Webster's Dictionary 1828

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RAPPAREE

RAPPAREE', noun A wild Irish plunderer; so called from rapery, a half pike that he carries.

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RAPPEE

RAPPEE', noun A coarse kind of snuff.

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RAPPER

RAP'PER, noun [from rap.]1. One that raps or knocks.2. The knocker of a door. [Not in common use.]3. An oath or a lie. [Not in use.]

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RAPPORT

RAP'PORT, noun Relation; proportion. [Not in use.]

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RAPT

RAPT, participle passive [from rap.] Transported; ravished.RAPT, verb transitive To transport or ravish. [Not legitimate or in use.]RAPT, noun1. An ecstasy; a trance.2. Rapidity...

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RAPTER

RAP'TER,RAP'TOR, noun [Latin raptor.] A ravisher; a plunderer.

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RAPTOR

RAP'TOR, n. [l. raptor.] A ravisher; a plunderer.

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RAPTURE

RAP'TURE, noun [Latin raptus, rapio.]1. A seizing by violence. [Little used.]2. Transport; ecstasy; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure.Music when thus appli...

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RAPTURED

RAP'TURED, adjective Ravished; transported.[But enraptured is generally used.]

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RAPTURIST

RAP'TURIST, noun An enthusiast.

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RAPTUROUS

RAP'TUROUS, adjective Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; as rapturous joy, pleasure or delight.

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RARE

RARE, adjective [Latin rarus, thin.]1. Uncommon; not frequent; as a rare event; a rare phenomenon.2. Unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.RARE work, all fill'd...

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RAREESHOW

RA'REESHOW, noun [rare and show.] A show carried in a box.

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RAREFACTION

RAREFAC'TION, noun [See Rarefy.]The act or process of expanding or distending bodies, by separating the parts and rendering the bodies more rare or porous, by which operation th...

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RAREFIABLE

RAR'EFIABLE, adjective Capable of being rarefied.

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RAREFY

RAR'EFY, verb transitive [Latin rarefacio; rarus, rare, and facio, to make.]To make thin and porous or less dense; to expand or enlarge a body without adding to it any new porti...

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RAREFYING

RAR'EFYING, participle present tense Making thin or less dense.

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RARELY

RA'RELY, adverb1. Seldom; not often; as things rarely seen.2. Finely; nicely. [little used.]

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RARENESS

RA'RENESS, noun1. The state of being uncommon; uncommonness; infrequency.And let the rareness the small gift commend.2. Value arising from scarcity.3. Thinness; tenuity; as the ...

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RARERIPE

RA'RERIPE, adjectiveEarly ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual season.RA'RERIPE, noun An early fruit, particularly a kind of peach which ripens early.

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RARITY

RAR'ITY, noun [Latin raritas.]1. Uncommonness; infrequency.Far from being fond of a flower for its rarity -2. A thing valued for its scarcity.I saw three rarities of different k...

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RASCAL

RAS'CAL, nounA mean fellow; a scoundrel; in modern usage, a trickish dishonest fellow; a rogue; particularly applied to men and boys guilty of the lesser crimes, and indicating ...

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RASCALION

RASCAL'ION, noun [from rascal.] A low mean wretch.

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RASCALITY

RASCAL'ITY, noun1. The low mean people.2. Mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud. [This is its sense in present usage in America.]

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RASCALLY

RAS'CALLY, adjective1. Meanly trickish or dishonest; vile.2. Mean; vile; base; worthless; as a rascally porter.

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RASE

RASE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin rasus, rado.]1. To pass along the surface of a thing, with striking or rubbing it at the same time; to graze.Might not the bullet which rase...

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RASH

RASH, adjective1. Hasty in council or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution, and thus encountering unnecessary ...