REREDOS Rere"dos (rr"ds), n. Etym: [From rear + F. dos back, L. dorsum. Cf. Dorsal.] (Arch.) (a) A screen or partition wall behind an altar. (b) The back of a fireplace. (c) The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. [Also spelt reredosse.] Fairholt.
REREFIEF
Rere"fief` (rr"ff`), n. Etym: [F. arrière-fief. See Rear hinder, and
Fief.] (Scots Law)
Defn: A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant. Blackstone.
REREIGN
Re*reign" (r-rn"), v. i.
Defn: To reign again.
RE-REITERATE
Re`-re*it"er*ate (r`r-t"r-t), v. t.
Defn: To reiterate many times. [R.] "My re-reiterated wish."
Tennyson.
REREMOUSE
Rere"mouse` (rr"mous`), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A rearmouse.
RE-RESOLVE
Re`-re*solve" (r`r-zlv"), v. t. & i.