reed palm (redpam)

reed-wren (rēd'ren), n. 1. The greater reed warbler.-2. An American wren of the family Troglodytidæ and genus Thryothorus , as the great Carolina wren, T. carol in ens is , or Bewick's wren, T. bewicki . There are many species, chiefly of the subtropical parts of America, the two named being the only ones which inhabit much of the United States. reedy (rē'di), a . [ reed1 +-y1. Cf. AS. hreódiht, reedy.] 1. Abounding with reeds. Ye heathy wastes, immix'd with reedy fens. Burns, Elegy on Mi Burnet. 2. Consisting of or resembling a reed. With the tip of her reedy wand Making the sign of the cro . Long fellow , Blind Girl of Castèl Cuillè, i. 3. Noting a tone like that produced from a reed-instrument. Such tones are usually somewhat nasal, and are often thin and cutting. The ble ed little creature answered ine in a voice of such heavenly sweetne , with that reedy thrill in it which you have heard in the thrush's even-song, that I hear it at this moment. O. W. Holmes, Autocrat, ix. 4. Noting a quality of iron in which bars or plates of it have the nature of ma es of rods imperfectly welded together. reefl (ref), n. [Formerly riff; G. riff ), a reef, = Icel. rif = Dan. rev, a reef, sand-bank; akin to Icel. rif a, a fi ure, rift, rent, = Sw. refva, a strip, cleft, gap; Sw. refvel, a sand-bank, = Dan. revle, a sand-bank, bar, shoal, a strip of land, a lath; prob. from the verb, Icel. rif a, etc., rive, split: see rivel. Cf. rift1.] 1. A low, narrow ridge of rocks, rising ordinarily but a few feet above the water. A reef pa es by increase of size into an island. The word is especially used with reference to those low islands which are formed of coralline debris. See atoll, and coral reef, below. Atolls have been formed during the sinking of the land the shores of ordinary islands. by the upward growth of the reefs which primarily fringed Darwin , Coral Reefs, p. 165. The league-long roller thundering on the reef . Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 2. Any extensive elevation of the bottom of the sea; a shoal; a bank: so called by fishermen. low, gra , and glova. Very little reef , if any, is found in Cuba. Science , XIV. 351. Coral reef, an accumulation of calcareous material which has been sécreted from the water of the tropical ocean, and especially of the Pacific to the south of the equator, by the reef-building corals. Such accumulations, which are often of great dimensions, offer curious peculiarities of form and distribution. They have been cla ified un- der the names of fringing and barrier reefs and atolls . Fringing reefs border the land; barrier reefs extend paral- lel with but at some distance from the shore; atolls are approximately circular or elliptical in form, and typical atolls inclose a lagoon, which usually communicates with the ocean by one or more pa ages through the reef. Bar- rier reefs may be hundreds of miles in length; that off the shore of Australia is 1,250 miles long, and from 10 to 90 broad. Atolls vary from 1 to 50 miles and over in diameter. The principal ma of a coral reef consists e entially of dead coral, together with more or le of the skeletons and IMG:content-1818.png:[blocks in formation] reef3 (ref), a . and n . [Also (Sc.) reif , rief ; ref , hreóf , scabby, leprous, rough (> hreó- fol , hreóft, scabbine , leprosy, hreóflig , lep- rous, hreófla , a leper), = OHG. riob , leprous, = Icel. hrjufr , scabby, rough. Cf. Icel. ryf , scurf, eruption of the skin; perhaps connected with rif a , break: see rive .] I. a . Scabby; scurvy. Kings and nations, swith awa! Reif randies, I disown ye! Burns , Louis, What Reck I by Thee? II. n . 1. The itch; also, any eruptive dis- order. [Prov. Eng.] -2. Dandruff. [Prov. Eng.] reef-band (refʼband), n . A strong strip of can- vas extending acro a sail, in a direction par- allel to its head or foot, to strengthen it. The reef-band has eyelet-holes at regular intervals for the reef-points which secure it when reefed.-- Balance reef- band, a reef-band extending diagonally acro a fore-and- aft sail. See reef2 , n . reef-builder (rēf'bil"dėr), n. Any coral which builds a reef. shells of other marine organisms; this dead material is mingled with debris resulting from the action of breakers and currents on the coralline formation. The exterior of reef-building (rēf'bil"ding), a . Constructing such a reef, where conditions are favorable to the develop- Calms are our dread; when tempests plough the deep, We take a reef , and to the rocking sleep. Crabbe, Works, I. 48. Close reef. See close2.- French reef, reefing of sails when they are fitted with rope jackstays instead of points, reef2 (ref), v. [ reef2 , n. Cf. the doublet recve3 .] I. trans. 1. Naut., to take a reef or reefs in; reduce the size of (a sail) by rolling or folding up a part and securing it by tying reef-points about it. In square sails the reef-points are tied round the yard as well as the sail; in fore-and-aft sails they may or may not be tied round the boom which extends the foot of the sail. In very large ships, where the yards are so large as to make it inconvenient to tie the reef-points around them, the sails are sometimes reefed to jackstays on the yards. reef-earing (ref'er"ing), n. See caring . reefer1 (re'fèr), n . [ reef1 + -er1 .] An oyster that grows on reefs in the wild or untransplant- ed state; a reef-oyster. reefer2 (re'fer), n. [ Admiral Smyth . The steerage or gun-room was ever heaven, the scene of happine unalloyed, the home of darling reefers who own the hearts they won long years ago, the abode of briny mirth, of tarry jollity. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 166. 2. A short coat or jacket worn by sailors and fishermen, and copied for general use by the fashions of 1888-90. reef-goose (ref'gös), n. goose of North America, Bernicla can a dens is . See cut under Bernicla . (North Carolina.] reefing (rē'fing), n . [Verbal n. of reef 2, v .] In upholstery , the gathering up of the material of a curtain, rtain, valance, or the like, as in short fes- toons. reefing-beckets (rē'fing-bek"ets), n . pl . Sen- net straps fitted with an eye and toggle, used in reefing when sails are fitted with French reefs. The toggle part is generally seized to the iron jackstay on the yard, and the tail of the strap is taken around the rope jackstay on the sail, the eye being then placed over the toggle. The encence out of the fyr reketh sote [sweet]. Chaucer , Good Women, 1. 2612. Frae many a spout came running out His reeking -het red gore. Battle of Tranent - Muir (Child's Ballads, VII. 170). I found me laid In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. The reeking entrails on the fire they threw, And to the gods the grateful odour flew. Dryden , tr. of Ovid's Meta morph., xii. 211. The floor reeked with the recent scrubbing, and the god- de did not like the smell of brown soap. Thackeray , Pen dennis, lxvi. II. trans. To smoke; expose to smoke. After the halves [of the moulds] are so coated or reeked , they are fitted together. reek1 (rēk), n. [ reek , rek , rike , reik (also a ibilated rec he , > E. reech ), rēc , smoke, vapor, = OS. rōk = OFries. rēk = D. rook = MLG.roke , LG. rook = OHG. rouh , MHG. rouch , G. rau rauch , smoke, vapor, Icel. reykr , smoke, steam (cf. rökr , twilight: see Ragnarök ), = Sw. rök = Dan. rög , smoke; from the verb. Cf. Goth. rikwis , darkne , smoke.] 1. Smoke; va- por; steam; exhalation; fume. [Obsolete, [Obsolete, ar- chaic, or Scotch.] You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate As reek o' the rotten fens. Shak ., Cor., iii. 3. 121. The reek o' the cot hung over the plain Like a little wee cloud in the world its lane. IMG:content-1819.png:[blocks in formation] Kale through the reek. See kale . reek2+ (rēk), n . [ reek , hreác = Icel. hraukr , a heap, rick. Cf. the related rick and ruck .] A rick; also, a small bundle of hay. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] I'll instantly set all my hinds to thrashing Of a whole reek of corn. reefing-jacket (re'fing-jak"et), n. A close-fit- ting jacket or short coat made of strong heavy reeky (reki), a. [Also in Se. spelling reckie , reefing-point (re'fing-point), n. Naut . , a reef- point. reef-jig, reef-jigger (rēf'jig, -jig"ėr), n. Naut ., a small tackle sometimes used in reefing to stretch the reef-band taut before knotting the points. reef-knot (ref'not), n. Same as square knot (which see, under knot1 ). reef-line (refʻlin), n . Naut . , a temporary means of spilling a sail, arranged so that it can serve when the wind is blowing fresh. reef-oyster (rēf'ois"tėr), n. A reefer. Seercef- erl and oyster . reef-pendant (rēf'pen"dant), n . Naut ., in fore- and-aft sails, a rope through a sheave-hole in the boom, with a tackle attached, to haul the after-leech down to the boom while reefing; in square sails, a rope fastened to the leech of the sail and rove up through the yard-arm, having a purchase hooked to the upper end, to serve as a reef-tackle. reef-point (rēf'point), n. Naut ., a short piece of rope fastened by the middle in each eyelet hole of a reef-band, to secure the sail in reef- ing. reef-squid (ref's kwid), n. A lashing or earing used aboard the luggers on the south coast of England to lash the outer cringle of the sail when reefing. reef-tackle (ref'tak"l), n. Naut ., a tackle fas- tened to the leeches of a sail below the close- and a ibilated reechy ; reck1 -y1.] 1. Smoky; soiled with smoke. Now he [the devil] 's taen her hame to his ain reeky den. Burns (1st ed.), There lived a Carle on Kelly burn Braes. 2. Giving out reek or vapor; giving out fumes or odors, especially offensive odors. See reek1 . Shut me nightly in a charnel-house, With reeky shanks, and yellow chaple skulls. Shak ., R. and J., iv. 1. 83. Seeing the reeky Repast placed before him, scarce able to speak, he In ecstasy mutter'd, "By Jove, Cocky-lecky!" (6) A machine on which yarn is wound to form it into hanks, skeins, etc. Oh lecze me on my spinning-wheel, Oh leeze me on my rock an' reel . IMG:content-1820.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1821.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] a, spool journaled in sides of the frame or case b, c, pinion on the axis of the spool; d , small gear meshing with c (in use these wheels are covered by the cover e ); for the knives to operate, axis of the wheel d (this axis is on it, and to direct its fall on the platform. ( l ) In baking , a cylindrical frame carrying bread-pans sus- pended from the horizon- tal arms of the frame. It is used in a form of oven called a reel oven . (m) A device used in angling, attached to the rod, for winding the line, consist. ing of a cylinder revolv- ing on an axis moved by a small crank or spring. The salmon-reel is about squared on the outer end and fits into the crank-socket g , when the cover e is attached to the frame by small screws 1); lh, crank fitted to crank-socket g ; j, reel-seat; k, k, reel-bands which fasten the reel- seat to the rod ; s, click which, when not pre ed out of engage- ment with a small serrated wheel on the end of the spool-shaft op- posite the pinion c, emits a sound when the line is running out and warns the sportsman that his bait is taken; 1, click-button, which pre es out the click from its en- gagement with the serrated wheel, as when winding in the line. That made him reele , and to his brest his bever bent. Spenser , F. Q., II. v. 6. From forth day's path. Shak ., R. and J., ii. 3. 3. She [France] staggered and reeled under the burden of the war. Bolingbroke , State of Europe, viii. 3. To be affected with a whirling or dizzy sen- sation: as, his brain reeled . Your fine Tom Jones and Grand is ons, They make your youthful fancies reel . When all my spirit reels At the shouts, the leagues of lights, And the roaring of the wheels. =Syn. 2. Reel , Stagger , and Totter have in common the idea of an involuntary unsteadine , a movement toward falling. Only animate beings reel or stagger ; a tower or other erect object may totter . Reel suggests dizzine or other lo of balance; stagger suggests a burden too great to be carried steadily, or a walk such as one would have in carrying such a burden; totter suggests weakne : one reels upon being struck on the head; a drunken man, a wounded man, staggers ; the infant and the very aged Pale he turn'd, and reel'd , and would have fall'n, But that they stay'd him up. His breast heaved, and he staggered in his place, And stretched his strong arms forth with a low moan. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, II. 279. He [Newcastle] thought it better to construct a weak and rotten government, which tottered at the smallest breath, than to pay the nece ary price for sound and durable materials. Macaulay , William Pitt. II.t trans . 1. To turn about; roll about. Runischly his rede yzen [eyes] he reled aboute. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 304. And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reele Against an hill. four inches, and the trout-reel about two inches in di- ameter; the length is about two inches. In angling the reel plays an important part, its use and action requiring 2. To roll. to be in perfect accord or correspondence with the play of the rod and line. To meet these requirements, clicks and multipliers are employed. The click checks the line from running out too freely, and the multiplier gathers in the slack with increased speed. (n) A hose carriage. Off the reel, one after another without a break; in uninterrupted succe ion: as, to win three games off the reel. [Colloq.] -Reel-and-bead molding, in arch . , etc., a simple mold- ing consisting of elongated or spindle-shaped bodies alter- IMG:content-1822.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1823.png:[blocks in formation] You are too indulgent. Let us grant, it is not Ami to. keep the turn of tippling with a slave; To reel the streets at noon. Shak ., A. and C., i. 4. 20. 4. To cause to reel, stagger, totter, or shake. reel2 (rēl), п . [ reel2 , v .] A staggering mo- tion, as that of a drunken man; giddine . (The attendant. carries off Lepidus [drunk].)... Eno . Drink thou; increase the reels . Shak ., A. and C., ii. 7. 100. Instinctively she paused before the arched window, and looked out upon the street, in order to seize its permanent objects with her mental grasp, and thus to steady herself from the reel and vibration which affected her more imme- diate sphere. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, xvi. reel3 (rēl), n. [Formerly also reill ; righil , a reel (dance).] 1. A lively dance, danced by two or three couples, and consisting of various circling or intertwining figures. It is very popular in Scotland. The strathspey (which see) is slower, and full of sudden jerks and turns. There's threesome reels , there's foursome reels , There's hornpipes and strathspeys, man. Burns, The Deil cam Fiddlin' thro' the Town. Blythe an' merry we's be a',... And dance, till we be like to fa', The reel of Tullochgorum. Rev. J. Skinner , Tullochgorum. 2. Music for such a dance or in its rhythm, which is duple (or rarely sextuple), and charac- IMG:content-1824.png:[blocks in formation] reel-line (rēl'lin), n. A fishing-line used upon a reel by anglers; that part of the whole line which may be reeled, as distinguished from the casting-line or leader. reel-oven (rēl'uv"n), n. See oven . reel-pott (rēl'pot), n. A drunkard. Middle ton . ( Encyc . Dict .) reel-rall (rēlʼral), adv . [Appar. a repetition of reel ; cf. whim - wham , rip - rap , etc.] Upside down; topsy-turvy. [Scotch.] reel-seat (rēl'sēt), n . 1. The plate, groove, or bed on an anglers' rod which receives the reel. -2. A device used by anglers to fasten the reel to the butt of the rod. It is a simple bed-plate of sheet-bra , or of silver, screwed down upon the butt of the rod, with a pair of clamps into which the plate of the reel slides. reel-band (rēl'band), n . to confine a reel in the reel-bed of a fly-rod. reel-bed (rēlʼbed), n . The place on an anglers' rod where the reel is fitted; a reel-seat. reel-check (rēlʼchek), n . Any device for check- ing the run of a fishing-line from the reel. reel-click (rēlʼklik), n. An attachment to an anglers' reel, by a light pre ure of which the movement of the line is directed. It checks the reel-stand (rēl's tand), n . A form of reel-holder. line from running out too freely. Some clicks graduate reem1t, n. and v . An obsolete form of ream1 . the strain upon the line, checking it almost entirely, or permitting it to run without any check at all. The click IMG:content-1825.png:[blocks in formation] reem reem5 (rèm), n. [ Will the tall reem , which knows no Lord but me, Low at the crib, and ask an alms of thee? Young , Paraphrase on Job, 1. 241. reëmbark (rē-em-bärk′), v . [ = F. rembarquer = Sp . Pg . reembarcar ; as re- + embark .] I. trans . To embark or put on board again. On the 22d of August, 1776, the whole army being re - em barked was safely landed, under protection of the shipping, south-western extremity of Long Island. Belsham, Hist. Great Britain, George III. II. in trans . To embark or go on board again. Having performed this ceremony [the firing of three volleys] upon the island, we re - embarked in our boat. Cook , First Voyage, II. v. IMG:content-1826.png:[blocks in formation] Amer . Jour . Sci ., XXX. 216. Reëntrant angle. See angle3 . - Reëntrant branch, in See branch , 2 ( d ). reëxhibit reet2 (rēt), v. t. [A dialectal variant of right. ] To smooth, or put in order; comb, as the hair. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] reetle, v. t. [Afreq. of reet2.] To put to rights; repair. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] reevel (rēv), n. [ = + embarkation.] A putting on board or a going on board again. Reviews, re - embarkations , and councils of war. Smollett, Hist. Eng., iii. 2. ( Latham . ) reemingt, n. [Verbal n. of reem3 , v .] Lamenting; groaning. On this wise, all the weke, woke thai within, With Remyng & rauthe, Renkes to be-hold. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 8606. reënact (re-e-nakt'), v . t . [ enact .] enact again, as a law. To The Construction of Ships was forbidden to Senators, by a Law made by Claudius, the Tribune, and re- enacted by the Julian Law of Conce ions. Arbuthnot, Ancient Coins, p. 259. The Southern Confederacy, in its short-lived constitution, re - enacted all the e ential features of the constitution of the United States. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 397. reënactment (rē-e-nakt'ment), n. [ etc. reëngender (rē-en-jenʼdėr), v. t. gender.] To regenerate. See reinforce, [ + en The renovating and rein gendering spirit of God. Milton , On Def. of Humb. Remonst., § 4. reënslave (rē-en-slāv'), v. t. [ Consenting to their reënslavement , we shall pa ... under the grasp of a military despotism. The Independent , April 24, 1862. reënstamp (rē-en-stamp'), v . t . [ en stamp.] To enstamp again. Bedell . reënter (re-en'tėr), v . [ re- + enter . Cf. F. rentrer , reënter, = act of reëntering; a new or fresh entry. A right of re - entry was allowed to the person selling any office on repayment of the price and costs at any time be fore his succe or, the purchaser, had actually been ad Brougham . mitted. 2. In law, the resuming or retaking po e ion of lands previously parted with by the person so doing or his predece ors: as, a landlord's reëntry for non-payment of rent. - Proviso for reëntry, a clause usually inserted in leases, providing that upon non-payment of rent, public dues, or the like, the term shall cease.