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One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books.

Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life. My race of glory run, and race of shame. Milton.

to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obs.] Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. Carew.

walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world. He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the w…

ey] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent. Mrs. Alexander. Not to care a rap, to care nothing. -- Not worth a rap, worth nothing.

thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton. New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare. Dryden.

as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a sticking. Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care. Shak.

ight. [Obs.] Yet it were great reason, that those that have children should have greatest care of future times. Bacon.

Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.

To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard. [Archaic] This son of mine not recking danger. Sir P. Sidney. And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the adviser. Burns.

Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. Chaucer.

Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child. H. Taylor. -- n.

To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body. Mæcenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, who…

To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem. He that regardeth thae day, regardeth it into the LOrd. Rom. xiv. 6. Here's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor king. Shak.

Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity. Regardless of the bliss wherein he sat. Milton.

he post office and the transmission and delivery of which are attended to with particular care.

llow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate. Carew.

uinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman. For me . . . my relation does not care a rush. Ld. Lytton.

finity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman. "Confining our care . . . to ourselves and relatives." Bp. Fell.

Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.