raceot (ras)

[ After he be-heilde towarde the fier, and saugh the fle he that the knaue hadde rosted that was tho I-nough, and raced it off with his hondes madly, and rente it a-sonder in peces. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 424. And raas it fro me his riche mene and ryste it in sondyre. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 362. race6t, v. t. An obsolete form of rasel, razel. race7 (rās), n. [Origin obscure.] A calcareous concretion in brick-earth. [Prov. Eng.] What were at first supposed to be pebbles in one of the samples from Tantah prove on examination to be calcareous concretions ( race or kunkur). Proc. Roy. Soc., XXXIX. 213. racé (ra-sā'), a. In her., same as indented. race-card (ras'kärd), n. A printed card containing information about the races to be run at a meeting on a race-course. I remember it because I went to Epsom races that year to sell race cards. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, I. 431. race-cloth (rās'klôth), n . A saddle-cloth used in horse-racing, having pockets for the weights that may be prescribed. race-course (ras'kōrs), n . 1. A plot of ground laid out for horse-racing, having a track for the horses, usually elliptical, and accommodations for the participants and spectators.-2. The canal along which water is conveyed to or from a water-wheel. race-cup (rās'kup), n. A piece of plate forming a prize at a horse-race. Originally such a piece of plate had the form of a goblet or drinking cup, whence the name. race-ginger (ras'jin"jer), n. Ginger in the root, or not pulverized. race-ground (rās'ground), n. Ground appropriated to races. race-horse (rās ́hôrs), n. 1. A horse bred or kept for racing or running in contests; a horse that runs in competition. The modern race-horse, though far inferior to the Arab in point of endurance, is perhaps the finest horse in the world for moderate heats, such as those on common race-tracks. It is generally longer-bodied than the hunter, and the same power of leaping is not required. This animal is of Arabian, Berber, or Turkish extraction, improved and perfected by careful cro ing and training. See racer, 2. 2. The steamer-duck.-3. A rearhorse; any mantis. race-knife (rās'nīf), n. A tool with a bent-over lip for scribing, marking, numbering, and other purposes. E. H. Knight. IMG:content-1538.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1539.png:[blocks in formation] 4927 and yellow belly, and has the median dorsal scales carinated.-6. A snake, Bas can i on con strict or, the common black-snake of the eastern United States. It is blue or blue-black, with greenish-blue belly, and has smooth scales. 7. A poor, thin, or spent fish; a slink: applied to mackerel, shad, salmon, etc.-8. A sandcrab. See Ocypoda. - Blue racer. See blue - racer. race-track (rās'trak), n. The track or path over which a race is run; a race-course. raceway (ras'wa), n. 1. An artificial pa age Compare mill -race. See race2.-2. In fish - culture, a fishway. for water flowing from a fall or dam; a mill race. cluster of grapes; allied to Gr. ῥάξ (gen. ῥαγός ), a berry, esp. a grape. Cf. raisin1 , from the same source.] A cluster; specifically, in bot . , a sim- ple inflorescence of the centripetal or in deter- minate type, in which the several or many flowracht, n . See ers are borne on somewhat equal axillary pedirachamah, n. In ornith . See Neophron . See ratch1 . inflorescence, compare spike, and see cuts under Actæa, in florescence, and Ornithogalum. racemed (ra-semd'), a. [ bot., disposed in racemes: said of flowers or fruits, or of the branches of a racemosely compound inflorescence. race-meeting (rās ́mē"ting), n. A meeting for the purpose of horse-racing. How many more race - meetings are there now than there were in 1850? racemic (ra-sem'ik), a. Quarterly Rev., CXLV. 70. [ taining or relating to grapes in clusters, or to racemes.- Racemic acid, C4H606, an acid isomeric with tartaric acid, found along with the latter in the tar tar obtained from certain vineyards on the Rhine. It is a modification of the ordinary tartaric acid, differing from it in its physical but not in its chemical properties. Also called para tartaric acid. racemiferous (ras-ē-mif'e-rus), a. [ racemiform (ra-sē'mi-fôrm), a. [L. racemus, a cluster, + form a, form.] In bot., having the form of a raceme.