3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from
sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
DeColange.
Roan tree. (Bot.) See Rowan tree.
Roar (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared (?); p. pr. & vvb. n. Roaring.]
[OE. roren, raren, AS. rrian; akin to G. röhten, OHG. r&?;r&?;n.
√112.] 1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.
Specifically: (a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or
other beast.
Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
Spenser.
(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief Roared out for
anguish, and indulged his grief.
Dryden.
He scorned to roar under the impressions of a finite anger.
South.
2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a
crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.
The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
Milton.
How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
Gay.