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To array. |
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To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. |
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Array; order; arrangement; dress. |
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One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common
point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays. |
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A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of
a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of
an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius. |
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One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the
fins of fishes. |
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One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the
arms of a starfish or an ophiuran. |
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A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or
reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated
continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray. |
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One of the component elements of the total radiation from a
body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray;
the violet ray. See Illust. under Light. |
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Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision,
that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object
seen. |
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One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point,
and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See
Half-ray. |
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To mark with long lines; to streak. |
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To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray
smiles. |
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To shine, as with rays. |
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Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae,
including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. |
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In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed
species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate. |
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