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Traditional English :: rabid
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rabiallie.html - adj. 1 furious, violent (rabid hate). 2 unreasoning; headstrong; fanatical (a rabid anarchist). 3 (esp. of a dog) affected with rabies; mad. 4 of or connected with rabies. rabidity n. rabidly adv. rabidness n. [L rabidus f. rabere rave] |
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Traditional English :: rabies
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rabiallie.html - n. a contagious and fatal viral disease esp. of dogs, transmissible through the saliva to humans etc. and causing madness and convulsions; hydrophobia. [L f. rabere rave] |
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English Idioms :: rabbit
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rabiallie.html - See: JACK-RABBIT START. |
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Traditional English :: rabbet
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rabiallie.html - n. & v. --n. a step-shaped channel etc. cut along the edge or face or projecting angle of a length of wood etc., usu. to receive the edge or tongue of another piece. --v.tr. (rabbeted, rabbeting)
1 join or fix with a rabbet.
2 make a rabbet in. rabbet plane a plane for cutting a groove along an edge. [ME f. OF rab(b)at abatement, recess f. rabattre REBATE] |
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Traditional English :: rabbi
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rabiallie.html - n. (pl. rabbis) 1 a Jewish scholar or teacher, esp. of the law. 2 a person appointed as a Jewish religious leader. Chief Rabbi the religious head of the Jewish communities in Britain. rabbinate n. [ME & OE f. eccl.L f. Gk rhabbi f. Heb. rabbí my master f. rab master + pronominal suffix] |
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Traditional English :: rabbinical
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rabiallie.html - adj. of or relating to rabbis, or to Jewish law or teaching. |
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