re bell i ous ness (i as y)

[Eng. rebellious; -ne .] The quality or state of being rebellious. "The waiwardne e of his own clergie, or rather rebell tousene e in daring to decree and ordeine lawes against him."- Fox: Martyrs, p. 299 (an. 1261). re-běl-lōw, v. i. [Pref. re-, and English bellow (q. v.).] To bellow in return; to echo back a loud noise. "On every hand rebellow'd to their joy The swelling sea, the rocks, and vocal hills." Thomson: Liberty , iii. 284. tre-be-loved, a . [Pref. re-, and Eng. beloved (q. v.).] Loved in return "Erickmon languisht all this while Not rebeloved long." Warner: Albion's England , bk. vii., ch. xxxvi. re-běnd-ing, a . [Prefix re- , and Eng. bending (q.v.).] Her.: Bent first one way and then the other like the letter S; the same as BowED-IMBOWED. re-bit-ing, s. [Pref. re-, and Eng. biting (q. v.).] Engraving: A proce for deepening the lines on rebel yell, s. Y-Yo-Yo-Wo-Wo," the war cry of the Confederate soldiers in the American civil war of 1861-65. It was adopted by the soldiers of the United States in the Spanish-American war. The sound has nothing of the nature of a cheer. It is a wild, unearthly cro between a screech and a yell that is calculated not only to strike terror to the enemy, but to enthuse and encourage our own soldiers, who, when they have charged within thirty yards of their foe, dash forward from a double quick to a mad rush, wildly yelling, "Y-Yo-YoWo-Wo," for the triple purpose of encouraging each other and confusing and terrorizing the enemy. rě běl, re-belle, v . i . [Fr. rébeller , from Lat. rebello, from rebellis rebel (q. v.); Sp. rebelar ; Port . rebellar ; Ital. rebel lare .] 1. To rise up against the authority to which one owes allegiance; to renounce the authority of, or take up arms against, the government of lawfully constituted authorities. 2. To defy or refuse to obey the order of a superior; to shake off subjection. 3. To turn with loathing or disgust; to conceive a loathing; as, The stomach rebels at nauseous food. rěb-el-dom, s. [Eng. rebel ; -dom.] Rebellious conduct; rebels collectively. rě běl-ler, subst. [Eng.rebel, v.; -er.] One who rebels; a rebel. "A continuall rebeller agaynste God."- Udall : Luke xxi. rě běll-ion (i as y), s . [Fr., from Lat. rebell ionem , acc us. of rebellio , from rebellis =rebel (q.v.); Sp.rebel i on ; Ital. ribellione .] *1. A revolt or open resistance against a government by a nation that had been subdued in war; a renewed war. 2. The act of rebelling; an open insurrection against the authority of the government to which one owes allegiance; the taking up of arms to resist the authority of lawful government; revolt, insurrection. "Then shall you find this name of liberty, The watch-word of rebellion ever us'd." Daniel: Civil Wars, ii, 3. Open defiance of or resistance to lawful authority; sedition, mutiny. The War of the Rebellion : Aname given by some writers to the great United States civil war (18611865). *rě běll-ion-Ist (1 as y), s. [Eng. rebellion ; -ist. One in favor of rebellion; an advocate of rebellion.