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See redout2. redundance (re-dun'dans), n. [OF. redon dance, F. red on dance, rédon dance = Sp. Pg. re dundancia = It. ridondanza, He is a poor unwieldy wretch that commits faults out of the redundance of his good qualities. Steele , Tatler, No. 27. 2. That which is redundant or in exce ; anything superfluous. redundancy (rē-dun'dan-si), n. [As redundance (see- cy ).] Same as redundance. The mere Redundancy of youth's contentedne . Words worth, Prelude, vi. =Syn. Verbosity , Tautology , etc. (see pleonasm ); surplus age. redundant (re-dun'dant), a. [ Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold, a surging maze! his head Amidst his circling spires, that on the gra Floated redundant . Milton , P. L., ix. 503. IMG:content-1806.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1807.png:[blocks in formation] The body [in Phyllopod a ) is either cylindrically elon- gated and clearly segmented, without free reduplicature of the skin, e. g. Branch i pus, or it may be covered by a broad and flattened shield. Claus , Zoology (trans.), p. 416. Reduviide (red-u-vi'i-dē), n. pl . [NL. (Ste- dundant fourth , fifth , sixth , etc. Redundant hyper- bola, a curve having three or more asymptotes. Rephens, 1829), Reduvius + -idæ .] An important Sinea diadem a , one of the Reduviid a . (Line shows natural family of predaceous bugs, named from the genus Redu- vius. They have the thoracic seg- ments concentrated, the coxæ short, two ocelli, four-jointed antennæ, a three-jointed rostrum, three-jointed tarsi, and long strong legs, of which the anterior are sometimes prehen- sile. It is a large and wide-spread family, containing a great variety of forms grouped into nine subfamilies and many genera. Throughout their life they are predaceous and feed on other insects. A very few species, like Conorhinus sanguisugus , suck the blood of warm-blooded animals. See also cuts under Conorhinus , Harpac- tor, Pirates, and Reduvius . reduvioid (rē-dū'vi-oid), a . and n. [ Reduvius +-oid.] I. a . Of or pertaining to the Redu- viidæ ; resembling a reduviid. II. n. A member of the family Reduviidæ . Reduvius (rē-dū'vi-us), n. [NL. (Fabric i us, 1776), reduvia , a hangnail.] A genus of heteropterous in- sects, typical of the family Reduviidæ , formerly of very large extent, but now restricted to IMG:content-1808.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] the postocular sec- tion of the head longer than the an- teocular section, and the first joint of the head scarce- now included, most of them African. A few are Euro- pean, and one only is found in America. R. person at us is a European species, an inch long, known as the fly -bug, of a dark-brown color with reddish legs. redux (re'duks), a. [L., that leads or brings back, also led or brought back, reducere , lead or bring back: see reduce .] 1. Led or brought back, as from a distance, from captivity, etc.: "Astræa Redux " (the title of a poem by as, Dryden on the restoration and return of Charles II.). Lady Laura Standish is the best character in "Phineas Finn" and its sequel "Phineas Redux . " 2. In med ., noting the return of certain phys i- cal signs, after their disappearance in conse- quence of disease. redware (red'war), n. A seaweed, Laminaria digit at a , the common tangle. red-wat (red'wot'), a . [ red1 + wat , a Sc. form of wet : see wet .] Wetted by something red, as blood. [Scotch.] The hand of her kindred has been red - wat in the heart's blude o' my name; but my heart says, Let byganes be by- whiskers: appli applied in ornithology to several birds: as, the red - whiskered bu bulbul , Otocompsa jocosa of India. redwing (red' wing), n. 1. The red-winged thrush of Europe, Turdus iliacus .-2. The red- winged marsh-blackbird of America, Agelæus phæniccus . See Agelæus and blackbird . red-winged (red'wingd), 'wingd), a. Having red wings, or red on the wings. red-withe (red with), n. A high-climbing vine of tropical America, Combretum Jacquini. [West Indies.] IMG:content-1809.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] 100 feet; the diameter is from 8 to 12 feet. The bark is from 6 to 12 inches thick, of a bright cinnamon color; the wood is of a rich brownish red, light, straight-grained, easily worked and taking a fine finish, and very durable in con- tact with the soil. It is the prevailing and most valuable building-timber of the Pacific coast; in California it is used almost exclusively for shingles, fence-posts, railway- ties, telegraph-poles, wine-butts, etc. 2. The name is also applied to various other trees. Thus, the East Indian redwoods are Soymida feb- rifuga , also called East Indian mahogany; Pterocarpus santalin us , the red sandalwood (see sandalwood ); and P. Indicus (including P. dalbergioides ), the And a man red- wood, or padouk. The last is a lofty tree of India, Burma, the And a man Islands, etc., with the heart-wood dark-red, close-grained, and moderately hard, used to make furni- ture, gun-carriages, carts, and for many other purposes. Other trees called redwood are Cornus mas , of Turkey; Rhamnus Erythroxylon , the Siberian buckthorn; Melhania Erythroxylon of the Sterculiaceæ , an almost extinct tree of red-wood (red' wud), a. [Also red - wud ; redl intensive (cf. red - mad , etc.) + wood2 , mad: see wood2 .] Stark mad. [Scotch.] An' now she's like to rin red - wud About her Whisky. redwater (red'wâ"ter), п . A disease of cattle, also called hemoglobinuria , or hemoglobinemia , because the coloring matter (hemoglobin) of the red blood-corpuscles which have been rees (re), n. [Origin obscure.] A river; a broken up in the system appears in the urine, flood. [Prov. Eng.] by reduplication.-4. In logic , an expre ion affixed to the subject of a proposition, showing Showing showing and imparts to it a pale-red or a dark-red, port- the formal cause of its po e ion of the predi- pred, wine color. The disease prevails in various countries cate: as, "man, as an animal, has a stomach," in undrained, unimproved meadows and in woods, whence where the expre ion "as an animal" is the reit is also called wood - evil . According to some, it is caused duplication.-5. In an at , and zoöl . , a folding by the ingestion of food growing in such localities; others of a part; a folded part; a fold or duplication, attribute it to rheumatic attacks, resulting from exposure. Redwater is also a prominent symptom of Texas cattle as of a membrane, of the skin, etc. Also refever, and occasionally accompanies anthrax in cattle. It duplicature.- Attic reduplication, in Gr . gram ., re- is rarely observed among sheep and swine. duplication in the perfect of some verbs beginning with red-water tree (red'water tre). The sa y- o, by prefixing the first two letters of the stem to the bark tree. See Erythrophlæum . redweed (red'wed), n. 1. The corn-poppy, Papaver Rhœas, whose red petals have been used as a dye. Also applied locally to various reddish-stemmed plants. [Eng.] -2. A spe- cies of Phytol acc a , or pokeweed. [West Indies.] IMG:content-1810.png:[blocks in formation] And wash his face, he lookt so reechilie . Like bacon hanging on the chimnie roofe. A charge of snuff the wily virgin threw;... And the high dome re - echoes to his nose. The hills and vallies here and there resound With the re- echoes of the deepe-mouth'd hound. tongues of which are nearly always striking reeds of bra . (See reed - pipe .) A reed-organ is properly a collection of several sets of reeds, the tongues of which are free reeds of bra . (See reed-organ.) In the bra wind group of in- struments, with but few exceptions, the tone is produced by the player's lips acting as free membranous reeds within the cup of the mouthpiece. The mechanism of the hu- man voice, also, is e entially a reed-instrument, the vocal cords being simply free membranous reeds which may be stretched within the tube of the larynx. The quality of the the material and character of the reed itself, the method in which it is set in vibration, and especially the arrangement of the tube or cavity with which it is connected. The accompanying fig. 1 shows the construction of an organ- & reed: a is the reed-block, which in use is inserted in its proper slot in the reed- board; b , the metal tongue, which is set in sonorous vi- IMG:content-1811.png:[blocks in formation] bration when air is forced through the opening c. Fig. 2 shows the mouthpiece of a clarinet, in which a is the reed1 (red), п . [ reed , red , reod , irreg. rched, reheed, hreód = OD. ried, D. riet = MLG. rēt , LG. ried =OHG.hriot, riot, MHG. riet, G. ried, riet, a reed; root known.] 1. Any tall broad-leafed gra growing on the margins of streams or in oth- er wet places; especially, any gra of one of the genera Phragmi- tes, Arundo, or Ammophila. The common reed is Phragmites commu- nis, a stately gra from 5 to 12 feet high, found in near- ly all parts of the world. It serves by its creeping root- stocks to fix alluvial banks; its stems form perhaps the most durable thatch, and are otherwise useful; and it is planted for orna- ment. See the generic names, and phrases below. Com- pare reed - gra . the mouthpiece by the split- bands b , which are drawn tight by the screws c. IMG:content-1812.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1813.png:[blocks in formation] and the margin of an opening which it covers causes it to produce a musical tone, the pitch of which is varied part- ly by the position of the mouthpiece in the mouth and piece partly of by an the oboe, action and of similar the keys. reeds Fig. are 3 shows used for the ba oons mouth- and bagpipes. The reed is made of two counterparts of the same shape bound together by the thread a . The lower and middle parts of the mouthpiece are circular in cro -section, but the upper part c, the reed proper, is flat- tened. Air forced through this opening causes the reed to emit a harsh tone, which is softened in quality by the tube of the instrument. (b) In reed-instruments of the oboe cla , and in both pipe and reed- organs, the entire mechanism immediately sur- rounding the reed proper, consisting of the tube or box the opening or eschallot of which the reed itself covers or fills, together with any other attachments, like the tuning-wire of reed-pipes. (See reed - organ and reed - pipe .) In the clarinet the analogous part is called the beak or mouthpiece. (c) Any reed-instrument as a whole, like an oboe or a clarinet: as, the reeds of an orchestra. (d) In organ- building , same as reed - stop .-5. A mi ile weapon; an arrow or a javelin: used poetically. With cruel Skill the backward Reed He sent, and, as he fled, he slew. The viewle arrows of his thoughts were headed And wing'd with flame, Like Indian reeds blown from his silver tongue. Tennyson , The Poet. Common Reed ( Phragmites communis). 6. Reeds or straw prepared for thatching; 1, flowering plant; 2, the panicle; a , a spikelet. IMG:content-1814.png:[blocks in formation] of reed or cane, having a mouthpiece made by slitting the tube near a joint, and usually several finger-holes; a rustic or pastoral pipe; hence, figuratively, pastoral poetry. See cut under pipel . I'll. speak between the change of man and boy With a reed voice. Shak ., M. of V., iii. 4. 67. Sound of pastoral reed with oaten stops. Now she tries the Reed , anon attempts the Lyre. Congreve, Epistle to Lord Halifax. 4. In music: (a) In musical instruments of the oboe and clarinet cla es, and in all kinds of organs, a thin elastic plate or tongue of reed, wood, or metal, so fitted to an opening into a pipe as nearly to close it, and so arranged that, when a current of air is directed through the opening, the reed is drawn into or driven against it so as to close it, but immediately springs back by its own elasticity, only to be Through reeden pipes convey the golden flood, T' invite the people [bees] to their wonted food. Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iv. 385. thatch: a general term: as, a bundle of reed . 7. A long slender elastic rod of whalebone, ra- tan, or steel, of which several are inserted in a woman's skirt to expand or stiffen it.-8. In mining, any hollow plant-stem which can be filled with powder and put into the cavity left by the withdrawal of the needle, to set off the charge at the bottom. Such devices are nearly or entirely superseded by the safety-fuse. Also called spire .-9. An instrument used for pre -reed-gra (red grás), n. [= D. rietgras reeder (re'der), n. [ redere , redare ; Prompt . Parv ., p. 426.-2. A that clied frame covering blocks or tiles of dried china-clay, to protect them from the rain while permitting free ventilation. ing down the threads of the woof in tapestry, so as to keep the surface well together.-10. A weavers' instrument for separating the threads of the warp, and for beating the weft up to the web. It is made of parallel slips of metal or reed, called dents , which resemble the teeth of a comb. The dents are fixed at their ends into two parallel pieces of wood set a few inches apart. The reed for weaving the same is measured in an equally complex manner, for the unit of length is 37 inches, and according to the number of hundreds of dents or splits it contains, so is the reed called. For instance, a "four- teen-hundred reed " means that 37 inches of a reed of that number, no matter what length, contains 1400 dents, or about 38 per inch. A. Barlow , Weaving, p. 329. 11. In her . , a bearing representing a weavers' reed. See slay 2.-12. A Hebrew and A yrian unit of length, equal to 6 cubits, generally taken as being from 124 to 130 inches. A measuring reed of six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each. The three pillars [of the temple] which stand together are fluted; and the lower part, filled with cablins is of one stone, and the upper part of another. Pococke , Description of the East, II. ii. 169. Canary reed, the reed canary-gra . See Phalaris.- Dutch reeds, in the arts , the stems of several kinds of horsetail or scouring-rush ( Equisetum ) used, on account of their silicious crust, to polish wood and even metals.- Egyptian reed, the papyrus. - Fly-reed, in weaving , a reed of a fly-shuttle loom, provided with springs which limit the force with which the reed strikes the weft- thread to a constant or very nearly a constant quan- IMG:content-1815.png:[blocks in formation] edification.] The act or operation of rebuild- ing, or the state of being rebuilt. The toun was compel lid to help to the Reed if i cation of it. Leland , Itinerary (1789), III. 11. reëdifyt (re-ed'i-fi), v . t . [Early mod. E. also reædify; ME. redifyen ; reedifier , F. réédi- fier = Sp. Pg. reed if i car = It . riedificare , reædificare , build again, rebuild, re- , again, + ædificare , build: see edify .] To rebuild; build again after destruction. The ruin'd wals he did reædif ye . Spenser , F. Q., II. x. 46. Return'd from Babylon by leave of kings Their lords, whom God disposed, the house of God They first re - edify . Milton , P. L., xii. 350. reedine (rē'di-nes), n . The state or property of being reedy, in any sense. It [the Liszt organ] po e es great freedom from reed i- ne in sound. Sci. Amer ., N. S., LVIII. 402. reedine The greater number of these tests are to detect reed i ne , lamination, or loosene in the fibrous structure of the iron, these defects occurring more frequently in angle, T, and beam irons than in plates. The arle, Naval Arch., § 332. 5028 tension; but in the harmonium the waste-valve of the bellows may be closed by drawing a stop-knob called the ex pre ion - stop, so that the force of the tones may be directly varied by the rapidity of the treadling. In the American organ the force of the tones is varied by a lever, operated reef In the latter sense, a reed consists of a metal tube connecting the foot and the body of the pipe; at its lower end is an oblong opening or eschallot, over or in which is fixed the bra tongue or reed proper. The effective length of the tongue is controlled by a movable spring or tuning n. of reed1, v.] 1. Thatching. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] Redynge of howses. A rund in a cio. Prompt . Parv ., p. 427. 2. In arch ., a series of small convex or beaded moldings designed for ornament; also, the convex fluting or cabling characterizing some types of column. These [external walls of Wuswus at Wurka) were plastered and covered by an elaborate series of reedings and square sinkings, forming a beautiful and very appropriate mode of adorning the wall of a building that had no external openings. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 162. 3. The milling on the edge of a coin.-4. In silk-weaving. See the quotation. Reeding and harne ing are subsidiary proce es in putting the warp in proper shape on the loom. These consist in putting each warp-thread through its proper slit in the reed and eyelet in the harne .