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~ininguinlcs goorl frllm evil, truth from (,tlfchooJ, Óc.
See L') C 1C amt MET APUYS I CS.
REASON ING, J~ AT l oe I'AT lOS, Ih< exereire of Ihe f.·
cuh)' of the Olind c.d l::d ""::Ifon; or it is an "a or ort'ra·
tion of lhe mind, deducing fome unknown pr"poliuon
froOl other pr(:vj,lUs one" Ihat are ev,dcnt anJ known.
SecLoG lc , ;¡nd M ET,\rHYSICS.
RER .' or R ER AT Ertl EN T, in commcrce, a term Oluch
ured .It AIll{rerdam, ror an all.ltcment in the price of f,:_
vt!ral cornmodn ics, whcn lhe bu)'cr infh:ad of taking time
aJ v..I.ncl!s rt',,(iy moncy.
R EH :\TEMENT, in heraldry, • diminUlion orabalemenl
orthe b!!iHitlgs in ;.¡ coal of anns .
REIIE L, • lo,"n ofGermany, in Ihe duehy of M eeklen.
hu rJ!h. thiny {\\lO miles (auto.can of UuU row.
R EIIELLION, a Irailer" ". I.k,ng "p o( acms againfllhe
klng by his owo nalural fU 'Jjeéts, or thore formerly fub~
oueo.
R EBU5, in a:nigmalical reprerenlalion o( rome name, &e.
by ufing figu,t:!¡ or piéturcs infte;\d ofwords. or parts of
worJs. Cilrnden men tioos an mtl.lnce of this abCurd kind
of wir in a ga ll~nt, wh-o exprt'fl"ed his love l O a woman)
named R ore H tl l, by palnting in lhe border of his
a rnJe-. a hill. Oln ey~. a 10llG and a '1uel/ ; which, In lhe
11, Ie o( Ihe rebus, reads, n.¡, H'¡I, 1 loo! '1J)cl! T his
kind of wit \Vas loog pn\l~lirt!d hy lhe greou. \Vho tuúk lhe
paills to find ~evices (or their names. le \'las however.
h.ppily ridieulcd by Ben J ohnron, io Ihe humo ,rous
dercription of Abel D lllgger':; dc-vice, in the Alche01iH j
and by l he Spe~ ator. in lhe d<!vlce of lack of N t:wberry;
al wl"l;1cll time the rehu3) being ralfed lO (jgn. po~ts, Wd.S
grown out of (afhion al cou n .
R EAUTTER, in law, ,hc defendwl's .nfwer ' o Ihe plan.
tiff's fur rejoinder) in a cauCe dt:pcnding in the coun of
cha ncery. 6 c
R ECAPITuL!\T ION, is a (u mm>fY. or a eoneife .od
traníienl enumeration uf the principal things infilled 011 In
, he preecd ing difeour(e, whe«by Ihe (orce o( Ihe ",hole
is col/eéted ioto one view. •
R ECEIVER , in pneum"ics, • ·vdfel (or eo" taining
lhe ,hing 00 whlch an exptriment in the air·pump is lO
be made. See P NIiU MATI CS .
R ECEPTACU L UM eHY L!. See AN .'TOMY , p 28 2.
R ECH :\ BITES, a kiod of religiou. order amoog Ihe ano
eienl J ews, infli,uled by J onada" Ihe ron of R eehab,
eomprchending only his O\VD (,mily and poHerilY .
Theír foundcr r rcCcribcd lhel1l th rce thlngs: lidl, nOl
la drink an y wine ; fecondly. nOl tO bl1;ld any honres,
b UI to dwdl io tenu;; and thircHy. not to fow <iny corn,
or plaol vines. 1 'hcfc rults lhe Rcchotbitcs oLCt.rvcd
grea! (Irit1nefs,
REC IPE, in medicinl'!, a prefcl'ip,ioo or remc~dy. lO be
taken by a patlt"l1\; lo cotllcd becaufc alw.\ys u: g,oning
with the word rfcip~. i. e. la~~ ; which is g!ilerally de–
"oled bJ lhe abbrevla' ure I~.
R E C I P I ENT. Ihe wilh re« iver. •
REC IPROCA L, in gener,l, fonlelhing Ih1l ;s mUlOal, cr
which i, réturn!:d c'lually un bOlh lides, or that affc~ts
l,.oth pH tics ahkt:.
R F..C IPRoe AL T E P. ~1S , :¡mno~ logici;.ms . ttrc thore which ha ve
lhe:: r.unt fjgrldiouioo; ;,¡ nJ cUfI!c<l"c.:otly are cunvcrul>!e,
ur m;¡y be ufca (ur cach othcr.
~ E(ll·P.OCj\ L l' ICl' Rl:.S1 iD C':offi(. try, lhuf ... \\'~)iCh have
R E e
lhe: antcccdents and' ('onfequenu of die filme rAlic in Lo:b
fi l1l1rf'S. S t'\' GEO"'l ~ TRY .
R U ': ITATIVO, in nlllr"k , • kind of r,ne'ng Ih.. di!fu.
bUI I¡ttle (rolO ordinary pronunci:uion. Iuch tiS lh:u in
which :he (l\'crél l pdrlS of tl1e liturgy ut! reh€'¡¡,rf\d in ca–
thededls ; or th:n Wh(.·TCio lhe aétors comlllonly deli\'er
lhemfdVl's on lhe thcalrc al lhe oper ~ . \:.hen Ihcy art: to
C)(prc(s fome aébonor p;:l,ffion, la relate fome e\'cnt, or re–
\'l'al fom,! ctdi¡;n. •
RECKON ING, or aj!;ip', RECKONISG. See NA\" IGA.
T I ON.
R ECLl ~ATION o( a plane, in dialline, Ihe nllmb« of
dt'grees which a ph ne Icaos backw:uds (rom an
cxatlly ul'ri~11t or l"ertlcal planc. that is) (rom lhe z(–
nith . Se.! DI AL LI NC.
REC LU SE, amoP.g Ihe Papifls, a perfoo fhul up in. fmall
cell of 'lO hernlilc\ge , or monallcry . ai d CUt (,ff. oot ooly
(rom all convafation with the \Yocld. bUI ('ven Wlth the
houCe This is a kind of voluntrtry Im prifonment . from
a moti\'e eithcr of devotion or penance.
RECOLLECTION , a mode o( Ihinking, by whieh ide..
rOll~ht afler by lhe mind) are found, and brouglH ;¡gai D
t O VIt:W .
RECONNO ITR E, in w~r, 10 view aod examiDe Ihe flale
aod (j ;uiHion of thiogs.
R ECOR D. ao :\utheotic teflimony io wríting, containcd in
rolls ot r 'lrchmcnt) ;; od rreferved in a coun of record .
RECORDE R , a perron whom Ihe mayor and olher magi·
firtttes of a cily or corpol<ltion acrociate lO lhem, (or theír
bctter dircllion in matters of juflice, aod proceed,ngs in
en which account lhis perron is generally a coun–
fellor, or olher perfon wel! tkdled in Ihe l• .v.
The reeorder o( L ondon is chofen by Ihe lord m' yor
2nd aldermeo ; and o as he is held 10 be the mouth of the
ci ty, he ddivers lile judgmeot 01" the COllrtS therein, and
r('cords and certifies lhe city_cunoms .
RECOURSE o . DI LLS, io Seols law. See L Aw, Ti..
xxi. 12.
REC R EMENT, in ehemiflry, f"me f" per8uou, m.ller fe·
par:Hed (rom Come othcr th?t is ~\(eful : in which reofe i.t
is the fame Wilh (cariz , freces, and eXCTcmcnts. See
CH EM I ST RY. •
R ECR IM INATION, io I"w, ao . ceufalion broughl by
lhe accufed ag:linCl lhe accufer upon lhe [~me r"ll.
R ECRU ITS, in miliJary . !fairs, new.nifeo foldi c" , de–
figncd 10 fupply Ihe place o( Ihore who h.\"e lofl Iheir
hn.s in lhe (el\'i..:e, or are dlfahled by age or wounds.
RI:.CT A 'G L E , in.geomery. Ihe fame wi<ll a righ,·.ogled
pM:\!h."hgldUL Sl'e GEofla T R Y.
R ECl I F1C!\TIOl , iJl ehemiflry, is no<l,iog bUI Ihe re·
pt!tition of a dlndl.nion or r\.bllmation f~v'-'ral times, io
crder 10 render lhe [uu(LolOce purer, Gner, anJ fret:r from
a'1ueous or eJ!'thy palt ~. .
H ECTlFIER , in n..vigadon. an i.. OrutTicnt conG!1l ng of
t wO parts) v hich :¡rc t\Vo cin;)cs cilher laid ene ~pon . e:r
I:::t ioto, Ihe other, and Ca faH ened lo~cther 10 lhclr
centr<s. t ha~ they rerreCcnt t WO ("omp;dr~s, che fixed,
the other mClve3ble; c'l"h of th( m dlvlc..Ied ioto the lhir·
ty-t wo roiots of lhe compa/s. ;¡nd thrce hur.dlcd (ix·
ty dc:grccs, ~ od numbclcd both W<ly~, from lht! f\orth
and Ihe [:>\tlh, c:.odlng ;\t lhe can Oll1d \Ven, in nioety
d('~r('f:'s. • •
'[ he tixcd comrafs I r r .C(COlS ,he hOtlZOD, 10 which.
lile