Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ROUNDO

ROUND'O, noun1. A sort of ancient poem, consisting of thirteen verses, of which eight are in one kind of rhyme and five in another. It is divided into couplets; at the end of th...

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ROUNDRIDGE

ROUND'RIDGE, verb transitive [round and ridge.] In tillage, to form round ridges by plowing.

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ROUNDROBIN

ROUND'ROBIN, nounA written petition, memorial or remonstrance signed by names in a ring or circle.

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ROUNDS

ROUNDS, nounplural1. [See Round, noun No. 5.]2. Round-top. [See Top.]

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ROUSE

ROUSE, verb transitive rouz. [This word, written also arouse, seems to belong to the family of raise or rush. See Raise.]1. To wake from sleep or repose. Genesis 49:9.2. To exci...

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ROUSED

ROUS'ED, participle passive Awakened from sleep; excited to thought or action.

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ROUSER

ROUS'ER, noun One that rouses or excites.

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ROUSING

ROUS'ING, participle present tense1. Awaking from sleep; exciting; calling into action.2.adjective Having power to awaken or excite.3. Great; violent; as a rousing fire. [Vulgar.]

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ROUT

ROUT, noun1. A rabble; a clamorous multitude; a tumultuous crowd; as a rout of people assembled.The endless routs of wretched thralls.2. In law, a rout is where three persons or...

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ROUTINE

ROUTINE, noun rootee'n. [Latin rota, a wheel.]1. A round of business, amusements or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; particularly, a course of business or official duties,...

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ROVE

ROVE, verb intransitive [Latin rapio.]To wander; to ramble; to range; to go, move or pass without certain direction in any manner, by walking, riding, flying or otherwise.For wh...

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ROVER

RO'VER, noun1. A wanderer; one who rambles about.2. A fickle or inconstant person.3. A robber or pirate; a freebooter. [So corsair is from Latin cursus, curro, to run.At rovers,...

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ROVING

RO'VING, participle present tense Rambling; wandering; passing a cord through an eye.

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ROW

ROW, nounA series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as a row of trees; a row of gems or pearls; a row of houses or columns.Where the bri...

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ROW-LOCK

ROW-LOCK, noun That part of a boat's gunwale on which the oar rests in rowing.

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ROW-PORT

ROW-PORT, noun A little square hole in the side of small vessels of war, near the surface of the water, for the use of an oar for rowing in a calm.

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ROWABLE

ROWABLE, adjective Capable of being rowed or rowed upon. [Not in use.]

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ROWED

ROWED, participle passive Driven by oars.

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ROWEL

ROW'EL, noun [Latin rota.]1. The little wheel of a spur, formed with sharp points.2. Among farriers, a roll of hair or silk, used as an issue on horses, answering to a seton in ...

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ROWEN

ROW'EN, noun [Heb. to be green, to thrive.]Rowen is a field kept up till after Michaelmas, that the corn left on the ground may sprout into green.Turn your cows that give milk i...

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ROWER

ROWER, noun One that rows or manages an oar in rowing.

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ROWING

ROWING, participle present tense Impelling, as a boat by oars.

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ROWLEY-RAGG

ROWLEY-RAGG, [See Ragg.]

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ROYAL

ROY'AL, adjective [Latin regalis, from rex, king. See Reck and Right.]1. Kingly; pertaining to a king; regal; as royal power or prerogative; a royal garden; royal domains; the r...

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ROYALISM

ROY'ALISM, noun Attachment to the principles or cause of royalty, or to a royal government.

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ROYALIST

ROY'ALIST, noun An adherent to a king, or one attached to a kingly government.Where Candish fought, the royalist prevail'd.

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ROYALIZE

ROY'ALIZE, verb transitive To make royal.