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To frame again or anew.

The quality of being refrangible.

Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light. -- Re*fran"gi*ble*ness, n.

A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly.

Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.

Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society. Beau & Fl.

An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. [R.]

ine derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type.

An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. Australian sassafras, a lofty tree (Doryophora Sassafras) with aromatic bark and leaves. -- Chilian sassafras, an aromatic tree (Laurelia sempervirens). -- New Zealand sassafras, a similar…

of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceæ) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants.

Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous. [R.] -- n.

Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions. Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella Saxifraga). -- Golden saxifrage, a low half-sacculent herb (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, C. Americanum, commo…

Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder.

Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis.

Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.

The office of a suffragan.

Suffragan. [Obs.]

To vote or vote with. [Obs.] "Suffragating tribes." Dryden.

One who assists or favors by his vote. [Obs.]