Part 87

Re*bit"ing (r*bt"ng), n. (Etching) The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action of acid. Fairholt.

Re*bloom" (r*blm"), v. i. To bloom again. Crabbe.

Re*blos"som (r*bls"sm), v. i. To blossom again.

Re*bo"ant (r*b"ant), a. [L. reboans, p. pr. of reboare; pref. re- re- + boare to cry aloud.] Rebellowing; resounding loudly. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

Re`bo*a"tion (r`b*"shn), n. Repetition of a bellow. [R.] Bp. Patrick.

Re*boil" (r*boil"), v. t. & i. [Pref. re- + boil: cf. F. rebouillir.] 1. To boil, or to cause to boil, again.

2. Fig.: To make or to become hot. [Obs.]

Some of his companions thereat reboyleth.

Sir T. Elyot.

Re*born" (r*bôrn"), p. p. Born again.

Re*bound" (r*bound"), v. i. [Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.] 1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.

Sir I. Newton.

2. To give back an echo. [R.] T. Warton.

3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope.

Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.

Re*bound", v. t. To send back; to reverberate.

Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound.

Dryden.

Re*bound", n. The act of rebounding; resilience.

Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound.

Dryden.

Re*brace" (r*brs"), v. t. To brace again. Gray.

Re*breathe" (r*brth"), v. t. To breathe again.

Re*bu"cous (r*b"ks), a. Rebuking. [Obs.]

She gave unto him many rebucous words.

Fabyan.

Re*buff" (r*bf"), n. [It. ribuffo, akin to ribuffare to repulse; pref. ri- (L. re-) + buffo puff. Cf. Buff to strike, Buffet a blow.] 1. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.