2. A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.
REDARGUE Red*ar"gue (rd*r"g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Redargued (-gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Redarguing.] Etym: [L. redarguere; pref. red-, re- re- + arguere to accuse, charge with: cf. F. rédarguer.]
Defn: To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict. [Archaic] How shall I . . . suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my lukewarmness Jer. Taylor. Now this objection to the immediate cognition of external objects has, as far as I know, been redargued in three different ways. Sir W. Hamilton.
REDARGUTION
Red`ar*gu"tion (rd`r*g"shn), n. Etym: [L. redargutio.]
Defn: The act of redarguing; refutation. [Obs. or R.] Bacon.
REDARGUTORY
Red`ar*gu"to*ry (-t*r), a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory. [R.]
REDBACK
Red"back` (rd"bk`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The dunlin. [U. S.]
REDBELLY
Red"bel`ly (-bl`l), n. (Zoöl.)