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[Lat. recu us, pa. par. of recutio =to strike back or backward: re-= back, and quatio =to strike.] The act of striking or beating back. IMG:content-0312.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Ord . Lang .: Of a bright warm color, resembling blood; of the hue of that part of the solar spectrum farthest from violet. Red is commonly used to include crimson, scarlet, vermilion, orange-red, . "The parted lip, Like the red rose-bud moist with morning dew, Breathing delight." Thomson: Summer , 1,588. 2. Bot ., & c .: Of any pure red. B. As substantive: 1. A color resembling that of arterial blood; the color of that part of the solar spectrum which is farthest from violet; one of the three primary colors. Mixed in equal strength and proportion with the other primaries, it yields secondaries, e . g ., with yellow it forms orange; with blue, violet, . "Gemmed with green and red ." Tennyson: Enid , 339. 2. A red pigment. The most useful red pigments are carmine, vermilion (sulphuret of mercury), chrome-red, scarlet-lake (bin iodide of mercury), madder-lake, light-red, burnt sienna; these are yellow reds. Venetian red, Indian red (carbonate of oxide of iron), and crimson-lake are blue reds. Reds are derived from the three kingdoms of nature, carmine being derived from the cochineal insect, the lakes and madders from the vegetable world, and the others from the mineral world. 3. A contraction for Red Republican (q. v.). 4. ( Pl .): The catamenial discharges; the menses. IMG:content-0313.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0314.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0315.png:[blocks in formation] Zool.: Cervus rufus (F. Cuv.), Subulo rufus (Ham. Smith). It is about thirty inches high, reddish- brown, with simple, unbranched antlers; females hornle . Habitat, the low, moist woods of South America. red-bugs, s . pl . [PYRRHOCORIDE.] red-capped snake, s . Zool.: Brachysoma diadem a , a venomous insec- tivorous snake, from Australia. red-chalk, s. The same as REDDLE (q. v.). red-chestnut, s. Entom.: A European night-moth, Tæniocampa rubricosa . Geol .: Clay colored red, chiefly by oxide of iron. Much of it belongs to the glacial period, but there is a red clay at profound depths in the ocean. It arises from the decomposition of ashes and other volcanic products. red-coat, s . [REDCOAT.] red-cola, s . Bot.: The seeds of Sterculia a cum in at a , a West African tree. They are bitter, and are eaten to im- part an appetite. red corpuscles, s . pl . [CORPUSCLE, II. 2] red-crag, s . [CRAG, 2.] IMG:content-0316.png:[blocks in formation] red-flag, s . The emblem of anarchy. red-flames, s . pl . [PROMINENCE, II. 1.] red-flowered currant, s. [CURRANT, В. 9.] red-flowering maple, s . (RED-MAPLE.] IMG:content-0317.png:[blocks in formation] Zoology: Cervus elaphus , wild in the temperate regions of Europe and Asia. It resembles the Amer- ican elk. The name is also applied to the Virginia deer. A full grown stag is about four feet high at the withers; and of a grayish tint, body reddish- high, and uni- formly-curved sym- metrical antlers, which are shed in spring. In winter the coat is longer and grayer. They pair in October; the calves, which at birth are spotted with white, are dropped about the end of May. [DEER.] IMG:content-0318.png:[blocks in formation] red gum-tree, s. [GUM-TREES, 1.] red-gurnard, s . Ichthy. Trigla pin i, a common European fish,. about fourteen inches long. It feeds on crustacea, and is excellent eating, especially in the winter. red-hand, s. & a. IMG:content-0319.jpg:[graphic] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia red-kangaroo, s. Zool .: Macropus rufus , from the plains near the Darling and Murrumbidgee rivers. It is celebrated for its great fleetne , and the female is sometimes called the Flying Doe.