Quæ nunc Thessalico lunam deducere rhombo [sciet].—Martial, Epigrams, ix. 30.
Rhone of Christian Eloquence (The), St. Hilary (300-367).
Rhone of Latin Eloquence (The). St. Hilary is so called by St. Jerome (300-367).
Rhongomyant, the lance of King Arthur.—The Mabinogion (“Kilhwch and Olwen,” twelfth century).
Rhyming to Death. In 1 Henry VI. act i. sc. 1, Thomas Beaufort, duke of Exeter, speaking about the death of Henry V., says, “Must we think that the subtle-witted French conjurors and sorcerers, out of fear of him, ‘by magic verses have contrived his end?’” The notion of killing by incantation was at one time very common.
Irishmen ... will not stick to affirme that they can rime either man or beast to death.—Reg. Scot, Discoverie of Witchcraft (1564).
Ribbon. The yellow ribbon, in France, indicates that the wearer has won a médaille militaire (instituted by Napoleon III.) as a minor decoration of the Legion of Honor.
The red ribbon marks a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. A rosette indicates a higher grade than that of chevalier.
Ribemont (3 syl.), the bravest and noblest of the French host in the battle of Poitiers. He alone dares confess that the English are a brave people. In the battle he is slain by Lord Audley.—Shirley, Edward the Black Prince (1640).
Ribemont (Count), in The Siege of Calais, by Colman.