Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ROOFLESS

ROOF'LESS, adjective1. Having no roof; as a roofless house.2. Having no house or home; unsheltered.

2810

ROOFY

ROOF'Y, adjective Having roofs.

2811

ROOK

ROOK, noun [Latin graculus; probably from its voice. See Crow and Croak.]1. A fowl of the genus Corvus, the fowl mentioned by Virgil under this name. This fowl resembles the cro...

2812

ROOKERY

ROOK'ERY, noun1. A nursery of rooks.2. In low language, a brothel.

2813

ROOKY

ROOK'Y, adjective Inhabited by rooks; as the rooky wood.

2814

ROOM

ROOM, noun1. Space; compass; extent of place, great or small. Let the words occupy as little room as possible.2. Space or place unoccupied.Lord, it is done as thou hast commande...

2815

ROOMAGE

ROOM'AGE, noun [from room.] Space; place. [Not used.]

2816

ROOMFUL

ROOM'FUL, adjective Abounding with rooms.

2817

ROOMINESS

ROOM'INESS, noun Space; spaciousness; large extent of space.Roomth, space, and roomthy, spacious, are ill formed words and not used in the United States.

2818

ROOMY

ROOM'Y, adjective Spacious; wide; large; having ample room; as a roomy mansion; a roomy deck.

2819

ROOST

ROOST, nounThe pole or other support on which fowls rest at night.He clapp'd his wings upon his roostAt roost in a state for rest and sleep.ROOST, verb intransitive1. To sit, re...

2820

ROOSTING

ROOST'ING, participle present tense Sitting for rest and sleep at night.

2821

ROOT

ROOT, noun [Latin radix. A root is a shoot, and only a different application of rod, Latin radius.]1. That part of a plant which enters and fixes itself in the earth, and serves...

2822

ROOTED

ROOT'ED, participle passive Having its roots planted or fixed in the earth; hence, fixed; deep; radical; as rooted sorrow; rooted aversion; rooted prejudices.

2823

ROOTEDLY

ROOT'EDLY, adverb Deeply; from the heart.

2824

ROOTER

ROOT'ER, noun One that roots; or one that tears up by the roots.ROOT'-HOUSE, noun A house made of roots.

2825

ROOTING

ROOT'ING, participle present tense Striking or taking root; turning up with the snout.ROOT'-LEAF, noun A leaf growing immediately from the root.

2826

ROOTLET

ROOT'LET, noun A radicle; the fibrous part of a root.

2827

ROOTY

ROOT'Y, adjective Full of roots; as rooty ground.

2828

ROPALIC

ROPAL'IC, adjective [Gr. a club.] Club-formed; increasing or selling towards the end.

2829

ROPE

ROPE, noun1. A large string or line composed of several strands twisted together. It differs from cord, line and string, only in its size; being the name given to all sorts of c...

2830

ROPE-BAND

RO'PE-BAND, [See Robbin.]

2831

ROPE-BANDS

ROPE-BANDS, noun [rope and bands.] Short flat plaited pieces of rope with an eye in one end, used in pairs to tie the upper edges of square sails to their yards.

2832

ROPE-DANCER

RO'PE-DANCER, noun [rope and dancer.]One that walks on a rope suspended.

2833

ROPE-LADDER

RO'PE-LADDER, noun A ladder made of ropes.

2834

ROPE-MAKER

RO'PE-MAKER, noun One whose occupation is to make ropes or cordage. [I do not know that roper is ever used.]

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ROPE-MAKING

RO'PE-MAKING, noun The art or business of manufacturing ropes or cordage.