his three friends to
a convivial meeting; but the termagant Mrs. Raddle brought the meeting
to an untimely end.--C. Dickens, _The Pickwick Papers_ (1836).

=Rad'egonde= (_St._) or ST. RADEGUND, queen of France (born 519, died
587). She was the daughter of Bertaire, king of Thuringia, and brought
up a pagan. King Clotaire I. taught her the Christian religion, and
married her in 538; but six years later she entered a nunnery, and lived
in the greatest austerity.

There thou must walk in greatest gravity,
And seem as saintlike as St. Radegund.

Spenser, _Mother Hubbard's Tale_ (1591).

=Radigund= or RADEGONE, the proud queen of the Am[)a]zons. Being rejected
by Bellodant "the Bold," she revenged herself by degrading all the men
who fell into her power by dressing them like women, giving them woman's
work to do, such as spinning, carding, sewing, etc., and feeding them
on bread and water to effeminate them (canto 4). When she overthrew Sir
Artegal in single combat, she imposed on him the condition of dressing
in "woman's weeds," with a white apron, and to spend his time in
spinning flax, instead of in deeds of arms. Radigund fell in love with
the captive knight, and sent Clarinda as a go-between; but Clarinda
tried to win him for herself, and told the queen he was inexorable
(canto 5). At length Britomart arrived, cut off Radigund's head, and
liberated the captive (canto 7).--Spenser, _Fa[:e]ry Queen_, v. 4-7
(1596).

=Rag and Famish= (_The_), the Army and Navy Club; so christened by
_Punch_. The _rag_ refers to the flag, and the _famish_ to the bad
cuisine.

=Ragged Regiment= (_The_), the wan figures in Westminster Abbey, in a
gallery over Islip's Chapel.

=Railway King= (_The_), George Hudson, of Yorkshire, chairman of the
North Midland Company. In one day he cleared by speculation
[pounds]100,000. It was the Rev. Sydney Smith who gave Hudson the title
of "Railway king" (1800-1871).

=Raine= (_Old Roger_), the tapster, near the abode of Sir Geoffrey
Peveril.

_Dame Raine_, old Roger's widow; afterwards Dame Chamberlain.--Sir W.
Scott, _Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.).

=Rainy-Day Smith=, John Thomas Smith, the antiquary (1766-1833).

=Rajah of Mattan= (_Borneo_), has a diamond which weighs 367 carats. The
largest cut diamond in the world. It is considered to be a palladium.
(See DIAMONDS.)

=Rake= (_Lord_), a nobleman of the old school, fond of debauch, street
rows,