رودخانه rūd-ḵẖāna P s. m. The bed of a river, a river.

روٴين roʼeṅ S̱. (plur. of روان roʼāṅ, q. v.) s. f. The hair on the arms, &c. bristle, pile, nap, down. روٴين بدلنا roʼeṅ-badalnā, To become sleek and fat (a horse), to change his coat.

رديف radīf A (from ردف Heb. To follow) 1. s. m. A man riding behind another on the same horse. 2. s. f. The rhyming word of a poem. See under قافيه ḳāfiya.

رسکپور raskapūr S̱. (रसकर्पूर i. e. रस Quick- silver, and कर्पूर Camphor, from its resem- blance to this drug) s. m. Corrosive sublimate, or a preparation of mercury similar to it, but perhaps milder; at least, if we may trust to the dose assigned by Eastern physicians, as stated in the Maḵẖzanu-l-adwiya, i. e. from 1 3/4 to 3 1/2 grains. To prepare it, quicksilver is triturated with red bole (see گيرو), marine salt, and a substance containing vitriolick acid. The Bhāva Prakāsa orders alum, the Maḵẖzanu-l-adwiya vitriol of zinc or copper; but the Sukha- bodha directs sulphur: and, in the last case, the mass is to be moistened with the juice of the bark of the amrā-tree (Spondias mangifera). It is then sublimed in close earthen vessels.

رفقا rufaḳā A plur. of رفيق rafīḳ, q. v.

رابن रावण rāban S or rāvaṇa, n. prop. See راون. (It is said, that Vish̤ṇu, having an in- clination for war, occasioned a Brāhmaṇ to curse his two door-keepers जय and विजय wishing that they might be born on earth three times, returning after each time to their origi- nal forms of porters to the deity. By these means, Vish̤ṇu contrived to be nearly matched on earth, so as to have a good battle. They first appeared as Hiraṇyāksh̤a and Hiraṇya- kashipu; then, as Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa; and, lastly, as Sisupāl and Dantavaktra; in each of which characters they opposed the deity in different avatārs.

ريزه reza P s. m. 1. A scrap, piece, bit. 2. Small coin (as, four-rupee-pieces, &c.). 3. A kind of cock. 4. Children employed in mason- work, &c. who receive half, one third, &c. of a manʼs pay. ريزه چين reza-chīn, adj. Picker up of scraps. ريزه چيني reza-chīn-ī, s. f. Picking up of scraps. ريزه خط reza-ḵẖat̤t̤, Fine striped, thin-lined. ريزه ريزه reza reza, 1. s. m. Scraps, pieces. 2. adj. In pieces, broken in pieces, small.

ردا ridā A s. f. 1. A cloak or mantle (worn by Dervises). 2. An upper garment of fine linen unsewed (or sewed, if made of other cloth), reaching to the middle of the leg; any kind of cloak put on when going out.

ريل پيل rel pel H s. f. 1. Abundance, plenty. 2. Crowd, bustle.

روي rūʼe P s. Face, &c. see رو rū. ¶ roʼī, part. act. (of رستن rustan) Growing, vegetating.