rice sower (risso"er)

Same as rice - planter. rice-stitch (rīs's tich), n. An embroidery-stitch by which a loop an eighth of an inch long and pointed at each end is made on the surface of the foundation. This, when done in white thread, resembles a grain of rice. rice-stone (rīs's ton), n. Stone mottled as with rice-grains.- Rice-stone gla . Same as alabaster gla (which see, under alabaster ). rice-sugar (ris's hug"är), n. A confection made from rice in Japan, and there called ame. rice-tenrec (ris'ten"rek), n. A species of the genus Oryzoryctes. Also rice - tendrac. rice-troopial (ris'trö"pi-al), n. Same as rice bird, 1. [A book-name.] rice-water (rīs'wâ"tėr), n. Water which has been thickened with the substance of rice by boiling. It is administered as a drink to the sick, either plain, or sweetened and flavored.Rice-water evacuations, watery evacuations pa ed by cholera patients, containing albuminous flakes, epithelial cells, bacteria, salts, and organic substances. rice-weevil (ris'wē"vl), п. The cosmopolitan beetle, Calandra oryzæ, which feeds on rice and other stored grains in all parts of the world. It is an especial pest in the corn-cribs of the southern United States, and in the rice-granaries of India. See cut under Calandra. IMG:content-2253.png:[blocks in formation] 5167 ( reg- ), a king (= Skt. rājan, a king), This kyng lay at Camylot vpon kryst-ma e, With mony luflych lorde, ledez of the best, Rekenly of the rounde table alle tho rich brether. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 39. O right wis riche Gode, this rewthe thow be-holde! Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3990. 2. Having wealth or large po e ions; po e ed of much money, goods, land, or other valuable property; wealthy; opulent: opposed to poor. This riche man hadde grete plente of bestes and of othir riche e. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 3. Why, man, she is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold. Shak., T. G. of V., ii. 4. 169. 3. Amply supplied or equipped; abundantly provided; abounding: often followed by in or with. God, who is rich in mercy, hath quickened us together with Christ. Eph. ii. 4. The King of Scots... she did send to France, To fill King Edward's fame with prisoner kings, And make her chronicle as rich with praise As is the ooze and bottom of the sea With sunken wreck and sumle treasuries. Shak., Hen. V., i. 2. 163. Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense. Tennyson, Death of Wellington. 4. Abundant in materials; producing or yielding abundantly; productive; fertile; fruitful: as, a rich mine; rich ore; rich soil. rich oily matter; pleasing to the palate; or to articles of drink, highly flavored, stimulating, or strong: as, rich wine; rich cream; rich cake; rich gravy; rich sauce. That jelly 's rich , this malmsey healing. Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. vi. 202. Who now will bring me a beaker Of the rich old wine that here, In the choked-up vaults of Windeck, Has lain for many a year? Bryant, Lady of Castle Windeck. (b) Pleasing to the ear; full or mellow in tone; harmonious; sweet. Let rich music's tongue Unfold the imagined happine that both Receive in either by this dear encounter. Shak., R. and J., ii. 6. 27. What... voice, the richest -toned that sings, Hath power to give thee as thou wert? Tennyson, In Memoriam, lxxv. (c) Pleasing to the eye, through strength and beauty of hue; pure and strong; vivid: applied especially to color. Ther myght oon haue seyn many a riche garnement and many a fre h banere of riche colour wave in the wynde. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 384. A sudden splendour from behind Flush'd all the leaves with rich gold-green. Tennyson, Arabian Nights. A colour is said to be rich or "pure" when the proportion of white light entering into its composition is small. Field's Chromatography, p. 41. [ Rich as applied to colors in zoology has a restricted meaning, which, however, is very difficult to define. A metallic, lustrous, or iridescent color is not rich; the word is generally applied to soft and velvety colors which are pure and distinct, as a rich black, a rich scarlet spot, etc., just as we speak of rich velvets, but generally of bright or glo y silks. Vivid is very rich or very distinct.] (d) Pleasing to the sense of smell; full of fragrance; sweet-scented; aromatic. No rich perfumes refresh the fruitful field, Nor fragrant herbs their native incense yield. Pope , Winter, 1. 47. Upon our houses' thatch, whiles a more frosty people 10. Exce ive; extravagant; inordinate; out Let us not hang like roping icicles Sweat drops of gallant youth in our rich fields! Shak ., Hen. V., iii. 5. 25. valley called Rooge. After cro ing a small ascent, we came into a very rich Maundrell , Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 3. Where some refulgent sunset of India Streams o'er a rich ambrosial ocean isle. Tennyson , Experiments in Quantity, Milton. 5. Of great price or money value; costly; expensive; sumptuous; magnificent: as, rich jewels; rich gifts. Forthi I rede zow riche reueles whan ze maketh For to solace youre soules suche mini str a les to haue. Piers Plowman (B), xiii. 442. The next day they came to the Savoy, the Duke of Lancaster's House, which they set on Fire, burning all his rich Furniture. Baker , Chronicles, p. 138. Yet some of the Portuguese, fearing the worst, would every Night put their richest Goods into a Boat, ready to take their flight on the first Alarm. Dampier , Voyages, II. i. 145. He took me from a goodly house, With store of rich apparel, sumptuous fare, And page, and maid, and squire, and seneschal. Tennyson , Geraint. rageous; preposterous: commonly applied to ideas, fancies, fabrications, claims, demands, pretensions, conceits, jests, tricks, etc.: as, a rich notion; a rich idea; rich impudence; a rich joke; a rich hoax. [Colloq.] "A capital party, only you were wanted. We had Beaumanoir and Vere, and Jack Tufton and Spraggs."- "Was Spraggs rich ?"- "Wasn't he! I have not done laughing yet. He told us a story about the little Biron, who was over here last year. Killing! Get him to tell it you. The richest thing you ever heard." Disraeli , Coningsby, viii. 1. The rich, the rich man; more frequently, in the plural, people of wealth. Prov. xiv. 20. The rich hath many friends. Vici itude wheels round the motley crowd, The rich grow poor, the poor become purse-proud. Cowper , Hope, 1. 18. The rich , on going out of the mosque, often give alms to the poor outside the door. E. W. Lane , Modern Egyptians, I. 107. [This word is often used in the formation of compounds which are self-explanatory: as, rich -colored, rich -fleeced, rich -haired, rich -laden, etc.]=Syn. 2 and 3. Affluent.-4. Fertile , etc. (see fruitful ), luxuriant, teeming.-5 and 6. 6. Of great moral worth; highly esteemed; Splendid, valuable.-7. Copious, plenteous. - 9. Savory, invaluable; precious. As frendes be a rich and iofull po e ion, so be foes a continuall torment and canker to the minde of man. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 46. Ah! but those tears are pearl which thy love sheds, And they are rich , and ransom all ill deeds. Shak ., Sonnets, xxxiv. IMG:content-2254.png:[blocks in formation] rich1t (rich), v. [Also sometimes ritch; To ritch his country, let his words lyke flowing water fall. Drant, tr. of Horace. ( Nares. ) L Rich'd with the pride of nature's excellence. Greene and Lodge , Looking Gla for Lond. and Eng. Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, With shadowy forests and with champains rich'd . Shak ., Lear, i. 1. 65. II. in trans . To grow rich. Thei rychen thorw regrater ye and rentes hem buggen With that the pore people shulde put in here wombe. Piers Plowman (B), iii. 83. rich1t, adv . [ riche ; rich1 , a .] Richly. Ful riche he was a stored prively. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 609.