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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Round'ridge, v. t. p. 1152(Agric.) To form into round ridges by plowing. Edwards.Round'-shōul'dered, a. p. 1152Having the shoulders projecting behind; round-backed.Round'-tōp, n. p. 1152(Naut.) A platform at the mast-head; a top; — called also rounds.Round'-trāde, n. p. 1152A kind of barter, practiced on the Gaboon River and in its neighborhood, comprising a large assortment of miscellaneous articles; — called also bundle-trade. Simmonds.Roup, v. t. p. 1152To cry or shout; hence, to expose to sale by auction. [Scot.] Jamieson.Roup, n. p. 1152An outcry; a sale of goods by auction. [Scot.] Jamieson. 2. [Cf. Roop.] A disease in poultry. Gardner.Rous'ant, a. p. 1152(Her.) Rising; — applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; as, a swan rousant. Wright.Rouse, v. t. p. 1152To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early, or suddenly. 2. To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or inattention. “To rouse up a people the…Rouse, v. i. p. 1152To awake from sleep or repose. Morpheus rouses from his bed. Pope. 2. To be excited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.Rouse, v. i. p. 1152(Naut.) To pull together upon a cable, &c., without the assistance of tackles, or other mechanical power. Totten.Rouse, n. p. 1152A bumper in honor of a health. [Obs.] Shak. 2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. Fill the cup, and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn. Tennyson.Rous'er, n. p. 1152One who, or that which, rouses or excites. 2. Hence, something exciting, or very great. [U. S.] Bartlett.Rous'ing, a. p. 1152Having power to awaken or excite. I begin to feel some rousing motions in me. Milton. 2. Great; violent; as, a rousing fire. [Vulgar.]Rous'ing-ly, adv. p. 1152In a rousing manner; violently; excitingly.Roust, n. p. 1152A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. [Written also rost and roost.] Jamieson. W. Scott.Roust, v. t. p. 1152To rouse; to disturb; to vex; as, to roust one out. [Prov. Eng.]Rout, n. p. 1152A company of persons; a concourse. [Obs.] “He spied a rout of people.” Spenser. 2. Hence, a fashionable assembly, or large evening party. “At routs and dances.” Landor. 3. A clamorous multitude; a…Rout, n. p. 1152The breaking or defeat of an army or band of troops, or the disorder and confusion of troops thus defeated and put to flight. Thy army, ... Dispersed in rout, betook them all to fly. Daniel.Rout, v. t. p. 1152To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to defeat and throw into confusion. That party of the king's horse that charged the Scots, so totally routed and defeated their…Rout, v. i. p. 1152To assemble in a clamorous and tumultuous crowd. [Obs.] Bacon.Rout, v. i. p. 1152To snore. [Obs.] Chaucer.Rout, v. t. p. 1152To turn up with the nose; to root. [Obs.]Route, n. p. 1152The course or way which is traveled or passed, or to be passed; a passing; a course; a march. Wide through the fuzzy field their route they take. Gay. ☞ Walker gives the preference “to the first…Rōu-tīne′, n. p. 1152A round of business, amusements, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or official duties regularly or frequently returning. 2. Any regular course of action or…Rout'ōus-ly, adv. p. 1152(Law.) With that violation of law called a rout; in the manner of a rout. Bouvier.Rōve, v. i. p. 1152To wander; to ramble; to range; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, by walking, riding, flying, or otherwise. For who has power to walk has power to rove. Arbuthnot. 2. To…Rōve, v. t. p. 1152To wander over; as, roving a field; roving the town. ☞ This is an elliptical form of expression,—over, through, or about, being understood. 2. To plow into ridges by turning one furrow over another.…Rōve, n. p. 1152The act of wandering; a ramble. [Rare.] In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt. Young.Rōve, v. t. p. 1152To draw through an eye or aperture; to draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. Jamieson.Rōve, n. p. 1152A roll of wool, or sliver, drawn out and slightly twisted, preparatory to being further spun into thread or yarn.Rōv'er, n. p. 1152A wanderer; one who rambles about. 2. A fickle or inconstant person. 3. A robber or pirate; a freebooter. Bacon. 4. A sort of arrow. [Obs.] B. Jonson. At rovers, without any particular aim; at…Rōv'ing, n. p. 1152The operation of forming the rove, or slightly twisted thread, from the sliver or roll of wool, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving-frame or roving-machine. 2. A roll of wool or…Rōv'ing-ly, adv. p. 1152In a wandering manner.Rōv'ing-ma-chine', n. p. 1152A machine for winding roves or slubs on small bobbins for the creels of the spinning-machine. Simmonds.Rōv'ing-ness, n. p. 1152The state of roving.Rōv'ing-shōt, n. p. 1152A random shot.Rōw, n. p. 1152A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of gems or pearls; a row of houses or columns. “The bright seraphim in burning row.”…Rōw, v. t. p. 1152To impel, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water by oars; as, to row a boat. 2. To transport by rowing; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.Rōw, v. i. p. 1153To labor with the oar; as, to row well. 2. To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.Row, n. p. 1153A riotous, noisy disturbance. Byron.Rōw'a-ble, a. p. 1153Capable of being rowed or rowed upon. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Rōw'an-tree, n. p. 1153(Bot.) The roan-tree, or European mountain-ash.Rōw'-bōat, n. p. 1153A boat propelled by rowing.Row'dy, n. p. 1153One who engages in rows, or riots; a riotous, turbulent fellow. [U. S.]Row'dy-ish, a. p. 1153Pertaining to, or characterized by, the manners of a rowdy; as, rowdyish boys.Row'dy-ism, n. p. 1153The conduct of a rowdy; noisy blackguardism. [U. S.]Rowel (rou'el), n. p. 1153The little wheel of a spur, formed with sharp points. “With sounding whip and rowels dyed in blood.” Cooper. 2. A little flat ring or wheel of plate or iron on horses’ bits. The iron rowels into…Row'el, v. t. p. 1153(Far.) To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, in.Row'en, n. p. 1153A field kept up till after Michaelmas, that the corn left on the ground may sprout into green. Turn your cows that give milk into your rowens till snow comes. Mortimer. 2. The second growth of grass…Rōw'er, n. p. 1153One who rows or manages an oar in rowing.Row'ett, n. p. 1153See ROWEN.Row'ley-rāgg, n. p. 1153See RAGSTONE.Rōw'lock, n. p. 1153(Naut.) A contrivance or arrangement for supporting an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a hollow in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge…Rōw'pōrt, n. p. 1153(Naut.) A little square hole in the side of small vessels of war, near the surface of the water, for the purpose of rowing in a calm.Roy, a. p. 1153The same as ROYAL. [Obs.] Chapman.Roy, n. p. 1153A king. [Obs.]Roy'al, a. p. 1153Kingly; pertaining to the crown; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; a royal garden; royal domains; the royal family. 2. Becoming a king or queen; as, royal state. 3. Noble; illustrious…Roy'al, n. p. 1153A large kind of paper, usually 20 by 25 inches or more. 2. (Naut.) A small sail spread immediately above the top-gallant-sail;—sometimes called top-gallant-royal. Totten. 3. One of the shoots of a…Roy'al-ēt, n. p. 1153An unimportant or powerless king. [Obs.] There were at this time two other royalets, as only kings by his leave. Fuller.Roy'al-īsm, n. p. 1153The principles or conduct of royalists.