Webster's Dictionary 1913

4861

Roundhouse

Round″house′ (?), n. 1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.2. (Naut.) (a) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop...

4862

Rounding

Round″ing, a. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

4863

Rounding (2)

Round″ing, n. 1. (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; — called also service.2. (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound ...

4864

Roundish

Round″ish, a. Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. — Round″ish‐ness, n.

4865

Roundlet

Round″let (?), n. A little circle. J. Gregory.

4866

Roundly

Round″ly, adv. 1. In a round form or manner.2. Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply.He affirms everything roundly. Addison.3. Briskly; with speed. locke.Two of the outlaws walk...

4867

Roundness

Round″ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.2. Fullness; smoothnes...

4868

Roundridge

Round″ridge′ (?), v. t.(Agric.) To form into round ridges by plowing. B. Edwards.

4869

Roundsman

Rounds″man (?), n.; pl.Roundsmen (�). A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.

4870

Roundtop

Round″top′ (?), n.(Naut.) A top; a platform at a masthead; — so called because formerly round in shape.

4871

Roundure

Roun″dure (?; 135), n. [Cf. Rondure.] Roundness; a round or circle. Shak.

4872

Roundworm

Round″worm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A nematoid worm.

4873

Roundy

Round″y (?), a. Round. Sir P. Sidney.

4874

Roup

Roup (?), v. i. & t. [Cf. AS. hr�pan to cry out, G. rufen, Goth. hr�pian. Cf. Roop.] To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction. Jamieson.

4875

Roup (2)

Roup, n. 1. An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction. Jamieson.To roup, that is, the sale of his crops, was over. J. C. Shairp.2. A disease in poultry. See Pip.

4876

Rousant

Rous″ant (?), a.(her.) Rising; — applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also, sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed.

4877

Rouse

Rouse (rouz or rous), v. i. & t. [Perhaps the same word as rouse to start up, “buckle to.”] (Naut.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assist...

4878

Rouse (2)

Rouse (rouz), n. [Cf. D. roes drunkeness, icel. r�ss, Sw. rus, G. rauchen, and also E. rouse, v.t., rush, v.i. Cf. Row a disturbance.] 1. A bumper in honor of a toast or health....

4879

Rouse (3)

Rouse, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Roused (rouzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Rousing.] [Probably of Scan. origin; cf. Sw. rusa to rush, Dan. ruse, AS. hreósan to fall, rush. Cf. Rush, v.] 1. To cau...

4880

Rouse (4)

Rouse, v. i. 1. To get or start up; to rise.Night's black agents to their preys do rouse. Shak.2. To awake from sleep or repose.Morpheus rouses from his bed. Pope.3. To be exite...

4881

Rouser

Rous″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, rouses.2. Something very exciting or great.3. (Brewing) A stirrer in a copper for boiling wort.

4882

Rousing

Rous″ing (?), a. 1. Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.I begin to feelSome rousing motions in me. Milton.2. Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousin...

4883

Rousingly

Rous″ing‐ly, adv. In a rousing manner.

4884

Roussette

Rous‐sette″ (?), n. [F.; — so called in allusion to the color. See Russet.] 1. (Zoöl.) A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of th...

4885

Roust

Roust (roust), v. t. To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out.

4886

Roust (2)

Roust, n. [Cf. Icel. röst an estuary.] A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. [Written also rost, and roost.] Jamieson.

4887

Roustabout

Roust″a‐bout′ (?), n. A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless va...