rogue elephant
A savage and destructive elephant that lives apart from the herd, always vicious and dangerous.
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rogue's badge
A race-horse or a hunter that becomes obstinate and refuses to do its work is known as a rogue, and the blinkers that it is made to wear are the rogue's badge.
rogues
The fourth order of canters. A rogue in grain; a great rogue, also a corn chandler. A rogue in spirit; a distiller or brandy merchant.
rogues' gallery
The collection of portraits of criminals kept by the police.
Rogues' Latin
The same as "thieves' Latin." See LATIN.
Rogues' March
The tune played when an undesirable soldier is drummed put of his regiment; hence, an ignominious dismissal.
Roi Panade
Louis XVIII was so nicknamed (1755, 1814-24). Roland or (in Ital.) Orlando. The most famous of Charlemagne's paladins, slain at the battle of Roncesvalles (778), called "The Christian Theseus" and "the Achilles of the West." He was Count of Mans and Knight of Blaives, and son of Duke Milo of Aiglant, his mother being Bertha, the sister of Charlemagne.
roland's sword
Durindana, or Durandal, which was fabled to have o-nce belonged to Hector, and which — like the horn — Roland won from the giant Jutmundus. It had in its hilt a thread from the Virgin Mary's cloak, a tooth of St. Peter, one of St. Denis's hairs, and a drop of St. Basil's blood.
role model
A person whose behavior is imitated or admired
rolf
To vomit.
roll back the years
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
roll in the aisles
to laugh very heavily and uncontrollably
roll in wealth
To have a large amount of money or possessions
roll of snow
A piece of linen, or bundle of underclothing.
roll of the dice
an unpredictable or chance event
roll off the tongue
To be spoken easily and smoothly
roll one's eyes
To show annoyance or disdain
roll one's own
create something yourself instead of buying it
roll tape
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
roll the pitch
To make a sales pitch more appealing
roll up on
to arrive or appear unexpectedly
roll up one's sleeves
Prepare to work hard or take action
roll up the sidewalks
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
roll with it
to adapt to a situation and go along with it
rolling in it
Having a lot of money or wealth
rolling stock
All the wheeled equipment of a railway that is fitted to run on rails ; the loco- motives, passenger coaches, vans, goods trucks, etc.
rolling stone
A person who moves frequently and doesn't settle in one place
roma locuta est, causa finita est
A matter is settled and not open to further debate
Roman architecture
A style of architecture, distinguished by its massive character and abundance of ornament, which combines the Greek orders with the use of the arch. It is largely a corruption of the Doric and Ionic.
Roman arena
It so happened that the same lion was let out against him, and recognizing his benefactor, showed towards him every demonstration of love and gratitude.
Roman birds
Eagles; so called because the ensign of the Roman legion was an eagle.
Roman Catholic liturgy
Its application to a debtor who is suing for further time is obvious.
Roman Catholics and Dissenters
The refusal of certain ecclesiastics to read this in their churches led to the Trial of the Seven Bishops. Industrial Revolution is the term applied to the social and economic changes that took place in Britain from the late 18th to the mid- 19th century, when the introduction of machinery in manufacture and railways for transport entirely revolutionized the methods of living and the location of industries throughout the country.
Roman judge L
Cassius Pedanius. Sej Cicero, Rose. Am., xxx, 84. Cato, that great and grave philosopher, did com- monly demand, when any new project was pro- pounded unto him, cm bono, what good will ensue in case the same is effected?— FULLER: Worthies (The Design, i.).
Roman Neptune
He was the son of Cronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Pluto, and husband of Amphitrite.
Roman roads in Britain
See ERMINE, FOSSE, ICKNIELD, WATJUNG. Fair weyes many on ther ben in Englond But four most of all ben zunderstond . .
Roman type
Ordinary type, as distinguished from italic, clarendon, gothic or "black letter," etc. ; so called because founded on that used in ancient Roman inscriptions and manuscripts.
romance languages
Those languages which are the immediate offspring of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
Romans devoted to Mercury
The proverbial saying was applied generally to all first fruits or first works.
romany
A gipsy, or the gipsy language; the speech of the Roma or Zincali.—Spanish Gipsy. "Can you patter ROMANY?" i.e., can you talk "black," or gipsy lingo?
romany rye
One who enters into the gipsy spirit, learns their language, lives with them as one of themselves, etc. Rye is gipsy for gentle- man. George Borrow's book with this title (a sequel to Lavengrd) was published in 1857.
romboyles
Watch and ward. Romboyled; sought after with a warrant.
Rome wasn't built in a day
Big projects take time to complete
Romeo and Juliet
Two people who are deeply in love despite obstacles
romp
A forward wanton girl, a tomrig. Grey, in his notes to Shakespeare, derives it from arompo, an animal found in South Guinea, that is a man eater. See HOYDEN.
romp home
To win easily or by a large margin
Romulus and Remus
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
ron
heroin
roof over one's head
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
rook
A rookie.
rook
A cheat: probably from the thievish disposition of the birds of that name. Also the cant name for a crow used in house-breaking. To rook; to cheat, particularly at play.
rook
A cheat, or tricky gambler; the opposite of "pigeon."
rookery
A low neighbourhood inhabited by dirty Irish and thieves—as St. Giles’s ROOKERY.—Old. In military slang that part of the barracks occupied by subalterns, often by no means a pattern of good order.
rooky
Rascally, rakish, scampish.
room
She lets out her fore room and lies backwards: saying of a woman suspected of prostitution.
room and board
Food and lodging provided in exchange for payment or work
room for doubt
possibility that something is not true
roost
Synonymous with PERCH, which see.
rooster
A cock, whether bantam, game, barndoor, or of any other kind. This is an Americanism which obtains full currency on the other side of the Atlantic, though its use would infer that hens do not roost. As the outcome of transpontine delicacy it must, however, be respected.
root around
search thoroughly and energetically
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