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Reeding
- - A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; -- the reverse of fluting.
Reefing
- verb - lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast"
- reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
- roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
Reeking
- verb - be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
- give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun"
- giving off a strong unpleasant smell
- have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"
- smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
- wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; "wiped his reeking neck"
Reeling
- verb - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
- walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
- wind onto or off a reel
Reeving
- verb - fasten by passing through a hole or around something
- pass a rope through; "reeve an opening"
- pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope"
Regains
- verb - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
- get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
- Take back
Reggane
- noun - a town in central Algeria
Regions
- noun - a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
- a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
- a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"
- areas
- the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"
- the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
Regnant
- adjective - exercising power or authority