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[Sp. rey, from Lat, regem, acc us. of rez a king.) An imaginary unit of value, on which the monetary system of Portugal and Brazil are founded. [MILREI.] reê, v. t. [Prob. from the same root as riddle (q. v.).] To riddle; to sift. "After malt is well rubbed and winnowed, you must then ree it over in a sieve." - Mortimer: Husbandry. reē, a. [A.S. ret he fierce.] 1. Wild, fierce, outrageous, crazy. ( Scotch.) 2. Half-drunk; tipsy. ( Scotch.) reē-běk, rhee'-bok, s. [Dut.=roebuck.] Zool.: Antilope capreolus ( Pelea capreola ), from South Africa. Length about five feet, height at shoulder thirty inches; uniform ash-color on neck, shoulders, sides, croup, and thighs, white or light gray on under surface and inside of limbs. They live in small groups of five or six individuals. 1. To echo back; to reverberate. "The Seine reëchoed Vive la Liberté." forest." Scott: The Poacher , 1,809. 2. To retain the sound or name of. "The streets still reëcho the names of the trees of the Long fellow : Evangeline, ii. 5. B. In trans.: To echo back; to give an echo back; to reverberate. "The dell Reechoes with each horrible yell." Moore: Fire-Worshipers. re-ěch-ō, s . [Pref. re-, and Eng. echo , s. (q. v.).] The echo of an echo; a repeated or returned echo. reēçh-ý, adj . [A softened form of reeky (q. v.)] Smoky, sooty; hence, foul, squalid, filthy. "Fashioning them like Pharaoh's soldiers in the reechy painting."- Shakesp .: Much Ado , iii. 3. reēd, *rede, *reede, *reod, s . [A. S. hreád ; cog. with O. Sax. ried ; Dut. riet , ried ; O. H. Ger. hriot ; Ger. riet , ried ; Ir. read an ; Gael. ribhid .] IMG:content-0337.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Comp. Anatomy : The abomasum, or fourth stomach of ruminants. ( Ca ell's Nat . Hist .) 2. Arch . ( pl .): The same as REEDINGS (q. v.). 3. Bot.: (1) The genus Arundo; (2) the genus Phragmites (q.v.). (q. v.). 4. Mining : The tube conveying the train to the charge in the blast-hole. Also called the spire. 5. Music : (1) A thin strip of metal set in vibration by a cur rent of air; the vibrations so caused dividing the current into rapid discontinuous puffs which produce a musical sound. The reed itself does not Reed. means of obtaining hand-lathe, the bottom of the batten is furnished with a shelf, called the shuttle-race, along which the shuttle is driven. The office of the reed is to the weft up the web, and the force of the blow determines the compactne of the fabric. Two threads of yarn pa between each of the reed splits or dents. The number of dents in a reed of a given length determines the finene of the cloth. A bruised reed : Figuratively : 1. One who is easily discouraged, or one easily injured; spec., one who has sinned and may be driven to ruin by harsh treatment. "A bruised reed shall he not break." -Isaiah xlii. 3. 2. A person who or a power which gives way when one leans upon him or it. "Thou trust est upon the staff of this bruised reed , even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it."-2 Kings xviii. 21. IMG:content-0338.png:[blocks in formation] Zool.: The same as RIETBOK (q. v.). reed-bunting, s. Ornith.: Emberiza schœniclus , common in swampy places, all over Europe. Length of male, six inches. Head, chin, and throat black; belly and nuchal collar white; upper surface brownish black, each feather bordered with bright bay. In autumn and winter the bordering in the adult male becomes so broad that the darker tints are to some extent lost sight of. Called also Reed-Sparrow.