To REST arms, to bring the firelock to the same position as in present arms. See [Manual].
To REST upon arms reversed. At military funerals the arms are reversed. The soldiers belonging to the firing party, rest upon the butt ends of their firelocks, while the funeral service is performed, leaning with their cheeks, so as to turn from the corpse.
Rest upon your arms reversed! A word of command which is used at military funerals.
RESTANT, Fr. the remainder; what is left.
RESTE, Fr. Remainder, viz. Le reste des troupes, the remainder of the troops.
Etre en RESTE, Fr. To be in arrears.
RESTER, Fr. to remain behind.
RETENUE, Fr. Stoppage; any thing kept back.
RETIAIRE, Fr. See [Retiarius].
RETIARIUS, a kind of gladiator who fought in the amphitheatre during the time of the Romans. He is thus described by Kennett, in his Roman Antiquities, page 274.