` (rd"hnd`), Red"-hand`ed (-hnd`d), a. or adv.
Defn: Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; — said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.
REDHEADRed"head` (-hd`), n.
1. A person having red hair.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard. (b) The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine.
REDHIBITIONRed`hi*bi"tion (rd`h*bsh"n), n. Etym: [L. redhibitio a taking back.](Civil Law)
Defn: The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect.
REDHIBITORYRed*hib"i*to*ry (rd*hb"*t*r), a. Etym: [L. redhibitorius.] (CivilLaw)
Defn: Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault.
REDHOOPRed"hoop` (rd"hp`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The male of the European bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
REDHORNRed"horn` (-hrn`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennæ are usually red.
RED-HOTRed"-hot` (-ht`), a.
Defn: Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical. Shak.
REDIA Re"di*a (r"d*), n.; pl. L. Rediæ (-e), E. Redias (-. Etym: [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediæ, or else cercariæ within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
REDIENT Re"di*ent (r"d-ent), a. Etym: [L. rediens, p. pr. of redire to return; pref. red- + ire to go.]
Defn: Returning. [R.]
REDIF Re*dif", n. [Turk. redif, fr. radif, orig., he who rides behind another on the same beast, fr. radaf to follow.]
Defn: A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve. See Army organization, above.
REDIGESTRe`di*gest" (r`d*jst"), v. t.
Defn: To digest, or reduce to form, a second time. Kent.
REDIMINISHRe`di*min"ish (-mn"sh), v. t.
Defn: To diminish again.
REDINGOTERed"in*gote (rd"n*gt), n. Etym: [F., corrupted from E. reding coat.]
Defn: A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
REDINTEGRATE Re*din"te*grate (r*dn"t*grt), a. Etym: [L. redintegratus, p.p. of redintegrare to restore; pref. red-, re-, re- + integrare to make whole, to renew, fr. integer whole. See Integer.]
Defn: Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed. Bacon.
REDINTEGRATERe*din"te*grate (-grt), v. t.
Defn: To make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity orsoundness.The English nation seems obliterated. What could redintegrate usagain Coleridge.
REDINTEGRATIONRe*din`te*gra"tion (-gr"shn), n. Etym: [L. redintegratio.]
1. Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation. Dr. H. More.
2. (Chem.)
Defn: Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state. [Achaic.] Coxe.
3. (Psychology)
Defn: The law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental state tend to recall or suggest one another; — adopted by many philosophers to explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.
REDIRECTRe`di*rect" (r`d*rkt"), a. (Law)
Defn: Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.
REDISBURSERe`dis*burse" (r`ds*brs"), v. t.
Defn: To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back. Spenser.
REDISCOVERRe`dis*cov"er (-kv"r), v. t.
Defn: To discover again.
REDISPOSERe`dis*pose" (-pz"), v. t.
Defn: To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange. A. Baxter.
REDISSEIZERe`dis*seize" (-sz"), v. t. (Law)
Defn: To disseize anew, or a second time. [Written also redisseise.]
REDISSEIZINRe`dis*sei"zin (-s"zn), n. (Law)
Defn: A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case. Blackstone.
REDISSEIZORRe`dis*sei"zor (-zr), n. (Law)
Defn: One who redisseizes.
REDISSOLVERe`dis*solve" (r`dz*zlv"), v. t.
Defn: To dissolve again.
REDISTILLRe`dis*till" (r`ds*tl"), v. t.
Defn: To distill again.
REDISTRAINERRe`dis*train"er (-trn"r), n.
Defn: One who distrains again.
REDISTRIBUTERe`dis*trib"ute (-trb"t), v. t.
Defn: To distribute again.— Re*dis`tri*bu"tion (-tr, n.
REDISTRICTRe*dis"trict (-trkt), v. t.
Defn: To divide into new districts.
REDITIONRe*di"tion (r*dsh"n), n. Etym: [L. reditio, fr. redire. See Redient.]
Defn: Act of returning; return. [Obs.] Chapman.
REDIVIDERe`di*vide" (r`d*vd"), v. t.
Defn: To divide anew.
REDIVIVUSRed`i*vi"vus, a. [L., fr. pref. red-, re-, re- + vivus alive.]
Defn: Living again; revived; restored.
REDLEG; REDLEGS Red"leg` (rd"lg`), Red`legs` (-lgz`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The redshank. (b) The turnstone.
RED-LETTERRed"-let`ter (-lt`tr), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters. Red- letter day, a day that is fortunate or auspicious; — so called in allusion to the custom of marking holy days, or saints' days, in the old calendars with red letters.
RED-LIGHT DISTRICTRed-light district.
Defn: A district or neighborhood in which disorderly resorts are frequent; — so called in allusion to the red light kept in front of many such resorts at night. [Colloq. or Cant]
REDLYRed"ly, adv.
Defn: In a red manner; with redness.
REDMOUTHRed"mouth` (-mouth`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Hæmulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.
REDNESSRed"ness, n. Etym: [AS. r. See Red.]
Defn: The quality or state of being red; red color.
REDOLENCE; REDOLENCYRed"o*lence, Red"o*len*cy, n.
Defn: The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.
REDOLENT Red"o*lent (-lent), a. Etym: [L. redolens, -entis, p. pr. of redolere to emit a scent, diffuse an odor; pref. red-, re-, re- + olere to emit a smell. See Odor.]
Defn: Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented;odorous; smelling; — usually followed by of. "Honey redolent ofspring." Dryden.— Red"o*lent*ly, adv.Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth. Gray.
REDOUBLE Re*dou"ble (r*db"'l), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + double: cf. F. redoubler. Cf. Reduplicate.]
Defn: To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply. So they Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. Shak. n. An optional bid made by the side currently holding the highest bid for the contract, after the opposing side has doubled. This bid increases the score for successfully making the contract, and increases the penalties for failing. The score or penalty depends on the number of tricks over or under the contract, according to a defined schedule, and depending on the vulnerability of the side attempting the contract.
REDOUBLERe*dou"ble, v. i.
Defn: To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles.
REDOUBT Re*doubt" (r*dout"), n. Etym: [F. redoute, fem., It. ridotto, LL. reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. réduit, also fr. LL. reductus. See Reduce, and cf. Reduct, R, Ridotto.] (Fort.) (a) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, — used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory. (b) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin. [Written also redout.]
REDOUBTRe*doubt", v. t. Etym: [F. redouter, formerly also spelt redoubter;fr. L. pref. re- re- + dubitare to doubt, in LL., to fear. SeeDoubt.]
Defn: To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. [R.]
REDOUBTABLE Re*doubt"a*ble (-*b'l), a. Etym: [F. redoutable, formerly also spelt redoubtable.]
Defn: Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; — often in contempt or burlesque. [Written also redoutable.]
REDOUBTEDRe*doubt"ed, a.
Defn: Formidable; dread. "Some redoubled knight." Spenser.Lord regent, and redoubted Burgandy. Shak.
REDOUBTINGRe*doubt"ing, n.
Defn: Reverence; honor. [Obs.]In redoutyng of Mars and of his glory. Chaucer.
REDOUND Re*dound" (r*dound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Redounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Redounding.] Etym: [F. redonder, L. redundare; pref. red-, re-, re- + undare to rise in waves or surges, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate, and cf. Redundant.]
1. To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result. The evil, soon Driven back, redounded as a flood on those From whom it sprung. Milton. The honor done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it. Rogers. both . . . will devour great quantities of paper, there will no small use redound from them to that manufacture. Addison.
2. To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow. For every dram of honey therein found, A pound of gall doth over it redound. Spenser.
REDOUNDRe*dound", n.
1. The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital. We give you welcome; not without redound Of use and glory to yourselves ye come. Tennyson.
2. Rebound; reverberation. [R.] Codrington.
REDOWARed"ow*a (rd"*), n. Etym: [F., fr. Bohemian.]
Defn: A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use.
REDPOLERed"pole` (rd"pl`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Redpoll.
REDPOLL Red"poll` (-pl`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Ægiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet. (b) The common European linnet. (c) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).
REDRAFTRe*draft" (re*draft"), v. t.
Defn: To draft or draw anew.
REDRAFTRe*draft", n.
1. A second draft or copy.
2. (Com.)
Defn: A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges.
REDRAW Re*draw" (r*dr"), v. t. [imp. Redrew (-dr");p. p. Redrawn (-dr*n"); p. pr. & vb. n. Redrawing.]
Defn: To draw again; to make a second draft or copy of; to redraft.
REDRAWRe*draw", v. i. (Com.)
Defn: To draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or indorsers.
REDRESSRe*dress" (r*drs"), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + dress.]
Defn: To dress again.
REDRESS Re*dress" (r*drs"), v. t. Etym: [F. redresser to straighten; pref. re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. See Dress.]
1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [R.] The common profit could she redress. Chaucer. In yonder spring of roses intermixed With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. Milton. Your wish that I should redress a certain paper which you had prepared. A. Hamilton.
2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from. Those wrongs, those bitter injuries, . . . I doubt not but with honor to redress. Shak.
3. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. "'T is thine, O king! the afflicted to redress." Dryden. Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye Byron.
REDRESSRe*dress", n.
1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. [R.] Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves. Hooker.
2. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification. Shak. A few may complain without reason; but there is occasion for redress when the cry is universal. Davenant.
3. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser. Fair majesty, the refuge and redress Of those whom fate pursues and wants oppress. Dryden.
REDRESSALRe*dress"al (r*drs"al), n.
Defn: Redress.
REDRESSERRe*dress"er (-r), n.
Defn: One who redresses.
REDRESSIBLERe*dress"i*ble (-*b'l), a.
Defn: Such as may be redressed.
REDRESSIVERe*dress"ive (-v), a.
Defn: Tending to redress. Thomson.
REDRESSLESSRe*dress"less, a.
Defn: Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable.Sherwood.
REDRESSMENTRe*dress"ment (-ment), n. Etym: [Cf. F. redressement.]
Defn: The act of redressing; redress. Jefferson.
RED-RIBANDRed"-rib`and (rd"rb`and), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish.
REDROOTRed"root` (rd"rt`), n. (Bot.)
Defn: A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.
REDSEARRed`sear" (rd`sr"), v. i.
Defn: To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short. Moxon.
REDSHANKRed"shank` (rd"shnk`), n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) The fieldfare.
2. A bare-legged person; — a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. Spenser.
RED-SHORTRed"-short` (-shrt`), a. (Metal.)
Defn: Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; — said of certain kinds ofiron.— Red"-short`ness, n.
REDSKINRed"skin` (-skn`), n.
Defn: A common appellation for a North American Indian; — so called from the color of the skin. Cooper.
REDSTART Red"start` (-strt`), n. Etym: [Red + start tail.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; — called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India. (b) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches.
REDSTREAKRed"streak` (-strk`), n.
1. A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, — a favorite English cider apple. Mortimer.
2. Cider pressed from redstreak apples.
REDTAIL Red"tail` (-tl`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The red-tailed hawk. (b) The European redstart.
RED-TAILEDRed"-tailed` (-tld`), a.
Defn: Having a red tail. Red-tailed hawk (Zoöl.), a large NorthAmerican hawk (Buteo borealis). When adult its tail is chestnut red.Called also hen hawck, and red-tailed buzzard.
RED-TAPERed"-tape` (-tp`), a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a.
RED-TAPISMRed`-tap"ism (rd`tp"z'm), n.
Defn: Strict adherence to official formalities. J. C. Shairp.
RED-TAPISTRed`-tap"ist, n.
Defn: One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities. Ld. Lytton.
REDTHROATRed"throat` (rd"thrt`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholæmus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red.
REDTOPRed"top` (-tp`), n. (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the UnitedStates for pasturage and hay for cattle; — called also Englishgrass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration inAppendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides.
REDUBRe*dub" (r*db"), v. t. Etym: [F. radouber to refit or repair.]
Defn: To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay orrequite. [Obs.]It shall be good that you redub that negligence. Wyatt.God shall give power to redub it with some like requital to theFrench. Grafton.
REDUCE Re*duce" (re*dus"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reduced (-dust"),; p. pr. & vb. n. Reducing (-du"sîng).] Etym: [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red- . re-, re- + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. Redoubt, n.]
1. To bring or lead back to any former place or condition. [Obs.] And to his brother's house reduced his wife. Chapman. The sheep must of necessity be scattered, unless the great Shephered of souls oppose, or some of his delegates reduce and direct us. Evelyn.
2. To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to reduce a sergeant to the ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat. "An ancient but reduced family." Sir W. Scott. Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon something belonging to it, to reduce it. Tillotson. Having reduced Their foe to misery beneath their fears. Milton. Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced. Hawthorne.
3. To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture; as, to reduce a province or a fort.
4. To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc.; as, to reduce a substance to powder, or to a pasty mass; to reduce fruit, wood, or paper rags, to pulp. It were but right And equal to reduce me to my dust. Milton.
5. To bring into a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits of descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation; as, to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to reduce a series of observations in astronomy; to reduce language to rules.
6. (Arith.) (a) To change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or from one denomination into others of the same value; as, to reduce pounds, shillings, and pence to pence, or to reduce pence to pounds; to reduce days and hours to minutes, or minutes to days and hours. (b) To change the form of a quantity or expression without altering its value; as, to reduce fractions to their lowest terms, to a common denominator, etc.
7. (Chem.)
Defn: To bring to the metallic state by separating from impurities; hence, in general, to remove oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combine with, or to subject to the action of, hydrogen; as, ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; or metals are reduced from their ores; — opposed to Ant: oxidize.
8. (Med.)
Defn: To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia. Reduced iron (Chem.), metallic iron obtained through deoxidation of an oxide of iron by exposure to a current of hydrogen or other reducing agent. When hydrogen is used the product is called also iron by hydrogen. — To reduce an equation (Alg.), to bring the unknown quantity by itself on one side, and all the known quantities on the other side, without destroying the equation. — To reduce an expression (Alg.), to obtain an equivalent expression of simpler form. — To reduce a square (Mil.), to reform the line or column from the square.
Syn. — To diminish; lessen; decrease; abate; shorten; curtail; impair; lower; subject; subdue; subjugate; conquer.
REDUCEMENTRe*duce"ment (r*ds"ment), n.
Defn: Reduction. Milton.
REDUCENTRe*du"cent (r*d"sent), a. Etym: [L. reducens, p. pr. of reducere.]
Defn: Tending to reduce.— n.
Defn: A reducent agent.
REDUCERRe*du"cer (-sr), n.
Defn: One who, or that which, reduces.
REDUCIBLERe*du"ci*ble (-s*b'll), a.
Defn: Capable of being reduced.
REDUCIBLENESSRe*du"ci*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being reducible.
REDUCINGRe*du"cing (r*d"sng),
Defn: a & n. from Reduce. Reducing furnace (Metal.), a furnace for reducing ores. — Reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc., for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one. — Reducing valve, a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc., in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver.
REDUCTRe*duct" (r*dkt"), v. t.. Etym: [L.reductus, p. p. of reducere. SeeReduce.]
Defn: To reduce. [Obs.] W. Warde.
REDUCTIBILITYRe*duc`ti*bil"i*ty (r*dk`t*bl"*t), n.
Defn: The quality of being reducible; reducibleness.
REDUCTIONRe*duc"tion (r*dk"shn), n. Etym: [F. réduction, L. reductio. SeeReduce.]
1. The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province.
2. (Arith. & Alq.)
Defn: The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t.
3. (Astron.) (a) The correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc. (b) The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.
4. The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions. Fairholt.
5. (Logic)
Defn: The bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in the first figure.
6. (Chem. & Metal.)
Defn: The act, process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the reduction of aldehyde from alcohol.
7. (Med.)
Defn: The operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place. Reduction ascending (Arith.), the operation of changing numbers of a lower into others of a higher denomination, as cents to dollars. — Reduction descending (Arith.), the operation of changing numbers of a higher into others of a lower denomination, as dollars to cents.
Syn. — Diminution; decrease; abatement; curtailment; subjugation; conquest; subjection.
REDUCTIVERe*duc"tive (-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. réductif.]
Defn: Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.— n.
Defn: A reductive agent. Sir M. Hale.
REDUCTIVELYRe*duc"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: By reduction; by consequence.
REDUITRé`duit" (r`dw"), n. Etym: [F. See Redoubt, n. ] (Fort.)
Defn: A central or retired work within any other work.
REDUNDANCE; REDUNDANCY Re*dun"dance, Re*dun"dan*cy, n. Etym: [L. redundantia: cf. F. redondance.]
1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.
2. That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant. Labor . . . throws off redundacies. Addison.
3. (Law)
Defn: Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.
REDUNDANT Re*dun"dant (-dant), a. Etym: [L. redundans, -antis, p. pr. of redundare: cf. F. redondant. See Redound.]
1. Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food. Notwithstanding the redundant oil in fishes, they do not increase fat so much as flesh. Arbuthnot.
2. Using more worrds or images than are necessary or useful;pleonastic.Where an suthor is redundant, mark those paragraphs to be retrenched.I. Watts.
Syn. — Superfluous; superabundant; excessive; exuberant; overflowing; plentiful; copious.
REDUNDANTLYRe*dun"dant*ly (r*dn"dant*l), adv.
Defn: In a refundant manner.
REDUPLICATE Re*du"pli*cate (r*d"pl*kt), a. Etym: [Pref. re- + duplicate: cf. L. reduplicatus. Cf. Redouble.]
1. Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; — said of the
REDUPLICATERe*du"pli*cate (-kt), v. t. Etym: [Cf. LL. reduplicare.]
1. To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.
2. (Gram.)
Defn: To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). SeeReduplication,3.
REDUPLICATION Re*du`pli*ca"tion (-kshn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. réduplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.]
1. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
2. (Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.
3. (Philol.)
Defn: The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci.
REDUPLICATIVERe*du"pli*ca*tive (-k*tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. réduplicatif.]
Defn: Double; formed by reduplication; reduplicate. I. Watts.
REDUVIDRed"u*vid (rd"*vd), n. Etym: [L. reduvia a hangnail.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family Reduvidæ. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man.
REDWEEDRed"weed` (rêd"wed`), n. (Bot.)
Defn: The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas). Dr. Prior.
REDWINGRed"wing` (-wng`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius phoeniceus) of the family Icteridæ. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.
REDWITHERed"withe` (rd"wth`), n. (Bot.)
Defn: A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.
REDWOOD Red"wood` (-wood`), n. (Bot.) (a) A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia. (b) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Cæsalpinia Sappan, and several other trees.
Note: The redwood of Andaman is Pterocarpus dalbergioides; that of some parts of tropical America, several species of Erythoxylum; that of Brazil, the species of Humirium.
REERee (re), n. Etym: [Pg. real, pl. reis. See Real the money.]
Defn: See Rei.
REERee, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Prov. G. r, raden, raiten. Cf. Riddle a sieve.]
Defn: To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.] Mortimer.
REEBOKRee"bok` (r"bk`), n. Etym: [D., literally, roebuck.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The peele. [Written also rehboc and rheeboc.]
REECHO; RE-ECHORe*ech"o, v. t.
Defn: To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reëcho the roar of cannon.
REECHORe*ëch"o, v. i.
Defn: To give echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an echo; to resound; to be resonant. And a loud groan reëchoes from the main. Pope.
REECHORe*ëch"o, n.
Defn: The echo of an echo; a repeated or second echo.
REECHYReech"y (rch"), a. Etym: [See Reeky.]
Defn: Smoky; reeky; hence, begrimed with dirt. [Obs.]
REEDReed (rd), a.
Defn: Red. [Obs.] Chaucer.
REEDReed, v. & n.
Defn: Same as Rede. [Obs.] Chaucer.
REEDReed, n.
Defn: The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]
REED Reed, n. Etym: [AS. hre; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis).
2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe. Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes. Milton.
3. An arrow, as made of a reed. Prior.
4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Mus.) (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube. (b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ.
6. (Weaving)
Defn: A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.
7. (Mining)
Defn: A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
8. (Arch.)
Defn: Same as Reeding. Egyptian reed (Bot.), the papyrus. — Free reed (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, — used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet. — Meadow reed grass (Bot.), the Glyceria aquatica, a tall grass found in wet places. — Reed babbler. See Reedbird. — Reed bunting (Zoöl.) A European sparrow (Emberiza schoeniclus) which frequents marshy places; — called also reed sparrow, ring bunting. (b) Reedling. — Reed canary grass (Bot.), a tall wild grass (Phalaris arundinacea). — Reed grass. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See Reed, 1. (b) A plant of the genus Sparganium; bur reed. See under Bur. — Reed organ (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina, etc. — Reed pipe (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed. — Reed sparrow. (Zoöl.) See Reed bunting, above. — Reed stop (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds. — Reed warbler. (Zoöl.) (a) A small European warbler (Acrocephalus streperus); — called also reed wren. (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera Acrocephalus, Calamoherpe, and Arundinax. They are excellent singers. — Sea-sand reed (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach. — Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass (Cinna arundinacea), common in moist woods.
REEDBIRD Reed"bird` (rd"brd`), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The bobolink. (b) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Schoenicola and Eurycercus; — called also reed babbler.
REEDBUCKReed"buck" (-bk`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Rietboc.
REEDEDReed"ed, a.
1. Civered with reeds; reedy. Tusser.
2. Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.
REEDENReed"en (rd"'n), a.
Defn: Consisting of a reed or reeds.Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood. Dryden.
REEDIFICATIONRe*ëd`i*fi*ca"tion (r*d`*f*k"shn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. ré\'82dification.See Reëdify.]
Defn: The act reëdifying; the state of being reëdified.
REEDIFY Re*ëd"i*fy (r*d"*ff), v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + edify: cf. F. ré\'82difier, L. reaedificare.]
Defn: To edify anew; to build again after destruction. [R.] Milton.
REEDINGReed"ing (rd"ng), n. Etym: [From 4th Reed.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; — the reverse of fluting.
Note: Several reedings are often placed together, parallel to each other, either projecting from, or inserted into, the adjining surface. The decoration so produced is then called, in general, reeding.
2. The nurling on the edge of a coin; — commonly called milling.
REEDLESSReed"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of reeds; as, reedless banks.
REEDLINGReed"ling (-lng), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); — called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird.
Note: It is orange brown, marked with black, white, and yellow on the wings. The male has a tuft of black feathers on each side of the face.
REED-MACEReed"-mace` (-ms`), n. (Bot.)
Defn: The cat-tail.
REEDWORKReed"work` (-wrk`), n. (Mus.)
Defn: A collective name for the reed stops of an organ.
REEDYReed"y (-), a.
1. Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds. "A reedy pool." Thomson .
2. Having the quality of reed in tone, that is,
REEFReef (rf), n. Etym: [Akin to D. rif, G. riff, Icel. rif, Dan. rev;cf. Icel. rifa rift, rent, fissure, rifa to rive, bear. Cf. Rift,Rive.]
1. A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
2. (Mining.)
Defn: A large vein of auriferous quartz; — so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore. Reef builder (Zoöl.), any stony coral which contributes material to the formation of coral reefs. — Reef heron (Zoöl.), any heron of the genus Demigretta; as, the blue reef heron (D.jugularis) of Australia.
REEF Reef, n. Etym: [Akin to D. reef, G. reff, Sw. ref; cf. Icel. rif reef, rifa to basten together. Cf. Reeve, v. t., River.] (Naut.)
Defn: That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
Note: From the head to the first reef-band, in square sails, is termed the first reef; from this to the next is the second reef; and so on. In fore-and-aft sails, which reef on the foot, the first reef is the lowest part. Totten. Close reef, the last reef that can be put in. — Reef band. See Reef-band in the Vocabulary. — Reef knot, the knot which is used in tying reef pointss. See Illust. under Knot. — Reef line, a small rope formerly used to reef the courses by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef. Totten. — Reef pioints, pieces of small rope passing through the eyelet holes of a reef-band, and used reefing the sail. — Reef tackle, a tackle by which the reef cringles, or rings, of a sail are hauled up to the yard for reefing. Totten. — To take a reef in, to reduce the size of (a sail) by folding or rolling up a reef, and lashing it to the spar.
REEFReef, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reefed (reft); p. pr. & vb. n. Reefing.](Naut.)
Defn: To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar. Totten. To reef the paddles, to move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
REEF-BANDReef"-band` (rf"bnd`), n. (Naut.)
Defn: A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. Totten.
REEFERReef"er (-r), n.
1. (Naut.)
Defn: One who reefs; — a name often given to midshipmen. Marryat.
2. A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.
REEFINGReef"ing, n. (Naut.)
Defn: The process of taking in a reef. Reefing bowsprit, a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.
REEFYReef"y (-), a.
Defn: Full of reefs or rocks.
REEKReek (rek), n.
Defn: A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
REEKReek, n. Etym: [AS. r; akin to OFries. r, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch,OHG. rouh, Dan. rr, Icel. reykr, and to AS. re to reek, smoke, Icel.rj, G. riechen to smell.]
Defn: Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak.
REEKReek, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.]Etym: [As. r. See Reek vapor..]
Defn: To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale. Few chimneys reeking you shall espy. Spenser. I found me laid In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. Milton. The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco. Macualay.
REEKYReek"y (-), a. Etym: [From 2d Reek; cf. Reechy.]
1. Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul. Shak.
2. Emitting reek. "Reeky fen." Sir W. Scott.
REELReel (rl), n. Etym: [Gael. righil.]
Defn: A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; — often called Scotch reel. Virginia reel, the common name throughout the United States for the old English "country dance," or contradance (contredanse). Bartlett.
REELReel, n. Etym: [AS. kre: cf. Icel. kr a weaver's reed or sley.]
1. A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.
2. A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, — for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches. McElrath.
3. (Agric.)
Defn: A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives. Reel oven, a baker's oven in which bread pans hang suspended from the arms of a kind of reel revolving on a horizontal axis. Knight.
REELReel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reeled (rld); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeling. ]
1. To roll. [Obs.] And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reel. Spenser.
2. To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.
REELReel, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sw. ragla. See 2d Reel.]
1. To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man. Ps. cvii. 27.He, with heavy fumes oppressed, Reeled from the palace, and retiredto rest. Pope.The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves. Macualay.
2. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy. In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled. Hawthorne.
REELReel, n.
Defn: The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.Shak.
REELECTRe`ë*lect" (r`*lkt"), v. t.
Defn: To elect again; as, to reëlect the former governor.
REELECTIONRe`ë*lec"tion (-lk"shn), n.
Defn: Election a second time, or anew; as, the reëlection of a former chief.
REELERReel"er (rl"r), n.
1. One who reels.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The grasshopper warbler; — so called from its note. [Prov.Eng.]
REELIGIBLERe*ël"i*gi*ble (r*l"*b'l), a.
Defn: Eligble again; capable of reëlection; as, reëligible to thesame office.— Re*ël`i*gi*bil"i*ty (r, n.
REEMReem (rm), n. Etym: [Heb.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.
Note: In King James's Version it is called unicorn; in the RevisedVersion,wild ox. Job xxxix. 9.
REEMReem, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Ream to make a hole in.] (Naut.)
Defn: To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them. Reeming iron (Naut.), an iron chisel for reeming the seams of planks in calking ships.
REEMBARKRe`ëm*bark" (r`m*brk"), v. t. & i.
Defn: To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.
REEMBARKATIONRe*ëm`bar*ka"tion (r*m`br*k"shn), n.
Defn: A putting, or going, on board a vessel again.
REEMBODYRe`ëm*bod"y (r`m*bd"), v. t.
Defn: To embody again.
REEMBRACERe`ëm*brace" (-brs"), v. i.
Defn: To embrace again.
REEMERGERe`ë*merge" (r`*mrj"), v. i.
Defn: To emerge again.
REEMERGENCERe`ë*mer"gence (-mr"jens), n.
Defn: Act of re
REENACTRe`ën*act" (r`n*kt") v. t.
Defn: To enact again.
REENACTIONRe`ën*ac"tion (-k"shn), n.
Defn: The act of re
REENACTMENTRe`ën*act"ment (-kt"ment), n.
Defn: The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.
REENCOURAGERe`ën*cour"age (-kr"j;), v. t.
Defn: To encourage again.
REENDOWRe`ën*dow" (-dou"), v. t.
Defn: To endow again.
REENFORCE Re`ën*force" (-frs") v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + enforce: cf. F. renforcer.]
Defn: To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reënforce an argument; to reënforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet. [Written also reinforce.]
REENFORCERe`ën*force", n. Etym: [See Reënforce, v., and cf. Ranforce,Reinforce.]
Defn: Something which reënforces or strengthens. Specifically: (a) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon. (b) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc.
REENFORCED CONCRETEReënforced concrete.
Defn: Concrete having within its mass a system of strengthening iron or steel supports. = Ferro-concrete.
REENFORCEMENTRe`ën*force"ment (r`n*frs"ment), n.
1. The act of reënforcing, or the state of being reënforced.
2. That which reënforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet.
REENGAGERe`ën*gage" (-gj), v. t. & i.
Defn: To engage a second time or again.
REENGAGEMENTRe`ën*gage"ment (-ment), n.
Defn: A renewed or repeated engagement.
REENGRAVERe`ën*grave" (-grv"), v. t.
Defn: To engrave anew.
REENJOYRe`ën*joy" (-joi"), v. i.
Defn: To enjoi anew. Pope.
REENJOYMENTRe`ën*joy"ment (-ment), n.
Defn: Renewed enjoiment.
REENKINDLERe`ën*kin"dle (-kn"d'l), v. t.
Defn: To enkindle again.
REENLISTRe`ën*list" (-lst"), v. t. & i.
Defn: To enlist again.
REENLISTMENTRe`ën*list"ment (-ment), n.
Defn: A renewed enlistment.
REENSLAVERe`ën*slave" (-slv") v. t.
Defn: To enslave again.
REENTERRe*ën"ter (r*n"tr), v. t.
1. To enter again.
2. (Engraving)
Defn: To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing.
REENTERRe*ën"ter, v. i.
Defn: To enter anew or again. Reëntering angle, an angle of a polygon pointing inward, as a, in the cut. — Reëntering polygon, a polygon having one or more reëntering angles.
REENTERINGRe*ën"ter*ing, n. (Calico Printing.)
Defn: The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored.
REENTHRONERe`ën*throne" (-thrn"), v. t.
Defn: To enthrone again; to replace on a throne.
REENTHRONEMENTRe`ën*throne"ment (-ment), n.
Defn: A second enthroning.
REENTRANCERe*ën"trance (r*n"trans), n.
Defn: The act entereing again; re Hooker.
REENTRANTRe*ën"trant (-trant), a.
Defn: Reëntering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re angle.
REENTRYRe*ën"try (-tr), n.
1. A second or new entry; as, a reëntry into public life.
2. (Law)
Defn: A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; — applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease. Burrill. Card of reëtry, (Whist), a card that by winning a trick will bring one the lead at an advanced period of the hand.
REERECTRe`ë*rect" (r`*rkt"), v. t.
Defn: To erect again.
REERMOUSEReer"mouse` (rr"mous`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Rearmouse.
REESTABLISHRe`ës*tab"lish (r`s*tb"lsh), v. t.
Defn: To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reëstablish a covenant; to reëstablish health.
REESTABLISHERRe`ës*tab"lish*er (-r), n.
Defn: One who establishes again.
REESTABLISHMENTRe`ës*tab"lish*ment (-mnt), n.
Defn: The act reëstablishing; the state of being reëstablished.Addison.
REESTATERe`ës*tate" (-tt), v. t.
Defn: To reëstablish. [Obs.] Walis.
REEVEReeve (rv), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The female of the ruff.
REEVEReeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rove (rv); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeving.] Etym:[Cf. D. reven. See Reef, n. & v. t.] (Naut.)
Defn: To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
REEVEReeve, n. Etym: [OE. reve, AS. ger. Cf. Sheriff.]
Defn: an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; — used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. Chaucer. Piers Plowman.
REEXAMINABLERe`ëx*am"i*na*ble (r`gz*m"*n*b'l), a.
Defn: Admitting of being reëxamined or reconsidered. Story.
REEXAMINATIONRe`ëx*am`i*na"tion (-*n"shn), n.
Defn: A repeated examination. See under Examination.
REEXAMINERe`ëx*am"ine (—n), v. t.
Defn: To examine anew. Hooker.
REEXCHANGERe`ëx*change" (r`ks*chnj"), v. t.
Defn: To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).
REEXCHANGERe`ëx*change" n.
1. A renewed exchange; a reversal of an exchange.
2. (Com.)