Define Revel using "exact" search strategy.
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| Source: gcide | Reveal \Re*veal"\, n. 1. A revealing; a disclosure. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
2. (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}.] [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Revel \Rev"el\, n. (Arch.) See {Reveal}. [R.] [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Revel \Rev"el\, n. [OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See {Revel}, v. i.] A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal. [1913 Webster]
This day in mirth and revel to dispend. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Some men ruin . . . their bodies by incessant revels. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
{Master of the revels}, {Revel master}. Same as {Lord of misrule}, under {Lord}. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Revel \Rev"el\, 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}.] 1. To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To move playfully; to indulge without restraint. "Where joy most revels." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Revel \Re*vel"\, v. t. [L. revellere; re- + vellere to pluck, pull.] To draw back; to retract. [Obs.] --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
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