GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Reveal, n.
   A revealing; a disclosure. [Obs.]
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   (Arch.) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb. [Written also revel.]
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   Revel , n. (Arch.) See Reveal. [R.]
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   Revel, n. [OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See Revel, v. i.] A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
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   This day in mirth and revel to dispend.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels.
   Rambler.
   
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   Master of the revels, Revel master. Same as Lord of misrule, under Lord.
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   Revel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reveled  or Revelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveling or Revelling.] [OF. reveler to revolt, rebel, make merry, fr. L. rebellare. See Rebel.]
   To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
   Shak.
   
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   To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. “Where joy most revels.”
   Shak.
   
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   Revel , v. t. [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.] To draw back; to retract. [Obs.]
   Harvey.
   
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