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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.
 
rosy [roːzi]
adj. Of a rose colour.
 
rosed
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.
rosener, roset, rosetie, rosetit, rosettie, rosetty, rosety, rosety_eins, rosety_end, rosety_reets, rosety_ruit, rosit, rositie, rosittie, rosity, rosset, rossetie, rossettie, rossety, rossit, rossitet, rossitie, rossittie, rossity, rozet, rozettie, rozetty, rozety, rozety, rozit, rozner,
roset [ˈroːzət]
n. Resin, roset, rosin.
adj. Resinous.
v. To rub the bow of a fiddle with resin.
pt. pp. rosetit
 
rosety [ˈroːzəti]
adj. Resinous.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rosener [U. ˈroːz(ə)nər]: A huge meal or drink.
rosety end: A resined thread used for sewing leather.
rosety ruit: A fir root used to light fires.
rhodie, rosidandrum, rosiedandrum, rosy-dandheraun,
rosidandrum [roːziˈdandrəm]
n. The rhododendron.
kaes, kais, kays, kyaas, kyaws, Rossmartney, Rossmartnie,
Rossmartnie [ˈrosmartni]
pn. Rosemarkie (Rossshire).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
kaes: A nickname for the inhabitants of Rosemarkie.
roestack, rostack, rostock,
rostack [ˈrostək]
n. The dab Limanda limanda.
rot, rottack, rottan, rottan, rotteen, rotten, rotten, rottet, rottich, rottick, rottin, rottit, rottock,
rot [rɔt, rot]
v. To rot. Of ploughed land: to dry out and become friable.
pt. rottit.
pp. rottit, rotten adj. rotted, rotten.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
rottin: Rotting, decaying, etc.
rottock: MN. Any old discarded object in a decayed condition. A piece of rubbish. Old musty corn. The grubs in a beehive.
roddack, roddick, roddock, rothack, rothag, rothick, rothie, rothock, ruthag,
rothock [N. ˈroðək, ˈrodək]
also NN.b. rothag [ˈrʌðəg]
n. A young edible crab Cancer pagurus.
dim. rothie
Rossay, Rossey, Rossie, Rossy, Rothesay, Rothsay,
Rothsay [ˈrɔθse]
pn. Rothesay (Argyl and Bute).
dim. Rossie
Rottra_Head, Rottra_Heid,
Rottra Heid [ˈrɔtrə hid]
pn. Rattray Head (Buchan).
reu, roo, rou, row, ru,
rou [I. ruː]
v. To strip the fleece from sheep by plucking it with the fingers.

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