Rod"o*mel (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; rose + &?;&?;&?; honey.] Juice of
roses mixed with honey. Simmonds.
Rod"o*mont (?), n. [F. rodomont, It. rodomonte, fr. Rodomonte,
Rodamonte, a boasting hero in the "Orlando Furioso" of Ariosto, and the
"Orlando Innamorato" of Bojardo; properly, one who rolls away
mountains; Prov. It. rodare to roll away (fr. L. rota a wheel) + It.
monte a mountain, L. mons. See Rotary, Mount, n.] A vain or blustering
boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio. Sir T. Herbert.
Rod"o*mont, a. Bragging; vainly boasting.
Rod`o*mon*tade" (?), n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See Rodomont, n.]
Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so
irrational nor impossible.
Dryden.
Rod`o*mon*tade", v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
Rod`o*mon*tad"ist (?), n. One who boasts.
Rod`o*mon*ta"do (?), n. Rodomontade.
Rod`o*mon*ta"dor (?), n. A rodomontadist.
Rods"man (?), n.; pl. Rodsmen (&?;). One who carries and holds a
leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party. G. W. Cable.
Ro"dy (?), a. Ruddy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Roe (?), n. [OE. ro, AS. rh; akin to D. ree, G. reh, Icel. r, SW. rå.]
(Zoöl.) (a) A roebuck. See Roebuck. (b) The female of any species of
deer.
Roe, n. [For roan, OE. rowne, akin to G. rogen, OHG. rogan, Icel.
hrogn, Dan. rogn, ravn, Sw. rom; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. &?;&?;&?;
pebble, Skr. &?;arkar gravel.] 1. (Zoöl.) The ova or spawn of fishes
and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian
membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of
the male.
2. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in
mahogany.
Roe"buck` (?), n. [1st roe + buck.] (Zoöl.) A small European and
Asiatic deer (Capreolus capræa) having erect, cylindrical, branched
antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is
very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or
high grounds.
Roed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Filled with roe.
Roe"deer` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The roebuck.
Roe"stone` (?), n. (Min.) Same as Oölite.
Ro*ga"tion (?), n. [L. rogatio, fr. rogare, rogatum, to ask, beg,
supplicate: cf. F. rogation. Cf. Abrogate, Arrogant, Probogue.] 1.
(Rom. Antiq.) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be
passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.