red-morocco 
It is one of those plants which are annually cried about 
our streets under the name Hed Morocco. 
Curtis, Flora Londinensls. 
redmouth (rod'mouth), n. and a. I. n. A fish 
of the genus Hiemultm (or Diabasis) ; a grunt. 
Also called redgullet. See Hiemulnn, and cut 
under grunt. 
II. a. Having a red mouth or lips; red- 
mouthed : as, the redmouth buffalo-fish, Ictiobus 
biibaluis. I), fi. Jordan. 
red-necked (red'nekt), . Having a red neck. 
Red-necked footman, Lithosia rubrtcollis, a British 
moth. Red-necked grebe, Podiceps griseigena or P. 
rubricollis, one of the largest species of the family. Red- 
necked phalarope, Lobipes hyperboreus, the northern 
phalarope. 
redness (red'nes), n. [< ME. rcdnesse, rednes, 
< AS. reddness, reddnyss, reddnes, redness, < redd, 
red: see red 1 ."] The quality of being red; a 
red color. 
There was a pretty redness in his lip. 
Shak., As you Like it> ill. 5. 120. 
red-nose (red'noz), a. Same as red-nosed. 
The red-nose innkeeper of Daventry. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 2. 51. 
red-nosed (red'nozd), a. 1. Having a red nose, 
as a toper. 2. Having a red beak : as, the red- 
nosed a,vAilet,Simorliynchuspygmeeus, also called 
whiskered auklet. 
redo (re-do'), v. t. [< re- + do 1 .] To do over 
again. 
Prodigality and luxury are no new crimes, and ... we 
doe but re-doe old vices. Sandys, Travailes, p. 204. 
red-oak (red'ok), n. 1. An oak-tree, Quercun 
rubra, common in eastern North America, 
there extending further north than any other 
species. Its height is from 70 to 90 feet. Its wood is 
of a light-brown or red color, heavy, hard, strong, and 
coarse-grained, now much employed for clapboards and 
cooperage, and to some extent for inside finish A Texan 
variety is smaller, with the wood much closer-grained. 
Also black-oak. 
2. Another American species, Q. falcata, the 
Spanish oak. See Spanish. 
redolence (red 'o -lens), . [OF. redolence, < 
redolent, redolent: see redolent.] The state of 
being redolent; sweetness of scent; fragrance; 
perfume. 
We have all the redolence of the perfumes we burn upon 
his altars. Boyle. 
= 8yn. SeesmeK. 
redolency (red'o-len-si), n. [As redolence (see 
-cy).] Same as redolence. 
Their flowers attract spiders with then- redolency. 
Mortimer. 
redolent (red'o-lent), a. [< ME. redolent, < OF. 
redolent = It. redulente, < L. redolen(t-)s, ppr. of 
redolere (> It. redolcre, OF. redoler), emit odor, 
be redolent, < red-, again, -I- olere, be odorous : 
see olid.'] Having or diffusing a sweet scent; 
giving out an odor; odorous; smelling; fra- 
grant : often with of. 
In this graue full derke nowe is her bowre, 
That by her lyfe was sweete and redolent. 
Fabyan, Chron., I. ccxxxviii. 
Thy love excells the joy of wine ; 
Thy odours, O how redolent ! 
Sandys, Paraphrase of Song of Solomon, i. 
Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth. 
Gray, Prospect of Eton College. 
redolently (red'o-lent-li), ode. In a redolent 
manner- fragrantly. 
redondilla (red-on-de'lya), . [< Sp. rcdondilla 
(= Pg. redondilha), a roundel or roundelay, dim. 
of redondo, round, < L. rotundus, round: see 
rotund, and cf. round, roundel, roundelay, ron- 
deau.] A form of versification formerly used 
in the south of Europe, consisting of a union 
of verses of four, six, and eight syllables, of 
which generally the first rimed with the fourth 
and the second with the third. At a later period 
verses of six and eight syllables in general, in Spanish and 
Portuguese poetry, were called redondillas, whether they 
made perfect rimes or assonances only. These became 
common in the dramatic poetry of Spain. 
redorse (re-dors' ), n. [A reduction of reredorse, 
as if < re- + dorse 1 .] The back or reverse 
side of a dorsal or dorse. See quotation under 
dorsel, 2. 
redoss (re-dos'), n. Same as redorse. 
redouble (re-dub'l), v. [< OF. (and F. ) redoubler 
= Sp. redoblar = Pg. redobrar = It. raddoppiare, 
< ML. reduplicare, redouble, double, < L. re-, 
again, + duplicare, double : see double, v. Cf. 
reduplicate.] I. trans. 1. To double again or 
repeatedly; multiply; repeat often. 
So they 
Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. 
Shak., Macbeth, i. 2. 38. 
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Often tymes the omittynge of correction redoubleth a 
trespace. Sir T. Elyut, The Governour, iii. 21. 
2. To increase by repeated or continued addi- 
tions. 
And *tna rages with redmMed heat. 
Addwon, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph. 
Each new loss redoubles all the old. 
Lon-ell, Nightwatches. 
3f. To repeat in return. 
So ended she ; and all the rest around 
To her redoubled that her undersong. Spenser. 
Redoubled interval, in music, same as compound inter- 
val. See interval, 5. 
II. intrans. To become twice as much; be 
repeated; become greatly or repeatedly in- 
creased. 
Envy ever redoubleth from speech and fame. 
Bacon, Envy (ed. 1887), p. 92. 
Peal upon peal redoubling all around. 
Cowper, Truth, 1. 240. 
redoubt 1 (re-douf), v. t. [< ME. redouten, re- 
dowten, < OF. redouter, redoter, reduter, later re- 
doubter, F. redouter (= Pr. redoptar = It. ridot- 
tare), fear, < re- + douter, fear: see doubt, v.] 
1. To fear; dread. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
Shotde I thanne redoiete my blame? 
Chaucer, Boethius, i. prose 3. 
The more superstitious crossed themselves on my ap- 
proach ; ... it began at length to dawn upon me that if 
1 was thus redoubted it was because I had stayed at the 
residencia. R. L. Steoenson, Ulalla. 
2t. To venerate ; honor. 
Sholde thilke lioniiur maken hym worshipful and re- 
doirted of straunge folk? Chaucer, lioetbius, iii. prose 4. 
redoubt 2 , n. See redout?. 
redoubtable (re-dou'ta-bl), a. [Also redouta- 
ble; < ME. reddutable, redoictable, < OF. redou- 
table, redotable, later redoubtable, F. redouta- 
ble (= Pr. redoptable), feared, redoubtable, < 
redouter, redoubter, fear: see redoubt 1 .] 1. 
That is to be dreaded; formidable; terrible: 
as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant: often 
used in irony or burlesque. 
The Queen growing more redoubtable and famous by the 
Overthrow of the Fleet of Eighty eight. 
IlmceU, Letters, I. vi. 3. 
The enterprising Mr. Lintot, the redoubtable rival of Mr. 
Tonson, overtook me. Pope, To Earl of Burlington, 1718. 
This is a tough point, shrewd, redoubtable ; 
Because we have to supplicate the judge 
Shall overlook wrong done the judgment-seat. 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 104. 
2f. Worthy of reverence. 
Jiedoutable by honour and strong of power. 
Chaucer, Boethius, iv. prose 5. 
redoubted (re-dou'ted), p. a. [ME. redouted; 
< redoubt^ + -ed 2 .] Dreaded; formidable; 
honored or respected on account of prowess; 
valiant ; redoubtable. 
Lord regent and redoubted Burgundy. 
SAo*.,lHen. VI., ii. 1. 8. 
redoubtingt (re-dou'ting), n. [ME. rcdoutyng; 
verbal n. of redoubt^, v.] Honor; reverence; 
celebration. 
With sotyl pencil depeynted was this stone 
In redoutyng of Mars and of his glorie. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1192. 
redound (re-dound'), v. i. [< OF. redonder, ren- 
donder, F. redonder, redonder = Pr. redondar = 
Sp. Pg. redundar = It. ridondare, < L. redun- 
dare, overflow, abound, < red-, again, back, + 
undare, surge, flow, abound, < undo, a wave : 
see red- and ound, and cf . abound, surround. Cf . 
redundant.] If. To overflow; be redundant; 
be in excess ; remain over and above. 
For every dram of hony therein found 
A pound of gall doth over it redound. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. x. 1. 
The gates wide open stood, . . . and, like a furnace mouth, 
Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame. 
Milton, P. L., ii. 889. 
2. To be sent, rolled, or driven back; roll or 
flow back, as a wave ; rebound. 
Indeed, I never yet took box o' th' ear, 
But it redounded, I must needs say so. 
Fletcher (and another 1 !), Nice Valour, iv. 1. 
The evil, soon 
Driven back, redounded as a flood on those 
From whom it sprung. Milton, P. L., vii. 57. 
3. To conduce; result; turn out; have effect. 
I will, my lord ; and doubt not so to deal 
As all things shall redound unto your good. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 9. 47. 
Whenever he imagines the smallest advantage will re- 
dound to one of his foot-boys by any new oppression of 
me and my whole family and estate, he never disputeth 
it a moment. Sufyt, Story of the Injured Lady. 
He thinks it will redound to his reputation. 
Ooldsmith, Criticisms. 
redpoll 
redound (re-dound'), . [< redound, r.] 1. 
The coming back, as of consequence or effect; 
result; reflection; return. 
Hot without redound 
Of use and glory to yourselves ye come, 
The first-fruits of the stranger. 
Tennyson, Princess, ii. 
2. Reverberation ; echo. [Rare.] Imp. IHct. 
redoundingt (re-doun'ding), w. [Verbal n. of 
redound, r.] Reverberation; resounding. 
Such as were next to the abby herde clerely the re- 
doundynge of the Naueroyse, for, as they went, their har- 
neys clatteredde and made some noyse. 
Berners, tr. of Froissart's Chron., I. clxxxv. 
redourt, reddourt, . [< ME. redour, redur, 
also raddour, rcddour, redduf, < OF. rador, ra- 
dour, radeur, violence, rapidity, < rade, < L. 
rapidus, rapid (see rapid) ; prob. confused also 
with raidour, raideur, roideur, stiffness, < L. ri- 
gidus, stiff, rigid : see rigid.] Violence; rough- 
ness. 
His londes, his legemen, out of lyue broght ; 
His Blister into seruage & to syn put ; 
And other redurs full ryfe in his rewme dyd. 
Destruction o.f Troy (E. E. T. S-X 1. 1806. 
But trewely no fors of thi reddotir 
To hym that over hymself hath the maystrye. 
Chaucer, Fortune, 1. 14. 
redout't, c. See redoubft. 
redout-, redoubt' 2 (re-douf), . [The form re- 
doubt is erroneous, due to confusion with re- 
doubt 1 and redoubtable; prop, redout (= D. G. 
redoute = Sw. redutt = Dan. redute), formerly 
also reduit (and, after L., reduct) ; < OF. reduit, 
m., reduite, t., F. reduit, also (fern. It.) redoute 
= Sp. reducto = Pg. reducto, reduto = It. ridotto, 
a retreat, refuge, redout, < ML. reductus (> E. 
reduct), a retreat, refuge, redout, < L. reducere, 
bring back: see reduce.] In fort., a general 
name for nearly every class of works wholly in- 
closed and undefended by reentering or flank- 
ing angles. The word is, however, most generally used 
for a small inclosed work of various form polygonal, 
square, triangular, or even circular serving mainly as a 
temporary field-work. The name Is also given to a cen- 
tral or retired work constructed within another, to serve 
as a place of retreat for the defenders : in this sense gen- 
erally reduit. Redouts are usually provided with para- 
pet, ditch, scarps, banquette, etc., as in regular forti- 
fication. They are especially useful in fortifying the 
tops of hills, in commanding passes, or in feeling the 
way through a hostile or wooded country. Demilune 
redout, a redout placed within the demilune. = Syn. See 
fortification. 
redout 3 (re-douf), a. [< OF. reduit, < L. reduc- 
tus, brought back, pp. of reducere, bring back: 
see reduce. Cf. redout 1 *, n.] In her., bent in 
many angles: noting a cross with hooked ex- 
tremities, in the form of the fylfot or swastika. 
redoutable, . See redoubtable. 
redowa (red'6-a), H. [< F. redowa, < Bohem. 
rejdoicdk, rejdowaclika, the dance so called, < 
rejdoirati, turn, turn around, bustle about.] 1. 
A Bohemian dance, which has two forms the 
rejdowdk, resembling the waltz or the mazurka, 
and the rejdowaclika, resembling the polka. 
2. Music for such a dance or in its rhythm, 
which is properly triple and quick, but in an- 
other form is duple, and readily assimilated to 
that of the polka. 
red-paidle, The lumpsucker. [Scotch.] 
redpoll (red'pol), n. [Also redpole : so called 
from the red color on the head ; < rerf 1 + polfi.] 
1. A small fringilline bird of the genus JEf/io- 
thus (or Acanthis), the male of which has a crim- 
Redpoll (sffio 
son poll, a rosy-red breast, and the plumage 
streaked with flaxen and dusky brown and 
white. The bill is small, conic acute, with a nasal ruff ; 
the wings are pointed ; the tail is emarginate. Several 
species inhabit the arctic and north temperate regions of 
Europe, Asia, and America. The common redpoll is JR. 
linarta; the mealy redpoll is ^-f?. canescens; the American 
mealy redpoll is Jfe. exilipes. 
