retirade

[Fr., from retirer =to withdraw.] Fort.: A kind of retrenchment in the body of a bastion or other work to which a garrison may two faces, rich a dene rin gunge retreat to prolong It usually consists of re-tir-al, s. [Eng. retir(e); -al.] Banking, .: The act of retiring a bill. re-tire', *re-tyre, v. i. & t. [Fr retirer, from re=back, and tirer to draw; Sp. & Port. retirar; Ital. retirare.] IMG:content-0544.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0545.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0546.png:[blocks in formation] Beckoning with fiery truncheon my retire." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , v. 3. 2. A place of retirement or privacy; retreat, secluwith audible lament Discover'd soon the place of her retire ." Milton: P. L. , xi. 265. rě-tïred', pa . par . & a . [RETIRE, v.] A. As pa . par .. (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Withdrawn or secluded from society or public notice; secluded, quiet, private. IMG:content-0547.png:[blocks in formation] Heat them, and they retort that heat again To the first giver." 1. To bend or curve back, as a line. 2. To turn an argument, or charge; to make a retort. "The sports of glory to the brave belong, Retorts Euryalus." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, viii. 177. re-tort', subst . [Fr. retorte a retort or crooked body; prop. fem. of retort , pa. par. of retordre = to wrest back, from Lat. retorqueo , from re-=back, and torqueo =to twist.] IMG:content-0548.jpg:[blocks in formation] "Dede here mene make retour ." Seven Sages , 436. rě-trāçe', v . t . [Pref. re-, and Eng. trace , v. (q. v.)] I. Ordinary Language: 1. To trace or track back or again; to go over again in the reverse direction. 2. To trace back or up. IMG:content-0549.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed] "By an easy retortion to pierce and wound itself."-Spenser: On Prodigies, p. 253. 2. Intern at . Law : The use, by a power injured by the withdrawal by another power of some indulg- ence, of the right of retorting by the withdrawal of the like indulgence from the latter. rě-tort-Ive, a. [English retort ; -ive.] Of the nature of a retort; containing retort. re-to ', v . t . [Pref. re-, and Eng. to , v. (q. v.)] To to back or again. "To 'd and reto 'd , aloft, and then below." Dryden: Cymon and Iphigenia , 370. re-touch', v. t. [Pref. re-, and English touch , v. (q. v.)] 1. Ord. Lang.: To touch or touch up again; to improve by new touches; to revise. "He sighs, departs, and leaves the accomplish'd plan That he has touch'd, retouch'd , many a long day." Cowper: Task , iii. 786. 2. Art : To improve or revive by new touches; to go over, as a work of art a second time, and restore a faded part, or to add portions to for its general improvement. IMG:content-0550.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0551.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0552.jpg:[graphic] I. Ord. Lang.: One who or that which retracts. II. Technically : IMG:content-0553.png:[blocks in formation] (2) A hook or hoe-like instrument of metal, hard rubber, or horn, to hold back ma es of flesh or anything obstructing the view while operating on deep-seated organs.