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That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve. [Obs.] "The tamis ranger." Holland.

One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door. Sterne.

Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.

erance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo. Specifically:

One who reads. Specifically:

One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as a bore of a cannon, etc.

Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest. When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear. Milton.

d desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive or ratiocinative faculty. We have no other faculties of perceiving or knowing any…

One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff.

Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.

One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor.

or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.

f one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically:

A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells; usually attached to monasteries.

Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged. Recoil dynamometer (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring the force of the recoil of a firearm. -- Recoil escapement See the Note under Escapement.

To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.

The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. Specifically:

One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.

Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.

Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.