Chapter C: B. rhwth, large, capacious

~Routhie~, _adj._ Plentiful, S.

_Burns._

ROUTHLESS, _adj._ Profane, Fife.

E. _ruthless_ used in a particular sense.

ROUTHURROK, _s._ The bernacle goose, Orkn.

_Leslie._

Isl. _hrota_, bernacla.

_To_ ROW, _v. a._

1. To roll.

_Douglas._

2. To elapse.

_Douglas._

3. To revolve.

_Id._

_To_ ~Row About~, to be in an advanced state of pregnancy, S.

ROWAN, ROWING, _s._ A flake of wool, S.

_Edin. Encycl._

_To Cast a Rowan_, to bear an illegitimate child.

_Gl. Sibb._

ROWAN, _s. Auld rowan_, a bawd, who, by wheedling, endeavours to entice a young woman to marry an old man.

_Philotus._

Germ. _rune_, Su. G. _runa_; _al-runa_, or _alte-runa_, mulier
fatidica.

ROWAN, _s._ A turbot, Fife.

_Stat. Acc._

ROWAR, _s._ A moveable wooden bolt; q. a _roller_.

_Wallace._

ROWY, _s._ King; Fr. _roi_.

_Bannatyne P._

ROWKAR, _s._ A whisperer, a tale-bearer.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

Zeland. _roeck_, delator, Alem. _ruog-en_, to defame.

_To_ ROWME, ROUME, _v. n._ To roam.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ruman_, Belg. _ruym-en_, diffugere.

_To_ ROWME, _v. a._

1. To clear.

_Wyntown._

2. To enlarge.

_Wyntown._

Teut. _ruym-en_, vacuare; ampliare.

3. To place.

_Keith._

Germ. _raum-en_, in ordine disponere.

~Rowme~, ~Roume~, _s._

1. Space.

_Wyntown._

2. A possession in land.

_Bellenden._

3. Situation as to preaching.

_Spotswood._

4. Official situation.

_Baillie._

5. Ordinal relation.

_R. Bruce._

6. Place in a literary work.

_Wodrow._

A. S. Su. G. _rum_, place of any kind.

~Rowme~, ~Roume~, ~Room~, _adj._

1. Large.

_Wallace._

A. S. Su. G. _rum_, Teut. _ruym_, amplus.

2. Clear, empty.

_Ferguson._

Teut. _ruym_, vacuus.

~Rowmly~, _adv._ Largely.

_Wyntown._

_To_ ROWMYSS.

V. ~Rummyss~.

_To_ ROWT, _v. n._ To snore.

_Barbour._

A. S. _hrut-an_, Isl. _hriot-a_, id.

ROZET, _s._ Rosin.

V. ~Roset~.

RUBIATURE, _s._ Robber.

_Leg. St Androis._