628 / 868
R E S
549
bcing the fam:: with Ih e
C~rl1r",
which, in
"Iex:\odrinc:
verfes, f,lIs on ,he fi.,h fyllable; but in ver(es of ten or
eleven fyll"bl., . on the fourth.
R ESTAUR.'\ TION, ,he atl ofre.dhblilhing or fetting.
thing
¡oin
former good
n.HC.RESTlrUrION, in a moral and leg,1 fen!e, is refloring
a perron to his
nghtj
or
returOlng fOlllcthing
unjo,J(lJy.tol.–
kcn or detainc.:.1 from him.
RESTITUTI ON
of pudah.
or RtsT"ITu 'rED
MEDALS,
is
a term
uled by
antiqu ....ries, for fuch nledals as \Vere
(lruck
by
Ihe emperors, lO retrieve lhe memory
oC
thelr
prede–
edror.
Hence, in feveral medals we
~nd
lhe
Jeuers
R
EST.
T his praélice was 6rfl begoo by CI. udius, by his anklng
af"al fevual medal, of Augurlus. Nero did ,he f,me ;
and T itus, after his
fdther's
example, firuck
reClilulÍon,
of mofl' of hi, predecerfors. G,lIienus Ilruck a general re–
filtution of all ,he preceding
emperors,
00
two
mtdal~,
the one bearing an altar, the other
3n
eagle,
withOUl lhe
RE ST o
R ESTIVE, or Rony , in .he manege, a flubboro, unruly,
iII-brokeo hode, ,h.. Ilop', or ruos back, inClead of ad–
vancing forward .
R ESTORATION, the fame wi,h refl.uralion. See RE'
STAURATION.
. In
Eogl.nd, ,he re'urn of king Charles
n.
iD
1460,
¡s,
by
way of eminence, called (he
Reltoratlon
i
and the
29th
of
May is kept as an ann,verfary fellivaJ. in comme·
moralior, of rita' even!, by which .he reRal and eplfcopal
government \Vas reltored .
R ESTOR '\TIVE, in medicine, a remedy proper for re·
floring ar.d retrieving ,he Ilrtng.h and vigour bo,h of ,he
body and animal fpirits. '
AH under
Ihis
c1ars, fays
~incy.
are ralher nutri·
mental then
medicinal;
and are more admini{lred to re–
pair lhe wattes of the cooftitution, Ihan lO alter and ree–
lify
irs difordels.
R ESTRICTION , ,mong logici.n" i, limi,ing a 'erm, fo
as
'0
m, ke
j,
fignify lefs ,han i, ufuaJly doe•.
RESTRINGENT, in medicine, the fame wi,h aflr¡ngent.
See
í\S1' R I NGENT 8.
RESULT,
wiltlt
is
gathered from a conference, inquiry,
medltadon, ar the like; or the conclufioo and
effea
thereor
R ESURRECTlON, in .heology, rifin·g again from ,he
dead: or a perfon's
retul
ning
lO
a Cecond Jjfe , with new
boJdy
orgaos, adíloptc:d
la lhe
Hate of iu new
exitlenre.
Gne of
lh,e
greatell argum"ots (or
the
rnnh
of Ch nlli ·
anity is drawn (rol11
lhe
rcforreé\ion
o(
oor SlVinor;
Ihe
circumltances
of
whieh are
handee!
clown
10
us
10
(o
pl.!ln
and dirlin[t a mannt!r
by
the
evangeli~l s,
as make the
e_
vid<nce
of
lhis
imp'Jrt4nt
trulh amoun l lO
a
dC:Olonflra:
tion.
ChriOians generally believe, ,hat at the d.y of judRe–
meot, the very
ídeotic~1
hody they hAve now, with Ihe
f.meflelh, blood, ano bones, will be raifed from-the
<lead .
R ESUSCITAT ION, ,he fame wi,h refurreélion and revi·
vifieation. See the prcceding anide.
The lcrm rtfu(eit:llioo however, ís more pu ticularly
~fed
by cholOill " lor ,he reproJu:ing , mixed body (r',OI
lU
¡sOles;
an art
to
which many hdV( pretendtd, as
tO
reproduce pl.OlS,
Ve.
from ,heir alhts,
n
E.
T
RETAlL. in commerce, is ,he felliog of good, in fo,,1I par·
ed s, ,o oppof.iuon to wholefdle. See COMMERC¡.
RET."1 E R, a feryan, \Vho does not contlnually dwtll iD
!he haule:
oC
his
malter,
bUl ooJy altCnd5 u1'0o Jpc:eial oc·
e.diolls.
RETAINING
FEO,
,he fil'fl fee given
10
a ferjean. or
counfellor
al
law, in order to makc him
Cure,
and prevcot
hi:J
pleading
on lhe contrary fideo
RET ALI.'\TION, among clvilians, ,he aél of returning
"ke f,'r Ilke
RETARDATION, in
phyr.cs, the.éIof dimiuilhio j¡ ,he
velocity ofa moving body. See ME CHAN ' C'.
RETE
MIRA 8 1LE,
in analOmy, a CmalJ plexus, or oet_work.
of
ve{ft:!s in the braio. furrouoding
lhe
pituitary gland .
See ANATOMY, p. 286.
RETENTlON, is der.ncd, by Mr Locke.
'0
be a facul.y
of {he mind, whereby it keeps, or retai05, !hoCe limple
ideas
jI
has once received
J
by (eoCatioD or reBcélion. See
METAPHYSI CS.
RE'·ENT
I
ON is . 1(0 "fed, in medicine,
Ve.
for .he flate of
contratlion in the fol ids or vafcular
parts.ofthe
body,
which m,kes ,hem hold fafl their proper con,eolS. In
this (eore, reteotion is oppofed to evacuation and excre·
tion.
R ETIARll , in an,iqui.y, a kiod of gladialOrs, ,hus deno·
min.ned from a net which' they made ufe of agamft their
ant~gon¡ns,
who were called feclItorés, aDd fornetimes
mirmll1ones .
Thi, net they earried under ,heir buckler, aod when
opportu níty ferved,
eall ir
over
tlJe head
of
their antago–
ni!t, aod In (lIi5 condí tion killed
him
with a tcideot
which
they bore in the other hand.
R ETFOR:D . a borough-,own of Noltioghamlhire, [¡,uated
twcnty· five miles non h of Nottingham.
lt
fends
tW(
members to parliament.
RETICULA, or R E
r' CULS,
in aflronomy, a eontrivanee
for ,he exaél mealonng ,he quantity of eclipfos.
The
rel'icl1le
is
~a
IHtle
frame,
confiliing of
thirtcea
fin e rilken threads, equidi'lao! from eaeh other, and
pa–
rall:l, placed in ,he focus of obj<éI.gl.lfes of ,elefcope, ;
that ¡s, in lhe
place
where lhe
Image
oE
the
Iuminar~
is
painted
in its full ex.ttnr: of confequence,
thererore,
lhe
diameter of
lhe
fun or moon
is
hereby feen divlded ioto
twdve equal pans
or
digits; fo tha!, to fiod
lhe
quanti ty
or lhe ecl'pCe, there
is
oothing tO do bu(
to
number the
Juminoll5 and dark pans. As a fquare rericule is only
proper for
(he
diame!er
I
nOl
for (he
eircumference, of
the JUnJinary,
it
1s fometimes made circullir by
drawing
(ix
conclntric equidíflant
cireJes. This rcpreCents the
phafes of ¡he ec(¡pfe perfeélly.
C.rpuJ
RETICULARE, iD anatomy. SeeAN·ATOMY,
p.
2
¡
5.
R ET!N ,I , io analomy. See ANATOMV , p. ,89·.
RE J'l NU E, Ihe mendants or folJowers of a prioce or per–
lonof ql1ality, chiefly in a·journey.
RETIRAD'E, in foni6cation, a kind of retrenchment
",ade
in
the
body
of
a banioo,
or olher'work,
which
is
10
be di!'puted . inch by inch, .f,er ,he dorences are dif·
mantl<d.
lt
ufo,lIy conlifls o( two faces, which making
a:rc~entcring
:mgle,
when a
breach. is made in a ba(bon.
the
enemy may alfo make a retirade or new Tonification
hehind
it.
RETLJNGEN, ao imperial ci'
y.ofGe,many, in ,he eircle
or.