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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Reduct

Re-dūct′, v. t.

verbtransitive

[Lat. reducere, reductum. See RE-DUCE.] To reduce. [Obs.] Warde.

Re-dūct′, n.

noun

n. [L. Lat. reductus, a secret place, refuge, asylum, from Lat. reductus, drawn back, retired. See REDOUBT.] (Arch.) A quirk or small piece taken out of a larger to make it more regular and uniform, or for some other convenience. Gwilt.