RASHER
RASH'ER, noun A thin slice of bacon; a thin cut.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RASHLY
RASH'LY, adverb With precipitation; hastily; without due deliberation.He that doth any thing rashly must do it willingly.So rashly brave, to dare the sword of Theseus.
RASHNESS
RASH'NESS, noun1. To much haste in resolving or in undertaking a measure; precipitation; inconsiderate readiness or promptness to decide or act, implying disregard of consequenc...
RASP
R'ASP, noun [See Rase.]1. A large rough file; a grater.2. A raspberry, which see.R'ASP, verb transitive [See Rase.]To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file;...
RASPATORY
R'ASPATORY, noun A surgeon's rasp.
RASPBERRY
R'ASPBERRY, noun [from rasp, so named from the roughness of the brambles.]The fruit of a bramble or species of rubus; a berry growing on a prickly plant; as the black raspberry;...
RASPBERRY-BUSH
R'ASPBERRY-BUSH, noun The bramble producing raspberries.
RASURE
RA'SURE, noun s as z. [Latin rasura, from rado, rasus. See Rase.]1. The act of scraping or shaving; the act of erasing.2. The mark by which a letter, word or any part of a writi...
RAT
RAT, noun [Probably named from gnawing, and from the root of Latin rodo.]A small quadruped of the genus Mus, which infests houses, stores and ships; a troublesome race of animal...
RATABLE
RA'TABLE, adjective [from rate.]1. That may be rated, or set at a certain value; as a Danish ore ratable at two marks.2. Liable or subjected by law to taxation; as ratable estate.
RATABLY
RA'TABLY, adverb By rate or proportion; proportionally.
RATAFIA
RATAFIA, noun ratafee'. A fine spirituous liquor, prepared from the kernels of several kinds of fruits, particularly of cherries, apricots and peaches.
RATAN
RATAN', noun A small cane, the growth of India.RAT'-CATCHER, noun One who makes it his business to catch rats.
RATCH
RATCH, noun In clock work, a sort of wheel having twelve fangs, which serve to lift the detents every hour and thereby cause the clock to strike.
RATCHET
RATCH'ET, noun In a watch, a small tooth at the bottom of the fusee or barrel, which stops it in winding up.
RATCHIL
RATCH'IL, noun Among miners, fragments of stone.
RATE
RATE, noun [Latin ratus, reor, contracted from retor, redor, or resor. See Ratio and Reason.]1. The proportion or standard by which quantity or value is adjusted; as silver valu...
RATED
RA'TED, participle passive1. Set at a certain value; estimated; set in a certain order or rank.2. Chid; reproved.
RATER
RA'TER, noun One who sets a value on or makes an estimate.
RATH
RATH, noun A hill. obsoleteRATH, adjective [See Ready.]Early; coming before others, or before the usual time.Bring the rath primrose, that forsaken dies.We sometimes see the wor...
RATHER
RATH'ER, adverb [I would rather go, or sooner go. The use is taken from pushing or moving forward.] [Latin ante, before.] But he said, yea rather happy are they that hear the wo...
RATHOFFITE
RATH'OFFITE, noun A mineral brought from Sweden, of the garnet kind. Its color is a dingy brownish black, and it is accompanied with calcarious spar and small crystals of hornbl...
RATIFICATION
RATIFICA'TION, noun1. The act of ratifying; confirmation.2. The act of giving sanction and validity to something done by another; as the ratification of a treaty by the senate o...
RATIFIED
RAT'IFIED, participle passive Confirmed; sanctioned; made valid.
RATIFIER
RAT'IFIER, noun He or that which ratifies or sanctions.
RATIFY
RAT'IFY, verb transitive [Latin ratum facio, to make firm.]1. To confirm; to establish; to settle.We have ratified to them the borders of Judea.2. To approve and sanction; to ma...
RATIFYING
RAT'IFYING, participle present tense Confirming; establishing; approving and sanctioning.