redemption 
Brethren of the Redemption of Captives. See brother. 
Covenant of redemption, in New Eng. theol. See 
covenant. Equity of redemption. See equity. 
redemptionary (re-demp'shon-a-ri), n.; pi. rr- 
di-ui/itinniiricx (-riz). [< redemption T -ary.] 
One who is or may be redeemed or set at liber- 
ty by paying a compensation; one who is or 
may be released from a bond or obligation by 
fulfilling the stipulated terms or conditions. 
None other then such as haue aduentured in the first 
voyage, or shall become aduenturers in this supply at 
any time hereafter, are to be admitted in the seid society, 
but as redemptionaries, which will be very chargeable. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, III. 17(i. 
redemptionert (re-demp'shpn-er), n. [< re- 
demption + -er 1 .] One who redeemed himself 
or purchased his release from debt or obliga- 
tion to the master of a ship by his services, or 
one whose services were sold to pay the ex- 
penses of his passage to America. 
Sometimes they [indented servants] were called redejnp- 
tioners, because, by their agreement with the master of 
the vessel, they could redeem themselves from his power 
by paying their passage. Jefferson, Correspondence, 1. 405. 
Poor wretch ! ... he had to find out what the life of a 
Itedemplioner really was, by bitter experience. 
J. Ashton, Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, II. 247. 
redemptionist (re-demp'shpn-ist), . [< re- 
demption + -ist] See Trinitarian. 
redemptive (re-demp'tiv), a. [< L. redemptus, 
pp. of redimere, redeem: see redeem.] Re- 
deeming; serving to redeem. 
The redemptive and the completive work of Messiah. 
Schajf, Hist. Christ. Church, I. 8 83. 
redemptort, redemptourt, [< ME. redemp- 
tour, < OF. redempteur, vernacularly raembeor, 
raiembeur, F. redempteur = Pr. redemptor = Sp. 
redentor = It. redentore, < L. redemptor, redeem- 
er, < redimere, pp. redemptus, redeem, etc. : see 
redeem.] A redeemer. 
Record of prophets thou shall be redemptour, 
And singuler repast of everlastyng lyf. 
Candlemas Day, ap. Hawkins, i. 23. (Hares.) 
redemptorict, . [< redemptor + -ic.] Re- 
demptory; redemptive. [Rare.] 
Till to her loved sire 
The black-ey'd damsell he resign 'd ; no redemtoric hire 
Tooke for her freedome ; not a gift ; but all the ransome 
quit. Chapman, Iliad, i. 
Redemptorist (re-demp'tor-ist), n. [< F. re- 
demptoriste; as redemptor + -ist.] A mem- 
ber of a Roman Catholic order founded by 
Alfonso Maria da Liguori of Naples in 1732. 
The especial object of the order (which is called the Con- 
gregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) is missionary work 
among the poor. The Redemptorists exist in the United 
States, in several European countries, etc. On account 
of their cooperation with the Jesuits, they have been ex- 
cluded in some countries, as in Germany at the time of the 
Kulturkampf. Also Liyuorian, Liguorist. 
Redemptoristine (re-demp-to-ris'tin), n. [< 
Redemp torist + -ine 2 . ] A member of the Order 
of the Most Holy Redeemer, a Roman Catholic 
order of cloistered and contemplative nuns, 
founded in connection with the congregation 
of the Redemptorists. 
redemptory (re-demp'to-ri), a. [< L. redemp- 
tus, pp. of redimere, redeem, etc. : see redeem.] 
1 . Serving to redeem ; paid for ransom. 
Omega sings the exequies, 
And Hector's redemptorie prise. 
Chapman, Iliad, xxiv., Arg. 
2. Of or pertaining to redemption. 
Clinging to a great, vivifying, redemptory idea. 
The Century, XXXI. 211. 
redemptourt, See redemptor. 
redempturet (re-demp'tur), w. [< L. redemp- 
tura, an undertaking by'contract, a contract- 
ing, < redimere, contract, hire, redeem : see re- 
deem.] Redemption. 
Thou moost mylde mother and vyrgyn moost pure, 
That barest swete Jhesu, the worldys redempture. 
Fabyan, Chron., II., an. 1326. 
redentt, n. Same as redan. 
redented (re-den'ted), a. [As redent + -ed*.] 
Formed like the teeth of a saw ; indented. 
redescend (re-de-send'), v. i. [="F.redescendre; 
as re- + descend.] To descend again. Howell. 
redescent (re-de-sent'), n. [< re- + descent.] 
A descending or falling again. Sir W. Hamil- 
ton. 
redescribe (re-des-krib'), . t. [< re- + describe.] 
To describe a second time ; describe again : as, 
Nasua nariea was redescribed by Von Tschudi 
as N. leucorhynchus. 
redetermine (re-de-ter'min), v. t. [< re- + de- 
termine.] To determine again. 
The titanium was then . . . redetennined in the solu- 
tion by the calorinietric method. 
Amer. Chem. Jour., X. 38. 
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redhibition 
which powdered ginger, black pepper, brandy, and pow- 
rd r . ice ..are added - The anchovy (Stolephurus or 
redevablet,. [< F. redevable, < win-oil; remain 
in one's debt, < re-, back, again, + drroir, owe, 
be in debt: see due 1 , devoir.] Beholden; under 
Obligation. called Malacca fish. Cantor. " 
I must acknowledge my self exceedingly redevalik to red-footed (red'fufed), a. Having red feet: as, 
Fortunes kindnesse (continued he) for addressing me into the i'l-l'imli il <\aUTOUCOu}i,Nyct>J)ithecusrnliit< s 
the company of a man whose acquaintance I shall be proud - Red-footed falcon See falcon J 
to purchase. Comical H istory of Francion (1655). (Sares.) redgoundt, . [Also redgown (and, by further 
redevelop (re-de-vel'up), v. [< re- + develop.] corruption, red-gum, q. v.), early mod. E. reed 
I. intrans. To develop again. gmnulr; < ME. redgownd, radegounde, < rede, 
II. trans. To develop again or a second time ; red, + gownde, < AS. gund <= OHG. gund, 
specifically, in photog., to intensify by a sec- gunt), matter, pus, virus: see red 1 and pound 1 .] 
ond developing process. A corruption of red-gum 2 . [Prov. Eng.] 
redevelopment (re-de-vel'up-ment), . [< re- Reed gounde, sickuesseof chyklren. Palsgrave 
f d Ll n !-l *g&f$?>-*.*!!'L, 1 & red-green (red'gren), . O a reddish-green 
act or process of redeveloping : a form of in- 
tensification in which the negative is bleached 
with cupric or mercuric chlorid and then sub- 
jected anew to the action of the developer. 
redeye (red'i), n. 1. A cyprinoid fish, Leucis- 
cus erythropJithalmus, having a red iris; the 
rudd. 2. The blue-spotted sunfish, Lepomis 
cyanellus. 3. The rock-bass, Ambloplites rupes- 
tris. See cut under rock-bass. [Ohio.] 4. The 
red-eyed vireo or greenlet, Vireo olitiaceus, hav- 
ing the iris red. See cut under greenlet. 5. 
A strong and fiery whisky : so called from its 
effect upon the eyes of drinkers. [Low, U. S.] 
red-eyed (red'id), a. [= Icel. raudheygdhr; as 
red -f eye + -ed 2 .] 1. Having red eyes, the iris 
being of that color: as, the red-eyed vireo or 
greenlet or flycatcher, Vireo olivaceus. See cut 
under greenlet. 2. Having a bare red space 
about the eves, as some birds. 3. Having con- _?j 8e8 ' etc .> / j/ 
gested eyelids, as after shedding tearsRed- r< 
eyed pochard. See pochard. U&JKI'lLa 
red-faced (red'fast), . 1. Having a red face. 
2. In ornith.. having the front of the head 
red: as, the red-faced or I '.-i lias's cormorant, 
Phalacrocorax perspicillatus. 
red-fender (red'fen'der), . The red-bellied 
salt-water terrapin of the United States, Chry- 
semys or Pseudemys rubriventris, also called pot- 
ter, redbelly, and slider. It grows much larger than 
the true diamond-back, often attaining a length of eighteen 
or twenty inches, but the meat is coarse and fishy. The 
market value is much less than that of the diamond-back, 
and this terrapin is much used to adulterate dishes of the 
Utter. 
color: as, the red-green carpet (a British moth). 
- Red-green blindness, a form of color-blindness in 
which there is inability to recognize either the red of the 
spectrum or the complementary color bluish-green the 
former appearing blackish-gray and the latter whitish- 
gray. Also called i 
,,!.[< red 1 + <7m2.] 1. 
A disease of grain : same as rust. [Prov. Eng.] 
2. The resinous product of several eucalypts; 
Australian kino. 3. A red-gum tree. 4. See 
cornur, E. rontrata, and others : so named from the red gum 
which they exude. E. resintfera, next to the blue-gum, is 
most frequently planted in Europe for sanitary purposes. 
E. rostrata is exceptionally 200 feet high, and its timber is 
one of the best of eucalyptus woods, being heavy, hard, 
and strong, and very durable in all situations. It is em- 
ployed for railway-ties, piles, many ship-building pur- 
poses, etc. 
, n. [A corruption of red- 
unimportant red papular 
eruption of infants. Also called gum-rash and 
strophulus. 
Their heads are hid with skalls, 
Their Limbs with Red-gums. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Furies. 
I found Charlotte quite in a fuss about the child : she 
was sure it was very ill ; it cried and fretted, and was all 
over pimples. So I looked at it directly, and " Lord ! my 
dear, ' says I, " it is nothing in the world but the red-gum. 
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, xxxvii. 
red-haired (red 'hard), a. [= Icel. raudh- 
hssrdhr; as red 1 + hair + -ed*.] Having red 
or reddish hair. 
red-fighter (red'fi"ter), n. The common bull- red-hand (red'hand), . Same as red-handed, 
finch, Pyrrhula vulgaris. See cut under bull- red-handed (red'han'ded), a. With red or 
finch. 
_, bloodyhauds; hence, in the very act, as if with 
red-figured (red'fig'urd), n. Bearing or marked red or bloody hands : said originally of a per- 
: " J c :.!a..ii x- it i- son taken in the act of homicide, but extended 
figuratively to one caught in the perpetration 
of any crime : generally in the phrase to be taken 
red-handed. 
with red figures : specifically noting the class 
of Greek pottery bearing red figures or orna- 
ment on a solid black ground, which succeeded 
the archaic black-figured pottery about the 
second quarter of the fifth century B. t'., and 
includes the vases of the highest artistic type. 
See vase, and cuts under Poseidon, psykter, and 
pyxis. 
Chachryliou painted none but red-figured rases, but he 
is one of the earliest masters of the style, and must be 
placed early in the fifth century. 
Harrison and Verratt, Ancient Athens, p. cxi. 
redfin (red'fin), n. 1. The red-dace, Notropis 
megalops. [U. S.] 2. The common yellow 
perch of the United States, Perca flavescens, 
Also yellowfin. [Southern U. S.] 3. The red- 
cusk, LUnematichthys or Brosmojihycis margina- 
tus. [California.] 4. The cyprinoid fish No- 
tropis or Lytlirurus ardens. 
redfish (red'fish), . 1. The blue-backed sal- 
mon, Oneorhynchus nerka. [Idaho.] 2. The 
red perch or rose-fish, Sebastes marinus or vi- 
viparus. 3. The labroid fish Trochocopus or 
Pimelometopon pulcher; the fathead. See cut 
under fathead. [Pacific coast, U. S.] 4. The 
red-drum, Scisma ocellata or Scisenops ocellntiix; 
Redfish (Sciscnofs octllatus). 
the southern red-horse. 
I was pushed over by Pumblechook, exactly as if I had 
that moment picked a pocket, or fired a rick ; indeed it was 
the general impression in court that I had been taken 
red-handed ; for as Pumblechook shoved me before him 
through the crowd I heard some people say, " What 's he 
done?" and others, "He's a young 'un too." 
Dickens, Great Expectations, xiii. 
redhead (red'hed), n. [< redl + head, n.] 1. 
A person having red hair. 2. A red-headed 
duck, the pochard, Fuligula or ^Ethyia ferina, a 
common bird of Europe, a variety of which 
bears the same name in America and is called 
more fully red-headed duck, red-headed raft- 
duck, red-headed broadbill, also grayback, Wash- 
ington canvasbacl', and American pochard, in 
the male the head is of a bright chestnut-red with coppery 
or bronzy reflection. It is a near relative of the canvas- 
back, for which it is sometimes sold, and is much esteemed 
for the table. See pochard. 
3. The red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes 
erythrocephalus. See cut under Melanerpes. 
4. A tropical milkweed, Asclepias Curassamca, 
with umbels of bright-red flowers. The root and 
the expressed juice are emetic, or in smaller doses cathar- 
tic. Also called blood-flower and bastard ipecacuanha. 
(West Indies.] 
red-headed (red'hed^ed), a. 1. Having red 
hair, as a person. 2. Having a red head, as 
a bird: as, the red-headed woodpecker, Mela- 
nerpes erythrocephalus. See cut under Melaner- 
pes Red-beaded curre, duck, pochard, poker, 
raft-duck, or widgeon. Same as redhead, 2. Red- 
headed finch or linnet, the redpoll. Red-headed 
smew, the female smew or white nun, Meryellus albellus. 
Red-headed teal. Same as greenunng. 
redhibition (red-hi-bish'on), w. [= F. redlii- 
bition = Sp. redhibicion = Pg. redhibi^So = It. 
[Florida and Gulf redibi:ione, < L. redhibitio(n-), a taking back, 
Coast.] 5. A preparation of fish, very popular tj 16 g iv 'ng or receiving back of a damaged ar- 
among the Malays. After the heads have been re- 
moved, the fish are cleaned, salted in the proportion of 
one part salt to eight parts of fish, and deposited in flat, 
glazed earthen vessels, in which they are for three days 
submitted to the pressure of stones placed on thin boards 
or dried plantain-leaves. The fish are next freed from 
salt and saturated with vinegar of cocoa-palm toddy, after 
ticle sold, < redhibere, give hack, return, < red-, 
back, -f habere, have : see habit.] In law, an 
action by a buyer to annul the sale of a mov- 
able and oblige the seller to take it back be- 
cause of a defect or of some deceit. Also re- 
hibition. 
