revolver 
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ly () A revolving firearm, especially a pistol, Rev. Ver. An abbreviation of Jtn-i*,;! I ergion 
having a revolving barrel provided with a num- (of the English Bible), 
ber of bores (as in earlier styles of the weapon), revyet, '" See rrrie. 
or (as in modern forms) a single barrel with a rew 1 , . An obsolete or dialectal form of 
revolving cylinder at its base, provided with a roic'*. 
number of chambers. When the barrel or cylinder re- 
volves on its longitudinal axis, the several boresor chambers 
are brought i:i succession into relation with firing-mecha- 
nism for successive and rapid Bring. In the modern forms 
of the arm the chamber of the cylinder are, by such rev- 
olution, brought successively into line with the bore in 
the barrel, which is also the firing position. In this posl 
waken again. 
Love will ... at the spiritual prime 
Rewaken with the dawning soul. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, xliii. 
tion each chamber respectively forms a continuation of 
the bore in the barrel. Six is the common number of 
chambers. The most vital distinction between early 
and modern revolving firearms is that the barrels of the 
former were directly revolved by the hand ; while in the 
latter the revolving-mechanism is connected with the fir- 
'. and it. An obsolete spelling of mil. 
(TO) An ohsnlptp nroterit nf rntrl 
tU t 
v. An erroneous form, found in the 
sixteenth-century editions of Chaucer, for re- 
I'okc. 
rewaken (re-wa'kn), v. [< re- + waken.] To 
rewood 
N'ow-a-days they call them gentle mrardt: let them 
leave their coloring, and call them by thdr Christian 
name, bribes. Lalimer, ;:d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. 
N'nw rruiiffli and punishments do always presuppose 
something \\illingly done well or ill. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, I. . 
A man that fortune's buffets and rewards 
Ilast ta'en with equal thanks. 
Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 72. 
Hanging was the reirard of treason and desertion. 
Stubbs, Const. Hist., f 16. 
4. The fruit of one's labor or works; profit; 
return. 
The dead know not any thing, neither have they any 
more a reward. Eccl. ix. 5. 
6. A sura of money offered for taking or de- 
lititer me ievuiviii-niccii:un.sin is citnnt'cifd wun ine nr- ,-.n. * / .. -ix-mf-i-ii TI i- i . r. . . ; * 
ing-mechanism, the cocking of which automatically re- rewailt, ' . A (perverted) Middle English form tectmg a cnmmal, or for the recovery of any- 
voTves the cylinder. Metal cartridges with "conTcaTbiilleft of rule 1 . Lydgate. 
are used in all modern revolvers, the loading being done rewaltt, r. /. and i. [ME.; origin obscure. 
atthebreech. Some are self-cocking that is, are cocked To ffive ur> or surrender 
by pulling the trigger which also discharges them. Some, _., ij , ? '' 
echanism (though, for general use, they may reward (re-ward 
by peculiar m 
be cocked In the ordinary way for taking deliberate'aimX 
are by a quick adjustment changed into self-cocking pis- 
tols for more rapid Bring in emergencies where accurate 
aim Is of subordinate importance. Colonel Colt of the 
United States was the first to produce a really service- 
able and valuable revolving arm, though the principle 
was known in the earlier part of the sixteenth century. 
(6) A revolving cannon. 3. A revolving horse- 
rake. 
revolving (re-vol'ving),;>.rt. Turning; rolling; 
moving round Revolving brush, car, diaphragm, 
grate, harrow, light, mill, oven. See the nouns. Re- 
volving cannon. See machine-gun. Revolving fur- 
nace, a furnace used extensively in making ball-soda or 
black-ash, consisting of a large cylinder of iron hooped 
with solid steel tires shrunk on the shell, which is sup- 
ported by and turns on friction-wheels or -rollers. Unlike 
the revolving furnace for chloridizing ores, this furnace 
has no interior partition. The heat is supplied by a Sie- 
mens regenerative gas-furnace, or by a coal-furnace, and 
the hot flame circulates longitudinally through the cylin- 
der into a smoke-stack or chimney. The charging is done 
through a hole in the side of the cylinder, and the crude 
soda, rolled into balls by the motion of the cylinder, is dis- 
charged through the same opening. Revolving pistol 
Same as revolver. Revolving press. See press'. Re- 
volving storm, a cyclone. 
revom.lt (re-vom'it), v. t. [= It. revomitare; as 
re- + vomit. Of. F. reromir, < L. revomere, vomit 
forth again, disgorge, < re-, again, + romere, 
vomit: see vomit.] To vomit or pour forth 
again ; reject from the stomach. 
They poure the wine downe the throate . . . that they 
might cast it vpagaine and so take more In the place, vom- 
iting and reaomiting . . . that which they haue drunke. 
HakewUl, Apology, iv. 3. 
revulset (re-vuls'), r. t. [< F. revuher, < L. re- 
viiteus, pp. of rcrellere, pluck back: see reveV.] 
1. To affect by revulsion ; pull or draw back; 
withdraw. 
Nothing is so effectual as frequent vomits to withdraw 
and renulsi the peccant humours from the relaxed bowels. 
0. Cheyite, Natural Method. (Latham.) 
2. To draw away: applied to counter-irritation. 
revulsent (re-vul'sent), a. and n. [< rtviitee + 
-et.] I. a. Same as revcllent. 
II. n. A counter-irritant. 
revulsion (re-vul'shon), n. [< OF. revulsion, 
F. revulsion '= Sp. reeuMon = Pg. reviilsdo = 
away, < revellere, pp. revulsus, pluck back: see 
thing lost In reward oft, in comparison with. 
Yit of Daunger cometh no blame, 
In reward of my doughter Shame. 
Rom. of the Rote, 1. 8254. 
= Svn. 3. Pay, compensation, remuneration, requital, 
retribution. 
..>.[< ME. rewarden, < OF. 
rewarder, reswarder, an older form of regiiarder, 
regarder, regard, < re-, back, + warder, tiardei; 
mark, heed: see guard. Doublet of regard.] rewardable (re-war da-bl), a. [< reward + 
irve- notice -*""*] Capable of being rewarded ; worthy of 
recompense. 
No good woorke of man is rewardable in heauen of his 
owne nature, but through the mere goodnes of God. 
I, tram. If. To mark; regard; observe; 
carefully. 
Hit you behouith rewarde and behold 
Ho shall doo gouerne and rule this contre. 
Rom, of Partenay (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 2367. 
2f. To look after; watch over; have regard or 
consideration for. 
Ac if ye riche haue reuthe and rewarde wel the pore, . . . 
Criste of his curteysie shal conforte xow atte laste. 
Piers Plowman (B), xlv. 145. 
3. To recompense ; requite ; repay, as for good 
or evil conduct (commonly in a good sense) ; 
remunerate, as for usefulness or merit; 
pensate. 
Sir T. More, Cumfort against Tribulation (1573X fol. 25. 
Rewards do always presuppose such duties performed 
as are rewardable. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, i. 11. 
rewardableness (re-war'da-bl-nes), n. The 
character of being rewardable, or worthy of 
reward. 
What can be the praise or rewardableness of doing that 
which a man cannot chuse but do? 
J, Goodman, Winter Evening Conferences, p. 2. 
rewardably (re-war'da-bli), adv. In a reward- 
able manner; so as to be rewardable. Imp. 
Kyng Auferius ther with he was contente, nift 
And hym rewardid well for his presente. 
Oenerydet (E. E. T. S.X 1. 2407. rewarder (re-war der), u. One who rewards; 
one who requites or recompenses. 
A liberal rewarder of his friends. 
Shak., Rich. III., I. 8. 123. 
rewardful (re-ward'ful), a. [< reward + -fill.] 
Yielding reward ; rewarding. [Rare.] 
Whose grace was great, and bounty most rewardfull. 
Spenser, Colin Clout, L 187. 
5f. To give in recompense or return, as for rewardfulness(re-ward'ful-nes), n. Thequal- 
oithm. mv^H , <,,MI lty of being rew ardful; capability of yielding 
a reward. 
I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, 
God reward him ! Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 4. 167. 
4. To make return for; 
for. 
give a recompense 
Reward not hospitality 
With such black payment. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 675. 
either good or evil. 
Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded 
thee evil. i Sam. xxiv. 17. 
A blessing may be rewarded into the bosom of the faith- 
ful and tender brother or sister that . . . admonisheth. 
I'fiui. Travels in Holland, etc. 
6. To serve as a return or recompense to ; be 
to. 
irds a nobleman 
h in splendid lackey-work. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 60. 
7. To serve as return or recompense for. 
Still happier, if he till a thankful soil, 
And fruit reward his honourable toll. 
Cowper, Hope, 1. 761. 
The central court of the Hareem is one of the richest 
discoveries that rewarded M. Place's industry. 
J. Fergusson, Hist. Arch., I. 173. 
Of the beauty, the rewardfulntss, of the place I cannot 
trust myself to speak. The Century, VI. 30. 
rewardless (re-ward'les), . [< reward + -less.] 
rewa-rewa (ra'wa-ra'wa), n. [New Zealand.] 
8ee Kniglitia. 
rewbarbt, An obsolete form of rhubarb. 
rewet. An obsolete form of rite 1 , rue 2 , row 2 . 
reweigh (re-wa'), v. t. [< re- + weigh.] To 
weigh a second time ; verify the weight of by 
a second test or trial. 
It only remained now to remove the condensers, and 
reweigh them with all necessary precautions. 
Amer. Chem. Jour. , X 97. 
rewelt, . and r. An obsolete spelling of rule 1 . 
*** *&//, HIM. .urn., i. no, *^0ii| - *!* *. *\u v/vov/*ci'G .-I.M.-HIIIJ^ \JL / (IMP . 
, . , II. intrans. To make requital ; bestow a re- rewel-DOnet, n. [< ME. rewel-boon, rowel-boon, 
revel?.] 1 . The act of pulling or drawing away ; turn or recompense, especially for meritorious rf >"l-oonc, ruefo-bo*e. reuylle-bone, < rewel, row- 
fl, rtstl'fl f>ri An ft\T>nt*(\ ^. . i ... i'.i i i . .11 .,..]...., ft, ( (\f linr-prtfllTl mAflmiKr. in fmrnn lilro rmrel lit 
conduct. 
abstraction; forced separation. 
The remdsion of capital from other trades of which the 
returns are more frequent. 
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, Iv. 7. 
2. In med., the diminution of morbid action in 
one locality by developing it artificially in an- reward (re-ward'), w. 
other, as by counter-irritation. 3. A sudden 
or violent change, particularly a change of feel- 
ing. 
A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling. Macaulay. 
He was quite old enough . . . to have seen with his own 
eyes the conversion of the court, [and| its repulsion to the 
ancient worship under Julian the Apostate. 
The Atlantic, LXV. 149. 
P.ut you great wise persons have a fetch of state, to em- 
ploy with countenance and encouragement, but reward 
with austerity and disgrace. 
Chapman, Mask of Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn. 
[< ME. rewarde, reicard, 
revulsive (re-vul'siv), a. and . [= F. rtrulsif P' ence * persons. 
< OF. reward, an earlier form of regiiard, regard, 
regard, < reicarder, regarder, regard: see reward, 
regard, v., and cf. regard, .] It. Notice ; heed ; 
consideration; respect; regard. 
Thanne Reson rod forth and tok reward of no man, 
And dude as Conscience kenned til he the kyng mette. 
Piers Plowman (C), v. 40. 
Men take more rewarde to the nombre than to the sa- 
= Sp. Pg. It. revulsiro, < L. revulsits, pp. of re- 
Kellere, pull_away: see revel*.] I. a. Having 
Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus. rewet (ro'et), n. 
2. The act of rewarding, or the state of being 
rewarded; requital, especially for usefulness 
el (of uncertain meaning, in form like rowel, lit. 
a little wheel, < OF. rouelle, a little wheel : see 
rowel), + boon, bone, appar. same as bone 1 .] A 
word of unknown meaning, occurring in the 
line: 
His sadel was of reu-el-boon. Chaucer, Sir Thopas, 1. 167. 
Rtiel-bone is mentioned by Chaucer ... as the mate- 
rial of a saddle. It is not, of course, to be thence supposed 
that ruel-bone was commonly or even actually used for that 
purpose. ... In the Turnament of Tottenham Tlbbe's 
garland is described as "fulle of ruelle bones," which an- 
other copy alters to rounde bonyg. In the romance of 
Rembrun, p. 458, the coping of a wall is mentioned as 
made "of fin ruwal, that schon swithe brighte." 
Halliuell. 
[< F. rouet, little wheel, gun- 
the power of revulsion ; tending to revulsion ; or merit ; remuneration, 
capable of producing revulsion. 
lock, dim. of roue, a wheel, < L. rota, a wheel: 
see rotary, rowel.] 1 . Originally, the revolving 
part of a wheel-lock. Hence 2. The wheel- 
lock itself. 3. A gun fitted with a wheel-lock. 
See harquebus. 
rewfult, a. A Middle English form of rueful. 
rewfullichet, ailr. A Middle English form of 
ruefully. ('Itaucer. 
The hope of reward and fear of punishment, especially rpnrin frp-\vinM r t r< ff- + irhi 1 T<i win , 
in a future life, are indispensable as auxiliary motives to rewln $ re . ' * f ^ u '"'J 
the great majority of mankind. second time ; win back. 
Fowler, Shaftesbury and Hutcheson, p. 159. The Palatinate was not worth the rewinning. Fuller. 
3. That which is given in requital of good or rewlichet, See I 
The end for which all profitable laws 
Were made looks two ways only, the reward 
Of innocent good men, and the punishment 
Of bad delinquents. 
Fletcher (and another). Queen of Corinth, v. 4. 
The way to cure the megrim is diverse, according to the 
cause ; either by cutting a vein, purging, revulsive or local 
remedies. R ev . T. Adams, Works, I. 473. 
II. n. That which has the power of with- 
drawing ; specifically, an agent which produces 
revulsion. 
Salt is a revulsive. Pass the salt. 
R. L. Stevenson, The Dynamiter, p. 138. 
revulsor (re-vul'sor), H. [< revulse + -or.] An evil, especially good ; a return ; a recompense: rewmet,"". A Middle" English form of rent HI. 
apparat s by means of which heat and cold can commonly, a gift bestowed in recognition of rewood (re-wud'), r. t. [< re- + wood*.] To 
be alternately applied as curative agents. past service or merit; a guerdon. 
plant again with trees; reforest. 
