Webster's Dictionary 1828

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REDSHORT

RED'SHORT, adjective [red and short.] Brittle, or breaking short when red hot, as a metal; a term of workmen.

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REDSTART

RED'START,RED'STREAK, noun [red and streak.]1. A sort of apple, so called from its red streaks.2. Cider pressed from the red streak apples.

1002

REDSTREAK

RED'STREAK, n. [red and streak.]1. A sort of apple, so called from its red streaks.2. Cider pressed from the red streak apples.

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REDTAIL

RED'TAIL, noun [red and start.] A bird of the genus Motacilla.

1004

REDUCE

REDU'CE, verb transitive [Latin reduco; re and duco, to lead or bring.]1. Literally, to bring back; as, to reduce these bloody days again.[In this sense, not in use.]2. To bring...

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REDUCED

REDU'CED, participle passive Brought back; brought to a former state; brought into any state or condition; diminished; subdued; impoverished.

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REDUCEMENT

REDU'CEMENT, noun The act of bringing back; the act of diminishing; the act of subduing; reduction.[This word is superseded by reduction.]

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REDUCER

REDU'CER, noun One that reduces.

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REDUCIBLE

REDU'CIBLE, adjective That may be reduced.All the parts of painting are reducible into these mentioned by the author.

1009

REDUCIBLENESS

REDU'CIBLENESS, noun The quality of being reducible.

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REDUCING

REDU'CING, participle present tense Bringing back; bringing to a former state, or to a different state or form; diminishing; subduing; impoverishing.

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REDUCT

REDUCT', verb transitive [Latin reductus, reduco.] To reduce. [Not in use.]REDUCT', noun In building, a little place taken out of a larger to make it more regular and uniform, o...

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REDUCTION

REDUC'TION, noun [Latin reductio.]1. The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; as the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order.2. Diminution; as the...

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REDUCTIVE

REDUC'TIVE, adjective Having the power of reducing.REDUC'TIVE, noun That which has the power of reducing.

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REDUCTIVELY

REDUC'TIVELY, adverb By reduction; by consequence.

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REDUNDANCE

REDUND'ANCE,REDUND'ANCY, noun [Latin redundantia, red-undo. See Redound.]1. Excess or superfluous quantity; superfluity; superabundance; as a redundancy of bile.Labor throws off...

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REDUNDANCY

REDUND'ANCY, n. [L. redundantia, red-undo. See Redound.]1. Excess or superfluous quantity; superfluity; superabundance; as a redundancy of bile.Labor throws off redundancies.2. ...

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REDUNDANT

REDUND'ANT, adjective1. Superfluous; exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as a redundant quantity of bile or food.Notwithstanding the redundant oil ...

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REDUNDANTLY

REDUND'ANTLY, adverb With superfluity or excess; superfluously; superabundantly.

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REDUPLICATE

REDU'PLICATE, verb transitive [Latin reduplico; re and duplico. See Duplicate.]To double.REDUPLICATE, adjective Double.

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REDUPLICATION

REDUPLICA'TION, noun The act of doubling.

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REDUPLICATIVE

REDU'PLICATIVE, adjective Double.

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REDWING

RED'WING, noun [red and wing.] A bird of the Turdus.

1023

REE

REE,RE, noun A small Portuguese coin or money of account, value about one mill and a fourth, American money.REE, verb transitive [This belongs to the root of rid, riddle, which ...

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REECHY

REECH'Y, adjective [a mis-spelling of reeky. See Reek.]Tarnished with smoke; sooty; foul; as a reechy neck.

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REED

REED, noun1. The common name of many aquatic plants; most of them large grasses, with hollow jointed stems, such as the common reed of the genus Arundo, the bamboo, etc. The bur...

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REEDED

REE'DED, adjective1. Covered with reeds.2. Formed with channels and ridges like reeds.