rewood 
Reminding the high lands where the streams take rise. 
New York Semi-weekly Tribune, Dec. 24, 1886. 
reword (re-werd'), r. /. [< re- + word.'] 1. 
To put into words again; repeat. 
It is not madness 
That I have utter'd ; bring me to the test, 
And I the matter will re-ward; which madness 
Would gambol from. Shah. Hamlet, iii. 4. 148. 
2. To reecho. 
A hill whose concave womb re-warded 
A plaintful story from a sistcring vale. 
Shale., Lover's Complaint, 1. 1. 
3. To word anew ; put into different words : as, 
to reword a statement. 
rewrite (re-rlf ), v. t. [< re- + write.] To write 
a second time. 
Write and rewrite, blot out, and write again, 
And for its swiftness ne'er applaud your pen. 
Young, To Pope. 
rewthet, An obsolete form of ruth. 
rewthlest, a. An obsolete form of ruthless. 
rex (reks), n. [< L. rex (ret/-), a king (= Olr. rig, 
IT. righ = Gael, righ = W. rM = Skt. rdjan, a 
king: see Raja'*), < regerc ( Skt. -\/ raj), rule : see 
regent, and rich, riche. Hence ult. roy, royal, 
regal, real 2 , regale 2 , etc.] A king To play rext, 
to 'play the king ; act despotically or with violence; han- 
dle a person roughly; "play the mischief." This phrase 
probably alludes to the Rex, or king, in the early English 
plays, a character marked by more or less violence. The 
noun in time lost its literal meaning, and was often spelled 
reaks, reeks ("keep a reaks," etc.), and used as if meaning 
'tricks.' 
I ... thinke it to be the greatest indignitie to the 
Queene that may be to suffer such a caytiff to play such 
Rex. Spenser, State of Ireland. 
The sound of the hautboys and bagpipes playing reeks 
with the high and stately timber. 
Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, iii. 2. 
Love with Kage kept such a reakes that I thought they 
would have gone mad together. 
Breton, Dream of Strange Effects, p. 17. 
Then came the English ordnance, which had been 
brought to land, to play such reaks among the horse that 
they were forced to fly. 
Court and Times of Charles /., I. 258. 
rexen, n. A plural of reslfl, a variant of rush 1 . 
Ealliwell. 
rex-playert, [Found only in the form reaJcs- 
player; < rex, in to play rex (reaks), + player.'] 
One who plays rex. 
RitHeur, a disordered roaver, jetter, swaggerer, outra- 
gious reaks-player, a robber, rausaker, boothaler, preyer 
upon passengers, etc. Coil/rave. 
reyt, An obsolete form of ray*. 
reyalt, . An obsolete form of royal. 
reynt, A Middle English form of rain 1 . 
reynaldt, . An obsolete variant of reynard. 
reynard (ra'navd or ren'ard), n. [Formerly also 
reynold, reyndld ; < late SlE. reynard, < OF. rey- 
nard, regnard, regnar, regnart, renart, renard, F. 
renard = Pr. raynart = OCat. ranart, a fox, < 
OFlem. (OLG.) Reinaerd, Reinaert (G. lieinhart, 
Reinecke), a name given to the fox in a famous 
epic of Low German origin ("Reynard the 
Fox"), in which animals take the place of men, 
each one having a personal name, the lion being 
called Noble, the cat Tibert, the bear Bruin, the 
wolf Isegrim, the fox Reynard, etc.. and which 
became so popular that renard in the common 
speech began to take the place of the vernacular 
OF. goulpil, goiipil, fox, and finally supplanted 
it entirely; < MHG. lieinhart, OHG. Reginhart, 
Raginhart, a personal name, lit. ' strong in 
counsel,' < ragin-, regin-, counsel (cf . Icel. regin, 
pi., the gods: see Kagnarok, and cf. AS. regn- 
(= Icel. regin-), intensive prefix in regn-heard, 
very hard, etc., regn-meld, a solemn announce- 
ment, regn-theof, an arch-thief, etc., and in per- 
sonal names such as Regen-here, etc.,= Goth. 
ragin, an opinion, judgment, decree, advice), 
+ hart, strong, hard, = E. hard : see Jiard and 
-ard.] A name of the fox in fable and poetry, 
in which the fox figures as cunning personified. 
Hyer [here] begynneth th[e hlystorye of reynard the 
foxe. Caxton, tr. of Reynard the Fox (ed. 1481), p. 16. 
Now read, Sir Rei/nold, as ye be right wise, 
What course ye weeue is best for us to take. 
Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale. 
Reynosia (ra-no'si-ii), . [NL. (Grisebach, 
1866); after Alvaro Rcynoso of Havana.] A ge- 
nus of imperfectly known polypetalous plants, 
assigned to the order Rhamiiaceee, consisting of 
a single Cuban species, II. latifolia, extending 
into Florida, where it is known as red iroincood. 
reyoung (re-yung'), f. t. [< re- + young.'] To 
make young again. [Rare.] 
With rapid rush, 
Out of the stone a plentions stream doth gush, 
Which murmurs through the Plain ; proud, that his glass, 
Gliding so swift, so soon rc-jionfin the grass. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The I.awe. 
5145 
reyseH, <'. A Middle English form of m/. 1. 
reyse-t, ' A Middle English form of race 1 . 
rezbanyite (rez-ban'yit), n. [< RK-lianyu (see 
def.) 4- -ite 2 .] A sulpliid of bismuth and lead, 
occurring in massive forms having a metallic 
luster and light lead-gray color. It is found at 
Rez-Banya, Hungary. 
rezedt, a- Same as rcanlcil. 
rf., rfz. Abbreviations of rinforzando or riu- 
forzato. 
rh. [L., etc., rh-, used for hr-, a more exact ren- 
dering of the Gr. p, the aspirated p (r).] An 
initial sequence, originally an aspirated r, oc- 
curring in English, etc., in words of Greek 
origin. In early modern and Middle English, as well as 
in Spanish, Italian, Old French, etc., it is also or only 
written r. When medial, as it becomes in composition, 
the r is doubled, and is commonly written rrA, alter the 
Greek form pp, which, however, is now commonly written 
pp. In modern formations medial rrh is often reduced 
to rh. (For examples of rh, see the words following, and 
catarrh, diarrhea, hemorrhage, myrrh, pyrrhic, etc.) The 
combination rh properly occurs only in Greek words ; other 
instances are due to error or confusion, or are exceptional, 
as in rhyme for rime*, rhine for rine, rhone for rone, etc. 
Rh. The chemical symbol of rhodium. 
rhat (ra), . [NL., < L. rha (barbarum), < Gr. 
pa, rhubarb, so called, it is said, from the river 
Rita, 'Pa. now called Volga. See rhubarb and 
Rheum 2 .] Rhubarb. 
Neere unto this is the river Rha, on the sides whereof 
groweth a comfortable and holsom root so named [rha\ 
good for many uses in physick. 
Holland, tr. of Ammianus Marcellinus, xxii. 8. 28. 
rhabarbaratet (ra-bar'ba-rat), a. [< NL. rna- 
barbaratus, < rhabarbarum, rhubarb: see rha- 
barbarum.] Impregnated or tinctured with rhu- 
barb. 
The salt humours must be evacuated by the sennate, 
rhabarbarate, and sweet manna purgers, with acids added, 
or the purging waters. 
Flayer, Preternatural State of Animal Humours. 
[(Latham.) 
rhabarbarin, rhabarbarine (ra-bar'ba-rin),w. 
[< rhabarbarum + -in 2 , -me 2 .] Same as chryso- 
phanic acid. See chrysophanic. 
rhabarbarum (ra-bar'ba-rum), n. [NL., < L. 
rha barbarum, rhubarb: see rhubarb and rha.] 
Rhubarb. 
rhabd (rabd), n. [Also rabd; < NL. rhabdus, < 
Gr. pajMos, a rod: see rhabdus.] A rhabdus. 
Rhabdammina (rab-da-ml'na), n. [NL., < Gr. 
/>d/3<5of, a rod, + a/^of, sand, + -ina 1 .] The 
typical genus of Rhabdamminina. 0. Sars, 1872. 
Rhabdamminina (rab-dam-i-ni'na), n. pi. 
[NL., < Rhabdammina + -ina 2 .] A group of 
marine imperforate foraminif erous protozoans, 
typified by the genus Rliabdammina. The test, 
composed of cemented sand-grains often mixed with 
sponge-spicules, is of some tubular form, free or fixed, with 
one or a few apertures, and sometimes segmented. The 
genus Haliphysema, supposed to be a sponge, and made 
by Haeckel the type of a class Physemaria, has been as- 
signed to this group. Also Rhabdammininx, as a sub- 
family of Aslrorhizidse. 
rhabdi, n. Plural of rhabdus. 
rhabdia, n. Plural of rhabdium, 1. 
rhabdichnite (rab-dik'mt), . [< NL. Rhab- 
dichnites, < Gr. pdj3Sof, a rod, + i^-vof, a track, 
+ -ite 2 . Cf. ichnite.] A fossil trace or track 
of uncertain character, such as may have been 
made by various animals in crawling or other- 
wise. 
Rhabdichnites (rab-dik-ni'tez), n. [NL., also 
Rubdichnites (J. W. Dawson, 1875) : see rhab- 
dichnite.] A hypothetical genus of no defini- 
tion, covering organisms which are supposed 
to have left the traces called rhabdiclmites. 
Rhabdichnites and Eophyton belong to impressions ex- 
plicable by the trails of drifting sea-weeds, the tail-mark- 
ings of Crustacea, and the ruts ploughed by bivalve mol- 
lusks, and occurring in the Silurian, Brian, and Carbonif- 
erous rocks. Dawson, Geol. Hist, of Plants, p. 30. 
rhabdite (rab'dit), n. [< Gr. pa/Mof, a rod, + 
-ite 2 .] 1. One of the three pairs of appendages 
of the abdominal sternites which unite to form 
the ovipositor of some insects. 2. A refrac- 
tive rod-like body of homogeneous structure 
and firm consistency, found in numbers in the 
cells of the integument of most turbellarian 
worms. They may be entirely within these cells, or pro- 
trude from them, are readily pressed out, and often found 
in abundance in the mucus secreted and deposited by the 
worms. The function of the rhabdites seems related to 
the tactile sense. They vary in size and form, and also in 
their local or general dispersion on the body of the worm. 
They are produced in the ordinary epidermic cells, or in 
special formative cells beneath the integument, whence 
they work their way to the surface. Some similar bodies, 
of granular instead of homogeneous structure, are distin- 
guished as pseudo-rhabdites. .See sagittocyst. 
3. A member of the genus Rhabditix. 4. A 
phosphide of iron, occurring in minute tetrago- 
nal prisms in some meteoric irons. 
Rhabdocrepida 
rhabditic (rab-dit'ik), . [< rhabdite + -/<-.] 
Of or pertaining to a rhabdite, in any sense. 
Rhabditis (rab-di'tis), n. [NL. (Dujardin), < 
(ir. /i/Wf, a rod.] A generic name of minute 
nematoid worms of the family Anguilluliilee, 
under which various species of different genera 
of this family have been described in certain 
stages of their transformations. Worms of this 
form develop from the embryo in damp earth, where they 
lead an independent life till they migrate into their host, 
where, after further transformations, they acquire the sex- 
ually mature condition, though this is sometimes attained 
while they are still free. Members of the genera Lepto- 
dera, I'elodera, lihabdonema, and others have been referred 
to Ithabfliiix under various specific names. RhabditiB 
genitalis, a small round worm which has been found In 
the urine. 
rhabdium (rab'di-um), n. [NL., < Gr. , 
a rod.] 1. PI. rhabdia (-a). A striped muscu- 
lar fiber. [Rare.] 
The voluntary muscles of all vertebrates and of many 
invertebrates consist of fibers, the contents of which are 
perfectly regularly disposed in layers and transversely 
striped. For shortness, this striped mass may be called 
rhabdia. Nature, XXXIX. 45. 
2. [_cap.] A genus of coleopterous insects. 
fichaum, 1861. 
Rhabdocarpus (rab-do-kar'pus), n. [NL., < 
Gr. p&jiSog, a rod, + Kapir6f, fruit.] A generic 
name given by Goppert and Berger, in 1848, to 
a fossil fruit of very uncertain affinities. Speci- 
mens referred to this genus have been described by vari- 
ous authors as occurring in the coal-measures of France, 
Germany, England, and various parts of the United States. 
rhabdoccel (rab'do-sel), a. Same as rhabdocos- 
lous. 
Rhabdocoela (rab-do-se'la), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
pafifof, a rod, + xoi/of, hollow.] A prime di- 
vision of turbellarian worms, 
forming a suborder of Tur- 
bellaria, contrasted with Den- 
drocaila (which see), contain- 
ing small forms whose intes- 
tine, when present, is straight 
and simple. Thebodyiscylindric 
(as compared withotherflatwormsX 
but more or less flattened; the 
sexual organs are usually her- 
maphrodite ; there is no anus (see 
Aprocta), but a mouth, the position 
of which varies extremely in differ- 
ent genera, and usually a protru- 
sile pharynx or buccal proboscis. 
In most forms the alimentary canal 
is distinct ; in others (see Acoela) it 
is not fairly differentiated from 
the general digestive parenchyma. 
There are numerous forms of this 
group, mostly inhabiting fresh 
water, though some are marine. 
They live on the juices of small 
worms, crustaceans, and insects, 
which they suck after enveloping 
their prey in a sort of mucus se- 
creted by the skin and containing 
rhabdites. (See rhabdite, 2.) The 
group is divided, mainly upon the 
character of the intestine, into three 
sections : (1) Acaely, without differ- 
entiated intestine, represented by 
the family Convolutidse ; (2) Rhabdo- 
<xda proper, with definite intesti- 
nal tract, a nervous system and ex- 
cretory organs present, compact 
male and female generative glands, 
complicated pharynx, and general- 
ly no otoliths embracing numer- 
ous forms of several different fami- 
lies, both of fresh and salt water ; 
(3) AUceoccela, resembling (2), but 
with otoliths, represented by one 
family, Sfonotidse. Another divi- 
sion, based mainly upon the position or other character of 
the mouth, is directly into a number of families, as Convo- 
Ivtidse, Opisthomidgp, Derostomidfe, MexostomidtK, Prostomi- 
dte, and Microstomidai. Also called Rhabdoccelida. 
rhabdocoelan (rab-do-se'lan), n. and a. [< Rhab- 
docoela + -an.] I. . A member of the Rhab- 
docoela. 
II. a. Same as rhabdoccelous. 
Rhabdocoalida (rab-do-se'li-da), n. pi. [NL., 
< KhaMoccela + -ida.] Same as Rhabdocoela. 
rhabdocoelidan (rab-do-se'li-dan), a. and n. 
[<. Rliabdoccelida + -an.] I. a. Of or pertaining 
to the Rliabdocoelida. 
II. ;/. A member of the Rhabdoccelida. 
rhabdoccelous (rab-do-se'lus), a. [< Gr.pafiiof, 
a rod, + KOMof, hollow.] Having, as a turbel- 
larian, a simple straight digestive cavity; of 
or pertaining to the Rhabdocoela. 
Rhabdocrepida (rab-do-krep'i-da),.^7. [NL., 
< Gr. pdfldof, a rod, + apr/iris (icpi/7ri6-). a founda- 
tion.] A suborder or other group of lithisti- 
dan tetractinellidan sponges, with diversiform 
desmas produced by the various growth of 
silica over uniaxial spicules. The families Mi - 
i/aiiinriiiidse and Micromoriiiidx represent this 
group. 
A Species of Opistho- 
<num. illustrating * t " 
rtructure of Rh 
a, central nervous sys- 
water-vascular vessels ; 
b, mouth ; c, proboscis ; 
d, testes ; e, vasa defe- 
rentia ; f, vesicula semi- 
nalis ; g , penis : h. sex- 
ual aperture ; t. vagi- 
na ; A, sperm n theca ; /, 
gennarium ; >", vttella- 
rium ; , uterus with two 
ova inclosed in hard 
shells. 
