Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth.

An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like.

To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.

The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.

A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.

A malvaceous tree (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.

A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds.

A sort of stringed instrument; a rebec.

A small threestringed viol; a rebec.

Having no ribs.

To beat soundly.

A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.

A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.

Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.

The Java sparrow. The bobolink.

To enrich.

That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.

Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches.

In a rich manner.

The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also clearweed.

Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid.

The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.

Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid.

A bitter white crystalline alkaloid (C8H8N2O2) extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communalis). Called also ricidine. Ingestion may cause vomiting and various other toxic reactions, including liver and kidney damage, convulsions, hypotension, and death.

A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.

Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C18H34O3 with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic and formerly referred to as palmic.

An organic acid (C18H34O3) obtained from the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi) and other species of the family Euphorbiaceae; chemicaly it is d-12-hydroxyoleic acid (CH3(CH2)5.CH(OH).CH2.CH=CH.(CH2)7COOH). Formerly called palmic acid.

The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin.

Ricinoleic.

A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (Ricinus communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil is expressed. See Palma Christi.

To heap up in ricks, as hay, etc.

A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.

Rickety.

A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.

Affected with rickets.

A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.

A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.

To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n.

Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles.

A gaping.

The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth.

To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of.

Suitable for riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road.

The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.

p. p. of Ride.

One who, or that which, rids.

To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles.

Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle.

The act of riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.

to be executed by electrocution in the electric chair.

A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.

imp. pl. p. p. of Ride.

Laughing.

One who, or that which, rides.

Having no rider; as, a riderless horse.

To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.

The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger.

The backbone.

A little ridge.

A half-castrated male animal.

See Ridgepole.

The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.

See Life line (a), under Life.

So as to form ridges.

Having a ridge or ridges; rising in a ridge.

Ridicule.

Ridiculous.

One who ridicules.

To make ridiculous; to ridicule.

The quality or state of being ridiculous; ridiculousness; also, something ridiculous.

Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.

The act or state of one who rides.

To hold ridottos.

See Rye.

Robbery.

The reedbuck, a South African antelope (Cervicapra arundinacea); -- so called from its frequenting dry places covered with high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called also inghalla, and rietbok.

A remaking or recasting; an adaptation, esp. of a literary work or musical composition.

Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.

A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.

A curved file used in carving wool and marble.

Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.

To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a gun barrel or a cannon.

Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds.

A soldier armed with a rifle.

One who rifles; a robber.

The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.

To burst open; to split.

A rafter.

To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.

A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France.

See Irrigation.

A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.

Growing stiff or numb.

One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.

Dress; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails.

Like a rig or wanton.

The European lance fish.

To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.

A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about.

Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.

Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.

Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.

The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.

Having a right heart or disposition.

Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.

Having a right or honest mind.

Straight; direct.

To do justice to.

Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution.

Made righteous.

In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously.

The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.

Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons.

According to right or justice.

The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.

Destitute of right.

Straightly; directly; in front.