Rob"ing (?), n. The act of putting on a robe.
Robing room, a room where official robes are put on, as by judges, etc.
Rob"in Good"fel`low (?). A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck. Shak.
||Ro*bin"i*a (?), n. [NL. So called after Jean Robin, a French
||herbalist.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous trees including the common
||locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia).
Rob"o*rant (?), a. [L. roborans, p. pr. See Roborate.] Strengthening.
-- n. (Med.) A strengthening medicine; a tonic.
Rob"o*rate (?), v. t. [L. roboratus, p. pr. of roborare to strengthen,
fr. robur, roboris, strength.] To give strength or support to; to
confirm. [Obs.] Fuller.
Rob`o*ra"tion (?), n. [LL. roboratio.] The act of strengthening. [Obs.]
Coles.
{ Ro*bo"re*an (?), Ro*bo"re*ous (?), } a. [L. roboreus.] Made of oak.
[Obs.]
Ro*bust" (?), a. [L. robustus oaken, hard, strong, fr. robur strength,
a very hard kind of oak; cf. Skr. rabhas violence: cf. F. robuste.] 1.
Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy;
muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust
health.
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