Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 27
Reedbird (n.) (Zool.) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Sch[oe]nicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler.
Reedbuck (n.) (Zool.) See Rietboc.
Reeded (a.) Civered with reeds; reedy. -- Tusser.
Reeded (a.) Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.
Reeden (a.) Consisting of a reed or reeds.
Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood. -- Dryden.
Reedification (n.) The act reedifying; the state of being reedified.
Reedify (v. t.) To edify anew; to build again after destruction. [R.] -- Milton.
Reeding (n.) (Arch.) 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 adjoining surface. The decoration so produced is then called, in general, reeding.
Reeding (n.) The nurling on the edge of a coin; -- commonly called milling.
Reedless (a.) Destitute of reeds; as, reedless banks.
Reedling (n.) (Zool.) 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-mace (n.) (Bot.) The cat-tail.
Reedwork (n.) (Mus.) A collective name for the reed stops of an organ.
Reedy (a.) Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds. "A reedy pool." -- Thomson .
Reedy (a.) Having the quality of a reed in tone, that is, harsh and thin, as some voices.
Reedy (a.) Having a tone of a reed instrument [syn: reedy, wheezy].
Reedy (a.) Resembling a reed in being upright and slender [syn: reedy, reedlike].
Reedy, WV -- U.S. town in West Virginia
Population (2000): 198
Housing Units (2000): 116
Land area (2000): 0.220733 sq. miles (0.571697 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.220733 sq. miles (0.571697 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67660
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 38.898895 N, 81.427037 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 25270
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Reedy, WV
Reedy
Reef (n.) 礁，礁脈；沙洲；暗礁 A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
Reef (n.) (Mining.) A large
vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in
Reef builder (Zool.), Any stony coral which contributes material to the formation of coral reefs.
Reef heron (Zool.), Any heron of the genus Demigretta; as, the blue reef heron ({Demigretta jugularis) of Australia.
Reef (n.) (Naut.) 【海】縮帆部，疊帆部 [C] 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 points, 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.
Reefed (imp. & p. p.) of Reef.
Reefing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reef.
Reef (v. t.) (Naut.) 縮（帆），疊捲（帆）；縮（桅）；收進（舟首斜桁等） 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 (n.) A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water.
Reef (n.) A rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese [syn: Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef].
Reef (n.) One of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind.
Reef (v.) Lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast".
Reef (v.) Roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area.
Reef (v.) Reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef.
Reef-band (n.) (Naut.) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. -- Totten.
Reefer (n.) (Naut.) One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen. -- Marryat.
Reefer (n.) A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.
Reefer (n.) A marijuana cigarette. [Slang]
Reefer (n.) Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff].
Reefing (n.) (Naut.) 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.
Reefy (a.) Full of reefs or rocks.
Reefy (a.) Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters" [syn: reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly].
Reek (n.) A rick. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Reek (n.) Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. -- Shak.
Reeked (imp. & p. p.) of Reek
Reeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reek
Reek (v. i.) 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. -- Macaulay.
Reek (n.) A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis].
Reek (v.) Have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" [syn: smack, reek, smell].
Reek (v.) Smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" [syn: reek, stink].
Reek (v.) Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: reek, fume].
Reek (v.) Give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun".
Reeky (a.) Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul. -- Shak.
Reeky (a.) Emitting reek. "Reeky fen." -- Sir W. Scott.
Reel (n.) [Gael. righil.] 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.
Reel (n.) 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.
Reel (n.) 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.
Reel (n.) (Agric.) 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.
Reeled (imp. & p. p.) of Reel.
Reeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reel.
Reel (v. t.) To roll. [Obs.]
And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reel. -- Spenser.
Reel (v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.
Reel (v. i.) 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 retired to rest. -- Pope.
The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves. -- Macaulay.
Reel (v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled. -- Hawthorne.
Reel (n.) The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel. -- Shak.
Reel (n.) A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
Reek (v.) Music composed for dancing a reel.
Reek (v.) Winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod.
Reek (v.) A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool, reel].
Reek (v.) A lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps [syn: reel, Scottish reel].
Reek (v.) An American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines [syn: Virginia reel, reel].
Reek (v.) Walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen].
Reek (v.) Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate].
Reek (v.) Wind onto or off a reel.
Reelect (v. t.) To elect again; as, to reelect the former governor.
Reelect (v.) Elect again [syn: reelect, return].
Reelection (n.) Election a second time, or anew; as, the reelection of a former chief.
Reelection (n.) Election again; "he did not run for reelection".
Reeler (n.) One who reels.
Reeler (n.) (Zool.) The grasshopper warbler; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]
Reeler (n.) Someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall [syn: staggerer, totterer, reeler].
Reeler (n.) A dancer of reels.
Reeligible (a.) Eligible again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office. -- Re*el`i*gi*bil"i*ty (n.)
Reem (n.) [Heb.] (Zool.) The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.
Note: In King James's Version it is called unicorn; in the Revised Version,wild ox. -- Job xxxix. 9.
Reem (v. t.) (Naut.) 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.
Reembark (v. t. & i.) To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.
Reembarkation (n.) A putting, or going, on board a vessel again.
Reembody (v. t.) To embody again.
Reembrace (v. i.) To embrace again.
Reemerge (v. i.) To emerge again.
Re-emerge (v.) To appear once more.
Syn: reappear, appear again. re-emerge
Reemergence (n.) Act of reemerging. re-emphasise
Reenact (v. t.) To enact again.
Reenact (v. t.) Specifically: To enact into law, again; as, Congress reenacted the environmental law, which had expired.
Reenact (v. t.) To perform (an action) as a simulation of a prior event; as, She re-enacted what had happened earlier that day; the historical society reenacted the signing of the Declaration of Independence; the militia reenacted the battle of Trenton.
Syn: model, reenact, simulate, act out.
Reenact (v.) Enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton".
Reenact (v.) Enact again; "Congress reenacted the law".
Reenact (v.) Act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day" [syn: enact, reenact, act out].
Reenaction (n.) The act of reenacting; the state of being reenacted.
Reenactment (n.) The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.
Reenactment (n.) Performing a role in an event that occurred at an earlier time; "the reenactment of the battle of Princeton".
Reencourage (v. t.) To encourage again.
Reendow (v. t.) To endow again.
Re-enforce (v.) To make stronger; "reinforced concrete".
Syn: reinforce, reenforce. re-enforce
Reenforce (v. t.) To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet. [Written also reinforce.]
Reenforce (v. t.) (Psychology) To increase the likelihood that (a specific behavior) will be repeated by giving a reward or punishment to a person or animal; as, to reenforce the students' willingness to study by giving awards for good grades.
Reenforce (n.) Something which reenforces or strengthens. Specifically:
Reenforce (n.) 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.
Reenforce (n.) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc. [Written also reinforce.]
Reenforce (v.) Make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete" [syn: reinforce, reenforce].
Reenforcement (n.) 援助；增強 The act of reenforcing, or the state of being reenforced.
Reenforcement (n.) That which reenforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet.
Reenforcement (n.) (Psychology) A reward or punishment which is given to a person or animal in order to increase the likelihood that a specific behavior will be repeated.
Reenforcement (n.) Information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints" [syn: {reinforcement}, {reenforcement}].
Reenforcement (n.) A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support" [syn: {support}, {reinforcement}, {reenforcement}].
Reengage (v. t. & i.) To engage a second time or again.
Reengagement (n.) A renewed or repeated engagement.
Reengrave (v. t.) To engrave anew.
Reenjoy (v. i.) To enjoy anew. -- Pope.
Reenjoyment (n.) Renewed enjoyment.
Reenkindle (v. t.) To enkindle again.
Reenlist (v. t. & i.) To enlist again.
Reenlistment (n.) A renewed enlistment.
Reenslave (v. t.) To enslave again. re-enter
Reenter (v. t.) To enter again ; as, You cannot re-enter the country with this visa.
Reenter (v. t.) (Engraving) 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.
Reenter (v. t.) (Computers) To put (data) into a document or form on a computer again; -- usually to correct an erroneous entry; as, the password was incorrect, and had to be reentered.
Reenter (v. i.) To enter anew or again.
Reentering angle, an angle of a polygon pointing inward, as a, in the cut.
Reentering polygon, A polygon having one or more reentering angles.
Reentering (n.) (Calico Printing.) The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored.
Reenthrone (v. t.) To enthrone again; to replace on a throne.
Reenthronement (n.) A second enthroning.
Reentrance (n.) The act entering again; reentry. -- Hooker.
Reentrant (a.) Reentering; pointing or directed inwards; as, a reentrant angle.
Reentrant (a.) (Of angles) Pointing inward; "a polygon with re-entrant angles" [syn: re-entrant, reentrant] [ant: salient].
Reentry (n.) A second or new entry; as, a reentry into public life.
Reentry (n.) (Law) 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.
Reentry (n.) (Astronautics) To enter (the Earth's atmosphere) after having passed beyond the atmosphere, as when in orbit or returning from another planet.
Card of reentry, (Whist), A card that by winning a trick will bring one the lead at an advanced period of the hand. re-equip
Reentry (n.) The act of entering again.
RE-ENTRY, () estates. The resuming or retaking possession of land which the party lately had.
RE-ENTRY, () Ground rent deeds and leases frequently contain a clause authorizing the landlord to reenter on the non-payment of rent, or the breach of some covenant, when the estate is forfeited. Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 1315; 1 Fonb. Eq. B. 1, c. 6, Sec. 4, note h. Forfeitures for the non-payment of rent being the most common, will here alone be considered. When such a forfeiture has taken place, the lessor or his assigns have a right to repossess themselves of the demised premises.
RE-ENTRY, () Great niceties must be observed in making such reentry. Unless they have been dispensed with by the agreement of the parties, several things are required by law to be previously done by the landlord or reversioner to entitle him to reenter. 3 Call, 424; 8 Watts, 51; 9 Watts, 258; 18 John. 450; 4 N. H. Rep. 254; 13 Wend. 524; 6 Halst. 270; 2 N. H. Rep. 164; 1 Saund. 287, n. 16.
RE-ENTRY, () There must be a demand of rent. Com. Dig. Rent, D 3 a 18 Vin. Ab. 482; Bac. Ab. Rent, H.
RE-ENTRY, () The demand must be of the precise rent due, for the demand of a penny more or less will avoid the entry. Com. Dig. Rent, D 5. If a part of the rent be paid, a reentry may be made for the part unpaid. Bac. Ab. Conditions, O 4; Co. Litt. 203; Cro. Jac. 511.
RE-ENTRY, () It must be made precisely on the day when the rent is due and payable by the lease, to save the forfeiture. 7 T. R. 117. As where the lease contains a proviso that if the rent shall be behind and unpaid, for the space of thirty, or any other number of days, it must be made on the thirtieth or last day. Com. Dig. Rent, D 7; Bac. Abr. Rent, I.
RE-ENTRY, () It must be made a convenient time before sunset, that the money may be counted and a receipt given, while there is light enough reasonably to do so therefore proof of a demand in the afternoon of the last day, without showing in what part of the afternoon it was made, and that it was towards sunset or late in the afternoon, is not sufficient. Jackson v. Harrison, 17 Johns. 66; Com. Dig. Rent, D 7; Bac. Abr. Rent, I.
RE-ENTRY, () It must be made upon the land, and at the most notorious place of it. 6 Bac. Abr. 31; 2 Roll. Abr. 428; see 16 Johns. 222. Therefore, if there be a dwelling-house upon the laud, the demand must be made at the front door, though it is not necessary to enter the house, notwithstanding the door be open; if woodland be the subject of the lease, a demand ought to be made at the gate, or some highway leading through the woods as the most notorious. Co. Litt. 202; Com. Dig. Rent, D. 6.
RE-ENTRY, () Unless a place is appointed where the rent is payable, in which case a demand must be made at such place; Com. Dig. Rent, D. 6; for the presumption is the tenant was there to pay it. Bac. Abr. Rent, I.
RE-ENTRY, () A demand of the rent must be made in fact, although there should be no person on the land ready to pay it. Bac. Ab. Rent, I.
RE-ENTRY, () If after these requisites have been performed by the lessor or reversioner, the tenant neglects or refuses to pay the rent, and no sufficient distress can be found on the premises, then the lessor or reversioner is to reenter. 6 Serg. & Rawle, 151; 8 Watts, R. 51; 1 Saund. 287, n. 16. He should then openly declare before the witnesses he may have provided for the purpose, that for the want of a sufficient distress, and because of the non-payment of the rent demanded, mentioning the amount, he reenters and re-possesses himself of the premises.
RE-ENTRY, () A tender of the rent by the tenant to the lessor, made on the last day, either on or off the premises, will save the forfeiture.
RE-ENTRY, () It follows as a necessary inference from what has been premised, that a demand made before or after the last day which the lessee has to pay the rent, in order to prevent the forfeiture, or off the land, will not be sufficient to defeat the estate. 7 T. R. 11 7.
RE-ENTRY, () The forfeiture may be waived by the lessor, in the case of a lease for years, by his acceptance of rent, accruing since the forfeiture, provided he knew of the cause. 3 Rep. 64.
RE-ENTRY, () A reentry cannot be made for nonpayment of rent if there is any distrainable property on the premises, which may be taken in satisfaction of the rent, and every part of the premises must be searched. 2 Phil. Ev. 180.
RE-ENTRY, () The entry may be made by the lessor or reversioner himself, or by attorney; Cro. Eliz. 601; 7 T. R. 117; the entry of one joint tenant or tenant in common, enures to the benefit of the whole. Hob 120.
RE-ENTRY, () After the entry has been made, evidence of it ought to be perpetuated.
RE-ENTRY, () Courts of chancery will generally make the lessor account to the lessee for the profits of the estate, during the time of his being in possession; and will compel him, after he has satisfied the rent in arrear, and the costs attending his entry, and detention of the lands, to give up the possession to the lessee, and to pay him the surplus profits of the estate. 1 Co. Litt. 203 a, n. 3; 1 Lev. 170; T.. Raym. 135, 158; 3 Cruise, 299, 300. See also 6 Binn. 420; 18 Ves. 60; Bac. Ab. Rent, K; 3 Call, 491; 18 Ves. 58 2 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 1315; 4 Bing. R. 178; 33 En. C. L. It. 312, 1 How. S. C. R. 211
Reerect (v. t.) To erect again.
Compare: Rearmouse
Rearmouse, Reremouse, (n.) (Zool.) The leather-winged bat ({Vespertilio murinus). [Written also reermouse.] re-arrange
Reermouse (n.) (Zool.) See Rearmouse.
Reestablish (v. t.) To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reestablish a covenant; to reestablish health.
Reestablish (v.) Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" [syn: restore, reinstate, reestablish].
Reestablisher (n.) One who establishes again.
Reestablishment (n.) The act reestablishing; the state of being reestablished. -- Addison.
Reestate (v. t.) To reestablish. [Obs.] -- Walis. re-evaluate
Reeve (n.) (Zool.) The female of the ruff.
Rove (imp. & p. p.) of Reeve.
Reeving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reeve.
Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
Reeve (n.) An officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. -- Chaucer. -- Piers Plowman.
Reve, (n.) [See Reeve.] An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written reeve.] [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
Ruff, (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.
Here to-morrow with his best ruff on. -- Shak.
His gravity is much lessened since the late proclamation came out against ruffs; . . . they were come to that height of excess herein, that twenty shillings were used to be paid for starching of a ruff. -- Howell.
Ruff, (n.) Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name.
I reared this flower; . . . Soft on the paper ruff its leaves I spread. -- Pope.
Ruff, (n.) An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.
How many princes . . . in the ruff of all their glory, have been taken down from the head of a conquering army to the wheel of the victor's chariot! -- L'Estrange.
Ruff, (n.) Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. [Obs.]
To ruffle it out in a riotous ruff. -- Latimer.
Ruff, (n.) (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.
Ruff, (n.) (Mach.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.
Ruff, (n.) (Zool.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.
Ruff, (n.) (Zool.) (a) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia ({Pavoncella pugnax, syn. Philomachus pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve.
Ruff, (n.) (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck.
Reeve (n.) Female ruff.
Reeve (v.) Pass a rope through; "reeve an opening".
Reeve (v.) Pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope".
Reeve (v.) Fasten by passing through a hole or around something.
REEVE. () The name of an ancient English officer of justice, inferior in rank to an alderman.
REEVE. () He was a ministerial officer, appointed to execute process, keep the king's peace, and put the laws in execution. He witnessed all contracts and bargains; brought offenders to justice, and delivered them to punishment; took bail for such as were to appear at the county court, and presided at the court or folcmote[?]. He was also called gerefa.
REEVE. () There were several kinds of reeves as the shire-gerefa, shire-reeve or sheriff; the heh-gerefa, or high-sheriff, tithing-reeve, burgh or borough-reeve.
Reexaminable (a.) Admitting of being reexamined or reconsidered. -- Story.
Compare: Follow-up
Follow-up (n.) A second (or subsequent) action to increase the effectiveness of an initial action. Also used attributively; as a follow-up visit.
Note: A follow-up may be of various types. After a medical examination, a second examination (or reexamination) to obtain additional information regarding some fact discovered in the first examination is considered a follow-up. A second visit or phone call in pursuit of a sale or other request would also be a follow-up.
Syn: reexamination, review.
Follow-up (n.) (Journalism) A subsequent story providing information discovered or events happening after a first story was published.
Follow-up (n.) (Journalism) Same as sidebar.
Reexamination (n.) A repeated examination. See under Examination.
Compare: Examination
Examination (n.) The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.
Examination (n.) A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. -- Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), That examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him.
Cross-examination, That made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, (Law) That questioning of a witness at trial made by the party calling the witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination; also called informally re-direct.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.
Reexamination (n.) (Law) Questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination [syn: redirect examination, reexamination].
Reexamination (n.) A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment [syn: follow-up, followup, reexamination, review].
RE-EXAMINATION. () A second examination of a thing. A witness maybe reexamined, in a trial at law, in the discretion of the court, and this is seldom refused. In equity, it is a general rule that there can be no reexamination of a witness, after he has once signed his name to the deposition, and turned his back upon the commissioner or examiner; the reason of this is that he may be tampered with or induced to retract or qualify what he has sworn to. 1 Meriv. 130.
Reexamine (v. t.) To examine anew. -- Hooker.
Reexamine (v.) Look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation" [syn: review, reexamine].