RIBROASTING
RIB'ROASTING, participle present tense Beating soundly.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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RIBWORT
RIB'WORT, noun A plant of the genus Plantago.
RIC
RIC,RICE, noun [Latin oryza; Gr.]A plant of the genus Oryza, and its seed. The calyx is a bivalvular uniflorous glume; the corol bivalvular, nearly equal, and adhering to the se...
RICE
RICE, n. [L. oryza; Gr.]A plant of the genus Oryza, and its seed. The calyx is a bivalvular uniflorous glume; the corol bivalvular, nearly equal, and adhering to the seed. There...
RICE-BIRD
RICE-BIRD,RICE-BUNTING, noun A bird of the United States, the Emberiza oryzivora; so named from its feeding on rice in the southern states. In New England it is called bob-lincoln.
RICE-BUNTING
RICE-BUNTING, n. A bird of the United States, the Emberiza oryzivora; so named from its feeding on rice in the southern states. In New England it is called bob-lincoln.
RICH
RICH, adjective [Latin rego, regnum, Eng. reach, region, from extending.]1. Wealthy; opulent; possessing a large portion of land, goods or money, or a larger portion than is com...
RICHED
RICH'ED, participle passive Enriched. [Not used.]
RICHES
RICH'ES, noun [This is in the singular number in fact, but treated as the plural.]1. Wealth; opulence; affluence; possessions of land, good or money in abundance.Riches do not c...
RICHLY
RICH'LY, adverb1. With riches; with opulence; with abundance of goods or estate; with ample funds; as a hospital richly endowed.In Belmont is a lady richly left.2. Gaily; splend...
RICHNESS
RICH'NESS, noun1. Opulence; wealth.2. Finery; splendor.3. Fertility; fecundity; fruitfulness; the qualities which render productive; as the richness of a oil.4. Fullness; abunda...
RICK
RICK, as a termination, denotes jurisdiction, or a district over which government is exercised, as in bishopric. Latin rego, to rule, and region.RIC, as a termination of names, ...
RICKETS
RICK'ETS, noun [In technical language, rachitis, Gr. from back or spine, Eng. rack, applied to the neck piece of meat. See Rack and Ridge.]A disease which affects children, and ...
RICKETY
RICK'ETY, adjective1. Affected with rickets.2. Weak; feeble in the joints; imperfect.
RICOCHET
RIC'OCHET, noun In gunnery, the firing of guns, mortars or howitzers with small charges, and elevated a few degrees, so as to carry the balls or shells just over the parapet, an...
RID
RID, pret of ride.RID, verb transitivepreterit tense rid; participle passive id.1. To free; to deliver; properly, to separate, and thus to deliver or save.That he might rid him ...
RIDDANCE
RID'DANCE, noun1. Deliverance; a setting free; as riddance from all adversity.2. Disencumbrance.3. The act of clearing away.Thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of ...
RIDDEN
RID'DEN,RID, participle passive of ride.
RIDDING
RID'DING, participle present tense Freeing; clearing; disencumbering.
RIDDLE
RID'DLE, noun [See Cradle.]An instrument for cleaning grain, being a large sieve with a perforated button, which permits the grain to pass through it, but retains the chaff.RID'...
RIDDLER
RID'DLER, noun One who speaks ambiguously or obscurely.
RIDDLINGLY
RID'DLINGLY, adverb In the manner of a riddle; secretly.
RIDE
RIDE, verb intransitivepreterit tense rode or rid; participle passive rid, ridden. [L rheda, a chariot or vehicle.]1. To be carried on horseback, or on any beast, or in any vehi...
RIDER
RI'DER, noun1. One who is borne on a horse or other beast, or in a vehicle.2. One who breaks or manages a horse.3. The matrix of an ore.4. An inserted leaf or an additional clau...
RIDGE
RIDGE, noun [Latin rugo.]1. The back or top of the back.2. A long or continued range of hills or mountains; or the upper part of such a range. We say, a long ridge of hills, or ...
RIDGIL
RIDG'IL,RIDG'LING, noun The male of any beast half gelt.
RIDGLING
RIDG'LING,n. The male of any beast half gelt.