Vocabulary : Red-short to Redthroat
Red-short : Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron.Redskin : A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin.
Redstart : A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India. ;; An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches.
Redstreak : A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple. ;; Cider pressed from redstreak apples.
Redtail : The red-tailed hawk. ;; The European redstart.
