by caulkers in opening the seams.

RE-ENTERING ANGLE. In fortification, is an angle whose vertex points
inward, or towards the place.

REEVE, TO. To pass the end of a rope through any cavity or aperture, as
the channel of a block; to _unreeve_ is the opposite.

REEVING. In polar voyaging, following up serpentine channels in the ice,
till the vessel reaches open water, or _reeves the pack_.

REFITTING. Repairing any damages which a ship may have sustained.

REFLECTING CIRCLE. An instrument used instead of a sextant, quintant, or
quadrant; but the quintant embraces as much--viz. 152 degrees. The
instrument reflects a celestial or any distant object so as to bring the
image into contact with any object seen direct, by which their angular
distance is measured, as in lunar distances.

REFLECTION, ANGLE OF. Whether the instance be a ray of light or a
cannon-ball, the angle of reflection will always be found equal to the
angle of incidence.

REFLUX. The ebbing of the tide, or reflow of the waters, which have been
pressed back.

REFORMADES. The sons of the nobility and gentry who served in the navy
under letters from Charles II., and were allowed table-money and other
encouragements to raise the character of the service.

REFRACTING TELESCOPE. That through which objects are seen directly
through its double object-glass.

REFRACTION. An inflection of the rays of light: that property of the
atmosphere which bends the rays of light in their passage to the eye
from a different density, and causes the altitude of heavenly bodies to
appear greater than it really is, especially near the horizon. (_See_
TERRESTRIAL REFRACTION.)

REFUSAL OF A PILE. Its stoppage or obstruction, when it cannot be driven
further in.

REGAL FISHES. In statute law, these are whales and sturgeons.

REGARDERS. Inspectors of the felling of timber.

REGATTA. A rowing-match formerly peculiar to the republic of Venice; but
now the term is applied to yacht and boat races in general.

REGIMENT. A body of men commanded by a colonel, complete in its own
organization, and divided into companies of infantry or troops of
cavalry.

REGIMENTAL ORDERS. Such as the commanding officer may deem it necessary
to issue for the discipline of the regiment.

REGIMENTALS. The regulation dress for the individuals of a regiment.

REGIMENTAL STAFF-OFFICERS. The surgeon, adjutant, paymaster,
assistant-surgeon, and quarter-master of each regiment.

REGION. Any lar