Webster's Dictionary 1913

4807

Roughhewn

Rough″hewn′ (?), a. 1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. “A roughhewn seaman.” Bacon.

4808

Roughing-in

Rough″ing–in′ (?), n. The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.

4809

Roughings

Rough″ings (?), n. pl. Rowen.

4810

Roughish

Rough″ish, a. Somewhat rough.

4811

Roughleg

Rough″leg′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legg...

4812

Roughly

Rough″ly, adv. In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.

4813

Roughness

Rough″ness, n. The quality or state of being rough.

4814

Roughrider

Rough″rid′er (?), n. One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master.

4815

Roughrider (2)

Rough″rid′er (?), n. An officer or enlisted man in the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, a regiment raised for the Spanish war of 1898, composed mostly of Western cowboys and hunters...

4816

Roughscuff

Rough″scuff (?), n. [Rough + scuff.] A rough, coarse fellow; collectively, the lowest class of the people; the rabble; the riffraff.

4817

Roughsetter

Rough″set′ter (?), n. A mason who builds rough stonework.

4818

Roughshod

Rough″shod (?), a. Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.

4819

Roughstrings

Rough″strings′ (?), n. pl.(Capr.) Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.

4820

Rought

Rought (?), obs.imp. of Reach.

4821

Rought (2)

Rought, obs.imp. of Reck, to care. Chaucer.

4822

Roughtail

Rough″tail′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; — so called from their rough tails.

4823

Roughwork

Rough″work′ (?), v. t. To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish. Moxon.

4824

Roughwrought

Rough″wrought′ (?), a. Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.

4825

Rouk

Rouk (?), v. i. See 5th Ruck, and Roke.

4826

Roulade

‖Rou′lade″ (?), n.(Mus.) A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.

4827

Rouleau

‖Rou′leau″ (?), n.; pl. F. Rouleaux (F. �; E. �), E. Rouleaus (#). [F., a roll, dim. fr. fr. rôle, formerly also spelt roulle. See Roll.] A little roll; a roll of coins put up i...

4828

Roulette

Rou‐lette″ (?), n. [F., properly, a little wheel or ball. See Rouleau, Roll.] 1. A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off in...

4829

Roulette (2)

Rou‐lette″ (?), n. A small toothed wheel used to make short incisions in paper, as a sheet of postage stamps to facilitate their separation.

4830

Roulette (3)

Rou‐lette″, v. t. To make short incisions in with a roulette; to separate by incisions made with a roulette; as, to roulette a sheet of postage stamps.

4831

Rouly-pouly

Rou″ly–pou′ly (?), n. See Rolly-pooly.

4832

Roumanian

Rou‐ma″ni‐an (?), a. [Written also Rumanian.] [From Roumania, the name of the country, Roumanian România, fr. Român Roumanian, L. Romanus Roman.] Of or pertaining to Roumania.

4833

Roumanian (2)

Rou‐ma″ni‐an, n. An inhabitant of Roumania; also, the language of Roumania, one of the Romance or Romanic languages descended from Latin, but containing many words from other la...