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other. ... I once rebuking a wyld mje because he went That bemoth in Ebrewys opunly to say 
idelly about, he shewed me that he was a begger by enher- ' A Raid beste vnreasonable, that no Rule holdes." 
itance his Grandfather was a begger, his father was one, Destruction of Troy (E E T S >. 1 44->s 
and he must nedes be one by good reason. -j, , . .-,,,, , ., 
Warning for Cmnnum Cursetors (15B7), quoted in Rilit.ni- r 01Cllyt, adr. [MB., < TOM + -tij 2 .] Violently. 
[Turner's Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 597. 
= Syn. 2. Cheat, sharper, scamp, swindler. 
rogue (rog), r. : pret. and pp. mgiml. ppr. ro- 
guing. [Early mod. E. also roge; < rogue, u.] I. 
tricks. [Rare.] 
And roguing virtue brings a man defame, 
A packstaff epithet, and scorned name. 
Marston, Scourge of Villanie, v. 101. 
2f. To wander; tramp; play the vagabond. 
Yf he be but once taken soe idlye raging, he may punnlsh 
him more lightlye, as with stockes or such like. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
II. trans. 
as a rogue ; 
It may be thou wast put in office lately, 
Which makes thee rogue me so, and rayle so stately. 
John Taylor, Works (1630). 
2. To cheat ; injure by roguery. 
That envious Scotchman, Sandy Macraw (a scurvy limb 
of the coast-guards, who lived by poaching on my born 
rights), had set himself up with a boat, forsooth, on pur- 
pose to rogue me and rob me the better. 
R. D. Blaclnnore, Maid of Sker, v. 
3. To uproot or destroy, as plants which do 
not conform to a desired standard. 
The destruction of horses under a certain size was or- 
dered, and this may be compared to the roguing of plants 
by nurserymen. Danrin, Origin of Species, p. 43. 
rogue-house (rog'hous), w. A prison; a lock- 
up. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
roguery (ro'ger-i), .; pi. rogueries (-iz). [< 
rogue + -ery.] If. The life of a vagrant; vaga- 
bondism. 2. Knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; 
dishonest practices. 
You rogue, here 's lime in this sack too : there is nothing 
but roguery to be found in villanous man. 
Shalt., I Hen. IV., ii. 4. 188. 
Peter had lately done some rogueries that forced him to 
abscond. Swift, Tale of a Tub, xi. 
3. Waggery; arch tricks; mischievousness. 
rogue's-gillifiowert (rogz'jil"i-flou-er), . An 
old name of the rocket Hesperix matronalis. 
Lyte. 
[< rogue 
__' a rogue; , _ . 
guish person. [Rare.] 
Ramb. Rank and rotten, is she not? 
Shave. Your spittle rogueships 
Shall not make me so. 
Massinger, C'ity Madam, iii. 1. 
roguish (ro'gish), a. [< rogue + -inli 1 .] If. 
Vagrant; vagabond. 
Hit the hathill o the hede in his hole angur, 
And rent hym doun roidly rygnt to the sadill. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. .), 1. 98>\ 
Let 's follow the old earl, and get the Bedlam 
To lead him where he would : his roguish madness 
Allows itself to any thing. Shak., Lear, iii. 7. 104. 
2. Knavish; fraudulent; dishonest. 
roylen, prob. a 
var. of rowlen, roll, used in the same sense : see 
roll (I., 12), and cf. roil?.] To run; wander; 
roll; rove. 
Rijt so, quod Gregorie, religioun roileth, 
sterueth and stynketh and steleth lordes almesses, 
That oute of couent and cloystre coueyten to libbe. 
Piers Plmeman(H\ x. 297. 
The fletynge strem that royleth doun diversly fro hy 
mountaygnes is arested and resisted ofte tyme by the en- 
countrynge of a stoon. Chaucer, Boethius, i. meter 7. 
roil 2 (roil), v. t. [Formerly also royle; also dial. 
rile (sometimes spelled ryle), the common colloq. 
form in the U. S. (cf. oil, dial, ile, point, dial. 
lit at, etc.). (a) According to Stratmann, < OF. 
roeler, roler, roller, vex, disturb, beat, particu- 
lar uses of the orig. sense 'roll': see roil 1 , roll, 
(b) In another view, prop, rile, and orig. as a 
haps < OF. roille, rouilte, F. rouille = Pr. roill, 
rust, mildew, fungous growth, ult. < L. robigo, 
rust: see roin.] 1. To render turbid by stirring 
up the dregs or sediment : as, to roil wine, cider, 
or other liquor in casks or bottles. 
The lamb down stream roiled the wolf's water above. 
Roger North, Examen, p. S59. (Dana.) 
I had dug out the spring and made a well of clear gray 
water, where I could dip up a pailful without railing it 
Thoreau, Walden, p. 245. 
I thirst for one cool cup of water clear, 
But drink the riled stream of lying breath. 
Jones Very, Poems, p. 78. 
2. To excite to some degree of anger; annoy; 
vex: now more commonly, in colloquial use, 
rile. 
His spirits were very much roiled. 
Roger North, Lord Guilford, II. 09. (Davies.) 
You have always been one of the best fellows in the 
world, . . . and the most generous, and the most cordial 
that you have ; only you do rile me when you sing that 
confounded Mayfair twang. Thackeray, Philip, xvii. 
3. To perplex. [Local.] 4. To salt (fish) by 
means of a roiler. 
roi! 3 t, . [Early mod. E. royle; < ME. roile, 
royle; origin uncertain.] A Flemish horse. 
Polidamas the prise horse presit vnto, 
Raght to the Reyne, and the Roile take. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 8337. 
By the good swimminge of horses many men haue ben 
saued, and contrary wise, by a timorouse royle, where the 
water hath uneth come to his bely, his legges hath foltred, 
wherby many a good and propre man hath perisshed. 
Sir T. Blyot, The Governour, I. 17. 
roller (roi'ler), . [< roi ft + -er 1 .] A machine 
for salting small fish, as a revolving box turned 
by means of a crank. [North Carolina.] 
'""" '-oi'li), a. [Also dial, rily, riley ; < roiP + 
Muddy; turbid: as, 
roket 
(roint), r. Sc<' aroint. 
(roist), v. i. [Early mod. E. roi/xt; .. 
roister.] Same as roister. Cotgrave. 
The vayne glorious, . . 
Whose humour the roysting sort continually doth feede. 
Udatt, Roister Doister, Proi. 
I have a roisting challenge sent amongst 
The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks. 
Shak., T. and C., ii. 2. 208. 
roister (rois'ter), n. [Also r<iuxt<->- ; < OF. rux- 
tre, a ruffian, roister, a particular use (with un- 
original r) of OF. ruste, ruixte, a rustic, F. rux- 
tiquc: see rustic.] 1. A rioter; a blusterer; a 
roisterer. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
They must not part till they have drunk a barrel), 
Or straight this routtfr will begin to quarrel. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 60. 
The natives were an honest, social race of jolly roysters, 
who had no objection to a drinking bout, and were very 
merry in their cups. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 92. 
2. [< roixter, v.] A drunken or riotous frolic; 
a spree. 
roister (rois'ter), v. i. [Also royster; < roixtt-i; 
n.] To bluster ; swagger ; bully ; be bold, noisy, 
vaunting, or turbulent. 
p. 348. 
Her brother lingers late 
With a roystering company. 
Tennyson, Maud, xiv. 2. 
The wind is roistering out of doors. 
Lowell, To Charles Eliot Norton. 
roister-dqistert (rois'ter-dois'ter), ii. [First 
recorded in the title of the first English comedy 
Udall's "Ralph Roister-Doister" (1553); a va- 
ried redupl. of roister.] A roisterer. 
I have . . . seen the mad-brainest roMtr-doister in a 
country dashed out of countenance. 
O. Harvey, Four Letters. 
roisterer (rois'ter-er), . [Also roysterer; < 
roister + -t-r 1 .] One who roisters ; a bold, blus- 
tering, or turbulent fellow. 
Midmost of a rout of roisterers, 
Femininely fair and dissolutely pale. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
roistering (rois'ter-ing), p. a. Swaggering; 
rude. 
She again encounters " Dick " Talbot, now grown more 
roystrring and bloated than ever, and marries the lover of 
her youth. The Academy, March 1, 1890, p. 148. 
roisterlyt (rois'ter-li), a. [< roister + -ly 1 .] 
Like a roisterer; blustering; violent. 
A mad world, where such shameful stuff is bought and 
sold ; and where such roisterly varlets may be suffered to 
play upon whom they lust, and how they lust. 
O. Harvey, Four Letters. 
roisterly (rois'ter-li), adv. [< roisterly, a.] In 
a bullying, violent manner. 
roisterous (rois'ter-us), a. [< roixter + -oim.] 
Violent; blustery; uproarious. [Rare.] 
Was the like ever heard of? The roysterous young dogs ; 
3. Mischievous ; playful. 
An' she has twa sparkling rogueish een. 
Burns, On Cessnock Banks. 
roguishly (ro'gish-li), adi\ In a roguish man- 
ner; like a rogue; knavishly; mischievously. 
roguishness (rp'gish-nes), n. The state or 
character of being roguish, (a) Knavery, (ft) Mis- 
chievousness; archness; sly cunning: as, the rogiushnets 
of a look. 
roguyt (ro'gi), a. [< rot/itt: + -y 1 .] Knavish; 
dishonest. [Rare.] 
Car. Gipsies, and yet pick no pockets? 
Ale. Infamous and roguy ! 
Middleton, Spanish Gypsy, ii. 1. 
rohan (ro'han), . [Also rolt tin, rohuna; E. 
and East Indian mahogany, its bark'is tonic and 
astringent; its wood is heavy, dark, and durable, and is 
used for purposes of construction. 
roi (ro'i), . [Maori.] The rootstock of the 
brake, Pteris aquiliiia, var. esculenta, which 
when roasted was formerly a staple article of 
food with the aborigines of New Zealand. 
roicondt, . [ME., < OF. 'roicond. < L. rubicun- 
dus, red, ruddy: see rubicund.] Ruddy; rubi- 
cund. 
Wele colouret by course, clene of his face 
Rede roicond in white, as the Roose fressh'e. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3771. 
roidt, . [ME. raid, nii/d, < OF. roide, F. roide, 
raide, < L. rigidus, stiff : sec rii/i<l. Cf. redour 1 
Stiff; stout; violent. 
Nor catch a woodman's hasty nap, 
For fear you should get roily. 
J. F. Cooper, Pioneer, xx. 
The streams full and roily. The Century, XXV'n. 107. 
roint (roin), n. [Also royne; < ME. roine, roigne, 
< OF. roingne, rogne, rongne, scurf, mange, scab- 
biness, itch, F. rogne, itch, = Pr. ronha, runha 
= Cat. ronya = Sp. roKa = Pg. ronha = It. rogna, 
itch ; perhaps < L. robigo, rubigo (-gin-), rust, 
mildew, also sore, ulcer, scab: see ronion.] A 
scab or scurf. 
Hir nekke was of good fasoun 
In lengthe and gretnesse by resoun, 
Withoute bleyne, scabbe, or royne. 
Horn, of the Rose, 1. 653. 
roinisht (roi'nish), a. [Also roynixh; < roi it + 
-ixh 1 . Cf. roinous.] Mangy; scabby; hence, 
mean; paltry; scurvy. 
My lord, the roynish clown, at whom so oft 
Your grace was wont to laugh, is also missing. 
Shale., As you Like it, ii. 2. S. 
roinoust (roi'nus), a. [Also roynous; < ME. 
roinous, roignous, < OF. roigneux, roingneujc, 
rongneux (= Pr. rognas, ronhos, ruuliox = Cat. 
mnyos=Sp. roiloso = Pg. ronhoso = lt. rognoso), 
mangy, scabby ; perhaps < L. robiginosus, rusty, 
mangy, etc., < robigo (robigin-), rust: see roin.] 
Scabby; rough; crooked; worthless. 
The foule croked bowe hidous, 
That knotty was and al rot/nous. 
Ram' of the Rose, 1. 988. 
This argument is al roignous ; 
It is not worth a croked brere. 
Rom. of the Rose, 1. 6190. 
a royalet. 
Causing the American roytelets to turn all homagers to 
that king and the crown of England. Heylin. 
2. In oriiith., a kinglet or goldcrest ; a small 
bird of the genus Regains. 
rok, . See roc 1 . 
roka (ro'ka), . A large East African tree. 
Trichilia emetica, whose fruit is considered 
emetic, and whose seeds yield a fatty oil. 
rokambole, . See rocambole. 
roke (rok), n. [< ME. roke. a var. of reke (= 
OD. roke, etc.): see reek 1 .] Mist; smoke; 
damp. 
Roke, myste. Nebula. Prompt. Para., p. 436. 
rokeage, rokee (ro'kaj, ro'ke), . [Also rou- 
cheage, yokeage, yokeague; Amer. Ind.; orig. 
form uncertain. Cf. iioeake.] Indian corn 
parched, pulverized, and mixed with sugar: 
commonly called pinole. [Local, U. S.] 
rokelay (rok'e-la), w. Same as roquelaiire. 
roker(ro'ker), . [Prob. connected with roacli 1 , 
and thus ult. with ray 2 .] A species of Kaia ; 
especially, the thornback ray. 
The English word raker in most cases signifies thorn- 
back, but is occasionally employed to denote any species 
of the ray family, with the exception of the skate. 
N. and Q., 7th ser., VII. 146. 
Into lobsters and crabs which have become by reason of 
age of lighter weight are introduced portions of fresh 
haddock or raker. Lancet, No. 3455, p. 1025. 
rokett, rokette 1 !, . Middle English forms 
of rochet 1 . Destruction of Troii (E. E. T. S.), 
1. 13525. 
