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To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.

A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality. South. My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered. Eikon Basilike.

The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand. South. Mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice. Jer. Taylor.

sh; to lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to reduce a sergeant to the ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat. "An ancient but reduced family." Sir W. Scott. Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon something belonging to it, to reduce it. Tillotson. Having reduced Their foe…

r. -- Court of regard, a forest court formerly held in England every third year for the lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer; -- called also survey of dogs. Blackstone.

to temperance. Shak. To rein in or rein up, to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins.

The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life. "Nero will be tainted with remorse." Shak.

Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back. Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do. E. Philips (1658). The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were to drag him [Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became restive, and went back.…

To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.

The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel. (b) (Surg.)

The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action. Blackstone.

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable. In a retreat he oShak.

A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal. "Revulsions and pullbacks." SSir T. Brovne.

Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

d slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2. Roving frame, Roving machine, a machine for drawing and twisting roves and twisting roves and winding them on bobbin for the spinning machine.

A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.

ved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or pencil in drawing lines. Cf. Rule, n., 7 (a). Parallel ruler. See under Parallel.

A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.

A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.