Webster's Dictionary 1913

3889

Rhythmic

{ Rhyth″mic (–mĭk), Rhyth″mic‐al (–mĭ‐kal), } a. [Gr. ����: cf. L. rhythmicus, F. rhythmique.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythmDay and nightI worked my rhythmic though...

3890

Rhythmically

Rhyth″mic‐al‐ly, adv. In a rhythmical manner.

3891

Rhythmics

Rhyth″mics (?), n. The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds.

3892

Rhythming

Rhyth″ming (?), a. Writing rhythm; verse making. “The rhythming monk.” Fuller.

3893

Rhythmless

Rhythm″less (?), a. Being without rhythm. Coleridge.

3894

Rhythmometer

Rhyth‐mom″e‐ter (?), n. [Rhythm + -meter.] An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome.

3895

Rhythmus

‖Rhyth″mus (?), n. Rhythm.

3896

Rhytina

‖Rhyt″i‐na (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Rytina.

3897

Rial

Ri″al (�), n. A Spanish coin. See Real.

3898

Rial (2)

Ri‐al″, a. Royal. Chaucer.

3899

Rial (3)

Ri″al (?), n. [From Royal.] A gold coin formerly current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of E...

3900

Riant

‖Ri′ant″ (?), a. [F. riant, p. pr. of rire to laugh, L. ridere.] Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape.In such cases the subli...

3901

Rib

Rib (?), n. [AS. rib, ribb; akin to D. rib, G. rippe, OHG. rippa, rippi, Dan. ribbe, Icel. rif, Russ. rebro.] 1. (Anat.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column...

3902

Rib (2)

Rib, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ribbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Ribbing.] 1. To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.2. To inclose, as with ribs, and p...

3903

Ribald

Rib″ald (?), n. [OE. ribald, ribaud, F. ribaud, OF. ribald, ribault, LL. ribaldus, of German origin; cf. OHG hrīpa prostitute. For the ending -ald cf. E. Herald.] A low, vulgar,...

3904

Ribald (2)

Rib″ald, a. Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene.The busy day,Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows. Shak.

3905

Ribaldish

Rib″ald‐ish, a. Like a ribald. Bp. Hall.

3906

Ribaldrous

Rib″ald‐rous (?), a. Of a ribald quality.

3907

Ribaldry

Rib″ald‐ry (?), n. [OE. ribaldrie, ribaudrie, OF. ribalderie, ribauderie.] The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; — now chiefly applied to i...

3908

Riban

Rib″an (?), n. See Ribbon. Piers Plowman.

3909

Riband

Rib″and (?), n. See Ribbon.Riband jasper(Min.), a variety of jasper having stripes of different colors, as red and green.

3910

Riband (2)

Rib″and, n.(Naut.) See Rib-band. Totten.

3911

Ribanded

Rib″and‐ed, a. Ribboned. B. Jonson.

3912

Ribaud

Rib″aud (?), n. A ribald. P. Plowman.

3913

Ribaudequin

‖Ri‐bau″de‐quin (?), n. 1. An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th ...

3914

Ribaudred

{ Rib″aud‐red (?), Rib″aud‐rous (?), } a. Filthy; obscene; ribald.

3915

Ribaudry

Rib″aud‐ry (?), n. Ribaldry. Spenser.