remise
(noun) (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)
remise
(noun) an expensive or high-class hackney
Source: WordNet® 3.1
remise (third-person singular simple present remises, present participle remising, simple past and past participle remised)
(transitive) To send or give back.
To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed, to quitclaim.
remise (plural remises)
(obsolete, legal) A return or surrender of a claim, property etc. [15th–19th c.]
remise (plural remises)
(now, historical) A house for covered carriages; a chaise house. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete) A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise. [17th–19th c.]
(fencing) A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm. [from 19th c.]
(music) The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.
• Meiers, Meiser, Siemer, misère
Source: Wiktionary
Re*mise" (r-mz"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remised (-mzd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remising.] Etym: [F. remise delivery, surrender, fr. remettre to put back, deliver, L. remittere. See Remit.]
Definition: To send, give, or grant back; torelease a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone.
Re*mise", n. (Law)
Definition: A giving or granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 April 2025
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
