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841 words match “DAL”

RAKE v. 2 definitions
th ashes. (b) To bring up; to search out an bring to notice again; as, to rake up old scandals.
READ v.
s.] See Rede. Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. Tyndale.
REFORGE v.
To forge again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make over. Udall.
REGRESSION n.
ce) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a cuspidal edge. -- Regression point (Geom.), a cusp.
REITERATIVE n.
A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.
RELIEF n.
ed tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.
RENAISSANCE n.
issance was rather the last stage of the Middle Ages, emerging from ecclesiastical and feudal despotism, developing what was original in mediæval ideas by the light of classic arts and letters. J. A. Symonds (Encyc. Brit. ).
REPARATION n.
amends; satisfaction; indemnity. make reparation or reparations. I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able. Dryden.
REPROVE v.
reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men. Udall.
RESPECTION n.
ct of respecting; respect; regard. [Obs.] Without difference or respection of persons. Tyndale.
RETARD n.
is said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under Retardation. rHam. Nav. Encyc.
RETARDATION n.
ing is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay. Retardation of the tide. (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time of high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following. (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under Retar…
RETROCHOIR n.
Any extension of a church behind the higggggggh altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
REVERSE n.
The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the Ant: obverse. See Obverse.
REVERSIBILITY n.
The quality of being reversible. Tyndall.
RHOMBOID a.
Same as Rhomboidal.
RHYOLITE n.
A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure. -- Rhy`o*lit"ic, a.
RIBALD n.
ul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow. Spenser. Pope. Ribald was almost a class name in the feudal system . . . He was his patron's parasite, bulldog, and tool . . . It is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly became a synonym for everything ruffianly and brutal. Earle.
RIGHT adv.
le; right valiant. "He was not right fat". Chaucer. For which I should be right sorry. Tyndale. [I] return those duties back as are right fit. Shak.
RIX-DOLLAR n.
a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler.
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