Rectovaginal Rec`to·vag"i·nal adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.

Rectress Rec"tress noun A rectoress. B. Jonson.

Rectrix Rec"trix noun ; plural Rectrices (-tr..."s...z). [ Latin , fem. of rector .] 1. A governess; a rectoress.

2. (Zoology) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.

Rectum Rec"tum noun [ New Latin (sc. intestinum ), from Latin rectus straight. See Right .] (Anat.) The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive .

Rectus Rec"tus noun ; plural Recti (-t...). [ New Latin , from Latin regere to keep straight.] (Anat.) A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.

Recubation Rec`u·ba"tion noun [ Latin recubare to lie upon the back.] Recumbence. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Recule Re·cule" intransitive verb To recoil. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Recule Re·cule" noun [ French reculement .] Recoil. [ Obsolete]

Recumb Re·cumb" intransitive verb [ Latin recumbere ; prefix re- back + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down.] To lean; to recline; to repose. [ Obsolete] J. Allen (1761).

Recumbence Re·cum"bence noun The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.

Recumbency Re·cum"ben·cy noun Recumbence.

Recumbent Re·cum"bent (-b e t) adjective [ Latin recumbens , -entis , present participle of recumbere . See Recumb , Incumbent .] Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle. -- Re*cum"bent*ly , adverb

Recuperable Re·cu"per·a·ble adjective [ Confer F. récup...rable . See Recover .] Recoverable. Sir T. Elyot.

Recuperate Re·cu"per·ate intransitive verb [ imperfect &. past participle Recuperated (-?`t?d); present participle & verbal noun Recuperating .] [ Latin recuperatus , past participle of recuperare . See Recover to get again.] To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.

Recuperate Re·cu"per·ate transitive verb To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.

Recuperation Re·cu`per·a"tion noun . [ Latin recuperatio : confer French récup...ration .] Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.

Recuperative Re·cu"per·a·tive adjective [ Latin recuperativus , recuperatorius .] Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.

Recuperator Re·cu"per·a`tor noun [ Confer Latin recuperator a recoverer.] (Steel Manuf.) Same as Regenerator .

Recur Re·cur" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Recurred (-k?rd"); present participle & verbal noun Recurring .] [ Latin recurrere ; prefix re- re- + currere to run. See Current .] 1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.

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.

2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to- night.

3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.

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.

Recurring decimal (Math.) , a circulating decimal. See under Decimal . -- 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.

Recure Re·cure" transitive verb [ Confer Recover .] 1. To arrive at; to reach; to attain. [ Obsolete] Lydgate.

2. To recover; to regain; to repossess. [ Obsolete]

When their powers, impaired through labor long,
With due repast, they had recured well.

Spenser.

3. To restore, as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair.

In western waves his weary wagon did recure .

Spenser.

4. To be a cure for; to remedy. [ Obsolete]

No medicine
Might avail his sickness to recure .

Lydgate.

Recure Re·cure" noun Cure; remedy; recovery. [ Obsolete]

But whom he hite, without recure he dies.

Fairfax.

Recureless Re·cure"less adjective Incapable of cure. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Recurrence Re·cur"rence (r?*k?r"r e ns), Re*cur"ren*cy (-r e n*s?) noun [ Confer French récurrence .] The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse.

I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations.

I. Taylor.

Recurrent Re·cur"rent (-r e nt) adjective [ Latin recurrens , -entis , present participle of recurrere : confer French récurrent . See Recur .] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.

2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.

Recurrent fever . (Medicine) See Relapsing fever , under Relapsing . -- 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. -- 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.

Recursant Re·cur"sant adjective [ Latin recursans , -antis , present participle of recursare to run back, v. freq. of recurrere . See Recure .] (Her.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.

Recursion Re·cur"sion noun [ Latin recursio . See Recur .] The act of recurring; return. [ Obsolete] Boyle.

Recurvate Re·cur"vate adjective [ Latin recurvatus , past participle of recurvare . See Re- , and Curvate .] (Botany) Recurved.

Recurvate Re·cur"vate transitive verb To bend or curve back; to recurve. Pennant.

Recurvation Re`cur·va"tion noun The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward.

Recurve Re·curve" transitive verb To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.

Recurved Re·curved" adjective Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.

Recurviroster Re·cur`vi·ros"ter noun [ Latin recurvus bent back + rostrum beack; confer French récurvirostre .] (Zool.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.

Recurvirostral Re·cur`vi·ros"tral (-tr a l) adjective [ See Recurviroster .] (Zoology) Having the beak bent upwards.

Recurvity Re·cur"vi·ty noun Recurvation.

Recurvous Re·cur"vous adjective [ Latin recurvus ; prefix re- re + curvus curved.] Recurved. Derham.

Recusancy Re·cu"san·cy noun The state of being recusant; nonconformity. Coke.

Recusant Re·cu"sant (-z a t; 277) adjective [ Latin recusans , -antis , present participle of recure to refuse, to oject to; prefix re- re + causa a cause, pretext: confer French récusant . See Cause , and confer Ruse .] 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.

It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist.

Sir W. Scott.

Recusant Re·cu"sant noun 1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.

The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations.

De Quincey.

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.

3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.

All that are recusants of holy rites.

Holyday.

Recusation Rec`u·sa"tion noun [ Latin recusatio : confer French récusation .] 1. Refusal. [ Obsolete]

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.

Recusative Re·cu"sa·tive adjective Refusing; denying; negative. [ R.] Jer. Taylor.

Recuse Re·cuse" transitive verb [ French récuser , or Latin recusare . See Recusant .] (Law) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [ Obsolete] Sir K. Digby.

Recussion Re·cus"sion noun [ Latin recutire , recussum , to beat back; prefix re- re- + quatere to shake.] The act of beating or striking back.

Red Red (rĕd), obsolete . imperfect & past participle of Read . Spenser.

Red Red transitive verb 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.]

Red Red adjective [ Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest .] [ Middle English red , reed , Anglo-Saxon reád , reód ; akin to Old Saxon rōd , OFries. rād , Dutch rood , German roht , rot , Old High German rōt , Dan. & Swedish röd , Icelandic rauđr , rjōđr , Goth. ráuds , W. rhudd , Armor. ruz , Ir. & Gael. ruadh , Latin ruber , rufus , Greek 'eryqro`s , Sanskrit rudhira , rohita ; confer Latin rutilus . √113. Confer Erysipelas , Rouge , Rubric , Ruby , Ruddy , Russet , Rust .] 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.

Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.

Shak.

» Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like.

» 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.

Red admiral (Zoology) , 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 . (Zoology) (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 (Botany) , an American tree ( Fraxinus pubescens ), smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber. Cray. -- Red bass . (Zoology) See Redfish (d) . - - Red bay (Botany) , a tree ( Persea Caroliniensis ) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States. -- Red beard (Zoology) , a bright red sponge ( Microciona prolifera ), common on oyster shells and stones. [ Local, U.S.] -- Red birch (Botany) , a species of birch ( Betula nigra ) having reddish brown bark, and compact, light- colored wood. Gray. -- Red blindness . (Medicine) 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 . (Zoology) (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 ( P. apterus ), which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks. (c) See Cotton stainder , under Cotton . -- Red cedar . (Botany) 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. -- Red chalk . See under Chalk . -- Red copper (Min.) , red oxide of copper; cuprite. -- Red coral (Zoology) , the precious coral ( Corallium rubrum ). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea . -- Red cross . The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See Geneva convention , and Geneva cross , under Geneva . -- Red currant . (Botany) See Currant . -- Red deer . (Zoology) (a) The common stag ( Cervus elaphus ), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See Deer . -- Red duck (Zoology) , a European reddish brown duck ( Fuligula nyroca ); -- called also ferruginous duck . -- Red ebony . (Botany) See Grenadillo . -- Red empress (Zoology) , a butterfly. See Tortoise shell . -- Red fir (Botany) , a coniferous tree ( Pseudotsuga Douglasii ) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American Abies magnifica and A. nobilis . -- Red fire . (Pyrotech.) See Blue fire , under Fire . -- Red flag . See under Flag . -- Red fox (Zoology) , the common American fox ( Vulpes fulvus ), which is usually reddish in color. -- Red grouse (Zoology) , the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under Ptarmigan . -- Red gum , or Red gum-tree (Botany) , a name given to eight Australian species of Eucalyptus ( Eucalyptus amygdalina , resinifera , etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See Eucalyptus . -- Red hand (Her.) , a left hand appaumé, fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called also Badge of Ulster . -- Red herring , the common herring dried and smoked. -- Red horse . (Zoology) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species . (b) See the Note under Drumfish . -- Red lead . (Chem) See under Lead , and Minium . -- Red-lead ore . (Min.) Same as Crocoite . -- Red liquor (Dyeing) , a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant . -- Red maggot (Zoology) , the larva of the wheat midge. -- Red manganese . (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite . -- Red man , one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. -- Red maple (Botany) , a species of maple ( Acer rubrum ). See Maple . -- Red mite . (Zoology) See Red spider , below. -- Red mulberry (Botany) , an American mulberry of a dark purple color ( Morus rubra ). -- Red mullet (Zoology) , the surmullet. See Mullet . -- Red ocher (Min.) , a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. -- Red perch (Zoology) , the rosefish. -- Red phosphorus . (Chemistry) See under Phosphorus . -- Red pine (Botany) , an American species of pine ( Pinus resinosa ); -- so named from its reddish bark. -- Red precipitate . See under Precipitate . -- Red Republican (European Politics) , originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [ Cant] -- Red ribbon , the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. -- Red sanders . (Botany) See Sanders . -- Red sandstone . (Geol.) See under Sandstone . -- Red scale (Zoology) , a scale insect ( Aspidiotus aurantii ) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. -- Red silver (Min.) , an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes proustite , or light red silver, and pyrargyrite , or dark red silver. -- Red snapper (Zoology) , a large fish ( Lutlanus aya or Blackfordii ) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. -- Red snow , snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga ( Protococcus nivalis ) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. -- Red softening (Medicine) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. -- Red spider (Zoology) , a very small web-spinning mite ( Tetranychus telarius ) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also red mite . -- Red squirrel (Zoology) , the chickaree. -- Red tape , the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. -- Red underwing (Zoology) , any species of noctuid moths belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange. -- Red water , a disease in cattle, so called from an appearance like blood in the urine.

Red Red noun 1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these. "Celestial rosy red , love's proper hue." Milton.

2. A red pigment.

3. (European Politics) An abbreviation for Red Republican . See under Red, adjective [ Cant]

4. plural (Medicine) The menses. Dunglison.

English red , a pigment prepared by the Dutch, similar to Indian red. -- Hypericum red , a red resinous dyestuff extracted from Hypericum. -- Indian red . See under Indian , and Almagra .

Red Cross Red Cross 1. The crusaders or the cause they represented.

2. A hospital or ambulance service established as a result of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of 1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid and relief during great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; - - so called from the badge of neutrality; the Geneva cross.

Red dog, Red-dog flour Red dog, Red`-dog" flour The lowest grade of flour in milling. It is dark and of little expansive power, is secured largely from the germ or embryo and adjacent parts, and contains a relatively high percentage of protein. It is chiefly useful as feed for farm animals.

Red-gum Red"-gum` noun [ Middle English reed gounde ; Anglo-Saxon reád red + gund matter, pus.] 1. (Medicine) 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"-hand` adjective or adverb 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 .

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