Defn: The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
RAPPER
Rap"per, n. Etym: [From Rap.]
1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door. Sterne.
2. A forcible oath or lie. [Slang] Bp. Parker.
RAPPORT Rap*port", n. Etym: [F., fr. rapporter to bring again or back, to refer; pref. re- re- + apporter to bring, L. apporter to bring, L. apportare. Cf. Report.]
Defn: Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord. 'T is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions and languages in every country. Sir W. Temple. En` rap`port" ( Etym: [F.], in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in mesmerism, in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication.
RAPPROCHEMENT
Rap`proche`ment", n. [F., fr. rapprocher to cause to approach again.
See Re-; Approach.]
Defn: Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together; establishment or state of cordial relations.
He had witnessed the gradual rapprochement between the papacy and
Austria.
Wilfrid Ward.
RAPSCALLION
Rap*scal"lion, n. Etym: [See Rascallion.]