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Syn. -- Ludicrous; laughable; amusing; ridiculous -- Risible , Ludicrous , Ridiculous . Risible differs from ludicrous as species from genus; ludicrous expressing that which is playful and sportive; risible , that which may excite laughter. Risible differs from ridiculous , as the latter implies something contemptuous, and risible does not.
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-- Ris"i*ble*ness (#) , n. -- Ris"i*bly , adv.
Rising <Xpage=1245>
Ris"ing (?) , a. 1. Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon .
2. Increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character.
Among the rising theologians of Germany. Hare.
3. Growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation .
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Ris"ing , prep. More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age . [Colloq. & Low, U.S.]
Rising <Xpage=1245>
Ris"ing , n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense).
2. That which rises; a tumor; a boil.
Lev. xiii. 10.
Rising main (Waterworks) , the pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir.
Risk <Xpage=1245>
Risk (?) , n. [F. risque ; cf. It. risco , risico , rischio , Pg. risco , Sp. riesgo , and also Sp. risco a steep rock; all probably fr. L. resceare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut; -- the word having been probably first used among sailors. See Section .] 1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves. Macaulay.
2. (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
To run a risk , to incur hazard; to encounter danger.
Syn. -- Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See Danger .
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Risk , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Risked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Risking .] [CF. F. risquer . See Risk , n. ] 1. To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication .
2. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle .
Syn. -- To hazard; peril; endanger; jeopard.
Risker <Xpage=1245>
Risk"er (?) , n. One who risks or hazards.
Hudibras.
Riskful <Xpage=1245>
Risk"ful (?) , a. Risky. [R.]
Geddes.
Risky <Xpage=1245>
Risk"y (?) , a. Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. "A risky matter."
W. Collins.
Generalization are always risky . Lowell.
Risorial <Xpage=1245>
Ri*so"ri*al (?) , a. [L. ridere , risum , to laugh.] Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles .
Risotto <Xpage=1245>
Ri*sot"to (?) , n. [It.] A kind of pottage.
Risse <Xpage=1245>
Risse (?) , obs. imp. of Rise .
B. Jonson.
Rissoid <Xpage=1245>
Ris"soid (?) , n. [NL. Rissoa , the typical genus ( fr. A. Risso , an Italian naturalist) + -oid .] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa , or family Rissoid\'91 , found both in fresh and salt water.
Rissole <Xpage=1245>
Ris`sole" (?) , n. [F., fr. rissoler to fry meat till it is brown.] (Cookery) A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.
Rist <Xpage=1245>
Rist (?) , obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise , contracted from riseth .
Chaucer.
Rit <Xpage=1245>
Rit (?) , obs. 3d pers. ssing. pres. of Ride , contracted from rideth .
Chaucer.
Ritardando <Xpage=1245>
Ri`tar*dan"do (?) , a. [It.] (Mus.) Retarding; -- a direction for slower time; rallentado.
Rite <Xpage=1245>
Rite (?) , n. [L. ritus ; cf. Skr. r\'c6ti a stream, a running, way, manner, ri to flow: cf. F. rit , rite . CF. Rivulet .] The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry .
He looked with indifference on rites , names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Form; ceremony; observance; ordinance.
Ritenuto <Xpage=1245>
Ri`te*nu"to (?) , a. [It.] (Mus.) Held back; holding back; ritardando.
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Rit`or*nelle" (?) , Ri`tor*nel"lo (?) , n. [It. ritornello , dim. of ritorno return, fr. ritornare to return: cf. F. ritournelle .] (Mus.) (a) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song. (a) A short intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage, in the course of a vocal piece; an interlude.
Ritratto <Xpage=1245>
Ri*trat"to (?) , n. [It.] A picture.
Sterne.
Ritual <Xpage=1245>
Rit"u*al (?) , a. [L. ritualis , fr. ritus a rite: cf. F. rituel .] Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
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Rit"u*al , n. [Cf. F. rituel .] 1. A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual .
2. Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons .
3. A book containing the rites to be observed.
Ritualism <Xpage=1245>
Rit"u*al*ism (?) , n. [Cf. F. ritualisme .] 1. A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.
2. Specifically : (a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc . (b) Also, the principles and practices of those in the Protestant Episcopal Church who sympathize with this party in the Church of England.
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Rit"u*al*ist (?) , n. [CF. F. ritualiste .] One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates or practices ritualism.
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Rit`u*al*is"tic (?) , a. Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.
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Rit"u*al*ly , adv. By rites, or by a particular rite.
Rivage <Xpage=1245>
Riv"age (?) , n. [F., fr. L. ripa bank, shore.] 1. A bank, shore, or coast. [Archaic]
Spenser.
From the green rivage many a fall Of diamond rillets musical. Tennyson.
2. (O.Eng.Law) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
Rival <Xpage=1245>
Ri"val (?) , n. [F. rival (cf. It. rivale ), L. rivales two neigbors having the same brook in common, rivals, fr. rivalis belonging to a brook, fr. rivus a brook. Cf. Rivulet , Rete .] 1. A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner. [Obs.]
If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste. Shak.
2. One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.
&hand; " Rivals , in the primary sense of the word, are those who dwell on the banks of the same stream. But since, as all experience shows, there is no such fruitful source of coutention as a water right, it would continually happen that these occupants of the opposite banks would be at strife with one another in regard of the periods during which they severally had a right to the use of the stream . . . And thus 'rivals' . . . came to be used of any who were on any grounds in more or less unfriendly competition with one another."
Trench.
Syn. -- Competitor; emulator; antagonist.
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Ri"val , a. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
The strenuous conflicts and alternate victories of two rival confederacies of statesmen. Macaulay.
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Ri"val , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rivaled (?) or Rivalled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rivaling or Rivalling .] 1. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love .
2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
To rival thunder in its rapid course. Dryden.
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Ri"val , v. i. To be in rivalry. [Obs.]
Shak.
Rivaless <Xpage=1245>
Ri"val*ess , n. A female rival. [Obs.]
Richardson.
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Ri*val"i*ty (?) , n. [L. rivalitas : cf. F. rivalit\'82 .] 1. Rivalry; competition . [Obs.]
2. Equality, as of right or rank. [Obs.]
hak.
Rivalry <Xpage=1245>
Ri"val*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Rivalries (<?/) . The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition. "Keen contention and eager rivalries ."
Jeffrey.
Syn. -- Emulation; competition. See Emulation .
Rivalship <Xpage=1245>
Ri"val*ship , n. Rivalry . [R.]
B. Jonson.
Rive <Xpage=1245>
Rive (?) , v. t. [ imp. Rived (?) ; p. p. Rived or Riven (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving .] [Icel. r\'c6fa , akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun, Rift , Rivel .] To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles .
I shall ryve him through the sides twain. Chaucer.
The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. Shak.
Brutus hath rived my heart. Shak.
Rive <Xpage=1245>
Rive , v. i. To be split or rent asunder.
Freestone rives , splits, and breaks in any direction. Woodward.
Rive <Xpage=1245>
Rive , n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
Rivel <Xpage=1245>
Riv"el (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Riveled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Riveling .] [AS. gerifled , geriflod , gerifod , wrinkled, geriflian , gerifian , to wrinkle. See Rifle a gun, Rive .] To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers . [Obs.] Pope . " Riveled parchments." Walpole .
Rivel <Xpage=1245>
Riv"el , n. A wrinkle; a rimple. [Obs.]
Holland.
Riven <Xpage=1245>
Riv"en (?) , p. p. & a. from Rive .
River <Xpage=1245>
Riv"er (?) , n. One who rives or splits.
River <Xpage=1245>
Riv"er (?) , n. [F. riv\'8are a river, LL. riparia river, bank of a river, fr. L. riparius belonging to a bank or shore, fr. ripa a bank or shore; of uncertain origin. Cf. Arrive , Riparian .] 1. A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
Transparent and sparkling rivers , from which it is delightful to drink as they flow. Macaulay.
2. Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil .
River chub (Zo\'94l.) , the hornyhead and allied species of fresh-water fishes. -- River crab (Zo\'94l.) , any species of fresh-water crabs of the genus Thelphusa , as T. depressa of Southern Europe. -- River dragon , a crocodile; -- applied by Milton to the king of Egypt. -- River driver , a lumberman who drives or conducts logs down rivers. Bartlett . -- River duck (Zo\'94l.) , any species of duck belonging to Anas , Spatula , and allied genera, in which the hind toe is destitute of a membranous lobe, as in the mallard and pintail; -- opposed to sea duck . -- River god , a deity supposed to preside over a river as its tutelary divinity. -- River herring (Zo\'94l.) , an alewife. -- River hog . (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any species of African wild hogs of the genus Potamoch&oe;rus . They frequent wet places along the rivers. (b) The capybara. -- River horse (Zo\'94l.) , the hippopotamus. -- River jack (Zo\'94l.) , an African puff adder ( Clotho nasicornis ) having a spine on the nose. -- River limpet (Zo\'94l.) , a fresh-water, air-breathing mollusk of the genus Ancylus , having a limpet-shaped shell. -- River pirate (Zo\'94l.) , the pike. -- River snail (Zo\'94l.) , any species of fresh-water gastropods of Paludina , Melontho , and allied genera. See Pond snail , under Pond . -- River tortoise (Zo\'94l.) , any one of numerous fresh-water tortoises inhabiting rivers, especially those of the genus Trionyx and allied genera. See Trionyx .
River <Xpage=1245>
Riv"er (?) , v. i. To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl. [Obs.]
Halliwell.
Rivered <Xpage=1245>
Riv"ered (?) , a. Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country .
Riveret <Xpage=1245>
Riv"er*et (?) , n. A rivulet. [Obs.]
Drayton.
Riverhood <Xpage=1245>
Riv"er*hood (?) , n. The quality or state of being a river. "Useful riverhood ."
H. Miller.
Riverling <Xpage=1245>
Riv"er*ling (?) , n. A rivulet. [R.]
Sylvester.
Riverside <Xpage=1245>
Riv"er*side` (?) , n. The side or bank of a river.
Rivery <Xpage=1245>
Riv"er*y (?) , a. Having rivers; as, a rivery country .
Drayton.
Rivet <Xpage=1245>
Riv"et (?) , n. [F., fr. river to rivet; perh. fr. Icel. rifa to fasten together. Cf. Reef part of a sail.] A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.
With busy hammers closing rivets up.
Shak.
Rivet joint , ∨ Riveted joint , a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets.
Rivet <Xpage=1245>
Riv"et , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Riveted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Riveting .] 1. To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron .
2. To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.
3. Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection .
Rivet and nail me where I stand, ye powers! Congreve.
Thus his confidence was riveted and confirmed. Sir W. Scott.
Riveter <Xpage=1245>
Riv"et*er (?) , n. One who rivets.
Riveting <Xpage=1245>
Riv"et*ing , n. 1. The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
2. The whole set of rivets, collectively.
Tomlinsin.
Butt riveting , riveting in which the ends or edges of plates form a butt joint, and are fastened together by being riveted to a narrow strip which covers the joint. -- Chain riveting , riveting in which the rivets, in two or more rows along the seam, are set one behind the other. -- Crossed riveting , riveting in which the rivets in one row are set opposite the spaces between the rivets in the next row. -- Double riveting , in lap riveting, two rows of rivets along the seam; in butt riveting, four rows, two on each side of the joint. -- Lap riveting , riveting in which the ends or edges of plates overlap and are riveted together.
<-- riveting, adj. causing to be fixed or immobilized, usu. figurative; as, riveting debate. -->
Rivose <Xpage=1245>
Ri*vose" (?) , a. [From L. rivus a brook, channel.] Marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.
Rivulet <Xpage=1245>
Riv"u*let (?) , n. [Earlier rivolet , It. rivoletto , a dim. fr. rivolo , L. rivulus , dim. of rivus a brook. CF. Rival , Rite .] A small stream or brook; a streamlet.
By fountain or by shady rivulet He sought them. Milton.
Rixation <Xpage=1245>
Rix*a"tion (?) , n. [L. rixari , p. p. rixatus , to brawl, fr. rixa a quarrel.] A brawl or quarrel. [Obs.]
Rixatrix <Xpage=1245>
Rix*a"trix (?) , n. [L.] (Old Eng. Law) A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold.
Burrill.
Rixdaler <Xpage=1245>
Rix"da`ler (?) , n. A Dutch silver coin, worth about $1.00.
Rix-dollar <Xpage=1245>
Rix"-dol`lar (?) , n. [Sw. riksdaler , or Dan. rigsdaler , or D. rijksdaalder , or G. reichsthaler , literally, dollar of the empire or realm, fr. words akin to E. rich , and dollar . See Rich , Dollar .] A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler , Riksdaler , and Rixdaler .
&hand; Most of these pieces are now no longer coined, but some remain in circulation.
Rizzar <Xpage=1245>
Riz"zar (?) , v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.] To dry in the sun; as, rizzared haddock . [Scot.]
Roach <Xpage=1245>
Roach (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A cockroach.
Roach <Xpage=1245>