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RED'ARGUE, v.t. [L. redarguo; red, re, and arguo.] To refute. [Not in use.]
RED'AN, n. [written sometimes redent and redens; said to be contracted from L. r...
REDACT', v.t. [L. redactus, redigo; red, re, and ago.] To force; to reduce to fo...
RED'-LED, n. red-led. [red and lead.] Minium, or red oxyd of lead, composed of 8...
RED'-HOT, n. Red with heat; heated to redness; as red-hot iron; red-hot balls.
RED-CHALK, n. A kind of clay ironstone; reddle. RED'-COAT , n. A name given to a...
RED-BIRD, n. The popular name of several birds in the United States, as the Tana...
RED'-BERRIED, a. Having or bearing red berries; as red-berried shrub cassia.
RED, a. [Gr red, and a rose, from its color. Heb. to descend, to bring down. L. ...
RECU'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. recuso.] To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge...
RECUSA'TION, n. [L. recusatio.] 1. Refusal. 2. In law, the act of refusing a jud...
RECU'SANT, a. s as z. [L. recusans, recuso, to refuse; re and the root of causa,...
RECU'SANCY, n. Non-conformity. [See Recusant .]
RECURV'OUS, a. [L. recurvus.] Bent backwards.
RECURV'ITY, n. A bending or flexure backwards.
RECURV'IROSTER, n. [L. recurvus, bent back, and rostrum, a beak.] A fowl whose b...