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4. A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.

5. A brothel. [Low]

Rooky <Xpage=1250>

Rook"y (?) , a. [See Roky .] Misty; gloomy. [Obs.]

Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. Shak.

&hand; Some make this Shakespearean word mean "abounding in rooks."

Room <Xpage=1250>

Room (?) , n. [OE. roum , rum , space, AS. r&umac;m ; akin to OS., OFries. & Icel. r&umac;m , D. ruim , G. raum , OHG. r&umac;m , Sw. & Dan. rum , Goth. r&umac;ms , and to AS. r&umac;m , adj., spacious, D. ruim , Icel. r&umac;mr , Goth. r&umac;ms ; and prob. to L. rus country (cf. Rural ), Zend rava&ndot;h wide, free, open, ravan a plain.] 1. Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room .

Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room . Luke xiv. 22.

There was no room for them in the inn. Luke ii. 7.

2. A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.

If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse. Overbury.

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room . Luke xiv. 8.

3. Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.

I found the prince in the next room . Shak.

4. Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated. [Obs.]

When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod. Matt. ii. 22.

Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven. Tyndale.

Let Bianca take her sister's room . Shak.

5. Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope .

There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance. Addison.

Room and space (Shipbuilding) , the distance from one side of a rib to the corresponding side of the next rib; space being the distance between two ribs, in the clear, and room the width of a rib. -- To give room , to withdraw; to leave or provide space unoccupied for others to pass or to be seated. -- To make room , to open a space, way, or passage; to remove obstructions; to give room.

Make room , and let him stand before our face. Shak.

Syn. -- Space; compass; scope; latitude.

Room <Xpage=1250>

Room (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Roomed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rooming .] To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together .

Room <Xpage=1250>

Room , a. [AS. r&umac;m .] Spacious; roomy. [Obs.]

No roomer harbour in the place. Chaucer.

Roomage <Xpage=1250>

Room"age (?) , n. [From Room . CF. Rummage .] Space; place; room. [Obs.]

Sir H. Wotton.

Roomer <Xpage=1250>

Room"er (?) , n. A lodger. [Colloq.]

Roomer <Xpage=1250>

Room"er (?) , adv. [See Room , a. ] At a greater distance; farther off. [Obs.]

Sir J. Harrington.

Roomful <Xpage=1250>

Room"ful (?) , a. Abounding with room or rooms; roomy. "A roomful house." [R.]

Donne.

Roomful <Xpage=1250>

Room"ful , n. ; pl. Roomfuls (<?/) . As much or many as a room will hold; as, a roomful of men .

Swift.

Roomily <Xpage=1250>

Room"i*ly (?) , adv. Spaciously.

Roominess <Xpage=1250>

Room"i*ness , n. The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the roominess of a hall .

Roomless <Xpage=1250>

Room"less , a. Being without room or rooms.

Udall.

Roommate <Xpage=1250>

Room"mate` (?) , n. One of twe or more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum.

Roomsome <Xpage=1250>

Room"some (?) , a. Roomy. [Obs.]

Evelyn.

Roomth <Xpage=1250>

Roomth (?) , n. Room; space. [Obs.]

Drayton.

Roomthy <Xpage=1250>

Roomth"y (?) , a. Roomy; spacious. [Obs.]

Fuller.

Roomy <Xpage=1250>

Room"y (?) , a. Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck.

Dryden.

Roon <Xpage=1250>

Roon (?) , a. & n. Vermilion red; red. [R.]

Her face was like the lily roon . J. R. Drake.

Roop <Xpage=1250>

Roop (?) , n. See Roup . [Prov. Eng.]

Roorback, Roorbach <Xpage=1250>

Roor"back , Roor"bach (?) , n. A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue. [U.S.]

&hand; The word originated in the election canvass of 1844, when such a forgery was published, to the detriment of James K. Polk, a candidate for President, purporting to be an extract from the "Travels of Baron Roorbach ."

Roosa oil <Xpage=1250>

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

Roost <Xpage=1250>

Roost (?) , n. Roast. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Roost <Xpage=1250>

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

Roost <Xpage=1250>

Roost , n. [AS. hr\'d3st ; 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 clapped his wings upon his roost . Dryden.

2. A collection of fowls roosting together.

At roost , on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.

Roost <Xpage=1250>

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; to sleep.

O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there. Herbert.

Roostcock <Xpage=1250>

Roost"cock` (?) , n. The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Rooster <Xpage=1250>

Roost"er (?) , n. The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [U.S.]

Nor, when they [the Skinners and Cow Boys] wrung the neck of a rooster , did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congress or King George. W. Irving.

Root <Xpage=1250>

Root (?) , v. i. [AS. wr\'d3tan ; akin to wr\'d3t a snout, trunk, D. wroeten to root, G. r\'81ssel snout, trunk, proboscis, Icel. r\'d3ta to root, and perhaps to L. rodere to gnaw (E. rodent ) or to E. root , n.] 1. To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

2. Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely.

Root <Xpage=1250>

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

Root <Xpage=1250>

Root , n. [Icel. r\'d3t (for vr\'d3t ); 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 tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag. (b) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids.

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2. An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop .

3. That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like . Specifically: (a) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem.

They were the roots out of which sprang two distinct people. Locke.

(b) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical . (c) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source . "She herself . . . is root of bounty."

Chaucer.

The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. 1 Tim. vi. 10 (rev. Ver. )

(d) (Math.) That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27 . (e) (Mus.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed .

Busby.

(f) The lowest place, position, or part . "Deep to the roots of hell." Milton. "The roots of the mountains." Southey.

4. (Astrol.) The time which to reckon in making calculations.

When a root is of a birth yknowe [known]. Chaucer.

A\'89rial roots . (Bot.) (a) Small roots emitted from the stem of a plant in the open air, which, attaching themselves to the bark of trees, etc., serve to support the plant. (b) Large roots growing from the stem, etc., which descend and establish themselves in the soil. See Illust . of Mangrove . -- Multiple primary root (Bot.) , a name given to the numerous roots emitted from the radicle in many plants, as the squash. -- Primary root (Bot.) , the central, first-formed, main root, from which the rootlets are given off. -- Root and branch , every part; wholly; completely; as, to destroy an error root and branch . -- Root-and-branch men , radical reformers; -- a designation applied to the English Independents (1641). See Citation under Radical , n. , 2. -- Root barnacle (Zo\'94l.) , one of the Rhizocephala. -- Root hair (Bot.) , one of the slender, hairlike fibers found on the surface of fresh roots. They are prolongations of the superficial cells of the root into minute tubes. Gray. -- Root leaf (Bot.) , a radical leaf. See Radical , a. , 3 (b) . -- Root louse (Zo\'94l.) , any plant louse, or aphid, which lives on the roots of plants, as the Phylloxera of the grapevine. See Phylloxera . -- Root of an equation (Alg.) , that value which, substituted for the unknown quantity in an equation, satisfies the equation. -- Root of a nail (Anat.) , the part of a nail which is covered by the skin. -- Root of a tooth (Anat.) , the part of a tooth contained in the socket and consisting of one or more fangs. -- Secondary roots (Bot.) , roots emitted from any part of the plant above the radicle. -- To strike root , To take root , to send forth roots; to become fixed in the earth, etc., by a root; hence, in general, to become planted, fixed, or established; to increase and spread; as, an opinion takes root . "The bended twigs take root ." Milton.

Root <Xpage=1251>

Root (?) , 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 deeper. Mortimer.

2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.

If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment. Bp. Fell.

Root <Xpage=1251>

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, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike.

2. To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up , out , or away . "I will go root away the noisome weeds."

Shak.

The Lord rooted them out of their land . . . and cast them into another land. Deut. xxix. 28.

Rootcap <Xpage=1251>

Root"cap` (?) , n. (Bot.) A mass of parenchym<?/tous cells which covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root; a pileorhiza.

Rooted <Xpage=1251>

Root"ed , a. Having taken root; firmly implanted; fixed in the heart. "A rooted sorrow."

Shak.

-- Root"*ed*ly , adv. -- Root"ed*ness , n.

Rooter <Xpage=1251>

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

Rootery <Xpage=1251>

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

Rootless <Xpage=1251>

Root"less , a. Destitute of roots.

Rotlet <Xpage=1251>

Rot"let (?) , n. A radicle; a little root.

Rootstock <Xpage=1251>

Root"stock` (?) , n. (Bot.) A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s<?/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.

Rooty <Xpage=1251>

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

Ropalic <Xpage=1251>

Ro*pal"ic (?) , a. See Rhopalic .

Rope <Xpage=1251>

Rope (?) , n. [AS. r\'bep ; akin to D. reep , G. reif ring hoop, Icel. reip rope, Sw. rep , Dan. reb , reeb Goth. skauda raip latchet.] 1. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord , line , and string , only in its size. See Cordage .

2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions .

3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds .

Rope ladder , a ladder made of ropes. -- Rope mat ., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope. -- Rope of sand , something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon. -- Rope pump , a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope. -- Rope transmission (Mach.) , a method of transmitting power, as between distant places, by means of endless ropes running over grooved pulleys. -- Rope's end , a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash in inflicting punishment. -- To give one rope , to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked.

Rope <Xpage=1251>

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 quality.

Let us not hang like roping icicles Upon our houses' thatch. Shak.

Rope <Xpage=1251>

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. To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in , or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd .

4. To lasso (a steer, horse). [Colloq. U.S.]

5. To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters . [Slang, U.S.]

6. To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. [Racing Slang, Eng.]

Ropeband <Xpage=1251>

Rope"band` (?) , n. (Naut.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar. [Written also roband , and robbin .]

Ropedancer <Xpage=1251>

Rope"dan`cer (?) , n. One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height. -- Rope"dan`cing , n.

Roper <Xpage=1251>

Rop"er (?) , n. 1. A maker of ropes.

P. Plowman.

2. One who ropes goods; a packer.

3. One fit to be hanged. [Old Slang]

Douce.

Ropery <Xpage=1251>

Rop"er*y (?) , n. 1. A place where ropes are made.

2. Tricks deserving the halter; roguery. [Obs.] "Saucy merchant . . . so full of his ropery ."

Shak.

Rope's-end <Xpage=1251>

Rope's"-end` (?) , v. t. To punish with a rope's end.

Ropewalk <Xpage=1251>

Rope"walk` (?) , a. A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.

Ropewalker <Xpage=1251>

Rope"walk`er (?) , n. A ropedancer.

Rope-yarn <Xpage=1251>

Rope"-yarn` (?) , n. the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.

Ropily <Xpage=1251>

Rop"i*ly (?) , adv. In a ropy manner; in a viscous or glutinous manner.

Ropiness <Xpage=1251>

Rop"i*ness , n. Quality of being ropy; viscosity.

Ropish <Xpage=1251>

Rop"ish , a. Somewhat ropy.

Ropy <Xpage=1251>

Rop"y (?) , a. capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees .

Roquelaure <Xpage=1251>

Roq"ue*laure (?; 277) , n. [F.; so called after Duc de Roquelaure , in the reign of Louis XIV.] A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th century. [Written also roquelo .]

Roquet <Xpage=1251>

Ro*quet" (?) , v. t. [Etymol. uncertain] (Croquet) To hit, as another's ball, with one's own ball.

Roquet <Xpage=1251>

Ro*quet" , v. i. To hit another's ball with one's own.

Roral <Xpage=1251>

Ro"ral (?) , a. [L. ros , roris , dew.] Of or pertaining to dew; consisting of dew; dewy. [R.]

M. Green.

Roration <Xpage=1251>

Ro*ra"tion (?) , n. [L. roratio , fr. rorare to drop dew, fr. ros dew.] A falling of dew. [R.]

Roric <Xpage=1251>

Ro"ric (?) , a. [L. ros , roris , dew.] Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy.