Roguy to Romance
Roguy
(Rogu"y) a. Roguish. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
Rohob
(Ro"hob) n. An inspissated juice. See Rob.
Roial
(Roi"al) a. Royal. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Roil
(Roil) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roiling.] [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr.
OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See Roll, v., and cf. Rile.]
1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to
roil a spring.
2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.
That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly.
R. North. Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.
Roil
(Roil), v. i.
1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.]
2. To romp. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Roily
(Roil"y) a. Turbid; as, roily water.
Roin
(Roin) v. t. See Royne. [Obs.]
Roin
(Roin), n. [F. rogne. See Roynish.] A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot. [Obs.]
Roinish
(Roin"ish), a. See Roynish. [Obs.]
Roint
(Roint) interj. See Aroint.
Roist
(Roist) v. i. See Roister.
Roister
(Roist"er) v. i. [Probably fr. F. rustre boor, a clown, clownish, fr. L. rustucus rustic. See Rustic.]
To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.
I have a roisting challenge sent amongst
The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks.
Shak. Roister
(Roist"er) n. See Roisterer.
Roisterer
(Roist"er*er) n. A blustering, turbulent fellow.
If two roisterers met, they cocked their hats in each other faces.
Macaulay. Roisterly
(Roist"er*ly), a. Blustering; violent. [R.]
Roisterly
(Roist"er*ly), adv. In a roistering manner. [R.]
Rokambole
(Rok"am*bole) n. See Rocambole.
Roke
(Roke) n. [See Reek.]
1. Mist; smoke; damp [Prov. Eng.] [Written also roak, rook, and rouk.]
2. A vein of ore. [Pov.Eng.] Halliwell.
