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One who rebels; a rebel.

The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistances to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government…

Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force. "Thy rebellious crew." "Proud rebellious arms." Milton. -- Re*bel"lious*ly, adv. -- Re*bel"lious*ness, n.

To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow. The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. Dryden.

The char.

The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.

Driving back; able or tending to repel.

One who, or that which, repels.

To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.

To spell again.

To tell again.

Causing revulsion; revulsive. -- n. (Med.)

A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type.

A genus of brachiopods of which some species are still living, while many are found fossil.

Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.

A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song.

A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck. Shak.

Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.

A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.

A seaport town in France. Rochelle powders. Same as Seidlitz powders. -- Rochelle salt (Chem.), the double tartrate of sodium and potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an apothecary of Rochelle, and…