rab3 (rab)

[Heb.: see rabbi.] A title of respect given to Jewish doctors or expounders of the law. See rabbi. rabanna (ra-ban'ä), n. [Native name.] Cloth or matting made from the raffia and perhaps other fibers: an article of export from Madagascar to Mauritius. See raffia. rabat (ra-bat'; F. pron. ra-bä'), n. [F., in baking, used by marble-workers, etc. rabate (ra-bat'), v. t.; pret. and pp. rabated, ppr. rabating. [Early mod. E. also rabbate; This alteration is sometimes by adding, sometimes by rabatting, of a sillable or letter to or from a worde either in the beginning, middle, or ending. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 134. 2. In falconry , to bring down or recover (the hawk) to the fist. more common than any other in English utterance (over seven per cent.); the instances of occurrence before a vowel, and so of universal pronunciation, are only half as frequent. There are localities where the normal vibration of the tip of the tongue is replaced by one of the uvula, making a guttural trill, which is still more entitled to the name of "dog's letter" than is the ordinary r: such are considerable parts of France and Germany; the sound appears to occur only sporadically in English pronunciation. 2. As a medieval Roman numeral, 80, and with a line over it (R), 80,000.-3. As an abbreviation: ( a ) Of Rex or Regina, as in George R., Victoria R. (b) Of Royal, as in R. N. for Royal Navy, R. A. for Royal Academy or Academician, or for Royal Arch (in freemasonry). (c) Pre IMG:content-1527.png:[blocks in formation] Reform me, Janet, that precise ruff of thine for an open rabatine of lace and cut work, that will let men see thou hast a fair neck. Scott , Kenilworth, xxiii. rabatot (ra-bā'tō), n. [Also rebato; with altered termination (as if of Sp. or It. origin), 4923 Where is your gowne of silke, your periwigs, Your fine rebatoes , and your costly iewels? Heywood, 2 Edw. IV. (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, I. 168). Your stiff necked rabatos, that have more arches for pride to row under than can stand under five London bridges. Dekker, Gull's Hornbook. 2. A wire or other stiffener used to hold this band in place. I pray you, sir, what say you to these great ruffes, which are borne up with supporters and rebatoes , as it were with poste and raile? Dent'd Pathway , p. 42. ( Hall i well . ) rabattement (ra-bat'ment), n . [ rabatte ment , rabattre , beat down: see rabate .] An operation of descriptive geometry consisting in representing a plane as rotated about one of its traces until it is brought into a plane of projection, with a view of performing other operations more easily performed in such a situation, after which the plane is to be rotated back to its proper position.