Ronde
‖Ronde (?), n.(Print.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Rondeau
Ron‐deau″ (?), n. [F. See Roundel.] [Written also rondo.] 1. A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, a...
Rondel
Ron″del (?), n. [Cf. Rondeau, Roundel.] 1. (Fort.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.2. (a) Same as Rondeau. (b) Specifically, a particular form of rondeau co...
Rondeletia
‖Ron′de‐le″ti‐a (?), n. [NL. So named after William Rondelet, a French naturalist.] (Bot.) A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers.
Rondle
Ron″dle (?), n. [Cf. Rondel.] 1. A rondeau. Spenser.2. A round mass, plate, or disk; especially (Metal.), the crust or scale which forms upon the surface of molten metal in the ...
Rondo
Ron″do (?), n. [It. rondò, fr. F. rondeau. See Rondeau.] 1. (Mus.) A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recu...
Rondure
Ron″dure (?), n. [Cf. F. rondeur roundness.] 1. A round; a circle. Shak.2. Roundness; plumpness.High-kirtled for the chase, and what was shownOf maiden rondure, like the rose ha...
Rong
Rong (?), obs.imp. & p. p. of Ring. Chaucer.
Rong (2)
Rong, n. Rung (of a ladder). Chaucer.
Rongeur
‖Ron′geur″ (?), n. [F., fr. ronger to gnaw.] (Surg.) An instrument for removing small rough portions of bone.
Ronin
‖Ro″nin″ (?), n. [Jap. rō-nin, fr. Chin. lang profligate, lawless + jên (old sound nīn) man.] In Japan, under the feudal system, a samurai who had renounced his clan or who had ...
Ronion
{ Ron″ion, Ron″yon } (?), n. [F. rogne scab, mange.] A mangy or scabby creature.“Aroint thee, with!” the rump-fed ronyon cries. Shak.
Ronne
Ron″ne (?), obs. imp. pl., and Ron″nen (�), obs. p. p. of Renne, to run. Chaucer.
Ront
Ront (?), n. [See Runt.] A runt. Spenser.
Röntgen
Rönt″gen (?), a. Of or pertaining to the German physicist Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen, or the rays discovered by him; as, Röntgen apparatus.
Röntgen ray
Röntgen ray. (Physics) Any of the rays produced when cathode rays strike upon surface of a solid (as the wall of the vacuum tube). Röntgen rays are noted for their penetration o...
Röntgenize
Rönt″gen‐ize (?), v. t.(Physics) To render (air or other gas) conducting by the passage of Röntgen rays.
Rood
Rood (ro͞od), n. [AS. rōd a cross; akin to OS. rōda, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. Rod a measure.] 1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross w...
Roodebok
Roo″de‐bok (?), n. [D. rood red + bok buck.] (Zoöl.) The pallah.
Roody
Rood″y (?), a. Rank in growth.
Roof
Roof (?), n. [OE. rof, AS. hr�f top, roof; akin to D. roef cabin, Icel. hr�f a shed under which ships are built or kept; cf. OS. hr�st roof, Goth. hr�t. Cf. Roost.] 1. (Arch.) T...
Roof (2)
Roof (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Roofed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Roofing.] 1. To cover with a roof.I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that have not been roofed with vault...
Roofer
Roof″er (?), n. One who puts on roofs.
Roofing
Roof″ing, n. 1. The act of covering with a roof.2. The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof. Gwilt.3. Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter. “Fit ...
Roofless
Roof″less, a. 1. Having no roof; as, a roofless house.2. Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless.
Rooflet
Roof″let (?), n. A small roof, covering, or shelter.
Rooftree
Roof″tree′ (?), n. The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall. Tennyson.