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ance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel. Virginia reel, the common name throughout the United States for the old English "country dance," or contradance (contredanse). Bartlett.

To elect again; as, to reëlect the former governor.

Election a second time, or anew; as, the reëlection of a former chief.

One who reels.

Eligble again; capable of reëlection; as, reëligible to the same office. -- Re*ël`i*gi*bil"i*ty (r, n.

An osier basket, such as anglers use. Sir W. Scott.

A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.

Frailty. [Obs.] Chaucer.

estraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously. Of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat. Gen. ii. 16. Freely ye have received, freely give. Matt. x. 8. Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Milton. Freely we serve Because we freely love. Milton.

See Creel.

To elect beforehand.

Election beforehand.

To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Destitute of trees. C. Kingsley.

The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.

Treelike in shape.

Having a treelike appearance. "An arborized or moss agate." Wright.

A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub. Bradley.

haic] The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney. This sodeyn cas this man astonied so, That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. Chaucer.

A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.