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To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. J. Ellis.

One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip.

pable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.

buse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me there" Shak. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. 1 Pet. ii. 23.

The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse. Spenser.

One who reviles. 1. Cor. vi. 10.

To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. Ring- tailed cat (Zoöl.), the cacomixle. -- Ring-tailed eagle (Zoöl.), a young golden eagle.

Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.

One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement. -- Rus*soph"ilism, n. [Chiefly newspaper words.]

A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brooklite.

nsecrated to religious persons or uses. And the hid treasures in her sacred tomb With sacrilege to dig. Spenser. Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with the spoils of sacrilege. South.

Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. pope. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.

One guilty of sacrilege.

vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer.

A flesh-eating animal, especially any one of the carnivorous marsupials.

Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.

Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible. [R.] Arbuthnot.

Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.