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Farad, t. l8. Hypericum altcrnifolium ; Labillard. !»yr. 

 i'afc. 2. 17. t. 10.) — Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, flat. Calyx 

 mimit''ly crcnate. — Gathered in barren dry ground, near 

 the defert of Syria, by M. Labillardiere, to whom we are 

 obliged for a wild fpecimen. The plant is faid to have 

 been introduced into England, by the late Mr. Joha Bell, 

 about 1800, and is marked by Mr. Aiton as a hardy peren- 

 nial. Its true genus is well afcertained by Lamarck, Poiret, 

 and SaHlbury. Thejlem is herbaceous, about a foot high, 

 fimple, or branched, fmooth, pale or reddidi.' Leaves 

 alternate, glaucous, from half an inch to an inch in length, 

 elliptic-oblong, or fomewhat lanceolate, varying greatly in 

 breadth, dotted all over. Floiuers terminal, folitary, pale 

 rofc-coloured, with oblique petals. Calyx-leaves broader 

 than in the former, their membranous edges finely crenate, 

 their points very fmall. We know nothing of the capfule 

 or feeds. 



REAY, . in Geography, a town of Scotland, in the 

 county of Caithnefs ; 6 miles W. of Thurfo. 



REBACH, a river of France, which runs into the 

 Rhine, nearly oppofite to Maiiheim. 



REBAIS, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Seine and Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 

 trift of Coulommiers; fix miles E.N.E. of it. Tiie place 

 contains 1256, and the canton 11,284 inhabitants, on a 

 territory of 190 kihometres, in 18 communes. 



RE-BAPTISANTS, a religious fea, who maintain, 



that perfons irregularly baptifed are to be baptifed afrefh. 



The Anabaptifts are re-baptifants, inafmuch as they 



baptife thofe at maturity, who had been before baptifed in 



childhood. 



St. Cyprian and pope Stephen had mighty differences 

 about the re-baptization of converted heretics. 



Donatus was condemned at Rome in a council, for hav- 

 ing re -baptized fome perfons, who had fallen into idolatry 

 after their firft baptifm. 



REBAT, ill Geography. See Rabat. 

 REBATE, in ArchiteSure. See JoiXERY and Plane. 

 Rebate, or Rabat, Rebatement, in Commerce, a term 

 much ufed at Amfterdam for a difcount or abatement in 

 the price of certain commodities, when the buyer advances 

 the fum in hand, for which he might have taken time. See 

 Discount. 



Rebate (among us ufually called ^roni/>/ payment) is efti- 

 mated by months, and is only allowed for certain kinds 

 of merchandizes, which, according to the cuftom of Am- 

 fterdam, are 



15 months, or 10 per cent, on German, Pruflian, and 

 Polifti wools. 



1 8 months, or 1 2 per cent, on brown Mufcovado fugar, 

 pot-afhes, foda, Italian Armoifines, fatin, damalk, and 

 filk ftuffs. 



21 months, or i^ per cent, on Spanifh wool and lamb's 

 wool. 



33 months, or 22 per cent, on Italian filk and raw filk 

 from the Levant, wiiich filks are fold by the Antwerp 

 weight, about ^ per 100 lighter than that of Amfterdam. 



Dutch cloths, camlet^, &c. are fold with 4 per cent. 

 rabat, for ready money, or without any rabat at 9 months' 

 credit. 



Dutch filk (luffs are fold with 2 per cent, rabat at 

 6 months' credit : with 4 per cent, at 3 months ; or with 

 6 per cent, for ready money. 



In all fales of goods, except thofe lafl mentioned, a 

 further abatement is made of i or 2 per cent, for prompt 

 payment. 



At Hamburgh, fome forts of mcrchandife, when fold in 



large quantities, have an allowance made of 7, xj, or (9 , 

 months rabat, reckoned at 8 per cent, per annum ; whicli the 

 buyer, when h"e pays ready money, or pays within four weeks 

 of. the day of fale, d'^ducls from the nominal price. 



Refined fugars, Englidi and Dutch cloths, Englirti 

 baize, ihalloons, flannels, kerfeymeres, ratteens, and ferges, 

 are fold with 7 months' rabat, or i^"^ per cent. ; that is, 4; 

 are dedufted from 104;, or 7 from 157. 



Cotton, cinnamon, cocliineal, indigo, ginger, nutmegs, 

 cloves, mace, rice, raw fugars, capers, currants, cumiiie, 

 gall-nuts, Ruilian leather, linen, crape, Italian filks, table- 

 linen, Sileiia cloth, Marleilles foap, almonds, fumac, mo- 

 loflcs, Turkifli yarn, Italian tartar, are fold with 13 months' 

 rabat, or 8-: per cent. % that is, 13 is dedufted from 163. 

 Silks from the Levant, as Ardalfette, Barutine, and Cer- 

 baffi, are fold with 16 months' rabat, or 10', per cent. ; tliat 

 is, 8 is deducted from 83. Kelly's Un. Camb. vol. i. 



This intereft, called rebate, or rabat, is ufually regulated 

 on the footing of 8 per cent, per annum. 



The reafon of this expedient is, that the merchants hav- 

 ing not always wherewithal to pay for their goods in 

 hand, by means of the rebatement, fuch as have, will find 

 their account in it ; and fuch as have not will be engaged 

 to difcharge themfelves as foon as poffible, for the fake of 

 the difcount. 



REBATEMENT, in Heraldry, a diminution or abate- ' 

 ment of the dignity of the figures or bearing in a coat of 

 arms. See Abatement. 



REBEBE, in Commerce, a meafiire of corn in Egypt, 

 particularly at Alexandria, equal to about 4^ bufliels ; as 

 klfloz, another meafure, is equal to 4^ bufhels, Englifh mea- 

 fure : 17.94 rebebcs are equal to 10 Enghfli quarters, and 

 each of them contains 9587 cubic inches ; and 16.51 kiflos 

 are equal to 10 Englifli quarters, and each contains 10418 

 cubic inches. 



REBEC, a mufical inftrument refembling a fiddle, with 

 a neck, finger-board, three ftrings tuned jths, and played 

 with a bow. 



Etymologift;s have tortured themfelves to find a derivation 

 for the name of a vulgar inftrument, no longer in ufe. 

 Some trace it from the Arabic, fome from the Celtic, the 

 Welftl, the Spanifli, Itahan, and old French. Indeed, fo 

 numerous, difcordant, and unfatisfaftory are their opinions, 

 as neither to be worth writing, nor perufal, if we could 

 give them a place. . 



Rebec and ribible feem to be the fame inftrumervt, and 

 are often indifcriminately ufed by Gower, Chaucer, and 

 the ftill more ancient bards of Normandy, and our own 

 country. 



As the head, or fcroll-work, of old viols and violins 

 ufed to be curioufly carved, fo feems to have been that of 

 the rebec. Chaucer compares the face of an old woman, 

 an old trot, to the head of a rebec. Rabelais does the 

 fame. 



" A tel mineftrier tel rebec 



Tenant toujours le verre Su bee 

 Car elle avoit vifage de rebec." 



REBECCO, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the de- 

 partment of the Panaro ; 29 miles S.W. of Modena. 



REBEL, Jean-Ferry, fen. in Biography, one of the 24 

 violins of the king of France's band, and chamber com- 

 pofer to his majelty. He beat time for many years at the 

 opera, and, in his day, paffed for a great compofer. His 

 mufic for dances is itill heard with pleaiure. His capriccios, 

 freaks, and dancing charatlers, have enjoyed great reputation. 

 In 1703 he fet the opera of Ulyfies, written by Guichard. 



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