‖prop. n. [ NL. Named after Dreyssen, a Belgian physician. ] (Zool.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (Dreissena polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Min.) A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Hetero-, and Nereis. ] (Zool.) A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In this state the head and its appendages are changed in form, the eyes become very large; more or less of the parapodia are highly modified by the development of finlike lobes, and branchial lamellæ, and their setæ become longer and bladelike. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A Marsh. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pg. mil reis, i. e., one thousand reis; mil a thousand + reis, pl. of real a rei. ] A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills (1913). [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n.;
a. Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an ogre; suitable for an ogre. “An ogreish kind of jocularity.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Pg., pl. of real, an ancient Portuguese coin. ] The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ar. raïs head, chief, prince. ] A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship.
‖ [ See 2d Reis, and Effendi. ] A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Named from
a. Capable of being reissued. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To issue a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A second or repeated issue. [ 1913 Webster ]