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2. (Math.) Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight line equal in length to any definite portion of the curve.
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Rectification (r?kt?f?k?1sh?n), n. [Cf. F. rectification.] 1. The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.
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After the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error. De Quincey.
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2. (Geom.) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
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Coloq. Rectification of a globe (Astron.), its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
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Rectificator (r?kt?f?k?t?r), n. (Chem.) That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.
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Rectifier (r?kt?f??r), n. 1. One who, or that which, rectifies.
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2. Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.
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Rectify (-f?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rectified (-f?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Rectifying (-f??ng).] [F. rectifier, LL. rectificare; L. rectus right + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See , and .] 1. To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
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I meant to rectify my conscience. Shak.
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This was an error of opinion which a conflicting opinion would have rectified. Burke.
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2. (Chem.) To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
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3. (Com.) To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
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Coloq. To rectify a globe , to adjust it in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
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Syn. -- To amend; emend; correct; better; mend; reform; redress; adjust; regulate; improve. See .
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{ Rectilineal (-l?n?al), Rectilinear (-l?n??r), } a. [Recti- + lineal, linear.] Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rectilineally, adv. -- Rectilinearly, adv.
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Rectilinearity (-?r?t?), n. The quality or state of being rectilinear. Coleridge.
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Rectilineous (-?s), a. Rectilinear. [Obs.] Ray.
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Rectinerved (r?kt?n?rrvd), a. [Recti- + nerve.] (Bot.) Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.
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Rection (r?ksh?n), n. [L. rectio, fr. regere to rule or govern.] (Gram.) See , n., 7. Gibbs.
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Rectirostral (r?kt?r?stral), a. [Recti- + rostral.] (Zoöl.) Having a straight beak.
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Rectiserial (-s?r?al), a. [Recti- + serial.] (Bot.) Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; -- opposed to curviserial.
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Rectitis (r?kt?t?s), n. [NL. See , and .] (Med.) Proctitis. Dunglison.
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Rectitude (r?kt?t?d), n. [L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See .] 1. Straightness. [R.] Johnson.
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2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.
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3. Right judgment. [R.] Sir G. C. Lewis.
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Syn. -- See .
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Recto- (r?kt?). A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.
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Recto, n. [Abbrev. fr. LL. breve de recto. See .] (Law) A writ of right.
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Recto, n. [Cf. F. recto.] (Print.) The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.
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Rector (r?kt?r), n. [L., fr. regere, rectum, to lead straight, to rule: cf. F. recteur. See , .]
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1. A ruler or governor. [R.]
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God is the supreme rector of the world. Sir M. Hale.
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2. (a) (Ch. of Eng.) A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar. Blackstone. (b) (Prot. Epis. Ch.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.
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3. The head master of a public school. [Scot.]
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4. The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford.
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5. (R. C. Ch.) The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
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Rectoral (-al), a. [CF. F. rectoral.] Pertaining to a rector or governor.
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Rectorate (-?t), n. [LL. rectoratus: cf. F. rectorat.] The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.
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Rectoress, n. 1. A governess; a rectrix. Drayton.
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2. The wife of a rector. Thackeray.
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Rectorial (r?kt?r?al), a. Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral. Shipley.
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Rectorship (r?kt?rsh?p), n. 1. Government; guidance. [Obs.] “The rectorship of judgment.” Shak.
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2. The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
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Rectory (-t?r?), n.; pl. Rectories (-r�z). [Cf. OF. rectorie or rectorerie, LL. rectoria.] 1. The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.
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2. A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.
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Recto-uterine (-?t?r?n or ?n), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.
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Rectovaginal (r?kt?v?j?nal), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.
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Recto-vesical (-v?s?kal), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.
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Rectress (r?ktr?s), n. A rectoress. B. Jonson.
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Rectrix (-tr?ks), n.; pl. Rectrices (-tr�s�z). [L., fem. of rector.] 1. A governess; a rectoress.
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2. (Zoöl.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
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Rectum (-t?m), n. [NL. (sc. intestinum), fr. L. rectus straight. See .] (Anat.) The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under .
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Rectus (-t?s), n.; pl. Recti (-t�). [NL., fr. L. regere to keep straight.] (Anat.) A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
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Recubation (r?k?b?sh?n), n. [L. recubare to lie upon the back.] Recumbence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Recule (r?k?l), v. i. To recoil. [Obs.] Spenser.
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{ Recule (r?k?l), Reculement (-ment), } n. [F. reculement.] Recoil. [Obs.]
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Recumb (-k?m), v. i. [L. recumbere; pref. re- back + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down.] To lean; to recline; to repose. [Obs.] J. Allen (1761).
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Recumbence (r?k?mbens), n. The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.
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Recumbency (-bens?), n. Recumbence.
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Recumbent (-bet), a. [L. recumbens, -entis, p. pr. of recumbere. See , .] Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle. -- Recumbently, adv.
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Recuperable (r�kūpẽrȧb'l), a. [Cf.F. récupérable. See .] Recoverable. Sir T. Elyot.
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Recuperate (-?t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recuperated (-?t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Recuperating.] [L. recuperatus, p. p. of recuperare. See to get again.] To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
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Recuperate, v. t. To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.
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Recuperation (r�kūpẽrāshŭn), n. [L. recuperatio: cf. F. récupération.] Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.
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{ Recuperative (-?t?v), Recuperatory (-?t?r?), } a. [L. recuperativus, recuperatorius.] Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.
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Recuperator (r?k?pp?r?t?r), n. [Cf. L. recuperator a recoverer.] (Steel Manuf.) Same as .
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Recur (r?k?r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recurred (-k?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Recurring.] [L. recurrere; pref. re- re- + currere to run. See .] 1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
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When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. I. Watts.
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2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
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3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
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If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the “punctum stans” of the schools, they will thereby very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration. Locke.
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Coloq. Recurring decimal (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under . -- Coloq. Recurring series (Math.), an algebraic series in which the coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in one uniform manner.
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Recure (r?k?r), v. t. [Cf. .] 1. To arrive at; to reach; to attain. [Obs.] Lydgate.
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2. To recover; to regain; to repossess. [Obs.]
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When their powers, impaired through labor long,
With due repast, they had recured well. Spenser.
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3. To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair.
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In western waves his weary wagon did recure. Spenser.
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4. To be a cure for; to remedy. [Obs.]
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No medicine
Might avail his sickness to recure. Lydgate.
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Recure, n. Cure; remedy; recovery. [Obs.]
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But whom he hite, without recure he dies. Fairfax.
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Recureless, a. Incapable of cure. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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{ Recurrence (r?k?rrens), Recurrency (-rens?), } n. [Cf. F. récurrence.] The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse.
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I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations. I. Taylor.
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Recurrent (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. récurrent. See .] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
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2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.
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Coloq. Recurrent fever . (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under . -- Coloq. Recurrent pulse (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand. -- Coloq. Recurrent sensibility (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or posterior roots.
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Recursant (r?k?rsant), a. [L. recursans, -antis, p. pr. of recursare to run back, v. freq. of recurrere. See .] (Her.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.
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Recursion (-sh?n), n. [L. recursio. See .] The act of recurring; return. [Obs.] Boyle.
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Recurvate (r?k?rv?t), a. [L. recurvatus, p. p. of recurvare. See , and .] (Bot.) Recurved.
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Recurvate (-v?t), v. t. To bend or curve back; to recurve. Pennant.
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Recurvation (r?k?rv?sh?n), n. The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward.
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Recurve (r?k?rv), v. t. To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
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Recurved (r?k?rvd), a. Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.
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Recurviroster (r?k?rv?r?st?r), n. [L. recurvus bent back + rostrum beack; cf. F. récurvirostre.] (Zool.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.
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Recurvirostral (-tral), a. [See .] (Zoöl.) Having the beak bent upwards.
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Recurvity (r?k?rv?t?), n. Recurvation.
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Recurvous (-v?s), a. [L. recurvus; pref. re- re + curvus curved.] Recurved. Derham.
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Recusancy (r?k?zans? or r?k?-), n. The state of being recusant; nonconformity. Coke.
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Recusant (-zat; 277), a.[L. recusans, -antis, p. pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: cf. F. récusant. See , and cf. .] Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord.
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It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist. Sir W. Scott.
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Recusant, n. 1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
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The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations. De Quincey.
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2. (Eng. Hist.) A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope. Brande & C.
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3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.
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All that are recusants of holy rites. Holyday.
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Recusation (r?k?z?sh?n), n. [L. recusatio: cf. F. récusation.] 1. Refusal. [Obs.]
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2. (Old Law) The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality. Blackstone.
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Recusative (r?k?z?t?v), a. Refusing; denying; negative. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
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recuse (r?k?z), v. t. [F. récuser, or L. recusare. See .] (Law) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
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recuse (r?k?z), v. i. To withdraw oneself from serving as a judge or other decision-maker in order to avoid a real or apparent conflict of interest; -- often used with the reflexive; as, the judge recused himself due to a financial interest in the matter.
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Recussion (r?k?sh?n), n. [L. recutire, recussum, to beat back; pref. re- re- + quatere to shake.] The act of beating or striking back.
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Red (rĕd), obs. imp. & p. p. of . Spenser.
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Red, v. t. To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Red, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE. red, reed, AS. reád, reód; akin to OS. rōd, OFries. rād, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. rōt, Dan. & Sw. röd, Icel. rauðr, rjōðr, Goth. ráuds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. 'eryqros, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. √113. Cf. , , , , , , .] Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. “Fresh flowers, white and reede.” Chaucer.
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Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose. Shak.
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☞ Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like.
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☞ Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced, red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed, red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
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Red admiral (Zoöl.), a beautiful butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta) common in both Europe and America. The front wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and nettle butterfly. -- Red ant. (Zoöl.) (a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests houses. (b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making species. -- Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral (b), under Kermes. -- Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens), smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. Cray. -- Red bass. (Zoöl.) See Redfish (d). -- Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States. -- Red beard (Zoöl.), a bright red sponge (Microciona prolifera), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local, U.S.] -- Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored wood. Gray. -- Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism. -- Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in the service of the state. [Eng.] -- Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam in the time of Henry II. Brande & C. -- Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and three of zinc. -- Red bug. (Zoöl.) (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and produces great irritation by its bites. (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris, especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus), which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks. (c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton. -- Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree (Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored heartwood. (b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in India. Prev Next

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