1. (Zoöl.) (a) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) The fieldfare.
2. A bare-legged person; — a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. Spenser.
RED-SHORT
Red"-short` (-shrt`), a. (Metal.)
Defn: Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; — said of certain kinds of
iron.
— Red"-short`ness, n.
REDSKIN
Red"skin` (-skn`), n.
Defn: A common appellation for a North American Indian; — so called from the color of the skin. Cooper.
REDSTART Red"start` (-strt`), n. Etym: [Red + start tail.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; — called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India. (b) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches.
REDSTREAK
Red"streak` (-strk`), n.
1. A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, — a favorite English cider apple. Mortimer.
2. Cider pressed from redstreak apples.