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imp. & p. p. of Read, Rede. Spenser.

imp. of Read, Rede. Chaucer.

A hedge or fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge. Todd.

The ruddock. [Prov. Eng.]

A raid. [Scot.]

a raft. Three vessels under sail, and one at anchor, above Split Rock, and behind it the radeau Thunderer. W. Irving.

Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zoöl.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery. Radial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.

An engine, usually an internal-combustion engine of a certain type (the radial type) having several cylinders arranged radially like the spokes of a complete wheel. The semiradial engine has radiating cylinders on only one side of the crank shaft.

The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.

In a radial manner.

An arc of a circle which is equal to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc.

The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun. Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. Milton. What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare ! Neale.

Emitting or proceeding as from a center; [U.S.] rays; radiating; radiate.

A semiradial engine. See Radial engine, above.

In a radiant manner; with glittering splendor.

A radiate. [Obs.]

An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere.

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine. Virtues shine more clear In them [kings], and radiant like the sun at noon. Howell.

Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.

Emitted, or sent forth, in rays or direct lines; as, radiated heat.