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A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster.

Retinite.

Having reticulated veins.

That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.

Of or pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically, designating an acid found in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons.

An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal.

Inflammation of the retina.

Resinlike, or resinform; resembling a resin without being such.

A hydrocarbon oil obtained by the distillation of resin, -- used in printer's ink.

One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillæ. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

Of or pertaining to retinophoræ.

The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.

The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite. Others of your insolent retinue. Shak. What followers, what retinue canst thou gain Milton. To have at one's retinue, to keep or employ as a retainer; to retain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophoræ of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

Having, or characterized by, retinul

A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.

Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. [U.S.] Bartlett. What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy. C. A. Bristed.

A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reëntering angle.

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively. He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. Sir P. Sidney. As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. Sir J. Davies.

Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. Hawthorne.