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A roe; a deer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-.

The electric catfish. [Written also raasch.]

A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.

A kind of clerical scarf fitted to a collar; as, a black silk rabat.

To recover to the fist, as a hawk. [Obs.]

A collar or cape. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott.

A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato. [Obs.] Shak.

To abate or diminish. [Obs.] --n.

To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.

teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law. "The gravest rabbies." Milton.

Same as Rabbi.

The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.

Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins. "Comments staler than rabbinic." Lowell.

In a rabbinical manner; after the manner of the rabbins.

A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins.

One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions.

Same as Rabbinist.

The hunting of rabbits. T. Hughes.

A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.