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a. [ Multi- + radiate. ] Having many rays. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + p. p. of ramify. ] Divided into many branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + ramose. ] Having many branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way. [ U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

What one of our great men used to call dignified retiracy. C. A. Bristed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; cf. Sp. retirada retreat. See Retire. ] (Fort.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. It. tirada, properly, a pulling; hence, a lengthening out, a long speech, a tirade, fr. tirare to draw; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to redn. See Tear to rend, and cf. Tire to tear. ] A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who profess to know anything about angels. Quarterly Review. [ 1913 Webster ]