Webster's Dictionary 1913

4591

Roosa oil

Roo″sa oil′ (?). The East Indian name for grass oil. See under Grass.

4592

Roost

Roost (?), n. Roast. Chaucer.

4593

Roost (2)

Roost (?), v. t. See Roust, v. t.

4594

Roost (3)

Roost, n. [AS. hrōst; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. Roof.] 1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.He clappe...

4595

Roost (4)

Roost, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Roosted; p. pr. & vb. n.Roosting.] 1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. Wordsworth.2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest...

4596

Roostcock

Roost″cock′ (?), n. The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. Halliwell.

4597

Rooster

Roost″er (?), n. The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.Nor, when they wrung the neck of a rooster, did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congress or King George. W....

4598

Root

Root (?), v. i. [AS. wrōtan; akin to wrōt a snout, trunk, D. wroeten to root, G. rüssel snout, trunk, proboscis, Icel. rōta to root, and perhaps to L. rodere to gnaw (E. rodent)...

4599

Root (2)

Root, v. t. To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth.

4600

Root (3)

Root, n. [Icel. rōt (for vrōt); akin to E. wort, and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See Wort.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a ...

4601

Root (4)

Root (ro͞ot), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Rooted; p. pr. & vb. n.Rooting.] 1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.In deep grounds the weeds root...

4602

Root (5)

Root, v. t. 1. To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; — used chiefly in the participle; as, r...

4603

Root (6)

Root, v. i. [Cf. Rout to roar.] To shout for, or otherwise noisly applaud or encourage, a contestant, as in sports; hence, to wish earnestly for the success of some one or the h...

4604

Rootcap

Root″cap′ (ro͞ot″kăp′), n.(Bot.) A mass of parenchymatous cells which covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root; a pileorhiza.

4605

Rooted

Root″ed, a. Having taken root; firmly implanted; fixed in the heart. “A rooted sorrow.” Shak.— Root″ed‐ly, adv. — Root″ed‐ness, n.

4606

Rooter

Rooter (?), n. One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.

4607

Rooter (2)

Root″er, n. One who roots, or applauds.

4608

Rootery

Root″er‐y, n. A pile of roots, set with plants, mosses, etc., and used as an ornamental object in gardening.

4609

Rootless

Root″less, a. Destitute of roots.

4610

Rootlet

Root″let (?), n. A radicle; a little root.

4611

Rootstock

Root″stock′ (?), n.(Bot.) A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s�ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.

4612

Rooty

Root″y (?), a. Full of roots; as, rooty ground.

4613

Ropalic

Ro‐pal″ic (?), a. See Rhopalic.

4614

Rope

Rope (?), n. [AS. rāp; akin to D. reep, G. reif ring hoop, Icel. reip rope, Sw. rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip latchet.] 1. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than ...

4615

Rope (2)

Rope (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Roped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Roping.] To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive...

4616

Rope (3)

Rope, v. t. 1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods. Hence: —2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.3...

4617

Rope-yarn

Rope″–yarn′ (?), n. the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.