in Law, a sum of money, or other consideration, affixed yearly out of lands or tenements.

RENDERING, in the manufactory, the same with fine-drawing. It consists in sewing two pieces of cloth edge to edge, without doubling them, so that the seam scarcely appears; and hence it is denominated fine-drawing. It is a French word meaning the same thing, and is derived from the Latin retrahere, of re, in, and trahere, because the seam is drawn in or covered. We are told *, that in the East Indies, if a piece of fine muslin be torn and afterwards mended by the fine drawers, it will be impossible to discover where the rent was. In this country the dexterity of the fine-drawers is not so great as that of those in the east; but it is still such as to enable them to defraud the revenue, by sewing a head or flip of English cloth on a piece of Dutch, Spanish, or other foreign cloth; or a flip of foreign cloth on a piece of English, so as to pass the whole as of a piece, and by that means avoid the duties, penalties, &c. The trick was discovered in France by M. Savary.

RENDERING, in tapestry, is the working new warp into a piece of damaged tapestry, whether eaten by the rats or otherwise destroyed, and on this warp to restore the ancient pattern or design. The warp is to be of woollen, not linen. Among the titles of the French tapestry-makers is included that of renterers. Fine-drawing is particularly used for a rent or hole, which happens in dressing or preparing a piece of cloth artfully sewed up or mended with silk. All fine-drawings are reckoned defects or blemishes, and should be allowed for in the price of the piece.

REVERSE, INVERTED, in Heraldry, is when anything is set with the head downwards, or contrary to its natural way of standing. Thus, a chevron reverse is a chevron with the point downwards. They use also the same term when a beast is laid on its back.