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Show )} RO ROI re, 1. The wild briar, dog rofe, ‘or ‘hep-tree. - Wild briar or dog »ofe, with large prickly heps 3+ The greater Englifh apple-bearing rofe 4. Th dwarf wild Burnet-leaved rofe 5. The dwarf wil Burnet-leaved rofe, with varicgated leaves 6. Th ftriped Scotch rofe. 7. The fweet briar or eglantine 8. Sweet briar, with a double flower Al the other forts of rofes are originally of foreig growth, but are hardy enough to endure the col f our climate in the open air, and produce beauniful and fragrant flowers Miller Make ufe of thy fult hours, feafon the {lave For tubs and baths, bring down the 7o/ cheek' yout To th' tub faft and the diet Shakefpeare Patience, thou young and rofe lipp'd cherubin Shake[peare Here without thorn the roft Milton This way of procuring autumnal refes will, i moft 7sfe bufhes, fail ; in fome good bearers, it wil fucceed Boyle For her th' unfading 75/t of Eden blooms To fpeak under the Rose Pope To fpeak an thing with fafety, {fo as not afterward to be difcovered By defiring a fecrecy to words fpoke unde 7ofe, w mean in fociet an compotation th fro the ancient cuftom in fympofiack meetings, to wea chaplets of rofes about their heads Brown Roske. pret. of rife Everofeand went forth 'mong her flow'rs. Milton Ro‘seaTe rof . 1. Rofy adj [rofat French fro full of rofes i come, ye ghofts! prepare your rofeate bow'rs Celeftial palms.«nd ever blooming flow'rs Pope 2. Blooming, fragrant, purple, as a rofe Here pride has ftruck her lofty fai That roam'd the world around Here roftate beauty cold and pal Boyle the noun. Crim Can you blame her, being a maid yet rofed ove with - the virgin crimfon of modefty, if fhe den the appearance of a naked blind boy? Shakefpeare Ross-marrow z / plan Jarge than the common mallow Miller Ro‘semary, n. [. [rofmarinns, Lat.] verticillate plant Bedlam beggars Miller with roaring voices Strike in their numb' Pins, wooden pricks And with this horribl Inforce their charity Aroun and mortify'd bare arm nails, fprigs of rofemary objet, from low farms Shakefpeare's King Lear their cel Set rows of rofemary with flowering ftem. Dryden Rofemary is {mall, but a very odoriferous fhirub the principal ufe of it is to perfume chambers, an in decotions for wathing Mortimer's Hufbandry ‘The neighbour Follow'd w ith wiftful look the damfecl bier Sprigg'd rofcmary the lads and lafles bore Rose-NOBLE coin, i lings #. / walu A ancientl Gay. Englit fixtce gol fhil The fucceeding kings coined 7ofe-noblos and doubl 7ofz-nobles, the great fovereigns with the fame in{exiption, Tefus autem tranfiens per medium eoru 2 Camden's Remains Ro'sEwATER. 7. /. [rofe and awater.] Water diftilled from rofes Attend him with a filver bafo Full of rofezvater Shakefpeare His drink fhould be cooling ; as fountain wate with rofervater and fugar of rofes Wifeman Ro'seT #. /. [from rofe. for painters Grin A red colou cerufs with a weak water of gum-lake rofer, and yexmillion, which maketh it a fair carnation Ro'sisr. #. /. [rofier, French. A rofe buth Her yellow golden hai Was trimly woven, and in treffes wrought Ne other tire fhe on her head did wear But crown'd with a garland of {weet rofiers Spenfe RO'SIN #. / [properl refin 5 refine Erench ; refina, Latin. 1. Infpiffated turpentine; a juice of th pine The billows from the kindling prow retire Pitch, rofin, fealwood on red wings afpire Garth 2. Any infpiffated matte that diffolves in fpirit of vegetable Tea contains little of a volatile fpirit3 its rofin o fixed oil, which is bitter and aftringent extrated but by rectified fpirit cannot b Arbuthnot Zo Ro'sinN. @. 2. [from the noun. rub with rofin Bouzebus who.could fweetly fing Or with the zof/n'd bow torment the ftring Peacham 'T Gay Ro'siny. adj. [from rofin.] Refemblin rofin The example fhould perhaps b roffelly. See ROSSEL The beft foil is that upon a fandy gravel or 7ofin fand RO'SSEL Lemple 2. / A true 7offe/ or light land, whether white o black, is what they are ufually planted in Mortimer's Hufbandry Ro%ssELry. adj [from roffel. In Effex, moory land is thought to beth moft proper: that which I have obferved to be th beft foil is a 7gfféfy top, and a brick carthy bottom Mortimer's Hufbandry Ro'straTep adj [roftrarus Adorned with beaks of fhips _ Has left the pow'r to wound Ro'sEp. adj. [fro foned ; fluthed ROo Latin. He brought to Italy an hundred and ten roflrate gallies of the fleet of Mithridates Arbuthnot RO'STRUM. ». /. [Latin. 1. The beak of a bird Vefpafian erefted 2 column in Rome, upo whofe top was the prow of a thip, in Latin roffrum which gave name to the common pleading plac i wher orations wer made bein built o the prows of thofe thips of Antium, which th Romans overthrew Peacham on Drazving Myfelf fhall mount the rofrum in'his favour And' ftrive to gain his pardon from the people Addifon 4. The pipe which conveys the diftillin liquor into its receiver in the commo alembicks alf crooke {ciflars which the furgeons ufe in fome cafes fo the dilatation of wounds LQuincy Ro'sy. adj [rofeus, Latin. Refemblin a rofe in bloom or fragrance beauty colour When the rofy fing'red morning fair Weary of aged Tithon's faffron bed Had fpred her purple robe through dewy air. Spe fir A fmile that glow Ceeleftial 7ofy ved, love's proper hue Wiltos Faireft bloffom ! do not fligh That age, which you may know {o f on The 70fy) morn refigns her light And milder glory to the noon Waller As Theflalian fteeds the race adorn S0 rofy colour'd Helen is tlxélaz'i\i Of Lacedemon and of Grecce befide . While blooming youth and gay d ligh Sit on thy rofy cheeks confeft Thou haft, my dear, undoubted rig To triumph o'er this deftin'd breag 70 ROT «. 7 [nozan Dutch. To putrify hefion of its parts EFrom hu‘ur to hou we fipe and And then from h Sb"'f?‘!"r( uy to hour ye fitp:;'y Being more ; nearly e S'ba&ly;' pofed to the ther, the bodie of the animél:h \evo:,; a,fm corrupt and ot ;5 the bon s would uké\'-f?dd("l In time, except hofe which were ccuw extraordinary firength o t ejr pat o To‘ 7 00Wgr _or v. 4 To make putrid; bring to corruption N woo fhone s that was cut fuch as was rorted in fock and ropt owW;ilaebiv:s ;' Tew Frowning Aufter feeks the fout her And rots, with eadlefs ra Rot B n, th® ""Wh"l,ef'Do {%e,yé‘r. 2. /. [from the verb.] 'J;d{"" 1. A diftemper among fheep, in whieh | their lungs are wafted In an unlucky grange, the fheep dieg of th rot, the fwine of the mange, and n duckling throve ;.mg?cr:?" The catcle muft of rot and murrain die M,,,Z' The wool of Ireland fuffers under 00, defe the country being generally full-flocked with fhegs and. the foil little fubje€t t0 other ot than of . ger V Tm?' z. Putrefattion ; putrid decay Brandy fcarce prevents the fudden 7o Of freezing nofe, and quick decaying feet, Phili Ro‘rary. adj. [rota, Latin. ] Whirlin as a wheel Ro"rarep. adj. [rotatus, Latin.] Whid round Rora'rion. #. [ [ 7otation, French rotatio, Latin. 1. The a& of whirling round like wheel ; the ftate of being fo whirle round; whirl Of rhis kind is fome difpofition of bodies to 2. 'The beak of a fhip 3. The fcaffold whence ‘orators harangued Rome A man may rot eyen ere tation from Eaft to Weft refloat of the fea, by confent of-the univerfe part of the diurnal motion Bacr ~ By a kind of circulation or rotation, ats har their - fucceflive invention, perfection, and tr duction from one people to another Hal The axle-trees of chariots take fire by the rapi rotation of the wheels Newton's Opticks In the paflions wild rotation tof Our fpring of action to ourfelves is lot. - Pept In fond roration fpread the fpotted wing Prior Saxon ; rvotten to lofe the co Thomfim And fhiver every feather with defire 2. Viciflitude of fucceflion ROTA'TOR. n. /. [Latin.] That whic gives a circular motion Thi articulatio i ftron b ftrengthene mufcles; on the infide by the triceps and ‘thi fou W}mm little rorators Rote. 2./. [poz, Saxon, merry. 1. [Rote, old French. A harp; a lyre Obfolete d \"-Jt Wele couthe he fing, and playen on a rate Chaugr Worthy of great Phebus' rote The triumphs of Phlegreanjovc he swrote Sptfl That all the gods admir'd his lofty note b r t u r W . c e F n t o [ 2 mere memory without meaning; IF:R i h r m c o t w r w o mor of the fenfe "Firft rehearfe this fon Diyden as the maip float an by rufe fzb::t(ff'"" To each word a warbling note _Thy loved did read by 7oi¢, and coul .S'bakq]?lg He rather faith it by rote 40 himfelf, s&"fi"i an;, he can throughly believe xbt All this he underftoo ey by rate, H"‘M And as occafion ferv'd would quote Learn Ariftotle's rules by rafe, And at al)-hazards boldly quote v i,s"qi)'fi. |