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by 1\11'. Garden, an eminent chemist in Oxford Street,
for producing instantaneous light by the aClion of
inflammable air upon a metallic substance.
R.
RHAPS-ODIST, s. Sec AElDO, p. I.
Rhetoric, s. from In1TCtJp, rhetor, a declaimer. The art
. of speaking with eloquence and persuasion.
Rheum, s. from pew, rh1l0, I flow. The technical term
for a disease usually called a cold.
Rhyme, s. Rhyme was, in the first edition, on the
authOl·ity of the sixth edition of Dr. Johnson's
Dictionary, said to be derived from the Greek word
IJV6p.os, rlmtll1nos, a rule; but the writer has since
found the following remark on the subject: "Rhyme
and Rhythm are two distinct things; the latter only
is derived from {wOp.as, rlmthmos, which signi~es the
proportion which the parts of motion bear to each
other. Rhythm, as applied to poetry, denotes the
measure of the feet, or the number and combination
of long and short syllables. Rhyme is from the
Gothic ryma, or rim, and signifies properly the
correspondence of the last sound of one verse to the
last sound of the next." [A foot (so called from the
ancient custom ofbeating time by the foot) is·a part
of a verse, and consists of two or more syllables.] See
page 20.
S.
SAN-HEDRI:U, s. from O'l'V, sun, with, and Eopa, l~ ..edra, a
scat. The supreme council among the Jews.
Sarco-phagus, s. Sec PHAGO, p. 25.
Scheme, s. from