5. A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds
across country. [Eng. Slang.]
Road"way` (?), n. A road; especially, the part traveled by carriages.
Shak.
Roam (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Roaming.]
[OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS. r&?;man to raise, rise, D. ramen to hit,
plan, aim, OS. r&?;m&?;n to strive after, OHG. rmen. But the word was
probably influenced by Rome; cf. OF. romier a pilgrim, originally, a
pilgrim going to Rome, It. romeo, Sp. romero. Cf. Ramble.] To go from
place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to
wander.
He roameth to the carpenter's house.
Chaucer.
Daphne roaming through a thorny wood.
Shak.
Syn. -- To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.
Roam, v. t. To range or wander over.
And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam.
Milton.
Roam, n. The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his
roam o'er hill amd dale. Milton.
Roam"er (?), n. One who roams; a wanderer.
Roan (?), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.] 1.
Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white
thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
Give my roan a drench.
Shak.