Webster's Dictionary 1913

4564

Roofy

Roof′y (?), a. Having roofs. Dryden.

4565

Rook

Rook (ro͝ok), n. Mist; fog. See Roke.

4566

Rook (2)

Rook, v. i. To squat; to ruck. Shak.

4567

Rook (3)

Rook, n. [F. roc (cf. Sp. roque), fr. Per. & Ar. rokh, or rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also the bird roc (in this sense perhaps a different word); cf. Hind. rath a war cha...

4568

Rook (4)

Rook, n. [AS. hrōc; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, Icel. hrōkr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to crow.] 1. (Zoöl.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the...

4569

Rook (5)

Rook, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Rooked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Rooking.] To cheat; to defraud by cheating. “A band of rooking officials.” Milton.

4570

Rookery

Rook″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Rookeries (�). 1. The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves. Tennyson.2. A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons...

4571

Rooky

Rook″y (–y̆), a. [See Roky.] Misty; gloomy.Light thickens, and the crowMakes wing to the rooky wood. Shak.☞ Some make this Shakespearean word mean “abounding in rooks.”

4572

Room

Room (ro͞om), n. [OE. roum, rum, space, AS. rūm; akin to OS., OFries. & Icel. rūm, D. ruim, G. raum, OHG. rūm, Sw. & Dan. rum, Goth. rūms, and to AS. rūm, adj., spacious, D. rui...

4573

Room (2)

Room (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Roomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Rooming.] To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.

4574

Room (3)

Room, a. [AS. rūm.] Spacious; roomy.No roomer harbour in the place. Chaucer.

4575

Roomage

Room″age (?), n. [From Room. CF. Rummage.] Space; place; room. Sir H. Wotton.

4576

Roomer

Room″er (?), n. A lodger.

4577

Roomer (2)

Room″er (?), adv. [See Room, a.] At a greater distance; farther off. Sir J. Harrington.

4578

Roomful

Room″ful (?), a. Abounding with room or rooms; roomy. “A roomful house.” Donne.

4579

Roomful (2)

Room″ful, n.; pl.Roomfuls (�). As much or many as a room will hold; as, a roomful of men. Swift.

4580

Roomily

Room″i‐ly (?), adv. Spaciously.

4581

Roominess

Room″i‐ness, n. The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the roominess of a hall.

4582

Roomless

Room″less, a. Being without room or rooms. Udall.

4583

Roommate

Room″mate′ (?), n. One of two or more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum.

4584

Roomsome

Room″some (?), a. Roomy. Evelyn.

4585

Roomth

Roomth (?), n. Room; space. Drayton.

4586

Roomthy

Roomth″y (?), a. Roomy; spacious. Fuller.

4587

Roomy

Room″y (?), a. Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck. Dryden.

4588

Roon

Roon (?), a. & n. Vermilion red; red.Her face was like the lily roon. J. R. Drake.

4589

Roop

Roop (?), n. See Roup.

4590

Roorback

{ Roor″back, Roor″bach } (?), n. A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue.☞ The word originated in the election canvass of 1844, when such ...