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The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.

Leaping back; rebounding; recoling.

Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum. His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. Dryden. And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air To add unto his sickness. Shak.

Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop. If life be short, it shall be glorious; Each minute shall be rich in some great action. Rowe. The gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. Milton.…

Prevailing; prevalent; abounding. Before the plague of London, inflammations of the lungs were rife and mortal. Arbuthnot. Even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife, and perfect in may listening ear. Milton.

Abounding with rime; frosty.

Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.

Abounding with room or rooms; roomy. "A roomful house." [R.] Donne.

Full of, or abounding in, dew. [R.]

Abounding or covered with rushes.

The quality or state of abounding with rushes.

Abounding with rushes.

Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping. "Frogs and salient animals." Sir T. Browne.

Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. "Salt tears." Chaucer.

fly (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and midge. -- Sand gall (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below. -- Sand…

Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil.

Abounding with blood; sanguine.

Abounding in sap; sappy.

Abounding with sap; full of sap; juisy; succulent.

Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.