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Retard, re-tård'. v. a. to hinder

Retch, rétsh, or retsh. v. n. to force up some-
thing from the sto:nach

Retention, re-ten'shun. s. the act of retaining;
memory;
confinement

Revel, rév'él. s. a feast with loose and noisy jollity

Revelation, rêv-é-la'shun. s. communication of sacred truths

[retention Revelry, rev'êl-rẻ. s. loose jollity Retentive, re-tén'tîv. a. having the power of Revenge, re-venje'. v. a. to return an injury Reticular, re-tik'u-lår. a. having the form of Revenge, ré-vẻnje'. s. return of an injury a small net Revengeful, re-venge'ful. a. vindictive Retina, ret'té-ná. s. the optick nerve which Revenue, rêv'è-nů. s. income

receives the image of the object in vision Retinue, ret'è-nu. s. a train of attendants Retire, ré-tire'. v. n. to retreat, to withdraw Retirement, re-tire'inent. s. private abode Retold, re-told'. part. pass. of retell. related or told again

Retort, ré-tort'. v. a. to throw back; to re-
turn any argument, censure, or incivility
Retort, re-tort'. s. a censure or incivility re-
turned; a chymical vessel
Retoss, re-tus'. v. a. to toss back
Retouch, ré-tutsh'. v. a. to improve by new
touches

Retrace, re-tråse'. v. a. to trace back
Retract, re-tråkt'. v. a. to recall, to recant
Retraction, re-trak'shun. s. recantation
Retreat, re-trète'. s. place of privacy

Retreat, re-tréte'. v. n. to retire

Retrench, re-trénsh'. v. a. to cut off

Reverberate, rẻ-ver'ber-åte. . a. to beat
back; to heat in an intense furnace
Reverberation, ré-vér-bér-á'shun. s. the act
of beating or driving back
Reverberatory, rẻ-vér′ber-à-tur-ẻ. a. return-
ing, beating back

Revere, ré-vére'. v. a. to reverence
Reverence, rêv'er-ênse. s. veneration, respect
Reverence, rêv'er-ense. v. a. to regard with
awful respect

Reverend, rév'er-end. a. deserving reverence;

the honorary epithet of the clergy Reverent, rév'er-ént. a. expressing veneration Reverential, rev-ér-én'shal. a. expressing re

verence

Reverently, rev'er-ênt-lè. ad. respectfully Reverse, re-verse'. v. a. to turn upside down; to repeal

Reverse, re-verse'. s. change; an opposite

Retrenchment, réẻ-trẻnsh'ment. s. the act of Reversion, re-ver'shun. s. right of succession

lopping away

Retribute, re-trib'ute. v. a. to pay back
Retribution, rêt-trẻ-bu'shun. s. repayment
Retrievable, re-tréèv'å-bl. a. that may be re-
trieved

Retrieve, re-trèèv'. v. a. to recover
Retrocession, ret-tro-sẻsh'un. s. the act of
going back
[wards; contrary |
Retrograde, ret'tro-gråde. a. going back-
Retrogression, ret-tro-grẻsh'un. s. the act of
going backwards

Reversionary, ré-ver'shůn-a-rẻ. a. to be en-
joyed in succession

Revert, ré-vert'. v. a. to change; to turn back
Revertible, re-vert'è-bl. a. returnable

Revery, rev'er-è. s. loose musing, irregular
thought
[session or office
Revest, rẻ-vest'. v. a. to vest again in a pos-
Revictual, ré-vit'tl. v. a. to stock with vic-
tuals again

Review, re-vo'. v. a. to survey, to examine
Review, re-v'. s. survey, re-examination;
a military exhibition

Retrospect, ret'tro-spêkt. s. look thrown upon
things behind or things past
Retrospection, rét-tro-spék'shún. s. act of Revisal, ré-vl'zál. s. re-examination
looking backwards

Revile, re-vile'. v. a. to reproach, to vilify

Retrospective, rêt-tro-spektiv. a. looking

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Revise, ré-vize'. v. a. to review, to overlook
Revise, ré-vize'. s. review; a second proof
of a sheet corrected
Revision, ré-vizh'un. s. review
Revisit, ré-viz'it. v. a. to visit again
Revival, ré-vi'vål. s. recall from a state of
languor, oblivion, or obscurity

Revive, ré-vive'. v. a. to bring to life again;
to quicken

Revivification, rẻ-viv-è-fè-kå'shản. s. the act
of recalling to life
[called
Revocable, rev'd-ka-bl. a. that may be re-
Revocation, rev d ka'shûn. s. repeal, rever-

sal

Revoke, ré-voke'. v. a. to repeal, to recall
Revolt, ré-volt', or re-vålt'. v. n. to fall off

from one to another

Revolt, ré-volt' s. desertion, change of sides

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Revolution, rev-vo-ld'shån. s. course of any

Rid, rid. pret. of ride

Rid, rid. v. a. to set free; to clear
Riddance, rid'dânse. s. deliverance

tion

thing which returns to the point at which it Ridden, rid'dn. part. of ride began to move; change in a state; return-Riddle, rid'dl. s. an enigma, a puzzling quesing motion [a coarse sieve Revolutionary, rev-d-ld'shûn-á-rẻ. a. founded Riddle, rid'di. v. a. to solve; to separate by Ride, ride. v. n. to travel on horseback, to be supported as ships on the water

ou a revolution

Revolutionist, rêv-d-lu'shun-ist. s. an undis

tinguishing promoter of revolutions in go-Rider, ri'dir. s. one who is carried on a horse

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repay

Reward, re-wård'. s. recompense
Rewarder, re-wård'ůr. s. one that rewards
Keword, re-wird'. v. a. to repeat in the same
words
[by a wand
Rhabdomancy, rab'do-mân-sẻ. s. divination
Rhapsodist, rap'so-dist. s. one who writes
rhapsodies

Rhapsody, rap'so-dè. s. a writing without ne-
cessary dependence or natural connexion
Rhetorick, ret'to-rik. s. oratory
Rhetorical, ré-tor'è-kål. a. oratorical
Rhetorically, re-tôr'è-kâl-é. ad. figuratively
Rhetorician, re-to-rish'ân. s. one who teaches
the science of rhetorick

Rheum, room. s. a thin watery matter oozing
through the glands

Rheumatick, roo-mât'ik. a. proceeding from

rheum

or in a vehicle

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Ridgy, rid'je. a. rising in a riage
Ridicule, rid'è-kule. s. wit which provokes
laughter

Ridicule, rid'è-kule. v. a. to expose to laughter
Ridiculous, re-dik'ko-lus. a. worthy of laughter
Ridiculousness, re-dik'kd-lus-nês. s. the qua-
lity of being ridiculous

Icer

Riding, riding. s. a district visited by an offi-
Ridotto, ré-dot'to. s. a kind of opera
Rife, rife. a. prevalent, abounding
Rifeness, rife'nés. s. prevalence, abundance
Rifle, .rtf. v. a. to pillage, to plunder
Rift, ft. s. a cleft, a breach
Rift, rift. v. n. to burst, to open
Rig, rig. v. a. to accoutre; to fit with tack-
Rigadoon, rig-a-dôôn'. s. a dance
Rigger, rig'gur. s. one that rigs or dresses
Rigging, rig'ing. s. the sails or tackling of a
ship

Rheumatism, r33'ma-tizm. s. a painful dis-
temper supposed to proceed from acrid hu-Riggish, rig'ish. a. wanton

mours

Rheumy, rôô'mè. a. full of sharp moisture
Rhomb, rumb. s. a quadrangular figure
Rhombick, rum'bik. a. shaped like a rhomb
Rhomboid, rum'boid. s. a figure approaching
to a rhomb
ly purgative

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Righteous, ri'tshe-us. a. just, virtuous Rhubarb, roo'burb. s. a medical root slight-Righteousness, ri'tshé-us-nés. s. justice, hoRhyme, rime. s. the consonance of verses;

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make verses Rightful, rite'fül. a. having a just claim; just

Rhyme, rime. v. n. to agree in sound; to Rightly, rite'lè. ad. properly, suitably; ho

Rib, rib. s. a bone; a piece of timber
Ribaldry, rib'buld-rẻ. s. mean, lewd

guage

nestly; exactly

lan-Pigid, rid'jid. a. stiff; severe, cruel
Rigidity, re-jid'é-tè. s. stiffness

Riband, rib'bin. s. a fillet of silk
Ribbed, ribd. a. furnished with ribs
Ribbon, rib'bin. s.---See Riband
Rice, rise. s. one of the esculent grains
Rich, ritsh. a. wealthy, valuable; fertile
Riches, ritsh'iz, s. wealth, money
Richly, ritsh'le. ad. wealthily, splendidly
Richness, ritsh'nés. s. opulence; fertility
Rick, rik. s. a pile of corn or hay
Rickets, rik'kits. s. a distemper in children
Rickety, rik'it-é. a. diseased with the rickets!!

Rigidness, rid'jid-nés. s. severity, inflexibi lity

[strictness Rigour, rig'gur. s. cold stiffness; severity, Rigorous, rig'gur-us. a. severe, allowing no

abatement

Rill, ril. s. a small brook, a little streamlet
Rim, rim. s. a border, a margin
Rime, rime. s. hoar frost
Rind, rind. s. bark, busk

Ring, ring. s. a circle; a circle of gold won
as an ornament; a scund

Ring, ring. v. n. to sound as a bell or sono-Roar, rore. v. n. to make a loud noise rous metal

Ringdove, ring'div. s. a kind of pigeon
Ringer, ring'ur. s. he who rings

Ringleader, ring'lé-dúr. s. the head of a riot-
ous body

Ringlet, ring let. s. a small ring; a curl [ed

Roar, rore. s. the cry of a lion or other beast; any loud noise

Roast, rost. v. a. to dress meat, by turning it
round before the fire

Rob, rôb. v. a. to plunder
Robber, rôb'bůr. s. a thief

Ringstreaked, ring'strekt. a. circularly streak-Robbery, rob'bur-è. s. theft perpetrated by Rinse, rinse. v. a. to cleanse by washing; force or with privacy

to wash soap out of clothes

Riot, riut. s. wild and loose festivity; se-
dition

Riot, rl'ût. v. n. to revel; to raise a sedition
Rieter, rit-úr. s. one who raises an uproar
Riotous, rl'út-us. a. licentiously festive; se-
ditious
[ing riotous
Riotousness, rl'ût-is-nês. s. the state of be-
Rip, rip. v. a. to tear, to lacerate
Ripe, ripe. a. mature; complete
Ripely, ripe'lé. ad. maturely, at the fit time
Ripen, rl'pn. v. n. to grow ripe
Ripeness, ripe'nes. s. maturity

Robe, robe. s. a gown of tate
Robe, robe. v. a. to dreompousty
Robust, ro-bust'. a. stroi, vigorous
Rocambole, rok'âm-bole
garlick
Roche-alur, ròtsb-ål'lur
Rok, rok. s. a vast mass of
a distaff

a sort of wild [of alum

1. a purer kind one; protection;

move a cradle

Rock, rok. v. a. to shake;
Rocket, rok'kit. s. an articl fire-work
Rockwork, rok'wůrk. s. stones fixed in mor-

tar, in imitation of the sperities of rocks
Rocky, rok'ke. a. full of rocks; hard
Rod, rod. s. a long twig, an instrument of

correction

Rode, rode. pret. of ride

Ripple, rip'pl. v. n. to fret on the surface, as
water swiftly running
Rippling, rip'ling. s. a moving roughness on
the surface of running water
Rise, rize. v. n. to get up; to spring; to
swell; to break out from below the hori-Roe, rò. s. the female of the hart;

zon; to increase in price

Rise, rize. s. the act of rising; elevated place; increase of price; original Risibility, riz-é-bil'è-té. s. the quality

laughing

Risible, riz'e-bl. a. exciting laughter

Risk, risk. s. hazard, danger

Risk, risk. v. a. to hazard

of

Rodomontade, rod-b-môn-tåde'. s. an empty noisy bluster or boast

of fish

the eggs

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Rite, rite. s. solemn act of religion, external Roist, rolst. v. n. to behave turbulently, to observance

Ritual, rit'tsho-ál. a. solemnly ceremonious Ritual, rit'tshu-ål. s. a book in which the rites and observances of religion are set down

Rival, rl'val. s. a competitor

Rival, ri'vål. v. a. to oppose, to emulate
Rivalry, rl'val-rẻ. s. competition, emulation
Rivalship, ri'val-ship. s. the state or character

of a rival

Rive, rive. v. a. part. riven. to split, to cleave
Rivel, riv'vl. v. a. to contract into wrinkles
River, riv'år. s. a land-current of water larg-
er than a brook
[river
River-god, riv'ur-god. s. tutelary deity of a
fiver
[both ends
Rivet, riv't. s. a fastening pin clenched at
Rivet, rivit. v. a. to fasten with rivets
Rivulet, riv'à-lêt. s. a small river, a stream-

let

Road, rode. s. large way

Roam, rome. v. n. to wander

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Roan, rone. a. bay, sorrel, or black, with grey Rome, room. s. the capital city of Italy

or white spots interspersed

Romp, romp. s. a rude, awkward girl

Romp, romp. v. n. to play rudely
Rondeau, ron-do'. s. a kind of ancient poetry
Ronion, run'yun. s. a fat bulky woman
Rood, rôôd. s. the fourth part of an acre;
a pole, a measure of 16 feet and a half in
long measure; the cross

Roof, roof. s. the cover of a house
Roof, roof. v. a. to cover with a roof
Rook, rook. s. a bird; a cheat
Rook, rook. v. n. to rob, to cheat
Rookery, rook'ur-è. s. a nursery of rooks
Room, room. s. space; place of another,
stead; an apartment

Roomage, room'idge. s. space, place
Roomy, room'è. a. spacious, wide
Roost, rôôst. s. that on which a bird sits to
sleep

Roost, rôôst. v. n. to sleep as a bird
Root, root. s. that part of the plant which
rests in the ground, and supplies the stems
with nourishment; the original; impres-

sion

Root, rôôt. v. n. to fix the root, to strike far
into the earth; to turn up earth
Rooted, rôôt'ed. a. fixed deep, radical
Rope, rope. s. a cord, a string, a halter

Rough, rúf. a. rugged; harsh; inelegant Roughcast, ruf'kåst. v. a. to mould without nicety or elegance; to form any thing in its first rudiments

Roughcast, ruf'kást. s. a rude model Roughdraught, rûf'drâft. s. a draught in its rudiments

Roughdraw, rif-dråw. v. a. to trace coarsely Roughly, rifle. ad. with uneven surface; harshly, rudely

Roughness, ruf'nes. s. unevenness; harsh

ness; ruggedness; tempestuousness Rounceval, roun'sé-val. s. a species of pea Round, round. a. circular; spherical; plain Round, round. s. a circle, an orb; step of a ladder; a revolution; a walk

Round, round. ad. every way, on all sides
Round, round. v. a. to encircle; to make

spherical; to move about any thing
Roundabout, round'â-bout. a. ample, circuitous
Roundelay, roun'dé-lå. s. a kind of ancient
poetry
[prison

Roundhouse, round'house. s. the constable's
Roundly, round'lè. ad. in a round form; open-
ly; plainly
[openness
Roundness, round'nês. s. circularity; honesty,

Rope, rope. v. n. to draw out in a line as Rouse, roůze. v. a. to wake from rest; to exviscous matter

Ropiness, ro'pe-nês. s. viscosity

Ropemaker, rope'måke-år. s. one who makes
ropes to sell

Ropy, ro'pé. a. viscous, glutinous
Roquelaure, rok-é-lo'. s. a cloak for men
Rosary, ro'zar-é. s. a string of beads
Roscid, ros'sid. a. dewy

Rose, roze. s. a flower

Rose, roze. pret. of rise

Roseate, ro'zhe-at. a. rosy, full of roses
Rosemary, rðze mắ-rẻ. so a plant
Rosin, roz'zin. s. inspissated turpentine
Rostrum, ros'trum. s. the beak of a bird
ship; a pulpit

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Rosy, ro'ze. a. resembling a rose in bloom,
beauty, or fragrance

Rot, rot. v. n. to putrefy, to lose the cohe-
sion of its parts
[faction
Rot, rot. s. a distemper among sheep; putre-
Rotary, ro'ta-ré. a. whirled as a wheel
Rotation, ro-ta'shun. s. the act of whirling
round; revolution

Rote, rote. s. words uttered by mere memory
without comprehension of the sense
Rotten, rot'tn. a. putrid, not sound
Rottenness, rôt'tn-nes. s. state of being
ten, putrefaction

cite to thought or action

Rout, rout. s. a clamorous multitude; confu

sion of an army defeated or dispersed Rout, roit. v. a. to dissipate and put into con fusion by defeat

Route, rout. s. road, way

Row, rò. s. a rank or file, a number of things ranged in a line

[by oars

Row, ro. v. n. to impel a vessel in the water Rowel, roi'll s. the point of a spur turning on an axis; a seton

Rowel, ro'fl. v. a. to pierce through the skin,

and keep the wound open by a rowel Royal, roe'âl. a. kingly, regal; noble Royalist, roè'al-ist. s. adherent to a king Royally, rôè'âl-lè. ad. in a kingly manner, regally

Royalty, roé'âl'tè. s. kingship

Rub, rub. v. a. to scour, to wipe; to move
one body upon another; to remove by frio-
tion

Rub, rub. s. collision, hinderance
Rubber, råb'bur. s. one that rubs; a coarse
file; two games out of three

Rubbish, rub'bish. s. ruins of buildings
Rubify, roo'bé-fl. v. a. to make red
rot-Rubrick, roo'brik, s. directions printed ta
books of law, and in prayer-books

Rotund, ro-tund'. a. round, circular
Rotundity, ro-tûn'de-tè. s. roundness, circu-
larity

Rotundo, rõ-tản đỏ. s. a building formed
round both in the inside and outside
Rouge, rôôzhe. s. red paint for the face

Ruby, roo'bé. s. a precious stone of a red co

lour

Rudder, råd'dir. s. the instrument at the stern of a vessel by which its course is governed Ruddiness, råd'dé-nês. s, the quality of approaching to redness

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Ruddle, rúd'dl. s. red earth

Ruddy, růd'dè. a. approaching to redness

Rundle, run'dl. s. a step of a ladder
Rundlet, rund'lit. s. a smali barrel

Rude, rood. a. rough; harsh, untaught ; shape-Rung, rung, pret. and part. pass. of ring

less; inelegant

Rudely, rôôd le. ad. in a rude manner
Rudeness, rood'nés. s. coarseness of manners,
incivility

Rudiment, roo'de-ment. s. the first principles,
the first elements of science

Runic, ru'nik. a. denoting the old Scandinavian language

Runt, runt. s. a dwarf

Rupture, rip'tshire. s. the act of breaking, state of being broken; a breach of peace, open hostility; burstness

Rudimental, r88-dẻ-mént'âl. a. initial, relat-Rural, roo'rål. a. existing in the country,

ing to first principles

Rue, roo. v. a. to grieve for; to lament
Rue, rôỏ. s. an herb

Rueful, roo'ful. a. mournful, woful

house

Ruelle, rô-¿l'. s. an assembly at a private
[small fish
Ruff, ruf. s. a puckered linen ornament; a
Ruffian, ruf'yan. s. a brutal mischievous fel-
iow; a robber

suiting the country

Rush, rush. s. a plant; any thing worthless
Rush, rush. v. n. to move with violence, to
go on with tumultuous rapidity
Rush, rush. s. a violent course
Rusk, rusk. s. hard bread for stores
Russet, rus'sit. a. reddishly brown; coarse,

rustick

[ous Rust rust. s. the red incrustation of iron, &c. Ruffian, ruf yan. a. brutal, savagely boister- Rust, růst. v. n. to gather rust Ruffle, ruf'fl. v. a. to disorder; to discompose Rustical, růs'té-kål. a. rough, boisterous Ruffle, rif'fl. s. plaited linen used as an orna-Rusticate, rus'te kåte. v. n. to reside in the [mean beds country [rural appearance

ment

Rug, rug. s. a coarse nappy covering used for
Rugged, rug gid. a. rough; stormy, boisterous
Kuggedly, rug'gid-lè. ad. in a rugged manner
Ruggedness, rug'gid-nés. s. the state or quali
ty of being rugged [ness or fortune
Ruin, robin. s. fall, destruction, loss of happi-
Ruin, roon. v. a. to demolish; to destroy
Ruinous, roo'in-us. a. fallen to ruin; perni-
cious, destructive

Rule, rỗỏl. s. government, sway
Rule, rool. v. a. to govern, to manage
Ruler, rôöl'ür. s. governor; an instrument by

which lines are drawn

Rusticity, rus-tis'é-tè. s. simplicity, rudeness;
Rustick, rus'tik. a. runal; rude; artless
Rustick, rus'tik. s. a clown, an inhabitant of
the country
[rattle
Rustle, rus'sl. v. n. to make a low continued
Rusty, rus'tè. a. covered with rust
Rut, råt. s. copulation of deer; the track of
a cart wheel

Ruth, rooth. s. pity, tenderness
Ruthful, rooth'ful. a rueful, woful
Ruthless, rooth'lês. a. cruel, pitiless
Ruttish, rut'tish. a. wanton libidinous
Ryder, rl'dur. s. a clause added to an act of
parliament at its third reading
[continued noise ||Rye, rl. s. a coarse kind of bread corn

Kum, rum. s. a kind of spirits distilled from molasses

Rumble, rum'bl. v. n. to make a hoarse low Ruminant, roo'mè-nânt. a. having the property of chewing the cud

Ruminate, roo'mé-nåte. v. n. to chew the cud;

to muse

Rumination, rôô-mè-na'shun. s. the property
or act of chewing the cud; meditation
Rummage, rum'mfuje. v. n. to search places
Rummer, rum'můr. 8. a glass, a drinking cup
Rumour, roo'mur. s. flying report
Rumour, roo'mår. v. a. to report abroad
Rump, rump. s. the end of the backbone; the
buttock
[puckers
Rumple, rim'pl. v. a. to crush or contract into
Rumple, rum'pl. s. pucker, rough plait
Run, rån. pret. ran. v. n. to move swiftly; to
contend in a race; to flow; to meit; to
have a continual tenour; to get by artifice
or fraud

Run, run. s. the act of running
Runagate, run'na-gåte. s. a fugitive, rebel,
apostate

[danger

S.

SABBATH, såb'båth. s. a day appointed by
God for public worship; set time of rest
Sabbatical sab-båt'tè-kål. a. resembling the
Sable, så'bl. s. fur
[Sabbath
Sable, så bl. a. black
Sabre, så bêr. s. a scimetar, a short sword
Sabulous, sab'u-lus. a. gritty, sandy
Saccharine, såk'kå-rine. a. having the qualities
of sugar

Sacerdotal, sås-êr-do'tâl. a. priestly
Sachel, satsh'il. s. a small sack or bag
Sack, såk. s. a bag; the measure of three
bushels; a woman's loose robe; Canary
wine

Sack, såk. v. a. to put in bags; to plunder
Sackbut, såk'but. s. a kind of pipe
Sackcloth, aåk'kloth. s. cloth of which sacks

are made

Runaway, run'a-wa. s. one that flies from Sackful, såk’fůl s. a sack quite filled

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