Rash (3)
Rash, n. [Cf. F. ras short-nap cloth, It. & Sp. raso satin (cf. Rase); or cf. It. rascia serge, G. rasch, probably fr. Arras in France (cf. Arras).] An inferior kind of silk, or...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Rash (4)
Rash, a. [Compar.Rasher (–ẽr); superl.Rashest.] [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk, rash, Icel. röskr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch quick, of ...
Rash (5)
Rash (răsh), v. t. To prepare with haste. Foxe.
Rasher
Rash″er (–ẽr), n. [In sense 1, probably fr. rash, a., as being hastily cooked.] 1. A thin slice of bacon.2. (Zoöl.) A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).
Rashful
Rash″ful (–fụl), a. Rash; hasty; precipitate.
Rashling
Rash″ling (–lĭng), n. A rash person.
Rashly
Rash″ly, adv. In a rash manner; with precipitation.He that doth anything rashly, must do it willingly; for he was free to deliberate or not. L'Estrange.
Rashness
Rash″ness, n. The quality or state of being rash.We offend... by rashness, which is an affirming or denying, before we have sufficiently informed ourselves. South.Syn. — Temerit...
Raskolnik
‖Ras‐kol″nik (răs‐kŏl″nĭk), n. [Russ. raskolenik' schismatic, heretic.] (Eccl.) One of the separatists or dissenters from the established or Greek church in Russia. [Written als...
Raskolnik (2)
‖Ras‐kol″nik (?), n.; pl. Raskolniki (#) or Raskolniks (#). [Russ. raskol'nik dissenter, fr. raskol dissent.] The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Gr...
Rasores
‖Ra‐so″res (rȧ‐zō″rēz), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. radere, rasum, to scratch. See Rase, v. t.] (Zoöl.) An order of birds; the Gallinæ.☞ Formerly, the word Rasores was used in a wider s...
Rasorial
Ra‐so″ri‐al (–rĭ‐al; 277), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, partridge, quail, and the like.
Rasour
Ra″sour (rä″so͞or), n. Razor. Chaucer.
Rasp
Rasp (rȧsp), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Rasped (rȧspt); p. pr. & vb. n.Rasping.] [OF. rasper, F. râper, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. raspōn to scrape together, to collect, probably ...
Rasp (2)
Rasp, n. [OE. raspe, OF. raspe, F. râpe. See Rasp, v.]1. A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, inste...
Raspatorium
‖Ras′pa‐to″ri‐um (răs′pȧ‐tō″rĭ‐ŭm), n. See Raspatory.
Raspatory
Rasp″a‐to‐ry (rȧsp″ȧ‐tō̍‐ry̆), n. [LL. raspatorium: cf. F. raspatoir. See Rasp, v.] A surgeon's rasp. Wiseman.
Raspberry
Rasp″ber‐ry (răz″bĕr‐ry̆; 277), n. [From E. rasp, in allusion to the apparent roughness of the fruit.] (Bot.) (a) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idæus and other similar b...
Rasper
Rasp″er (rȧsp″ẽr), n. One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper.
Raspis
Ras″pis (răs″pĭs), n. The raspberry. Langham.
Raspy
Rasp″y (rȧsp″y̆), a. Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating. R. D. Blackmore.
Rasse
Rasse (răs), n. [Cf. Malay rāsa taste, sensation.] (Zoöl.) A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnis...
Rasure
Ra″sure (rā″zhū̍r; 135), n. [L. rasura, fr. radere, rasum, to scrape, to shave. See Rase, v.] 1. The act of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration.2. A mark by whic...
Rat
Rat (răt), n. [AS. ræt; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. råtta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael. radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf....
Rat (2)
Rat, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Ratted; p. pr. & vb. n.Ratting.] 1. In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advanta...
Rat-tail
Rat″–tail′ (răt″tāl′), a. Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.
Rat-tail (2)
Rat″–tail′, n. 1. (Far.)pl. An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.2. (Zoöl.) (a) The California chimæra. See Chimæra. (b) Any fish of the...