Renunciation
the act of renouncthe leaders of the modern impressionist ing a title; applied especially to the act school and in 1879 his works were exhibof an executor, who, who, having been nomiited in the Salon. He has devoted himnated in a will, and having the option self to the portraiture of women and of acting as such or not, declines to act, children and his best work has been done and in order to avoid any liability exin this field rather than in landscape pressly renounces the office. painting. Among his best works are found "Young Girls at the Piano"
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Rep
in the manufacture of textiles, a term used to designate a style of weaving in which ribs are produced running crosswise of the web. The weft threads of rep are much heavier than the warp. The latter are fine and close and almost entirely cover the wefts. The word rep, unqualified, denotes furniture rep, which is an extra heavy cotton, wool, or silk fabric, or one woven of an admixture of these materials. It is used in upholstery. Bengaline and poplin are varieties of rep.
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Repair Clamps
The magic repair clamps shown in Figs. 258 to 260, are used for holding various kinds of work in position, while repairing, soldering, etc. In addition to the uses shown in the illustrations, it is also applicable for dozens of operations that will suggest themselves to the possessor. It is so arranged that the end screws can be used as feet and the handles as a support (as shown in the illustrations), so that the tool with the work in it will stand up, leaving the operator free to use charcoal or asbestos block with one hand and the blow pipe with the other. It is especially valuable for holding dials, when soldering on feet.
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Repassant
in heraldry, a term applied when two lions or other animals are borne going contrary ways, one of which is passant, by walking toward the dexter side of the shield in the usual way, and the other repassant by going toward the sinister.
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Repeat
in music, a sign that a movement or part of a movement is to be twice performed. That which is to be repeated is generally included within dots in the spaces. When the performer does not, on repeating, go so far as the last dot sign, but finishes at a previous cadence, it is usual to write over the repeat, Da Capo, placing a pause and Fine over the chord at which the performer is to stop. See SEGNO.
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Repeater
in arithmetic, an indeterminate decimal in which the same figures continually recur or are repeated. In firearms, an arm which may be caused to fire several successive shots without reloading. In horology, a watch or clock made to strike the time when a spring is pushed in. Some strike the hour and quarters, others the hour, quarter, and odd minutes. In telegraphy the same as relay.
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Repeater
A watch which indicates the time by repeating it by means of gongs or bells. There are hour, quarter, half-quarter, five minute, and minute repeaters. They were first made about 1676, and are said to be the invention of Edward Barlow, a clergyman. About the same time Daniel Quare, a watchmaker of London, was working on a model of a repeating watch. Barlow applied for a patent on his invention and Quare, hearing of it, determined to resist him, and succeeded in getting the backing of the Clockmakers' Company, who petitioned the king not to make the grant until the council could see and examine Quare's watch. The council investigated both watches and finally decided in favor of Quare, his watch having but one push piece, while in Barlow's there were two. The principle of all repeating watches is the same, though some arrange the parts somewhat differently.
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Repeating Rack
The rack in a repeater supplied with teeth by which the hours, quarters and minutes are struck.
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Repeating Slide
The slide by means of which the repeating train is wound from the outside.
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Repentance
or REPENTAUNCE, the act of repenting; the state of being penitent; sorrow or regret for what has been done or left undone by one's self; especially sorrow and contrition for sin; such sorrow for the past as leads to amendment of life; penitence, contrition. (Matt. ix: 13). Two kinds of repentance are recognized in the New Testament: "Repentance to salvation not to be repented of," which is characterized by "godly sorrow"; and repentance characterized by "the sorrow of the world that worketh death." (II Cor. vii: 9, 10).
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Replevin
a personal action whick lies to recover possession of goods or chattels wrongfully taken or detained, upon giving security to try the right to them in a court of law, and to return them if the suit be determined against the plaintiff. Originally a remedy peculiar to cases of wrongful distress, it is now applicable to all cases of wrongful taking or detention. Also the writ by which goods and chattels are replevined.
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Replica
in the fine arts, the copy of a picture, etc., made by the artist who executed the original.
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Repplier
AGNES, an American essayist; born in Philadelphia . Her published works include: "Books in 1859 and Men"; "Points of View"; "In the Dozy Hours"; "Essays in Idleness"; "Essays in Miniature"; "Varia"; and " Philadelphia: the Place and the People ." She also compiled a "Book of Famous Verse," "Americans and Others" and "The Cat" (1912). REPRESENTATIVE GOV'T 501 MENT, that form of government in which either the whole of a nation, or that portion of it whose superior intelligence affords a sufficient guarantee for the proper exercise of the privilege, is called on to elect representatives or deputies charged with the power of controlling the public expenditure, imposing taxes, and assisting the executive in the framing of laws. See CONSTITUTION.
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Representatives
HOUSE OF, one of the branches of the Congress, also known as the Lower House and the Popular House. The members of this branch are elected directly by popular vote. In it is vested by the National Constitution the sole right to originate laws concerning the finances of the country. The Committee on Ways and Means of the House is the original source of all tariff legislation, and all bills providing for the raising or expenditure of public moneys have their origin in the House. In each of these two forms of legislation the House has the limited co-operation of the Senate, viz., the Senate may amend a tariff bill or resolution appropriating public moneys in the line either of in-- creasing or decreasing specific amounts. The House has the privilege of passing on these Senate amendments, and if it declines to accept any part of such changes, it is customary to appoint a Conference Committee consisting of an equal number of members from the House and Senate, to whom the disputed subject is referred, and the report of this committee is generally accepted in the light of a compromise by both houses. The membership of the House is based on the population of the country as ascertained decennially by the census, and therefore changes every 10 years.
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