roestone (rost on)

A rock having the appearance of the roe of a fish; oölite. roft. An obsolete preterit of rivel. A Middle English form of roof 1. rogue [Prov. Eng.] -2t. A rogue. [Old cant.] Roger of the buttery, a goose. Hall i well. Roger de Coverley (roj'ér dē kuv'er-li). [Named after Sir Roger de Coverley, one of the members of the club under whose direction the "Spectator" profe ed to be edited.] An English country-dance, corresponding to the Virginia reel. Also called Sir Roger de Coverley. dinner comes dancing,... reels and Motley, Correspondence, I. 353. After flings, and strathspeys and Roger de Cover leys. roger i ant (rō-jē'ri-an), n. [Appar. The unruly wind blows off his periwink. The sportful wind, to mock the headle man, To es apace his pitch'd Roger i an . Bp. Hall, Satires, III. v. 16.