Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Rawish

Raw″ish, a. Somewhat raw. Marston.

758

Rawly

Raw″ly, adv. 1. In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.2. Without proper preparation or provision. Shak.

759

Rawness

Raw″ness, n. The quality or state of being raw.

760

Ray

Ray (rā), v. t. [An aphetic form of array; cf. Beray.] 1. To array. Sir T. More.2. To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. “The filth that did it ray.” Spenser.

761

Ray (2)

Ray, n. Array; order; arrangement; dress.And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray. Spenser.

762

Ray (3)

Ray, n. [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. Radius.] 1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, ...

763

Ray (4)

Ray, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Rayed (rād); p. pr. & vb. n.Raying.] [Cf. OF. raier, raiier, rayer, L. radiare to irradiate. See Ray, n., and cf. Radiate.] 1. To mark with long lines; t...

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Ray (5)

Ray, v. i. To shine, as with rays. Mrs. Browning.

765

Ray (6)

Ray, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiæ, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricte...

766

Ray grass

Ray″ grass′ (rā″ grȧs′). [Etymol. of ray is uncertain.] (Bot.) A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); — called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass.Italia...

767

Rayah

‖Ra″yah (rā″yȧ or rä″yȧ), n. [Ar. ra'iyah a herd, a subject, fr. ra'a to pasture, guard.] A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.

768

Rayless

Ray″less (rā″lĕs), a. Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.

769

Rayon

Ray″on (rā″ŏn), n. Ray; beam. Spenser.

770

Rayonnant

Ray″on‐nant (rā″ŏn‐nănt), a.(Her.) Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out.

771

Raze

Raze (rāz), n. [See Race.] A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.

772

Raze (2)

Raze, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Razed (rāzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Razing.] [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.] 1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate.Razing the characters of yo...

773

Razed

Razed (rāzd), a. Slashed or striped in patterns. “Two Provincial roses on my razed shoes.” Shak.

774

Razee

Ra‐zee″ (rȧ‐zē″), n. [F. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to raze, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] (Naut.) An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduce...

775

Razee (2)

Ra‐zee″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Razeed (rȧ‐zēd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Razeeing.] To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune ...

776

Razor

Ra″zor (rā″zẽr), n. [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] 1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the ha...

777

Razor-backed

Ra″zor–backed′ (–băkt′), a.(Zoöl.) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.

778

Razorable

Ra″zor‐a‐ble (–ȧ‐b'l), a. Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved. Shak.

779

Razorback

Ra″zor‐back′ (–băk′), n.(Zoöl.) The rorqual.

780

Razorbill

Ra″zor‐bill′ (–bĭl′), n.(Zoöl.) (a) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix. (b) See Cutwater, 3.

781

Razure

Ra″zure (rā″zhū̍r; 135), n. [See Rasure.] 1. The act of erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See Rasure. Shak.2. An erasure; a change made by erasing.

782

Razzia

‖Raz″zi‐a (rä″zē̍‐ä), n. [F., fr. Ar. ghāzīa (pron. razia in Algeria).] A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.

783

Re

Re (rā). (Mus.) A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale.