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changed or divested of their metallic 

 form, into their original state of metals; 



called also revivification. 4. In surgery, 



the returning of a dislocated bone into its 



proper place. 5. In practical geometry, 



describing figures similar to given figures 

 on a different scale, usually smaller. The 

 pentagraph and the proportional com- 

 passes are the most expeditious and ac- 

 curate methods of effecting a reduction. 

 REDON'OXST, superfluous. (1.) A.redun- 

 dant chord is one which contains a greater 

 number of tones, semitones, and lesser 

 intervals, than it does in its natural state, 

 as from fa to sol, sharp. (2.) A redundant 

 hyperbola is a curve of the higher kind, so 

 called because it exceeds the conic sec- 

 tion of that name in the number of its 

 hyperbolic legs, it being a triple hyper- 

 bola with six hyperbolic legs. 



REE. A Portuguese coin or money of 

 account. The milree is a gold coin, value 

 3s. 2 Jd., nearly. 



REED, Sax. hreod, read. 1. The common 

 name of many aquatic plants, most of 

 Them large grasses with hollow jointed 

 stems, such as the common reeds of the 

 genus Arundo, the bamboo, &c. The bur- 

 reed is a species of Sparganium,the/nda 



/lowering reed of the genus Cannu. 2. 



A weaver's implement, resembling a 

 comb, having the teeth inclosed at each 

 of their ends; used for separating the 

 threads of warp. It is so called from the 

 teeth, slips, dents, or splits being origi- 

 nally made of reed, though now made ge- 

 nerally, at least in the finer sorts, of 

 brass. 



REEF, Ger. riff. 1. A range of rocks 

 lying generally near the surface of the 

 water. Also a reef, or coral reef, is a chain 

 of rocks occurring in various parts of the 



ocean, lying near the surface. 2. Dut. 



reef; a certain portion of a sail between 

 the top or bottom, and a row of eyelet 

 holes, which is folded or rolled up, to 

 contract the sail, when the violence of 

 the winds renders it necessary. 



REEF'-BA.ND. In nautical language, a 

 piece of canvas sewed across a sail, to 

 strengthen it in the part where the eye- 

 let-holes are formed. 



REEF'-LINE. In nautical language, a 

 small rope, formerly used to reef the 

 courses, by being passed through the 

 holes of the reef spirally. 



REEF'- TACKLE. A tackle on the deck 

 of a ship, communicating with its pen- 

 dant, and passing through a block at 

 the topmast-head, and through a hole in 

 the topsail-yard-arm, is attached to a 

 cringle below the lowest reef; used to 

 pull the skirts of the topsails close to the 

 extremities of the yards, to lighten the 

 labour of reefing. 



REEL, Sax. rheol, real. 1. A frame or cy- 

 linder turning on an axis, on which line*, 



thread or yarn, are wound into skeins, or 

 from skeins on spools and quills. There 

 are several analogous applications of the 

 term; for instance, seamen wind their 

 log-line on a reel, and sportsmen have 

 reels for winding thfir fishing lines 

 on. 2. A rude sort of lively dance com- 

 mon in the lower circles, where scientific 

 dancing is little known. 



REEM'INO. The opening of the seams 

 between the planks of vessels by caulking 

 irons, for the purpose of re-caulking them. 



RE-EN'TER. In engraving, passing the 

 graver over those parts which the aqua- 

 fortis has not bitten sufficiently. 



RE-F.N'TERISG AN'GLE. In fortification, 

 the angle of a work pointing inwards. 



REEVE (Sax.). 1. A monosyllable that 

 enters into the composition of some titles 

 still in use ; as sheriff, i.e. shire-reeve, the 

 governor of a shire ; borough-reeve; port- 

 reeve, &c. 2. The sea term for pulling 



a rope through a hole. 



REFEC'TOKT, Lat. refectorium. In archi- 

 tecture, an eating-apartment. 



REF'ERENCE. In law, the process of re- 

 ferring or assigning a cause depending in 

 a court, for a hearing and decision, to 

 persons appointed by the court: these 

 persons are referees. 



REFI'NINO. In metallurgy, the separa- 

 tion of the metal from all other matters : 

 particularly applied to the separation of 

 gold and silver from metals with which 

 they are alloyed. 



REFLEC'TIO.V. A throwing back . thus, 

 in the reflection of light, the law is that 

 the angle of reflection is equal to the angle 

 of incidence. 



REFLECTING CIRCLE. An astronomical 

 instrument for measuring angles. It is a 

 modification of Hadley's Quadrant ; one 

 of the objects of the angle is measured 

 by direct vision, and the other by reflection 

 from plane mirrors. 



RE'FLEX, Lat. reflextu. Directed back. 

 Applied in botany to parts ; and sometimes 

 to designate parts of a painting illumi- 

 nated by reflected light from another 

 part of the same picture. 



REFLEX'ION. In mechanics, the rebound 

 of one body from another with which it 

 comes into collision. 



REFORMA'TION. In history, the name 

 applied by Protestants to designate the 

 change from the Roman Catholic to the 

 Protestant religion, begun in Germany 

 by Luther (1517), and in England by 

 "Wickliffe, whose work was completed, 

 from less pure motives, by Henry VIII., 

 who assumed the title of Head of the 

 Church (1531 and 1534). 



REFORM'ED CHURCH. In general, all 

 :hose bodies of Christians who have sepa- 

 rated from the Church of Rome since the 

 Reformation : more particularly, the Cal- 

 inistic Churches on the Continent. 



