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- English Word Roin Definition A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.
- English Word Roinish Definition See Roynish.
- English Word Roint Definition See Aroint.
- English Word Roist Definition See Roister.
- English Word Roister Definition To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.
- English Word Roister Definition See Roisterer.
- English Word Roisterer Definition A blustering, turbulent fellow.
- English Word Roisterly Definition Blustering; violent.
- English Word Roisterly Definition In a roistering manner.
- English Word Rokambole Definition See Rocambole.
- English Word Roke Definition Mist; smoke; damp
- English Word Roke Definition A vein of ore.
- English Word Rokeage Definition Alt. of Rokee
- English Word Rokee Definition Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; -- called also yokeage.
- English Word Rokelay Definition A short cloak.
- English Word Roky Definition Misty; foggy; cloudy.
- English Word Role Definition A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist.
- English Word Roll Definition To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
- English Word Roll Definition To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
- English Word Roll Definition To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.
- English Word Roll Definition To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.
- English Word Roll Definition To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.
- English Word Roll Definition To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
- English Word Roll Definition To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- English Word Roll Definition To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- English Word Roll Definition To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- English Word Roll Definition To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- English Word Roll Definition To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.
- English Word Roll Definition To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.
- English Word Roll Definition To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.