reredemaint (rerdeman)

[ME., I shall with a reredemayne so make them rebounde that the beste stopper that he hath at tenyce shal not well stoppe without a faulte. Hall , Richard III., f. 11. ( Hall i well .) reredos (rer'dos), n. [Early mod. E. veredo e, also reredorse, rear dorse (see rear dorse ), Now haue we manie chimnies and yet our tenderlings complaine of rheumes, catarhs and poses. Then had we none but reredo es , and our heads did neuer ake. Harrison, Descrip. of Eng., ii. 22. The reredos , or brazier for the fire of logs, in the centre of the hall, continued in use (in the fifteenth century], but in addition to this large fireplaces were introduced into the walls. J. H. Parker , Domestic Arch. in Eng., iii. 2. A screen or a decorated part of the wall behind an altar in a church, especially when IMG:content-2038.png:[graphic][subsumed][merged small] IMG:content-2039.png:[blocks in formation] resarceled, resarcelled (re-sär's eld), a . In her ., separated by the field showing within. See sarceled.- Cro sarceled, resarceled. See cro 1 . resauntt, n. Same as re aut . resawing-machine (re-sâ'ing-ma-shēn"), n . [ sawing , verbal n. of sawl , v ., + machine . ] Any machine for cutting up squared timber into small stuff or boards. E. H. Knight . resayvet, v . An obsolete variant of receive . rescaillet, n. An obsolete variant of rascal . rescatet, v . t . [Also reescate , riscate (?); ris- cattare , redeem, ransom, rescue, = Sp. rescatar Pg.resgatar , ransom (cf. OF. rachater , rache- ter , F. racheter , ransom, redeem, repurchase), re- , back, + ex , out, + captare , take: see capacious .] To ransom. The great Honour you have acquired by your gallant Comportment in Algier, in re- escating so many English Howell , Letters, I. v. 30. rescatet, n. [ riscatto = Sp. rescate = Pg. resgate , ransom, rescue; from the verb: seeres- cate, v.] Ransom; relief; rescue. Euery day wee were taken prisoners, by reason of the great di ension in that king do me; and euery morning at our departure we must pay rescat foure or fiue pagies a Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 222. Richard the Redele , iii. 272. reschowet, v. and n . A Middle English form Some war with rere - mice for their leathern wings, To make my small elves coats. IMG:content-2040.png:[blocks in formation] Vse no surfetis neithir day ne nyght, Neither ony rere soupers , which is but exce e. IMG:content-2041.png:[blocks in formation] Contrarily, the great gifts of the king are judged void, his unnece ary expenses are rescinded , his superfluous cut off. Prynne , Treachery and Disloyalty, p. 168, App. 2. To abrogate; revoke; annul; vacate, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority: as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind an edict or decree; to re- scind a judgment. Even in the worst times this power of parliament to re- peal and rescind charters has not often been exercised. Webster , Speech, March 10, 1818. The sentence of exile against Wheelwright was rescinded . Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 349. 3. To avoid (a voidable contract). Bishop .=Syn. 2. Repeal , Revoke , etc. (see abolish ), reverse, take back. rescindable (rē-sin'da-bl), a . [= F. rescind a- ble ; as rescind + -able .] Capable of being re- scinded. Imp . Dict . rescindment (re-sindʼment), n . [F. rescinde- ment ; as rescind + -ment . ] The act of rescind- resci ion (rē-sizh'on), n . [= F. rescision (for * resci ion ) = Sp. rescision = Pg . rescisão = It. resci ione , resci io (n-), a making void, annulling, rescinding, rescind ere , pp. rescis- sus , cut off: see rescind .] 1. The act of rescind- ing or cutting off. If any man infer upon the words of the prophets follow- ing (which declare this rejection and, to use the words of the text, rescision of their estate to have been for their idolatry) that by this reason the governments of all idola- trous nations should be also di olved...; in my judg- ment it follow eth not. Before he anchors in his native port, From Pyle resailing , and the Spartan court. Resalgar , and our materes enbibing. Chaucer , Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 261. Our chirurgions and also ferrers do find both arsenicke and resalgar to be sharpe, hotte, and burning things. Top sell , Beasts (1607), p. 429. ( Hall i well .) resalute (re-sa-lūt′), v . t . [ re- + salute .] 1. To salute or greet anew. To resalute the world with sacred light. Milton , P. L., xi. 134. IMG:content-2042.png:[blocks in formation] For none hate he to the Greke hadde, Ne also for the rescous of the town, Ne made him thus in armes for to madde. rescript (rē'skript), n . [OF. rescrit , rescript , F. rescrit = Pr. reschrich = Cat. rescrit = Sp. rescripto = Pg. rescripto , rescrito = It. res crit to , rescriptum , a rescript, reply, neut. of re- script us , pp. of rescribere , write back: see re- scribe.] 1. The written answer of an emperor or a pope to questions of jurisprudence off i- cially propounded to him; hence, an edict or decree. Maximin us gave leave to rebuild [the churches).... Upon which rescript (saith the story) the Christians were overjoyed. Jer . Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 156. You cannot oblige me more than to be punctual in re- script i on . Love day, Letters (1662), p. 31. ( Latham . ) rescriptive (rē-skriptiv), a . [ rescript + -ive .] Pertaining to a rescript; having the character of a rescript; decisive. rescriptively (re-skriptiv-li), adv . By re- script. Burke . [Rare.] rescuable (res ́kū-a-bl), a . rescorre, rescourre, rescue: see rescue and -able .] Capable of being rescued. IMG:content-2043.png:[blocks in formation] resci ory (rē-sis'ō-ri), a . [ = F. rescisoire = Sp. Pg. rescisorio = It. resci orio , res cis sori us , of or pertaining to rescinding, L.rescind ere , pp. res ci us , rescind: see rescind .] Having power to rescind, cut off, or abrogate; having the ef- fect of rescinding. To pa a general act resci ory (as it was called), annul- ling all the parliaments that had been held since the year Bp. Burnet , Hist. Own Times, an. 1661. The general Act resci ory of 1661, which swept away the legislative enactments of the Covenanting Parliament. Second General Council of the Presbyterian Alliance , 1880, [p. 970. Resci ory actions, in Scots law , those actions whereby deeds, etc., are declared void. rescore (rē-skōr'), v . t . [ score .] In music , to score again; arrange again or dif- ferently for voices or instruments. rescoust, n. [ rescous , rescouse , rescous , rescos , also rescou e , F. rescou e , re- Ercules rescowed hire, parde, And brought hire out of helle agayne to blys. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 515. That was cleped the rescouse, for that Vortiger was rescowed whan Aungis the saisne was slain and chaced oute of the place. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 586. Draw forth thy weapon, we are beset with thieves; Rescue thy mistre , if thou be a man. Shak., T. of the S., iii. 2. 238. 2. In law , to liberate or take by forcible or il- legal means from lawful custody: as, to rescue a prisoner from a constable. =Syn. 1 and 2. To re- take, recapture. For when a chaumbere afire is or an halle, Wel more nede is it sodenly rescowe Than to dispute, and axe amonges alle, How is this candele in the strow yfalle. celed. Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot. Shak ., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 3. 19. Flights, terrors, sudden rescues , and true love Crown'd after trial. Tennyson , Aylmer's Field. 2. In law , the forcible or illegal taking of a person or thing out of the custody of the law. Fang . Sir John, I arrest you.. Fal . Keep them off, Bardolph. Rescue shott, money paid for the rescue or a istance in the rescue of stolen or raided property. See shot. Instead of his ain ten milk kye, Jamie Telfer has gotten thirty and three. And he has paid the rescue shot , Baith wi' goud and white monie. Thou gaoler, thou, I am thy prisoner; wilt thou suffer them To make a rescue ? Shak., C. of E., iv. 4. 114. IMG:content-2044.png:[blocks in formation] Many medicinal remedys, cautions, directions, curios i- ties, and Arcana, which owe their birth or illustration to his indefatigable recherches . Evelyn , To Mr. Wotton. He sucks intelligence in ev'ry clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return - a rich repast for me. Réseau à brides, bride ground when the brides are ar ranged with great regularity so as to resemble a réseau properly so called, or net ground. resect (re-sekt'), v . t . [ resect us , pp. of re- secare (> It. rise care , risegare = Sp. Pg. resegar = OF. resequer , F. réséquer ), cut off, cut loose, re- , back, + secare , cut: see section . Cf. risk .] To cut or pare off. Perhaps the most striking illustration of the advanced surgery of the period [Roman empire] is the freedom with which bones were resected , including the long bones, the lower jaw, and the upper jaw. Encyc . Brit ., XXII. 675. which has hit one of the two bones of the forearm or leg, or one or two of the metacarpal or metatarsal bones, and has taken a piece out of the bone hit without injury to the others. resect (re-sekt′), a . and n . [ resect us , pp. of resecare , cut off: see resect , v .] I. a. Cut off; resected. No soul from wished immortal i tie, But give them durance when they are resect From organized corporeitie. Dr. H. More , Psych a than asia, I. ii. 46. II. n. In math ., the subtangent of a point on a curve diminished by the absci a. resection (re-sek's hon), n . [ F.résection , resemblablet (re-zem'bla-bl), a . [ resem- blable , resemblable , resembler , resemble: see resemble .] Capable or admitting of being compared; like. These arowis that I speke of heere Were alle fyve on oon manere, And alle were they resemblable . resemblance (rē-zem'blans), n . [ resem- blaunce , resemblance , res semblance , F. res- semblance = It. ra embranza ; as resemblan ( t ) +-ce.] 1. The state or property of resembling or being like; likene ; similarity either of ex- ternal form or of qualities. Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber, and their gravel gold. L.resecare , pp. resect us , cut off: see resect .] The act of cutting or paring off; specifically, in surg ., the removal of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false articulation; excision of a portion of some part, as of a bone or nerve. Some surgeons reckoned their resections by the hundred. Pop . Sci . Mo. , XXVIII. 422. Resection of the larynx, a partial laryngectomy. resectional (re-sek's hon-al), a . [ resection + -al.] Of or pertaining to, or consisting in, re- section. IMG:content-2045.png:[blocks in formation] Fairest resemblance of thy Maker fair, Thee all things living gaze on. Milton , P. L., ix. 538. He is then described as gliding through the Garden un- der the resemblance of a Mist. Add is on, Spectator, No. 351. The soul whose sight all-quickening grace renews Takes the resemblance of the good she views. Prov. But what likelihood is in that? Duke . Not a resemblance , but a certainty. Alien . and Neurol ., X. 499. Reseda (rē-sēʼda), n. [NL. (Tournefort, 1700) (cf. F. réséda = D. reseda = G. resede = Sw. Dan. reseda ), reseda , a plant, resedare , 4t. A simile. calm, re- , back, + sedare , calm: see sedative . According to Pliny (XXVII. 12, 106), the plant was so called because it was employed to al- lay tumors by pronouncing the formula reseda morbos.] 1. A genus of polypetalous plants, type of the order Resedaceæ . It is characterized by cleft or di ected and unequal petals, by an urn-shaped receptacle dilated behind, bearing on one side the ten to forty stamens, and by a capsule three-lobed and open at the apex. There are about 30 species, or many more according to some authors, and all very variable. They are most abundant in the Mediterranean region, especial- ly Spain and northern Africa, found also in Syria, Persia, and Arabia. They are erect or decumbent herbs, with entire or divided leaves, and racemed flowers. R. luteola is said to be diuretic and diaphoretic. See mignonette , and, for R. lutea , base - rocket . For R. luteola , see dyer's weed, weld , woad, yellow - weed , and ash of Jerusalem (un- der ash1 ); also gaude . Resedaceæ (res-e-dā'sē-ē), n . pl . [NL. (A. P. de Candolle, 1813), Reseda + -aceæ .] An or- der of dicotyledonous plants of the cohort Pa- rietales , characterized by a curved embryo with- out albumen, a four or eight-parted calyx, mi- nute glands in place of stipules, an open estiva- tion, small and commonly irregular petals, and usually numerous stamens. There are about 70 spe- cies, by some reduced to 45, belonging to 6 genera, all but 11 species being included in Reseda , the type. They are annual or perennial herbs, with scattered or clustered leaves, which are entire, three-parted, or pinnatifid; and with small bracted flowers in racemes or spikes. Their range is mainly that of Reseda , excepting Oligomer is with 3 species in Cape Colony and 1 in California. reseize (rē-sēz'), v . t . [ re- + seize . ] 1. Το seize again; seize a second time.- 2. To put into po e ion of; reinstate: chiefly in such se ed of). Next Archigald, who for his proud disdayne Deposed was from prince do me soverayne, And then therein reseized was againe. 3. In law , to take po e ion of, as of lands and tenements which have been di eized. Whereupon the sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his cus- tody till the arrival of the justices of a ize. Black stone , Com., III. x. reseizer (rē-sē ́zėr), n . One who reseizes, in any。 reseizure (rē-sēzūr), n . [ re- + seizure .] A second seizure; the act of seizing again. I moved to have a reseizure of the lands of George More, a relapsed recusant, a fugitive, and a practising traytor. Bacon , To Cecil. Been ther none othere maner resemblances That ye may likne your parables unto, But if a sely wyf be oon of tho? 5†. Look; regard; show of affection. With soft sighes and lovely semblaunces He ween'd that his affection entire She should aread; many resemblaunces To her he made, and many kind remembraunces. Spenser , F. Q., III. vii. 16. The Spanish woolls are grown originally from the Eng- lish sheep, which by that soyle ( resemblant to the Downs of England). are come to that finene . Golden Fleece (1657). ( Nares .) What marvel then if thus their features were Resemblant lineaments of kindred birth? Southey . resemble (re-zem'bl), v .; pret. and pp. resem- bled , ppr. resembling . [ resemblen , resembler , re ambler , re embler , F. re embler = Pr. re emblar , re emlar = It. risembrare , * resimulare , resimulare , re- , again, + simul are , simulate, imitate, copy, similis , like: see simi- lar , simulate , semble , and cf. a emble2 .] I. trans . 1. To be like to; have similarity fo, in Judges viii. 18. The soule, in regard of the spiritual and immortall sub- stance, resembleth him which is a Spirit. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 16. The river, as it flows, resembles the air that flows over it. Emerson , Nature. 2. To represent as like something else; liken; compare; note a resemblance. Th' other, al yclad in garments light, He did resemble to his lady bright; And ever his faint hart much earned at the sight. Spenser , F. Q., III. x. 21. Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? Luke xiii. 18. 31. To imitate; simulate; counterfeit. The Chinians IMG:content-2046.png:[blocks in formation] II. in trans . To be like; have a resemblance; 2. To feel resentment; be indignant. appear. And Merlyn, that wel resembled to Bretel, cleped the porter, and the i dought it was Bretel and Iurdan. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 76. An huge tablet this fair lady bar In hir handes twain all this to declare, Resembling to be fourged all of-new. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4521. resembler (rē-zemʼblėr), п . One who or that which resembles. Tartar is a body by itself that has few resemblers in the world. Boyle, Works, I. 516. resembling (re-zem'bling), a. Like; similar; homogeneous; congruous. They came to the side of the wood where the hounds were many of them in colour and marks so resem- bling that it showed they were of one kind. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. Good actions still must be maintained with good, As bodies nourished with resembling food. Dryden, To His Sacred Majesty, 1. 78. resemblingly (re-zem'bling-li), adv. So as to resemble; with resemblance or verisimilitude. The angel that holds the book, in the Revelations, describes him resemblingly . Boyle, Works, II. 402. reseminate (rē-sem'i-nāt), v . t . [ resemina tus , pp. of reseminare (> It. rise min are = Sp. re sembrar = Pg. resemear = OF. resemer , F. res semer ), sow again, beget again, re- , again, + seminare , sow: see seminate . Cf. di eminate . ] To propagate again; beget or produce again by seed. Concerning its generation, that without all conjunction it [the phœnix] begets and reseminates itself, hereby we introduce a vegetable production in animals, and unto sensible natures transfer the propriety of plants. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iii. 12. resend (re-send'), v . t . [ re- + send . ] To send again; send back; return. My book of "The hurt of hearing," ., I did give unto you; howbeit, if you be weary of it, you may re-send it J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 116. again. I sent to her Tokens and letters which she did resend . Shak ., All's Well, iii. 6. 123, resent (re-zent'), v. [ 'Tis by my touch alone that you resent What objects yield delight, what discontent. J. Beaumont, Psyche, iv. 156. Our King Henry the Seventh quickly resented his drift. When he [Pompey] had carried the consulship for a friend of his, against the pursuit of Sylla, Sylla did a little resent thereat. Bacon, Friendship (ed. 1887). The town highly resented to see a person of Sir William Temple's character and merits roughly used. Swift , Battle of the Books, Bookseller to the Reader. resenter (re-zen'tėr), n . One who resents, in any sense of that word. resentful (re-zent'fül), a . [ resent + -ful .] Inclined or apt to resent; full of resentment. To soften the obdurate, to convince the mistaken, to mollify the resentful , are worthy of a statesman. Johnson , Works, II. 647. Not for prud'ry's sake, But dignity's, resentful of the wrong. Cowper , Task, iii. 79. =Syn. Irascible, choleric, vindictive, ill-tempered. See anger1. resentfully (re-zent'fül-i), adv. In a resentful manner; with resentment. resentimentt (re-zen'ti-ment), n. [ I... choose rather, being absent, to contribute what aydes I can towards its remedy, than, being present, to renew her sorrows by such expre ions of resent i ment as of course use to fall from friends. 2. Resentment. Evelyn, To his Brother, G. Evelyn. Though this king might have resent i ment And will t' avenge him of this injury. Daniel, Civil Wars, iv. 5. resentingly (rē-zen'ting-li), adv. 1†. With deep sense or strong perception. Nor can I secure myself from seeming deficient to him that more resentingly considers the usefulne of that treatise in that I have not added another of superstition. Dr. H. More, Philosophical Writings, Gen. Pref. 2. With resentment, or a sense of wrong or affront. resentive (re-zen'tiv), a. [ By long oppre ion, by religion rous'd, The guardian army came. Thomson , Liberty, iv.