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ROIK, _s._ A rock.
_Douglas._
_To_ ROIP, _v. a._ To sell by auction.
V. ~Roup~.
ROIS, ROISE, _s._ A rose.
_Douglas._
ROISS.
V. ~Roif~.
_Bannatyne P._
ROIST, _s._ A roost.
_Kennedy._
ROYSTER, _s._
1. A freebooter.
_Buchanan._
L. B. _Rustarii_, the same with _Rutarii_, freebooters who committed great devastation in France, in the eleventh century; O. Fr. _rustre_, a ruffian; _ruster-ie_, brigandage, devastation.
2. A dog, apparently of the bull-dog species.
_Cleland._
_To_ ROYT, _v. n._ To go about idly, S. B.
Su. G. _rut-a_, discurrere, vagari.
ROYT, _s._ Perh. rambling fellow.
_Polwart._
ROK, _s._ Perhaps, a storm.
_S. P. Repr._
Isl. _rok_, _roka_, id. procella.
_To_ ROLE, _v. a._ To ply the oar.
_Doug._
~Rollar~, _s._ A rower.
_Douglas._
ROLK, _s._ A rock.
_Douglas._
ROLLYD, _part. pa._ Enrolled.
_Wyntown._
ROLLOCHIN, (gutt.) _adj._ Lively, free-spoken, S.
_Rallack_, to romp, A. Bor.
Isl. _rugl-a_, effutire; Sw. _rolig_, merry.
_To_ ROLP, _v. n._ To cry.
V. ~Roip~.
ROMANYS, ROMANIS, _s._
1. A genuine history.
_Barbour._
2. A work of fiction.
Ital. _romanze_, Fr. _roman_, id.
