retardment

[Eng. retard; -ment.] The act of retarding, delaying, or hindering. "It does not depend so much on retardment of spring growth."-London Daily Telegraph. *rē-tâunt', subst. [Pref. re-, and Eng. taunt, s. (q.v.)) The repetition of a taunt. "With suche tauntes and retauntes." - Hall: Richard III ., fo. 10. rětch (1), reach, v . i . [A. S. hræcan , from hræc =a cough, spittle, hráca =the throat; Icel. hrækja to retch, from hraki =spittle; Ger. rachen the throat; Dan. rachelen = to retch.] To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. *retch (2) v. t. or i. [A. S. récan, reccan.] Το reck; to care; to care for; to regard. *rětch'-le , *retch-le e, a. [A softened form of reckle (q. v.).] 1. Reckle , carele . "And retchle e of hys life, he gan both syghe and Surrey: Complaint of a Dying Lover. grone." 2. Not worthy of thought or care. "Daunceth he merry that is mirthle e, Who should recke of that is retchle ." Chaucer: The A embly of Fowls . re-tě, s. [Lat.=a net.] (See the compounds.) rete-mirabile, s . Anat.: An artery which abruptly divides into small anastomosing branches, these again often uniting to reconstruct and continue the trunk. The rete mirabile of Galen is formed by the intracranial part of the internal carotid artery of the sheep and several other mammals. ( Quain .) rete-mucosum, s. Anat.: The Malpighian layer (q.v.). rě-te-cio us, a. [Lat. rete =a net.] Resembling network; retiform. *rě-těc-tion, s . [Lat. retectus , pa. par. of rete go =to uncover: re -back, and tego to cover.] The act of uncovering, disclosing, or discovering to view. ( Boyle : Works , i. 685.) re-těll', v. t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. tell (q.v.).] To tell again; to repeat. rět-ene, s. [Gr. rhetinë; -ene.] acid. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; retiarius I. Ordinary Language : IMG:content-0541.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Having the power or quality of retaining. "The pebbly gravel next, the layers then Of mingled molds of more retentive earths." Thomson: Autumn , 814. Used also of immaterial things; as, a retentive memory, the retentive faculty. 2. Confining, restraining. "Have I been ever free, and must my house Be my retentive enemy, my jail?" Shakesp.: Timon of Athens , iii. 4. *B. As subst.: That which retains, restrains, or confines; a restraint. "Those secret checks which are raised within itself [the heart] readily conspire with all outward retentives ." -Bp. Hall: Contempl.; Nabal and Abigail . rě-těnt-Ive-ly, adv. [Eng. retentive; -ly.] In a retentive manner. rě-těnt-Ive-ne , subst. [Eng. retentive; -ne .] The quality or state of being retentive. "The retentivene with which he held together a variety of elaborate figures and statistics." -Leisure Hour, Jan., 1885, p. 58.