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Ret A DICTIONARY OF<br />

RETIRADO, pp. <strong>of</strong> retirar, to retreat ; explotarse en retirado,<br />

c.m. to<br />

work from the perimeter to the centre, to work out-bye or home, equiv.<br />

F. en retrait, avec piliers repris.<br />

RETORTA, retort, see bomba (5), cantaro, u. cornamusa, huairuna.<br />

RETRANCA, (1) kind <strong>of</strong> crupper for cargo mules, etc. ; (2) Span. Am.<br />

brake <strong>of</strong> a wagon or railway-car, see freno (2).<br />

RENTRANQUERO, Span. Am. brakesman, see frenero.<br />

RETRETA, see echar (!)<br />

RETUERTA, a bend or turn in rivers, etc., see recodo (1).<br />

REVENIDERO, Ant. Col. (1) apparent alteration <strong>of</strong> " country " by the<br />

infiltration <strong>of</strong> water (Uribe) ; (2) the loose, clayey, boggy and wet part<br />

<strong>of</strong> a formation, arising from the slow infiltration <strong>of</strong> water from the<br />

interior <strong>of</strong> mountains (Mufioz) ; quicksand, (arena movediza or arenas<br />

acuiferas).<br />

REVENIMIENTO, partial sinking in <strong>of</strong> the land [terreno (1)] <strong>of</strong> a mine<br />

(Acad.), subsidence, surface movement or draw, syn. Mex. cata (5),<br />

descenso, rafa (2), zanja (2) equiv. Fr. affaissement, Ger. Pinge, see<br />

buzon (6), campana (9), chupon (3), embudo (3), u. radio, soplidos,<br />

u. tajo (3), comp. hundimiento (3).<br />

REVENTADERO, (1) rough, uneven ground, <strong>of</strong> difficult access (Velazquez)<br />

; (2) outcrop, see creston.<br />

REVENTARSE, to blast tirar (2).<br />

successfully, i.e., without miss firing, comp.<br />

REVENTAZ6N, L. Cal. Mex. outcropping (Lucas), see creston.<br />

REVENT6N, (1) road or path very much inclined, and fatiguing to<br />

surmount ; (2) reventones, Chile, masses <strong>of</strong> native silver (Fuchs and<br />

De Launay), see plata (2).<br />

REVERBERACI6N, calcination or roasting in a reverberatory furnace,<br />

syn. reverbero (2), see calcinacion, tostacion.<br />

REVERBERAR, Mex. to roast (Dwight), see tostar.<br />

REVERBERO, (1) reflector, see pantalla (2) ; (2) see reverberacion ;<br />

(3) horno de r., reverberatory furnace.<br />

REVES, mech. back-stroke (Ponce de Leon).<br />

REVESTIMIENTO, (1) any lining or covering (Fr. revetement), whether<br />

<strong>of</strong> wood, stone or metal, used in mines ; r. de piedra, (a) stone-work<br />

or walling, see mamposteria (2), (b) stone-tubbing or c<strong>of</strong>fering, see<br />

encubado (1) ; r. de pozo (1), steining a well ; r. de pozo (2), steining<br />

or ginging a shaft ; r. impermeable, tubbing, see encubado (1) ; r.<br />

metalico, metallic lining or support timb. ; lagging, syn. Col. dema<br />

(2), entibacion con estacas or tablas, Mex. forro (3), Pachuca, Hid. Mex.<br />

guarda (3), Mex. guarnicion (1), equiv. Fr. garnissage, Ger. Verschiessung,<br />

see atiz, bastones, caillapos, costero (1), costilla (4), encamacion<br />

(1), enc<strong>of</strong>rado (1) and (2), guarnicion (1), orillaje, piso (7), rachas,<br />

raja, retaque, timba (1), vara (4), varejon, zarzo (1) ; (2) met. lining <strong>of</strong><br />

converters [see u. forro (1)], furnaces, etc. ; r. refractario, refractory<br />

lining, see paramento (2) ; (3) muro de r., see u. muro (1).<br />

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