Delagoa Bay seems to have been known originally as "Golfo dos tres Reis magos" (Gulf of the Three Kings); see p.
The story of the reis (captain) is, that she sprang a plank at about 4 A.
I ordered the vakeel, and the reis or captain of the vessel, to be put in irons.
The story of the reis is false; there can be no doubt that the crew and soldiers were fast asleep, and the vessel was run into by one of her consorts.
If it all worked out as he expected, if his wife had insisted upon the indolent reis giving an instant alarm at Halfa, then the pursuers should be already upon their track.
The reis was a sleepy old crock," Belmont continued, "but I have absolute confidence in the promptness and decision of my wife.
However, there was a certain smile on the lips of Reis Hamed, and he answered with a very hearty, 'Ja!
The Turkish Reis had despatched them, to ascertain whether the vessel had drifted, and who the inhabitants might be.
The Reis called the men to the oars, but their numbers were too few to be availing, and in a very few minutes more the vessel was driven hopelessly towards a mass of rocks.
Soundings were made, and presently the Reis decided on anchoring.
A Reis would have to pay a heavy reckoning with Mehemed Dey if a French ambassador had to complain of him, and you will bear me witness, Madame, that I have not touched a hair of any of your heads!
Reis was the first to face Joe in the last half of the ninth.
Then Burkett followed suit with a beauty to right that sent Iredell to third, though a good return throw by Reis held Burkett to the initial bag.
Joe measured him carefully, took his time in winding up, and then, with all the signs of delivering a fast high one, sent over a floater thatReis reached for and hit into the dirt in front of the plate.
In the Brooklyns' third, Joe made a great play on a well-placed bunt by Reis that rolled between the box and third base.
Whether or not Philip Reis invented the speaking telephone has been a much controverted question, for the reason that speech was occasionally transmitted over Reis's telephone,--though not by intention.
Reis did not do this: and yet Philip Reis's telephone could be made to speak in a few seconds, by simply turning a little thumb-screw!
The invention that Reis conceived, developed and produced was a singing telephone only; the apparatus by which he sometimes transmitted speech was his singing telephone, slightly disadjusted.
Reis did not know this, and consequently could not give the information to "persons skilled in the art.
In the next year Philip Reis invented the singing telephone, by which he could transmit musical tones over considerable distances.
He finds, within, the reis effendi, or minister for foreign affairs, who has approached by land with similar precaution.
The Reis who most distinguished himself was the Delhi Abdallah.
Twelve vintens, 240 reis = about one shilling and twopence.
It takes one thousand reis to make a dollar, and all financial estimates are made in reis.
They count it in reis at a thousand to the dollar, and this makes them rich and contented.
The Portuguese pennies, or reis (pronounced rays), are prodigious.
Reis resigned his membership in 1867; but the Free German Institute of Frankfort, which elected him an honorary member, also slighted the instrument as a mere 'philosophical toy.
Reis in fact was trembling on the verge of a great discovery, which was, however, reserved for others.
The transmitter of Reis was based on the plan of interrupting the current, and the spring was intended to close the contact after it had been opened by the shock of a vibration.
All these apparatus follow in the track ofReis and Bourseul--that is to say, the interruption of the current by a vibrating contact.
Reis believed in his invention, if no one else did; and had he been encouraged by his fellows from the beginning, he might have brought it into a practical shape.
Reis had seen that an undulatory current was needed to transmit sounds in perfection, especially vocal sounds; but his mode of producing the undulations was defective from a mechanical and electrical point of view.
Reis undertook geography, and believed he had found his true vocation in the art of teaching.
Reis imagined that electricity could be propagated through space, as light can, without the aid of a material conductor, and he made some experiments on the subject.
Latterly Reis had confined his teaching and study to matters of science; but his bad health was a serious impediment.
He sent an army and a fleet under command of Piale Reis to besiege it.
It is significant that the Sultan, while putting to death the Kiaya and Reis Effendi, spared the life of Baltadji, who was mainly responsible, and simply dismissed him from the office of Grand Vizier.
The Kiaya Osman and the Reis Effendi Omer, who were believed to be largely responsible for the treaty, were put to death by order of the Sultan.
The Khan of Khiva assumes his rank as Cupbearer, the Emir of Bokhara as Reis (guardian of religion), and the Khan of Khokand as Constable.
In the catalogue of the victims of this period appear also the names of the Judges of the East and of the West, of the Mufti of Casveen, of the Reis of Isfahan, and the Reis of Tebreez.
The reis erected a pulpit in the castle of Moominabad, the place of his residence, and read the letter aloud to the people, the greater part of whom listened to its contents with joy.
The reis is in general the hereditary head of a village.
The reis had in fact been long in secret one of the most zealous disciples of Hassan Sabah.
Nickel and copper coins are used for change below that sum, the reis being a very minute disk of copper.
Defn: The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.
One hundred reis is three cents in American money.
Money is on the decimal system, 1,000 reis making a milrei.
The Portuguese money system--reis and milreis--is that of Brazil.
Only among the poorer class are coins of less than 100 reis in use.
It raked together all possible claimants to priority, from Philip Reis to Elisha Gray, in its attempts to discredit Bell as the inventor.
Reis seemed to have based his work upon an article published in "The American Journal of Science" by Dr.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
