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Resident; present in a place. [Obs.] In which her kingdom's throne is chiefly resiant. Spenser.

The place where anything rests permanently. But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights against his own majesty and kingship. Milton.

The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active. When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces. 1. Macc. xi. 38.

To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage. The king thought it time to resort to other counsels. Clarendon.

wed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. 1 Kings vi. 6.

That which is restored or renewed. The restoration (Eng. Hist.), the return of King Charles II. in 1660, and the reëstablishment of monarchy. -- Universal restoration (Theol.), the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God to a state of happiness; universal salvation.

r brief recapitulation. The exellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book. C. Kingsley.

The taking again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error.

To revert; to pass back into possession. And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David. 1Kings xii. 26.

d heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived. 1 Kings xvii. 22.

A king. To play rex, to play the king; to domineer. [Obs.]

ll be rich in some great action. Rowe. The gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. Milton.

Having no rider; as, a riderless horse. H. Kingsley.

him the ridicule of his contemporaries. Buckle. To the people . . . but a trifle, to the king but a ridicule. Foxe.

. Chaucer. I should have been a woman by right. Shak. -- Divine right, or Divine right of kings, a name given to the patriarchal theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience of the people. --…

ws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or an estate; a rightful king.

. depressa of Southern Europe. -- River dragon, a crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king of Egypt. -- River driver, a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. Bartlett. -- River duck (Zoöl.), any species of duck belonging to Anas, Spatula, and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a mem…

] Master of the robes, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. -- Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the…

ung the neck of a rooster, did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congress or King George. W. Irving.

isposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental. "Rose-pink piety." C. Kingsley.