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REVENDICATION n.
The act of revendicating. [R.] Vattel (Trans. )
REVEREND a.
rthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable. A reverend sire among them came. Milton. They must give good example and reverend deportment in the face of their children. Jer. Taylor.
REVERENDLY adv.
Reverently. [Obs.] Foxe.
RHODODENDRON n.
A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay.
ROMAN CALENDAR n.
The calendar of the ancient Romans, from which our modern calendars are derived. It is said to have consisted originally of ten months, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December, having a total of 304 days. Numa added two months, Januarius at the beginning of the y…
ROPE'S-END v.
To punish with a rope's end.
SALLENDERS n.
An eruption on the hind leg of a horse. [Written also sellanders, and sellenders.] On the inside of the hock, or a little below it, as well as at the bend of the knee, there is occasionally a scurfy eruption called "mallenders" in the fore leg, and "sallenders" in the hind leg. Youatt.
SCLENDER a.
Slender. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SCOLOPENDRA n. 2 definitions
A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.
SCOLOPENDRINE a.
Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
SEA LAVENDER n.
See Marsh rosemary, under Marsh.
SELF-DEPENDENT a.
Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant.
SELF-DEPENDING a.
Depending on one's self.
SELF-SUSPENDED a.
Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced. Southey.
SELLANDERS; SELLENDERS n.
See Sallenders.
SEND v. 7 definitions
To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger. I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. Jer. xxiii. 21. I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. John viii. 42. Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the mes…
SENDAL n.
A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also cendal, and sendal.] Chaucer. Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver Sir W. Scott.
SENDER n.
One who sends. Shak.
SHEND v. 2 definitions
To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] "Loss of time shendeth us." Chaucer. I fear my body will be shent. Dryden.
SHENDFUL a.
Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful. [Obs.] -- Shend"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Fabyan.
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