card of reentry

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card of reentry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reentry \Re*en"try\ (-tr?), n.
     1. A second or new entry; as, a reentry into public life.
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     2. (Law) A resuming or retaking possession of what one has
        lately foregone; -- applied especially to land; the entry
        by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the
        tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
        --Burrill.
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     3. (Astronautics) To enter (the Earth's atmosphere) after
        having passed beyond the atmosphere, as when in orbit or
        returning from another planet.
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     Card of reentry, (Whist), a card that by winning a trick
        will bring one the lead at an advanced period of the hand.
        [1913 Webster] re-equip