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Redispose

To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange.

Redisseizin

A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case.

Redly

In a red manner; with redness.

Redmouth

Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.

Redness

The quality or state of being red; red color.

Redolency Redolence

The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.

Redolent

Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of.

Redouble

To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles.

Redoubt

To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.

Redoubtable

Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque.

Redound

The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital.

Redowa

A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use.

Redpoll

Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (Acanthis linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet. The common European linnet. The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).

Redraw

To draw a new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or indorsers.

Redress

The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.

Redressless

Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable.

Redroot

A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.

Redsear

To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short.

Redshank

A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. The fieldfare.

Redskin

A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin. It is now considered pejorative by some persons of North American Indian heritage.

Redstart

A small, handsome European singing bird (Phoenicurus phoenicurus, formerly Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is Phoenicurus ochruros (formerly Phoenicurus tithys), and is now rare and protected by law in England. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla and allied genera, native of India. An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches.

Redstreak

A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple.

Redtail

The red-tailed hawk. The European redstart.

Redthroat

A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red.

Redtop

A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides.

Redub

To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite.

Reduce

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

Reducent

Tending to reduce. A reducent agent.

Reducer

One who, or that which, reduces.

Reducing agent

a substance that causes reduction of another substance in a chemical reaction, as by donating electrons or adding hydrogen atoms; as, lithium hydride is a powerful reducing agent.

Reduction

The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province.

Reductive

Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing. A reductive agent.

Reduit

A central or retired work within any other work.

Redundant

Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.

Reduvid

Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family Reduvidae. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man.

Redweed

The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas).

Redwing

A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius ph/niceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.

Redwithe

A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.

Redwood

A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia. An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees.

Ree

To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

Reecho

The echo of an echo; a repeated or second echo.

Reecho re-echo

To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon.

Reecho Re-echo

To give echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an echo; to resound; to be resonant; to echo repeatedly, again and again.

Reechy

Smoky; reeky; hence, begrimed with dirt.

Reed

A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis).

Reedbuck Reedbird

The bobolink. One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Sch/nicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler. See Rietboc.

Reeded

Civered with reeds; reedy.

Reeden

Consisting of a reed or reeds.

Reedify

To edify anew; to build again after destruction.

Reeding

A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting.

Reedless

Destitute of reeds; as, reedless banks.

Reedling

The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird.

Reedwork

A collective name for the reed stops of an organ.

Reedy

Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.

Reef

To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by rolling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.

Reef-band

A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.

Reefer

One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen.

Reefing

The process of taking in a reef.

Reefy

Full of reefs or rocks.

Reek

To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.

Reeky

Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.

Reel

The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.

Reelect

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

Reelection

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

Reeligible

Eligible again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office.

Reem

To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

Reembark

To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.

Reenaction

The act of reenacting; the state of being reenacted.

Reenactment

The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.

Reenforce

Something which reenforces or strengthens. That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon. An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc.

Reenforce re-enforce

To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment; to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet.

Reenforcement

The act of reenforcing, or the state of being reenforced.

Reengage

To engage a second time or again.

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