Webster's Dictionary 1913

4456

Roist

Roist (?), v. i. See Roister.

4457

Roister

Roist″er (?), v. i. [Probably fr. F. rustre boor, a clown, clownish, fr. L. rustucus rustic. See Rustic.] To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbu...

4458

Roister (2)

Roist″er (?), n. See Roisterer.

4459

Roisterer

Roist″er‐er (?), n. A blustering, turbulent fellow.If two roisterers met, they cocked their hats in each other faces. Macaulay.

4460

Roisterly

Roist″er‐ly, a. Blustering; violent.

4461

Roisterly (2)

Roist″er‐ly, adv. In a roistering manner.

4462

Rokambole

Rok″am‐bole (?), n. See Rocambole.

4463

Roke

Roke (?), n. [See Reek.] 1. Mist; smoke; damp [Written also roak, rook, and rouk.]2. A vein of ore. Halliwell.

4464

Rokeage

{ Roke″age (?), Rok″ee (?), } n. [Cf. Nocake.] Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; — called also yokeage.

4465

Rokelay

Rok″e‐lay (?), n. [Cf. Roquelaure.] A short cloak. [Written also rockelay, rocklay, etc.]

4466

Roky

Rok″y (?), a. [See Roke.] Misty; foggy; cloudy. Ray.

4467

Rôle

Rôle (?), n. [F. See Roll.] A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the rôle of phila...

4468

Roll

Roll (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Rolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Rolling.] [OF. roeler, roler, F. rouler, LL. rotulare, fr. L. royulus, rotula, a little wheel, dim. of rota wheel; akin t...

4469

Roll (2)

Roll, v. i. 1. To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the ear...

4470

Roll (3)

Roll, n. [F. rôle a roll (in sense 3), fr. L. rotulus � little wheel, LL., a roll, dim. of L. rota a wheel. See Roll, v., and cf. Rôle, Rouleau, Roulette.] 1. The act of rolling...

4471

Rollable

Roll″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being rolled.

4472

Roller

Roll″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.2. A bandage; a fillet; ...

4473

Roller bearing

Roll″er bear″ing. (Mach.) A bearing containing friction rollers.

4474

Roller coaster

Roller coaster. An amusement railroad in which cars coast by gravity over a long winding track, with steep pitches and ascents.

4475

Rolley

Roll″ey (–y̆), n. [Probably fr. roll.] A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine. Tomlison.

4476

Rollic

Rol″lic (rŏl″lĭk), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Rollicked (–lĭkt); p. pr. & vb. n.Rollicking.] [Corrupt. fr. frolic, under the influence of roll.] To move or play in a careless, swaggerin...

4477

Rolliche

Rol″li‐che (?), n. [Also Rol″le‐jee (�), Rol″li‐chie.] [D. rolletje a little roll.] A kind of sausage, made in a bag of tripe, sliced and fried, famous among the Dutch of New Am...

4478

Rolling

Roll″ing (?), a. 1. Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball.2. Moving on wheel...

4479

Rolling-pin

Roll″ing–pin′ (?), n. A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.

4480

Rollway

Roll″way′ (?), n. A place prepared for rolling logs into a stream.

4481

Rolly-poly

Roll″y–po′ly (?), n. A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled into a cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed. — a. Shaped like a rolly-poly; short and stout. [W...

4482

Rolly-pooly

Roll″y–pool′y (?), n. A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins. [Written also rouly-pouly.]