Roynish
(Royn"ish), a. [F. rogneux, from rogne scab, mange, itch.] Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome.
[Written also roinish.] [Obs.] "The roynish clown." Shak.
Royster
(Roys"ter Roys"ter*er) , n. same as Roister, Roisterer.
Royston crow
(Roys"ton crow`) [So called from Royston, a town in England.] (Zoöl.) See Hooded crow,
under Hooded.
Roytelet
(Roy"te*let) n. [F. roitelet, dim. of roi king.] A little king. [Archaic] Heylin. Bancroft.
Roytish
(Roy"tish) a. [Prob. for riotish, from riot, like Scot. roytous for riotous.] Wild; irregular. [Obs.]
Rub
(Rub) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rubbed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rubbing.] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W.
rhwbiaw, gael. rub.]
1. To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction,
especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub
wood with sandpaper.
It shall be expedient, after that body is cleaned, to rub the body with a coarse linen cloth.
Sir T. Elyot. 2. To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs
the ground.
3. To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the
body.
Two bones rubbed hard against one another.
Arbuthnot. 4. To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
The smoothed plank, . . .
New rubbed with balm.
Milton. 5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; — often with up or over; as, to rub up silver.
The whole business of our redemption is to rub over the defaced copy of the creation.
South. 6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart. [R.]
'T is the duke's pleasure,
Whose disposition, all the world well knows,
Will not be rubbed nor stopped.
Shak. To rub down. (a) To clean by rubbing; to comb or curry; as, to down a horse. (b) To reduce or remove
by rubbing; as, to rub down the rough points. — To rub off, to clean anything by rubbing; to separate
by friction; as, to rub off rust. — To rub out, to remove or separate by friction; to erase; to obliterate; as,
to rub out a mark or letter; to rub out a stain. — To rub up. (a) To burnish; to polish; to clean. (b) To
excite; to awaken; to rouse to action; as, to rub up the memory.
Rub
(Rub), v. i.
1. To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.
2. To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.
3. To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.
