redhibitory 
redhibitory Oed-hib'i-to-ri), n. [= OF. rrd- 
hibitoirr, F. n'dhibitniri' = Sp. I'g. rrd/iihiforio = 
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red-morocco 
It. redibitorio, < LL. rnlliihitorhis, < L. redMbrri; 
give back, return: see rcdhihition.] In /-, 
pertaining to redhibilion. Also reliihitory. 
redhorn (red'horn), . An insect of the fam- 
ily BJwdoeeridse. 
red-horse (red'hors), . 1. The common 
white or lake sucker, a catostoraoid fish, Mn.ro- 
Htonid maoroiepidotum, or any other of the 
same genus; a stone-roller or white mullet. 
The golden red-horse is M. aureolum. The 
long-tailed red-horse is M. (iiiixiinnn. 2. The 
red-drum, Scixnops ocellatus. See cut under 
ml/i.i/i. [Florida and Gulf States.] 
red-hot (red'hot), a. 1. Red with heat; heat- 
ed to redness: as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. 
Hence 2. Extreme; violent; ardent: as, a 
red-hot political speech. [Slang.] Red-hot 
POker. Same as fame-flower.- Red-hot shot, cannon- 
balls heated to redness and fired at ahipping, magazines, 
wooden buildings, etc., to combine destruction by fire with 
battering by concussion. 
red-humped (red'humpt), a. Having a red 
hump: noting a bombycid moth of the genus 
Notodonta: as, the red-humped prominent, N. 
concinna. See cut under Notodonta. 
redit, . A Middle English form of ready. 
redia (re'di-a), n. ; pi. rediie (-e). [NL., so 
called after Sedi, an Italian naturalist.] The 
second larval stage of some fluke-worms or 
Trematoda, as Distoma, intervening between the 
condition of the ciliated embryo and the more 
advanced form known as cercaria. A redia is a 
sporocyst, containing the germs of other redia) which 
eventually develop into cercariae. The redia of Distoma 
is also known as king's yellow worm. See cercaria (with 
cut) and Distoma. 
From each ovum [of DMoma] issues a ciliated larva 
showing the rudiments of ... a Redia. The perfect 
Redia . . . bursts, and these new zobids [cercariae] are set 
free. . . . Several generations of Rediie may intervene 
between the third and fourth stages ; or the mature ani- 
mal may appear at the close of this stage, having under- 
gone no Cercarian metamorphosis. 
Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 180. 
redient (re'di-ent), a. [< L. redien(t-)s, ppr. of 
redire, go back, return, < red-, back, + ire, go : 
see iteri.] Returning. E. H. Smith. [Rare.] 
redifferentiate (re-dif-e-ren'shi-at), v. i. [< rc- 
+ differentiate.] To differentiate a differential 
or differential coefficient. 
redifferentiation (re-dif-e-ren-shi-a'shon), n. 
[< re- + differentiation.] " The differentiation 
of a result of differentiation, 
redigest (re-di-jesf), v. t. [< re- + digest, v.] 
To digest or reduce to form a second time. 
redingkingt, . [ME. redyngkynge, prob. erro- 
neously for *redyngiinge', lit. 'riding-man,' < 
"redyng, for ridyng, riding, + -ynge, E. -ingS, in- 
dicating a dependent. Cf . AS. rddcniht, E. as if 
"roadknigh t, one of " certain serui tours who held 
their lands by seruiug their lord on horseback " 
(Minsheu, under rodknights, radkniglits).] One 
of a class of feudal retainers ; a lackey. 
Beynald the reue, and redyngkynges menye, 
Munde the mylnere, and meny mo othere. 
Piers Plowman (C), iii. 112. 
redingote (red'iug-got), n. [= Sp. redingote, 
< F. redingote, a corruption of E. riding-coat.] 
1. A double-breasted outside coat with long 
plain skirts not cut away at the front. 2. A 
similar garment for women, worn either as a 
wrap or as part of the house dress, frequently 
cut away at the front. 
. , , . ._ - . 
again, but the redintegrated limb is formed on the same * d . lvlde or apportion again, as a State, into 
type as those which were lost. insl nets or other electoral units. [U. S.] 
Hwdey, Lay Sermons, p. 261. redistrictmg (re-dis'trik-ting), . [Verbal n. 
redinte- of redistrict, v.] The act or practice of rear- 
ranging (a State or other territory) into new 
electoral districts. [U. S.] 
redition (re-dish'pn), n. [< L. reditio(n-), a re- 
turning, going or'coming back, < redire, pp. re- 
ditus, go or come back, return: see redient.] 
The act of going back; return. [Rare.] 
Address suite to my mother, that her meane 
make the day of your redition scene. 
Chapman, Odyssey, vi. 
re- + divide.] To 
redintegrate (re-din'te-grat), a. [< ,^,,^- 
grate,v.] Renewed; restored to wholeness or 
a perfect state. 
The ignorances and prevarications and partial aboli- 
tions of the natural law might be cured and restored, and 
by the dispersion of prejudices the state of natural reason 
be redintegrate. Jer. Taylor, Great Exemplar, Pref., p. 11. 
redintegration (re-din-te-gra'shou), n. [< F. 
redintegration = Pg. redmtegrag&o = It. redin- 
tegrazione, < L. redintegratio(n-), restoration, 
renewal, < redintegrare, pp. redintegratus, re- redivide(re-di-vid'), v. t. [< 
restoration to a whole or sound state. 
Let us all study first the redintegration of that body of 
which Christ Jesus hath declared himself to be the head. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835X I. 181. 
They . . . absurdly commemorated the redintegration 
of his natural body by mutilating and dividing his mysti- 
Decay of Christian Piety, 
[< L. redivivuf, liv- 
___ v _,, ( -erf 2 .] Made to 
live again; revived. 
New-devised or redivived errours of opinion. 
Bp. Hall, Revelation Unrevealed, 11. 
redivivus (red-i-vl'vus), a. [L., living again, 
< red-(i-), again, + yivus, living : see ivid. Cf. 
revive.] Alive again; renewed; restored. 
The Napoleonic empire redivivug. 
G. W. Curtis, Potiphar Paper?. 
- redknees (red'nez), . The water-pepper, 
2. In client., the restoration of any mixed body folugonum Hydropiper. [Prov. Eng.] 
or matter to its former nature and constitution, red-lac (red'lak), n. The Japan wax-tree, Hints 
3. In psycliol., the law that those elements succedanea. See wax-tree. 
which have previously been combined as parts red-legged (red'leg"ed or -legd), . Having red 
of a single mental state tend to recall or sug- Ie 8 s ' feet > as a bird: specifically noting sev- 
gest one another a term adopted by many era l birds. Red-legged crow. See crow*. Red- 
psychologists to express phenomena of mental } e SS,ed gull, the black-headed gull, Chroicocephalvs ridi- 
association. ?j ! L ca ^Britisli.]- Red-legged ham-beetle. 
redirect (re-di-rekf), v. t. [< re- + direct.] To rori,T threttol gu!f rf th^Nortb^kcm^haTint 
direct again or anew: as, the parcel was sent coral-red legs. Red-legged mew. Same as redshank, 3. 
to Boston and there redirected to Cambridge. Red-legged partridge, Caccabis ruja. Red-legged 
"prlirppf A-A Hi vplri-M /-/ rY w 4- jV^**n Plover, zeeplover. 
?SSrr*. r"vf : lV.' . : A\, re ~,_ , t , ec '- redlegS(red'legz),n. 1. Inornith.: (a) The red- 
legged partridge. (6) The red-legged plover 
Direct a second time: used only in the legai 
phrase redirect examination (which see, under 
examination, 2). 
redisburse (re-dis-bers'), v. t. [Early mod. E. 
also redisbourse; < re- + disburse.] To repay 
or refund. 
--oo r-~ o~- - 
or turnstone, Strepsiins ititerpres. [Massachu- 
setts.] (c) The purple sandpiper, Tringa niari- 
tima. [Caermarthen.] (d) The redshank. 
2. In bot., the bistort, Polygonwn Bistorta, so 
named from the redness of its stems. The 
name is applied also to some other species of 
^^ re Polygonum. [Prov. Eng.] 
And tribute eke withail, as to his SoverSne."' redlcst, ft. See redeless. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. iii. 27. red-letter (red'let'er), a. Having red letters ; 
' 
But when the floud is spent, then backc againe, 
His borrowed waters forst to redisbourse, 
He sends the sea his owne with double gaine, 
rediscover (re-dis-kuv'er), v. t. [< re- + dis- 
cover.] To discover again or afresh. 
rediscovery (re-dis-kuv'er-i), n. [< re- + dis- 
covery.] A discovering again or afresh: as, 
the rediscovery of Encke's comet. 
redispose (re-dis-poz'), v. t. [< re- + dispose.] 
To dispose or adjust again. 
redispositipn (re-dis-po-zish'on), n. [< redis- 
pose + -ition.] The act or process of redis- 
posing; a disposing afresh or anew; a rear- 
rangement. 
redisseize (re-dis-sez'), v. t. [< re- + disseise.] 
In laic, to disseize anew or a second time. 
redisseizin (re-dis-se'zin), n. [< re- + dis- 
seizin.] In law, a writ to recover seizin of 
lands or te: 
redisseizor 
_wvwd. ^*v_>. V w*/) nn JM-0V-U1H 1CT* iCutVIB < 
marked by red letters.- Red-letter day. (a) Eccles., 
one of the more important church festivals so called be- 
cause formerly marked in the calendar of the Book of 
Common Prayer (as still in some copies, and in Roman 
Catholic missals and breviaries) by red-letter characters. 
Only the red-letter days have special services provided for 
them in the Prayer-book. Opposed to black-letter day. 
The Calendar was crowded with Red-Letter Days, nom- 
inally indeed consecrated to Saints ; but which by the en- 
couragement of Idleness and Dissipation of Manners, gave 
every kind of countenance to Sinners. 
Bourne's Pop. Antiq. (1777), p. viii. 
The red-letter days now become, to all intents and pur- 
poses, dead-letter days. Lamb, Oxford in the Vacation. 
Hence (b) A fortunate or auspicious day. 
It is the old girl's birthday ; and that is the greatest holi- 
day and reddest-letter day in Mr. Bagnet's calendar. 
Dickens, Bleak House, : 
T,zi7t,.j in taw, a writ to recover seizin of * Mr - nagnet s calendar. 
inds or tenements against a redisseizor. Dickens, Bleak House, xlix. 
lisseizor (re-dis-se'zpr), n. [< re- + dis- redlichet, Hdr. A Middle English form of rathly. 
..izor.] A person who disseizes lands or tene- red-litten (red'lif'n), a. [< red* + lit, pp. at 
ments a second time, or after a recovery of the light' 1 ; "litten, an extended form with suffix -el, 
The existing redingote. which has been fashionable for 
the last few years, and is highly popular just now, is a 
garment of silk, plush, or cloth, cut somewhat after the 
manner of a gentleman's tail-coat, richly trimmed, and 
adorned with very large buttons. 
Fortnightly Jtev., N. S., XLII. 287. 
redingtonite (red'ing-ton-it), n. [< Sedington 
+ -ite?.] A hydrous chromium sulphate, oc- 
curring in fibrous masses having a pale-pur- 
ple color. It is found at the Redington mine, 
Knoxville district, California. 
red-ink plant. See Phytolacca. 
redintegrate (re-din'te-grat), v. f.; pret. and 
pp. redintegrated, ppr. redintegrating. [< L. 
n-dintegratus, pp. of redintegrare (> It. redintr- 
i/rrtre = Pg. redintegrar), restore, make whole 
again, < red-, again, -f- integrare, make whole : 
see integrate. Cf. reiiitraralr.] Tobringback 
to an integral condition ; recombine or recon- 
struct; renew; restore to a perfect state. 
Redintegrate the fame first of your house, 
Restore your ladyship's quiet. 
B. Ju 
ments a second time, or after a recovery of the "fl'" 1 , 'atten, an extended form with suffix -el, 
same from him in an action of novel disseizin, after the analogy of hidden.] Exhibiting a red 
redissolution (re-dis-o-lu'shon), n. [< re- + H** tH"""*""** ru T 
dissolution.] A dissolving again or anew; a 
second dissolution. 
After the protoplasm in a tentacle has been aggregated, 
S t'<'il mnl iitinn nlwilvs hwrina in th.. l,.\i-,.i- . ..!,.( 
light or illumination. [Rare.] 
And travellers, now, within that valley, 
Through the red-litten windows see 
Vast forms, that move fantastically 
To a discordant melody. 
Poe> Haunte<i Palace. 
W? *** (red'lukt), a. Having a red look ; 
causing or indicated by a red face. [Rare.] 
Let my tongue blister, 
And never to my red-look'd anger be 
The trumpet any more. Shak., W. T ii 2 34 
redistribute (re-dis-trib'ut), v.t. \_<re- + dis- red-louse (red'lous), . See lousei (i). 
tribute. Cf. F redtstnbuer, redistribute.] To redly (red'li), adv. [< rail + -Zy 2 .] With red- 
distribute again; deal back; apportion afresh, ness; with a red color or glow, 
redistribution (re-dis-tn-bu'shon), n. [= F. red-mad (red'mad), a. [< redl + madl. Cf 
redistribution ;*,sre- + distribution.] A dealing redwood*.-} Quite mad. Balliicell. [Prov Ene 1 
back; a second or new distribution. redman (red'man), n.; pi. redmen (-men). A 
A state of raised molecular vibration is favourable to holocentroid fish, Holocentnis ascensionis, of a 
its redissolution always begins in the lower part." 
Darwin, Insectiv. Plants, p. 243. 
redissolve (re-di-zolv' ), v. t. [= F. redissoudre; 
as re- + dissolve.] To dissolve again. 
The protoplasm last aggregated is first redissolced. 
Darwin, Insectiv. Plants, p. 243. 
, . . 
Christendom shuuld be no longer rent in pieces, but 
would be redintegrated in a new pentecost. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1885), II. 304. 
^Magnetic* Lady, iv. 2. 5*""?* Of Seats Act, an English statute of 1885 w^rk" "^ ""^ ^ * d6COrative metal - 
(48 and 49 Viet., c. 23) making extensive changes in the _.j ._ , , , 
subdivision of the country into districts entitled to elect rea " morocco ( reti mo-rok o), n. The plant 
members of Parliament, mostly with the object of equal- pheasant's-eye, Adonis autumnalis : so called 
izmg them as regards the number of electors. from its red petals 
