se reboucher, v.r., to get, or become, stuffed up, or stopped up, again; to bend. L’épée se reboucha contre sa cuirasse; the sword bent against his cuirass.
rebouil, n.m., pelt-wool.
*rebouillir, v.n., to boil again.
rebouisage, n.m., cleaning and polishing (of hats).
rebouiser, v.a., to clean and polish (hats).
rebourgeonner, v.n., to bud again.
rebours, n.m., wrong side (of a stuff); wrong way (of the grain); contrary, reverse. À —, au —; the wrong way; against the grain, backwards. Marcher à —; to walk backwards. Prendre à —; to misconstrue. Lire à —; to read backwards.
rebours, -e, adj., (fam.) cross, cross-grained, crabbed.
reboutage, n.m., bone-setting.