To RAISE Troops. See [Levy].
To Raise a plan of a fortress, is to measure with cords and geometrical instruments, the length of the lines, and the capacity of the angles, that by knowing the length, breadth, and thickness, of all the different parts of a fortification, it may be represented upon paper, so as to find out its advantages and disadvantages.
RAISON, Fr. this word is used by the French, in a mathematical sense, to express the relation which one number has to another, and in general, that which exists between one quantity and another. The term is distinguished into raison arithmétique, or arithmetical reasoning; and raison géométrique, or geometrical reasoning. French carpenters likewise use the term, to shew that pieces of wood, &c. are properly laid, viz. Des pieces de bois en leur raison.
RALLIEMENT, Fr. Rallying point. It is sometimes written raliment.
Mot de Ralliement, Fr. a word or countersign, which is given to out posts, and to sentries that are stationed beyond the lines.
RALLUMER, Fr. To light up again, to rekindle, to renew.
RALLY, one of the bugle horn soundings.
To RALLY, (Rallier, Fr.) To bring troops back to order that have been dispersed.
RALLYING, in war, re-establishing, or forming together again, troops broken and put to flight.
To RAM, to drive with violence, as with a battering ram.