Defn: To shine, as with rays. Mrs. Browning.
RAY Ray, n. Etym: [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiæ, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate. Bishop ray, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray (Stoasodon nàrinari) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. — Butterfly ray, a short-tailed American sting ray (Pteroplatea Maclura), having very broad pectoral fins. — Devil ray. See Sea Devil. — Eagle ray, any large ray of the family Myliobatidæ, or Ætobatidæ. The common European species (Myliobatis aquila) is called also whip ray, and miller. — Electric ray, or Cramp ray, a torpedo. — Starry ray, a common European skate (Raia radiata). — Sting ray, any one of numerous species of rays of the family Trygonidæ having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also stingaree.
RAYAH Ra"yah, n. Etym: [Ar. ra'iyah a herd, a subject, fr. ra'a to pasture, guard.]
Defn: A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.
[Turkey.]
RAY GRASS
Ray" grass` Etym: [Etymol. of ray is uncertain.] (Bot.)
Defn: A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); — called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass. Italian ray, or rye, grass. See Darnel, and Grass.
RAYLESS
Ray"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.
RAYON
Ray"on, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Ray; beam. [Obs.] Spenser.