*rein*

n. an island in the Persian Gulf; same as Bahrain.
Syn. -- Bahrain. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an island country in the Persian Gulf.
Syn. -- Bahrain. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Bahrain.
Syn. -- Bahraini. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. darrein, darrain, fr. an assumed LL. deretranus; L. de + retro back, backward. ] (Law) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , v. t. Same as Darraign. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To drain. [ Obs. ] Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp., /wordforms> p. p. of Drench to drown. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Foreign. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. h&unr_;rinne. ] In this. [ 1913 Webster ]

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. John xv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Into this. Hooker.

a. (Logic.) Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render indisposed beforehand. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Preinstructed; p. pr. & vb. n. Preinstructing. ] To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand. T. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rêne, fr. (assumed) LL. retina, fr. L. retinere to hold back. See Retain. ] 1. The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

This knight laid hold upon his reyne. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. “Let their eyes rove without rein.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To give rein,
To give the rein to, to give license to; to leave withouut restrain. --
To take the reins, to take the guidance or government; to assume control. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reined p. pr. & vb. n. Reining. ] 1. To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another. [ 1913 Webster ]

He mounts and reins his horse. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To restrain; to control; to check. [ 1913 Webster ]

Being once chafed, he can not
Be reined again to temperance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To rein in or
To rein up, (a) to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins. Hence, (a) to cause (a person) to slow down or cease some activity; -- to rein in is used commonly of superiors in a chain of command, ordering a subordinate to moderate or cease some activity deemed excessive. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. i. To be guided by reins. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inaugurate anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To incite again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To incorporate again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To increase again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To incur again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. hreinn reindeer + E. deer. Icel. hreinn is of Lapp or Finnish origin; cf. Lappish reino pasturage. ] [ Formerly written also raindeer, and ranedeer. ] (Zool.) Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common European species (Rangifer tarandus) is domesticated in Lapland. The woodland reindeer or caribou (Rangifer caribou) is found in Canada and Maine (see Caribou.) The Barren Ground reindeer or caribou (Rangifer Groenlandicus), of smaller size, is found on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in both hemispheries. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reindeer moss (Bot.), a gray branching lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) which forms extensive patches on the ground in arctic and even in north temperature regions. It is the principal food of the Lapland reindeer in winter. --
Reindeer period (Geol.), a name sometimes given to a part of the Paleolithic era when the reindeer was common over Central Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To induce again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See 1st Rennet. ] (Bot.) A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + infect: cf. F. réinfecter. ] To infect again. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of reinfecting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Reenforce, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Reenforce, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Concrete having within its mass a system of iron or steel supports, such as bars, rods, or a heavy mesh, to provide increased tensile strength and shear resistance. Same as Ferro-concrete. [ Also spelled reenforced concrete. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. See Reenforcement. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. re- + L. infundere to pour in. ] To flow in anew. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To ingratiate again or anew. Sir. T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inhabit again. Mede. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L. ren, pl. renes. ] 1. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are. [ 1913 Webster ]

My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Prov. xxiii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. Rev. ii. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reins of a vault (Arch.), the parts between the crown and the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not sufficiently filled up. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To insert again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reinserting. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inspect again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reinspecting. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inspire anew. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give fresh spirit to. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + install: cf. F. réinstaller. ] To install again; as, She reinstalled the the washer after it had been repaired. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A renewed installment. [ 1913 Webster ]