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RED

( 53°

R E E

Ihe oorth "od

.11

Ihe o,her poio" of !he eompaC, are fixed

aod immoveable.

The mo\'eable campar,

reprefents

the

marinen,

com·

paCs, .io whieh the nonh aod all other poiats are liable

vcHiation.

l o the eeotre o( the moveable eomp'Cs is falleoed a Glk

thread, long enough

reach

the.out~de

of the fixed como

pJfs . But,

{he ¡nnrument be made of wood, there is

iodex ¡nílead

che thread .

Ils ufe is

find (he varia,tion

the compars, to

ree–

tify

the couríe

fea; having lhe

amplitude

or azimu th

given.

R ECT IFIER , iD !he dinillery, the perfoo whofe employ–

ment ir is

take the

cOi\rre

malt-fpirit of the mah·(1d.

ler, and rediHi)

to a 6ner and

bett,er

Jiqlior.

R ECTILINE.'\R, io geometry. r;ght-lioed: !hus figure,

whofe pcrimeter conCiRs of right lioes, are

raid

to be rec–

tilinear.

R ECTITUDE. in philofophy, refers either

the aa of

judgiI}g or of willing: and therefore whatever

cO,mes

un–

dt r (he

denomination of reélitude is either what is

trU~,

or wh.. is good

thefe being the ooly objeas abou! which

lhe mind exercifes

l\Va (dculues o( judging and

wilJing.

~1oral

rellitude, or uprighrners,

the chuGng and

pcrfuing thoft! thíngs which lhe mind, upon due inquiry

and aueotion, c1early perceives

good; and a\'oid–

ing

-rhofe that are evil.

R ECTOR, a term applied ·to feveral perfoos whofe olliee.

are very different: as,

T he reaor of a parifh is a

c1erg)'man that has the charge and cure of a parirh,

and

poí!'eí!'e••11 the tythes,

&c.

The fame o, me is alfo

given

rhe chief eleltive officer in feve ral foreig n uní–

verfitic:s, pan icularly

that of Pdris.

Reélor is alCo

ured in reveral caovent! for the fupe ríor officer who go–

veros the hOtlfc: and lhe Jefuits give this name tO the

fuperiors of fuch of their houfes as are eit'her feminaries

ór eolleges . .

R ECT ORY, a parifh_chulch,

parfoo.ge

, or fpiritual li–

ving. wuh

all

itS

rights. tythes, and glebes.

R ECT UM, in ao..o!)'ly, the third aod J.n of the large io_

teClines or gurs. See AN ATO MY , p.

261.

R ECTUS, in anarolny.

name

common to feveral pair of

mufe!'es, fo call ed

aeeouo! of the nraigbtnefs of their

libres

See ANATOMY,

Part

R ECURRENTS, iD aoatomy, a oame giveo !O fever.1

Jarge branches of oerves fenl out by tbe

par

vagum [rom

the upper pan or the thorax to the larynx .

RECURVIROSTR A, in oroithology, a genus

b~longing

to the order of grall:i:_ T be be.k is fubulated, beo!

b~ck,

fharp and ft<xible

the paio! ; the fee! are web–

bed, and furoifhed with three toes. T here is but one

fpecie"

viz.

the avocena, a narive of the routhero pans

of Europe. It migrates ioto !taly, bUl feldom lO tbe

north.

RECUSANTS, fueh perfoos as ackoowledge the pope lo

be lhe fupreme head

the chu rcb. and refufe tO acknow–

Jedge the kiog's fupremaey; who are heoee called po–

pifh re:cufants. Thefe are in EnglanJ charged with dou–

ble taxes.

DOl

merely as RomaOlfts but as recll fa nts .

RED, one of the fimple or primary eolours of oatural bo-

dies, or rather of the rays

lighr. See QpT ICS .

RED , in dyine, is ooe of

lhe

five fl'mple or mother c%urs.

Som~

:eekon fix kiDds or eans of red,

viz.

fearlet red,

crim ron red, nl:"dder reJ, half_grain red, livt:ly orange

red , an.! fe.lrl.. of coehio:aJ: but they m. y be all red.–

ccd tO the rhree f",lIowing. according to the thrt:e prin –

CIpal drugs wlHch giv:

thl!

colours,

fliz.

the kermes

co·

chincCll.

and

maddtr.

RED . io herJldry. See GULES.

RED

RUSSIA,

or LITTl.E

RUSS IA,

provinc..eofPol.lOd

bl)unued by

the

pro\·ince of P"le{ia, on

th~

nQlth ;

'Volhinia aoJ Podolia

{he

ea{.t; by the Carp.dlllan

mououins, which divide it from T raofilvania aod Huo–

g"y.

the foutn; aod by the provioce uf Liule Po–

land,

on the wen; being l\VOhundred nllJes long, and

one

h:.lndr~d

broad.

R ED -SEA feparates Afia from Afriea.

REDDLE, a fofr, hea,y, red marle, of grea! ufe ia co–

Jounng; and bc,ng w"fhed and frecd from its Cand. is

ofleo fold by our drugg,(!s under the

o.me

bole-ar~

m~nIC.

REDEMPTION, io law, a f.culty or right of re_eoteriog

upoo laods,

'that have beeo lold and afligoed, upon

reimburGng the purchafe-mooey with legal eoans .

R EDENS, io fortibeatioo, a kiod ofwork iodented io forAl

of lhe teeth of

faw, wirh faliam and re-entering ¡ogles,

to the end that ene pan may fllnk or defend another.

calJed faw·work and indented-work.

REDINTEGRATI ON, in the civil

J~w,

tbe a(l of re–

fionng a perron to the enjC'lyment of

thing wnereof he

had been dleg.lly dlfpoí!'eí!'ed .

REDOUBT, ro fOrtlbcatioo, a fma ll fquare fOr!, witholl!

any

defence but in (ront, uCed

trenches, lines

cir–

cumvallatlon . contravallarion, and approach;

alfo for

!he lodging' of eorps de gard, and tO defeod paí!'.ges.

RE'DRE SI NG, the reéldymg or fettiog any thiog nraigln

agalo.

moral fenfe. to redrefs grievaDCes. is tOrefarm and

remove them.

To redrefs a llag, among hunters, is to pUl him offhis

ch;mges.

R E DRUTH, a market-towo of CorowaU, Gtuated 6fty

mdes fouth .we!! of L auocenon.

R EDUBBORS, thofe who buy noleo cloaths,

&c.

and,

tO che end they may noe be known, convert them ioto

fome other forOl, or change the colour,

t/:!(.

R EDUCTION. io the fchools, a manoer of briogiog a

term or propofition,

which

was bt:fore oppoGte tO

fome

o·

ther,

be equiv.tlent to

ir.

RED UCT ION. lnarithmetick. SeeARITHMET ICJt, p.

380.

REO UCTIOS, in fl1'gery. denolés an operarion \thereby

dlOocated. luxClted, or fraltured bODe

ref1:ored to ils

former Oate o.r place.

R EDUC TJ OS, in SCOIS law. See

LAW.

T ic

xxx.

REDU

DANCY, a fault io difeou,fe, coofifltog io the

ufe of a fuperflul' y o( wo,d,_ W ords perfetll y I'ynooy–

mous are redundaor, and ought to be retrenched.

R EED, io botany. See ARU"DO.

REEF.

a term In oA.vigation. When there is a great gaJe

of wiod. they eommooly roll up pan of the f..1 below,

that by this means

may become the narrower. ¡ nd DOl

dra\V fo much wind; which contratling or taklng up the

f.il

, they eall a reer, or r«Gog Ihe f. il: fo alfo wheo a

top-man is fprung. as 1hey cdll ir, that ¡s, when ie is

cracl.ed

. or a!meH broken in the cap, rhey CUI off Ihe

lower picce that

\'. as neu

brokcn

úff,

and feuing thl!other

part,