Recurvous
Re‐cur″vous (–v?s), a. [L. recurvus; pref. re- re + curvus curved.] Recurved. Derham.
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Recusancy
Re‐cu″san‐cy (r?‐k?″zan‐s? or r?k″?–), n. The state of being recusant; nonconformity. Coke.
Recusant
Re‐cu″sant (–zat; 277), a.[L. recusans, -antis, p. pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: cf. F. récusant. See Cause, and cf. Ruse.] Obstin...
Recusant (2)
Re‐cu″sant, n. 1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nat...
Recusation
Rec′u‐sa″tion (r?k′?‐z?″sh?n), n. [L. recusatio: cf. F. récusation.] 1. Refusal.2. (Old Law) The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on accou...
Recusative
Re‐cu″sa‐tive (r?‐k?″z?‐t?v), a. Refusing; denying; negative. Jer. Taylor.
Recuse
Re‐cuse″ (r?‐k?z″), v. t. [F. récuser, or L. recusare. See Recusant.] (Law) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. Sir K. Digby.
Recussion
Re‐cus″sion (r?‐k?sh″?n), n. [L. recutire, recussum, to beat back; pref. re- re- + quatere to shake.] The act of beating or striking back.
Red
Red (rĕd), obs.imp. & p. p. of Read. Spenser.
Red (2)
Red, v. t. To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; — generally with up; as, to red up a house.
Red (3)
Red, a. [Compar.Redder (–d?r); superl.Reddest.] [OE. red, reed, AS. reád, reód; akin to OS. rōd, OFries. rād, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. rōt, Dan. & Sw. röd, Icel. rauðr, rjōðr...
Red (4)
Red (r?d), n. 1. The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these. “Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.” Milton.2. A red p...
Red Cross
Red Cross. 1. The crusaders or the cause they represented.2. A hospital or ambulance service established as a result of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of 186...
Red dog
{ Red dog, orRed′–dog″ flour }. The lowest grade of flour in milling. It is dark and of little expansive power, is secured largely from the germ or embryo and adjacent parts, an...
Red-gum
Red″–gum′ (–g?m′), n. [OE. reed gounde; AS. reád red + gund matter, pus.] 1. (Med.) An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strop...
Red-hand
{ Red″–hand′ (r?d″h?nd′), Red″–hand′ed (–h?nd′?d), } a. or adv. Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; — said of a person taken in the act...
Red-hot
Red″–hot′ (–h?t′), a. Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical. Shak.
Red-letter
Red″–let′ter (–l?t′t?r), a. Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.Red-letter day, a day that is fortunate or auspicious; — so called in allusion to the custom ...
Red-light district
Red–light district. A district or neighborhood in which disorderly resorts are frequent; — so called in allusion to the red light kept in front of many such resorts at night.
Red-riband
Red″–rib′and (r?d″r?b′and), n.(Zoöl.) The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish.
Red-short
Red″–short′ (–sh?rt′), a.(Metal.) Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; — said of certain kinds of iron. — Red″–short′ness, n.
Red-tailed
Red″–tailed′ (–t?ld′), a. Having a red tail.Red-tailed hawk(Zoöl.), a large North American hawk (Buteo borealis). When adult its tail is chestnut red. Called also hen hawck, and...
Red-tape
Red″–tape′ (–t?p′), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a.
Red-tapism
Red′–tap″ism (r?d′t?p″?z'm), n. Strict adherence to official formalities. J. C. Shairp.
Red-tapist
Red′–tap″ist, n. One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities. Ld. Lytton.
Redact
Re‐dact″ (r?‐d?kt″), v. t. [L. redactus, p. p. of redigere; pref. red-, re-, again, back + agere to put in motion, to drive.] To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest an...
Rédacteur
‖Ré′dac′teur″ (rā̍′dȧk′tẽr″), n. See Redactor.