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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.

Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord. It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist. Sir W. Scott.…

One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.

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Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.

Something which reënforces or strengthens. Specifically: (a) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon. (b) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc.…

That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.

To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules. We can not be said to refl…

The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected. Specifically:

Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.

Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher po…