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550

>(Jf

:lhi:1.and

hlchyof

\Virtembcrg, (ituattd in E. Jong.

9°. N.

1.1.

48° 18 .

R'ET ORT. on

ch.mil

~ry.

See CHEMIST<V. p. 110.

'RETR -\CT S,

am"'>0g

horfemen.

pncks

in a

horrc·S/cd.

anfing

fr C\m

(he !"!ln lt

Ihe

farrier In

dI¡\'íog n:l1ls

thal

..re weíl.k, or in driving them ill pointc.d, or othcrw¡fe

"mifs.

'RETR ENCHll'!ENT . liler. lly fi gnifi" rornelhing CUl off

or (3"en from a

I b ing ~

which

[eofe

the

fCiOle

with

fubt ri\(}ion . di minulio n,

be.

..R E~r R tNl.:Hr-1EN T .

in (·he

<\rt

\t':\r, any kind of \York

raifed to caver a

pon,

<lnd fortify

il:

agttinf1 Ihe enemy.

fllCh

as rafcines

IOíUkd "'¡lh cClnh , gambioDs, barreis af

ean h.

fand.bdgs, and gcnerall y

all thiogs thar

can

cover

I he meo

anO

(tO('l Ihe enerny.

Sec

F OR TI FI CATIO N.

\R ¡;:TIUBUTION•• h.ndfonlf pr<f<nl. g....Uily. or ac·

knowlcn).!nlent, given inflead of ..

forma l fll.lary or hire

tOpeifons employed io affairs that do

nOl fa

imm.ediarely

f.dl

uoder eílimatioo, oor withio the ordinary t:ommerce

nmner .

R ETR OCESSION. lhe .a of going backward, ; more

ufu:.lly calJed retrogreffion. or retrogradation. See the

Dext artid e.

R ET ROCESS l oN o( lhrrqu;l1ox.

See

ASTRONOMY ,

p·S61 .

R ETROGRADATION, lhe aa or eflea of • lhing mo–

'\'i l'lg backwards.

Retrograde motion of the plaoets. See

A ' TRONOMY~

448.

.iR.ETROMI NGENT S, in nalural hillory. a claf, or di–

vir,oll of anlmals, whofe charaékril1ic

is that lbey nale,

t1l3ke water, backw:\rds, bOlh male aod fe male.

REVE. R EEVE, or G"'VE. the bailiff of a f"nchife. or

manor. Ihu; c.•lltd . erpemlly in lhe w

Englan~.

Hroce

(hire

reve,

rhenff

pon -greve,

&c.

R E VEILLE. a bea! of drum about break uf d.y. to eive

n6tice lhar it is time for the foldiers

arife, and that lhe

feotries are

forbear challenging.

REVEL . a port.town of Li vonia, fi tuated .. the fouth en·

Ir.nce of Ihe gulph of Finland : E . long. 24°. N.

lat. 59

•

REVEL AT lON. lhe aa of revealing. or maki ng a thing

public that was befare uoknowo :

is alfo ufed for the

difcove rie, made by God lOhi, prophers. and by them

the world ; and more particlllarly for the books o( Ihe

Old and New T ellament. See BISLE , nd RELIG los.

REVE LATI O·N

J ohn.

S"" ANCALVP'E.

REVELS,

emen ainments of danciog, m;({king, aéling

comedies, rarces",

Oc.

anciently very rrcquent in the

inos of court , and in nobleOlcos houles, bm now OllH:h

difured. The ollicer who ha, lhe direaion of the ,evels

ílt

court,

calh:d Ihe maHer of Ihe revels.

R EVENUE. the annu. 1 income • perron receive, fronl

lhe rent o( his, J.mds, houfes, ¡meren:

mooey io lhe

llock,.

&c.

R EVENUE . in hunting. a fleO,y lump furrned chieAy of a

duller of whiliO, worms on the he.d of d<er. luppored

oecalioD their.calliog lheir horos

gnawing Ihem

the r(lots.

R EVERRER.n :ION. in phyfic,. the aa of a body re·

peJling ur

rtO..

él1,1l.g

mothn "fter

its

imping:ng

Ih~rt'on,

;R EVER 8 EkAT I ON,

ch.:mi(lry, denotes

kind of c¡rcu·

lalioll orIbe f1.lme by me:,"s of a reverbcr4lory.

Sec

,!:;HE . l 1STK Y,

P,· 11 2.

RE VERTlERAT ORY. or R'V ER BH AT'NC rU RNH E.

Se.!

C H f.M I ST R Y ,

11 '2.

REVEI<I:.N!J. a tille

r"rpea given to eccl, fi.llic,.

REV f<#RIE,

thc i.tme wi rh-cit:hriu01,

f';¡VlOg,

or din.radioo.

ur~d

alfo

for

aoy

ridiculous, eXlra\'agant im.aglna_

ti 'o, ateiun .or

opólillon,

í\

chimera or \';fion.

But

Ihe moH ordin;:u y ufe

the word, Jmong Enghfh writer;.

is lor

o:'ep

ddorderly

mur.ng

or medulltion,

R l:.VE RSE

o.r a IImlal, co:n.

&c. denolc, lhe fccond <!r

bilck

¡ide. in oppor. úon to Ihe head or principal figu re.

RFVER SION . in Scots l,w See L, w. TII. xV.

RE VIVU:ICATION. in cheOlillry. See RUU'C I,TA_.

T I " N

lU .VOLUTION. in polilie,. fignifie, a grand chang.o.r

t UI

n in goveloment. In which [tofe. the revoluuII" is

uft'd. by way of ernioeoce .

for the

great luro of

,df"l.Irs

England. in ',he ye", 16e8. when klng Jame, JI. abdi·

C.HII\g

the throne, ¡he prmce

,¡nd

pn ncels of Qrange

~:ere

ckdared king anJ quetn of England.

&c.

In geonoo"yo

the

revolution of any figu re, is

its

motion

quite

round

fixed

line.

axis.

T be revolmion of

plilnet, or comet, round the the

fun . is

nOlhing

but ils courfe from

Olny

point of

its

Clrhit till.'lls returtl to the fame.

S~e

AS T RONOMY .

REVULSION. in medicine.

turni~g

a .flux of

humou~s

fruOl one

pilfi:

to another,

bleeding, cupping, (riteion,

finap.fms. bUlers. (omenrations. bathings, dTues, fNon"

ng purging or lhe bowcl, •.

&c.

Se< MEDI CIN&.

RE.YGAT E, or !l-VG AT E. a borough of Surry. Iwenty_

two mil" foulh-well o( Lopdon. lt fend. two members

rarliament

(

REZANSKOJ. the capiral of the province of Rezan, in

Rum.: eaft long. 4

10.

non h lat. SSo .

RHAGADES. in medicine,' deno", ch. p' or cl ef" in any

pU l

{he body

arifing eit; er from any aridity

oE,

the

parts. or

3crimony

the humours

RHAMNUS. in bOlany. a genu, of lho pentandria mODO–

Ryn'. cl.r. . T he calix i, tubu·loft. the lcale, fon ifyin,g

the {l;¡mina

h~s

no corolla. aod {he fruit

a berry.

T h<.>re

íHt'

fpe

'¡es,

n(IOe

of them nat¡ves of

lTaiD~

RHAM PHASTOS. in orn;Ihology. a geDu, belonging to

lhe (·rder ot pICa:

T he

hi}!

i'S

luge convex, and

fe!..

rat('d outwards, ellch {llitnd1ble is crooked inwards

lhe poinl ; Ihe:: ooH,ils are fi tuate bthind lhe bafe uf Ihe

btll

¡ {he rongue relemblts a fea ther ; and the {eer

",oll of the:m ítre fitl l

fo r climbing. T here are e:igh[

frtr.ies .

prin,ip· ..

11Y

ddhn c.idhed

y Ihei r ('olour.

RH :\ PSODI.

rhapfr,doj!, .

anl1~uily .

perfon, who roade

a bul;nefs of

fing.ng

phces

(lf

Horner's

po('ms.

Cuper

¡nlorrns uso th..

the rhdplodi wae clortthed in red when

lhey

ru.~

the l had. , nd in blue ..hen the)' fu ng tbe Od)'f–

ft::Y.

T hey performed

the thcatres,

and

fOOlc1;mes

nruve fo r prizcs in conten, of poelry. finging.

&e.

But

tl'lere fcems tOha\'c bten other rhólpíodi of more an' iqu'ty

than thofe reople, who

cOOlpof~d

lu:,roic poems or I(ln&,

~ rai{e

of herocs

and

tare ..

men, and (u0l! Iheir

0\\'0

compC\f.tlons !rom

\O\\'n lO

town flJr

livclihood, of"hlch

prof(

Homer himldf is laid

be.

RH.\ ['SO J)OM \ CY••n . nci,", kind or divinotion per–

fur lllcJ

I'll chmg

pilrlge

:.t

poel al

haz

Ird,

ard

reJt .

'lllnft.on

al a

1reduqion

of \\'hat

was 10 ('O:I1l: 10

pafs.

R II ..\ PSUDr ,

a..

~Lquíf)',

ti.

dd:':ourr~

\'Cllt:

(ung

(d'CHkJ by a rhapl;'J¡(!. Olhors wil!

hal'~

rh.lr

!ody