559.-Fate, får, fåll; fât;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pln ;—

ROCKY, rôk'ké. a. Full of rocks; resembling
a rock; hard, stony, obdurate.
ROD, rôd. s. A long twig; any thing long and
slender; an instrument for measuring; an in-
strument of correction made of twigs.
RODE, rode. Pret. of Ride.

RODOMONTADE, rôd-ó-môn-tåde'. s. An emp-
ty noisy bluster or boast, a rant.
ROE, rò. s. A species of deer; the female of the

hart.

ROE, ro. s. The eggs of fish. ROGATION, rò-ga'shan. s. tion.

Litany, supplica

The

ROGATION-WEEK, rò-gå'shån-wèèk. s.
week immediately preceding Whit-sunday.
ROGUE, rog. s. 337. A vagabond; a knave, a
villain, a thief; a name of slight tenderness and
endearment; a wag.

To ROGUE, róg. v. n. To wander, to play the
vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
ROGUERY, ro'går-è. s. 98. Knavish tricks;
waggery, arch tricks.

ROGUESHIP, ròg'ship. s. The qualities or per-
sonage of a rogue.
ROGUISH, ro'gish. a.

Knavish, fraudulent;

waggish, slightly mischievous. ROGUISHLY, ro'gish-lè. ad. Like a rogue, knavishly, wantonly. ROGUISHNESS, roʻgish-nès. s. The qualities

of a rogue. ROGUY, ro'gè. a. 345. Knavish, wanton. To ROIST, roist.

v. n. To behave turTo ROISTER, rõis'tår. S bulently, to act at discretion to be at free quarter, to bluster.

ROISTER, roist'ûr. s. 299. A turbulent, brutal, lawless, blustering fellow.

posed to have been founded by Romulus, and once the mistress of the world. Ash.

The o in this word is irrevocably fixed in the English sound of that letter in move, prove, &c. Pope, indeed, rhymes it with dome,

"Thus when we view some well-proportion'd "dome,

"The world's just wonder, and ev'n thine, O "Rome!"

But, as Mr. Nares observes, it is most probable that he pronounced this word as if written doom, as he rhymes Rome with doom afterwards in the same poem.

"From the same foes at last both felt their doom; "And the same age saw learning fall, and Rome." Essay on Criticism, v. 685.

The truth is, nothing certain can be concluded
from the rhyming of poets. It may serve to
confirm an established usage, but can never di
rect us where usage is various and uncertain.
But the pun which Shakspeare puts into the
mouth of Cassius in Julius Cæsar decidedly
shows what was the pronunciation of this word
in this time:

"Now it is Rome, indeed, and room enough,
"When there is in it but one only man."

And the Grammar in Queen Anne's time, re-
commended by Steele, says, the city Rome is
pronounced like Room; and Dr. Jones in his
Spelling Dictionary, 1704, gave it the same

sound.

ROMP, romp. s. A rude, awkward, boisterous, untaught girl; rough, rude play.

To ROMP, rômp. v. a. To play rudely, noisily, and boisterously.

RONDEAU, rôn-do'. s. A kind of ancient poetry, commonly consisting of thirteen verses, of which eight have one rhyme and five another: it is divided into three couplets, and at the end of the second and third, the beginning of the Boodeau is repeated in an equivocal sense.

man.

To ROLL, role. v. a. 406. To move any thing by volutation, or successive application of the different parts of the surface to the ground; to move any thing round upon its axis; to move in a circle; to produce a periodical revolution;RONION, rån'yan. s. 113. A fat bulky woto wrap round upon itself; to enwrap, to involve in bandage; to form by rolling into round RONT, rånt. s. 165. An animal stinted in the masses to pour in a stream or waves. To ROLL, role. v. n. To be moved by the suc-ROOD, rôỏd. s. 306. The fourth part of an acre cessive application of all parts of the surface to in square measure; a pole, a measure of sixthe ground; to run on wheels; to perform a teen feet and a half in long measure; the cross. periodical revolution; to move with appear-ROOF, rôôf. s. 306. The cover of a house; the

ance of circular direction; to float in rough water; to move as waves or volumes of water; to fluctuate, to move tumultuously; to revolve on its axis; to be moved tumultuously. ROLL, role. s. The act of rolling, the state of being rolled; the thing rolling; mass made round; writing rolled upon itself; a round body rolled along; publick writing; a register, a catalogue; chronicle.

ROLLER, rolar. s. 98. Any thing turning on its own axis, as, a heavy stone to level walks; bandage, fillet.

ROLLINGPIN, ro'ling-pin. s. A round piece of wood tapering at each end, with which paste is moulded.

ROLLYPOLLY, rò'lè-på-lè. s. A corruption of roll ball into the pool. A sort of game, in which when a ball rolls into a certain place it wins. ROMAGE, råm'midje. s. 90. A tumult, a bustle, an active and tumultuous search for any thing. ROMANCE, rò-mânse'. s. A military fable of the middle ages; a tale of wild adventures in war and love; a lie, a fiction.

To ROMANCE, rò-mânse'. v. n. To lie, to forge.
ROMANCER, rò-mâns'år. S. 98. A liar, a
forger of tales.

To ROMANIZE, ro'mân-ize. v. a. To latinize,
to fill with modes of the Roman speech.
ROMANTICK, ro-mân't?k. a. Resembling the
tates of romances, wild, improbable, false;
fanciful, full of wild scenery.
ROMAN, ro'mån. a. 88. Belonging to Rome.
ROME, rodin. g The capital city of Italy, sup.

growth.

vault, the inside of the arch that covers a building; the palate, the upper part of the mouth. To ROOF, roof. v. a. To cover with a roof; to

enclose in a house.

ROOFY, roof'è. a. Having roofs.
ROOK, röök. s. 306. A bird resembling a crow,
it feeds not on carrion but grain; a piece at
chess; a cheat, a trickish rapacious fellow.
To ROOK, rook. v. n. To rob, to cheat

ROOKERY, rook'år-è. s. A nursery of rooks
ROOKY, rook'è. a. Inhabited by rooks.
ROOM, room. s. 306. Space, extent of place;
space or place unoccupied; way unobstructed;
place of another, stead; unobstructed opportu-
nity; an apartment in a house.
ROOMAGE, room'idje. s. 90. Space, place.
ROOMINESS, room'è-nès. s. Space, quantity

of extent.

ROOMY, rôôm'è. a. Spacious, wide, large.
ROOST, rôôst. s. 306. That on which a bird sitt
to sleep; the act of sleeping.
To ROOST, rôỏst. v. n. To sleep as a bird; ta
lodge, in burlesque.

ROOT, rôôt. s. 306. That part of the plant which
rests in the ground, and supplies the stems with
nourishment; the bottom, the lower part; a
plant of which the root is esculent; the orig
nal, the first cause; the first ancestor; fixed
residence; impression, durable effect.
To ROOT, rôôt. v. n. To fix the root, to strike
far into the earth; to turn up earth.
To ROOT, rôôt. v. a. To fix deep in the earth,
to impress deeply; to turn up out of the ground,

mnỏ, mỏve, nỗr, nôt,—tube, tlb, bàll ;—ôi! ;—pound ;thin, THIS.

to eradicate, to extirpate; to destroy, to banish. ROOTED, rôôted. a. Fixed, deep, radical. ROOTEDLY, rôôt'êd-lẻ. ad. Deeply, strongly. ROOTY, rôôté. a. Full of roots.

ROPE, rope. s. A cord, a string, a halter; any row of things depending, as, a rope of onions. To ROPE, rope. v. n. To draw out in a line as

RORIFLUENT, rò-rîf'flù-ênt. a. 518. Flowing|ROUGH, råf. a. 314, 391. Not smooth, rugged,

ROUGHCAST, råf'kåst. s. A rude model, a
form in its rudiments; a kind of rough plaster.
|ROUGHDRAUGHT, råf'drâft. s. A draught in
its rudiments.

To ROUGHDRAW, råf'dråw. v. a.
coarsely.

To ROT, rot. v. n. To putrefy, to lose the cohe-To ROUGHWORK, råf wårk. v. a To work sion of its parts.

IF 559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt;—mè, mêt ;-pine, pin;—

ROUND, round. ad. Every way, on all sides; in a revolution; circularly; not in a direct line. ROUND, round. prep. On every side of; about, circularly about; all over.

To ROUND, rõdud. v. a. To surround, to en-
circle; to make spherical or circular; to raise
to a relief; to move about any thing; to mould
into smoothness.

To ROUND, round. v. n. To grow round in
form; to whisper; to go rounds.
ROUNDABOUT, rõûnd'a-bỏùt. a. Ample, cir-
cuitous; indirect, loose.
ROUNDEL, rôån'dël.

ROUNDELAY, ron'de-14. }

S. A kind of an

cient poetry; a round form or figure. ROUNDER, rôånd'âr. s. 99. Circumference, enclosure. Not used. ROUNDHEAD, round'hed.

s. A puritan, so named from the practice once prevalent among them of cropping their hair round. ROUNDHOUSE, round'house. s. The constable's prison, in which disorderly persons found in the street are confined. ROUNDISH, round'ish. a. Somewhat round, approaching to roundness.

ROYNISH, rôè'nish. a. 329. Paltry, sony, mean,
rude. Not used.

To RUB, råb. v. a. To clean or smooth any
thing by passing something over it, to scour, to
wipe; to move one body upon another, to re-
move by friction; to touch hard. To Rus
down; to clean or curry a horse. To Rub up,
to excite, to awaken; to polish, to retouch.
To RUB, råb. v. n. To fret, to make a friction
to get through difficulties.

RUB, råb. s. Collision, hinderance, obstruction;
act of rubbing; inequality of ground that hip-
ders the motion of a bowl; difficulty, cause of
uneasiness.
RUB-STONE, råb'stone. s. A stone to scour or

sharpen.

RUBBER, rab'bår. s. 98. One that rubs; the
instrument with which one rubs; a coarse file;
a game, a contest, two games out of three.
RUBBAGE, rabbidje. s. 9 Ruins of build-
|RUBBISH, råb'bish.
ing, fragments of matter used in building;
confusion, mingled glass; any thing vile and
worthless.

RUBBLE-STONE, råb'bl-stone. s. Stones rub-
bed and worn by the water at the latter end of
the deluge.

RUBICUND, rỏỏ'bè-kând. a. 339. Inclined to

redness.

ROUNDLY, rôånd'lè. ad. In a round form, in a round manner, openly, plainly, without reserve; briskly, with speed; completely, to the purpose; vigorously, in carnest. ROUNDNESS, round'nés. s. Circularity, sphe- RUBIED, rôô'bid. a. 282. Red as a ruby ricity, cylindrical form; smoothness; honesty,||RUBIFICK, rôô-bif'fîk. a. 509. Making red. openness, vigorous measures. RUBIFORM, rôö'bè-förm. a. Having the form of red.

To ROUSE, röûze. v. a. 313. To wake from
rest; to excite to thought or action; to put in-
to action; to drive a beast from his lair.
To ROUSE, rôdze. v. n. To awake from slum-
ber; to be excited to thought or action.
ROUSE, roůze. s. A dose of liquor rather too
large.

One who rouses.

ROUSER, rôû'zûr. s.
ROUT, roût. s. 313. A clamorous multitude, a
rabble, a tumultuous crowd; confusion of any
army defeated or dispersed.

To ROUT, rout. v. a. To dissipate and put into
confusion by defeat.

ROUTE, rout, or rôôt. s. Road, way.

To RUBIFY, rôô'bè-fi. v. a. 183. To make red. RUBIOUS, rôô'bè-ûs. a. 314. Ruddy, red. Na used.

RUBRICATED, rôô'brè-kå-têd. a. Smeared
with red.

RUBRICK, rôô'brik. s. Directions printed in
books of law, and in prayer books, so termed
because they were originally distinguished by
being in red ink.
RUBY, rôô'bè. s. A gem of a brilliant scarlet
colour. It ranks next to the diamond and sap-
phire in hardness; some of them are even more
valuable than the diamond. Marce
RUBY, roo'bè. a. Of a red colour.
RUCTATION, råk-tà'shûn. s. A belching aris
ing from wind and indigestion.

the stern of a vessel by which its course is governed; any thing that guides or governs the

course.

Upon a more accurate observation of the best usage, I must give the preference to the first sound of this word, notwithstanding its coincidence in sound with another word of a dif-||RUDDER, råd'dår. s. 98. The instrument at ferent meaning; the fewer French sounds of this diphthong we have in our language, the better; nor does there appear any necessity for retaining the final e-See BowL. Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Smith make a difference between rout a rabble, and route a road; Mr. Scott gives both sounds, but seems to prefer the first; W. Johnston, Dr. Kenrick, and Mr. Perry, promounce both alike, and with the first sound. ROW, rò. s. 324. A rank or file, a number of things ranged in a line.

To ROW, rò. v. n. To impel a vessel in the water by oars.

To ROW, rỏ. v. a. To drive or help forward

by oars

ROWEL, rðû'îl. s. 322. The point of a spur turning on an axis; a seton, a roll of hair or silk put into a wound to hinder it from healing and provoke a discharge.

To ROWEL, roů'il. v. a. To pierce through the skin, and keep the wound open by a rowel. ROWER, ro'ûr. s. 93. One that manages an oar. ROYAL, rôè âl. a. 329. Kingly, belonging to a king, becoming a king, regal; noble, illus

trious.

ROYALIST, rôè'âl-ist. s. Adherent to a king.
To ROYALIZE, rol'ál-ize. v. a. To make royal.
ROYALLY, roé'âl-è̟ ad. In a kingly manner,
regally, as becomes a king.

ROYALTY, roè'âl-tè. s. Kingship, character or
office of a king; state of a king; emblems of
royalty.

RUDDINESS, råd'dè-nês. s. The quality of ap
proaching to redness.

RUDDLE, råd'dl. s. 405. Red earth.
RUDDOCK, råd'dak. s. A kind of bird.
RUDDY, råd'dè. a. Approaching to redness,
pale red; yellow.

RUDE, rood. a. 339. Rough, coarse of manners,
brutal; violent, turbulent; harsh, inclericat;
raw, untaught, rugged, shapeless, artless,
elegant; such as may be done with streng
without art.

RUDELY, rood'lè. ad. In a rude manner; #
skilfully; violently, boisterously.
RUDENESS, rood'nès. s. Coarseness of me
ners, incivility; violence, boisterousness.
RUDESBY, rôôdz'bè. s. An uncivil turboles
fellow. Obsolete.

RUDIMENT, roo'dè-ment. s. The first pro
ples, the first elements of a science; the s
part of education; the first inaccurate, unse
en beginning.

RUDIMENTAL, rồỏ-dè-mênt'âl. a. Initial, s lating to first principles.

To RUE, rðð. ́ v. a. 339. To grieve for, or r gret; to lament.

RUE, rôỏ. s. A small shrubby plant met with gardens. It has a strong ungrateful smell e bitterish, penetrating taste. It is a poweri stimulant. Amer. Dispen,

mnỏ, môve, nỏr, nôt ;−tube, tôi, bull;—oll ;p&and ;–thin, THIS

RUEFUL, röð'fül. a. 174. Mournful, woful,|| RUMINATION, rôô-mè-nå'shůn. s.

RUMOUR, rôô'mår. s. 314, 339. ular report, bruit, fame. RUFFIAN, rat yan. s. 113. A brutal, bois-To RUMOUR, roo'mår. v. a. terous, mischievous fellow; a cut-throat, a robber, a murderer.

RUFFIAN, râf yân. a. Brutal, savagely bois

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât;—mè, mèt ;-pine, pîn ;

RUPTION, råp'shân. s. Breach, solution of con-|| RYDER, ri'dår. s A clause added to an act of tinuity.

RUPTURE, rip'tshure. s. 461. The act of break-
ing, state of being broken; a breach of peace,
open hostility; burstenness; preternatural
eruption of a gut.

To RUPTURE, råp'tshire. v. a. To break, to
burst, to suffer disruption.
RUPTUREWORT, råp'tshur-wårt. s. A plant.
RURAL, rôô'râl. a. 88, 339. Country, existing
in the country, not in cities; suiting the coun-
try, resembling the country.
RURALITY, rôỗ-rål'è-tè.
RURALNESS, rôô'râl-nês.)
being rural.

The quality of

RUSH, råsh. s. A plant; any thing proverbially

To RUSH, råsh. v. n. To move with violence,
to go on with tumultuous rapidity.
RUSH, råsh. s. A violent course.
RUSH-CANDLE, râsh-kân'dle.

S. A small blinking taper, made of a rush and tallow. RUSHY, råsh'è. a. Abounding with rushes; made of rushes.

RUSK, risk. s. Hard bread for stores; a kind of sweet cake.

RUSSET, rås'sit. a. 99. Reddishly brown: New-SABRE, så'bêr. s. 416. A scimitar, a short ton seems to use it for gray; coarse, homcspun, rustick.

RUSSETING, râs'sit-ing. s. A name given to several sorts of pears or apples, from their co

lour. RUST, rast. s. The red incrustation of iron; the tarnished or corroded surface of any metal ;) loss of power by inactivity; matter bred by corruption or degeneration. To RUST, råst. v. n.

To gather rust, to have the surface tarnished or corroded; to degenerate in idleness.