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throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.

An instrument for measuring the direct heating effect of the sun's rays.

lso tetraboric acid), which is the acid ingredient of ordinary borax, and is obtained by heating boric acid.

A crude acetate produced by treating pyroligneous acid with a metal or basic compound; as, pyrolignite of iron (iron liquor).

d, H4P2O7, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are obtained by heating the phosphates.

A complex nitrogenous compound obtained by heating together pyruvic acid and urea.

arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock.

That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused; as, a stream radiator.

instrument for driving anything force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity.

er, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism.

The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.

at; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.

Creating anew; as, re-creative power.

Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance. The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud. Milton.

The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.

Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting. Let the music of them be recreative. Bacon. --- Rec"re*a`tive*ly, adv. -- Rec"re*a`tive*ness, n.

The act of beating or striking back.

, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.

bstain. Refrain from these men, and let them alone. Acts v. 38. They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after. Sir T. Browne.

-- To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters.