Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Roan (2)

Roan, n. 1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color.2. A roan horse.3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored...

4322

Roar

Roar (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Roared (?); p. pr. & vvb. n.Roaring.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. rārian; akin to G. röhten, OHG. r�r�n. √112.] 1. To cry with a full, loud, continued so...

4323

Roar (2)

Roar, v. t. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.This last action will roar thy infamy. Ford.

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Roar (3)

Roar (?), n. The sound of roaring. Specifically: (a) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion. (b) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like. (c) A ...

4325

Roarer

Roar″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, roars. Specifically: (a) A riotous fellow; a roaring boy.A lady to turn roarer, and break glasses. Massinger.(b) (Far.) A horse subjec...

4326

Roaring

Roar″ing, n. 1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation.2. (Far.) An affection of the wind...

4327

Roaring forties

Roar″ing for″ties (?). (Naut.) The middle latitudes of the southern hemisphere. So called from the boisterous and prevailing westerly winds, which are especially strong in the S...

4328

Roaringly

Roar″ing‐ly, adv. In a roaring manner.

4329

Roast

Roast (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n.Roasting.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. rôtir; of German origin; cf. OHG. rōsten, G. rösten, fr. OHG. rōst, rōsta, gridiron,...

4330

Roast (2)

Roast, v. i. 1. To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. Chaucer.2. To undergo the process of being ro...

4331

Roast (3)

Roast, n. That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.A fat swan loved he best of any roost. Chaucer.To rule the roast, to be...

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Roast (4)

Roast, a. [For roasted.] Roasted; as, roast beef.

4333

Roaster

Roast″er (?), n. 1. One who roasts meat.2. A contrivance for roasting.3. A pig, or other article of food fit for roasting.

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Roasting

Roast″ing, a. & n., from Roast, v.Roasting ear, an ear of Indian corn at that stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted. — Roasting jack, a machine for turning a s...

4335

Rob

Rob (?), n. [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe, arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.] The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire ...

4336

Rob (2)

Rob, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Robbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Robbing.] [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roub�n, G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. √114. See Reave,and...

4337

Rob (3)

Rob, v. i. To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.I am accursed to rob in that thief's company. Shak.

4338

Robalo

Rob″a‐lo (?), n. [Sp. róbalo.] Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidæ, esp. the largest species (Oxyl...

4339

Roband

Rob″and (?), n.(Naut.) See Roperand.

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Robber

Rob″ber (?), n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.Some roving robber calling to his...

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Robbery

Rob″ber‐y (?), n.; pl.Robberies (#). [OF. roberie.] 1. The act or practice of robbing; theft.Thieves for their robbery have authorityWhen judges steal themselves. Shak.2. (Law) ...

4342

Robbin

Rob″bin (?), n.(Com.) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 poun...

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Robbin (2)

Rob″bin, n.(Naut.) See Ropeband.

4344

Robe

Robe (?), n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See Rob, v. t., and cf. Rubbish.] 1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegan...

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Robe (2)

Robe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Robed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Robing.] To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.The sage Chaldeans robed in white...

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Robe-de-chambre

‖Robe′–de–cham″bre (?), n. A dressing gown, or morning gown.

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Roberdsman

{ Rob″erds‐man (?), Rob″erts‐man (?), } n.; pl.-men. (�) (Old Statutes of Eng.) A bold, stout robber, or night thief; — said to be so called from Robin Hood.