Webster's Dictionary 1913

1567

Redress (3)

Re‐dress″, n. 1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy red...

1568

Redressal

Re‐dress″al (r?‐dr?s″al), n. Redress.

1569

Redresser

Re‐dress″er (–?r), n. One who redresses.

1570

Redressible

Re‐dress″i‐ble (–?‐b'l), a. Such as may be redressed.

1571

Redressive

Re‐dress″ive (–?v), a. Tending to redress. Thomson.

1572

Redressless

Re‐dress″less, a. Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable. Sherwood.

1573

Redressment

Re‐dress″ment (–ment), n. [Cf. F. redressement.] The act of redressing; redress. Jefferson.

1574

Redroot

Red″root′ (r?d″r?t′), n.(Bot.) A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an e...

1575

Redsear

Red′sear″ (r?d′s?r″), v. i. To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short. Moxon.

1576

Redshank

Red″shank′ (r?d″sh?nk′), n. 1. (Zoöl.) (a) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, ...

1577

Redskin

Red″skin′ (–sk?n′), n. A common appellation for a North American Indian; — so called from the color of the skin. Cooper.

1578

Redstart

Red″start′ (–st?rt′), n. [Red + start tail.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phœnicurus), allied to the nightingale; — called also redtail, branta...

1579

Redstreak

Red″streak′ (–str?k′), n. 1. A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, — a favorite English cider apple. Mortimer.2. Cider pressed from redstreak apples.

1580

Redtail

Red″tail′ (–t?l′), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The red-tailed hawk. (b) The European redstart.

1581

Redthroat

Red″throat′ (r?d″thr?t′), n.(Zoöl.) A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholæmus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red.

1582

Redtop

Red″top′ (–t?p′), n.(Bot.) A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; — called also English grass, and in some loca...

1583

Redub

Re‐dub″ (rē̍‐dŭb″), v. t. [F. radouber to refit or repair.] To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite.It shall be good that you redub that negligen...

1584

Reduce

Re‐duce″ (rē̍‐dūs″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Reduced (–dūst″),; p. pr. & vb. n.Reducing (–dū″sĭng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red-. re-, re- + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf. ...

1585

Reducement

Re‐duce″ment (r?‐d?s″ment), n. Reduction. Milton.

1586

Reducent

Re‐du″cent (r?‐d?″sent), a. [L. reducens, p. pr. of reducere.] Tending to reduce. — n. A reducent agent.

1587

Reducer

Re‐du″cer (–s?r), n. One who, or that which, reduces.

1588

Reducer (2)

Re‐duc″er (?), n. 1. (Mach.) (a) A contrivance for reducing the dimensions of one part so as to fit it to another, as a reducing coupling, or a device for holding a drilling a c...

1589

Reducible

Re‐du″ci‐ble (–s?‐b'll), a. Capable of being reduced.

1590

Reducibleness

Re‐du″ci‐ble‐ness, n. Quality of being reducible.

1591

Reducing

Re‐du″cing (r?‐d?″s?ng), a & n. from Reduce.Reducing furnace(Metal.), a furnace for reducing ores. — Reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc.,...

1592

Reduct

Re‐duct″ (rē̍‐dŭkt″), v. t. [L. reductus, p. p. of reducere. See Reduce.] To reduce. W. Warde.

1593

Reductibility

Re‐duc′ti‐bil″i‐ty (r?‐d?k′t?‐b?l″?‐t?), n. The quality of being reducible; reducibleness.