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ny one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket- shaped.

Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.

The barbs of the radii of a feather; barbules.

flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes. -- Ragged sailor (Bot.), prince's feather (Polygonum orientale). -- Ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] -- Rag"ged*ly, adv. -- Rag"ged*…

To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read great magnanimity. Spenser. Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. Shak.

price. Let . . . all things be thought upon That may, with reasonable swiftness, add More feathers to you wings. Shak.

Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.

An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work.

One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.

es inside a district previously worn down nearly to base level; -- said of topography, or features of topography, as valleys, hills, etc.

f a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.

The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

use to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design.

r; reputable conduct. In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy as defeat one. Broome.

To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose. God resisteth the proud. James iv. 6. Contrary to his high will Whom we resist. Milton.

ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

stances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse. The strange reverse of fate you see; I pitied you, now you may pity me. Dryden. By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich. Lamb.

The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis.

The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting.

a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. -- Rock pigeon (Zoöl.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under Pigeon. -- Rock pipit. (Zoöl.) See the Note under Pipit. -- Rock p…