Well bet is rotten apple out of hoard, Than that it roty all the
remenant.
Chaucer.
||Rou"ble (?), n. A coin. See Ruble.
Rouche (?), n. See Ruche.
||Rou`é" (?), n. [F., properly p. p. of rouer to break upon the wheel,
||fr. roue a wheel, L. rota. See Rotate, Rotary.] One devoted to a life
||of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.
||Rou`et" (?), n. [F.] A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of
||firelocks for discharging them. Crabb.
Rouge (?), a. [F., fr. L. rubeus red, akin to rubere to be red, ruber
red. See Red.] red. [R.]
||Rouge et noir (&?;) [F., red and black], a game at cards in which
||persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called because the
||table around which the players sit has certain compartments colored
||red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited. Hoyle.
Rouge, n. [F.] 1. (Chem.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric
oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a
cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc.
2. A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The
best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is
often made from carmine. Ure.
Rouge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rouged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Rouging .] To
paint the face or cheeks with rouge.
Rouge, v. t. To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.
Rouge`croix" (? or ?), n. [F., literally, red cross.] (Her.) One of the
four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
Rouge" drag`on (?), n. [F., literally, red dragon.] (Her.) One of the
four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
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Rough (?), a. [Compar. Rougher (?); superl. Roughest.] [OE. rou&?;,
rou, row, rugh, ruh, AS. r&?;h; akin to LG. rug, D. rug, D. ruig, ruw,
OHG. r&?;h, G. rauh, rauch; cf. Lith. raukas wrinkle, rukti to wrinkle.
√ 18. Cf. Rug, n.] 1. Having inequalities, small ridges, or
points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough
stone; rough cloth. Specifically: (a) Not level; having a broken
surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road. "Rough,
uneven ways." Shak.
(b) Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond. (c)
Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of
water.
More unequal than the roughest sea.
T. Burnet.
(d) Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress,
appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat. "A visage rough." Dryden.
"Roughsatyrs." Milton.
2. Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.
Specifically: (a) Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a
rough temper.
A fiend, a fury, pitiless and rough.
Shak.
A surly boatman, rough as wayes or winds.
Prior.
(b) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or
actions.
On the rough edge of battle.
Milton.
A quicker and rougher remedy.
Clarendon.
Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness which rough and
imperious usage often produces.
Locke.
(c) Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of
sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers. Pope.
(d) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine. (e) Tempestuous;
boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.
He stayeth his rough wind.
Isa. xxvii. 8.
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Shak.
(f) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough
estimate; a rough draught.
Rough diamond, an uncut diamond; hence, colloquially, a person of
intrinsic worth under a rude exterior. -- Rough and ready. (a) Acting
with offhand promptness and efficiency. "The rough and ready
understanding." Lowell.
(b) Produced offhand. "Some rough and ready theory." Tylor.
Rough, n. 1. Boisterous weather. [Obs.] Fletcher.