rib vaulting (ribval"ting)

In arch., vaulting having ribs projecting below the general surface of the ceiling for support or ornament. ribwort (rib'wert), n. See plantain1. -ric. [ME. -riche, -ricke, used in comp., as in bischop-, kine-; king-, weoreld-, eorth-, heoven riche, realm, jurisdiction, power, of a bishop, king, the world, earth, heaven, etc.: same as ME. riche, The Panicle of Rice ( Oryza sativa ). a, a spikelet; b, the empty glumes; c, the flowering gluine; d, the palet; e, the lod i cules, the stamens, and the pistil. adapted for use warm said by chance. The finest quality is produced in the United States, South Carolina and Georgia leading in amount; but the production has considerably declined since the civil war. - Canada rice. Same as Indian rice. - False rice, a gra of the rice-like genus Leersia.Hungary rice, a corruption of hungry rice. - Hungry rice. Same as fundi. Indian rice. (a) A reed-like gra , Zizania aquatic a, common in shallow water in eastern North America, and especially abundant northwestward. The seeds, which are slender and half an inch long, are farinaceous, much eaten by birds, and largely gathered by the Indians in canoes; but they fall so easily as to render the plant unfit for cropping, even if otherwise worthy. The straw has been recommended as a paper-stock. Its height and large monœcio us panicle render it a striking plant. A more southerly species, Z. miliacea, is included under the name. Also called Canada or wild rice, and In dian oats or water - oats. (b) Rice produced in India. - Millet-rice, the East Indian Panicum colonum. - Petty-rice. See Quinoa. Rice cut-gra . See cut - gra . Rice grain decoration, in ceram., a kind of decoration used in porcelain, especially Chinese, and in fine earthenware, as sometimes in Persian work. The paste of a cup or bowl is cut through with a stamp bearing small leaf shaped or oval openings; the ve el being dipped in the glaze and then fired, the glaze fills these openings completely, leaving translucent spots in the opaque ve el. Occasionally the openings are of different shapes, as small stars, cro es, etc. - Rough rice, the common name for the East Indian paddy or unhusked rice. - Water-rice, wild rice. Same as Indian rice. rice2, n. Another spelling of rise2. Cotgrave. rice-bird (rīs bėrd), n. 1. Another name of the reed-bird: applied to the bobolink in the fall, when it is in yellowish plumage and feeds largely on wild rice ( Zizania aquatic a ), or, in the southern United States, upon cultivated rice, to which it does much damage. The name is little used north of the States where rice is cultivated. called rice - bunting and rice - troopial. See reed - bird, and cut under bobolink. 2. The paddy-bird, Padda oryzivora, well known in confinement as the Java sparrow, and common in China, etc.