Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

A species of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; -- written also rotta.

See Rhotacism.

Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary.

Any fossil foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in the chalk formation. See Illust. under Rhizopod.

Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.

Same as Gyroscope, 1.

To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.

Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate.

Pertaining to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by, rotation; as, rotational velocity.

turning, as a wheel; rotary; rotational.

that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.

Same as Rotifera.

A rotifer.

A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove.

The European red gurnard (Trigla pini).

To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate.

Any one of numerous species of small, polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus Rotella, native of tropical seas.

A chemical substance (C23H22O6) extracted from the root of the derris (Derris elliptica, Derris malaccensis, and other species), used in treatment of scabies and as an insecticide for external infestation by chiggers in human medicine, and in veterinary medicine for the treatment of infestations with fleas, ticks, and lice.

Bad small beer.

A rudder.

One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix.

An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits.

Wheel-shaped; as, rotiform appendages.

A photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll of sensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so that a series of prints are made, and are then developed, fixed, cut apart, and washed at a very rapid rate.

The rotating part of a generator or motor. Contrasted with stator, the stationary part.

See Rota.

Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat. Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting.

The patella, or kneepan.

Of or pertaining to the rotula, or kneepan.

A rotunda.

A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington.

Rounded; especially, rounded at the end or ends, or at the corners.

Having round leaves.

The state or quality of being rotu/; roundness; sphericity; circularity.

Roundness; rotundity.

See Rotunda.

The condition of being a roturier.

A roturier.

A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land.

To make rotten.

A coin. See Ruble.

See Ruche.

One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.

A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.

To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.

One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.

One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.

To render rough; to roughen.

Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove.

Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.

Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.

A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.

One who roughcasts.

To draw or delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch.

in laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.

To grow or become rough.

The redfin.

To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.

One who roughhews.

The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.

Rowen.

Somewhat rough.

Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.

In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.

The quality or state of being rough.

One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master.

A rough, coarse fellow; collectively, the lowest class of the people; the rabble; the riffraff.

A mason who builds rough stonework.

Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.

Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.

imp. of Reck, to care.

Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidae; -- so called from their rough tails.

To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.

Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.

See 5th Ruck, and Roke.

A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.

A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.

To make short incisions in with a roulette; to separate by incisions made with a roulette; as, to roulette a sheet of postage stamps.

See Rolly-pooly.

An inhabitant of Roumania; also, the language of Roumania, one of the Romance or Romanic languages descended from Latin, but containing many words from other languages, as Slavic, Turkish, and Greek.

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.

A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat.

A common hackney horse; a nag.

To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.

to collect or gather together scattered animals, persons, or things.

Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally.

Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.

Any series or sequence of actions.

Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.

The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.

A large horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round; a carousel.

The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.

Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.

A rondelay.

See Rondeau, and Rondel.

One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.

Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.

A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Having a round head or top.

A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.

Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.

Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.

A little circle.

In a round form or manner.

The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

To form into round ridges by plowing.

A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.

A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape.

Roundness; a round or circle.

A nematoid worm.

Round.

An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction.

Rising; -- applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also, sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed.

To get or start up; to rise.

One who, or that which, rouses.

Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.

In a rousing manner.

A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.

A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.