Rotund, rō-tund′, adj. round: spherical: convexly protuberant.—ns. , , a round building, esp. with a dome, as the Pantheon at Rome.—adjs. , rounded off, specifically noting bodies rounded off at the end; , having round leaves; , (bot.), egg-shaped.—ns. , , globular form.—adj. , bluntly pointed. [L. rotundus—rota, a wheel.]
Roture, rō-tūr′, n. in Canadian law, a grant made of feudal property: plebeian rank in France.—n. Roturier a plebeian. [Fr.,—Low L. ruptura, ground broken by the plough—L. rumpĕre, ruptum, to break.]
Rouble. Same as Ruble.
Rouched, rowcht, adj. wrinkled, puckered. [Ruck, a wrinkle.]
Roucou, rōō′kōō, n. a dye—arnotto. [Fr.,—Braz.]
Roué, rōō-ā′, n. a fashionable profligate: a rake, debauchee.—n. , debauchery. [A name given by Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France 1715-23, to his dissolute companions—Fr. roué, one broken on the wheel—pa.p. of rouer—roue—L. rota, a wheel.]
Rouelle, rōō-el′, n. a wheel-like amulet of the ancient Gauls, intended to symbolise the sun.—n. , a guard having the shape of a disc, as on some old daggers. [Fr.]
Rouen-cross. See Cross.
Rouge, rōōzh, n. a powder used to give artificial colour to the cheeks or lips.—v.t. to colour with rouge.—v.i. to use rouge: to blush.—ns. , a shrub of tropical America, whose berries supply a cosmetic; , a saucer containing a thin layer of dry rouge; Rouge-et-noir, a modern game of chance, played by the aid of packs of cards on a table covered with green cloth—also Trente-un and Trente-et-quarante.—Rouge croix, one of the four pursuivants of the English College of Heralds; Rouge dragon, one of the pursuivants of the Heralds' College. [Fr. rouge (It. roggio, robbio)—L. rubeus, red.]
Rouget, rōō-zhā′, n. an infectious disease of swine. [Fr.,—rouge, red.]
Rough, ruf, adj. not smooth: uneven: uncut: unpolished: unfinished: boisterous: tempestuous: violent: harsh: severe: rude: coarse: disordered in appearance: hasty, as a rough guess: stale: astringent: in Greek grammar, marking the stronger aspiration, equivalent to Eng. h.—n. rough condition, crudeness: a piece inserted in a horse's shoe to keep him from slipping: a bully, a ruffian, a rowdy.—v.t. to make rough: to roughen a horse's shoes to keep him from slipping: to shape roughly: to roughen.—v.i. to break the rules in boxing by too great violence.—n. , coarse material for bedding cattle, &c.—adj. , having a rough, horny excrescence on the beak.—v.t. , to mould in a rough, unfinished way: to form anything in its first rudiments.—n. a rude model: a form in its rudiments: a kind of semi-fluid mortar containing fine gravel, thrown in a thin coating on outer walls.—vs.t. , to cull oysters hastily; , , to trace roughly; , to dry without smoothing.—adj. dry without having been smoothed.—v.t. , to make rough.—v.i. to become rough.—n. , a workman who shapes something preparatory to a finishing operation: a piece of woollen cloth in preparation for fulling.—adjs. , having feathered feet, as a grouse; , coarse-grained.—v.t. , to grind roughly.—n. , the iguanoid lizard.—v.t. , to hew coarsely: (Shak.) to give to anything the first appearance of form.—n. .—p.adj. , not yet nicely finished: unpolished: unrefined.—ns. , the dogfish: a kind of shark; (Scot.), dried heath; , a metal disc charged with wet emery, &c., for grinding gems.—adjs. , rather rough; , having legs covered with feathers.—adv. , coarsely: harshly: rudely.—ns. , crudeness: rawness: harshness: asperity: physical or mental rudeness: (U.S.) fodder consisting of dried corn-stalks: (Scot.) plenty, esp. of food.—adj. , of an actor when nearly perfect in the memorising of a part.—ns. , one who rides rough or untrained horses: a horse-breaker; , a coarse fellow: the rabble.—adj. , shod with roughened shoes, as a horse in frosty weather.—n. , a shed partially enclosed, for shelter.—adj. , rude, homely.—ns. , one of the supports for the steps of a wooden stairway; , coarse paint laid on after the priming, and before the finish; , a shield-tail snake.—adj. .—n. , a British moth: a rough-winged swallow.—adj. .—v.t. , to work over hastily without attention to execution in detail—also n.—Rough and ready, rough in manner but prompt in action; Rough and tumble, said of fighting in any style or by any means: indiscriminate, confused, not too particular about decorum, fairness, &c.; Rough diamond (see Diamond); Rough it, to take what comes.—Cut up rough, to become quarrelsome or violent; In the rough, in an unwrought or rude condition; Ride rough-shod (see Ride). [A.S. rúh, rough; Ger. rauch, rauh, Dut. ruig.]
Rought, rawt, an obsolete pret. of reck.
Roulade, rōō-lad′, n. (mus.) a melodic embellishment: a run. [Fr.,—rouler, to roll.]