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The act of redarguing; refutation. [Obs. or R.] Bacon.

Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory. [R.]

The dunlin. [U. S.]

The char.

The summer redbird (Piranga rubra).

The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot.

A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas.

The European goldfinch.

One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.

obs. imp. of Read, or Rede. Chaucer.

To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.

A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease. Cruise.

Somewhat red; moderately red. -- Red"dish*ness, n.

Explanation; representation. [R.] The reddition or application of the comparison. Chapman.

Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words.

Red chalk. See under Chalk.

Rigor; violence. [Obs.] Gower.

To advise or counsel. [Obs. or Scot.] I rede that our host here shall begin. Chaucer.

ulated price; to repurchase. If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. Lev. xxv. 29.

Redeemableness.