ROASTER
ROASTER, noun1. One that roasts meat; also, a gridiron.2. A pig for roasting.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ROASTING
ROASTING, participle present tense1. Preparing for the table by exposure to heat on a spit; drying and parching.2. Bantering with severity.ROASTING, noun A severe teasing or ban...
ROB
ROB, nounThe inspissated juice of ripe fruit, mixed with honey or sugar to the consistence of a conserve.ROB, verb transitive1. In law, to take from the person of another feloni...
ROBALLO
ROBAL'LO, noun A fish found in Mexico, which affords a most delicate food.
ROBBE
ROB'BE, noun The sea dog or seal.
ROBBED
ROB'BED, participle passive Deprived feloniously and by violence; plundered; seized and carried away by violence.
ROBBER
ROB'BER, noun1. In law, one that takes goods or money from the person of another by force or menaces, and with a felonious intent.2. In a looser sense, one who takes that to whi...
ROBBERY
ROB'BERY, noun1. In law, the forcible and felonious taking from the person of another any money or goods, putting him in fear, that is, by violence or by menaces of death or per...
ROBBING
ROB'BING, participle present tense Feloniously taking from the person of another; putting him in fear; stripping; plundering; taking from another unlawfully or by wrong or oppre...
ROBBINS
ROB'BINS,ROBE, noun1. A kind of gown or long loose garment worn over other dress, particularly by persons in elevated stations. The robe is properly a dress of state or dignity,...
ROBE
ROBE, n.1. A kind of gown or long loose garment worn over other dress, particularly by persons in elevated stations. The robe is properly a dress of state or dignity, as of prin...
ROBED
RO'BED, participle passive Dressed with a robe; arrayed with elegance.
ROBERSMAN
ROB'ERSMAN,ROB'ERT,HERB-ROBERT, noun A plant of the genus Geranium; stork's bill.
ROBERT
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ROBERTINE
ROB'ERTINE, noun One of an order of monks, so called from Robert Flower, the founder, adjective D. 1187.
ROBERTSMAN
ROB'ERTSMAN, noun In the old statutes of England, a bold stout robber or night thief, said to be so called from Robinhood, a famous robber.
ROBIN
ROB'IN, noun [Latin rubecula, from rubeo, to be red.]1. A bird of the genus Motacilla, called also redbreast. This is the English application of the word.2. In the United States...
ROBIN-GOODFELLOW
ROBIN-GOODFELLOW, noun An old domestic goblin.
ROBORANT
ROB'ORANT, adjective [Latin roborans, roboro.] Strengthening.ROB'ORANT, noun A medicine that strengthens; but corroborant is generally used.
ROBORATION
ROBORA'TION, noun [from Latin roboro, from robur, strength.]A strengthening. [Little used.]
ROBOREOUS
ROBO'REOUS, adjective [Latin roborcus, from robur, strength, and an oak.]Made of oak.
ROBUST
ROBUST', adjective [Latin robustus, from robur, strength.]1. Strong; lusty; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; forceful; as a robust body; robust youth. It implies full flesh and sound...
ROBUSTNESS
ROBUST'NESS, noun Strength; vigor, or the condition of the body when it has full firm flesh and sound health.
ROCAMBOLE
ROC'AMBOLE,ROCHE-ALUM, nounRock-alum, a purer kind of alum.Rochelle salt, tartrate of potash and soda.
ROCHET
ROCH'ET, nounA surplice; the white upper garment of a priest worn while officiating.ROCH'ET, noun A fish, the roach, which see.
ROCK
ROCK, noun [Gr., Latin rupes, from the root of rumpo, to break or burst. If this is not the origin of rock I know not to what root to assign it.]1. A large mass of stony matter,...
ROCK-ALUM
ROCK'-ALUM, noun The purest kind of alum. [See Roche-alum.ROCK'-BASON, noun A cavity or artificial bason cut in a rock for the purpose, as is supposed, of collecting the dew or ...