Redan, the simplest kind of work in field fortification, generally consists of a parapet of earth, divided on the plan into two faces, which make with one another a salient angle, or one whose vertex is towards the enemy.
Reddle. (See Red Chalk.)
Redimiculum, R. (redimio, to bind round). A long string or ribbon attached to any kind of head-dress.
Redoubt is a general name for nearly every kind of work in the class of field fortifications.
Redshank, Scotch. A Highlander wearing buskins of red-deer skin, with the hair outwards.
Reduction. In Art, a copy on a smaller scale. The work is done mechanically by a process of subdivision of the original into segments or squares.
Reekie, Scotch. Smoky; hence Auld Reekie, the city of Edinburgh.
Reeking-hook, O. E. A pot-hook hung in the chimney, to suspend vessels over an open fire. (See Galows.)
Re-entering, in Engraving, is the sharpening or deepening with a graver the lines insufficiently bitten in by the acid.
Refectory, Mod. (reficio, to refresh). A hall in which the monks of a monastery assembled to take their meals; one of the most important rooms of the establishment; it was often divided into two naves by a row of columns called the spine (spina), which received the spring of the vaultings forming the roof of the refectory.