High-kirtled for the chase, and what was shown Of maiden rondure,
like the rose half-blown.
Lowell.
Rong (?), obs. imp. & p. p. of Ring. Chaucer.
Rong, n. Rung (of a ladder). [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Ron`geur" (?), n. [F., fr. ronger to gnaw.] (Surg.) An instrument for
||removing small rough portions of bone.
{ Ron"ion, Ron"yon } (?), n. [F. rogne scab, mange.] A mangy or scabby
creature.
"Aroint thee, with!" the rump-fed ronyon cries.
Shak.
Ron"ne (?), obs. imp. pl., and Ron"nen (&?;), obs. p. p. of Renne, to
run. Chaucer.
Ront (?), n. [See Runt.] A runt. [Obs.] Spenser.
Rood (rd), n. [AS. rd a cross; akin to OS. rda, D. roede rod, G. ruthe,
rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. Rod a measure.] 1. A representation in sculpture
or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an elderly man
fully clothed, with a nimbus around his head, and holding the cross on
which the Son is represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending
in the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures of the Virgin Mary
and of St. John are often placed near the principal figures.
Savior, in thine image seen Bleeding on that precious rood.
Wordsworth.
2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a
pole. [Prov. Eng.]