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Roughsetter
n.
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A mason who builds rough stonework.
Roughshod
a.
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Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.
Roughstrings
n. pl.
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Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
Rought
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imp. of Reach.
Rought
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imp. of Reck, to care.
Roughtail
n.
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Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidae; -- so called from their rough tails.
Roughwork
v. t.
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To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.
Roughwrought
a.
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Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.
Rouk
v. i.
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See 5th Ruck, and Roke.
Roulade
n.
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A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.
Rouleaux
pl.
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of Rouleau
Rouleaus
pl.
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of Rouleau
Rouleau
n.
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A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
Roulette
n.
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A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
Roulette
n.
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A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
Roulette
n.
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A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
Roulette
n.
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the curve traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without sliding, over another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid.
Rouly-pouly
n.
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See Rolly-pooly.
Roun
v. i. & t.
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Alt. of Rown
Rown
v. i. & t.
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To whisper.
Rounce
n.
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The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
Rounceval
a.
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Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.
Rounceval
n.
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A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat.
Rouncy
n.
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A common hackney horse; a nag.
Round
v. i. & t.
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To whisper.
Round
a.
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Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
Round
a.
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Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.
Round
a.
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Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills.
Round
a.
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Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
Round
a.
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Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.