resuscitator

[Lat.] One who or that which resuscitates or restores to life. rět, v. t. [Dut. reten.] To subject flax to the action of retting (q. v.). re-tā-ble, s. [Pref. re-, and Eng. table (q. v.).] Arch.: The same as SUPER-ALTAR, 2 (q. v.). re-tail', *re-taile, v . t . [Fr. retail =a shred, a paring, a small piece cut off anything; retailler = to cut again, to cut pieces off: re- =again, and tailler =to cut; Port. retalhar ; Ital. ritagliare .] 1. To sell in small quantities or parcels, as opposed to selling wholesale. "A licence to retail ale and spirituous liquors."- Smith : Wealth of Nations, bk. v., ch. ií. 2. To sell at second hand. "The sage dame By names of toasts, retails each batter'd jade." Pope: Dunciad, ii. 134. IMG:content-0536.png:[blocks in formation] "Vast quantities are sold over here by the re tail grocer."-London Daily Telegraph. *rě-tāil (2), 8. [RETALIATE.) Retaliation. "To look for good and do bad is against the law of retail."-Adams: Works , ii. 116.