rayonnant, rayonned, rayonee

[Fr. meanings of which see their simple forms. rayon =a ray.] Her.: The same as RADIANT (q. v.). rāze, v. t. [RASE (1), v.] 1. To strike on the surface; to touch in pa ing; to glance along the surface of; to graze. ( Scott : 2. To erase, to obliterate, to efface, to blot out. "From the book of honor razed quite." of rays is called a pencil. An incident ray entering Marmion , vi. 14.) a doubly-refracting crystal is resolved into two, called from their properties an ordinary and an extraordinary ray. The term ray is used also of one of the component elements of light, as the violet rays of the spectrum; or the luminous, actinic, or heat rays. [ACTINIC.] (1) Principal ray : [PRINCIPAL.] (2) Visual ray : In perspective, a straight line drawn through the eye. rāy (3), *raye (2), s. from Lat. raia.] [O. Fr. raye (Fr. raie ), Ichthy.: Any individual of the genus Raja (q. v.); but the family Rajide, and even the section Batoidei, are often spoken of as Rays. Their flattened shape indicates that they live on level sandy bottoms, generally at no great distance from the coast and in moderate depths. They are carnivorous, but by no means, active, swimming like the flatfishes by the undulating motion of the pectoral fins, Shakesp .: Sonnet 25. IMG:content-0246.png:[blocks in formation] rāzed, pa . par . & a. [RAZE, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : re-ab-sorb', v. t. [Prefix re-, and English absorb (q. v.).] 1. To absorb or imbibe again. 2. To swallow up again.