reinl (ran)

[Early mod. E. also rain, reigne; Ther sholde ye haue sein speres and sheldes flote down the river, and the horse all quyk withoute maister, her reynes trailinge with the strem. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 493. How like a jade he stood, tied to the tree, Servilely master'd with a leathern rein ! Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 392. She look'd so lovely as she sway'd The rein with dainty finger-tips. Tennyson , Sir Launce lot and Queen Guinevere. 2. A rope of twisted and greased rawhide. E. H. Knight. 3. pl. The handles of blacksmiths' tongs, on which the ring or coupler slides. E. H. Knight. -4. Figuratively, any means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. Dr. Davenant held the rains of the disputation; he kept him within the even boundals of the cause. Вр . Нacket , Abp. Williams, i. 26. ( Davies , under boundal .) No more rein upon thine anger Than any child. Tennyson, Queen Mary, iii. 4. Overhead rein, a guiding-rein that pa es over the head of a horse between the ears, and thus to the bit. It is used with an overcheck bridle. Also called overcheck rein. - To draw rein. See draw. To give the rein or the reins, to give license; leave without restraint. Bone. Medical News , LII. p. 1. of Adv'ts. reimport (re-im-port'), v. t. [ réimporter , reimport; as re- + import .] 1. To bring back. Bid him [day] drive back his car, and reimport The period past. Young , Night Thoughts, ii. 308. 2. To import again; carry back to the country of exportation. Goods.. clandestinely reimported into our own [coun Adam Smith , Wealth of Nations, iv. 4. reimport (rē-im'port), n . [ reimport , v .] Same as reimportation . In the Cytee of Tyre regned Agenore the Fadre of Dydo. Mandeville , Travels, p. 30. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth . Rev. xix. 6. try]. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. Milton , P. L., i. 263. The spavin Or springhalt reigned among 'em. The sultry Sirius burns the thirsty plains, While in thy heart eternal winter reigns . The amount available for reimport probably has been returned to us. The American , VI. 244. Shak ., Hen. VIII., i. 3. 13. reimportation (re-im-por-tā'shon), п . [ réimportation ; as reimport + -ation .] The act of reimporting; that which is reimported. By making their reimportation illegal. Pope , Summer, 1. 22. Fear and trembling reigned , for a time, along the frontier. Irving , Granada, p. 101. Silence reigned in the streets; from the church no Ange Long fellow , Evangeline, i. 5. 3. To have dominion or ascendancy; predominate. lus sounded. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Rom. vi. 12. Our Jovial star reign'd at his birth. Shak ., Cymbeline, v. 4. 105. Insatiate Avarice then first began To raigne in the depravèd minde of man After his fall. Times ' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 41. Two principles in human nature reign : Self-love to urge, and Reason to restrain. n. Pope , E ay on Man, ii. 53. [ reign + -er1. Cf. It. One reigner (rā'nėr), n. regnatore, ruler, IMG:content-1891.png:[blocks in formation] The American , VI. 244.