Definition of ray

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Ray (n.) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius..

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Acanthopterygious :: Acanthopterygious (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol..
Petition :: Petition (n.) A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer..
Stock :: Stock (n.) Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings..
Portcrayon :: Portcrayon (n.) A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.
Deprecation :: Deprecation (n.) The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
Darnel :: Darnel (n.) Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay..
Corradiation :: Corradiation (n.) A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point.
Miswander :: Miswander (v. i.) To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.
Estray :: Estray (n.) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray..
Postcomminion :: Postcomminion (n.) A prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions..
Raying :: Raying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ra.
Drab :: Drab (a.) Of a color between gray and brown.
Comprecation :: Comprecation (n.) A praying together.
Affrayment :: Affrayment (n.) Affray.
Bead :: Bead (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer..
Crystal :: Crystal (n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian..
Adiactinic :: Adiactinic (a.) Not transmitting the actinic rays.
Stre :: Strayer (n.) One who strays; a wanderer.
Unmorrised :: Unmorrised (a.) Not arrayed in the dress of a morris dancer.
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