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RESSAULT' (French). A term used to 

 denote the effect in a building of a body 

 which projects over or falls back from 

 the line or range of the other members. 



REST. In music, a pause or interval of 

 silence. 



RESTITUTION, WRIT OF, in law, lies 

 where judgment has been reversed, to 

 restore to the defendant what he lost. 



RESULT'ANT. In mechanics, a force 

 which is the combined effect of two or 

 more forces acting in different directions. 



RESC'PIN ATE, Lat. resupinatus, reversed. 

 Applied to leaves when the upper surface 

 is turned downwards. 



RETAIN'ER. Among lawyers, a fee paid 

 to engage a lawyer or counsellor to 

 maintain a cause, called also a retaining- 



RETAIN'INO WALL. A -wall built for 

 the support and maintenance of a body of 

 earth, where it is inexpedient to slope the 

 same gradually down. 



RE'TE (Latin). A net. A term very 

 often applied in anatomy and natural his- 

 tory to cellular membrane, nerves, ves- 

 sels, and other parts which have a reti- 

 form appearance. The rete mirabile is a 

 nt-work of blood-vessels at the base of 

 the brain of quadrupeds. The rete mu- 

 cosum is a mucous substance, situated be- 

 tween the cuticle and true skin. 



RETIC'ULAR, Lat. reticularis, ) Inter- 



RETIC'ULATE, Lat. reticulatus. 1 woven 

 like a web or net : rete, a net. Reticulated 

 work in architecture, is that in which the 

 stones are square and laid lozenge-wise, 

 resembling the meshes of a net. 



RET'ICULE, from reticulum, a little net 

 or web. 1. A name given to the second 



stomach of ruminant animals. 2. In a 



telescope, a network of fine fibres dividing 



the field into equal small squares. 3. A 



little bag used by females as a pocket. 



RE'TINA, Lat. from rete,a,net. The net- 

 like expansion of the optic nerve placet 

 at the back of the eye, and which has 

 been called the fourth membrane of the 

 eye. It is the true organ of vision. 



RETINASPHAL'TCM, > Fossil copal. Pitch- 



RET'INITE. } stone. A bitumi- 



nous substance, found chiefly in Devon- 

 shire, accompanying the Bovey coal. It 

 consists of (55) resin (evfrivvf) and (41) as- 

 phaltum, with some earthy matter. 



RE'TIRADE, Fr. from retirer. In fortifi- 

 cation, a kind of retrenchment in the body 

 ol the bastion or other work, which is to 

 be disputed with the enemy after the de- 

 fences are dismantled. 



RETIRED FLANK. In fortification, a 

 flank having an arc of a circle convex 

 towards the place. 



RETRAC'TOR. In anatomy, a muscle, 

 the office of which is to retract the part 

 into which it is inserted. 



Jtt'xuRT, Lat. retortus. In chemistry, a 



globular or pear-shaped vessel, with a 

 long neck, bent nearly at right anglw 



with the body: used in distilling, prepar- 

 ing gases, &c. 



RETRAX'IT, Lat. retraho, retraxi. In 

 law, the open renunciation of a suit in 

 court, by which the plaintiff loses his 

 action. 



RETRENCHMENT, Fr. retranehement. In 

 fortification, any work raised to cover a 

 post and fortify it against an enemy. 



RE'TRO. A Latin prefix, meaning back- 

 wards. 



RETRO-GRADA'TION. In astronomy, an 

 apparent (not real} motion of the planets, 

 in which they seem to go backwards in 

 the ecliptic, and to move contrary (in an- 

 tecedentia] to the order and succession of 

 the signs. 



RET'TO (Italian). A term in music, 

 meaning straightforward. 



RETURN. 1. In law, the rendering back 

 of a writ, precept, or execution, to the 

 proper officer of the court, or the certifi- 

 cate of the officer executing it, indorsed. 



2. In architecture, the continuation of 



a moulding, projection, &c., in the oppo- 

 site direction : a side or part which falls 

 away from the front or straight work. 



3. In fortification, the returns of a 



trench are its several windings and 

 lines. 



RETURN'-BEAD. A bead appearing both 

 on the face and edge of a work. 



RETURN'-DAY. In law, the day on which 

 the defendant is to appear in court, and 

 the sheriff is to return the writ of his 

 proceedings. 



RETURN'INO-OFFICER. In law, an officer 

 whose duty is to make returns of writs, 

 precepts, &c. 



REVE, Sax. gerefa. The bailiff of a fran- 

 chise or manor. 



REVEI'LLE, Fr. from rtveiller, to awake. 

 In military affairs, the beat of drum, 

 about day-break, to arouse the soldiers, 

 and to notify to the sentinels to cease 

 challenging. 



REV'ELS, from revello. In architecture, 

 two vertical sides of an aperture between 

 the front of the wall and the window or 

 door-frame. 



REVEN'DICATION. In civil late, a claim 

 legally made to recover property, by one 

 claiming as owner. 



REVEN'TE, Fr. revenu, from rettnir, to 

 return. The annual produce of 



