Noah Webster
Reference
REF'ERENCE, noun
1. A sending, dismission or direction to another for information.
2. Relation; respect; view towards.
The christian religion commands sobriety, temperance and moderation, in reference to our appetites and passions.
3. Allusion to. In his observations he had no reference to the case which has been stated.
4. In law, the process of assigning a cause depending in court, for a hearing and decision, to persons appointed by the court.