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Riding The Pine: Refers to a player who is sitting on the bench, often because he is underperforming.

Reading The Tape: Judging the performance of stocks by monitoring changes in price as they are displayed on the ticker tape.

Red Pine: Pinus resinosa - dark green needles 4''-6'' long; big and bushy.

Regression Toward The Mean: The tendency that a random variable will ultimately have a value closer to its mean value.

Reading The Lanes: The process of discovering how your ball reacts on different portions of the lane surface; hopefully, finding the best area to use to maximize strike potential.

Rehypothecation: Rehypothecation occurs when your broker, to whom you have hypothecated — or pledged — securities as collateral for a margin loan, pledges those same securities to a bank or other lender to s . . . View Full Definition

Reading The Lane: Experimentation, usually during practice, to determine the characteristics of a lane. Some lanes are faster than others, some will allow a bigger hook while others will hold the ball back, etc.

Queen Of The Vineyard: (See Perle von Csaba above).

Queen of the Meadow Root (Eupatorum purpureum): Also known as gravel root or Joe-Pye Weed. Diuretic, anti-lithic, urinary infections, respiratory.

Rag The Puck: To retain control of the puck, without attempting to score, for a considerable period of time, usually through clever stickhandling; a tactic used to kill time while a team is short-handed o . . . View Full Definition