Defn: To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
RECUSSION Re*cus"sion (r*ksh"n), n. Etym: [L. recutire, recussum, to beat back; pref. re- re- + quatere to shake.]
Defn: The act of beating or striking back.
RED
Red (rd), obs.
Defn: . imp. & p. p. of Read. Spenser.
RED
Red, v. t.
Defn: To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; — generally with up; as, to red up a house. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
RED
Red, a. [Compar. Redder (-dr); superl. Reddest.] Etym: [OE. red,
reed, AS. re, re; akin to OS. r, OFries, r, D. rood, G. roht, rot,
OHG. r, Dan. & Sw. r, Icel. rau, rj, Goth. r, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz,
Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr. , Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf.
L. rutilus. sq. root113. Cr. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Defn: Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh flowers, white and reede." Chaucer. Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose. Shak.
Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red, and the like.