Robbin () A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.

Robbin () See Ropeband.

Robe () An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.

Robe () A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.

Robed () of Robe

Robing () of Robe

Robe () To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.

Robe-de-chambre () A dressing gown, or morning gown.

Roberdsman () Alt. of Robertsman

Robertsman () A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.

Robert () See Herb Robert, under Herb.

Robin () A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.

Robin () An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.

Robin () Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).

Robin () Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below.

Robinet () The chaffinch; -- called also roberd.

Robinet () The European robin.

Robinet () A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.

Robing () The act of putting on a robe.

Robin Goodfellow () A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck.

Robinia () A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia).

Roborant () Strengthening.

Roborant () A strengthening medicine; a tonic.

Roborate () To give strength or support to; to confirm.

Roboration () The act of strengthening.

Roborean () Alt. of Roboreous

Roboreous () Made of oak.

Robust () Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

Robust () Violent; rough; rude.

Robust () Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.

Robustious () Robust.

Robustly () In a robust manner.

Robustness () The quality or state of being robust.

Roc () A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology.

Rocambole () A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot.

Roccellic () Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.

Roccellin () A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.

Roche () Rock.

Roche alum () A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; -- so called from Rocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; -- also called rock alum.

Rochelime () Lime in the lump after it is burned; quicklime.

Rochelle () A seaport town in France.

Roche moutonnee () See Sheepback.

Rochet () A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.

Rochet () A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Rochet () The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard.

Roching cask () A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.

Rock () See Roc.

Rock () A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.

Rock () A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.

Rock () Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.

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