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In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.

That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eue; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose. Angle of repose (Physics), the inclination of a plane at which a body placed on the plane would r…

The act of sprinkling or scattering. [Obs.]

inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reëntering angle.

Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches. -- Re*vil"ing*ly, adv.

rhomb or oblique parallelopiped of crown or St. Gobain glass so cut that a ray of light entering one of its faces at right angles shall emerge at right angles at the opposite face, after undergoing within the rhomb, at other faces, two reflections. It is used to produce a ray circularly polarized from a plane-polarized…

- followed by of. "Rid all the sea of pirates." Shak. In never ridded myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me. De Quincey.

ry or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes. Rifle pit (Mil.), a trench for sheltering sharpshooters.

f a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.

A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio. Sir T. Herbert.

A blustering, turbulent fellow. If two roisterers met, they cocked their hats in each other faces. Macaulay.

Blustering; violent. [R.]

A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak.

To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate. Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea. Milton.

broken. -- Rudder coat (Naut.), a covering of tarred canvas used to prevent water from entering the rudderhole. -- Rudder fish. (Zoöl.) (a) The pilot fish. (b) The amber fish (Seriola zonata), which is bluish having six broad black bands. (c) A plain greenish black American fish (Leirus perciformis); -- called also b…

Projectiong outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reëntering. See Illust. of Bastion.

A sauntering, or a sauntering place. That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town. Young.

The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [Colloq.] While the rat is on the scout. Cowper.

The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.

Uttering screams; shrieking.