Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 24
Recurvation (n.) The act of
recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward.
Recurve (v. t.) To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
Recurved (a.) Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.
Recurviroster (n.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.
Recurvirostral (a.) Having the beak bent upwards.
Recurvity (n.) Recurvation.
Recurvous (a.) Recurved.
Recusancy (n.) The state of being recusant; nonconformity.
Recusant (a.) 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.
Recusant (n.) One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
Recusant (n.) 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.
Recusant (n.) One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.
Recusation (n.) Refusal.
Recusation (n.) The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality.
Recusative (a.) Refusing; denying; negative.
Recuse (v. t.) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.
Recussion (n.) The act of beating or striking back.
Red (n.) (Or "REDL") A language proposed by Intermetrics to meet the Ironman requirements which led to Ada.
["On the RED Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):27 (Oct 1978)].
["RED Language Reference Manual", J. Nestor and M. van Deusen, Intermetrics 1979].
Red () (Obs.) imp. & p. p. of {Read}. -- Spenser.
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.]
Red (a.) 紅的，紅色的；（毛髮）紅褐色的 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.
Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like.
Note: 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} (Zool.), 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}. (Zool.) (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}. (Zool.) See {Redfish} (d) .
{Red bay} (Bot.), A tree ({Persea Caroliniensis}) having the heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United States.
{Red beard} (Zool.), 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}. (Zool.) (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.
{Red horse}. (Zool.) (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} (Zool.), 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} (Bot.), A species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See {Maple}.
{Red mite}. (Zool.) See {Red spider}, below.
{Red mulberry} (Bot.), An American mulberry of a dark purple color ({Morus rubra}).
{Red mullet} (Zool.), The surmullet. See {Mullet}.
{Red ocher} (Min.), A soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color.
{Red perch} (Zool.), The rosefish.
{Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}.
{Red pine} (Bot.), 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}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}.
{Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}.
{Red scale} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), A large fish ({Lutjanus aya} syn. {Lutjanus 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} (Med.) A form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation.
{Red spider} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), The chickaree.
{Red tape}, (a) The tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc. Hence, (b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic paperwork.
{Red underwing} (Zool.), 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 (n.) 紅，紅色 [C] [U]；紅衣服 [U] 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.
Red (n.) A red pigment.
Red (n.) (European Politics) An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a. [Cant]
Red (n.) (pl.) (Med.) 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}.
Wine (n.) The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. "Red wine of Gascoigne." -- Piers Plowman.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. -- Prov. xx. 1.
Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. -- Milton.
Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines are called {red}, {white}, {spirituous}, {dry}, {light}, {still}, etc.
Wine (n.) A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
Wine (n.) The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
Noah awoke from his wine. -- Gen. ix. 24
{Birch wine}, {Cape wine}, etc. See under {Birch}, {Cape}, etc.
{Spirit of wine}. See under {Spirit}.
{To have drunk wine of ape} or {To have drunk wine ape}, To be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Wine acid}. (Chem.) See {Tartaric acid}, under {Tartaric}. [Colloq.]
{Wine apple} (Bot.), A large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor.
{Wine fly} (Zool.), Small two-winged fly of the genus {Piophila}, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other fermented liquors.
{Wine grower}, One who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.
{Wine measure}, The measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure.
{Wine merchant}, A merchant who deals in wines.
{Wine of opium} (Pharm.), A solution of opium in aromatized sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary laudanum; -- also {Sydenham's laudanum}.
{Wine press}, A machine or apparatus in which grapes are pressed to extract their juice.
{Wine skin}, A bottle or bag of skin, used, in various countries, for carrying wine.
{Wine stone}, A kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See 1st {Tartar}, 1.
{Wine vault}. (a) A vault where wine is stored. (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables; a dramshop. -- Dickens.
{Wine vinegar}, Vinegar made from wine.
{Wine whey}, Whey made from milk coagulated by the use of wine.
Red (a.) Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: {red}, {reddish}, {ruddy}, {blood-red}, {carmine}, {cerise}, {cherry}, {cherry-red}, {crimson}, {ruby}, {ruby-red}, {scarlet}].
Red (a.) Characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode [syn: {crimson}, {red}, {violent}].
Red (a.) (Especially of the face) Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red- faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" [syn: {crimson}, {red}, {reddened}, {red-faced}, {flushed}].
Red (n.) Red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood [syn: {red}, {redness}].
Red (n.) A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana [syn: {Red}, {Red River}].
Red (n.) Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries [syn: {Bolshevik}, {Marxist}, {red}, {bolshie}, {bolshy}].
Red (n.) The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year" [syn: {loss}, {red ink}, {red}] [ant: {gain}].
Red (Or "REDL") A language proposed by Intermetrics to meet the Ironman requirements which led to Ada. ["On the RED Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra, SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):27 (Oct 1978)].
["RED Language Reference Manual", J. Nestor and M. van Deusen, Intermetrics 1979]. (1995-01-19)
RED-:SKIN:, (n.) A North American Indian, whose skin is not red -- at least not on the outside.
Redact (v. t.) To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
Redacteur (n.) See Redactor.
Redaction (n.) The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
Redactor (n.) One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.
Redan (n.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.
Redan (n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.
Redargued (imp. & p. p.) of Redargue
Redarguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redargue
Redargue (v. t.) To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict.
Redargution (n.) The act of redarguing; refutation.
Redargutory (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory.
Redback (n.) The dunlin.
Redbelly (n.) The char.
Redbird (n.) The cardinal bird.
Redbird (n.) The summer redbird (Piranga rubra).
Redbird (n.) The scarlet tanager. See Tanager.
Redbreast (n.) The European robin.
Redbreast (n.) The American robin. See Robin.
Redbreast (n.) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot.
Redbreast (n.) The long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish.
Redbud (n.) A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas.
Redcap (n.) The European goldfinch.
Redcap (n.) A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland.
Redcoat (n.) One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.
Redde () obs. imp. of Read, or Rede.
Reddened (imp. & p. p.) of Redden
Reddening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redden
Redden (a.) To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.
Redden (v. i.) To grow or become red; to blush.
Reddendum (n.) A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.
Reddish (a.) Somewhat red; moderately red.
Reddition (n.) Restoration: restitution: surrender.
Reddition (n.) Explanation; representation.
Redditive (a.) Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words.
Reddle (n.) Red chalk. See under Chalk.
Reddour (n.) Rigor; violence.
Rede (v. t.) To advise or counsel.
Rede (v. t.) To interpret; to explain.
Rede (n.) Advice; counsel; suggestion.
Rede (n.) A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.
Redeemed (imp. & p. p.) of Redeem
Redeeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Redeem
Redeem (v. t.) 買回；贖回 [（+from）]；挽回；恢復；償還，還清 To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. -- Lev. xxv. 29.
Redeem (v. t.) Hence, specifically: (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage.
Redeem (v. t.) Hence, specifically: (Com.) To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin.
Redeem (v. t.) To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like.
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. -- Ps. xxv. 22.
The Almighty from the grave Hath me redeemed. -- Sandys.
Redeem (v. t.) (Theol.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. -- Gal. iii. 13.
Redeem (v. t.) To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.
I will redeem all this on Percy's head. -- Shak.
Redeem (v. t.) To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error.
Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem Man's mortal crime? -- Milton.
It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows. -- Shak.
{To redeem the time}, To make the best use of it.
Redeem (v.) Save from sins [syn: {deliver}, {redeem}, {save}].
Redeem (v.) Restore the honor or worth of.
Redeem (v.) To turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange.
Redeem (v.) Exchange or buy back for money; under threat [syn: {ransom}, {redeem}].
Redeem (v.) Pay off (loans or promissory notes) [syn: {redeem}, {pay off}].
Redeem (v.) Convert into cash; of commercial papers.
Redeemability (n.) Redeemableness.
Redeemable (a.) Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable.
Redeemable (a.) Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date.
Redeemableness (n.) The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.
Redeemer (n.) One who redeems.
Redeemer (n.) Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
Redeless (a.) Without rede or counsel.
Redeliberate (v. t. & i.) To deliberate again; to reconsider.
Redeliver (v. t.) To deliver or give back; to return.
Redeliver (v. t.) To deliver or liberate a second time or again.
Redeliver (v. t.) To report; to deliver the answer of.
Redeliverance (n.) A second deliverance.
Redelivery (n.) Act of delivering back.
Redelivery (n.) A second or new delivery or liberation.
Redemand (v. t.) To demand back; to demand again.
Redemand (n.) A demanding back; a second or renewed demand.
Redemise (v. t.) To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate.
Redemise (n.) The transfer of an estate back to the person who demised it; reconveyance; as, the demise and redemise of an estate. See under Demise.
Redemonstrate (v. t.) To demonstrate again, or anew.
Redemptible (a.) Redeemable.
Redemption (n.) [U] 贖回；買回；償還，清償；履行，實踐 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.
Redemption (n.) (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 reentering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity.
Redemption (n.) (Com.) Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by making payment to the holder.
Redemption (n.) (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.
Redemption (n.) (Theology) The act of delivering from sin or saving from evil [syn: {redemption}, {salvation}]
Redemption (n.) Repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)
Redemption (n.) The act of purchasing back something previously sold [syn: {redemption}, {repurchase}, {buyback}]
Redemption (n.) The purchase back of something that had been lost, by the payment of a ransom. The Greek word so rendered is _apolutrosis_, a word occurring nine times in Scripture, and always with the idea of a ransom or price paid, i.e., redemption by a lutron (see Matt. 20:28; Mark 10:45). There are instances in the LXX. Version of the Old Testament of the use of _lutron_ in man's relation to man (Lev. 19:20; 25:51; Ex. 21:30; Num. 35:31, 32; Isa. 45:13; Prov. 6:35), and in the same sense of man's relation to God (Num. 3:49; 18:15).
There are many passages in the New Testament which represent Christ's sufferings under the idea of a ransom or price, and the result thereby secured is a purchase or redemption (comp. Acts 20:28; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Gal. 3:13; 4:4, 5; Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; 1 Tim. 2:5, 6; Titus 2:14; Heb. 9:12; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19; Rev. 5:9). The idea running through all these texts, however various their reference, is that of payment made for our redemption. The debt against us is not viewed as simply cancelled, but is fully paid. Christ's blood or life, which he surrendered for them, is the "ransom" by which the deliverance of his people from the servitude of sin and from its penal consequences is secured. It is the plain doctrine of Scripture that "Christ saves us neither by the mere exercise of power, nor by his doctrine, nor by his example, nor by the moral influence which he exerted, nor by any subjective influence on his people, whether natural or mystical, but as a satisfaction to divine justice, as an expiation for sin, and as a ransom from the curse and authority of the law, thus reconciling us to God by making it consistent with his perfection to exercise mercy toward sinners" (Hodge's Systematic Theology).
Redemption (n.) Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religion, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it.
We must awake Man's spirit from his sin,
And take some special measure for redeeming it;
Though hard indeed the task to get it in
Among the angels any way but teaming it,
Or purify it otherwise than steaming it.
I'm awkward at Redemption -- a beginner:
My method is to crucify the sinner. Golgo Brone
Redemption (n.) Contracts. The act of taking back by the seller from the buyer a thing which had been sold subject to th right of repurchase.
Redemption (n.) The right of redemption then is an agreement by which the seller reserves to himself the power of taking back the thing sold by returning the price paid for it. As to the fund out of which a mortgaged estate is to be redeemed, see Payment. Vide Equity of redemption.
Redemptionary (n.) (pl. R edemptionaries) One who is, or may be, redeemed. [R.] -- Hakluyt.
Redemptioner (n.) 出賣勞力來抵償船資之移民 One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude.
Redemptioner (n.) Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage.