Defn: The European goldfinch.
2. A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland. [Scot.] Jamieson.
REDCOAT
Red"coat` (-kot`), n.
Defn: One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.
RED CROSS
Red Cross.
1. The crusaders or the cause they represented.
2. A hospital or ambulance service established as a result of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of 1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid and relief during great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; — so called from the badge of neutrality; the Geneva cross.
REDDE
Red"de (-de),
Defn: obs. imp. of Read, or Rede. Chaucer.
REDDEN Red"den (rd"d'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reddened (-d'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reddening.] Etym: [From Red, a.]