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All the Ribs, together with the Sternum, are rais'd by the re* juratory Mufcles, in the Action of Infpiration,- by which means, and the Defcent of the Diaphragm |in that Action, the Cavity of the Thorax is enlarged for the more commodious Ex- paniion of the Lungs. See Respiration.
Ribs of a Ship, are the Timbers of the Puttoclcs, when the Planks are off; fo called becaufe they are bent like the Ribs of a Carcafe or Skeleton.
RICE, a Grain or Seed of a leguminous Plant of the fame Name ; frequent in the Eaft-Indies, in Greece, and Italy. Leguminol"
Ride, in the Manage— To ride fignifies to learn to ride.— ihus. He nd:s under a good Matter. See Horse.
Ride, in the Sea Language, is a Term varioui'ly applied— I hus, a Ship is faid to Ride when her Anchors hold her faft, fo that fhe drives not away by the Force of the Wind or Tide.
A Ship is fiid to Ride well, when fhe is built fo as not to o- ver-beat herfelf into an Head Sea, as that the Waves overtake her (that is, overwafh her,) from Stem to Stern.
A Ship Rides r-crofs, when fhe rides with her Main-Yards and
See Fore- Yards hoifted up to theHounds; and both Yards and Arms
topped alike.
The Grains, which grow in Clutters each terminated with a She is faid to Ride a Peek when one End of the Yard is peek- f^'rJ {Zt' W l ^ 1^ VV e ° W ^"gh CapO.1^ edup, and the other hangs down : This is alfo faid of a Ship or Cafes. When ftript off its Skin the Gram is almoft oval; of when in weighing, fhe is brought direflly over her Anchor
a finning white Colour, and as it were tranfparent. It grows in moift marlhy Places.
Throughout the Eaft, and a great Part of the Levant, Rice is the principal Food, and ferves for Bread. See Bread.
In the Indies, the Women thrafh and drcfs all the Rice, which
She is (aid to Ride athwart, when her Side is to the Tide—
And to Ride betwixt Wind and Tide, when the Wind hath equal
force over her one Way and the Tide another.— If the Wind
have more Power over her than the Tide, fhe is faid to Ride
.. Wind Rode.— She is faid to Ride Haviliful, when in a Strefs of
is a very panful Office, that the Men leave them either out of Weather fhe falls fo deep, that Ware/runs in at her Hawfe -
idleneis, or Difrelpcu:. She is faid to Ride Portoife, when her Yards are ftruck upon the
Rice, Si great Food in the Roman Catholick Countries in time Deck, or when they are down Aporrlaft "™« upon me
of -^--The ordinary Preparation is by firft fteeping it in Wa- RIDE 4U, in Fortification, a fmall Elevation of Earth, ex-
ter, then boiling it ,n Milk— Some make it into a fort of Farina, tending itfelf lengthways on a Plain ; fervin* to cover a Camp,
Z hfc wLj? P T dmS ' '„ M M ° rtar ' *5 haV '" S firft ? Ut !t ° r S iVe an Adva " t! « e » a Poii - h is ■*> convenient for thofe
rZ Tr Z ■ f ga ' n M U- ,C °u " C a „ , - S h ° Wou!d bdk & a Place ar a near Dilte "« 3 and to fecure the.
Ktaa o. ome ufe in Medicine, being efteem'd proper to for- Workmen in their Approaches to the foot of a Fortrefs
R,1l, a ti' m u' V " umours ' to . modera ! e [he F,ux ° f the R'DeAU, is fometimes alfo ufed for a Ditch, the Earth
Bel y.-i fie Northern Nations eat their Fowls and other Meats whereof is thrown upon its Side. See Ditch with R« and Saffron— The Chinefe make aWine of Rice, which The Word in its original French fignifies a Curtain or Cover;
n of an Amber Colour, taftes WseSpanifi Wine, and ferves them form'd from the Latin, Ridelkm.-Borel derives it from ridere
Y^Zl°vT n f D r ak - u KA a „ , .RIDERS, in a Ship, are great Timbers both in the Hold and
"_Sf I 5 „° f E T*" * ey aI& dra ™ a ver y ftron S Brand y Alofc which <"? b0 !K* d ™ w other Timbers to ftrengthen them.
when the Ship is difcovcred to be too weakly built. '
The Word Rider is alfo ufed for after-Claufes, added to Bills, whilft they arc depending in Parliament. See Bill.
RIDGE, in Building, the higbeit Part of the Roof or Co- vering of a Houfe. See Roof. Ridge is particularly ufed for the Piece of Wood wherein the
or Spirit from Rice* See Braiidy and Spirit.
RICKETS, Rhachitis, in Medicine, a Diforder affefling the Bones of Children, and caufing a confiderable Protuberance, Incurvation, or Diftortion thereof See Children, Boke, &c.
_ It fometimes arifes from a fault in fwathing the Child ; rollin"
him too tight in fome Places, and too loofe in others; placing Rafters meet. See Rafter. him in an inconvenient, or too often in the fame Pofture, or fur- RIDGE-Tyle. See Tyle.
fering him to be long wet— 'Tis likewife attributed to the want RIDGES of a Horfe's M,uth, are Wrinkles or Rifines of tha
of proper Motion, and the ufing of the Child to one Arm only; Flefh in the Roof of the Mouth, running a-crofs frorrT oneSide
whence the Legs and Knees remain too long in the fame incur- of the Jaw to the other, with interjacent Furrows. Seo
vated Situation. Horse. -*«"•■ "cu.
Or it may be occafioned by fome Fault in the Digeftion oc- It is commonly in the third or fourth Ridge that the Farriers
cahoning the Aliment to be unequally apply'd to the Body, by ftrike, in order to bleed a Horfe whofe Mouth is over heated which fome Parts of the Bones increafe in Bulk more than the RIDGLING, or Ridgel, among Farriers, &c. the Male of
•rt n-L r„ , any Beaft that has been but half Gelt. See Gelding.
I he R-ckets ufually appear between the firft eight Months, RIDICULE. See Laughter, Risibility, 6-c and the ton Year of the Child's Age : ThePart it affects grows RIDING, a Divifion of Tm-kjhire, whereof there are three,
lax, flaccid, and weak ; and if it be the Legs, they become un- viz. the Eaft-Riding, Weft-Riding, and North-Riding able to fupport the Body— Ail the Parts fubfervient to voluntary In Indictments in that County, 'tis neceffary the Town and
Motion are likewife debilitated and enfeebled; and the Child Riding be exprefs'd. grows pale, fickly, flothful, and cannot fit erect. Riding-CVW, one of the fixClerks in Chancery, who, in his
His Head generally becomes too large for the Trunk, and cannot turn, for one Year, keeps the Conttollment Books of all Grants
be fupportcd or managed by the Mufcles of the Neck, which that pafs the Great Seal that Year. See Clerk, Grant, &c gradually wear away. Swellings, and knotty Excrefcencies appear RIENS Arrear, in Law, a kind of Plea ufed to an Aflion of
in the Wnfts, Ancles, and Tops of the Ribs; and the Bones of Debt, upon Arrearages of Account, whereby the Defendant al-
the Legs and Thighs grow bowed or crooked.— The like Difor- ledges that there is nothing in Arrear.
der fometimes feizes the Bones of the Arms.
_ If the Symptoms continue long, the Thorax becomes ftrait, a difficulty ofRefpiration comes on, asalfoaCough, and a hedtick Fever ; the Abdomen fwells, the Pulfe grows weak and fmall, and the Symptoms increaling, at length prove mortal.
Riens (aflc (ark fait, nothing pafles by the Deed, is the Form of an Exception taken in fome Cales to an Action. See Ex- ception, and Deed.
Riens far Defcent, nothing by Defcent, is the Plea of an Heir, where fued for his Anceftor's Debt; though he had no Lands
When the Child is able to talk before he can make ufe of his from him by Defcent. See Descent.
Legs, he is fuppofed to have the Rickets. RIER, or Reer-CouMj, Retro Camitatus, is ufed in our Law
When the Diforder is taken early, it may be remedied by pro- Books in oppolition to open County,
per Bolfters and Bandages, fuiced to the Parts affeded : But when This appears to be fome publick Place, which the Sheriff ap-
the Bones arc grown rigid and inflexible, other mechanical Con- points for the Receipt of the King's Money, after the end of
trivances, as Padding, ftrait Boots, and feveral forts of Machines his County. See Sheriff, &c.—R'eta fays' it is Dies Crafcims,
fir Engines, made of Paftboard, Whalebone, Tin, &c. foft comitatum.
are made ufe of ; to rcftore the diftorted Bones to their natural RIGADOON, a kind of Dance, borrowed originally from
ftraitnefs. Provence ; pcrtorm'd in Figure, by a Man and a Woman.— The Ri-
Cold Bathing is alfo found of Service in the Rickets, before gadoon is gay, pleafant, &c. The Word is form'd from the
the Diftemper comee to be confirmed, during May and June ; French Rigodon, which fignifies the fame thing,
continuing him in the Water two or three Seconds at each RIGGING, of a Ship, includes her whole Cordage; or all the
p l un S e - Ropes belonging to her Mafts, and Yards, &c. See Cordage,
Others chufe a Liniment of Rum and Palm Oil; and others Rope, cdrc.
« Plainer of Dcminium and Oxycroceum, applied along the Back, A Ship is faid to be vje/l-rigg'd when all her Ropes are of their
to cover the whole Spine.— Dry Frictions over the whole Body, fit Size, in Proportion to her Burden. She is over-rigid, when
with a warm Linnen Cloth before the Fire, efpecially on the her Ropes are too big for her ; which wrongs her much in her
Parts affected, are found of Service. The Oil of Snails is fa- Sailing, and is apt to make her Heel. See Ship.
mous for the fame Intention, being what Drops from them, af- RIGHT, in Geometry, fomething that lies evenly, and with-
ter bruifing and fufpending them in a Flannel Bag. With this out inclining or bending one way or another.
the Limbs and fpinal Bone, are anointed. Thus, a Right Line is that whofe feveral Points all tend the
RIDDLE. See Enigma. fame way. See Line.
Riddle, or Ruddle, is alfo a mineral Stone. See Rud- In this Senfe Right fignifies as much as ftraight, and Hands
DIj E. oppofed to curved or crooked. See Curve.
RIDE, of Hazier or other Wood, is a Group or Plump of
Sprigs fhooting out of the fame Root, or Foot.
Right Angle is that form'd by two Lines falling perpendicu- cularly on one another. See Perpendicular.
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