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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Array :: Array (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal..
Polarity :: Polarity (n.) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc..
Outray :: Outray (v. t.) To outshine.
Spoke :: Spoke (n.) The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly..
Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To turn informer; to betray a secret.
Asteridea :: Asteridea (n. pl.) A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.
Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Turned from a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light..
Station :: Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
Pastille :: Pastille (n.) See Pastel, a crayon..
Scray :: Scray (n.) A tern; the sea swallow.
Treacherous :: Treacherous (a.) Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Phenicious :: Phenicious (a.) Of a red color with a slight mixture of gray.
Ray :: Ray (n.) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray..
Forray :: Forray (n.) The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See Foray.
Arraying :: Arraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arra.
Gadwall :: Gadwall (n.) A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck..
Acanthopterygii :: Acanthopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch..
Pray :: Pray (v. i.) To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving..
Curse :: Curse (v. t.) An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction..
Heliotrope :: Heliotrope (n.) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror..
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