Rope (v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.
Rope (v. t.) To lasso (a steer, horse).
Rope (v. t.) To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters.
Rope (v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.
Ropeband (n.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar.
Ropedancer (n.) One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height.
Roper (n.) A maker of ropes.
Roper (n.) One who ropes goods; a packer.
Roper (n.) One fit to be hanged.
Ropery (n.) A place where ropes are made.
Ropery (n.) Tricks deserving the halter; roguery.
Rope's-end (v. t.) To punish with a rope's end.
Ropewalk (a.) A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.
Ropewalker (n.) A ropedancer.
Rope-yarn (n.) the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.
Ropily (adv.) In a ropy manner; in a viscous or glutinous manner.
Ropiness (n.) Quality of being ropy; viscosity.
Ropish (a.) Somewhat ropy.
Ropy (a.) capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.
Roquelaure (n.) A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th century.
Roquet (v. t.) To hit, as another's ball, with one's own ball.
Roquet (v. i.) To hit another's ball with one's own.
Roral (a.) Of or pertaining to dew; consisting of dew; dewy.
Roration (n.) A falling of dew.
Roric (a.) Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy.
Rorid (a.) Dewy; bedewed.
Roriferous (a.) generating or producing dew.
Rorifluent (a.) Flowing with dew.
Rorqual (n.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback.
Rorulent (a.) Full of, or abounding in, dew.
Rorulent (a.) Having the surface appearing as if dusty, or covered with fine dew.
Rory (a.) Dewy.
Rosaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceae) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service trees, and quinces.
Rosaceous (a.) Like a rose in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.
Rosaceous (a.) Of a pure purpish pink color.
Rosacic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric.
Rosalgar (n.) realgar.
Rosalia (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence.
Rosaniline (n.) A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystalline substance which forms red salts. These salts are essential components of many of the socalled aniline dyes, as fuchsine, aniline red, etc. By extension, any one of the series of substances derived from, or related to, rosaniline proper.
Rosarian (n.) A cultivator of roses.
Rosaries (pl. ) of Rosary
Rosary (n.) A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.
Rosary (n.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted.
Rosary (n.) A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.
Rosary (n.) A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.
Roscid (a.) Containing, or consisting of, dew; dewy.
Roscoelite (n.) A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium.
Rose () imp. of Rise.
Rose (n.) A flower and shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly found in the morthern hemispere
Rose (n.) A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe.
Rose (n.) A rose window. See Rose window, below.
Rose (n.) A perforated nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump.
Rose (n.) The erysipelas.
Rose (n.) The card of the mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other instruments.
Rose (n.) The color of a rose; rose-red; pink.
Rose (n.) A diamond. See Rose diamond, below.
Rose (v. t.) To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush.
Rose (v. t.) To perfume, as with roses.
Roseal (a.) resembling a rose in smell or color.
Roseate (a.) Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
Roseate (a.) resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips.
Rosebay (n.) the oleander.
Rosebay (n.) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron.
Rosebay (n.) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb.
Rosebud (n.) The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.
Rosebush (n.) The bush or shrub which bears roses.
Rose-colored (a.) Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
Rose-colored (a.) Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as, rose-colored anticipations.
Rose-cut (a.) Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n.
Rosedrop (n.) A lozenge having a rose flavor.
Rosedrop (n.) A kind of earring.
Rosedrop (n.) A ruddy eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.
Rosefinch (n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red.
Rosefish (n.) A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.
Rosehead (n.) See Rose, n., 4.
Rosehead (n.) A many-sided pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.
Roseine (n.) See Magenta.
Roselite (n.) A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite.
Rosella (n.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.
Roselle (n.) a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink.
Rosemaloes (n.) The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.
Rosemary (n.) A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.
Rosen (a.) Consisting of roses; rosy.
Rosenmuller's organ () The parovarium.
Roseo- () A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red; specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds (called roseo-cobaltic compounds) of cobalt with ammonia. Cf. Luteo-.
Roseola (n.) A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; -- called also rose rash.
Rose-pink (a.) Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See Rose pink, under Rose.
Rose-pink (a.) Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental.
Roser (n.) A rosier; a rosebush.
Rose-red (a.) Red as a rose; specifically (Zool.), of a pure purplish red color.
Rose-rial (n.) A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.
Roseroot (n.) A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; -- so called because the roots have the odor of roses.
Rosery (n.) A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary, 1.
Roset (n.) A red color used by painters.
Ro-setta stone () A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt.
Rosetta wood () An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork.
Rosette (n.) An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
Rosette (n.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.
Rosette (n.) A red color. See Roset.
Rosette (n.) A rose burner. See under Rose.