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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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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.Roy'al-ist, n. p. 1153An adherent to a king, or one attached to a kingly government. Where Ca'ndish fought, the royalists prevailed. Waller.Roy'al-ize, v. t. p. 1153To make royal. Shak.Roy'al-ly, adv. p. 1153In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king. His body shall be royally interred. Dryden.Roy'al-ty, n. p. 1153The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office. Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty. Holyday. 2. The person of a king or sovereign…Royne, n. p. 1153A stream; a run. [Obs.]Royne, v. t. p. 1153To bite; to gnaw. [Written also roin.] [Obs.] Spenser.Royn'ish, a. p. 1153Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. “The roynish clown.” [Written also roinish.] [Obs. and rare.] Shak.Roys'ter-er, n. p. 1153The same as ROISTERER.Roys'ton Crow p. 1153A bird of the genus Corvus (C. cornix); the hooded crow.Roy'te-lĕt, n. p. 1153A little king. [Obs.] Heylin.Roy'tish, a. p. 1153Wild; irregular. [Obs.]Rŭb, v. t. p. 1153To move with pressure or friction; as, to rub the hand over the surface of a body; hence, to wipe; to clean; to scour. Look how she rubs her hands! Shak. 2. To spread a substance thinly over the…Rŭb, v. i. p. 1153To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gate-post. 2. To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore. 3. To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub…Rŭb, n. p. 1153The act of rubbing; friction. 2. That which rubs, or tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; collision, hindrance; obstruction; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a…Rŭb'a-dŭb',, n. p. 1153The sound of the drum; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter. “The rub-a-dub of the abolition presses.” D. Webster.Rū-bā'to, a. p. 1153Robbed; borrowed. Tempo rubato (Mus.), borrowed time; — a term applied to a style of performance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally…Rūb'baġe, n. p. 1153Rubbish. [Obs.] See RUBBISH.Rūb'ber, n. p. 1153One who, or that which, rubs; as, (a.) The instrument or thing used in rubbing or cleaning. (b.) A coarse file, or the rough part of it. (c.) A whetstone; a rubstone. (d.) That which grates on the…Rūb'bidge, n. p. 1153Rubbage; rubbish. [Obs.]Rŭb'bish, n. p. 1153Waste or rejected matter; any thing worthless; a mass or heap of good-for-nothing things; valueless stuff, especially, fragments of fallen buildings; ruins; debris. What heaps of rubbish, and what…Rūb'bish-y, a. p. 1153Of, or pertaining to, rubbish; worthless. Carlyle. De Quincey.Rŭb'ble, n. p. 1153(Mining.) (a.) The upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone. (b.) A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock. [Prov.…Rŭb'ble-stōne, n. p. 1153(Mining.) Rubble. See RUBBLE. 2. Small stones used for coarse masonry; rubble. 3. (Geol.) A kind of conglomerate rock composed of fragments of different kinds of rock cemented together by some…Rŭb'ble-wall or Rŭb'ble-work, n. p. 1153(Masonry.) Coarse walling constructed of rough stones, not large, but irregular in size and shape.Rŭb'bly, a. p. 1153Pertaining to, or containing, rubble.Ru-bĕd'i-noŭs, a. p. 1153Reddish. [Rare.] M. Stuart.Ru'be-fā'cient, a. p. 1153Making red.Ru'be-fā'cient, n. p. 1153(Med.) A substance or external application which produces redness of the skin.Ru'bel-lite, n. p. 1153(Min.) A red variety of tourmaline, varying in color from a pale rose-red to a deep ruby. Dana.Ru-bē'o-lȧ, n. p. 1153(Med.) The measles.Ru-bĕs'çençe, n. p. 1153A reddening; a flush.