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RIGADOON', n. a gay brisk dance performed by one couple, and said to have been b...
RIG, n. A ridge, which see. RIG , v.t. 1. to dress; to put on; when applied to p...
RIFT'ING, ppr. splitting; cleaving; bursting.
RIFT'ED, pp. split; rent; cleft.
RIFT, n. [from rive.] A cleft; a fissure; an opening made by riving or splitting...
RI'FLING, ppr. Plundering; seizing and carrying away by violence; grooving.
RI'FLER, n. A robber; one that seizes and bears away by violence.
RI'FLEMAN, n. A man armed with a rifle.
RI'FLED, pp. Seized and carried away by violence; pillaged; channeled.
RI'FLE, v.t. [This is one of the family of rip, rive, reap, raffle, L. rapio. En...
RIFF'RAFF, n. Sweepings; refuse.
RI'FENESS, n. Frequency; prevalence.
RI'FELY, adv. Prevalently; frequently. It was rifely reported that the Turks wer...
RIFE, a. [Heb. to multiply.] Prevailing; prevalent. It is used of epidemic disea...
RIE. [See Rye .]
RIDOT'TO, n. [L. reductus.] 1. A public assembly. 2. A musical entertainment con...