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R . R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, ?? 178, 179, and 250-254. "R is the dog's letter and hurreth in the sound." B. Jonson.
In words derived from the Greek language the letter h is generally written after r to represent the aspirated sound of the Greek "r, but does not affect the pronunciation of the English word, as rhapsody, rhetoric.
The English letter derives its form from the Greek through the Latin, the Greek letter being derived from the Ph?nician, which, it is believed, is ultimately of Egyptian origin. Etymologically, R is most closely related to l, s, and n; as in bandore, mandole; purple, L. purpura; E. chapter, F. chapitre, L. capitulum; E. was, were; hare, G. hase; E. order, F. ordre, L. ordo, ordinis; E. coffer, coffin.
The three Rs, a jocose expression for reading, riting, and rithmetic, -- the fundamentals of an education.
Ra , n. A roe; a deer. Chaucer.
Ra-. A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-.
Raash , n. The electric catfish.
Rab , n. A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.
Rab"at , n. A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
Rab"bet , v. t. 1. To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
Rab"bet, n.
Rabbet joint , a joint formed by fitting together rabbeted boards or timbers; -- called also rabbet. -- Rabbet plane, a joiner's plane for cutting a rabbet. Moxon.
Rab"bi , n.; pl. Rabbis or Rabbies. Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law. "The gravest rabbies." Milton.
Be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren.
Matt. xxiii. 8.
Rab"bin , n. Same as Rabbi.
a. Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins. "Comments staler than rabbinic." Lowell.
We will not buy your rabbinical fumes.
Milton.
Rab"bit , n. Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species , which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.
The common American rabbit is similar but smaller. See Cottontail, and Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack. The larger species of Lepus are commonly called hares. See Hare.
Angora rabbit , a variety of the domestic rabbit having long, soft fur. -- Rabbit burrow, a hole in the earth made by rabbits for shelter and habitation. -- Rabbit fish. The northern chimaera . Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, as the bur fish, and puffer. The term is also locally applied to other fishes. -- Rabbits' ears. See Cyclamen. -- Rabbit warren, a piece of ground appropriated to the breeding and preservation of rabbits. Wright. -- Rock rabbit. See Daman, and Klipdas. -- Welsh rabbit, a dish of which the chief constituents are toasted bread and toasted cheese, prepared in various ways. The name is said to be a corruption of Welsh rare bit, but perhaps it is merely a humorous designation.
Rab"ble , n. An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.
Rab"ble, v. t. To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
Rab"ble, v. i. To speak in a confused manner.
Rab"ble, n. 1. A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng.
I saw, I say, come out of London, even unto the presence of the prince, a great rabble of mean and light persons.
Ascham.
Jupiter, Mercury, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, and the whole rabble of licentious deities.
Bp. Warburton.
The rabble, the lowest class of people, without reference to an assembly; the dregs of the people. "The rabble call him ?lord.'" Shak.
Rab"ble, a. Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar. Dryden.
Rab"ble, v. t. 1. To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate. Macaulay.
The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates themselves rabbled on their way to the house.
J. R. Green.
And still, as he refused it, the rabblement hooted.
Shak.
Rab"bler , n. A scraping tool for smoothing metal.
Rab"ble-rout` , n. A tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng.
Rab"id , a. 1. Furious; raging; extremely violent.
The rabid flight Of winds that ruin ships.
Chapman.
Ra"bot , n. A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished. Knight.
||Ra"ca , a. A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning "worthless."
Whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council.
Matt. v. 22.
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