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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Reef'y, a. p. 1103Full of reefs or rocks.Reek, n. p. 1103Vapor; steam; smoke. “As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln.” Shak. 2. A rick; a stack. “A whole reek of corn.” B. Jonson.Reek, v. i. p. 1103To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to steam; to exhale; to smoke. I found me laid In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. Milton.Reek'y, a. p. 1103Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul. Shak.Reel, n. p. 1103A frame turning on an axis, and on which yarn, threads, lines, and the like, are wound; as, a log-reel, used by seamen; an angler’s reel. 2. (Mus.) A lively dance peculiar to Scotland, characterized…Reel, v. t. p. 1104To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread from the spindle.Reel or Reeling-ripe, v. i. p. 1104To incline or move in walking, first to one side and then to the other; to vacillate; to stagger. “The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves.” Macaulay. He, with heavy fumes oppressed, Reeled from…Rē'-e-lēct', v. t. p. 1104To elect again; as, to re-elect the former governor.Rē'-e-lēc'tion, n. p. 1104Election a second time, or repeated election; as, the re-election of a former representative.Rē-ēl'e-vāte, v. t. p. 1104To elevate again or anew.Rē-ēl'i-gi-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1104The capacity of being re-elected to the same office.Rē-ēl'i-gi-ble, a. p. 1104Capable of being elected again to the same office.Reem, n. p. 1104An unknown animal, called, by the translators of the received version of Job, the unicorn. By some it is supposed to be the rhinoceros, by others a species of antelope. C. H. Smith. Will the unicorn…Rē'-em-bärk', v. t. p. 1104To embark or put on board again.Rē'-em-bärk', v. i. p. 1104To embark or go on board again.Re-ëm'bär-kā'tion, n. p. 1104A putting on board, or a going on board, again.Rē'-em-băt'tle, v. t. p. 1104To array again for battle; to arrange again in the order of battle.Rē'-em-bŏd'y, v. t. p. 1104To embody again.Rē'-em-brāçe', v. i. p. 1104To embrace again.Rē-'e-mërge', v. i. p. 1104To emerge again, as after being plunged, obscured, or overwhelmed.Rē'-e-mēr'gence, n. p. 1104The act of emerging a second time. Lyell.Reem'ing, n. p. 1104(Naut.) The opening of the seams between the planks of vessels, with a calking-iron, for the purpose of calking or recalking them with oakum.Reem'ing-īron, n. p. 1104(Naut.) An iron chisel used to open the seams of planks in calking ships.Rē'-en-ăct', v. t. p. 1104To enact again. Arbuthnot.Rē'-en-ăc'tion, n. p. 1104A new enactment, or the state of being re-enacted.Rē-'en-ăt'/ment, n. p. 1104The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.Rē'-en-coŭr'age-ment, n. p. 1104Renewed or repeated encouragement.Rē'-en-dow', v. t. p. 1104To endow anew.Rē'-en-fiērce′, v. t. p. 1104To make fierce again; to redouble the fierceness of; to make fiercer. [Obs.] Spenser.Rē'-en-fōrçe', v. t. p. 1104To strengthen with new force, assistance, or support; as, to re-enforce an argument; especially, to strengthen, as an army or a fort, with additional troops, or a navy with additional ships. [Written…Rē'-en-förçe', n. p. 1104(Artil.) That part of a gun near the breech which is stronger than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the powder.Rē'-en-fōrçe'ment, n. p. 1104The act of re-enforcing. 2. That which re-enforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of an army, or ships to strengthen a navy.Rē'-en-gāge', v. t. p. 1104To engage a second time.Rē'-en-gāge', v. i. p. 1104To engage again; to enlist a second time; to covenant again.Rē'-en-gāge'ment, n. p. 1104A renewed or repeated engagement.Rē'-en-grāve', v. t. p. 1104To engrave anew.Rē-en-joy', v. i. p. 1104To enjoy anew or a second time. Pope.Rē/-en-joy'ment, n. p. 1104A second or repeated enjoyment.Rē'-en-kin'dle, v. t. p. 1104To enkindle again; to rekindle.Rē'-en-lĭst', v. t. or i. p. 1104To enlist again.Rē'-en-lĭst'ment, n. p. 1104A renewed enlistment.Rē'-en-stămp', v. t. p. 1104To enstamp again. Bedell.Rē-ĕn'ter, v. t. p. 1104To enter again or anew. 2. (Engraving.) To cut deeper, as those incisions of the plate which the acid has not bitten in sufficiently, or which have become worn in printing. Fairholt.Rē-ĕn'ter, v. i. p. 1104To enter anew or again. Re-entering angle, an angle of a polygon pointing inward, as a, in the cut. — Re-entering polygon, a polygon having one or more re-entering angles. Math. Dict.Rē'-en-thrōne', v. t. p. 1104To enthrone again; to replace on a throne. Southern.Rē'-en-thrōne'ment, n. p. 1104A second enthroning.Rē-ĕn'trançe, n. p. 1104The act of entering again. Hooker.Rē-ĕn'trant, a. p. 1104Re-entering; pointing or directed inwards; as, a re-entrant angle.Rē-ĕn'try, n. p. 1104(Law.) The resuming or retaking a possession that one has lately foregone; — applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or…Reer'mouse, n. p. 1104A rearmouse; a bat.Rē'-e-rĕct', v. t. p. 1104To erect again.Rē'-es-tăb'lish, v. t. p. 1104To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; as, to re-establish a covenant; to re-establish health.Rē'-es-tăb'lish-er, n. p. 1104One who establishes again.Rē'-es-tăb'lish-ment, n. p. 1104The act of establishing again; the state of being re-established; renewed confirmation; restoration. Addison.Rē'-es-tāte', v. t. p. 1104To re-establish. [Obs.] Waller.Reeve, n. p. 1104(Ornith.) A bird; the female of the ruff.Reeve, v. t. p. 1104(Naut.) To pass, as the end of a rope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ring-bolt, cringle, or the like. Totten.Reeve, n. p. 1104An officer, steward, or governor; — obsolete except in compounds; as, shire-reeve, now written sheriff; port-reeve, &c. Brande.Rē'-ex-ăm'i-na-ble, a. p. 1104Admitting of being re-examined or reconsidered. Story.Rē'-ex-ăm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 1104A renewed or repeated examination.