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a fnarp 7th muft afcend, a flat 7tli mud defccnd ; falfc 

 relations mud be avoided. This is the key to the chief 

 inyfteries of compofition. Binding notes in fyncopation in 

 the treble and bafe nniit: be differently treated : in the 9th 

 the chord is diredl ; iw the 2d it is inverted, the difcord 

 being in the bafe. 



Upon the organ, and other keyed-inftruments, iiivcrfions 

 are neceffarily made for the convenience of tlie hand, in 

 giving different faces to the fame chord. See Face. 

 RENVERSING. See Reversing*. 

 RENUKA, or Renuci, in Mythology. See Runeka. 

 RENUNCIATION, Renunciatio, the ad of re- 

 nouncing, abdicating, or relinquifhing any right, real or 

 pretended. 



Renunciations are fometimes exprefs, as by contrafts, 

 &c. ; fometimes tac'tt, as by contrary afts. 



To renounce an inheritance, a community, &c. is to 

 pafs a folemn aft before a notary, or public officer, by 

 which a perfon declares he will not intermeddle in an inhe- 

 ritance, or profit in a company ; but furrenders his part, 

 and quits all pretenfions. 



RENVOI, Fr. in Mujic, a reference to a drain, or part 

 of a ftrain that is to be repeated ; either implied by dots 

 in the fpaces of the llaff, or by an •^. dotted, which is the 

 initial oi fegno, Ital. a fign. See Repeat. 



RENWEZ, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Ardennes, and chief place of a canton, 

 in the diflrift of Mezieres ; 7 miles N.W. of Mezieres. 

 The place contains 1202, and the canton 6061 inhabitants, 

 on a territory of 140 kiliometres, in 16 communes. 



REOLLE, La, a town of France, and principal place 

 of a diilrift, in the department of the Gironde. N. lat. 

 44° 35'. E. lonej. 0° 2'. 



REORDINATION, Reordinatio, the aa of con- 

 ferring orders on one already ordained. 



The ceremony of ordination imprefles what the divines 

 call an indelible charadler ; and cannot, therefore, be re- 

 peated : yet is reordination praftifed in England, with re- 

 gard to the diffenting minifters, who conform to the church ; 

 the bifhops pretending that they alone have a right to 

 confer holy orders, and that every priefl or miniiler, who 

 does not receive them at their hands, has no lawful or re- 

 gular vocation. 



This has formerly proved a great obftacle to the re-union 

 of thofe minifters to the church of England ; many of 

 whom, otherwife difpofed to conform, have fcrupled to 

 be re -ordained ; infomuch as re-ordination implies their 

 former vocation to be null ; that they had adminiltered the 

 facraments without any right thereto ; and that all their 

 miniflerial afts were invalid. 



In the I ith century; the crime of fimony having been 

 very flagrant, many people fell into the error to believe, 

 that the fimoniacal bifhops could not ordain validly, and 

 thofe who had received orders at their hands Ihould be re- 

 ordained. The people of this opinion made a party of 

 themfelves, and were diftinguifhed by the title of " Re- 

 ordinantes." 



REORTHE, La, in Geography, a town of France, in 

 the department of the Vendee ; 1 3 miles W. of Chataig- 

 neraye. 



REPAIR a Statue, To, or other piece of fculpture, is 

 to touch up a ftatue, &c. (caft in a mould) with a chiffel, 

 graver, or other inftrument, to finifh the places which have 

 not come wrll off. 



To Repair a Cajl, figure, or the like, they clear off the 

 barb, and what is redundant in the joints and projeftures. 

 See Statue. 



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To Repair a Midal, is to retouch it ; fo as, from rufty 

 and defaced as it was, to render it clean, neat, and perfeft. 

 In order to this, they take off the ruft with a graver, 

 t juch up tlie letters, polifh the ground, and raife and re- 

 flore the figures which before were fometimes fcarcely feen. 

 When the figures are eroded or broken, they fit a piece of 

 cement on the fpot ; and on this cut with a graver fa 

 dexteroufly, that the figures appear entire, and well kept ; 

 yet nothing fpoils medals fo much as repairing them. See 

 Medal. 



To Repair a Ship, is to amend any injuries, or fupply 

 any deficiencies, which a fhip may have received by age, 

 battle, tempefluous weather, &c. The repair is neceffarily 

 greater or fmaller in proportion to the lofs or damage the 

 veffcl has fuflained. Accordingly a fuitable number of the 

 timbers, beams, or planks, or a fufficient part of either 

 are removed, and new pieces fixed in tlieir places. The 

 whole is completed by bnaming, calking, and paying the 

 body with a new compofition of fluff. 



REPAIRERS, artificers who chafe figures and beautify 

 fword-hilts, &c. 



REPAIRING, in Building, &c. See Reparation, 

 and Restauration. 



The repairing of large walls, doors, ceilings, coverings, 

 &c. belongs to the proprietor or landlord : the tenant is 

 only charged with fmall repairs, as glafs windows, locks, 

 &c. by the French called locati-ve repairs. 



REPAIRS, in Hunting, are the haunts and places which 

 the hare runs to. 



Repairs of Farm Buildings, in Rural Economy, the ne- 

 cefiary means of putting and keeping them in proper order. 

 This properly belongs to different forts of workmen, as 

 mafons, carpenters, &c. It is a bad praftice to let build- 

 ings of this nature fall much into decay, as by fuch negleft 

 a great deal of expence is frequently incurred that might 

 otherwife have been avoided. See Y AKM-Buildings. 



REPANDUM Folium, in Botany, z leaf whofe outline 

 is undulating, without the furface, or fubftance, being 

 otherwife than even. See Leaf, where, for nyphaoides, read 

 riymphieoides. 



REPARANDIS Pontibus. See Pontibus. 

 REPARATION, Reparatio, the aft of repairing, re- 

 ellablifhing, retrieving, or mending a building, or other 

 work, damaged, or gone to decay. 



The enemy repaired the breach as foon as it was made. 

 The eftablifhment of turnpikes is for repairing of the roads. 

 An eccleCaflical patron is by ancient cuftom obliged to re- 

 pair the choir or chancel of a church, and the parifhioners 

 the nave. 



REPARATIONE Facienda, in Law, is a writ 

 which lies in divers cafes , e. gr. where there are tenants in 

 common, or joint tenants of a houfe, &c. which is fallen to 

 decay, and the one being willing to repair it, the other two 

 will not ; in this cafe, the party willing fhall have this writ 

 againfl the other two. 



REPARO, in Geography, a fmall ifland near the coaft 

 of Brafil. S. lat. 29° 23'. 



"REPART, in the Manege, is to put ahorfe on, er make 

 him part a fecond time. 



REPARTEE. See Reparty. 



REPARTITION, Repahtitio, a dividing or fharing 

 a thing a fecond time. 



REPARTY, or Repartee, a ready, fmart reply: 

 efpecially in matters of wit, humour, or raillery. 



The word in the original French, repartic, has the fame 

 fignification. 



Wicquefort obferves, that there is a great difference 



between 



