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ubjection to the government. The term 

 was first used by the Romans, to denote 

 the open resistance to their government 

 of nations whom they had conquered. 



RE'BUS, Lat. fromres. 1. An enigmatical 

 representation of some name, &c., by a 



picture. 2 A coat of arms which bears 



some allusion to the name of the person, 

 as three cups for Butler. 



REBUT'TER. In law -pleadings, the an- 

 swer of the defendant to a plaintiff's sur- 

 rejoinder. 



RECAP'TION. A retaking. A writ of 

 recaption is a writ to recover property 

 taken by a second distress, pending a re- 

 plevin for a former distress, for the same 

 rent or service. 



RECEI'VER. A chemical vessel, adapted 

 to the neck or beak of a retort, alemb'c, 

 or other distillatory vessel, to receive and 

 contain the product of distillation. 



RE'CENT. In geology, an epithet for 

 whatever is of a date posterior to the in- 

 troduction of man. The recent period com- 

 mences with the introduction of man, and 

 all formations within that period are 

 termed recent. 



RECEP'TACLE, Lat. receptaculum, a re- 

 ceiver. In botany, the common base or 

 point, upon which all the parts of the 

 fructification rest. 



RECH'ABITES. A religious order among 

 the ancient Jews, who engaged among 

 other things to abstain from wine. Re- 

 cently, a branch of Tee-totallers has as- 

 sumed the name of Rechabites. 



RECIP'IJLNGLE. An instrument, some- 

 what like the bevel, formerly used, 

 chiefly by French engineers, to take 

 angles in fortification, &c. 



RECIPROCAL. In arithmetic, &C., the 

 reciprocal of a quantity is unity divided 

 by the quantity. Thus, i is the reciprocal 

 of 4. Reciprocal ratio is that between the 

 reciprocals of two quantities ; thus, the 

 reciprocal ratio of 5 to 9 is -5 to ^. Re- 

 ciprocal proportion is when in four num- 

 bers, the fourth number is so much less 

 than the second as the third is greater 

 than the first, and vice versa. Reciprocal 

 figures, in geometry, are two figures of the 

 same kind, as triangles, such that two 

 sides of the one form the extremes of a 

 proportion, of which the homologous sides 

 of the other are the means. 



RECIP'ROCATING SYS'TEM (on railways) 

 denotes the method of working railways 

 by means of stationary engines, instead 

 of locomotive onrs. A succession of steam- 

 engines are placed along the line, at inter- 

 vals of li miles or so apart, with ropes 

 for pulling the trains along the locality of 

 each. This is likely, for various con- 

 siderations, when the system is properly 

 developed, to be found the most economi- 

 cal method of working railways. 



RECITATI'VE, Ital. recitativo. A term in 

 music fora tuneful kind of pronunciation, 

 more musical than common speech, and 

 less so than song: something between 

 recitation and singing. 



RECK'ONING. In narigation, the place 

 of a ship, calculated from the rate as de- 

 termined by the log, and the course as 

 determined by the compass, the original 

 starting-point being known. 



KECLINA'TION. 1. In surgery, one of the 

 operations for the cure of cataract, in 

 which the lens is made to turn over into 

 the middle, and towards the bottom, of 



the vitreous humour. 2. In (Haitian, 



the angle which the plane of the dial 

 makes with a vertical intersected by it 

 in a horizontal line. 



RECOG'NISASLE. In law, a bond of re- 

 cord, testifying the recoyniaor to owe to 

 the recognisee a certain sum of money ac- 

 knowledged in some court of record. 



RECOGNISEE'. In law, he in whose fa- 

 vour a bond of recognisance is drawn. 



RECOGXI'SOR. In law, he who gives a 

 bond of recognisance in favour of the 

 recognisee. 



RE'COLLETS, \ Monks of the order of 



RE'COLLECTS. J St. Francis under a re- 

 formed rule. 



RECONNOI'TRE (Fr.), from re and coti 

 noitre, to know. A term, in military Ian 

 gvage, meaning to inform one's self by 

 ocular inspection of the situation of an 

 enemy or of the nature of ground. 



RE'CORD.' An authentic account of any 

 fact, in writing, contained in rolls of any 

 durable substance. 



RECORDA'RI FA'CIAS LOQCE'LAM. Inlatc, 

 a writ to remove proceedings out of an 

 inferior court to the King's Bench or 

 Common Pleas. 



RECORDER. 1. In law, one whose busi- 

 ness is to record or register events. 2. 



The keeper of the rolls of a city or cor 



porate town. 3. A musical instrument 



resembling the flageolet. 



RECOV'ERY. In law, the recovering or 

 obtaining lands in fee-simple, by a ficti- 

 tious action, against the tenant of the 

 freehold, which recovery (usually called 

 common) binds all persons, and vests an 

 absolute fee-simple in the recoverer. 



RECT'ANGLE, Lat. rectus angulus. In 

 geometry, a figure whose angles are all 

 right angles. Solids are also rectangular 

 with regard to situation, as a cylinder 

 when perpendicular to the plane of the 

 horizon. 



RECTIFICATION, from rectus and facio, to 

 make. 1. In geometry, the finding of the 

 ength of a curve line, or a right line 



equal to a given curve. 2. In chemistry 



second distillation of alcoholic liquors, tc 

 free them from impurities which pass 

 ver in the first. 



REC'TOR (Lat.), from rego, rectttm, tc 





