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rawn, rhone, rhonepipe, rhonie, roan, rone, rone-pipe, ronie, ronn, ronnie, roon,
rone [ron]
n. A roof gutter. MN. A sheet or patch of ice on the ground. A slide made on ice.
dim. ronie
n. A roof gutter. MN. A sheet or patch of ice on the ground. A slide made on ice.
dim. ronie
Compounds and phrases etc.
rone-pipe: A drainpipe from the roof gutter.
roan, ron, rone, ronn,
rone [ron]
n. A thicket of brushwood, thorns or briers. A patch of dense stunted woodland. A thick growth of weeds.
n. A thicket of brushwood, thorns or briers. A patch of dense stunted woodland. A thick growth of weeds.
foreroom, laich_room, oot-room, reum, roam, room, roomie, roomy, rowm, ruim, rum, rume,
room [rum]
n. A room, space. A place in a series or sequence. A burial plot in a graveyard.
adj. Empty, unobstructed, wide, spacious, roomy.
dim. roomie
v. To allocate a proportion of the common pasture to a tenant-farmer. To move aside in order to make room. To hollow out.
n. A room, space. A place in a series or sequence. A burial plot in a graveyard.
adj. Empty, unobstructed, wide, spacious, roomy.
dim. roomie
v. To allocate a proportion of the common pasture to a tenant-farmer. To move aside in order to make room. To hollow out.
roomy
adj. Wide, spacious, roomy.
adj. Wide, spacious, roomy.
Compounds and phrases etc.
foreroom: The compartment in a saxern immediately for'ard of the mast.
heid room: Scope for action, authority.
in room o: in place of
laich room: A cellar.
oot-room: The outer room.
heid room: Scope for action, authority.
in room o: in place of
laich room: A cellar.
oot-room: The outer room.
aaroon, aroon, aroon$, aroond, aroun, arown, arun, roon, roon$, roonaboot, roond, roondaboot, roondel, roonder, roonder, roonds, roonle, roons, roun, roun$, rounall, roundel, rounds, rouns, surron$, surroon, surroond, surroun,
roond [run(d)]
n. A structure, building or enclosure of circular form. Of time: a complete circuit of the clock by the hour-hand, twelve hours. The correct sequence or progression. A cut of meat from the buttock or rump. Honest plain speech. A cloth made of thick thread.
adj. Round. Sizeable, big.
v. To turn or roll.
n. A structure, building or enclosure of circular form. Of time: a complete circuit of the clock by the hour-hand, twelve hours. The correct sequence or progression. A cut of meat from the buttock or rump. Honest plain speech. A cloth made of thick thread.
adj. Round. Sizeable, big.
v. To turn or roll.
Compounds and phrases etc.
aroond [əˈ-]: adv. Around, in a circle, on every side. prep. Round, on all sides, encompassing.
roond aboot: Around.
roondaboot: A roundabout.
roondel [ˈrun(d)əl]: A roundel. Anything circular, a small round table, a round turret, a circular sheep fold, a round patch worn in grass.
roonder MN.: An ungutted fish.
roond o: A silly, ignorant or useless person, a nonentity.
surroond: Surround. pl. surroonds
surroondins: Surroundings.
the roonds: The surrounding country, neighbourhood.
roond aboot: Around.
roondaboot: A roundabout.
roondel [ˈrun(d)əl]: A roundel. Anything circular, a small round table, a round turret, a circular sheep fold, a round patch worn in grass.
roonder MN.: An ungutted fish.
roond o: A silly, ignorant or useless person, a nonentity.
surroond: Surround. pl. surroonds
surroondins: Surroundings.
the roonds: The surrounding country, neighbourhood.
roose, roosie, roosin, rooster, rooze, rousin, rowsan, rowse, rowsin,
roose [ruːz]
n. A state of agitation or anger.
v. To rouse, become exited or enraged, to stir up, provoke.
pt. pp. roosed
n. A state of agitation or anger.
v. To rouse, become exited or enraged, to stir up, provoke.
pt. pp. roosed
roosie [ˈruːzɪ]
adj. Restless, easily excited.
adj. Restless, easily excited.
Compounds and phrases etc.
rooster: I.Sh. A strongly blazing fire.
roosin [ˈruːzɪn]: Agitating or irritating. Rushing.
row [rʌu]: A row, noisy commotion. A back formation from English rouse.
roosin [ˈruːzɪn]: Agitating or irritating. Rushing.
row [rʌu]: A row, noisy commotion. A back formation from English rouse.
roose, roosed, rooser, roosie, roosin, roosin, roosin-tub, roozed, roozer, rouse, roused, rouser, rousie, rouzed, rouzer, rouzer, rowsie,
roose [ruːz]
v. To sprinkle fish with salt to cure them. To sprinkle with water. To use a watering can.
pt. pp. roosed
v. To sprinkle fish with salt to cure them. To sprinkle with water. To use a watering can.
pt. pp. roosed
roosie
n. NN.b. Light drizzle.
n. NN.b. Light drizzle.
Compounds and phrases etc.
rooser [ˈruːzər]: A a watering can.
roosin: Curing fish as above.
roosin-tub: A tub in which herring were salted.
roosin: Curing fish as above.
roosin-tub: A tub in which herring were salted.
roost, roust, ruist, rust,
roost [NEC. I.Ork. rust]
n. Fine rain, drizzle. Fine hazy mist
n. Fine rain, drizzle. Fine hazy mist
roosty
adj. Drizzling, misty.
adj. Drizzling, misty.
ropach,
ropach [NN.a. ˈrɔpəx]
adj. Untidy, slatternly.
adj. Untidy, slatternly.
From Gaelic ròpach.
ropach, ròpach, ropeuch,
ròpach [NN.a. ′rɔpəx]
Gael. adj. Untidy, slatternly.
Gael. adj. Untidy, slatternly.
hunder-bladed_rose, hunder-bladit_rose, hunder-blaidet_rose, rasie, rose, rosed, rosie, rosie, rosit, rosy, rosy,
rose [roːz]
n. A rose. Of potatoes: the crown end of the tubers. Erysipelas.
dim. rosie Reddish marble.
n. A rose. Of potatoes: the crown end of the tubers. Erysipelas.
dim. rosie Reddish marble.
rosy [roːzi]
adj. Of a rose colour.
adj. Of a rose colour.
rosed
adj. Of beans: stunted and abnormal in growth. Of the skin: inflamed.
adj. Of beans: stunted and abnormal in growth. Of the skin: inflamed.
Compounds and phrases etc.
Ayrshire rose: The field rose Rosa arvensis or the cultivated Rosa capreolata.
cock-rose: The poppy Papaver rhoeas.
hunder-bladit rose: NEC. The Spanish rose or peony Paeonia officinalis.
hunder-leaft rose: S. The Spanish rose or peony Paeonia officinalis.
Prince Chairlie's rose: The garden Rosa alba maxima.
Scots rose: The burnet rose Rosa pimpinellifolia.
Spaingie rose [ˈspeŋji-]: The Spanish rose or peony Paeonia officinalis.
cock-rose: The poppy Papaver rhoeas.
hunder-bladit rose: NEC. The Spanish rose or peony Paeonia officinalis.
hunder-leaft rose: S. The Spanish rose or peony Paeonia officinalis.
Prince Chairlie's rose: The garden Rosa alba maxima.
Scots rose: The burnet rose Rosa pimpinellifolia.
Spaingie rose [ˈspeŋji-]: The Spanish rose or peony Paeonia officinalis.