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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Rhō'do-dēn'drŏn, n.p. 1136(Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their rose-colored or purple flowers; rose-bay. Gray.
  2. Rhōd'o-mon-tāde', n.p. 1136The same as RODOMONTADE.
  3. Rhŏd'/o-mon-tād'er, n.p. 1137The same as RODOMON-TADER.
  4. Rhŏ'dōn-ite, n.p. 1137(Min.) Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese. Dana.
  5. Rhōmb, n.p. 1137(Geom.) An oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram, or a quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel, but the angles unequal, two of the angles being obtuse and two…
  6. Rhōm'bic, a.p. 1137Having the figure of a rhomb. Grew.
  7. Rhōm'bo-hē'dral, a.p. 1137(Geom. & Crystallog.) Related to the rhombohedron; presenting forms derivable from a rhombohedron; relating to a system of forms including the rhombohedron and hexagonal prism. Dana.
  8. Rhōm'bo-hē'dron, n.p. 1137(Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid contained by six equal rhombic planes.
  9. Rhōm'boid, n.p. 1137(Geom.) An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and width being different. Hutton.
  10. Rhōm’boid, a.p. 1137The same as RHOM-BOIDAL. Rhomboid muscle (Anat.), a muscle, so called from its shape, which arises in the spine, and is inserted into the posterior or inner edge of the scapula.
  11. Rhom-boid'al, a.p. 1137Having the shape of a rhomboid. Woodward.
  12. Rhom-boid'ēs, n.p. 1137A rhomboid. [Rare.] Milton.
  13. Rhōmb'-spār, n.p. 1137A mineral resembling calc-spar in luster and crystallization, consisting of the carbonates of lime and magnesia, with some carbonate of iron. Owing to the latter, it usually turns brown on exposure.…
  14. Rhŏm'bus, n.p. 1137The same as RHOMB.
  15. Rhon-chīs'o-nant, a.p. 1137Making a snorting noise; snorting. [Rare.]
  16. Rhu'bärb, n.p. 1137A plant of the genus Rheum, of several species. R. rhaponticum is the common species, the fleshy and acid stalks of which are much used in cookery. The roots of several other species furnish a…
  17. Rhu'bärb-y, a.p. 1137Like rhubarb.
  18. Rhūmb, n.p. 1137(Navigation.) Any given point of the compass; a line making a given angle with the meridian; a rhumb-line. To sail on a rhumb, to sail continuously on one course.
  19. Rhūmb'-līne, n.p. 1137(Navigation.) The course of a vessel which cuts all the meridians at the same angle; — called also the loxodromic curve.
  20. Rhūs, n.p. 1137(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the various species of sumach. P. Cyc.
  21. Rhȳme, n.p. 1137[O. Eng. ryme, rime, rym, Fr. rime, Pr. rima, rim, Sp., Pg., & It. rima, from O. H. Ger. hrim, rim, series, number, A-S. rim, id.; N. H. Ger. reim, D. rijm, L. Ger. riem, Dan. rim, Sw. rim, O. Ir.…
  22. Rhȳme, v. i.p. 1137To make verses. There marched the bard and blockhead side by side, Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride. Pope. 2. To accord in sound. But fagoted his notions as they fell, And if they rhymed…
  23. Rhȳme, v. t.p. 1137To put into rhyme. Wilson. 2. To influence by rhyme. Hearken to a verser who may chance rhyme thee to good. Herbert.
  24. Rhȳme'less, a.p. 1137Destitute of rhyme; not having consonance of sound.
  25. Rhȳm'er, n.p. 1137One who makes rhymes; a versifier; a poor poet. This would make them soon perceive what despicable creatures our common rhymers and play-writers be. Milton.
  26. Rhȳm'er-y, n.p. 1137The act or habit of making rhymes; rhyming;—in contempt.
  27. Rhȳm'ic, a.p. 1137Pertaining to rhyme.
  28. Rhȳm'ist or Rhȳm'ster, n.p. 1137One who makes rhymes; a poor or mean poet;—in contempt.
  29. Rhȳn'cho-līte, n.p. 1137(Palæon.) The fossil mandible of a cephalopod. Dana.
  30. Rhyn-chōph'o-ră, n.p. 1137(Entom.) A family of coleopterous insects, distinguished by the prolongation of the head into the form of a snout or proboscis; the curculios or weevils.
  31. Rhȳn'chēops, n.p. 1137(Ornith.) A genus of web-footed birds; the skimmer or cutwater. Baird.
  32. Rhythm, n.p. 1137In the widest sense, a dividing of time into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, &c., producing an agreeable effect, as in music, the dance, or the like. 2. (Mus.)…
  33. Rhyth'mer or Rhȳth'mer, n.p. 1137One who writes in rhythm. [Obs.] “One now scarce counted for a rhythmer, formerly admitted for a poet.” Fuller.
  34. Rhȳth'mic or Rhȳth'micalp. 1137
  35. Rhȳth'mic-alp. 1137Pertaining to rhythm. Day and night I worked my rhythmic thought. E. B. Browning.
  36. Rhȳth'mic-al-ly, adv.p. 1137In a rhythmical manner.
  37. Rhȳth'mies, n. sing.p. 1137The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  38. Rhȳthm'ing, a.p. 1137Writing rhythm. Witness that impudent lie of the rhythming monk. Fuller.
  39. Rhȳthm'less, a.p. 1137Without rhythm. Coleridge.
  40. Rhyth-mŏm'e-ter, n.p. 1137An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See METRONOME.
  41. Rhy̆th'mus, n.p. 1137Rhythm.
  42. Rī'al, n.p. 1137A Spanish coin. See REAL.
  43. Rī'al, n.p. 1137A gold coin formerly current in Britain, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of Elizabeth; a royal. Brande.
  44. Riant, a.p. 1137Laughing; exciting gayety; delightful to the view, as a landscape. [Not Anglicized.] In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the other sources, with a strict caution, however, against any…
  45. Rib, n.p. 1137(Anat.) One of the long bones inclosing the thoracic cavity. In man, there are twelve on each side, of which the upper seven are called true ribs, from their cartilaginous connection with the…
  46. Rib, v. t.p. 1137To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth. 2. To inclose with ribs; to shut in. It were too gross To rib her cere-cloth in the obscure grave. Shak.
  47. Rib'ald, n.p. 1137A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow. Shak. Spenser. Pope.
  48. Rib'ald, a.p. 1137Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene. The busy day, Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows. Shak.
  49. Rib'ald-ĭsh, a.p. 1137Resembling a ribald; given to ribaldry. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  50. Rib'ald-roüs, a.p. 1137Containing ribaldry; ribald [Rare.] J. M. Mason.
  51. Rib'ald-ry, n.p. 1137The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity. The ribaldry of his conversation moved astonishment even in that age. Macaulay.
  52. Rib'an, n.p. 1137See RIBBON.
  53. Rib'and, n.p. 1137See RIBBON. 2. (Naut.) See RIB-BAND.
  54. Rib'and, v. t.p. 1137To adorn with ribans or ribbons; to ribbon. “Ribanded with green and yellow.” B. Jon.
  55. Rib'au-dred or Rib'au-drous, a.p. 1137Filthy; obscene; ribald. [Obs.]
  56. Rib'ald-ry, n.p. 1137Ribaldry. [Obs.] Spenser.
  57. Rib'band, n.p. 1137See RIBBON.
  58. Rib'-bānd, n.p. 1137(Naut.) A long, narrow piece of timber bent and nailed on the outside of the ribs, so as to encompass the vessel lengthwise.
  59. Rib'bing, n.p. 1137An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timber-work for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, and the like.
  60. Rib'bon, n.p. 1137A fillet of fine cloth, commonly of silk or satin; a narrow web of silk used for an ornament, as a badge, or for fastening some part of female dress. 2. A narrow strip or shred; as, sails torn to…