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Rewe (r), v. t. & i. To rue. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Rew"el bone` (?). [Perh. from F. rouelle, dim. of roue a wheel, L. rota.] An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone.

His saddle was of rewel boon.

Chaucer.

Rew"et (r"t), n. [See Rouet.] A gunlock. [R.]

Rew"ful (?), a. Rueful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Re*win" (?), v. t. To win again, or win back.

The Palatinate was not worth the rewinning.

Fuller.

Rewle (?), n. & v. Rule. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Rewme (?), n. Realm. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Re*word" (?), v. t. 1. To repeat in the same words; to reëcho. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To alter the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to reword an idea or a passage.

Re*write" (?), v. t. To write again. Young.

Rewth (?), n. Ruth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Rex (?), n.; pl. Reges (#). [L.] A king.

To play rex, to play the king; to domineer. [Obs.]

Reyn (?), n. Rain or rein. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Rey"nard (?), n. An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard.

Reyse (?), v. t. To raise. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Reyse, v. i. [Cf. G. reisen to travel.] To go on a military expedition. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Rha*bar"ba*rate (?), a. [From NL. rhabarbarum, an old name of rhubarb. See Rhubarb.] Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb. Floyer.

{ Rha*bar"ba*rin (?), or Rha*bar"ba*rine (?) }, n. (Chem.) Chrysophanic acid.

Rhab"dite (?), n. [Gr. "ra`bdos a rod.] 1. (Zoöl.) A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.

2. (Zoöl.) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.

||Rhab`do*cœ"la (rb`d*s"l), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + ||koi^los hollow.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of Turbellaria including those ||that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an ||intestine.

Rhab`do*cœ"lous (-ls), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Rhabdocœla.

Rhab*doid"al (?), a. See Sagittal.