Revulsive Re·vul"sive adjective [ Confer French
révulsif .]
Causing, or tending to, revulsion.
Revulsive Re·vul"sive noun That which causes revulsion; specifically (Medicine) , a revulsive remedy or agent.
Rew Rew noun [ See
Row a series.]
A row. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. "A
rew of sundry colored stones."
Chapman.
Rewake Re·wake"" transitive verb & i. To wake again.
Reward Re·ward" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Rewarded ;
present participle & verbal noun Rewarding .] [ Old French
rewarder , another form of
regarder , of German origin. The original sense is, to look at, regard, hence, to regard as worthy, give a reward to. See
Ward ,
Regard .]
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward ,
Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord.
Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
1 Sam. xxiv. 17. I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Deut. xxxii. 41. God rewards those that have made use of the single talent.
Hammond.
Reward Re·ward" noun [ See
Reward ,
v. , and confer
Regard ,
noun ]
1. Regard; respect; consideration. [ Obsolete]
Take reward of thine own value.
Chaucer. 2. That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital. Thou returnest
From flight, seditious angel, to receive
Thy merited reward .
Milton. Rewards and punishments do always presuppose something willingly done well or ill.
Hooker. 3. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works. The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward .
Eccl. ix. 5. 4. (Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act. Burrill. Syn. -- Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay; requital; retribution; punishment.
Rewardable Re·ward"a·ble adjective Worthy of reward. --
Re*ward"a*ble*ness ,
noun --
Re*ward"a*bly ,
adverb
Rewarder Re·ward"er noun One who rewards.
Rewardful Re·ward"ful adjective Yielding reward. [ R.]
Rewardless Re·ward"less adjective Having, or affording, no reward.
Rewe Rewe (ru)
transitive verb & i. To rue. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Rewel bone Rew"el bone` [ Perh. from French
rouelle , dim. of
roue a wheel, Latin
rota .]
An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone. His saddle was of rewel boon .
Chaucer.
Rewet Rew"et (ru"ĕt)
noun [ See
Rouet .]
A gunlock. [ R.]
Rewful Rew"ful adjective Rueful. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Rewin Re·win" transitive verb To win again, or win back. The Palatinate was not worth the rewinning .
Fuller.
Rewle Rewle noun & v. Rule. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Rewme Rewme noun Realm. [ Obsolete]
Piers Plowman.
Reword Re·word" transitive verb 1. To repeat in the same words; to reëcho. [ Obsolete]
Shak. 2. To alter the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to reword an idea or a passage.
Rewrite Re·write" transitive verb To write again. Young.
Rewth Rewth noun Ruth. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Rex Rex noun ;
plural Reges . [ Latin ]
A king. To play rex ,
to play the king; to domineer. [ Obsolete]
Reyn Reyn noun Rain or rein. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Reynard Rey"nard noun An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard .
Reyse Reyse transitive verb To raise. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Reyse Reyse intransitive verb [ Confer German
reisen to travel.]
To go on a military expedition. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Rez-de-chaussée Rez`-de-chaus`sée" noun [ French, lit., level of the street. See
Raze ,
transitive verb , and
Causey .]
(Architecture) The ground story of a building, either on a level with the street or raised slightly above it; -- said esp. of buildings on the continent of Europe. Tier above tier of neat apartments rise over the little shops which form the rez-de-chaussée .
The Century.
Rhabarbarate Rha·bar"ba·rate adjective [ From New Latin
rhabarbarum , an old name of rhubarb. See
Rhubarb .]
Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb. Floyer.
Rhabarbarin, Rhabarbarine Rha·bar"ba·rin, Rha·bar"ba·rine noun (Chemistry) Chrysophanic acid.
Rhabdite Rhab"dite noun [ Greek
"ra`bdos a rod.]
1. (Zoology) A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria. 2. (Zoology) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.
Rhabdocœla Rhab`do·cœ"la (răb`do*sē"lȧ)
noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek
"ra`bdos a rod +
koi^los hollow.]
(Zoology) A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine.
Rhabdocœlous Rhab`do·cœ"lous (-lŭs)
adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Rhabdocœla.
Rhabdoidal Rhab·doid"al adjective See Sagittal .
Rhabdolith Rhab"do·lith noun [ Greek
"ra`bdos a rod +
-lith .]
A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.
Rhabdology Rhab·dol"o·gy noun Same as Rabdology .
Rhabdom Rhab"dom (răb"dŏm)
noun [ Greek
"ra`bdwma a bundle of rods, from
"ra`bdos a rod.]
(Zoology) One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulæ in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium .
Rhabdomancy Rhab"do·man`cy noun Same as Rabdomancy .
Rhabdomere Rhab"do·mere noun [
Rhabdom +
-mere .]
(Zoology) One of the several parts composing a rhabdom.
Rhabdophora Rhab·doph"o·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek
"ra`bdos a rod + ......... to bear.]
(Zoology) An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities.
Rhabdopleura Rhab`do·pleu"ra noun [ New Latin , from Greek
"ra`bdos a rod + ............ the side.]
(Zoology) A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata
Rhabdosphere Rhab"do·sphere noun [ Greek
"ra`bdos a rod + English
sphere .]
A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.
Rhachialgia Rha`chi·al"gi·a noun [ New Latin ]
See Rachialgia .
Rhachidian Rha·chid"i·an adjective Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.
Rhachiglossa Rhach`i·glos"sa noun plural [ New Latin See
Rhachis , and
Glossa .]
(Zoology) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append.
Rhachilla Rha·chil"la noun [ New Latin , from Greek
"ra`chis the spine.]
(Botany) A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses.
Rhachiodont Rha"chi·o·dont adjective [ Greek
"ra`chis ,
-ios , the spine + ........., ........., a tooth.]
(Zoology) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebræ, as certain South African snakes ( Dasypeltis ) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them.
Rhachis Rha"chis noun ;
plural English
Rhachises , Latin
Rhachides . [ See
Rachis .] [ Written also
rechis .]
1. (Anat.) The spine. 2. (Botany) (a) The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern. (b) The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb. 3. (Zoology) (a) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis . (b) The central cord in the stem of a crinoid. (c) The median part of the radula of a mollusk. (d) A central cord of the ovary of nematodes.
Rhachitis Rha·chi"tis noun [ New Latin ]
See Rachitis .
Rhadamanthine Rhad`a·man"thine adjective Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment.
Rhadamanthus Rhad`a·man"thus noun [ Latin , from Greek ..........]
(Greek Mythol.) One of the three judges of the infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge.
Rhamadan Rham`a·dan" noun See Ramadan .
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