Defn: One who, or that which, retards.
RETARDMENT
Re*tard"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. retardement.]
Defn: The act of retarding; retardation. Cowley.
RETCH
Retch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched; p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] Etym:
[AS. hr to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G.
rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
Defn: To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written
also reach.]
Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate
with retching.) Byron.
RETCH
Retch, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Reck.]
Defn: To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RETCHLESS
Retch"less, a.
Defn: Careless; reckless. [Obs.] Dryden. —- Retch"less*ly, adv.
— Retch"less*ness, n. [Obs.]
RETE
Re"te, n. Etym: [L., a net.] (Anat.)