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To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange. Masson.

Prearranged. [Obs.] " Set and prefinite time." Holland.

powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.

ojected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.

That motion of the forearm whereby the palm or palmar, surface is turned downward.

Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors. Proof charge (Firearms), a charge of powder and ball, greater than the service charge, fired in an arm, as a gun or cannon, to test its strength. -- Proof impression. See under Impression. -- Proof load (Engin.), the greatest load than can be a…

ion with, or relation to, a radius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the forearm; as, radio-ulnar, radiomuscular, radiocarpal.

The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious. The fierce lion in his kind Which goeth rampant after his prey. Gower. [The] lion . . . rampant shakes his brinded mane. Milton.

The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.

A tract of land used for grazing and rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2. [Western U. S.]

The act or process of rearbsorbing.

To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope. Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.

Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. -- Recoil escapement See the Note under Escapement.

To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange. A. Baxter.

See Rearmouse.

A repeating firearm.

hing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch. Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle, n., 3. -- Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal. -- Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick su…