Webster's Dictionary 1828

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RADIATION

RADIA'TION, noun [Latin radiatio.]1. The emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.2. The shooting of any thing from a center, like the diverging rays of light.

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RADICAL

RAD'ICAL, adjective [Latin radicalis, from radix, root. See Race and Ray.]1. Pertaining to the root or origin; original; fundamental; as a radical truth or error; a radical evil...

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RADICALITY

RADICAL'ITY, noun1. Origination.2. A being radical; a quantity which has relation to a root.

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RADICALLY

RAD'ICALLY, adverb1. Originally; at the origin or root; fundamentally; as a scheme or system radically wrong or defective.2. Primitively; essentially; originally; without deriva...

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RADICALNESS

RAD'ICALNESS, noun The state of being radical or fundamental.

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RADICANT

RAD'ICANT, adjective [Latin radicans.] In botany, rooting; as a radicant stem or leaf.

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RADICATE

RAD'ICATE, verb transitive [Latin radicatus, radicor, from radix, root.]To root; to plant deply and firmly; as radicated opinions; radicated knowledge.Meditation will radicate t...

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RADICATED

RAD'ICATED, participle passive or adjective Deeply planted.- Prejudices of a whole race of people radicated by a succession of ages.

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RADICATION

RADICA'TION, noun [from radicate.]1. The process of taking root deeply; as the radication of habits.2. In botany, the disposition of the root of a plant with respect to the asce...

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RADICLE

RAD'ICLE, noun [Latin radicula, from radix.]1. That part of the seed of a plant which upon vegetating becomes the root.2. The fibrous part of a root, by which the stock or main ...

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RADIOMETER

RADIOM'ETER, noun [Latin radius, rod, and Gr. measure.]The forestaff, an instrument for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

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RADISH

RAD'ISH, noun [See Ruddy.]A plant of the genus Raphanus, the root of which is eaten raw. Horse-radish is of the genus Cochlearia. Water-radish is of the genus Sisymbrium.

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RADIUS

RA'DIUS, noun [Latin id, a ray, a rod, a beam, a spoke, that is, a shoot; radio, to shine, that is, to dart beams. See Ray.]1. In geometry, a right line drawn or extending from ...

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RADIX

RA'DIX, noun [Latin a root.]1. In etymology, a primitive word from which spring other words.2. In logarithms, the base of any system of logarithms, or that number whose logarith...

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RAFF

R'AFF, verb transitive [Heb.]To sweep; to snatch, draw or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. obsoleteTheir causes and effects I thus raff up together.R'AFF, noun1....

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RAFFLE

RAF'FLE, verb intransitive [Heb. to strive. See Raff.]To cast dice for a prize, for which each person concerned in the game lays down a stake, or hazards a part of the value; as...

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RAFFLER

RAF'FLER, noun One who raffles.

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RAFFLING

RAF'FLING, participle present tense The act of throwing dice for a prize staked by a number.

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RAFT

R'AFT, noun [Gr. to sew that is, to fasten together, and allied to reeve; or Gr. whence a flooring. See Rafter and Roof.]An assemblage of boards, planks or pieces of timber fast...

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RAFTER

R'AFTER, noun [Gr. to cover; a roof.]A roof timber; a piece of timber that extends from the plate of a building to the ridge and serves to support the covering of the roof.

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RAFTERED

R'AFTERED, adjective Built or furnished with rafters.

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RAFTY

R'AFTY, adjective Damp; musty. [Local.]

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RAG

RAG, noun [Gr. a torn garment; tear; a rupture, a rock, a crag; to tear asunder.]1. Any piece of cloth torn from the rest; a tattered cloth, torn or worn till its texture is des...

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RAGAMUFFIN

RAGAMUF'FIN, nounA paltry fellow; a mean wretch.RAG'-BOLT, noun An iron pin with barbs on its shank to retain it in its place.

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RAGE

RAGE, noun [Heb. to grind or gnash the teeth.]1. Violent anger accompanied with furious words, gestures or agitation; anger excited to fury. Passion sometimes rises to rageTorme...

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RAGEFUL

RA'GEFUL, adjective Full of rage; violent; furious.

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RAGERY

RA'GERY, noun Wantonness. [Not used.]