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ROTTOCOMB, in Geography, a town of Africa, in 

 Bornou ; 8 miles S. of Bornou. 



ROTTOFREDO, a town of the duchy of Piacenza ; 

 5 miles W. of Piacenza. 



ROTTOLO, in Commerce, a weight ufed in Italy and 

 the Levant. At Aleppo, and its port Scanderoon, the 

 cantaro contains ioo rottoli, each of which is fnbdivided 

 into 1 2 ounces, or 720 drachms ; the great cantaro of Tripoli 

 contains 175 rottoli, and the zurlo conlilts of 27A rottoli. 

 This rottolo, with which molt forts of goods are weighed, 

 weighs 5IDS. avoirdupois nearly. The rottolo with which the 

 filks from Tripoli, and other parts of Syria, are weighed, con- 

 fifts of 700 drachms, anfwering to 4-J avoirdupois. The 

 rottolo ufed in weighing the Perfian filks contains 680 

 drachms, or nearly 44 lbs. avoirdupois. The rottolo of Da- 

 mafcus, with which brafs, camphor, benzoin, fpikenard, 

 balfam of Mecca, and other drugs are weighed, contains 

 600 drachms, or 4^ lbs. avoirdupois. Five rottoli, or 3600 

 drachms, make what is called a vefno ; which fee. At Saide, 

 in Syria, (the ancient Sidon,) filk and fattin yarn are weighed 

 with the rottolo of Damafcus, of 600 drachms ; 100 fuch 

 rottoli anfwering to about 410 lbs. avoirdupois. Heavy 

 goods are weighed with the rottolo of Acre, 100 of which 

 are = 482 lbs. avoirdupois. At Conftantinople, the can- 

 taro, or quintal, contains 44 okes, or 100 rottoli ; and the 

 cantaro weighs about 1234 lbs. avoirdupois, the oke 2 lbs. 

 13 oz., and the rottolo 194 oz., and the chcquee 1 1-^ oz. 

 avoirdupois. At Leghorn, the rottolo is 3 lbs. At Naples, 

 the cantaro groflo contains 100 rottoli, each weighing 33 j 

 ounces of the gold and filver weight, or 31^ ounces avoir- 

 dupois. Hence 28 rottoli = 55lbs. avoirdupois, and the 

 cantaro groflo = 196^ lbs. avoirdupois. The cantaro pic- 

 colo is == 106 lbs. avoirdupois nearly. 



In Sicily thefe different weights are ufed, viz. the rottolo 

 groflo of 33 ounces, the rottolo fotile of 30 ounces, and the 

 libra, or pound of 12 ounces. 10 lbs. of Sicily = 7 lbs. avoir- 

 dupois nearly ; and, therefore, 40 rottoli grofli, or 44 rot- 

 toli lotile = 77lbs. avoirdupois. A cantaro groflo con- 

 tains 100 rottoli grofii, or 1924 lbs. avoirdupois ; a cantaro 

 fotile is 100 rottoli fottili, and is = 175 lbs. avoirdupois. 

 At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 

 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 drachms ; and the 

 oke is 400 drachms, and the rottolo = 180 drachms. The 

 cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; 

 and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. II oz. 13 drs. avoirdu- 

 pois. At Tripoli, the cantaro weight contains 100 rottoli, 

 each of 6 ounces, or 1 28 termini ; this cantaro anfwers to 

 168 lbs. pefo fotile of Venice, or about 12 lbs. avoirdu- 

 pois. At Tunis, the cantaro contains 100 rottoli, each of 

 16 Tunis ounces, and weighs about m lbs. avoirdupois. 

 Kelly's Cambiil. See Weight. 



ROTULA, in Anatomy, the patella or knee-pan. See 

 Extremities. 



Rotula, Dijlocaiions and Fractures of, in Surgery. See 

 Fracture, and Luxation. 



ReTULA, in Natural Hijiory, the name of a genus of the 

 echini marini, of the general clafs of the placentse. The 

 characters of the rotuke are, that they are flat (hells in form 

 of a cake, compoled of various flat pieces, and formed into 

 a round, fomething like that of a wheel, but wanting one or 

 more parts of its outer ring, and radiated or dentated ; their 

 mouth is fituated in the middle of the bafe, and the aperture 

 of the anus in the third region <af the axis, and marked with 

 a cinquefoil flower at the fummit. The great obvious cha- 

 racter is, however, the dentated edge. Of this genus there 

 are two known fpecies. 



Rotula, in Ichthyology, is alfo a name given by fome to 

 the faber, or doree. 



ROTULI Magni Ingrrfjator. See InGROSSATOR. 



ROTULORUM Custos. See Custos. 



ROTULUS, a roll. See Roll. 



Rotulus Contrar'ientmm. The earl of Lancafter taking 

 part with the barons againfl: king Edward II., it was not 

 thought fit, in refpeft of their power, to call them rebels or 

 traitors, but only contrarients ; accordingly, we have a record 

 of thofe times called rotulus contraricntium. 



Rotulus IVintonia, an exact furvey of all England, by 

 counties, hundreds, and tithings, made under king Alfred, 

 not unlike that of Domefday. 



It was thus called, becaufe anciently kept at Wincheftcr 

 among other records of the kingdom. 



ROTUNDA Fenestra, in Anatomy, an opening of the 

 cochlea into the tympanum. See Ear. 



Rotunda Ligament a Uteri, two fibrous cords afcending 

 from the uterus, and pafiing through the abdominal rings. 

 See Generation. 



ROTUNDO. See Rotondo. 



ROTUNDUM Foramen, in Anatomy, an opening of 

 the fphenoid bone. See Cranium. 



ROTUNDUS, a name given to feveral mufcles from the 

 roundnefs of their body. 



Such are the rotundas major, called alfo teres major, and 

 the rotundas minor, called alio teres minor, and tranfverfalis. 



RoTUNDUS, Pronator Radii. See PRONATOR. 



ROTZ, in Geography, a town of Aultria ; 24 miles N. 

 of Tulln. 



ROTZHOF, a town of the duchy of Stiria, on the river 

 Muehr ; 16 miles S. of Gratz. 



ROU, or Pulo Rou, a fmall ifland in the Chinefe fea, 

 near the coalt of Malacca. N. lat. 6° 43'. E. long, 

 102 10'. 



ROUAD. See Ruad. 



ROUAGE, Battery en. See Battery. 



ROUAITHA, in Geography. See RoAITHA. 



ROUALTHA, a town of Arabia, in the province of 

 Hedsjas ; 108 miles S.S.E. of Mecca. 



ROVANIEMI, a town of Sweden, in the government 

 of Ulea, on the Kemi ; 55 miles N.N.E. of Tornea. 



ROUARA, a town of South America, in Guiana. 



ROVASIO, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Sefia ; 15 miles N. of Vercelli. 



ROVATO, a town of Italy, in the department of the 

 Mela ; 10 miles W.N.W. of Brefcia. 



ROUBAIX, a town of France, in the department of the 

 North, and chief place of a canton, in the dittritt of Lille ; 

 6milesN.E. of Lille. The place contains 8091, and the 

 canton 13,761 inhabitants, on a territory of 40 kiliometres, 

 in four communes. 



ROUBAN, a town of Arabia, in the province of Hedsjas; 

 40 miles S. of Calaat el Moilah. 



ROUBBIE', in Commerce, a gold coin of Turkey, 

 which is one-third of the fequin, called Mahbub. See 

 Sequin. 



ROUCOU, or Rocou, otherwife called Annotto and Or- 

 lean, is a red dye, formed in maifes, from the pellicles of the 

 feeds of an American tree. That which is commonly met with 

 among us is moderately hard and dry, of a brown colour on 

 the outfide, and a dull red within. Labat informs us, 

 that the Indians prepare a dye of this fort much fuperior 

 to that which is brought to us ; of a bright Alining red 

 colour, almoft equal to carmine. For this purpofe, inftead 

 of fteeping and fermenting the feeds in water, they rub them 

 with the hands, previouflv dipt in oil, till the pellicles come 



off 



