Recusant

re-ku'zant, a. Obstinate in refusal: (Eng. Hist.) refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king, or to conform to the established rites of the church. — n. One obstinate in refusal. (Eng. Hist.) One who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion. A non-conformist. [F.; L. recusans. p. pr. of recv.sare, to refuse, to object to, fr. re and causa, a cause, pretext.] Red. red, a. [redder reddest.] Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color, — a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange, etc. — n. The color of blood, or a tint resembling this: one of the primary colors: see Light. (Europ. Politics.) A republican of the most advanced and violent type; a jacobin; communist; nihilist. [AS. read, Ic. raudhr, Goth, ravds, L. rufus, red, Ic. rjodha, to redden; Gr. eruikros, L\ and Ga. ruadh, L. ruber, red, robigo, rust. Skr. rudhira. blood. E. rouge, rub'/, rubric, riiddy, ru et.} — Red'den, -dn, v. [-de.ved (-dnd), -DENING.] To make red. — v. To grow or become red, blush. — Red'ne . n.— Red'dish. a. Somewhat red. — Red'dishne . — Red'breast. n. The European robin, — the color of his breast. — Redsear', -ser To break or crack when red-hot, as iron under the hammer.—Red's hort, a. Brittle, or breaking short when red-hot, — said of metals. — Red'- start, n. A European singing bird of the warbler family; a migratorv bird of N. Amer., combining the habits of the flycatchers anil warblers.— Red'top, n. An English gra , cultivated in the U. S., valuable for pasturage and hay. — Red'wing, n. A European linger or ink, then, boxbox, chair, get. 494 REDACTION 476 bird of the thrush family; the Amer. red-winged blackbird. — Red'-book, n. In Eng., a book containing the names of all persons in the public service.— -fish, n. A migratory fish of the salmon family, which ascends the Amer. and Asiatic rivers of the Pacific coast; a fish of the Atlantic const, polar regions to Cape— Cod, called also red-perch, rose-fish, and bream. gum, n. {Med.} An eruption of red pimples in early infancy; tooth-rash. A disease of grain, a kind of blight. —hot, a. Red with heat. — -lead, n. (Chem.) An oxide of lead, used in paint- — ing and in the arts; minium. let'ter day. A fortunate or auspicious day, — the saints' days having been marked by red letters in the old calendars.— -skin, n. A N. Amer. Indian. —tape, n. The tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; official formality and pedantic adherence to forms.