Reboil
(Re*boil") v. t. & i. [Pref. re- + boil: cf. F. rebouillir.]
1. To boil, or to cause to boil, again.
2. Fig.: To make or to become hot. [Obs.]
Some of his companions thereat reboyleth.
Sir T. Elyot. Reborn
(Re*born") p. p. Born again.
Rebound
(Re*bound") v. i. [Pref. re- + bound: cf. F. rebondir.]
1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another
body; as, a rebounding echo.
Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.
Sir I. Newton. 2. To give back an echo. [R.] T. Warton.
3. To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. Pope.
Rebounding lock (Firearms), one in which the hammer rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or
primer.
Rebound
(Re*bound"), v. t. To send back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound.
Dryden. Rebound
(Re*bound"), n. The act of rebounding; resilience.
Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound.
Dryden.
