Rockling, n. Whistle-fish, sea-loach (Motella vulgaris).
Rock-maple, n. Sugar-maple (Acer saccharinum).
Rock-milk, n. Calc-tuff, agaric mineral.
Rock-oil, n. Petroleum, rock-tar, mineral oil, naphtha, Barbadoes tar, Seneca oil, stone oil.
Rock-rose, n. Frost-wort, frost-weed (Helianthemum Canadensis).
Rock-salt, n. Common salt (as found in mines), mineral salt.
Rock-tar, n. See Rock-oil.
Rock-wood, n. Ligniform asbestos.
Rocky, a.
- 1. Hard, stony, flinty.
- 2. Obdurate, stubborn, hard.
Rod, n.
- 1. Twig, shoot, slender stem.
- 2. Wand, slender stick, cane.
- 3. Switch, scourge, birch, cudgel.
- 4. Pole, perch.
- 5. Shoot, branch (of a family), tribe, race.
- 6. Wand, sceptre.
Rodent, a. Gnawing.
Rodent, n. Gnawer.
Rodentia, n. pl. Gnawers, rodents.
Rodomont, n. Braggart, bully, bombastic fellow, vain boaster, braggadocio.
Rodomontade, n. Blustering, bluster, boasting, bragging, rant, vain-glory, gasconade.
Rodomontade, v. n. Boast, brag, bluster, rant, swagger, gasconade.