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roan, roaned, roant, rone, roned, rownt,
roan [ron]
adj. Roan, brownish thickly sprinkled with white or gray. Of that colour.
 
roant
adj. SN. MN. Of a roan or variegated colour.
reester, reester, roasen, roasson, roast, roasten, roastit, rossen, rost, rostan, roster, roster,
roast [rost]
n. The portion of a carcass of meat, as divided up by the butcher, adhering to a bone, a joint of meat. I.Sh. An unpleasant burning sensation caused by midges.
v. To roast.
pt. roastit
pp. roastit, roasten [ros(t)ən] adj. Roasted, uncomfortably hot.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dreepin roast: A good source of income.
roastin: Roastin.
roab, rob, robe, rub,
rob [rob, C. rʌb]
v. To rob.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
robber: A robber.
robbery: Robbery.
rob, robe, wardrobe, wardrope,
robe [rob, rʌb]
n. A robe.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wardrobe: A wardrobe.
roberat, roberate,
roberate [rʌbəret]
v. To confirm or ratify an agreement or treaty, etc. To give strength or vigour to. To fortify.
rachery, rachtery, rauch, rauch, rauchelt, rauchle, rauchled, rauchlet, reuch, reuchness, reugh, roch, roche, roched, rochelt, rochian, rochie, rochle, rochled, rochness, rochsome, rocht, rochterie, rogh, roghie, roghness, rouch, rouched, rouchie, rouchle, rouchled, rouchness, rough, roughed, roughness, roughness, ruch, ruched, ruchelt, ruchian, ruchie, ruchle, ruchled, ruchness, rucht, ruchterie, ruchtery, ruchtery, rugh, rugh, rughie, rughness, rughness, ruuch, ruuchness,
roch [rox, rʌx, S. rʌux]
n. Land in an unimproved, virgin condition. The major part of anything.
dim. rochie A long wholemeal loaf of rough texture.
adj. Rough. Lewd, foul-mouthed, indecent, immoral. Abundant, bounteous, plentifully supplied, well-furnished, especially with good plain fare. Of the growth of grass or crops: strong, luxuriant, dense: Luxuriant but of poor quality, rank. Of a bone: having meat on it. Of sheep: unshorn, unclipped.
adv. In a comfortable or well-supplied state.
 
rocht v. pp. Of a horse: fitted with frost-nails.
 
rochle [roxl, NEC. rʌxl, MN. roxl, S. rʌuxl]
n. A rough person etc.
adj. Rough.
v. To toss about, agitate, shake roughly, tousle.
pt. pp. rochelt adj. Roughled.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rochian [-(j)ən]: A ruffian.
rochness: Roughness, abundance, plenty.
rochsome [-səm]: Somewhat rough or uneven, rude, crude, uncouth.
rochterie [-tərɪ]: Rough people, riff-raff.
roak, roaklie, roakly, rock, rockie, rockin, rocklie, rockly, rocky, roke,
rock [rɔk, rok]
n. A rock.
dim. rockie A wild sheep.
v. To rock. To stagger or reel in walking.
 
n. A drinking bout.
n. A distaff or spindle.
 
rocky
adj. Rocky.
 
rockly [ˈrɔklɪ, ˈroklɪ]
adj. Pebbly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rockin [ˈrɔkɪn, ˈrokɪn]: A gathering of women to spin and gossip.
rocket,
rocket [ˈrɔkət]
n. Rocket Eruca sativa.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
wild rocket WC. The cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis.
yellae rocket: S. The dyer's rocket Reseda luteola.
rodden, roddin, roden, rodin,
rodden [ˈrodɪn]
n. The berry of the mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia. Sometimes the tree itself. See rowan also.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rodden-bird: MN. NN. The fieldfare Turdus pilaris.
roddikin,
roddikin [ˈrɔdɪkən, ˈrʌdɪkən]
n. The fourth stomach of a ruminant, tripe.

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