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Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.
n.
One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth.
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Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.
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Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
n.
The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass.
n.
A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.
n.
The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).
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A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.
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The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.
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An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus.
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A name of rust on grain. See Rust.
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Alt. of Red-handed
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Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.