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ROSIGNELL, _s._ A nightingale.
_Burel._
Fr. _rosignol_, id.
ROST, _s._ A current.
V. ~Roust~, _s._ 2.
ROTCOLL, _s._ Horse-radish, S. B.
Su. G. _rot_, root, and _koll_, fire.
ROTE, _s._ An instrument, in Fr. now called _vielle_, in low E.
_hurdygurdy_.
_Houlate._
According to Ritson and Roquef. from Lat. _rota_, a wheel.
ROTHOS, _s._ A tumult, Ang.
V. ~Ruthar~.
ROTTACKS, _s. pl._
1. Grubs in a beehive, Moray.
2. Old musty corn, ibid.
_Pop. Ball._
ROUBBOURIS, _s. pl._ Perh. hampers.
Dan. _rubbe_, a basket?
ROUCH, _adj._
1. Rough, S.
_Douglas._
2. Hoa.r.s.e, S.
Germ. _rauh_, id.
3. Plentiful, S.
_Kelly._
_Rouch and round_, id. Clydes.
4. As denoting immoral conduct, S.
~Rouch~, _s._ The coa.r.s.er and larger part of any thing, S. O.
~Rouch-rider~, _s._ A horse-breaker, S.
ROUCH, _s._ Rowing.
V. ~Routh~.
ROUCHT, _pret. v._ Reached.
_Barbour._
ROUCHT, _pret. v._ Cared.
V. ~Rak~.
_Wallace._
ROUDES, _adj._ Haggard.
_Minst. Bord._
~Roudes~, _s._ An old, wrinkled, ill-natured woman, Fife; p.r.o.n. _rudes_.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _rudesse_, harshness; or C. B. _rhaadair_, noisy.
_To_ ROVE, _v. n._ To be in a delirium, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
