others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay. (b) A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in
readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continue the pursuit of the game
if it comes that way. (c) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.
2. (Elec.) In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is
caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the
record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit
in which a current is passing.
Relay battery (Elec.),
the local battery which is brought into use by the action of the relay magnet, or
relay.
Relbun
(Rel"bun) n. The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, — used for dyeing crimson.
Releasable
(Re*leas"a*ble) a. That may be released.
Release
(Re*lease") v. t. [Pref. re + lease to let.] To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Release
(Re*lease") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Released (r?*l?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Releasing.] [OE. relessen,
OF. relassier, to release, to let free. See Relay, n., Relax, and cf. Release to lease again.]
1. To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at
liberty; to let go.
Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
Mark xv. 6. 2. To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation,
penalty.
3. (Law) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by
conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder
releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
4. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance. [Obs.] Hooker.
A sacred vow that none should aye release.
Spenser. Syn. — To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage; extricate; let go; quit; acquit.
Release
(Re*lease"), n.
1. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from
restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage. "Who boast'st release from hell." Milton.
2. Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
3. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
4. (Law) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or
tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim. Blackstone.
5. (Steam Engine) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
Lease and release.
(Law) See under Lease. — Out of release, without cessation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn. — Liberation; freedom; discharge. See Death.