rainbow worm

Pathol .: A disease, Hespes iris , consisting of vesicles which break out on the back of the hand, . rainbow-wra e, s . Ichthy.: Coris jul is , the best known species (C. giofredi being probably the female). It has a black spot over the origin of the pectoral, a blue spot on the extremity of the operculum, and a violet spot between the dorsal spines. There are many varieties, all European, distinguished by red or white lateral bands. rain-bōwed, a . [Eng. rainbow ; -ed.] Formed with or like a rainbow; encircled with a rainbow or aureola. ( Kingsley : Saint's Tragedy , i. 3.) *raine (3), *rayne (2), s. [Fr. règne , from Latin regnum a kingdom.] [REIGN, S. ] A kingdom, a region. ( Spenser : F. Q., 111. iv. 49.) [Eng. rain (1), s., and fall .] A rāin-fall, 8. fall or shower of rain; the amount of rain which falls in a particular district. "The course, owing to the recent rainfalls , was in splendid condition." - London Daily Chronicle. Other things being equal, more rain falls in tropical than in temperate climates, evaporation being on a larger scale in the former. It is greater near the ocean than in inland deserts. The felling of forests diminishes the rainfall in particular districts. raise (3) To bring, call, or summon up from the lower regions; to cause to appear from the world of spirits. "The spirits I have raised abandon me." Byron: Manfred, i. 2. (4) To recall from death to life; to restore to life; to bring back from the dead. (1 Cor . xv. 17.) (5) To increase the strength, power, energy, vigor, or force of; to intensify, to heighten, to invigorate; as, to raise the spirits, to raise the temperature of a room, . (6) To lift or cause to rise to higher or nobler things; to elevate. " Raise my thoughts, too humble and too vile." Spenser: F. Q., I. (Introd.) 3. To cause to rise up or a ume an erect position or posture; to lift from a horizontal or other position to a vertical; to set upright; as, to raise a pole or mast. Hence, specifically: (1) To cause to rise or stand up from a horizontal or recumbent position; to rouse up, as from a state of sleep, quiet, or the like. (2) To cause to rise into the air; to stir up. "Dust raised by your troops." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , iii. 6. (3) To rouse to action; to incite; to stir up; to excite, as to tumult, war, a struggle, . "A word's enough to raise mankind to kill." Byron: Lara, ii. 8. (4) To stir up, to excite. "To raise a mutiny." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I. , iv. 1. (5) To set in commotion or a state of activity; to disturb. ( Psalm cvii. 25.) 4. To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being; to give rise or origin to; to produce, to create, to originate. (1) To form or produce by the accumulation and disposition of materials or constituent parts; to erect, to construct. "He hath raised the wall." Shakesp.: Tempest , ii. 1. (2) To cause to grow; to cause to be produced, propagated, or bred; to grow, to rear. "To raise the most valuable, which are generally too the most expensive crops."- Smith : Wealth of Nations, bk. v., ch. ii. from or without rain. "The next day was dark, beclouded, yet rain le ."-C. Bronte: Villette, ch. xiii.