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To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reëcho the roar of cannon.

Smoky; reeky; hence, begrimed with dirt. [Obs.]

Red. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The cat-tail.

eral small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Schoenicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler.

See Rietboc.

Civered with reeds; reedy. Tusser.

Consisting of a reed or reeds. Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood. Dryden.

The act reëdifying; the state of being reëdified.

To edify anew; to build again after destruction. [R.] Milton.

A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting.

Destitute of reeds; as, reedless banks.

The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird.

A collective name for the reed stops of an organ.

Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds. "A reedy pool." Thomson .

A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.

A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. Totten.

One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen. Marryat.

The process of taking in a reef. Reefing bowsprit, a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.

Full of reefs or rocks.