rebiting (rebiting)

[Verbal n. of rebite, v. ] In etching, a repetition of the proce of biting, in order to restore or freshen worn lines, or to deepen lines which have been but imperfectly attacked. reboant (reb'ō-ant), a. [L. reboan (t-) s, ppr. of reboare, bellow back, resound, reëcho, Of reboant whirlwinds. Tennyson , Supposed Confe ions. reboation (reb-ō-ā'shon), n . [ ML.reboatio ( n- ) , reboacio ( n- ), L.reboare , resound, bellow back: see reboant .] A resounding; the return of a loud sound. I imagine that I should hear the reboation of an universal groan. Bp . Patrick , Divine Arithmetick (1659), p. 2. ( Latham .) reboil [ reboylen , v . bouillir , resbouillir , F. rebouillir = It. ribollire , rebullire , bubble up, cause to bubble up, bullire , bubble, boil: see boil2 .] I. in trans. 11. To bubble up; effervesce; ferment. Also take good hede of your wynes euery nyght with a can dell, bot he rede wyne and swete wyne, & loke they re boyle nor leke not, & wa he yo pype hedes euery nyght with colde water. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 267. Some of his company ons therat reboyleth , infamynge hym to be a manne without charytie. 2. To boil again. Sir T. Elyot, Govern our, ii. 7. II. trans. To cause to boil again; subject again to boiling.