redhibitory (red hi bit or i)

[= OF. red hibitoire, F. rédhibitoire = Sp. Pg. red hi bito rio = It. red i bito rio, red-horse (red'hôrs), n. 1. The common white or lake sucker, a catostomoid fish, Moxo stoma macro lep i do tum, or any other of the same genus; a stone-roller or white mullet. The golden red-horse is M. aureolum. The long-tailed red-horse is M. anisurum.-2. The red-drum, Sciænops ocellatus. See cut under redfish. [Florida and Gulf States.] red-hot (red'hot), a. 1. Red with heat; heated to redne : as, red - hot iron; red - hot balls. Hence-2. Extreme; violent; ardent: as, a red- hot political speech. [Slang.] - Red-hot poker. Same as flame - flower. Red-hot shot, cannonballs heated to redne and fired at shipping, magazines, wooden buildings, etc., to combine destruction by fire with battering by concu ion.